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Alternative Keyboard Success

I was able to successfully install and use Smart Keyboard Pro. The lack of a keyboard settings program was a real problem. I was able to copy the apk to the sdcard and then using root explorer I copied it to /system/app and then ran it from that directory and installed it. I next used the Keyboard Manager program from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830177 to select which keyboard for portrait and which for landscape. I have not yet figured out where to put the downloaded dictionary. It is much preferable to the NC keyboard IMHO. Time to try some other keyboards.
Edit - I was able to copy over the dictionary file and adb installed it without a problem.
Hopefully this will work with other keyboards.

There are two problems involved:
1. You can't enable an IME, because such setting is lacking
2. You can't switch IME, because long tapping a field doesn't give you any popup
Putting the keyboard into /system/app makes it automatically trusted (1) and enabled.
With the keyboard manager you can then fix (2).
However, I believe the same thing can be achieved by editing settings.db (the one where you also enable non market apps) manually. I'm not sure if there's an easy way to edit this with a (root permissioned) app though.
Anyway, good work!! I'll try your method with SwiftKey and some Japanese keyboard later.
UPDATE: I couldn't get it to work... KeyboardManager kept on nagging about a missing permission (WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS or something like that).

Try changing the permissions of the file in /system/app to allow all groups and users full access. That worked for me. I am typing this on Better Keyboard right now.

It was my fault... I hadn't read the KeyboardManager instructions. I had installed it as a normal app. Now that I placed it in /system/app as well it "worked".
Well, SwiftKey worked perfectly fine, but I couldn't get OpenWnn plus (adaption of the standard Japanese IME of Android) to work. It does show me the keyboard but as soon as I press a key it disappears.

I can't get either of the keyboards to show up in keyboard manager... I've tried swiftkey and smart keyboard pro both.

I am currently using better keyboard which is my favorite. Try rebooting a couple of times as that seemed to help me along with changing permissions.

ixampl said:
Well, SwiftKey worked perfectly fine...
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How did you get it working? I tried downloading SwiftKey from the market, but it isn't showing up in Keyboard manager... did you install it on an android phone, configure it, then pull the apk over to the nook?

I just got Ultra Keyboard installed using this method. If your not familiar with it Ultra is very customizable and has what they call "tracing" which is just like swype! I had to change the permissions to get it to work I checked all of the boxes which probably isn't required but I don't know much about permissions.

Where is the apk for smart keyboard pro. I downloaded it from the market but cant find it.

Ellerbestyle said:
Where is the apk for smart keyboard pro. I downloaded it from the market but cant find it.
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Should be in data/app It probably will have a weird name but the little symbol should be a keyboard

It worked. Something happened and I had no keyboard at all. I opened the keyboard manager and there were no keyboards listed. I sort of freaked out a little lol. I restarted and smart keyboard pro was listed. So I felt a lot better and all I can say is the iphone keyboard looks awesome.

How would one get the english dictionary working for smart keyboard? I can do adb commands just not sure what to do. I downloaded the english dictionary when it prompted me to but thats all I have done. I have the sdk working on a windows 7 machine if that helps also.

Ellerbestyle said:
How would one get the english dictionary working for smart keyboard? I can do adb commands just not sure what to do. I downloaded the english dictionary when it prompted me to but thats all I have done. I have the sdk working on a windows 7 machine if that helps also.
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I downloaded and installed it from the market..

clockcycle said:
I downloaded and installed it from the market..
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Thought someone said you had to adb install to install it.

Nevermind I got it

I installed SwiftKey from the market, adb su'ed, mv'ed it to /system/app and rebooted, used the NookTools to enable it. It's working great.
Caveat: Looks like some of the text in the configuration is missing or it's grey-on-grey and can't read it.. So I read someone suggesting setting it up beside your phone so you can see what the options are. Basically anywhere there's a list of settings with radio buttons or checkboxes, no text. But the settings, and keyboard itself is all fine.
Don't bother to launch it from the launcher, it just gets stuck trying to turn itself on, just go through the Nook Tools and do it, and once you enable it, use the Config button on the keyboard to enter the configuration.
I'll be posting in their forums about this to see what they can do.

No matter what I do I can't get Smart Keyboard installed
Can someone PLEASE post exact steps how to install the apk ?
I have it installed but can't see it in keyboard manager
Thanks

I bought it from the market and installed it. Then I copied the apk file from /data/app to /system/app. Then I made sure the permissions were rw-r--r--. Then I rebooted and went into the Nook Color Tools and selected the default keyboard to smart keyboard pro

Thanks for the prompt reply
I'll try that - if I figure out how to set permissions

lifeisfun said:
Thanks for the prompt reply
I'll try that - if I figure out how to set permissions
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Remount /system, copy the apk to system, chmod 644 the com.whatever.file.apk, reboot.

Keyboard Issues

So I just rooted my nookcolor, got it working perfectly except for two keyboard related issues:
1. Whenever I select to use the gingerbread keyboard, no keyboard appears when I click on a data field.
2. When I click on 'Keyboard Settings' in the settings menu, it crashes to the home screen. I'm really just trying to turn off the setting that shows the pop-up when a key is pressed.
Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this?

Okay so I've solved the first issue by installing the gingerbread keyboard apk, however I'm still running into the second issue. I cannot for the life of me access my keyboard settings, whenever I clicked it the screen just crashes to the home screen. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there an APK for settings that I could replace to get this working?

Keyboard
Look in the extras area for NookColor Tools
It's a screwed up place to put the keyboard selection but it's there!!

Thanks for the reply however I do not see an 'Extras' section. I've looked in both the Nookcolor Tools and the regular NookColor settings. I see the 'Keyboard' settings that crashes on me, however I don't see an 'Extras'. Could you point me in the right direction?

Nevermind, I'm an idiot. I know what you're talking about. However, that's not my issue. My issue is that when I click on 'Keyboard Settings' inside of settings, it crashes to home. I want to set my keys to not pop up when i type.

I also have a newly rooted NC and am having Keyboard issues too. (I just saw this thread as I was posting my own). I have the same issue of it crashing when you try and look at the settings. I also had the same issue with the GingerBread keyboard not showing up in a text field. I uninstalled it because I think it is broke.
I have been working with trying to get Japanese Keyboards to work with the nook so here is what you might want to do. It is ass backwards.. but its how I've been doing it to get keyboards to show up when I try to use them.
- Download a new/different gingerbread APK
- If you install it.. i bet you won't be able to select it from the keyboard list.. even after restart.
- Make sure in NookColorTools the check box is checkd for allowing 3rd party apps (if the bottom fails you might need to uncheck it and recheck it)
- Buy Root Explorer
- navigate in RE to the mysterious /data/app/ folder and find the apk that you
downloaded.. and copy it.
- navigate to /system/app/ and push the button at the top to allow writing of files.
paste the apk into this directory.
- hold in the file and it will prompt to install it.
- it might ask to replace existing ... say OK.
- Install successful.. now you will see the keyboard to choose from.

I was able to solve my gingerbread keyboard problem by just re-downloading the apk and pushing it to /system/apps/. after that i was able to select it and it's working just fine now.
however, my only problem now is accessing keyboard settings. it just always crashes to home screen. all i want to do is set the pop up on keyboard to off!

bump! anyone?!

[SOLVED] Fire HD dpi and keyboard

Hi
Got a rooted kindle fire hd with google services
Playing with dpi settings and found that a dpi of 200 looks amazing, only problem being the keyboard is screwed up - perfectly usable, just looks rubbish
Just install an alternative keyboard I thought- no so simple
They install, but I can't select them for use until iMovie them to /system/app. I can now select them but they force close. Any ideas? I have changed permissions. Do I need to move them somewhere else?
Cheers
Bryan

bryanchapman9999 said:
Hi
Got a rooted kindle fire hd with google services
Playing with dpi settings and found that a dpi of 200 looks amazing, only problem being the keyboard is screwed up - perfectly usable, just looks rubbish
Just install an alternative keyboard I thought- no so simple
They install, but I can't select them for use until iMovie them to /system/app. I can now select them but they force close. Any ideas? I have changed permissions. Do I need to move them somewhere else?
Cheers
Bryan
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What keyboard software did you install?
I use AnySoftKeyboard, I just install it and i'm good to go, no need to move it to system/app, and it does not crash too!

AmrBanawan said:
What keyboard software did you install?
I use AnySoftKeyboard, I just install it and i'm good to go, no need to move it to system/app, and it does not crash too!
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Thanks for reply, I've tried swift and hackers keyboard.
Just tried your suggestion and the same thing, its installed but cannot be selected as an input method.
I'm lost now if this is just working for others

bryanchapman9999 said:
Thanks for reply, I've tried swift and hackers keyboard.
Just tried your suggestion and the same thing, its installed but cannot be selected as an input method.
I'm lost now if this is just working for others
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Try Touchpal, that one seemed to fit the keys correctly at all dpi settings for the Kindle Hd. Just make sure you dont try and use the mic feature. You might want to disable it in your settings. Cause the keyboard to force close until i disabled the mic.

rootedkfirefan said:
Try Touchpal, that one seemed to fit the keys correctly at all dpi settings for the Kindle Hd. Just make sure you dont try and use the mic feature. You might want to disable it in your settings. Cause the keyboard to force close until i disabled the mic.
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Same thing I can't even use it.
I seem unable to deselect the 'amazon' keyboard
I now have 3 keyboards installed and I can select the check box to the left of all of them but am unable to de-select amazon.
If i now select the default input method, amazon is the only option and the 3rd party keyboards are now unselected.

Got it sorted after digging in some seemingly old threads.
Bit of a schoolboy error really ...
Don't know how you guys are doing it without copying to system/app
anyway, I copy the apk from /data/app to /system/app, change permissions AND then tap it to install it once more - I guess this last install step copies libraries somewhere ??
Reboot and all is as expected.
Thanks for your help guys.
Bryan

Use nook color tools to choose an alternate keyboard
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Enable car mode AT&T Galaxy S5 SM-G900A Working

For those of us with the AT&T Galaxy S5 who were oh so pleasantly surprised to find that AT&T had disabled some features on their Galaxy S5 model in favor of their own bloatware, here is a fix for enabling car mode for hands free use while driving. This method does not require any flashing, custom ROMS or recovery.
This is a list of modifications done to my phone for reference. Not all may be required. Rooted with TowelRoot (SuperSU), Safestrap recovery installed (with busybox), Xposed framework with Wanam xposed installed (to turn of the emergency call feature on lock screen, disable wake with home button, and disable camera shutter sound), SQLite Editor installed and all AT&T bloatware turned off (make sure AT&T DriveMode is turned off if nothing else).
1. You must have root. If you don't yet have your phone rooted just go to towelroot.com and get Geohot's towelroot app and run it.
2. Refer to this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720257) for instructions on how to install the DriveLink APKs. This thread references the Note3 running Android 4.4.2 but the same process is used on the S5.
3. Refer to this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733065) for instructions on how to enable the quick setting tile for Car Mode.
4. Place "DriveLink.apk" and "DriveLinkRemote.apk" on your external SD.
5. Browse to where you placed "DriveLink.apk" and "DriveLinkRemote.apk"
6. install the 2 apk.
7. Open up SQLite Editor
8. Select the Apps tab -> scroll down to Settings Storage and select
9. Click settings.db
10. Click system
11. Click search icon on top right (easiest method to filter) or scroll through db (harder way)
12. Type "notification" in the Filter Value field and press ok
13. Tap "notification_panel_active_app_list" -> select pencil icon on top to edit
14. In Value field, all enabled toggles are listed. Now, add the word "CarMode" (no spaces or quotation marks) to end of list (make sure to have NO SPACES between entries and semicolons separating each entry) (Note: I added a ";" at the end of CarMode as there was one already after the last tile in the list)
15. Once you add "CarMode", click save button.
16. Close SQLite editor and reboot
After reboot you should be able to activate car mode with the added quick setting tile (steering wheel).
NOTE: If car mode crashes at the main screen go to settings -> App Settings -> swipe over to all, scroll down to car mode and select it then click clear cache, clear data, force stop. then uninstall it. After it is uninstalled reboot the phone TWICE then re-install car mode and reboot. It should work after that.
Special thanks to RevelationOmega and ivanjong for doing all the real work!

I'm on basically stock, rooted, no busybox, no safestrap, no xposed.
I followed your steps precisely, didn't work.

Russ77 said:
I'm on basically stock, rooted, no busybox, no safestrap, no xposed.
I followed your steps precisely, didn't work.
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It worked for me. What exactly isn't working? Did you get the button to show up in your quick toggles? Or is it crashing or something?

I didn't get the button and the app didn't show up in my app drawer. it installed ok but nothing worked.

Russ77 said:
I didn't get the button and the app didn't show up in my app drawer. it installed ok but nothing worked.
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No app shows up in my drawer either, but the toggle opens it fine for me. Just to cover all bases: when you do the database edit for the button, make sure to type it with capital "c" and "m". It is case sensitive.

step 6: install the 2 apk's.
are you guys clicking the apk file and installing them or are you pushing them to /system/priv-app?
I was just installing them conventionally but I'm thinking that was the issue...
edit: I was messing up the list I was editing.

having problems?
For those having trouble just a few tips:
-You will not get an icon in your app drawer. The only way to launch the app is with the quick launch button unless you use an app for creating shortcuts maybe.
-When editing the database make sure you are editing the line notification_panel_active_app_list. There are other lines with very similar names. Also, make sure you enter the item as CarMode with a capital C and M with no space.
-You don't have to push the apps to the system folder they can be installed as user apps. Just click on them and install them as you would any other app. This is how it is set up on my phone.

TragicSync said:
For those having trouble just a few tips:
-You will not get an icon in your app drawer. The only way to launch the app is with the quick launch button unless you use an app for creating shortcuts maybe.
-When editing the database make sure you are editing the line notification_panel_active_app_list. There are other lines with very similar names. Also, make sure you enter the item as CarMode with a capital C and M with no space.
-You don't have to push the apps to the system folder they can be installed as user apps. Just click on them and install them as you would any other app. This is how it is set up on my phone.
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Would anyone care to give a short description as to what car mode SHOULD do? I have never had a phone with it.
Thanx!
zeddock
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Car Mode description
zeddock said:
Would anyone care to give a short description as to what car mode SHOULD do? I have never had a phone with it.
Thanx!
zeddock
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Car Mode allows you to control certain functions of your phone with hands free voice commands. You can make and receive phone calls, listen, compose and respond to texts as well as control navigation and music. Car Mode brings up a simplified launcher with four large icons for phone, messages, navigation and music that are easy to control while driving if you choose to access these manually. That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Hope this helped.
-TragicSync

Thanks worked perfectly

thanks!

Issue with Towelroot
When I went to download towelroot on my Galaxy S5, I got a message that it was not supported on my device.

CarMode galaxy S5 active
I followed the steps to get car mode on my phone but when I select car mode nothing happen. It does not open up the app.
I had it installed before and it worked fine. I did the same thing again but it will not open up the app. Does anyone have a fix. Is drivelink the issue.

TragicSync said:
4. Place "DriveLink.apk" and "DriveLinkRemote.apk" on your external SD.
5. Browse to where you placed "DriveLink.apk" and "DriveLinkRemote.apk"
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This great, all well explained but by searching for "DriveLink.apk" and "DriveLinkRemote.apk" on the route mentioned, can not find it, sorry but I am beginner in this, or if someone could give me the two apk, serious excellent, thank!!

Hi guys, I have an AT&T Galaxy S5 Active and as many other users I don't have the CarMode toggle in the notification bar either.
I followed all steps here to enable this icon in the notification bar, but unfortunately it partially worked.
First I had to download the 'DriveLink.apk" and "DriveLinkRemote.apk (from the link you provide on step two, post #19) as I didn't have them on my phone. After installing I modified the settings.db with SQLite Editor and added 'CarMode'. After rebooting the phone the toggle appears in the notification bar (which is a good thing), but when I press the icon there's an error message saying 'Unfortunately, car mode has stopped'. So, I did what you said if I found the app crashing: 'click clear cache, clear data, force stop. then uninstall it. After it is uninstalled reboot the phone TWICE then re-install car mode and reboot'. However, after doing all that it KEEPS crashing and giving me that message. It just takes me to the welcoming screen of the app, then I click next and when I agree with the terms of service and click next to keep going it crashes again!.
Any ideas or suggestions to SOLVE this issue???? Is it possible to enable car mode on the AT&T S5 Active???, or maybe I need to download different 'DriveLink.apk" and "DriveLinkRemote.apk files as the ones available on the other thread are meant for the S5 G900 only???.
Please, if anyone using an S5 Active did manage to enable CarMode it'd be greatly appreciated to share the way to do it
Thanks!

swiftkey and samsung keyboard issue

i love to use use swiftkey. But on galaxy s6, even after I choose swiftkey as default keyboard, samsung keyboard turns itself into default keyboard after a while (anywhere from few minutes to hours...). it is so annoying to select manually swiftkey all the time. Any way around this issue?

gurus , any idea ?

if nothing else you could probably use tasker to automatically set swiftkey as your default keyboard every X minutes/hours and/or when you use X programs.
OR you might be able to make it notify you via popup/alarm when samsung keyboard becomes default in order to try and pinpoint the cause
It'd be a little more advanced than anything I've done with tasker so I can't give you step by step instructions on the setup you'd need to create, but a quick google yielded these instructions, you could tweak it to your needs:
http://code.rawlinson.us/2012/10/android-change-keyboard-based-on-app.html
it's not a real fix, but a temporary workaround is better than nothing. I'm currently using tasker to workaround an issue I have with MMS not sending when connected to wifi. (Shuts wifi off for 10 seconds when mms comes in)
Questions:
-Have you attempted using another 3rd party keyboard to see if it does it to all keyboards or just swype? I use "Jelly Bean Keyboard" (downloadable from google play) and I can say once or twice its gone back to samsung keyboard, but i THINK that was due to me tinkering and accidentally resetting defaults.
-though more than likely useless, have you tried wiping your cash? shut phone off then hold power + home + volume up (or is it down?) and select wipe cash then restart phone
-finally although I don't recommend this until all other options are exhausted, it's worth asking just to know what you've tried, have you done a factory reset yet?
i've downloaded swiftkey and set it as default in my S6 just to try and help, I'll use it for a day or two and see if it resets on me and report back

Disable or freeze the Samsung keyboard
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From what I know you can't disable Samsung keyboard, at least not without root
Edit: nevermind, went into input method in settings and yes theres a disable option for Samsung keyboard.
Ive been using swiftkey since yesterdays post, so far no issue, its stayed as the selected option

finally, got it working. I have been trying to disable samsung keyboard from settings, but it will enable itself everytime. this time, i have also disabled google voice typing option, and now Swiftkey stays as default. I dont know what is the co-relation between the two, but it works. Thanks all of you for various suggestions.

abachhan75 said:
finally, got it working. I have been trying to disable samsung keyboard from settings, but it will enable itself everytime. this time, i have also disabled google voice typing option, and now Swiftkey stays as default. I dont know what is the co-relation between the two, but it works. Thanks all of you for various suggestions.
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I keep google voice typing enabled for occasional use while driving if I need to respond to a txt asap, along with an alternate (jellybean) keyboard as primary, it's never caused an issue for me before
Day 2 into using swiftkey keyboard (with google voice typing enabled) without any disabling/resetting to default samsung keyboard problems
On a side note, if I could remove the word suggestion bar I'd probably keep swiftkey now, got a theme i like on it and learning to enjoy it, though I dont use the swype function at all