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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SilverArrowPro:
I love it! Thank You!

~K2~ sent from my Nook using Tapatalk
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bstromberg:
Yep those instructions worked for me to get flexT9 working. Should be added to the OP
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] a.leah86:
Thanks for this tutorial! I hated the stock keyboard. I can't get Perfect Keyboard to work without force closing, but Hacker Keyboard works just fine! Thank you!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sudo4re:
I can get to the reboot part but when I go to reinstall Swype from the SD card I kept getting the Install Blocked notification and the next screen allowed me to choose install from unknown sources but when I go to install it again the Install Blocked notice pops up again... What am I missing here?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Try Go Keyboard, it's the one I use and is a decent one if you ask me :)

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That’s not something I've come across before, Have you tried setting the unknown sources before you attempt to install the keyboard? It's never been a problem on mine since I very first enabled it...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sudo4re:
Restored my NT to factory fresh. Rooted using Indirect's easy method which is supposed to allow installation from unknown sources. Created Application Settings shortcut using AnyCut and enabled Unknown Sources, click back and go back into the Application Setting again and the Unknown Sources is blank again... WTF?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sudo4re:
OK, it looks like Indirect's root method does not allow side loading. I was banging my head against the wall all last night. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Raszh:
He released an updated zip.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
Just wanted to say thanks for these steps. I've been switching between keyboards and am finally getting used to using the Swype keyboard.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eybarra2:
I've tried these methods a few times with a swype apk I found online(I dont know how reliable it is) and its not working. First off, as soon as I select swype from the keyboard options it says 'trial ended, please update swype' or something to that effect. I figure that's cuz I got some bogus file. Then, when I open a browser and attempt to type something, it says 'swype is not optimized for your devices screen resolution' and that message keeps appearing as I switch from landscape to portrait and the keyboard never comes up. After all the steps the force closes stop, just like the forum says, so I believe, for the most part, it was going well. Is this just a bad file? Anyone have a good one? Anyone else seen this screen resolution error??
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Sounds like you have a duff apk. Personally I'd go for Go Keyboard, I think swype is over rated. Plus go keyboard is freely available.

Like I mentioned in your PM to me, you won't have to worry about all this hassle with installing stuff for much longer. We've almost completed our CM7 rom so you'll be able to use your NT as a fully fledged Android Tablet very soon ;)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SCClockDr:
@eybarra

Ck your PM's
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eybarra2:
Mad props to CelticWebSolutions and SCClockDr for their prompt responses. Working on the swype keyboard for several hrs now, to no avail, think I'll give it a break n hold out for the CM7 build :-) Thx to ALL the developers, HACK THE PLANET!!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eybarra2:
So I tried a few of these tutorials w/o much success... I've tried installing a few diff swype apks, no luck. Swype doesn't appear in my app list so I was unable to uninstall it. I deleted all the swype apks instead. Prolly not a good idea, upon reflection :-/ I tried to install more reliable apks from friends, but when selecting pkg installer, it says this is a system app, do you want to overwrite? Mind you this was AFTER deleting all the other swype apks, not a good sign, I'm sure. Then when I choose to overwrite it says not installed. Any ideas how to fix this?? Help would be stupendous :-)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SCClockDr:
Hi eybarra2

What happens when you place the .apk in /system/apps/, set permissions = all checked and re-boot? (no install)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Steve9347:
I hit "Thanks". This got the Swiftkey Tablet to stop FC on me.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bonusweb:
Does anyone know if you can use titanium Backup to install a keyboard. And if so perhaps people can post backups of their working keyboards for those of having trouble with the harder ones. What do you think?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aerosign:
Seems I have to make at least one post to see the "Thank you" button. Thanks (in words ) and sorry for the spam.....
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Caradineme2:
This worked great and had no problems but after following all instructions I still get force closes after reboot. Any one else having this problem? I'm using Swype beta
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Had you looked in the development section? After all the fuss trying to get things running on a device that the software was so poor a couple of us got together and put together a totally new rom for it, Cyanogen Mod 7 was released on sunday by us and gets rid of all the problems you are having, the only thing you will loose by swapping is any apps you purchased from the B&N store, other than that books and many more apps are widely available in the full Android Market that you have available in the build. Well worth considering swapping over :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] LacerdaPT:
Hi.

I followed this procedure and I got the swiftkey installed. But when I use it it gives me a notification saying "You must finish the install process before SwiftKey X becomes fully functional". I tried many times the procedure, ran it over and over but I can't get over it.

Any help?

Thanks in advance
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
You are able to use the keyboard though, correct? Hit the SwiftKey icon while using the keyboard and choose settings. I believe there was something in the settings menu that you need to set a preference for in order for it to call its installation "finished."

So, just go through each of the settings menu options and see if that helps. It might have been learning a dictionary through the Personalization menu or something, I can't remember.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] LacerdaPT:
Thanks for your answer but suddenly it got fixed... I'm not sure but I think I didn't install the dictionary properly

Cheers
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Javeline4:
Has anyone gotten better keyboard to work? I used the same directions in op but cannot get better keyboard to show up on input keybaord screen.

Interestingly, Amazon appstore let's you download BK on the nook tablet but still doesn't work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] .CRS.:
Thanks for this Tutorial, hated not being able to use Swype.

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] icepixie:
Aw man I screwed up. :( I had followed some of the earlier instruction to get swype installed and working on my NT. Except it wasn't a full sized swype keyboard. I decided to fiddle around with it tonight to try to get it to a full-screen but I ended up getting a lot of force closes.

Any help on what I should delete to start over from scratch? I can't seem to uninstall it. I deleted some stuff using root explorer but that just got me a lot of FCs. :(

Edit: Played with it some more today and downloaded the newest installer/apk from the original swype beta email. Turns out I didn't have make any changes to the permissions. I straight installed the apk from the installer and it worked! Full sized newest version. Pleasant surprise...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Wickster:
I kept getting FCs before but the way I got this to work are these steps:

I copied the APKs to system/app (as instructed)

then changed the permissions to check all boxes (as instructed)

and then I went ahead and install the APKs through package installer

Restart and it worked with no FCs.

So not I have Swiftkey Tablet X and Perfect Keyboard to choose from.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] vinhtantran:
Thank you. This trick fixed me, too.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] leapinlar:
I figured out how to make your new keyboard stick, to survive a reboot without having to reinstall it each time. At least this worked with SlideIT keyboard. The problem is when you install the same version over the top of the one in /system, it works until you reboot. Then android compares the two versions, one in /system and one in /data and says something to itself like "hey these are the same" and uninstalls the one in /data (along with it's lib file which is what makes it work). Then it is back to force closings with the one in /system until you reinstall again. The answer is, once you have everything setup and working with the newly installed one, go to /system and remove the one there. Then when it boots, things are still ok. The new keyboard is still selected and works. I even tried switching from slideIT back to android and back again and all was well.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jph8tr:
Has anyone been successful getting Swiftkey 3 to work? I've tried over and over and can't get past the second step in setup (FC).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] reverenddak:
Yep, I'm using it to type this. It was a pain in the butt, but it finally took. You have to be rooted and you have to get the file from the /data/app location, reboot a couple times, etc. But the above directions worked.

Since no one has shared the apk, I just bought and installed it from Amazon. You'll get all those FCs immediately. But the APK will be there in /data/apps. Copy to system/apps, reboot, enable and configure, delete from system/apps, reboot again, should work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jckeyser:
If you're running CM7 you can change keyboards as on any other Android device.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] leapinlar:
This whole thread was about how to put alternate keyboards on rooted stock.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] fullboogie:
After trying every method in this thread, the above instructions are the only ones that worked for me. Thumbs up to Celtic for discovering this method and posting it! :good:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] WVOz1970:
Digging up an old post here, but I just recently picked up a used Tablet and rooted it. I have paid versions of both FlexT9 and also Palm Graffiti for my android. (Yes, I admit owning numerous Palm devices over the years and got pretty good with Graffiti). I'm wondering how to go about installing one of these apps in order to have handwriting recognition instead of keyboard entry. I'm still really new to the whole root world, so I'm not sure how I should get my APKs from the Amazon marketplace in order to attempt installing an alternate input as discussed here. From what I'm reading, it sounds like I should NOT install from the marketplace, at least initially.

Again, sorry to drum up an old post, but it seemed the best topic to add to.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cdo5:
Anycut stoops working

Failing on first step of your instructions. Open Anycut and select Activity, then Android Keyboard Debug. When I click "ok" the message comes up that Anycut has stopped. Can't get any further. Any suggestions?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Drewmungus:
R/W is rewrite( what you need to screw with anything) and Read only is what it should be at when you aren't doing anything to your file system.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
Well, nerd is the new cool and whatever you are you're certainly helpful.

I can now verify that Swype (I think it's 3.0) works on the Nook Tablet (root) by copying the apk to system/apps and the so library to system/lib. I did give them both the first 2 boxes of user permissions based on what I saw on files in the general vicinity.

Thanks again xdahgary.

btw, it doesn't stretch across the full screen in either orientation but seems pretty good.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
Nice. I really want some screenshots.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
I figured you would and NT has a super easy way to take them as pngs. root explorer also has an easy way to send them but the emails arrived blank....I have one now but uh...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
Thanks for the screenshot. Now if someone can provide us the files of the tablet version of swype.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
I think this might be one but won't we need a lib file too?

http://www.androidapk.net/motorola-xoom-swype-keyboard-beta-type-without-the-tapping.html
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] reverenddak:
I tried this with the Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard, and I got:

The application Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard (process inputmethod.latin.ported) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

Any ideas?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
Did you have a lib Core.so or just an apk?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] reverenddak:
Thanks for the reply. Just the APK that's being distributed everywhere.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
You're definitely missing the lib.so file. I think the best way to get a tablet version Swype is to find a 7" tablet ROM with Swype and pull the files and see if the NT takes them.

Samsung Infuse using XDA App
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] robertely:
If You guys reach a consensus on what's need to install what keyboard, and PM me the apks, ill host them and add them to the main post. Just don't send me any paid apps.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] reverenddak:
I noticed that it wanted to be updated in the Android Market. I hit did it and it suddenly worked! In fact I'm using it now! I've never used it before and I'm typing like a champ. Going to take a screenshot and add it to this thread in in a bit... watch for the edit.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JoeM01:
Not having any luck installing the hacker keyboard. Copied the apk to thr system/app folder, rebooted, bit still no luck seeing it in the accessibilty menu. Still only showing andoid keyboard. Halp?

Also, debug mode is enabled.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
Did you check the status of permissions? I long clicked the apk after copying it to system/apps and clicker the "user" boxes across the top.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JoeM01:
my man, pots and pans....that did it. thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
Does anyone have 3 keyboards to choose from? Swype is running fine for me but I thought since some folks like Hacker I might try it. I'd prefer not to give up swype for a copy-past-permission-reboot exercise but adding an option would be nice.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatdude90210:
Yes, Ive gotten Thumb keyboard on the selection list (+ android + hacker's), but that keyboard didn't work for me. It forces close anytime keyboard is needed. I uninstalled, rebooted and the selection list went back to 2.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xrabbitfootx:
hey guys,

awesome work! i got the hacker's keyboard to work thanks to you guys but am having problems getting swype to take.

after installing swype and copying it to /system/apps then rebooting, where should the original libSwypeCore.*.co file that gets moved be? and it goes to /system/lib right?

thanks for any help with this and happy thanksgiving to all :)

best,

rf

*edit* i found it. the problem was i copied the swype apk to /system/app but did not install it. after installing the apk, libSwypeCore.*.so (i tested this on more than one version just to make sure) was in /data/data/com.swype.android.inputmethod.apk/lib/ which i copied to /system/lib this also worked for the ICS keyboard from the market.

for the latest version, which fits the screen perfectly, i installed the swype installer from the swype website, installed swype, copied it to another folder, uninstalled swype, then went through the steps from there. hope this helps somebody!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] revcompgeek:
I was able to install Thumb Keyboard from the Market this way and its working quite well. I originally tried using TitaniumBackup to convert it to a system app, but it wasn't able to do it, even after remounting /system R/W.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] anlog:
This is a great hack. Unfortunately, I was hoping that another keyboard would include copy/paste functionality, but it appears this is completely missing from the stock rom itself. Bummer...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] phon00b:
yeah, I've got Hacker's and finally managed to get Swiftkey working (i was unaware of "permissions", but once I checked the entire top row, i restarted and it was finally selectable in the input menu).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JoeM01:
I also switched over to swift keyboard. Definitely like it a lot more than stock.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatdude90210:
what file did you guy copied over to app folder to get swift keyboard to work. I have it installed from market. Tried backing up the apk using es file explorer and copied that over to system/app, changed permissions but can't get it to show up.

I did get hacker's keyboard, but not swift keyboard.

Edit: I didn't realized that swiftkey had to install language and configure other stuff. I'm going to do those first and see. Oops, using their configuration just lead to force close.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] downsay:
I have purchased the thumb keyboard from Amazon App store...

Can you inform me of the file name? Once I download it, and don't install it, it gives me some weird name

I can install it on another device, back it up, and then download that file, but then it is called:

Thumb Keyboard 4-122.apk

I'm fairly certain that's not the correct name...any help?

Okay, so I got the apk file name:

Thumb_Keyboard_v4.3.3.apk

Now I'm stuck...I moved this over to the /system/app folder and via R/W with Root Explorer

I rebooted, it didn't show.

I tried to install Thumb Keyboard to see if it then would show up...it did not

I rebooted to see if it then showed up...it didn't

Am I missing a libary file somewhere?

Update

GOT IT!

Here's a screenshot of the keyboard up and running. I had the wrong.file name. You download and install thumb keyboard. Go to /data/app and then find thumb keyboard...it should be called something like

com.beansoft.can't remember the rest of the name.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] phon00b:
I didn't install swiftkey through the market. I looked online for an APK and found this one.

http://www.multiupload.com/X56XTSLYCB

I downloaded it and moved it over to the system/app folder with root explorer. Be sure to long-press on the swiftkey file once its in there and go to "permissions". I pretty much checked/activated everything in the top row,closed root explorer, then restarted. Once restarted, I followed the rest of the steps laid out in the opening post and it worked perfectly.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatdude90210:
I got it to work by copying the com.touchtype.swiftkey-1.apk file from data/app folder over to system/app folder. But thanks anyway.

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I was only able to get it to show up by copying file "com.beansoft.keyboardplus-2.apk" from /data/app over to system/app using root explorer. But like I said, I could select it from the list but it just force closes. Someone else in the thread said they got it to work so I would like to know how also.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] downsay:
That's actually what ended up having to do as well. Thanks a lot
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] robertely:
Yea, i'm starting to get bummed out about that myself.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Drewmungus:
+100000000 It really pisses me off that I bought it and cant get it work! People who got it to work are you using a older version or something?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] theundeadelvis:
Ok, I was able to get Swype and thumb keyboard working. I'll try to post my steps to do so, later today.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] flipper2006:
i keep getting FC's also, tried Go keyboard and Thumb keyboard.

Now on the permissions, do you select all 9 boxes to check, or just top row, im having a hard time seeing the screen text for them to read it.

EDIT :: Hackers keyboard works but Go and Thumb doesnt, i guess different versions work :) if anyone can point to the correct version pls.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] theundeadelvis:
Permissions should be the first two of the top row, and the first one of the other two. If you use the Swype downloader you end up with an .apk that starts with com.Swype or similar. You don't want this. You want the Swype.apk in the system/app folder. Once you place it in the folder, click on it, and actually install it from there. I think that's all I did. I'm loving Swype on my nook!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatdude90210:
Ah, thanks. That's it, works for Thumb keyboard. The key was to install from that "com.beansoft.keyboardplus-1.apk" file. Use that as the package installer. This is with the latest Thumb keyboard version.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] flipper2006:
I thought in the notes it said NOT to use the package installer? I found my problem which was different versions of Thumbs work and some done. I found one that works but it must be a real old version because the keybaord is stuck on the top of the screen of the nook now. Argghh...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatdude90210:
No, the latest does work. I installed the latest from the Market, copied the com.beansoft....apk file from data/app to system/app. And then opened the file from system/app as package installer. And then installed. After I did that, no more force close.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] theundeadelvis:
Yeah, with the thumb keyboard you do want to copy the com.beansoft apk into the system/app folder. With Swype you need the Swype.apk and not the com.Swype... File.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DRatJr:
The shortcuts wont show up in my screen. Im using launcher pro
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] yumms:
SwiftKey X is working great...any better keyboards available?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zaptoons:
Hi, just wanted to say thanks and a big thumbs-up to the geniuses here for figuring all this stuff out.

Following the instructions I was able to install both Thumb Keyboard, and SwiftKey Tablet X on my rooted NT.

Thumb Keyboard quasi-works, but it has some issues where some functions are a little buggy, and keys seem to be mapped improperly. (My screen is set to 160dpi). It's evident when switching to the number keypad - causes a glitch where it won't switch back to letters- and also when long-pressing keys, the pop-up is off. Otherwise, it's usable.

This could be that I somehow didn't install it correctly- it took me a lot of fiddling and restarts before it finally showed up in Accessibility.

Luckily, SwiftKey Tablet X works flawlessly. I'm sticking with it, as it's so far my favorite keyboard and I doubt there's any I'd prefer over it on the Nook. The text-prediction is great and in landscape mode the split keyboard is perfect.

Thanks again, this forum seems to be single handedly making the NT a way better user experience despite B&N's attempts at locking down their own product! :)

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I'm guessing this is common? I'm using GoLauncher- trying to choose a shortcut does nothing. Luckily there's AnyCut.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatdude90210:
Yeah, thumb keyboard does have some issues, still pretty useable. In landscape mode, can't activate "&123" pad to make it stay. Luckily you might not need to in landscape mode because you have pretty much all the keys already.

And in portrait mode it does go into "?123" but not easily.

btw, posted with Opera browser on NT with thumb keyboard.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Drewmungus:
I'm not sure that's the latest, mine is com.Beansoft.keyboardplus-2.apk and I tried everything that has been said. Has anybody gotten that version to work or should I hunt down a older version.