Keyboard concerns

[Oceanminded13]

Maybe there is a learning curve to this keyboard but so far I hate it. Ok the keyboard I like, but texting is difficult. Swype works great as well as handwriting but if I want to type each letter individually ( which sometimes I do) it is awful. I am hoping I can get used to the keyboard layout as I use the phone more but my accuracy with typing is awful. Has anyone else noticed this at all? Also is there a setting in which hitting the spacebar while typing will insert the highlighted predictive text, other phones Ive used have had this feature I just cant seem to find it on this one. Thanks.

 

[Jennifer Stough]

Im not sure about the setting you mentioned, but if the keyboard becomes too much of a hassle, you can always try Swiftkey. It is highly customizable.

 

[Jaycemiskel]

Yeah I switched to SwiftKey. The Samsung keyboard works great on my tablet but I don't really like it too much on a phone.

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[Averix]

Im not sure about the setting you mentioned, but if the keyboard becomes too much of a hassle, you can always try Swiftkey. It is highly customizable.

I definitely second that recommendation. Samsung licensed some of SwiftKey's features for their default keyboard on the S4, but it is a far cry from the real SwiftKey. Pay for it and love it.

 

[ninjasenses]

It's mostly difficult because it doesnt have auto-correct for some reason. Anyway swiftkey is definitely the way to go

 

[anon(1733)]

Yes. The stock keypad is awful. I switched to SwiftKey. Miles better than the garbage the stock keyboard is.

Beamed Via Samsung Galaxy S4

 

[MBM7881]

+6 for swiftkey :thumbup: love it

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[bkircher]

This is good to know as I was a bit concerned with the keyboard. I love the stock jellybean keyboard and wish the s4 came with it installed. I've never really liked swiftkey, to me the android keyboard is the best because of its simplicity.

 

[Malcolm Pritchard]

Can you help me? I'm struggling with my keypad, I've tried Swiftkey which is better but what I really need is a keypad with ABC on one key DEF on next etc etc. Does anyone know an app with that type?

 

[Edge1978]

+1 to all that have said SwiftKey, 2 of my friends also upgraded to the S4 and Android for that matter and they are in love with SwiftKey/

 

[joemontana]

I've tried the Swiftekey demo, and one thing that I do not like about it is the punctuation marks. On the stock s4 kb, if I long press the period, I get a list of 11 or 12 marks, I can then slide to whichever one I want to use.
With the swiftkey demo, I had to long press whatever individual key had the punctuation mark I wanted. Quite a hassle if I'm typing fast, or w/out reading glasses.

Is there a way to customize the swifkey kb so the punctuation is more like the stock s4 kb?

if the keyboard becomes too much of a hassle, you can always try Swiftkey. It is highly customizable.

 

[joemontana]

The trial is a bit better than 4 days ago. It was bundled with Dragon Naturally speaking, one of the keys was a Dragon key. Now it's not bundled with dragon, it has 4 punctuation marks on the period. I still like the way Samsung implements it better. I haven't seen a compelling reason to make me want to switch yet.

 

[DreamSTi]

Try the Jelly Bean keyboard in the play store, I love it.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...t.inputmethod.latin.jelly.free&token=4G_VoHen

 

[Parafly]

Try the Jelly Bean keyboard in the play store, I love it.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...t.inputmethod.latin.jelly.free&token=B2ZvtwFO

Google just yesterday released their official keyboard from the Nexus lineup. IMO it's way better than the Samsung option and includes swype like capabilities.

 

[Notsosure]

Google just yesterday released their official keyboard from the Nexus lineup. IMO it's way better than the Samsung option and includes swype like capabilities.

I just downloaded it yesterday after seeing someone made a post about it. I love this keyboard. Having autocorrect is awesome

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[thornesone]

I like SwiftKey because it has arrows to move the cursor, and the prediction is pretty good.

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[jaymojones]

I love the Google keyboard myself. Stopped using Swype and haven't looked back.

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[paintdrinkingpete]

Can you help me? I'm struggling with my keypad, I've tried Swiftkey which is better but what I really need is a keypad with ABC on one key DEF on next etc etc. Does anyone know an app with that type?

I couldn't imagine going back to "T9" typing, but if that's what you really want to do, a quick search of the google play store shows a few options...here's one example

 

[sstephen17]

I actually like the Samsung keyboard specifically because it has numbers on the top. As far as I know, Swiftkey doesn't have that; you need to long press certain letters which I find annoying.

 

[paintdrinkingpete]

I actually like the Samsung keyboard specifically because it has numbers on the top. As far as I know, Swiftkey doesn't have that; you need to long press certain letters which I find annoying.

It is, and I like the idea of having the numbers on the top...at least in theory. The problem is that the buttons are just too darn small for my fat fingers, and I mistype way too often. I'll sacrifice having to long press for numbers to avoid the mistakes I was making with the built-in keyboard.