Just a heads up, the new Swype beta is a lot nicer than our stock one IMO, and knowing verizon...it will be months( if ever) for them to push a swype update to us
To use it though you must register first...
ALSO, you must be rooted because you have to:
1. Change your default input method to anything other than Swype.
2. Mount file system as R/W in Root Explorer
3. Delete (or move/rename(.bak to end)) \system\app\swype.apk
4. Delete (or move/rename(.bak to end)) \data\dalvik-cache\[email protected]@[email protected]
5. Delete (or move/rename(.bak to end)) \system\lib\libSwypeCore.so
6. Reboot
7. Download and Run the latest Swype Beta installer
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hey there
i'm on cyanogenmod 6.1 and it has ADW version number 1.1.2
i want to replace it with the newer version from the market
how can i do that with rootexplorer ??
Overwrite /system/app/ADWLauncher.apk with the newer version.
didnt work ,,
it just disappered as if i uninstalled it although its still in system/app/ADWLauncher.apk
denteno said:
didnt work ,,
it just disappered as if i uninstalled it although its still in system/app/ADWLauncher.apk
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Delete system/app/ADWLauncher.apk
Delete ADW stuff in dalvik-cache, or complete wipe your dalvik-cache
Push the new ADWLauncher.apk to system/app
reboot
if i wiped dalvik-cache will it affect other apps ???
and by "push"
do you mean just copy the apk and paste it in system/app ??
didnt work !!!
isnt there anyway around it by using terminal or something ?
I've done this before by just installing the newer version from the market (it actually has a different name for the installed apk), set as default, then uninstall the old version with Titanium...
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Mount RW. Overwrite the file. Then select and install it. Exit and reboot. I do it all the time.
danger-rat said:
I've done this before by just installing the newer version from the market (it actually has a different name for the installed apk), set as default, then uninstall the old version with Titanium...
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This. You'll have two versions of ADW installed at first, but just remove the old one using TB and you're set.
Try this:
Open the Terminal app and run the following commands in it:
Code:
su
remount
cp /sdcard/ADW.Launcher.apk /system/app/ADWlauncher.apk
reboot
how about setting the permissions?
This is how I did it.
0. Make a backup of your original ADWLauncher.apk
1. Download the newest ADW.Launcher from the Market
2. Using Root Explorer, mount as R/W, in /data/app, find the ADW.Launcher apk file
3. Copy and paste the file into /system/app
4. Delete old ADWLauncher.apk
5. Rename copied file to ADWLauncher
6. (If needed) Long press on file and select Permissions, change Permissions to Read: All 3; Write: User
7. Mount back to R/O and exit Root Explorer.
Enjoy.
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Greetings,
How do I add my keyboard support into SGS?
Norwegian (Norway/Norsk)
For a second there I thought you were wanting beta testers for a new keyboard you were developing.
Posting in Q&A would be a start.
Do you think about something like this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10403672
qtJz said:
Greetings,
How do I add my keyboard support into SGS?
Norwegian (Norway/Norsk)
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Create a complete ROM with DocRambones romkitchen, there is options for keybords that include norwegian, you could also buy swiftkey it's discounted right now, and it's a great keyboard, once bought you could redownload it in any ROM you choose to install in your phone.
qtJz said:
Greetings,
How do I add my keyboard support into SGS?
Norwegian (Norway/Norsk)
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Try this! (Your phone needs to be rooted)
[APPS]Working keyboards for most EU countries (JPY)
It is at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896042
It includes normal and swype (not ginger) keyboard for SGS.
READ the instructions BEFORE doing anything!!!!
If you don't have rootexplorer, you need rooted phone, busybox, Superuser and "Terminal Emulator" (or similar cosole app).
Step 0. Change keyboard you are using to something else than Samsung-keyboard (if you have that). Otherwise you might not be able to replace the files.
Step 1. Type 'su' in the console app and allow root access to that app.
Step 2. Type 'mount'
Step 3. Find line(s) that contains /system
Step 4. Look what block it is (it should be /dev/block/stl9)
Step 5. Type 'mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system'
Step 6. Now your /system is mounted as read-write. Backup original files.
Step 7. Extract the zip file and then copy new files - file 'AxT9IME.apk' in 'EU GalaxyS Keyboards/sys-app' to /system/app/ and two files from 'EU GalaxyS Keyboards/sys-lib' to /system/lib/
Now it is done.
Change keyboard back to Samsung-keyboard and it should work.
I mean SHOULD, not 100% sure. It works on my "Darky's v8.1 Gingerbread Edition ★ JPY ★"
"REMEMBER.. you can do serious damage to your rom if you delete or move essential system files.
This is at OWN risk!"
If you pm me I can send you swype jpa.zip or you can create a Doc-rom with this keyboard and samsung euro.
Sent from my GT-I9000
K4P1 said:
Try this! (Your phone needs to be rooted)
[APPS]Working keyboards for most EU countries (JPY)
It is at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896042
It includes normal and swype (not ginger) keyboard for SGS.
READ the instructions BEFORE doing anything!!!!
If you don't have rootexplorer, you need rooted phone, busybox, Superuser and "Terminal Emulator" (or similar cosole app).
Step 0. Change keyboard you are using to something else than Samsung-keyboard (if you have that). Otherwise you might not be able to replace the files.
Step 1. Type 'su' in the console app and allow root access to that app.
Step 2. Type 'mount'
Step 3. Find line(s) that contains /system
Step 4. Look what block it is (it should be /dev/block/stl9)
Step 5. Type 'mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system'
Step 6. Now your /system is mounted as read-write. Backup original files.
Step 7. Extract the zip file and then copy new files - file 'AxT9IME.apk' in 'EU GalaxyS Keyboards/sys-app' to /system/app/ and two files from 'EU GalaxyS Keyboards/sys-lib' to /system/lib/
Now it is done.
Change keyboard back to Samsung-keyboard and it should work.
I mean SHOULD, not 100% sure. It works on my "Darky's v8.1 Gingerbread Edition ★ JPY ★"
"REMEMBER.. you can do serious damage to your rom if you delete or move essential system files.
This is at OWN risk!"
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You can download the 'EU GalaxyS Keyboards.zip' -file from:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10258973/EU GalaxyS Keyboards.zip
It is 23.8 M file!
I have nothing to do with this file. I just downloaded it drom XDA developers -forum, but somehow I can't remember were
Oh. A typo
'EU GalaxyS Keyboards/sys-*' should be 'EU GalaxyS Keyboards/Samsung/sys-*
Hi there, I would have posted in the captivate android dev darky's thread but apparently I need 10 posts for that or something stupid.
I was on Darky's 9.2 and was all working well and then swype told me the license had expired so I thought I may as well update to 9.3 because I thought that might fix my swype. Updated to that and selected the swype option in the darky app etc and that didn't seem to work, swype still says I need a new license. I signed up for the swype beta and downloaded that but in order to install the new swype I have to uninstall my current version. How do I go about doing this? If I go settings/manage apps/all/swype the uninstall option is greyed out. How do I uninstall it?
Thanks
Use titanium backup
CM7
mcord11758 said:
Use titanium backup
CM7
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I backed up my old swype from when I was using cognition and just tried to restore that but it said swype crashed.
I meant delete current version then sign up for beta and dl
CM7
Oh I see, didn't see the uninstall but. Cool thanks will try that now.
I now go through all the steps in the swype installer and at the end it says application not installed.
Did you try both dl versions?
CM7
You mean full and english/spanish? Yup.
I found this:
http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/showthread.php/3922-Application-Not-Installed-Have-lost-Swype
Ok first things first;
1: Your Rooted and have a Root file explorer
2: You have 2 files that you downloaded, Swype.apk and libSwypeCore.so
Remove original swype.apk from /system/app then remove the libSwypeCore.so from /system/lib.
Restart phone
Now add your new swype.apk to /system/app and the libSwypeCore.so to /system/lib
and restart just to make sure
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I tried deleting libSwypeCore.so through root explorer but it said read only, how do I delete this?
Top there I'd a button in root explorer r/o or r/w. Click it, try again
CM7
Okay, I deleted that file and it still didn't work so I restarted my phone and it installed and now works perfectly. Thanks
Glad it worked
CM7
They need to put their app in the market like everyone else. It's rather ridiculous.
MikeyMike01 said:
They need to put their app in the market like everyone else. It's rather ridiculous.
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+1 enough already
CM7
Arabic Swype on Captivate!
I've actually encountered several woes when it comes to Swype on my Captivate but using Darky's ROM is still worth it in my opinion!
What adds to my troubles is the fact that I use Arabic on my Swype keyboard so the BETA by itself is no good.
However for those in my situation the solution goes something along the lines of:
1- Remove anything Swype related on your phone (Swype.apk/Swype Installer/LibSwypeCore.So) so you can have a fresh start with this.
LibSwypeCore.so is found in /system/lib/
2- Sign up and install the Swype BETA
3- After installing the BETA go to : /data/data/com.swype.android.inputmethod/swypedata/
4- Make a copy of "license.dat" file.
This is essential as without it you will most likely receive "This package of Swype is configured for another device" error.
5- Place the copy somewhere convenient like /mnt/sdcard for example.
6- Uninstall the Swype BETA,Swype Installer and delete the LibSwypeCore.So
7- Get the Swype.apk & LibSwypeCore.So that comes with Darky 9.3
8- Place the Darky LibSwypeCore.so in /system/lib
The rest of the guide is dedicated to adding arabic to the Swype package
9- First get a hold of a swype package that already has Arabic on it (Dr.Akrim Gingerblue ROM for example)
10- Rename the Darky Swype.apk to SwypeD.zip
11- Rename the Arabic Swype.apk to SwypeA.zip and extract its contents
12- Go to the extracted folder then navigate to \assets\files
13- Search for and select all files containing Arabic
14- Copy the selected files and paste them into SwypeD.zip\assets\files
Note: Do NOT extract the SwypeD.zip as repacking it would require signing which is a hassle I like to avoid.
15- Now go to \assets\keyboards in the SwypeA extracted folder
16- Search for and select all files containing Arabic
17- Copy the selected files and paste them into SwypeD.zip\assets\keyboards
18- Lastly, go to SwypeD.zip\assets\files\languages.lst and open the file in notepad.
19- add Arabic to the language list so it should look something like:
"Arabic,EnglishUS,Russian,Hebrew,EnglishUK"
20- Repeat the above process to helplanguages.lst
21- Rename SwypeD.zip back to SwypeD.apk or whatever you like (Swype.apk)
22- Place this newly modified apk in /system/app
23- Enjoy
EDIT: IF The method above does not work there is an alternative method of simply changing your Model Number (via editting the build.prop file found in /system/ and replace any mentions of "SGH-i897" with "GT-I9000"
This will allow you to use any Swype package that provides arabic with no problems.
MikeyMike01 said:
They need to put their app in the market like everyone else. It's rather ridiculous.
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u get this working on ur rom? Every theme I try wrecks my swype
Though I could download and install Graffiti on my Gtab , I cannot select it as an input method. A message warns that personal data may be collected, and if I'm sure I want to use the input method. However, after tapping ok, Graffiti remains unchecked. Another similar app gave the same results. Google gesture search seems to work, so I'm hoping someone here might know how to fix this.
(using: TnT-Enhanced v3.1.4b)
Update Edit:
I am getting the same problem with the gingerbread keyboard.
Hello...
I had the same issue and gaspra over at this post gave me the answer... Hope this helps you out. BTW, there is a free version of Root Explorer in the market.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=993752
you will need a root explorer, it's on app market but not free.
From Root Explorer, open the /data/app/ folder and you will find the
keyboard you just installed. Then copy the apk file to /system/app, note
this is where you need the Root Explorer to change the permission for
/system folder from R/W to R/O (allowing permission to write in this folder
by user).
Do a restart once you finish copying the file. The new input method
should be enabled by default then.
Alternatively you can use "adb" tool from Android SDK to transfer the
apk file if you don't have a copy of Root Explorer.
Edit: much easier to use this app from the play store. No root required
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.shenye.android.inputmethod.latin
So I got the keyboard from Android L working.
Here is what I did to easily make it work.
Im Not responsible for borked phones. Make a backup first!
This is not my work.
***root required***
Download flashable zip from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53703171
[APP] GOOGLE KEYBOARD FROM ANDROiD L (5.0) *WORKiNG*
Next go to the play store, find Google Keyboard and click uninstall. This will uninstall updates not the entire app.
***for TWRP***
Navigate to system/app find LatinImeGoogle.apk and rename to LatinImeGoogle.bak
Reboot into recovery and flash the zip
Reboot go to settings....language and input...click on the settings for google keyboard scroll down to advanced settings, go to color scheme, choose material. That's it. You now have the new keyboard!
***For manual install ie Rooted w Safestrap***
Extract contents of the zip you downloaded
Go to system/app find LatinImeGoogle.apk and rename to LatinImeGoogle.bak
Then from the file you extracted move the new LatinImeGoogle.apk to system/app and set permissions to rw-r-r
Next from the file you extracted move libjni_latinimegoogle.so to system/lib and set permissions to rw-r-r.
Reboot go to settings....language and input...click on the settings for google keyboard scroll down to advanced settings, go to color scheme, choose material. That's it. You now have the new keyboard
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