A better auto-correction keyboard needed! - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Cant front, autocorrection on the stock keyboard sucks majorly. Is there an option to turn up the level of auto correction or do you guys know of a better keyboard? Im thinking of installing the LatinIME gingerbread keyboard. Also, i cant seem to find the option to turn off haptic feedback on tge stock keyboard.
What do you guys reccomend?

settings > language and input > hit "default Engilsh (US) - Android Keyboard)" > hit "Configure input methods" > hit the "settings icon" next to "android keyboard.
In here, there are lots of options. Vibrate on keypress, sound on keypress, etc. If you click on "Auto Correction" it has different settings. By default it is on "modest". There is "aggressive" and "very aggressive". There is also advanced settings at the bottom.

i am not sure how you type, but i have no issue with the auto correction of the stock keyboard.
in fact, i am well impressed with it as well. as there is some sort of blind type DNA in the stock keyboard, that is for sure.

I've had no problems with it so far and I'm a novice when it comes to typing on an Android phone (Even though I've been using them for 5 years) auto correct is doing its jobs worth for me.

my only issue is that I keep hitting the "b" button instead of a space because of the larger screen... and 80% of the time it fixes that automatically.
The ICS keyboard is very good IMO. The only alternative I would recommend is SwiftKeyX but I didn't like it. It was too aggressive and screwed me up more then my typing.

Seriously, are you typing without looking at the screen? I've misspelled some words pretty bad and auto correct hasn't gotten it wrong once yet for me. Not sure what you're doing...
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mb02 said:
Seriously, are you typing without looking at the screen? I've misspelled some words pretty bad and auto correct hasn't gotten it wrong once yet for me. Not sure what you're doing...
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Sometimes lol, but no seriously, i like auto capitalization of "i" and auto punctuation sometimes. I like the aesthetics of the keyboard but simple stuff like correctjng these coomon words that im tryjnh to type here and tge keyboard doesny aytocorrect. I think i type pretty fast in landscape so id like for mg simple mistakes to be corrected so im not slowed down much. I also have pretty decent sized hands so maybe that plays in as well.
Okay, i just turned off the haptic feedback and turned up autocorrection to aggressive. Howevrr, i jusg notice that there was an optkon to show suggested word corrections. I made sure it was on. However, as i tgpe no suggestions appear like tgey did on the gingerbread keyboard. Also, you can, see my mispelled words. None autocorrections were made on "aggressive" setting. Do yiu guys get auto correction suggestion popups?

I'm having same issues, a lot of words end up garbled nonsense as well. Must mean I really suck at typing on that thing but I am definitely quite a bit slower than on real keyboards like palm pre and G1.

Tgiz sentence is tyoed with autocorrection on very aggresive. As you can see i am sgill making manh mistakes and none are beinh corrected. Not one time has a suggestion popped uo and corrected my mistakes. Tge is not corrcted to "the" as yiu can still see! Am i foing somethijg wrong?

It seems so as I typed a lot of mistakes on the default keyboard with this message and they all corrected
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man, i really dont wanna do a hard resest. It took me a lonv time to get my phone the way i like it.

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Tgiz sentence is tyoed with autocorrection on very aggresive. As you can see i am sgill making manh mistakes and none are beinh corrected. Not one time has a suggestion popped uo and corrected my mistakes. Tge is not corrcted to "the" as yiu can still see! Am i foing somethijg wrong?
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Is your autocorrect just not working at all??

Stock keyboard would be a lot better if it was bigger. Like compare to the wp7 KB on the htc titan and androids is pathetically small. I think I'm going to take a stab at making a wp7esk KB for android...yea all current options are that bad IMO. Swype is to small, thumb KB is right size but is to slow. Might be able to go straight off of ics source...
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Is your autocorrect just not working at all??
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Nope, not in the browsers. In messaginh and other apps, just not the browsers. On androidfroums they say its a known issue. So hopefully google fixes it in the next update.

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Nope, not in the browsers. In messaginh and other apps, just not the browsers. On androidfroums they say its a known issue. So hopefully google fixes it in the next update.
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auto correct does not work at all places.
you can define certain type of field it is to disable auto correct.
for example, when you type in password field, auto correction is disabled by default.
in browser, its set to the mode where there is no auto correction.

Swiftkey is much better keyboard but the only problem I have is the voice input with swiftkey isnt native. They have their own processing engine that returns 3 options. The google one types as you speak.
I had issues with hitting letters instead of space and it got too annoying. SwiftKey auto predict and customization is so much better.

I tried SwiftKey X as an alternative, but thought it was trying to be a tad too smart for its own good *shrugs
I've always used Better Keyboard leading up to getting my GN, however have not felt the need to upgrade from the stock ICS keyboard as yet, its doing an A+ job imo.
Looking at your passages, it looks as though auto correct isn't even turned on lol,
I can see the mistakes you're making and i make the same mistakes in my texts, emails and tweets, however ICS keyboard corrects all for me just fine

Used to use only swift key, but once I got my nexus, I stuck with the ics keyboard and just put it to aggressive and I'm liking it much better, although it was great for a stock one, aggressive is MUCH better
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[Q] Spell check

any way to get spell check to work with the h/w keyboard?
I would like to know this as well
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This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but maybe it will work in substitute?
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/3784-you-want-predictive-text-wth-physical-keyboard-here-how-you-do-you-welcome.html
It adds predictive text to the physical keyboard. Not quite spell check, but could be used as a substitute.
Edit: Hmm, just realized this might not work super great since it was intended to install on the droid... Some of the market keyboard applications have settings for predictive text using the hardware keyboard. If you google around for it, you can find them.
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This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but maybe it will work in substitute?
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/3784-you-want-predictive-text-wth-physical-keyboard-here-how-you-do-you-welcome.html
It adds predictive text to the physical keyboard. Not quite spell check, but could be used as a substitute.
Edit: Hmm, just realized this might not work super great since it was intended to install on the droid... Some of the market keyboard applications have settings for predictive text using the hardware keyboard. If you google around for it, you can find them.
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Thanks for reminding me of this.
I haven't used this solution in a while, as I didn't need it on my Nexus one.
But I did use it on my G1. It's a decent on screen keyboard too, but the hardware keyboard protection makes it killer. Lots of skins available too.
More info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
Wanted to bump this back to the top.
Is there a way to turn on spell check with the physical keyboard? Settings > locale & text seems to have no effect on the physical keyboard settings.
Just download smart keyboard pro. Great keyboard and has exactly what you are looking for with hardware suggestions. Highly recommend
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etjrowe said:
Thanks for reminding me of this.
I haven't used this solution in a while, as I didn't need it on my Nexus one.
But I did use it on my G1. It's a decent on screen keyboard too, but the hardware keyboard protection makes it killer. Lots of skins available too.
More info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
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Tried this -- it only works if you tap the text area once after the keyboard is out. Unless there's some setting I'm missing, I can't get it to work right away. It's super annoying and has been uninstalled. =(

Keyboard typing speed

I have noticed that with the stock keyboards, whenever I type really fast they always fail to detect the 2nd keystroke that was made within short interval after the first one. Is there a keyboard out there that could fix this problem or is it a inherent deficiency with the capacitive onscreen keyboards?
On a side note, can anyone tell me where to download the gingerbread in android market? I have looked high and low and couldn't find it.
I honestly haven't used the factory keyboard... I've got Swiftkey X, it seems to handle multitouch. I've even tried typing leaving my first finger down while pressing the next - no issues.
That's not the reason I got it though, I got it because it's built on a slick predictive text algorithm, it predicts the next words it thinks you might want to type so you type less. And the voice recognition I like better too, if you use the voice-to-text... it gives you 3 options to pick from so you aren't stuck groaning at whatever it thought you said.
if you search for gingerbread keyboard in the market you should find it. I think the developer is steven lin and it is called "keyboard from android 2.3"
I am using swift now and it also has that missing keystroke problem. I have also noticed that text prediction doesn't work with at least gmail application. In addition, like the samsung keyboard, there is no way to force use my own "misspelled" word when prediction is enabled.
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I noticed lag with stock keyboard, switched to swiftkey (my always default) and still a little laggy... I came across A.I.keyboard, tried it and its like swiftkey with no lag and cool customization ...I'm really starting to really like this keyboard ...been using it the past few days and liking it alot...
No lag for me
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Extremely annoying keyboard lag

I have just upgraded from the HTC evo4g. I firstly rooted, then installed smart keyboard pro. I need a keyboard that types English as well as Korean, and smart keyboard pro has been my favorite so far.
The only problem is, the keyboard lags like crazy. If I type quickly, a whole bunch of letters gt skipped. For example, if I type "Mary had a little lamb" quickly, I get "Mry hd littl amb." Sometimes, some letters start becoming symbols as if I had held the key down to get a symbol.
I tried downloading other keyboards. Something called Multiling keyboard looked promising, with a very high rating. But it lags just as much with the same results.
Right now I am using google ime for korean using something called "Korean keyboard" from the market. I hate this keyboard but at least it doesnt lag so damn much.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good multi language keyboard that wont skip letters? I mean, most multilanguage keyboards lag like hell on this phone. They also seem to not be multi-touch enabled, even when they are...
Please help me out, I am so disappointed by this small (but critical!) annoyance. Thanks.
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My fav keyboard is the gingerbread keyboard. Its multi-touch and should be multilanguage (i think at least)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.moo.android.inputmethod.latin.free&hl=en
Thanks for the suggestion supdawg. Yeah I like the gingerbread keyboard but unfortuneately it doesnt support Korean input.
I actually found something called Go Keyboard and it seems promising so far. The problem with it is that the spacebar will only work if I press it two times everytime I want to space. Lol...
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absolute00matt said:
Thanks for the suggestion supdawg. Yeah I like the gingerbread keyboard but unfortuneately it doesnt support Korean input.
I actually found something called Go Keyboard and it seems promising so far. The problem with it is that the spacebar will only work if I press it two times everytime I want to space. Lol...
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That sounds like something that could be fixed in the settings.
I have noticed this too. It seems the Evo4G has the best digitizer I've experienced - my ET4G consistently lags like yours. I have to type super slow or else it will only display a few letters. I've found Thumb Keyboard works better. I don't know about additional languages though.
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I have noticed this too. It seems the Evo4G has the best digitizer I've experienced - my ET4G consistently lags like yours. I have to type super slow or else it will only display a few letters. I've found Thumb Keyboard works better. I don't know about additional languages though.
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Try "Thumb Keyboard 4"
I type really fast and this keyboard seems to keep up with me the best. Not sure if it support Korean though
If you have the hepatic feed back on i found that adds to the lag i turn the sound and haptic off and it works fine
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Try "go keyboard", i think it has chinese, try it and c how it is, doesnt lag for me one bit.
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Yeah I have my haptic feedback and sound off. I hate haptic feedback anyway. The spinny thing in the phone that makes the phone vibrate, that thing saps your battery. Also my thumbs tickle if the haptic is on.
Anyway, yeah I tried to Go Keyboard. It still lags, but nowhere near as much as smart keyboard pro. It seems to be the best so far, but the only annoying thing is that there are no symbols above the letters. Also it's very hard to make fine adjustments if I mistype some word. I can't simply take the cursor where the error is and delete each letter, I have to delete starting from the end.
Why is this phone so laggy with the inputs? Sometimes I feel like there MUST be some options somewhere, regarding the touchscreen sensitivity etc... Or, maybe we have to use terminal emulator to change some values somewhere. I swear this phone sometimes feels like it doesn't support multitouch. type 2 letters really quick, and only 1 of them inputs. What the...hell.
I have the same pet peave with the lag issue. I don't know about multi language support, but my favorite one is Better Keyboard 8 available in the Amazon appstore. Its not perfect but its the best I've seen so far with being able to handle fast typing. The keys are spaced well and the are elongated slightly vertically and seem ideal for fast accurate typing. Give it a try and let me know how you like it.
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I've never experienced this. I only use SwiftKey, occasionally ill use swype for longer conversations or im sessions.
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Have you tried LoStKernel? It has a touchscreen lag fix..
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Have you tried LoStKernel? It has a touchscreen lag fix..
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Yeah dude I would recommend you try Lostkernel, but first try Thumb Keyboard. It's the only keyboard that doesn't lag.
I was going to recommend SwiftKeyX, but there's no Korean support. I have noticed a bit of keyboard lag (words with the same letter twice) but it's prediction and word completion have always overcome the issue. Perhaps worth looking into if/when they add Asian languages.
I have thumb keyboard, and generally like it. But it (along with other keyboards I've tried) has the weird issue that it starts out great with the auto-correct suggestions, then it stops suggesting until the entire word has been typed. My wife is experiencing this oddity as well on her ET4G. Anyone else?
Chris, thanks for the suggestion to use the Lost kernel. I will give it a try and report back here how it works out.
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my keyboard only lags when I have it charging. Does anyone else have this problem? I use thumb keyboard and swiftkey
Another thing I noticed, if you turn "Popup on keypress" off, the lag seems to go away.
I have found the solution. Better keyboard 8 from the amazon market. Whoever suggested it will get thanks soon as I get to my laptop.
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I'm so happy. Sooooo happy. Whoever has keyboard lag must download better keyboard 8 from the amazon app store.
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[Q] Which keyboard to use?

I'm surprised the standard Galaxy Nexus / ICS doesn't have a new line / enter key.
Are there any keyboards that are very similar to the stock keyboard, but instead of a smiley key it has an enter button?
I really need to use new lines in SMS messages. :C
Thumb keyboard is what I use on my tablet because its similar to stocks method of word correction but is more customisable in its layouts. I use stock on my nexus though.
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player911 said:
Thumb keyboard is what I use on my tablet because its similar to stocks method of word correction but is more customisable in its layouts. I use stock on my nexus though.
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Same. Thumb on the transformer stock on Nexus.
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when google fixes the lag on stock keyboard i will be using that. in the meantime i am using swiftkey x, which is pretty good, but it's autocorrect is horrible 90% of the time.
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when google fixes the lag on stock keyboard i will be using that. in the meantime i am using swiftkey x, which is pretty good, but it's autocorrect is horrible 90% of the time.
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Well swiftkeyX learns from the way you type, so if you end up typing any different way, it'll try to "push" you in the direction it expects you to be typing. You get a more narrowly focused autocorrect that helps for your every day 100 character tweets and SMS, but hurts in your forum posts (or other long form typing).
I still always wonder why people still use "tap" keyboards when there are swipe versions
I've personally used Swype on my last 3 Android phones and i can't envision me using anything else. It's so simple, accurate and bloody quick.
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I still always wonder why people still use "tap" keyboards when there are swipe versions
I've personally used Swype on my last 3 Android phones and i can't envision me using anything else. It's so simple, accurate and bloody quick.
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i've use swipe on all my android phones too but i find the galaxy nexus a little big for it making the swiped word slower than a smaller phone. i still like it though since it works well as a normal keyboard too when you dont want to swipe
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i've use swipe on all my android phones too but i find the galaxy nexus a little big for it making the swiped word slower than a smaller phone. i still like it though since it works well as a normal keyboard too when you dont want to swipe
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This.
I have used swype on my past few Android devices and was always SURE that it was 10x faster than any 'tap' keyboard could ever be. Upon the discovery of Swiftkey X however, I was proven very wrong. Swiftkey is incredible fast and accurate. Yes it needs optimization for the GNex but still, it's faster than anything out there at the minute.
There is allready a thread like this .... :
What keyboard you use?
Use search folx
adzrules said:
This.
I have used swype on my past few Android devices and was always SURE that it was 10x faster than any 'tap' keyboard could ever be. Upon the discovery of Swiftkey X however, I was proven very wrong. Swiftkey is incredible fast and accurate. Yes it needs optimization for the GNex but still, it's faster than anything out there at the minute.
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Theres no way swift key is quicker than swype if you can type properly
Just downloaded Swype; missed it too much from my DINC days.
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Theres no way swift key is quicker than swype if you can type properly
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I wanted to say something to this effect earlier. I tried swiftkey before swype and they're like chalk and cheese to me. Swype seems so much better.
I use ICS themed swype from here: http://jbthemes.com/djdarkknight/daswypethemes/
Swype is the best
I really dig SwiftkeyX. Predictions improved a lot when I linked it to my facebook and gmail accounts. Never could get the hang of swype but maybe I should give it another try.
I'd like to try swype for gnex. So where do you "download" it? Its not on the market place. I have slide it, which is garbage. Could someone put a link up for swype for the nexus?
Thanks guys.
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hey there, this should be the latest...
but what you'll need to do is visit the swype beta page and sign up, you'll need your username and password and enter it when the app opens, this'll then download the GN version onto your phone then install the apk...
Can anyone confirm this?? Sorry mate, I'm just a little paranoid installing some random apk not from one of the moderators...Please dont take offence. Thank you very much for posting it up. I've thanked your post.
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Can anyone confirm this?? Sorry mate, I'm just a little paranoid installing some random apk not from one of the moderators...Please dont take offence. Thank you very much for posting it up. I've thanked your post.
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You could just go sign up! Using it as we speak.
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Picked up my Note 2 today. Have some questions and concerns

I picked up my Note 2 today at a local sprint store. They were only given 5 and once I got mine they had 2 left. This was 20 minutes after they opened.
I have a couple questions and concerns reuarding the phone that im hoping someone can help me answer.
1. Is there a way to stop the volume from decreasing whenever i plug it into my car? The volume will always go down to half and its kind of annoying.
2. When using the keyboard to type messages, if i spell a word wrong and hit space it wont autocorrect it. Is this a feature Samsung left out? Im so used to it on my evo, i feel like i have to keep looking at what im writing to make sure i dont misspell something.
3. If im in the browser and zoom in on something it wont adjust to fit the page like the HTC EVO did. Is this also something samsung didnt include?
The main concern I have with the phone is the 3g data speeds. I am coming from the original Evo 4g and although Sprint isnt known to have the greatest speeds I never had a problem downloading an application. Today it took an hour to download myfitnesspal from the play store. I tested the speeds on speedtest.net and I was getting 33kbps down and 5kbps up. My girlfriend who also has an Original EVO 4g was getting 300kbps down and 170kbps up. Still not the greatest speed but alot better than what i was getting on the Note 2. Both phones were in the same spot and the same time. I did the test a number of times and always had the same outcome.
Thanks everyone. So far I am loving this phone and both the hardware and software are great!!
Word prediction will need to be enabled in your keyboard settings
Settings\language and input\
Also maybe try installing a different browser for your auto alignment issues
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I think the zoom to fit is in the settings of the browser..its not on by default
Did you try to reset the data profile and do a PRL update?
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2. When using the keyboard to type messages, if i spell a word wrong and hit space it wont autocorrect it. Is this a feature Samsung left out? Im so used to it on my evo, i feel like i have to keep looking at what im writing to make sure i dont misspell something.
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Word prediction will need to be enabled in your keyboard settings
Settings\language and input\
Also maybe try installing a different browser for your auto alignment issues
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There currently no autocorrection on the stock Samsung keyboard.
Hopefully it will get pushedto us in a future OTA
Download the Jelly Bean keyboard from the Google Play store...the best keyboard you will ever use...I have never used anything else after I downloaded it. But I believe the fitting text to the screen was an Apple patent (could be wrong) but I thought I heard that somewhere
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massiveian said:
1. Is there a way to stop the volume from decreasing whenever i plug it into my car? The volume will always go down to half and its kind of annoying.
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That is due to one of the headphone options to limit the intensity of volume so it doesn't damage your ears. You'll find the option it in the sound settings, after you disable it in won't change your volume to half anymore.
massiveian said:
I picked up my Note 2 today at a local sprint store. They were only given 5 and once I got mine they had 2 left. This was 20 minutes after they opened.
I have a couple questions and concerns reuarding the phone that im hoping someone can help me answer.
1. Is there a way to stop the volume from decreasing whenever i plug it into my car? The volume will always go down to half and its kind of annoying.
2. When using the keyboard to type messages, if i spell a word wrong and hit space it wont autocorrect it. Is this a feature Samsung left out? Im so used to it on my evo, i feel like i have to keep looking at what im writing to make sure i dont misspell something.
3. If im in the browser and zoom in on something it wont adjust to fit the page like the HTC EVO did. Is this also something samsung didnt include?
The main concern I have with the phone is the 3g data speeds. I am coming from the original Evo 4g and although Sprint isnt known to have the greatest speeds I never had a problem downloading an application. Today it took an hour to download myfitnesspal from the play store. I tested the speeds on speedtest.net and I was getting 33kbps down and 5kbps up. My girlfriend who also has an Original EVO 4g was getting 300kbps down and 170kbps up. Still not the greatest speed but alot better than what i was getting on the Note 2. Both phones were in the same spot and the same time. I did the test a number of times and always had the same outcome.
Thanks everyone. So far I am loving this phone and both the hardware and software are great!!
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Flip it to the same prl that is on your evo, that's what I did and I'm getting killer speeds (3g) on my s3...
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i agree with the Jellybean Keyboard!!! It should have come with it seeing as IT IS JELLYBEAN!!! I use the voice input constantly form the keyboard when I am emailing and texting, so when this phone "hid" the mic button and you have to press 3 buttons to get to it, I wasnt happy.... So I downloaded the Jellybean Keyboard and its awesome!!!I was having a fit last night with the browser when everytime I scroll, it zooms in, thought I was gonna throw up... so I switched to Google Chrome Browser.
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Download the Jelly Bean keyboard from the Google Play store...
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There are two of them on the store that are called "Jelly Bean Keyboard". Which one do you recommend?
Thanks.
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I think the zoom to fit is in the settings of the browser..its not on by default
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There is a similar setting in advanced settings. To get true reflow you will have to use a different browser. You can thank Apple for this.
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I have a new Note 2, and I'm also new to Android, so I've been posting different things I encounter with the phone.
My experience with the keyboard is one of the things I posted, copied in here.
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The default Samsung keyboard on the Galaxy Note 2 is a sleeper.
Samsung included Swiftkey Flow, which allows gesture-based typing, like Swype. The more I use it the more I like it, and it has auto-suggest and auto-correct.
The number row at the top is pretty great, too, the large screen allows it all to fit. The auto-suggestions appear above the number row.
Samsung also included the handwriting keyboard, for the S-Pen. The handwriting recognition works really well, and I'm coming up to speed with it.
The main points to remember about the keyboards are these:
- auto-suggest and auto-correct function in both tapping and handwriting modes.
- in tapping mode the transition between tapping and gesturing is seamless, but if you try to use both modes within a word a space is automatically inserted.
- in tapping mode auto-correct functions only while using gestures. If you're tapping and not gesturing you have to choose among the suggestions instead of relying on auto-correct. I'm learning the cases where it's important to me to have auto-correct do its thing, like when typing "I'm". If I type it in in tapping mode, it ends up as "Im" unless I choose the auto-suggestion with the apostrophe. It's better instead to use gesture mode for "I'm" as the auto-correct will do the right thing and use the apostrophe. As I mentioned, the transition from tapping to gesturing is seamless.
- quick-punctuation and quick-capitalization functions are missing
completely. People who don't use gestures and people who've never spent time with an IOS keyboard ( and many who have ) don't get this.
I am starting to really like this keyboard. My only real gripes are the lack of auto-correct in tapping mode and the lack of quick-capitalization and quick-punctuation, but they are mitigated by long-presses.
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Someone else mentioned in the thread the Jelly Bean Keyboard, and it really is an excellent keyboard, I discovered it with my Galaxy S3 and initially installed it on the Note 2. But I'm not willing to give up the handwriting recognition, so back to the stock keyboard I went.
The stock keyboard doesn't do everything, but it has its good points.
Cheers,
-John
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2. When using the keyboard to type messages, if i spell a word wrong and hit space it wont autocorrect it. Is this a feature Samsung left out? Im so used to it on my evo, i feel like i have to keep looking at what im writing to make sure i dont misspell something.
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mlkaufman said:
There are two of them on the store that are called "Jelly Bean Keyboard". Which one do you recommend?
Thanks.
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The one by johntanmi....it should be a red icon with a keyboard
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There is a similar setting in advanced settings. To get true reflow you will have to use a different browser. You can thank Apple for this.
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I also came from the Evo4G, and the auto adjust feature you speak of is a HTC Sense feature. I noticed this early on after using others phones and tablets. Although a small feature for those that have had it and lost it we all know how big of a thing it really is. Still don't know why Google hasn't implemented this within current builds of Android yet.
Tw1sted247 said:
I also came from the Evo4G, and the auto adjust feature you speak of is a HTC Sense feature. I noticed this early on after using others phones and tablets. Although a small feature for those that have had it and lost it we all know how big of a thing it really is. Still don't know why Google hasn't implemented this within current builds of Android yet.
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Apple is why. Htc will eventually have to remove it as well.
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00mred00 said:
Apple is why. Htc will eventually have to remove it as well.
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Can you explain what Apple has to do with it, references? AFAIK, HTML can be rendered any which way the (User Agent, that is) browser wants - that's the point of markup language.
ireallyamspecial said:
Can you explain what Apple has to do with it, references? AFAIK, HTML can be rendered any which way the (User Agent, that is) browser wants - that's the point of markup language.
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Text/browser reflow after zooming(what the op is refering to on HTC phones...similar to word wrapping in excel lol) is patented by Apple. Samsung removed it from devices last year. HTC will eventually do so as well.
Its been all over the web for nearly 2 years...you are a smart guy you can find it
The only way to get it to work on samsung phones is to, after zooming in to the size that you want, you have to double tap the screen an additional time to enable text reflow.
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00mred00 said:
Text/browser reflow after zooming(what the op is refering to on HTC phones...similar to word wrapping in excel lol) is patented by Apple. Samsung removed it from devices last year. HTC will eventually do so as well.
Its been all over the web for nearly 2 years...you are a smart guy you can find it
The only way to get it to work on samsung phones is to, after zooming in to the size that you want, you have to double tap the screen an additional time to enable text reflow.
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Yup. And in a coup today Apple won a patent on page turning animations. ..
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Using the Dolphin browser with Dolphin Jetpack, you get extremely fast page renderig with automatic text reflow.
00mred00 said:
Text/browser reflow after zooming(what the op is refering to on HTC phones...similar to word wrapping in excel lol) is patented by Apple. Samsung removed it from devices last year. HTC will eventually do so as well.
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Hmm, that'd contradict TechRadar.com's review [/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-note-2-1093688/review/5#articleContent]:You can have the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 reformat pages when you zoom in but it doesn't do this by default, which is slightly annoying.
In fact, you have to go into the advanced section of the settings menu to dig this little gem out, which we weren't overly impressed with having to do.
Lots of people won't be aware of this - and that could lead to a second rate experience for no reason at all.​

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