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[Q] Best keyboard other than Swype

Some how since backing up my phone and removing the bloatware, I've managed to delete the Android Keyboard.
Is there anyway to redownload this keyboard? I prefer it to the Samsung Keyboard hands down. Or perhaps there is another keyboard you would recommend that I can download via the Market or elsewhere?
Thank you

I like swiftkey...comes a close second to Swype for me.
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The swiftkey beta is definitely worth a look. I prefer swype, personally.
Link: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.touchtype.swiftkey.trial

So is there no way to get the Android Keyboard back? Even after I restore the backup prior to the bloatware removal, it always seems to disappear. Could I be deleting something causing it to go away?

gahanAR said:
So is there no way to get the Android Keyboard back? Even after I restore the backup prior to the bloatware removal, it always seems to disappear. Could I be deleting something causing it to go away?
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I have it after removing the bloat?

So then what happened to my android keyboard?! =/

Just do an Odin restore, that should get it back on there

My favorite has got to be the DroidX multitouch keyboard.

bfgarzilla9k said:
My favorite has got to be the DroidX multitouch keyboard.
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Where can I get that?

HTC_IME Mod for High Rez. love switching languages by pressing volume button.

gflare said:
The swiftkey beta is definitely worth a look. I prefer swype, personally.
Link: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.touchtype.swiftkey.trial
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Thanks SOOOO Much !!! SwiftKey is AMAZING! I used to like the stock android keyboard because it was fast, had good prediction, and was black so more batt efficient.
Swiftkey's prediction is just about two fold better than the stock android. The only things I would change is to add a D-pad when you hit the alt button, and making the keyboard more black to save on batt. (unlikely it will get optimized for SAMOLED screens though)

SlideIt keyboard best of all
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yo guys i would recommend smart keyboard pro its multi-touch and work better than the 3 already installed on the phone..

theprovidence said:
yo guys i would recommend smart keyboard pro its multi-touch and work better than the 3 already installed on the phone..
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I just purchased this today and after trying every other keyboard I can say this one meets all of my needs. Accurate, multi-touch, and good customization all in one.

bfgarzilla9k said:
My favorite has got to be the DroidX multitouch keyboard.
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I second this particular keyboard. I find myself using this on a regular basis.

I use Smart Keyboard Pro and I love it. Great prediction and just has a good feel. I haven't tried the Droid X keyboard yet, I'll try it out.

Swype is great, but my vote also goes to Smart Keyboard Pro. I've tried almost all of them, and this one is a keeper.

For me, it's really hard to choose.
I like the Samsung keyboard because of multitouch and I feel like I can type faster on it, but the autotext is a pain.
The Droid X keyboard is nice especially because of multitouch but it is really stupid when it comes to predicting text..
The stock android keyboard is okay, just no multitouch.
I'd say the Droid X keyboard wold be my pick. I usually use that.
-Just my two cents.

i, too, am loving the DroidX over Swiftkey

I actually love the default Samsung keyboard in 2.2, I just wish I could switch the Period (.) to the other side of the space bar as I tend to hit it half of the time instead of the space bar with my right thumb.
Anybody know of a keyboard that is exactly the same as the default Samsung Keyboard in 2.2 but with those buttons switched?

Which keyboard do you guys use on the nook color?

Just wondering, I'm getting a nook soon and I was wondering which was the best
in your opinions.

TKB Thumb Keyboard

+1 for TKB Thumb Keyboard

I used stock then tried better keyboard but didn't care for it much. Stock works just fine.

SlideIT works for me. Needed an easy copy/paste function and it works great.
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Thumb Keyboard is the best. Next would be stock B&N keyboard

I like SwiftKey. Once it learns your writing style it can be very quick for writing document.
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I love the droid x multitouch keyboard!

SlideIt is similar to Swype, which I love but isn't available on the Nook.

I use slideit as well. Once I taught it the words that I use for school documents, this thing became awesome for editing and revising on the go - but maybe I use this thing for writing more than others. Dropbox is crucial here as well, paired with the Quick Office HD from the Notion Ink ports.
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PJE66 said:
I like SwiftKey. Once it learns your writing style it can be very quick for writing document.
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Swiftkey Beta (hopefully releasing to market soon) is bad ass on the tablet. I can bang away and besides me hitting the silly B&N shortcut and getting off in the wrong place, my typing is magically fixed and it's almost always dead on. You should see my typing on the tablet when I'm in an app like irssibot where it doesn't autocorrect.... AMAZING how much it fixes...
Behind it, Smartkeyboard Pro worked really well, I actually was in the process of switching to it from Swiftkey as it does a really good job of fixing when I'm jabbing away at random keys at figuring out what I really meant to type, but then Swiftkey's beta one-upped 'em.. Ah well.

I am running froyo 6.6.6 and i just installed the Notion Ink Adam keyboard that is linked to in a couple of threads. I have to say this is the best keyboard I have used so far, I even like it better than the gingerbread keyboard i was using on eclair.
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Smart Keyboard

I use Swype.

I'm using SlideIT over here. Although I think I just might have to go and try out a few of these other keyboards.
Nice topic, OP!

I just started using the Honeycomb keyboard, as I put HC on it yesterday. Other than that, I always used Smart Keyboard Pro. I use it all the time on the Dinc, but I didn't like the way it looked scaled up on the NC.

Smartkeyboard Pro

I'm running Swiftkey

backstep said:
I use Swype.
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You have swype on your NC?

backstep said:
I use Swype.
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A) Which version of Android are you on?
B) How?

Best Keyboard App?

What keyboard do you guys find the most responsive on the Note?
I swore by Smart Keyboard Pro on my Dell Streak as it could keep up with my typing and seemed like the most responsive on the Streak at the time, but I find it nowhere near as responsive on the Note.
I recently started using Go Keyboard on the Note and have so far found it much more responsive. I set it up with the midnight theme, 4 landscape keyboard height and no pop up characters when typing and I find it has been the only keyboard that has been able to keep up with me if I try to type at crazy speeds. Great things about it are that it is totally free and very customizable!
Let me know your thoughts.

Swiftkey was the one I went for after testing all of them. The fastest for me.

Patosbuddy said:
Swiftkey was the one I went for after testing all of them. The fastest for me.
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I already tried Swiftkey and didn't get on with it as well as Go Keyboard. I remember trying Go Keyboard on the Streak and not liking it as much as Smart Keyboard Pro back then, so it is either a device difference or maybe the Go Development Team have made some improvements since.

swiftkey x, give you the best word to choose when writing and the fast one to.
Ps: you can even reduce the space it show by the keyboard on the screen.

Try the ICS keyboard from the market its pretty good. Plus is free

huzz said:
Try the ICS keyboard from the market its pretty good. Plus is free
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Agreed.
On a side note, any one knows a way to pop up Samsung keyboard (handwriting mode) on a-pen detection, even if it using a party keyboard? ?
I'm using Swype ,but I'd love to be able to use pen writing once I click on the screen with the pen (which is possible only using the stock Samsung keyboard)
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huzz said:
Try the ICS keyboard from the market its pretty good. Plus is free
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Great tip! I just tried the one by VLLWP and it seems to respond very well to crazy fast typing. I think I will stick with it for now until something better comes along.

my keyboard
This is thumbs keyboard with my settings on it...... I think this thing is really fast

I like Thumb Keyboard. Swiftkey not so much; it's a little too smart for me.

Right now i'm using Swiftkey because of the arrow buttons. Im sort of happy with it.

i just downloaded the ICS keyboard.
I must say it is very good!
I was using smart keyboard. although it is fast, but i found it laggy, like if i type really fast it won't detect some of the letters.
but with ICS it detect all the letters i press!

Goodm7sn said:
Agreed.
On a side note, any one knows a way to pop up Samsung keyboard (handwriting mode) on a-pen detection, even if it using a party keyboard? ?
I'm using Swype ,but I'd love to be able to use pen writing once I click on the screen with the pen (which is possible only using the stock Samsung keyboard)
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Even I have the same question. I am using the "AI keyboard" free version and I am pretty much loving it. I liked Go Keyboard as well.
But whichever app I use, I miss the handwriting mode for S-Pen. So I keep switching back to Samsung keyboard now and then.

I like Go keyboard best.

I like Perfect Keyboard. It's the quickest and smoothest for me, all other keyboards lag unfortunately...

used better keyboard for a while, it was good but it lacks arrow keys.
then i started to use smart keyboard and once customized, best keyboard yet, well worth the buy

I'm also with Thumb keyboard, very good one!

I used to use Smart Keyboard Pro on my SGS2 and Dell Streak, worked fine. It has a lot of lag on the SGN.
I now use Ultra Keyboard. The best and most configurable Love it.

Bought SwiftKey X, absolutely fantastic auto correction and unlike all the other android keyboards that I tried, doesn't lag when you hit a key.

ICS keyboard rocks

Just a heads up, a number of developers have released AOSP based versions of the Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard into the Market. I downloaded the one by Binary Bulge and it's just perfect on the NC. The predictions are better than any tap keyboard I've ever user other than SwiftKey. And unlike the Gingerbread keyboard, it actually sizes properly to our tablets. I am starting to find very credible the rumour that Google included BlindType technology in ICS. Go ahead and try it out...you'll be impressed. It even manages to auto correct if two words get mashed together by accident.
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Yeah they've been released for a while, I'm using the same one (by Binary Bulge) on all my devices and it works great.
It looks a bit funny on the Nook Color though, the keys are huge in comparison to other keyboards on the NC. I guess that's not a bad thing though.

IMO a split keyboard is a must have for a tablet. I prefer Thumb Keyboard.

ChocSoldier said:
Yeah they've been released for a while, I'm using the same one (by Binary Bulge) on all my devices and it works great.
It looks a bit funny on the Nook Color though, the keys are huge in comparison to other keyboards on the NC. I guess that's not a bad thing though.
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Hmm, on CM7.1 at 160 dpi, the keys are big but not excessive. It's the right size for a tablet keyboard, and similar to the size presented by Swype. The native Gingerbread keyboard comes up far undersized.

cmstlist said:
Hmm, on CM7.1 at 160 dpi, the keys are big but not excessive. It's the right size for a tablet keyboard, and similar to the size presented by Swype. The native Gingerbread keyboard comes up far undersized.
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I think the native GB keyboard is pretty much perfect. I use this ICS keyboard on my phone and I think it works great, good prediction and speed, etc. But on my NC it just makes it look like a gigantic, oversize phone. No reason for the letters to be so huge.
I suspect once we get ICS on some tablets there will be a much better keyboard. For now I am sticking with the GB keyboard in CM7.1.

mr72 said:
I think the native GB keyboard is pretty much perfect. I use this ICS keyboard on my phone and I think it works great, good prediction and speed, etc. But on my NC it just makes it look like a gigantic, oversize phone. No reason for the letters to be so huge.
I suspect once we get ICS on some tablets there will be a much better keyboard. For now I am sticking with the GB keyboard in CM7.1.
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I guess it's a matter of preference. The GB keyboard in CM7.1 is basically the same height as a phone keyboard, but I find the ergonomics of a 7" tablet are such that I need more height than that to be able to use it effectively.

The ICS Keyboard sure is something that I absolutely love, kinda happy someone backported it to our properly working CM7 Gingerbread.
It's what will keep me going until Dalingrin and Fattire fixed their CM9 Build up to be a good replacement.
I tried it and must say they already did a fair bunch of work, it was a nice testdrive and the sweet taste of the ICS keyboard remains with that wonderful backport.

I tried the ics keyboard from johntanmi. I found the predictions to be near useless. For instance when typing out "pred" it suggests Pres, pred, or pared. Why not "prediction, predictions, predator..." etc.
FlexT9 is my favourite by far.

another vote here for split keyboard! it has an ICS theme too

good find! Thanks for this!

What I hate about the stock keyboard is very few long-press shortcuts, like /, numbers, etc.. I HATE having to go into a separate mode for them.
And the ICS keyboard has a bunch of keys in the bottom-right area which I keep hitting by accident.. I dunno why but I kept hitting "," repeatedly last night on ICS.
I think I'll just keep using Swiftkey X

khaytsus said:
What I hate about the stock keyboard is very few long-press shortcuts, like /, numbers, etc.. I HATE having to go into a separate mode for them.
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Yes, I seriously missed this for a while after switching from the HTC_IME_mod. But then I figured out something.
The numbers on the stock GB keyboard are there for long-press, same for the ICS keyboard. Most punctuation is there in the prediction area. Missing are "/", "@" and some others that might be useful, but most of what you normally need is there without a long-press.

Just in case you may not have noticed - for numbers and punctuation you can now hold on the ?123, glide to the character you want, let go, and it snaps back to the letter keyboard. Quicker than three taps.
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goood keyboard replacement

The default google keyboard is a little small and i want to try to get larger one. Any App recommendation? Thx

You can try out TouchPal X or Fleksy Beta. I like those 2 the best out of all that I tried.

Swiftkey, no question.

Thumb keyboard is pretty sweet

Swiftkey, hands down.

nerdyplayer said:
The default google keyboard is a little small and i want to try to get larger one. Any App recommendation? Thx
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SwiftKey owns...this has been vetted out over and over on XDA. Google keyboard is marginally improved after the update last week...but SwiftKey is and has always been better. I'm waiting for Google to just buy them.

nerdyplayer said:
The default google keyboard is a little small and i want to try to get larger one. Any App recommendation? Thx
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try Kii keyboard, you can completely customize the layout, make it as big as you want. has swiping and google voice input built in.
I personally use swype. I love the copy paste shortcuts as well as the number keypad shortcut and it's the best for swyping, though it doesn't have google voice input, which sucks cause dragon doesn't have offline voice.
i've heard people go on and on about swiftkey for years, and i've used the paid version of it for a number of months and i just don't get the hype. It got a LOT better once it introduced FLOW, but even then, it's just not as good as swype. doesn't have the swype shortcuts either.
my #2 choice is Kii and i think for your purposes, to make the keyboard bigger, it's the best choice.

Another vote for SwiftKey

SwiftKey hands down.
Flash back to December 2011. After losing my beloved droid 2 with its decent keyboard I upgraded to the galaxy nexus. Fast. Big. Beautiful. Can't type on it, useless. Luckily I had purchased SwiftKey for 10 cents during the marketplace transition.
Immediately hooked. Loved the ease of typing.
Although some days I still crave how my blackberry storm typed. Did it just click?
The photon Q 4G lte is probably the best keyboard I've ever tried though. Sigh. Maybe phonebloks project Ara will address this some day....
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mistermojorizin said:
try Kii keyboard, you can completely customize the layout, make it as big as you want. has swiping and google voice input built in.
I personally use swype. I love the copy paste shortcuts as well as the number keypad shortcut and it's the best for swyping, though it doesn't have google voice input, which sucks cause dragon doesn't have offline voice.
i've heard people go on and on about swiftkey for years, and i've used the paid version of it for a number of months and i just don't get the hype. It got a LOT better once it introduced FLOW, but even then, it's just not as good as swype. doesn't have the swype shortcuts either.
my #2 choice is Kii and i think for your purposes, to make the keyboard bigger, it's the best choice.
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I'm with this guy, never really cared for swiftkey, but loved Kii and the stock motorola keyboard

Me like Kii just what i wanted. i prefer to actually type my messages and now that it is larger, i can type better yay! gold star

Seconding Kii, it's fantastic, VERY close to stock, and just customizable enough for my needs.

bought thumb keyboard for my orginal nexus 7 when i was new to tablets its only keyboard i use

I use swiftkey, It's highly customisable since the last update. Kii sounds great too but I never tried. One of the reasons why I use swiftkey over the competition (and even google keyboard) is that it allows you to use different keyboard layouts and languages at the same time.

SwiftKey.. Hate the stupid small stock keyboard.. Since the last update SwiftKey is the bomb... And it has full emoji support built in like the stock google one... ??????????????????
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Better Keyboard: Kii
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zl.inputmethod.latin
An alternative to Smart Keyboard.