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[Kindle Fire General] leefl:
I still can't get Swype to show up as an available input method. (and while I'm new to this forum, I'm a professional developer, so not new to dev/patching).

Steps I took are as follows (from memory): -

Rooted my Kindle Fire

* Downloaded the latest Swype Beta installer to my Samsung GS2 phone, and copied the file from there to /sdcard on my Kindle Fire.

* Launched the installer on the Kindle Fire (using ES File Explorer)

* Logged in as prompted by the installer and let it download the Swype executable, and let that install up to the point where it prompts you to change the keyboard. (I realized I wouldn't be able to select at this point, but naively thought that I could just change the settings.db later)

* Copied the settings.db file to /sdcard (and made a backup, with a different file extension, in the original location) using adb shell

* Copied the settings.db file from /sdcard to my PC (after disconnecting/reconnecting USB cable)

* Used SQLite Browser on PC to add the Swype input method to the 'enabled_input_method' row in the settings.db file, applied the changes and saved.

* Copied the Settings.db file back to /sdcard on my Kindle Fire

* Copied the Settings.db file back to the original location (using adb shell)

* chown system.system settings.db

* chmod 660 settings.db

* Rebooted Kindle Fire and tried to switch Keyboard input method (via long-press in a text entry field), and found that there was still no Swype input method selectable.

I then realized that I had probably made a mistake by trying to install Swype before I had changed the Settings.db

I then went into the Kindle Fire Settings/Applications screen, and cleared data for, and uninstalled both 'Swype' and 'Swype Installer'.

Just in case it made a difference I then un-rooted my Kindle Fire.

I then re-installed the Swype Installer (from /sdcard/apps), followed the prompts to download and install Swype itself. Version is shown as 2.0.26481 (13.00).

I have tried selecting both 'Swype Beta Americas' and 'Swype Beta All Regions' when prompted which version to download (doing an uninstall between each time).

After installing Swype itself and selecting 'Done' I'm taken to the screen with the 'Enable Swype' button, and a grayed out 'Select Swype' button.

When I select 'Enable Swype' I am taken to the 'Kindle Keyboard' settings screen, with no way to switch keyboard there.

If I back out I am taken to the same 'Enable Swype' screen. If I back out from there and go to any text entry box and 'long-press' I am taken to the popup with the 'Input Method' option, and from there I get a choice of just 'Kindle Keyboard', no other option is available.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Kindle Fire General] wvdude:
I'm in the exact same spot, leefl.
[Kindle Fire General] screwyluie:
no expert here, but i believe the "enable" button changes the settings.db which should already be done if you edited it properly.

if the settings.db was edited properly the enable button should be greyed and the select swype button should be available.

i used the sqlite app to do mine, but that's how it went, once i had the settings.db properly edited (i typed it wrong the first time) it worked.
[Kindle Fire General] leefl:
Interesting. The 'Enable Swype' button is always available for me, and the 'Select Swype' button is always grayed out.

I copied the text for the DB entry directly from this thread.

The exact text I have (copied directly from the DB itself) is: -

com.android.inputmethod.latin/.LatinIME:com.swype.android.inputmethod/.SwypeInputMethod

I have been wondering whether the input method naming has been changed in the latest Swype beta, but it seems other people have installed in the last couple of days too.

Anyone have any ideas if there is anything else (other files etc) that I need to manually clean before reinstalling Swype, that isn't cleared by the 'Clear Data' or 'Uninstall' options ?

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Problem Solved !!!

Apparently it was nothing to do with installing/re-installing Swype itself.

I noticed that I had a new-line after the end of the modified text in the settings.db entry.

I wondered if this could possibly be a problem, so I removed the line-break, and re-saved the settings.db file (and re-copied to my Kindle etc).

I then re-installed Swype (after cleaning and uninstalling) and voila, problem solved. Swype is now selectable as an input-method and working perfectly.

I hope this helps others.

karlhafer: check if this is the problem you have. Just make sure there's no new-line/line-break at the end of the entry in settings.db
[Kindle Fire General] mhalter:
thejaycan, HELP! I'm stuck bootlooping as well. Can I recover by using SQLite from my PC. Any suggestions would be helpful as I'm a total noob at this stuff.
[Kindle Fire General] movieaddict:
Dammit I want my Swype!
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
This is an easy install without having to mess with the settings.db

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1376333

Takes longer to wait for the reboot than to make the actual change.

If you can't make this type of change, you REALLY should not be attempting other mods to your KF...
[Kindle Fire General] unclejunior:
Tips for Mac OS X users

Hi,

This thread helped get Swype installed on my Kindle Fire!

(Purchased after Christmas with 6.2.1 pre-loaded)

Thanks to All.

As a small pay-it-forward, here's some additional tips if you're using Mac OS X, which is where my Android development environment is installed.

Copy and back up settings.db

adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
cp settings.db settings.bak

Modify settings.db...

First run sqlite3:

sqlite3 settings.db

Then issue these 2 commands at the sqlite> prompt:

UPDATE secure set value='com.android.inputmethod.latin/.LatinIME:com.swype.android.inputmethod/.SwypeInputMethod' where name='enabled_input_methods';

.quit

Now, copy the file back to the kindle:

adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

adb shell chown system.system /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

adb shell chmod 660 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
[Kindle Fire General] stevenmirabito:
Thanks! This worked PERFECTLY! :D

A note to other people: make sure you reboot after you edit settings.db, otherwise the changes won't take effect.... :rolleyes:
[Off-topic] Haloman800:
Snipped: via creator request
[Off-topic] Dblfstr:
Sent in PM.

Although I do not require a google music invite.

And you misspelled a word. Also, I am not aware of GBAtemp.
[Off-topic] Archer:
As above, but I've not pm'd you (despite the request). And yes, there was no need for the "s" at the end of one of the words, unless it was meant to have an apostrophe before it.
[Off-topic] Dblfstr:
lol, I was not sure about the 's' either, but there was another misspelling. :D

should have been two 'd's
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deolarte:
http://liliputing.com/2011/11/a-possible-fix-for-hp-touchpad-android-sleep-of-death-problem.html

The zip is for the touchpad, and it fixed the sod. will it work on nook color?anyone have something similar. Thanks again.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
A few pages back there is a flashable zip of a sod death fix:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=960542

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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sryan1983:
I wouldn't flash it. My guess is that it is specific for the touchpad. The zip includes a boot.img file and the updater-script has it installing to ext3 to a partition that is not for our device.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patruns:
You also might want to hold off. Dal was looking at a log on the CM site and had some ideas that might work. He asked one of the more knowledgeable users to try and paste a fix to see if it worked but I have not seen the result yet.
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
Eclipse users.. im getting ready to start another theme or am ready to port one.. any requests.. most wanted wins
[Motorola Droid X2] reaktorblue:
I love what you've done with the blooded theme but truth be told, I'm a fan of blue. If you get time and want to give a blue theme a shot, I would totally love it!
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Here's a pretty comprehensive list of colors for ideas/reference to specific colors

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors#section_2

It also includes hex # for each color...not sure of that's helpful or not to ya ;)

Im thinking blue sounds good...

Maybe with some accent color as well....like green...

Also , i like the look of the mean martian green for mastafunks rom...

Anything u decide to do im sure is gonna be sick

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Water/ocean theme...drowned and bubbled up...lol
[Motorola Droid X2] Mr_GreenJeans:
Maybe shades of blue and ice... soo cool!	:)
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
Something similar to this. Nice blues with animated 3g up and download arrows. Icons were pretty nice IMO. It was my favorite theme back when I was on my OG Droid. Wish X2 had TMobile Theme Engine on it lol.

https://market.android.com/details?...zb25hdy50aGVtZS5FcGljQmx1ZU5Cb2xkLmRvbmF0ZSJd
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
So blue is looking popular

I am checking g out themes to port...

Matted blues seems nice.. nebody like that one or r we talking more darker blue
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Can I get a link?

I swear I hate the search function on this site. I put in matted blues theme and it gives me a bunch of different ROMS for random phones and it doesn't even say matted blues once in the post...
[Motorola Droid X2] LordRalh3:
I want another one in the funkenblack style, with lots of green and black and goldish, im not a fan of the blues that are in the roms/stock or the reds that are the popular themes... I even started attempting to theme a little myself just to add more green than blue (haven't gotten very far though with maybe 50 things changed)

from my X2 roaming the north
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I am big fan of green also....choosing between blue and green id have to take green
[Motorola Droid X2] reaktorblue:
I personally like a glowing blue, similar to glowing cobalt. I like it to look luminescent, not the standard, just blue.
[Motorola Droid X2] T3HBR1AN:
Im a fan if desaturated stuff. My laptop is set up almost all grayscale and strategically placed color.

Id be in the market for something clean and simple. Full keyboards and menus of solid smack-you-in-the-face color just aren't for me.

Sent from my Eclipsed and ICS themed X2.
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
What about poison green very similar to this but a lime green
[Motorola Droid X2] phoenix2217:
Oh God matted blues would be amazing
[Motorola Droid X2] Sandso9:
The theme id love to see is a theme called avalon its from the original droid

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-themes/77863-wip-avalon-android.html

if your interested in porting ill send you the download via pm
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
Alrite im gonna start matted blues first then I am going to do something black white grayish type
[Motorola Droid X2] Xyzodiac:
Plus Freeking 1!!
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
Im starting matted blues tonite and I will begin a mash up pf simplicity... im not gonna fill the forum up with progress on these projects.. updates and screenshots will be on my twitter @kevbeegs if u so choose to follow Me
[Motorola Droid X2] booked:
Awesome. Will this theme work with the different roms we have? Or will it be rom specific? Or is it to early to ask?

Feeling Liberated with my X2
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
It will be specific to eclipse for now
[Motorola Droid X2] amancini92292:
i think some shade of green would look good, blues are also cool
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
Yea im gonna do a green eventually
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
Progress on matted blues
[Motorola Droid X2] IDMA.DROID.X2:
Looking good!
[Motorola Droid X2] dust.:
Oh goodness that looks beautiful I can't wait!
[Motorola Droid X2] daviddemarco79:
Can't wait for a simple black white and grey or chrome theme
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
If there is enough people who want something like this ill look into it... no promises on any eta... def throw some ideas of what u r envisioning for this.. I never really used any sort of simple theme.. the more ideas the better and hopefully I can get to this sometime soon
[Motorola Droid X2] daviddemarco79:
I was really liking the old linear theme that I had on my original X when i was running liberty and then was digging the BNB theme that was out for the X2 eclipses v 0.5 .... something along those lines would be awesome ... I'm sure alot of people would be into that... hopefully lol
[Motorola Droid X2] T3HBR1AN:
Excited for something simplistic.

Sent from my Eclipsed and ICS themed X2.
[Motorola Droid X2] daviddemarco79:
I know I've been looking all over for something simplistic
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
My cpu is done for.. I will work on something like this when it starts working again or I get a new one
[Motorola Droid X2] Mr_GreenJeans:
what kind of cpu? maybe someone here has something lying around they would donate?
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I think im gonna cry!!!

I hope someone can help ya out

How much will a repair cost? Or what parts u need? Do u know what the problem is yet?
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
Ill put it to u guys bluntly... this comp is 7 years old... its been progressively getting worse the past 3 years.. im quite certain there is some sort of virus on it..it boots up sometimes... I get physical dumps all the time... and shutdowns... I am getting a new laptop eventually.. I've tried system restores from a year back but problems persist... I don't know much about computers in general.. I know a lot about graphical image editing and all the stuff regarding theming that's why I provide themes.. I should be back in biz soon enough lol don't worry
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Good to hear this is only a speedbump.

Good luck

Get something nice ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] CadenH:
A nice hard drive format and reinstall of your preffered os will make it feel nice and new. I'm doing this as soon as I get an external HD to backup my files.
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
Yea I want a new one neways.. ill do that to my desktop once I get everything important transferred to a new one
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] diabolicalangle:
Hey everyone!

I've looked around on the web but I can't seem to be able to find a solid guide on how to mod the notification bar to be a different color or semi transparent.

I know some miui themes exist, but i want to do it manually so i or anyone else stumbling on this thread can apply it to their current rom and theme they have going.

I guess while we're at it, if anyone also knows how to change individual icons on the status bar that would be awesome too.

To my knowledge uot kitchen does not work with transparent/different colored notification bars.

Hopefully someone can shed some light!

(not sure if this is supposed to be here or q/a)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] striketrue:
I FINALLY got it to work on my phone after months of searching. What ROM are you on?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hduenas1989:
Hey guys, searched anywhere but it seems like no one else is having this issue...

Phone is rooted and flashed Starburst 1.9.8 ROM. When I set video resolution to 1080p the video looks zoomed in. I don't think this is normal. Anyone else experience this on an unrooted Epic 4G Touch?

Help is greatly appreciated
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
everyone's does that
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buddy39914:
I have the Hellcat kernel but i do not see the bootanimation.zip

I see ODEAnim.zip and replaced that with bootanimation.zip (and even renamed it) but no luck?

how can i get my custom animation working?

lol, then I deleted the .qmg boot animation files, and now i have no boot animation.
[Xoom General] zeravla531:
Hi,

I'm not sure if possible, is there a way to sideload the Amazon video app on the Xoom? Or is it possible? I have Amazon Prime and would like to watch the free movies/tv shows with the same app the Fire uses.

Thanks,
[Xoom General] Saintfyre:
Good idea, since the Fire was just rooted there's probably a system dump over on the Fire forums.

EDIT: And here you go http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1348782
[Xoom General] akshunj:
As a workaround, the browser works very well to view Amazon Prime videos as long you have Flash installed. On my stock 4G 3.2.2 system, the video was prone to the occasional stutter. But after rooting and overclocking, The video is flawlessly smooth in full screen HD.
[Xoom General] Saintfyre:
^ this. Also appears that people who are rooting their devices are breaking the app, same with us and the ability to rent movies in the market apparently. Amazon won't let devices that are rooted stream from Amazon Prime.

But I guess we just wait and see. I have Amazon Prime also and would love to just have an App directly for Amazon to utilize it.
[Xoom General] spunker88:
The apk has been posted here, it is working on some devices:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347745
[Xoom General] Matt112211:
No luck...

Tried on my root'ed Xoom, just get a Force Close every time I try to do anything. I did try on my root'ed Galaxy S2, and I just get the error message about it not being able to play on a device "configured" like that (aka root'ed).

I am curious if anyone with a non-rooted Xoom has had any success.
[Xoom General] Saintfyre:
Just constant FC on my Xoom when I try and select anything as well. Was able to load it on the G2 but says same thing about the configuration.

The Kindle Fire OS is based off of gingerbread so maybe that's the reason for the constant FC on Honeycomb? I don't know.
[Xoom General] sirius b:
Works just fine on my non-rooted 4g xoom
[Xoom General] Saintfyre:
Then maybe it's a root thing, You're not able to stream over 4g though are you?
[Xoom General] sirius b:
I unfortunately do not have Verizon service on my Xoom as I travel too much for it to really be useful, since most countries don't really use CDMA so I'm sorry I can't answer that question. Funny since I've restarted the damn thing force closes when I select something to watch.

Also on a side not I'be read that KindleFire users are losing streaming capabilities when they root.
[Xoom General] almostinsane:
I have a Galaxy Tab 7 Plus not rooted and it FC's as well.
[Xoom General] jm9843:
I had the opposite experience when I tried it on my LTE-upgraded, non-rooted Xoom. I can browse the app, but selecting anything results in a force close.
[Xoom General] cydetrakd:
same here on a rooted x00m4g just need a way to login and not force close when i try to access something. Hopefully someone can hack this apk like they did for the netflix app.
[Xoom General] F14Scott:
Unrooted stock Xoom WiFi. Installs and operates, but FCs whenever I try to watch or buy anything. Needs some tweaking to make it work on the Xoom, evidently.
[Xoom General] rootberg:
I have a non-rooted xoom Wi-Fi and it FC's every time.
[Xoom General] crawform:
Has anyone been able to get Amazon Video to play on the Xoom w/out FC?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pollokron:
Hi all guys :D

I´ve got a problem, im testing the ROM "Funzy_Runnymede_multi 4.21" and i think that is very nice, but i have a problem. Im spanish, and whem im writting a sms, the precognitive words (sugestions) only appears into english lenguage, and i would need it into spanish. How can i solve this problem?

Thanks very much guys, im noob in this forum, but im trying to learn as fast as i can :)
[Acer Iconia A500] flonker:
Hello all. I'm on a bit of a budget and I'm going to buy one of these two tablets. Right now I'm leaning towards the a500. Was hoping to get some input and opinions on what you think I should do. I realize posting this in this forum I might get slightly biased opinions, so be it.

The only thing that makes me hesitate on the Acer is it has a slightly slower processor out of the box, but we're only talking .2ghz. What has the Acer been OC'd to still running stable?

Also, I see the wifi card uses the 2.4ghz spectrum, I believe this should allow me to tether this to my evo 3d with no problems?

Lastly, if anyone has anything to add, or something else I should consider before purchasing, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] gmfeny:
The touchpad doesn't run android and only has a port of cm7 which I think is still in beta/alpha. And they're extremely hard to get your hands on one for the price it has been lowered to. And the iconia can be had for $299 for the 16gb model on black friday
[Acer Iconia A500] sw6lee:
I would prefer the Touchpad if I could choose again. This is a personal experience for me, and I didn't have a good one with this honeycomb tablet. It has quite a few bugs that a lot of android users are facing, but could be avoided if a custom rom that fixes the bugs is installed, which voids your warranty. Also, Most Honeycomb tablets have the so called "Portrait lag", which makes the tablet slightly choppy or jittery (depends on roms, how much choppy) when it's in a portrait mode. In landscape, it's perfectly smooth. And if you would like to use the tablet in both orientation, I would first wait if the ICS fixes all the issues including the portrait lag. This lag is present in EVERY SINGLE rom I've tried (can't be avoided). Some people are actually saying that ICS will most likely fix the bugs, but bring different bugs to the android tablets. We have to try the ICS on tablets to know for sure. Anyway this is only my opinion, and again, if I could choose, I wouldn't buy an android tablet. I am actually thinking of selling this and getting a Touchpad soon..

Again, this is just my opinion, so all android fans, don't bash on me.
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Although this is not the first time I've heard of what's been described as "portrait lag", I've never paid attention to it, as my tab stays locked in landscape (personally don't understand why people even use portrait mode, no offense intended).

So I just took it out of lock for the first time since June, when you had to run Gingerbreak locked in portrait mode IIRC.

I just ran through a dozen pages in browser, books, documents, ran through my apps, all my home screens, etc., and experienced nothing close to lag. Could someone maybe elaborate a bit more on the experience please?

tyia ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] gmfeny:
The lag is terrible in 3.1 but it seems to have gone away in 3.2. I haven't used web OS since the 1st palm pre for sprint and although it looks very elegant there isn't enough devs for it and is possibly done with for good which means no future support. Now its been rumored the iconia will see an official release of ics so it will make this tab feel brand new again. The only reason I could see myself getting the touchpad would be to run cm7/9 on it but its a very nice looking piece of hardware. And I'm not an android fan boy. I do have the iconia tab and an evo3d but I also have a ipad and iPod touch so I'm kinda into everything.
[Acer Iconia A500] sw6lee:
I use portrait mode, because Google is so stupid that they put the status bar on the bottom and made the already narrow 16:9 tablet even narrower and its very annoying to browse the wn where you can see only small amount of the website at a time. This is also why I prefer 4:3 Touchpad. If the status bar is on one side of the screen, say like archos 101 G8, then I personally think it will make viewing web more pleasant. Same goes to PDF, document reading. Portrait mode is much better for that IMO.

And you may have misunderstood what I said, so let me clarify. The bug is called portrait 'lag' but its not lag, but as I explained, its choppiness, and jitteriness (is this even a word..? Lol). It gives users not so good experience. At least to me.

Just wanted to clarify.
[Acer Iconia A500] flonker:
Thanks for the responses, gives me more to think about. I probably should wait for the next generation of tabs, but I don't feel like dropping $600+ on one.

Right now I'm probably 65/35 in favor of the a500.