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I've had the 3VO for a week now and it's great. I'm coming off of an EVO, and I'm noticing that the Swype keyboard is a little different.
I've seen some posts from other people mentioning the same thing, but I have a specific question.
Does anyone else coming off of the old EVO find that this new Swype keyboard is very inaccurate? It seems to always recommend some crazy ass words.
Anyone have any advice on the slider setting for the word choice window and the speed vs. accuracy? I've been messing with them, but haven't seen any improvement.
I tried using the stock keyboard, and I don't like it.
How did the newer version of the keyboard get so much worse? Also, why can't you hide the stupid language button? It shouldn't be on the keyboard.
Sorry for the rant, but I love this phone and just a little frustrated with the keyboard.
I'm pretty sure the problem with it is that this is the older version of Swype like we had on our OG EVO until they OTA updated them with the newer version of Swype. I agree, after using the newer version, I can't stand this one. Hopefully, they'll update us with a newer version as they did on the OG EVO.
ckombo said:
Also, why can't you hide the stupid language button? It shouldn't be on the keyboard.
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Personally I think someone should be shot for implementing this. To many options are never good. I always hit it at the wrong time, and then you have to scroll through like 598 languages just to get back. Sucks. How many purple people actually use it? I'm guessing about .008% of the people that use swype. Cmon swype devs...remove it please.
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The Evo 3d comes with Swype 2.5 which seems to suck in every way. If you root your phone, you can uninstall it using Ti Backup and then install Swype 3.0 beta. 3.0 is so much better it almost doesn't even seem like the same keyboard. Swypeinc.com
Rogers EVO did not come with Swype
Beta 3.## works awesome tho
Language button position is perfect for me, because I switch from French to English all the time
Does anyone else have an issue double tapping to select a word with Swype 3? I've installed it twice and always come back to 2.5 because it irritates me too much.
I've always hated Swype, but I was willing to give it another shot after seeing that it was preinstalled on my phone. The version on the 3D made my feelings even worse. It was one of the first things I removed after rooting my phone.
Has anyone found a working version of Swype that works with qHD screens?
EDIT: Sorry I meant to post this in the HTC Vivid forum.
i have shape writer i haven't tried it yet
but its attached
Swype has support for qHD already, I believe. Not that anything involving qHD would help you with the Rezound since it's 720p lol.
Edit: Oops lol didn't notice your edit. But still, it should have qHD support.
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The current version from their website works fine on my Rezound, just has that annoying bug where you click oh the end of a sentence to put punctuation or continue typing after fixing something, and it selects the whole word.
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I am using swype from the download link i had through the beta for my incredible and it works wonderfully. First thing i did with the phone.
I too am using the beta I had with my Dinc, however I found that I can't swype as fast on the RZ as I could on the Dinc, if I do it loses the traces and uses whatever letters it ran over to guess a word. Kind of weird, so I've just learned to slow my swyping speed down a little bit, no biggie.
Just download it from the Swype website. Works great!
I am also just using the Swype beta from their website. I have also noticed slight stutter when swyping like rbobby pointed out. It seems like it loses the trace halfway through and swype thinks it is two words.
Good its not me. I kept thinking I had something on my screen or finger.
Curious, for those who are also seeing the skip and didnt before. Do you have a screen protector now? Did you on your last phone?
Its the only thing I can think of because plain glass just feels "sticky" to me.
Do any of you think the "trace" functionality of the stock HTC keyboard measures up to Swype?
Used it on my TB, spell prediction to me isnt as good as swype.
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Do any of you think the "trace" functionality of the stock HTC keyboard measures up to Swype?
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I tried it for one day and wanted to commit sepoku.
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I put a screen protector on my RZ today. Didnt help swype at all, so its definitley not an issue with skin sticking on the glass.
Which means either it cant keep up with swype ( ) or maybe the screen isnt as responsive as it should be.
Anyone know of any apps to test if there are bad areas on the screen?
I downloaded it from the Swype website and it works great! I am definitely a Swyper for life!
I noticed this as well. I don't think its the screen sensitivity since no other apps have problems scrolling. Not sure what it is, might play with the settings some in swype for sensitivity. Wonder if the screen resolution has anything to do with it.
RED ZMAN said:
I tried it for one day and wanted to commit sepoku.
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I think it works well. I have had to add a few words to the dictionary, mainly bad ones, but otherwise I think it is good. I like the OEM look. That is why I use it over swype or something.
rboddy said:
I too am using the beta I had with my Dinc, however I found that I can't swype as fast on the RZ as I could on the Dinc, if I do it loses the traces and uses whatever letters it ran over to guess a word. Kind of weird, so I've just learned to slow my swyping speed down a little bit, no biggie.
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This happens to every single rezound, around the keys in the middle of the keyboard.
It's a Swype bug.
They know about it. It's all over the Swype forums.
I'm waiting patiently, and swyping SUPER SLOW until then. really annoying!
HTC Trace is nowhere near as fast/accurate, but still works. Strangely, you can't trace in a lot of things (like website URL's, searching for things, etc etc. Only messages and a handful of other places).
Swype hasn't worked for me from there site, can someone toss a link my way thanks Davey
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This happens to every single rezound, around the keys in the middle of the keyboard.
It's a Swype bug.
They know about it. It's all over the Swype forums.
I'm waiting patiently, and swyping SUPER SLOW until then. really annoying!
HTC Trace is nowhere near as fast/accurate, but still works. Strangely, you can't trace in a lot of things (like website URL's, searching for things, etc etc. Only messages and a handful of other places).
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Thanks, I hadn't heard about this. The only trouble I've had is Swyping in landscape mode. Maybe I'm just not a fast Swyper!
I'm having problems with Swype too ... sometimes losing "track" of my finger and outputting 2 words instead of my intended word.
I'm curious if the resolution is causing problems for Swype since this is the first 720 resolution phone?
And when you say it is all over the Swype forums...where? I'm looking and I haven't found one post that remotely mentions a problem like this.
I can't seem to find a good keyboard for the razr. I have used swift key for a while on my other HTC built phones, but this is my first Motorola phone and the keyboard just can't keep up with me. I have tried every 3rd party keyboard and none of the can keep up with me on the razr but can perfectly fine on the other phones that I have. Im starting to think its the software problem. The stock keyboard keeps up better than any other keyboard but it still can't keep up. When I had an iPhone no matter how fast I typed it kept up (no Im Not a fanboy)
Is there a hack of mod that I can flash to make the keyboard/screen more responsive?
Thanks
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i notice that , but i don t think any htc or samsung has a better screen. neither on iphone i have a perfect feeling
Try stock ICS RAZR keyboard. I switched from swift to ICS and I love this keyboard. The only thing I miss is the number pad on swift.
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Thumb Keyboard is the one I use and its great.
Never had it on my List, but it seems to be nice. I'll give it an try...
Have you tried Swype?
It destroys everything else IMO. Make sure you sign up for the beta program as you must have one of the newer versions for best functionality...
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It destroys everything else IMO. Make sure you sign up for the beta program as you must have one of the newer versions for best functionality...
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^ This
I've used Swype on my Acer tablet, my Droid X, and now my Maxx. I have found no faster touch input method.
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Gingerbread keyboard is my favorite very precise nice size used on many devices.
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Do you have tactile feedback (vibration with each key press) turned on? My keyboard used to lag like crazy (even my Droid Incredible). Then I heard somewhere to try turning it off, and I haven't had a problem with lag since.
I hate it haptical Feedback :thumbdown:
But after testing the Thumb KB for a while now, i have to say thanks for pushing me in the right direction. Till now i was using Swift key, but that's so much better!
Nice layout and great Themes to choose :thumbup:
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Thumb Keyboard is the one I use and its great.
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I use this one and it's my current favorite -- BUT it has a bug on the RAZR (running stock GB) where I often get the first letter of a word doubled after I go back to correct another mistake. Works really well otherwise -- accurate and super fast.
Example: "Where ate you" and I backspace to change "ate" to "are" and then when I go to type you again I get yyou, It's a bug because the first y isn't underlined and the auto correct only affects the part I actually typed. Very occasionally I get double letters like "yoyou" when you is all I typed. Doesn't happen too often.....
Do you have this issue with it?
Does FC from time to time.... but that just seems to be an issue on the phone itself.
biggest pile of nonsense thread ever
standard keyboards , swype all work tits perfect
and HTC imod keyboard
some people are just useless and they blame the hardware lol
I installed it today, so my experience not really great. But i got zero buggs till now.
I have tried all of those keyboards and yes thumb keyboard is the fastest by far, but it has that really annoying bug for me too, and it still doesnt keep up. I love swiftkey but I only have problems with it keeping up with me on this phone.
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Apparently Thumb Keyboard hasn't updated his app in the amazon app store in a while. I got it on one of the days that it was free. I just got it for $2.50 on the play store, and switched to the ics theme, and it works amazingly!
Thanks guys
personally I love the stock keyboard that is loaded by default, great coloring, love the predictive words to chose from and its just the right size for my fingers in landscape mode and I have yet to be able to type faster then it can recognize (didn't even know that was possible). If you can out type the buffer you spend WAY to much time on your phone texting.
daniel644 said:
personally I love the stock keyboard that is loaded by default, great coloring, love the predictive words to chose from and its just the right size for my fingers in landscape mode and I have yet to be able to type faster then it can recognize (didn't even know that was possible). If you can out type the buffer you spend WAY to much time on your phone texting.
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Per this post I spend way too much time texting, as I can out-type most keyboards. Last night, based on this thread I tried out Thumb KB, and I'm loving it. The dev actually has a 24hr refund policy, which gave me the confidence to try it for two bucks or whatever.
The split portrait KB is a trip.
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I am currently using SwiftKey (paid version), and must agree that at times it did have a bit of trouble keeping up.
I ended up fiddling around in setCPU in order to make it feel a bit snappier, and surprisingly it worked! Jury is still out on whether it is a placebo effect or not though.
I've also blocked it from accessing networks using DroidWall (amazing app, everyone should have it), mostly for privacy reasons, but perhaps it also might have an effect.
If you have root, I would recommend playing with the CPU settings and see if it helps. No point abandoning a keyboard you like if there is a potential fix.
eakeller said:
Per this post I spend way too much time texting, as I can out-type most keyboards. Last night, based on this thread I tried out Thumb KB, and I'm loving it. The dev actually has a 24hr refund policy, which gave me the confidence to try it for two bucks or whatever.
The split portrait KB is a trip.
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Maybe its just me, and I am aware of most of the situations where texting is needed (school, work, church and things like that), but given the choice i would rather spend 30 seconds on a phone call then 5 minutes texting back and forth.
If you don't mind my asking how many texts would you say you send in a day?
I will say the stock keyboard and screen size has me typing faster on a touchscreen then I've ever managed before (2-Archos 5's, an EnV touch and a SGS player 4.0 over the last 5 years) but nowhere near your speed clearly.
daniel644 said:
Maybe its just me, and I am aware of most of the situations where texting is needed (school, work, church and things like that), but given the choice i would rather spend 30 seconds on a phone call then 5 minutes texting back and forth.
If you don't mind my asking how many texts would you say you send in a day?...
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Looking back at my logs it seems I send 200-300 texts in a day. When I say that it looks excessive; however most of these are ongoing conversations with friends or family. These are usually times when a phone call is not really warranted, and some people (like my wife with our kids) are really busy and can't always take a phone call.
I agree the razr keyboard and screen are great - I type almost as fast as I used to on my blackberrys.
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Ok, huge android fan here, been thru several android phones. I find that on this phone, text input is not accurate at all and is quite slow.. No matter what keyboard I use. I never felt like this on anything other android device. Is it just me?
Its my biggest complaint. Text entry i a total pain. I thought maybe its the tapered glass, but the s3 had it too, and I had no issues using the same keyboards.
Please chime in
Success100 said:
Ok, huge android fan here, been thru several android phones. I find that on this phone, text input is not accurate at all and is quite slow.. No matter what keyboard I use. I never felt like this on anything other android device. Is it just me?
Its my biggest complaint. Text entry i a total pain. I thought maybe its the tapered glass, but the s3 had it too, and I had no issues using the same keyboards.
Please chime in
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honestly, I haven't noticed an issue except for typical wrong predictions when I butcher the spelling really bad
/high school education problems
No problems here. Fast and accurate typing on just about Ny keyboard.
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The stock keyboard w/ Sense sucks, but you seem to be having a different issue.
I use SwiftKey and have not had any issues at all.
perhaps ill try swiftkey. I cant imagine it being a software issue. Ive tried the sense keyboard and also the ICS keyboard and my typing is just totally innaccurate for some reason. Never had this problem on any other phone. Thanks for the input fellas
Success100 said:
perhaps ill try swiftkey. I cant imagine it being a software issue. Ive tried the sense keyboard and also the ICS keyboard and my typing is just totally innaccurate for some reason. Never had this problem on any other phone. Thanks for the input fellas
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Swiftkey for the win. I picked up a DNA last night, and to be honest only used the stock keyboard long enough to get my back restored. No issues with Swiftkey on it.
I'll chime in here with Swiftkey also. I have been using that since release and never looked back. So far I am enjoying swiftkey flow even though I was never a swype fan. Flow's word predictions are excellent.
I've been using Swype since it came out and it was one of the first things I installed on my DNA, No problems here at all.
using swiftkey flow/swiftkey, no issues since day 1. you should make sure your not pressing the screen with another part of your hand/fingers as the screen goes right to the edge of the phone, sometimes i find when im watching a video the side of my finger might touch the screen and pause it. You might not be used to a phone with such a small bezel.
Just got my DNA, and I have no trouble typing at all.
you know what? for the last two years, ive swore by the GB/ICS/JB keyboards as they were nice looking and very accurate. To me they suck on this phone, maybe its me, maybe its the screen size, idk, but I will say this, I used swiftkey before and wasnt really a fan,
BUT
i just put it on my DNA and it has solved my woes! Thanks for the input guys.
Silly question, but have you done the touchscreen calibration? Settings -> Language & keyboard -> HTC Sense Input -> Advanced -> Calibration Tool.
Not a single issue for me. Especially coming from a GS3. I can type rather fast on this keyboard lol
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Get Swype /thread
Just updated swiftkey to 4.2.0.155
I find swiftkey to be rreally good at what it does. It learns things so well. It puts the exact amount of 'y' I like to put in my 'hey'
But recently after the update it has not been doing that. It doesnt remember things. The flow is good and its good at accepting common words but nothing specific to the user like it used to be.
The reason to use swiftkey is the prediction.every app has a decent flow but none have the personalised prediction like SK.
Anyone facing this problem?
Try swype..its a good alternative for sk..instead better than sk
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I wish that they would support the S-Pen.
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yeah I know swiftkey is not that good at swyping but its really good on predictions. I have bought it a couple of days ago (special price)
I have read that LG keyboard is really good... but I havent tried yet.
Yeah complete bs man! I hate it. It forgot all my words... Wtf is that ****?
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pratoscope said:
Just updated swiftkey to 4.2.0.155
I find swiftkey to be rreally good at what it does. It learns things so well. It puts the exact amount of 'y' I like to put in my 'hey'
But recently after the update it has not been doing that. It doesnt remember things. The flow is good and its good at accepting common words but nothing specific to the user like it used to be.
The reason to use swiftkey is the prediction.every app has a decent flow but none have the personalised prediction like SK.
Anyone facing this problem?
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its flow function was never good. in fact no swype-like keyboard is as good as Swype itself. they all need you to exactly passing on exact characters in your way, especially first and last characters. but swype reads your mind. sometimes i can't believe how it guessed my word, because i almost didn't touch any exact key of that word.
And it has a great prediction system. maybe not as good as SK, but really close to it.
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I wish that they would support the S-Pen.
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In what way? .. something more than just swiping?
jarayn said:
In what way? .. something more than just swiping?
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There are features of the S-Pen I use
Such as pulling out the pen will activate the Note section and some times it is easier for me to write than type. When using Excel, the pen makes it much easier to navigate and there are times I need to write.
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mikeuz said:
yeah I know swiftkey is not that good at swyping but its really good on predictions. I have bought it a couple of days ago (special price)
I have read that LG keyboard is really good... but I havent tried yet.
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Amazon gave it for free a few days ago... :silly:
I used the stock Note 2 keyboard (swiping) for a while, it was nice to tuck it into a corner because I always use my phone with one hand. Then I went to Swiftkey for probably six months, had to get used to reaching with one thumb but it was worth it for the extra features. There are a few nagging problems with Swiftkey that bothered me though, so I just switched to Swype about three weeks ago now. Swype is pretty good, but it also has a few issues.
The perfect swiping keyboard has to have the following:
- Full control over size of keyboard, shrink it by % and place it wherever you want.
- Full control over size of keys and spacing (swiftkey has this, but... It doesn't help to solve the above issue)
- Full prediction of the word you are trying to make, AND prediction for the next. Yes, this means a split prediction bar, but hey we have the real estate to spare (swype is better than swiftkey for prediction of either kind)
- Adjustable (in ms) long press for secondary keys. (swiftkey does this perfectly, swype doesn't do it AT ALL. WHY?!)
- A control panel where you can tinker with notions such as double key scribble, etc (none of them does this)
- FULL editing of the extra keys, make them do whatever the hell I want (swiftkey does this better than swype, but neither does it 'enough')
- Native support for slang, lingo, and curse words (come on Swype, do I *REALLY* need to add every god damned curse word and every variant of it to the dictionary? Seriously?)
- On the spot specialized training for words that it always gets wrong, no matter how careful you are (they are supposed to do this on their own, but there are a few small words that they will never 'get', and I would prefer to choose the default and have their choice as the alternate)
- The brains to recognize squiggles as words even if you aren't even near the keys (they almost do this, but I am talking about a system where you learn words without looking, and slowly make that gesture smaller, and smaller, and it still knows what you want. A tough one, but quite possible)