Missing arrows on Vivid stock keyboard?

[Dana7878]

My apologies if this has been asked a million times before. I am new to these boards.

I had an HTC Inspire for about 2 years (I believe it ran on FROYO), and I loved the stock keyboard, which included the up, down, right, and left arrows at the bottom.

I recently upgraded to the HTC Vivid (ICS) and it seems the stock keyboard on that phone does not have the arrow keys, only the green bubble which I hate. I have searched high and low for a third-party keyboard but the only one that even came close was the hacker keyboard, but the keys on the 5-line layout were so tiny it wasn't worth it, so I uninstalled.

Am I missing somethig? Is there a way to get my "old" keyboard again without having to install a 3rd party app? If not, is there an app out there which is similar-looking to my old one without all the extra crap? I just want my arrow keys back! :'(

 

[OperationA7X]

1) You could just screenshot your Vivid with Power + Volume Down for 2-3 seconds. 2) They removed it because they felt it looked neater.

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[cougmeister]

If you are up to rooting your device, you should check out wcxxperia-nce.com The dev over there (WildChild) is great, and his Rom comes with the arrows keyboard that you like.

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[ZeroRilix]

Or you could do like me and use an alternate keyboard. I use SwiftKey 3 and it has the option to enable the arrows in the settings.

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[Dana7878]

Or you could do like me and use an alternate keyboard. I use SwiftKey 3 and it has the option to enable the arrows in the settings.

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This is exactly what I needed! Thank you!

 

[knighthawk321]

I gotta agree with Zerorilix. SwiftKey is the best keyboard on the planet. If you don't have it, get it.

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[OperationA7X]

Or you could get the Jellybean keyboard ported to your phone, like I do!

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