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Swiftkey beta (Tablet)

Just got an email to test it.
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I got it to you have to sign up for their vip
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yup just got it
http://www.swiftkey.net/vip/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=518

Just started using it not bad at all. I just wish it was a cross between this and thumb keyboard. This one feels just a little small in split keyboard mode
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I registered. How will it take for me to get approved?
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Thanks for the post!
jvs60 said:
I registered. How will it take for me to get approved?
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The process took less then 2 minutes from registering to downloading - have it now and about to install.

Looks ok.
I think Thumb Keyboard has a lot more functionality (directional keys, readily accessible punctuations, @ symbol, parentheses, .com key with extras [.net, .org, .etc) when longpressed and all other 'tabbed' symbols just require a longpress, too.
Just MHO.

Here are some screen shots just not a big fan of the full screen text input. Would also like split me keyboard in portrait.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hyoeIEU29ccVjXzt9qr8OMrGV1lREUdvTqzuf1Sxwrw?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/liJbUrHd5ANlD3LDKVlKmMrGV1lREUdvTqzuf1Sxwrw?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/x614AlV2HirdAaQru0KYSMrGV1lREUdvTqzuf1Sxwrw?feat=directlink
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Yeah, they definitely need to make the keys a little bigger.
dch921 said:
Just started using it not bad at all. I just wish it was a cross between this and thumb keyboard. This one feels just a little small in split keyboard mode
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I think it works great!

Hated it, went back to stock. Takes way too much realestate in portrait, my main viewing format.
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dboftlp said:
Hated it, went back to stock. Takes way too much realestate in portrait, my main viewing format.
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You are the first person I have seen that primarily uses their tablet in portrait.

ghoticov said:
You are the first person I have seen that primarily uses their tablet in portrait.
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haha me too... why would you need this keyboard if you are using it in portrait? wouldn't stock work well enough? just wondering.... but the whole full screen force thing is bad, thumb keyboard does it too by default, but you can override it.

Hey I am waiting to have my account admin approved on swiftkeys site, in the mean time could someone post the APK for the keyboard!?!
Pretty plz!

jvward said:
Hey I am waiting to have my account admin approved on swiftkeys site, in the mean time could someone post the APK for the keyboard!?!
Pretty plz!
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patience grasshopper. they are really fast about it, shouldn't be more than a few minutes. respect developers' wishes. if they wanted it out here they would have posted it here.

Trying it out now, so far I love the look of the app and it has been working great.
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It needs some work still, I was on a closed beta (which I think I can admit), and of course, now use the open beta available on the forum.
But despite the issues with sizing and the alternate keys for symbols and stuff, the predictive text is still like the number one need when typing on a tablet, and it is so much more useful than stock. I don't use split mode atm, because of the key sizes, but I'm hoping I'll like that once they get it worked out.

ocdtrekkie said:
It needs some work still, I was on a closed beta (which I think I can admit), and of course, now use the open beta available on the forum.
But despite the issues with sizing and the alternate keys for symbols and stuff, the predictive text is still like the number one need when typing on a tablet, and it is so much more useful than stock. I don't use split mode atm, because of the key sizes, but I'm hoping I'll like that once they get it worked out.
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The common theme seems to be the small buttons are an issue. Hopefully they will make th necessary adjustments.

I'm sure they will, it was among the first comments in the closed beta. I'm using standard layout for now.
Also, nobody can deny... SwiftKey's style on the Xoom is freaking awesome.

Custom ROM breakthrough for Android?

So, been wondering for a while. When will the next big "Customized" ROM occur? We've already gotten MIUI and its pretty cool, but wouldn't you want to see something new? Something not based off of iOS or Android in general but still able to to run on Android? Something fresh, new, never before seen? I've no idea what it would look like or how it would run, but maybe you guys do? A "Wish list" if you will, the appearance, how it preforms (keep in mind Hardware limitations of various phones), etc.
I guess I can (dream) start:
-The next potential Cyanogenmod but appears nothing like your standard Android OS
-Running on ICS and JB?
Just bored and I wanna see what some people can come up with. Maybe if a talented developer or a group of them could come together to pull something off? (One can only imagine)
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There's a limit to what a developer can do with the Android source code, especially with a biannual release schedule. I'm not sure there will be anything radically different any time soon. If Google switches to one major update a year it might be possible.

I've always thought ParanoidAndroid looked cool but never tried it. It's a tablet hybrid ROM for phone.

WiredPirate said:
I've always thought ParanoidAndroid looked cool but never tried it. It's a tablet hybrid ROM for phone.
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I was about to say that. I love it, it's just something fresh.
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I've also tried and loved PA, but its pretty much lost support for my device since no one wants to pick it up. And over time, you eventually lose interest.
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I think a PS3 style ROM would be cool... really simplistic looking
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faehsemc said:
I think a PS3 style ROM would be cool... really simplistic looking
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If you mean Sony's XCMB it probably won't happen. They aren't exactly fans of outside development.

Something like Windows phone? The UI I mean, its pretty "outside the box" a ROM that's "never before seen" A status bar that is accessible via swiping from the left or right? A Facebook friendly ROM? (Will never happen unless FB releases source code) Let your ideas flow!
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Snuffalofagus said:
Something like Windows phone? The UI I mean, its pretty "outside the box" a ROM that's "never before seen" A status bar that is accessible via swiping from the left or right? A Facebook friendly ROM? (Will never happen unless FB releases source code) Let your ideas flow!
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Get out. Just.. go..

Hmm... cyanogenmod/paranoid with miui theme system? That would save me lots of time

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Get out. Just.. go..
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Lol, what did I say?
And PA is already pretty much CM, just modified for dpi changes. But adding MIUI? Hmm...
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Lol, what did I say?
And PA is already pretty much CM, just modified for dpi changes. But adding MIUI? Hmm...
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Haha, you mentioned a Facebook friendly ROM I think we'll just stick with the crappy app.

new to N7

yay, my dad got my a 32gb for xmas! anywho I'm really liking it and the responsiveness of AOKP so far! i have to say, i had the most frustrating time rooting it though (i'm no noob to rooting anything btw), never had so much trouble. the rootkits weren't able to adb to my tablet and were giving me problems for about 3 hours. i finally said "**** it" i'll just unlock with fastboot and put twrp on it the manual way (which only took about 3 minutes).
anywho! i've been on jelly bean for a few months now on my sprint sgs3 (4.1.2), so i'm not new to jellybean at all. but, i am new to 4.2.1. is that quick settings pulldown thingy new to 4.2.1 or is that nexus 7 feature that most roms have? i find it quite annoying since i usually use my right thumb to pull down the notification bar, but often find myself not reaching far enough left to avoid pulling down the settings bar. are there ROMs that give us the option of moving those settings widgets back to the notification menu or disabling the quick settings menu? im on AOKP and haven't seen it yet.
im really looking forward to trying out all the different roms that are available!

It's new to 4.2.1. Hope you like it.
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Yea, setting up the drivers for it were a *****, had a hard time on two computers at work then used Wug's toolkit and installed the drivers manually. I did have to manually reboot into fastboot to install the drivers and reboot after all the drivers were all installed, but in the end that was the best way I found to do it; had no errors and it did warn that I may have to reboot for all to work correctly.
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redmonke255 said:
It's new to 4.2.1. Hope you like it.
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lol, i wish there was a way to get rid of it! oh well, i'll just have to wait til a dev gets tired of it too lol.

cnstarz said:
lol, i wish there was a way to get rid of it! oh well, i'll just have to wait til a dev gets tired of it too lol.
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Go to the dev section and get the true tablet ui, and flash in custom recovery. The single notification/settimgs bar will be combined again, but at the bottom.
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Welcome to the N7. I personally love the double pull down. Give it some time, it'll grow in you. In FD AFR I have the CM10.1 settings on my Galaxy Nexus to behave the same way. It takes a day or two to get used to it though
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rebel1699 said:
Go to the dev section and get the true tablet ui, and flash in custom recovery. The single notification/settimgs bar will be combined again, but at the bottom.
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cool cool, i'll check it out, thanks!

Welcome to the club
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Power control widget

Hey guys, I got my n6 yesterday and besides a few curious apps not working things have been mostly great.
One thing that is bugging the hell out of me is the power control widget is missing. Anyone know where I can get it to side load? Why would google remove this? Just makes no sense to me.

mb3030 said:
Hey guys, I got my n6 yesterday and besides a few curious apps not working things have been mostly great.
One thing that is bugging the hell out of me is the power control widget is missing. Anyone know where I can get it to side load? Why would google remove this? Just makes no sense to me.
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Google may not have removed it, it may simply not be compatible with the N6 or Lollipop yet. Have you tried Widgetsoid? I'm using it on my stock 5.0 Nexus 5 while I wait for my N6 to ship, and it works just fine. [emoji1]
*Or are you talking about the native power control widget? It's native on the Nexus 5 factory image, so I'm not sure why it wouldn't be on the N6. If it's really not there, I can adb pull the apk for you, and post it so you can try to side load it to /system/apps (pretty sure that's where it goes).
Edit: Nope... I can't find it in any of the /system file paths... I guess you could just try to side load and see what happens, but Google may have cooked it into the SystemUI or something.

Yeah I wanted the native power control widget that's been on my phone for as long as I can remember ?

mb3030 said:
Hey guys, I got my n6 yesterday and besides a few curious apps not working things have been mostly great.
One thing that is bugging the hell out of me is the power control widget is missing. Anyone know where I can get it to side load? Why would google remove this? Just makes no sense to me.
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Im having the same problem, the strange thing is that my old n5 and n7 both have the power control widget and theyre all running android 5.0

I noticed it missing too. Its something I use a lot especially on stock ROM.

You can use the app power toggles from the play store. It's the same as the power toggles you'd normally see but more tweakable
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zephiK said:
You can use the app power toggles from the play store. It's the same as the power toggles you'd normally see but more tweakable
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Actually I'm using this. Tweakable too
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hubalek.android.reborn.beta

zephiK said:
You can use the app power toggles from the play store. It's the same as the power toggles you'd normally see but more tweakable
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I guess this one will have to do I tried updating my phone again using the Nexus Root Toolkit hoping that with a different image it would come back but no luck.
Thanks Zephik

imjustalf said:
I guess this one will have to do I tried updating my phone again using the Nexus Root Toolkit hoping that with a different image it would come back but no luck.
Thanks Zephik
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Yeah its just not present anymore. The widget was missing on my oneplus one L cm12 rom as well. Odd how they removed it when it's been there for awhile.
At least we have alternatives, woo for Android.
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Any solution to this yet?
Trying like mad widget apps and they dont show up near the other stock widgets, tried:
Power Widgets
Widgetsoid
HD Widgets
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[REQ] swap back button with recent apps?

Is it possible to make a mod to swap back button with recent apps button? It's a big thumb stretch!

You can if you goto developer options and check force RTL. The only downside is that it flips everything to a RH laylout.

Pilz said:
You can if you goto developer options and check force RTL. The only downside is that it flips everything to a RH laylout.
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Yikes! just tried that, don't think I can handle that..

dca1970 said:
Yikes! just tried that, don't think I can handle that..
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It is annoying, but so far that's the only option I have seen so far. No ROM has the ability to switch buttons yet.

dca1970 said:
Is it possible to make a mod to swap back button with recent apps button? It's a big thumb stretch!
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This, I would love to get this option too.
Got so spoiled with Xposed where things like this were so simple.

tgrgrd00 said:
This, I would love to get this option too.
Got so spoiled with Xposed where things like this were so simple.
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It was a native rom feature in a large number of roms as well. I'm sure it will come with time.
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zephiK said:
It was a native rom feature in a large number of roms as well. I'm sure it will come with time.
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Meanwhile there's PIE.

Hello all,
I would be very grateful if anyone has any suggestions on how to swap the back button with the recents button? There has been talk of it but after much searching I cannot find any specific advice on how to mod this on this device.
Much appreciated, thanks in advance

cd993 said:
I would be very grateful if anyone has any suggestions on how to swap the back button with the recents button? There has been talk of it but after much searching I cannot find any specific advice on how to mod this on this device.
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It's a SystemUI mod. From what I've seen, it isn't too difficult. Only required swapping a couple of lines for me. There's a modded stock 5.0.1 apk in this thread.

I'd love to get a menu button all the time too

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It's a SystemUI mod. From what I've seen, it isn't too difficult. Only required swapping a couple of lines for me. There's a modded stock 5.0.1 apk in this thread.
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Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately though that did not work for me. I am on the latest LiquidSmooth and copying it over instantly caused force closes and rebooting didn't save it. Nandroid restored.
Any suggestions?
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Many roms customize the system files to provide you with different features. As a result, replacing them with stock files can get those fcs. I may be able to take a look later tonight to get a working version for you.
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ewcrider said:
Many roms customize the system files to provide you with different features. As a result, replacing them with stock files can get those fcs. I may be able to take a look later tonight to get a working version for you.
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That would be very helpful of you!
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cd993 said:
That would be very helpful of you!
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You can try this. It's from LS 12-16 build. Warning: it was a bit hit-or-miss with me, so keep that nandroid ready. Also, this is something the LiquidSmooth makers could add to their rom, so you should ask nicely.

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You can try this. It's from LS 12-16 build. Warning: it was a bit hit-or-miss with me, so keep that nandroid ready. Also, this is something the LiquidSmooth makers could add to their rom, so you should ask nicely.
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This worked PERFECTLY!! Backed up just in case, flashed (no cache wiped) and rebooted to see the back/recents swapped..... Thank you so much!
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ewcrider said:
You can try this. It's from LS 12-16 build. Warning: it was a bit hit-or-miss with me, so keep that nandroid ready. Also, this is something the LiquidSmooth makers could add to their rom, so you should ask nicely.
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Hi there, would it at all possible to make this work on the latest release of LiquidSmooth? I can't produce a screenshot right now but the notification bar turns back to the old white upon flashing it, making all notification texts unreadable. Much appreciated if anyone could help out with this
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cd993 said:
Hi there, would it at all possible to make this work on the latest release of LiquidSmooth? I can't produce a screenshot right now but the notification bar turns back to the old white upon flashing it, making all notification texts unreadable. Much appreciated if anyone could help out with this
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You may want to ask in this thread.

ewcrider said:
You can try this. It's from LS 12-16 build. Warning: it was a bit hit-or-miss with me, so keep that nandroid ready. Also, this is something the LiquidSmooth makers could add to their rom, so you should ask nicely.
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Hello! Are you able to work your magic again with a modern suitable for the latest LiquidSmooth?