My Galaxy SIII was great until it updated

[Ketchup]

I got a Galaxy S3 as a free upgrade last year, shortly after the S4 came out. As my first Smart phone. I liked it, and adjusted to it easily.

Then came the update early this year. I was able to tell it no a couple times, then it finally just did it on it's own.

The most annoying thing about the update was texting. Any time I put in a word it didn't like, it would change it. If I changed it back before I finished the text, it would change it back as soon as I started typing again. I could only change it if I was done with the message, assuming I caught it of course. I turned off the feature, but didn't realize I was giving up word suggestions entirely.

Why in the world do they do that? Any way to get texting back to the way it was?

Also, whenever I remove an app it came with, because I don't want it, it just adds it back later? Not a big deal, but I wish it didn't do that as well.

Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[Bman123]

Are you talking about the 4.3 update? I don't like it at all on my note 2. I ended up installing the Google keyboard from the play store and it's so much better then the stock Samsung keyboard

 

[Ketchup]

Are you talking about the 4.3 update? I don't like it at all on my note 2. I ended up installing the Google keyboard from the play store and it's so much better then the stock Samsung keyboard

Thanks. I'll look into that.

 

[gmaster456]

Yeah. I absolutely hate the Samsung keyboard. Try out the google one.

 

[gorcorps]

I didn't know people used the built in keyboard

Give Swiftkey a try while you're at it too. There's a lot of good options out there.

 

[Ketchup]

Cool, I am still getting used to it, obviously.

I was surprised though. The built in web browser runs way better/faster than firefox.

 

[ControlD]

When I first got my Note 2, I couldn't even type my email address in to register my Gmail account. The stupid Samsung keyboard would ALWAYS auto correct it to something else. I immediately wondered if I had made the correct choice in phones. Luckily, Android allows for alternate keyboards are there are a bunch of really good ones to choose from. I usually alternate between the Google keyboard and Swype depending on what my mood is like.

 

[trmiv]

Weird, I actually prefer the Samsung keyboard over a lot of the other options. I can't stand Swiftkey. Google Keyboard is OK, but it lacks a number row.

 

[s44]

Swype. Also, I haven't seen removed bloatware coming back unless you take an OTA update. Maybe you have auto-update on through Google Play for these apps or something?

 

[Ketchup]

Swype. Also, I haven't seen removed bloatware coming back unless you take an OTA update. Maybe you have auto-update on through Google Play for these apps or something?

Could be. If I have time tonight I will take a look. But it's only 1 and today is already wearing me out. As a certain cat in a certain movie said "I hate Mondays."

 

[marcplante]

There should also be a swype option built into the Samsungs. Google is a decent keyboard, but the original swype works better IMO