Chinese Input on Android?

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Wondering what you guys are using for Chinese input on your Android phone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2.

Currently using Google IME, which is okay. I preferred the HTC keyboard (was using Incredible S, but unfortunately lost that phone :cry:), but canā€™t seem to find anything similar. Any suggestions?

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BTW I just use pinyin.

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I have an HTC Desire S and use the HTC keyboard for handwriting and Google IME for pinyin.
Itā€™s kinda annoying that you canā€™t select the pinyin with the same button as the other keyboards though. But since I mostly use handwriting input itā€™s not that big of a dealā€¦

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Iā€™ve used TouchPal on several phones (with the handwriting plugin). Itā€™s served me well but seems to randomly turn off traditional chinese input. I have no idea why (easy enough to turn back on though).

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Yeah, I really like the HTC keyboard. I found a way to add it in on my phone, but it doesnā€™t offer pinyin inputā€¦sigh.

Will check out TouchPal.

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TouchPal is pretty good.I installed it on my wifeā€™s phone and she really likes the handwriting function. It does switch to simplified without warning. One of her friend answered her text asking if sheā€™s ā€œdefected.ā€

Seriously, though, I noticed when I followed the installation instructions Android popped up a warning that installing an app with the permission requirements it needs can be a security problem. Has anyone checked out the company behind TouchPal?

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Anyways just like to share that I found a way to install HTC CIME on non-HTC phones - http://blog.yam.com/leo2016/article/36727236

Pretty straight forward:

  1. Download the respective version for your screen resolution: WVGA (480 x 800) OR HVGA (480 x 320)
  2. Extract the zifiles.zip to the root directory of your internal memory if possible, otherwise SD card. It will create a ā€œ.zizdā€ directory
  3. Run the APK, and enable the keyboard!

I love the HTC English keyboard - easy access to the commonly used punctuation marks.