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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] antonyfl:
Brotip1: Download SpareParts from the market and uncheck "compatability mode" and reboot to have full screen apps.

Brotip 2: If your keyboard is forceclosing even after you followed the directions here, install the apk with a file browser normally with PACKAGE MANAGER (ie. click on the apk file and install it). Do this AFTER you have put the original APK file in System/app
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatdude90210:
Yes, that's the same as my system/app folder. I think it might have installed a com.beansoft.keyboardplus-1.apk file into data/app folder after I installed com...keyboardplus-2.apk from system/app folder. I have both com.beansoft...-1.apk and com.beansoft...-2.apk in data/app folder now.

So summarized: Just install from Android market, it's marked as Nov 8, 2011, version 4.3.4. Copy com.beansoft.......apk file from data/app over to /system/app. The permission didn't need changing. Press on the file to get the option to install. Then install it (might need reboot to see it as an option in "accessibility").

Edit: for me, this install doesn't seem to survive a reboot. After rebooting, it FC all over again. I go check the files and com.beansoft.keyboardplus-1.apk is gone from data/app.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] daverod:
Would you happen to have the original apk, or know where I can get it?

I used the one from my phone, but it's already at the latest version in the market. Like you, I ran into the FC issue but I'm not being prompted to update because there isn't a newer version available. I'd like to re-run the process with an older apk.

Edit: I re-installed the ICS keyboard after having followed the tutorial (per antonyfl's brotip #2) and all is well! Thanks!

thanks

Dave
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] yumms:
FYI, AI Type Keyboard also works with NT...its also free. Looks great too.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] flipper2006:
--- This is a the problem i got , it worked great until rebooting then FC's again...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] smatticus:
i think i'll wait for an easier method. too much work for just a different keyboard when the stock one works fine
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Drewmungus:
+2 I can't get it to survive a reboot. I had com.beanloft..1 and 2 in my system/apps.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zaptoons:
I think the biggest problems are with Thumb Keyboard.

Other replacement keyboards seem to be a lot less work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kgingeri:
I have Thumb loaded (and Hacker - so 3 listed) and it is persistant across reboots for me, but I went to permissions using File Expert (great app BTW) and set all to ReadOnly and Execute (no write) - maybe that helps? Running Thumb_Keyboard_v4.3.3.apk. It did not work at first following robertely's first post (ForceClosed) until I 'Upgraded' via the Market - works great now! :D

Just a note for easy kybd selection - the AppMenu app let's you get at settings via Development -> Accessibility ... it will pop-up a warning, but 'Cancel' that and you have Input Settings :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] gordon1hd1:
After multiple trial and error, i manage to have ThumbKeyboard survive multiple reboot here is how.

1) Follow the direction

thatdude90210

have listed to install the apk to to system/app. Reboot, make sure everything works.

2) Copy the thumbskeyboard.apk in system/app to a safe location in the sdcard or emmc location, let say /sdcard/temp

3) Reboot.

4) At this point you should get continuous FC, that is ok this is expected.

5) Use Root explore or other file explore program to go to /sdcard/temp folder and install the thumbskeyboard.apk again. Let it install over the existing keyboard.

6) The FC should stop, and you should still have ThumbsKeyboard enabled as the default keyboard. Test that the new installation is ok, everything works, etc.

7) Go into system/app folder and delete the Thumbskeyboard.apk.

8) Reboot.

9) Now you shouldn't have any more FC upon reboot, and Thumbskeyboard still works.

If that works for you, don't forget to hit

Thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatdude90210:
Cool, if you remove the com.beansoft.keyboardplus-2.apk after installing, it stays.

Btw, there doesn't seem to be the need to copy it over to a temp folder to install. Just install from /system/app while thumbkeyboard is still the default keyboard and FC'ing. And then delete com.beansoft.keyboardplus-2.apk from system/app. This survives reboot. Nice find.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] partaker:
But where do you find the swype.apk file without the installer attached it it?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
My phone. lol.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] partaker:
I can select Swype through the accessibility menu but getting nailed with Swype FCs once it's selected

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system/app? and what about this lib file?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
system/lib/ libswypecore.so
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Drewmungus:
Just wanted to confirm this works.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] partaker:
The apk I found in my phone is: data/app/com.swype.android.inputmethod.apk -- but this is not the correct apk from what I gather from the previous posts. The other apk is the swype-installer.apk, which also doesn't seem to be of any help.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] theundeadelvis:
I exported the apk from my phone using AppInstaller. I also did not need the swypecore lib file, when I installed the apk (once it was copied to my system/app directory) it created everything it needed.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Mama Luigi:
Bit confused about Swype myself. I moved Swype.apk from my phone's /system/app directory, but it is the older preload version that came with my phone (Samsung Epic). It comes up without force closing but I can't swipe with it, only tap. I'm assuming that because it is a preload version, it doesn't have any licensing issues (I didn't put SwypeInstaller on the tablet), but it's somehow incompatible because it's meant for a phone with a 480x800 screen.

Is there a particular version of Swype I'm supposed to be using? When I got mine pulled up, it was too small, so I'm assuming I'd have to find a version meant for higher resolution tablets. Do I need to go digging through a different tablet's ROM file or something?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] boomsteak:
Hey guys! For some reason when i use any cut and set up a short cut nothing happens. No shortcut appears on my home screen or in my apps section. Even when i click on edit shortcut in any cut no shortcuts come up.

Anybody know whats going on?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] partaker:
I had the same problem when I was using Launcher Pro. Problem solved by switching to Go Launcher.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] flipper2006:
it Worked!!!! Thank you!:)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] itsmee22:
Has anyone had any luck with Smart Keyboard Pro?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
Hi all, I've read these forums anonymously for a while and finally registered. Have a question about the Hacker's Keyboard. I have it installed and activated on my NT, but the autocorrect feature is not working properly (or as I would like). As in I will start typing a word and the only options I am given are proper names from my address book, there are no common words there. Such as na comes up with Naya, Nancy, Naro, Kat, etc.

Is there anything I can do to correct this?

Thanks for any info.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] overcrash:
Same here. Wonder if anyone else got this issue too? Or are we the isolated ones? Thanks in advance to anyone willing to lend a helping hand.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
I ended up finding an apk for Go Keyboard and copied it to /system/app, it includes a dictionary and works great.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] overcrash:
Hi kes, can you share the site you doenloaded from? Would love to test it out
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
I can't post links here yet, but if you Google "go keyboard apk download" it is the one on apktops.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] overcrash:
Anyway how do we remove the 3rd party keyboard ? Just select another keyboard then delete the current one from system/app?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
Sounds good, or use TiB to uninstall too.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] overcrash:
Tried 3 different versions of go keyboards, all no go for me. Uninstall the go keyboards n hacker keyboard in the end
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] liquidzoo:
Here's how I ended up installing Swiftkey Tablet:

Follow the instructions on page 1 up until copying the apk to /system/app

From there, click on your downloaded keyboard apk (Swiftkey in my case) and install it using Package Installer.

You can open it through the Menu at this point, but it won't work. Just hang on.

Using Root Explorer (or another app that allows access to /data), navigate to /data/app and copy the com.swiftkey... .apk (or whichever keyboard you are trying to install). Paste the apk in /system/app (after remounting R/W), then reboot.

After rebooting, open up the accessibility options and under Input Method you should have both Android Keyboard and your new keyboard (Swiftkey Tablet X in my case). You can now select it.

This is the only way that worked for me. I followed the instructions to the letter prior to this and couldn't get it to work.

Your mileage may vary.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
That is actually what I did to an extent. I did do the install through the market and then got the force closes, so found the manual download and copied the apk to /system/app

My guess is it would not have worked had I not done the initial package install.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jarome1:
The shortcuts do not appear anywhere

I am rooted and have the Go Launcher installed. But none of the shortcuts I made with AnyCut show up when I long press the screen and select shortcut. In fact, nothing happens then.

So how do I get the accessibility menu to appear?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] liquidzoo:
Try opening AnyCut from the menu instead.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] phon00b:
Oh this wacky tablet. I couldn't get the tablet version to work so I tried your method. But it didn't work either. But it DID work when I took one extra step; I ran the "com." apk once it was in system/app and ran an installation off of that with package installer and that did it. It was pretty much a double installation.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jarome1:
Which menu?

Which menu? AnyCut says it makes shortcuts, but there are never any to edit, so it seems to have failed. I can't make a folder with the GoLauncher either, so I am wondering if there is a permission problem somewhere?

I also really recommend SlideIT, which does everything Swype does, and does not need a phone connection to swype.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] smatticus:
took me 2 restarts (had to do the permissions thing) but i got swiftkey x tablet to work. although i needed to grab the .apk from a different location than /media/myfiles. mine was under /sdcard/download. either way the tutorial worked like a charm. also i needed to use go launcher because anycuts shortcuts weren't showing up with launcher pro. i should note that i DID NOT have the app pre-installed via package installer. after you get the accessibility option checked off, you still need to run the rest of the setup process (picking a language pack, etc.) it will just skip over the next 2 steps because you've done them already. and that's it!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jarome1:
I finally found the shortcuts, but when I select Accessibility, it says there are no accessibility apps!It was the permissions thing. But when I pick the SlideIT keyboard, it (SlideIT) crashes! Hacker's keyboard works, but I do not like it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] downsay:
Have you moved SlideIT keyboard over to: /system/app

Once that is done, you need to restart your Nook Tablet (ignore this if you have already done it)

Each time you power down and power back up, the system decides it doesn't want to recognize the keyboard.

If you just go in to /system/app and then select the SlideIT Keyboard, and reinstall (and yes override), it will stop force closing.

Let me know if this helps or not.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jarome1:
Thank you a million! The reinstall fixed everything! My NT is now usable.

And, another way to access the keyboard choices is to use Nook Color Tools, which shows you all the available but perhaps hidden) menus. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=868366)

If people like Swype, SlideIT (http://www.mobiletextinput.com/) is even nicer, and well worth the $5.95.

It is rather strange that when files are copied to /system/app (I use adbwireless), the file owner has NO permissions!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] downsay:
awesome, glad it is working now:)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jarome1:
Alas, this does not survive a reboot. It keeps crashing until I reinstall it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] downsay:
yes, that is true.

The only keyboards I have gotten to survive the reboot: Gingerbread stock keyboard (listed in another thread) and Hacker Keyboard.

I don't reboot often enough for this to cause me to change. I love thumb keyboard too much.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] trippmcnealy:
Thanks for the help, I now have SlideIT installed and working.

The catch was having to re-install after the reboot.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatdude90210:
Thumb keyboard should survive a reboot. See page 8 of this thread.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Noblim:
I've rooted and installed Anycut. But there's only 7 items listed when I select Activity and 3 are repeats (Accounts & sync settings. Am I missing a step?

Thanks in advance.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jarome1:
Scroll the activities pane! It is sized for a phone.

But it is easier to just use Nook Color Tools...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zikzak1:
EXACTLY. I have seen several other people post this as well, this is exactly what Anycut does for me too. On two NTs as well.

I'll answer ahead: Nope, scrolling does not help. The list is only a half page, 6 entries:

About Your Nook

Accessibility

Accounts & sync settings

Accounts & sync settings

Accounts & sync settings

Add an account

For some people Anycut is listing tons of stuff and you must scroll to see what is not displayed on the page. I have two NTs and both only show 6 entries, no scrolling. I have seen a few posts related to just this problem on a rooted NT, but have never seen an answer to it.

It almost has to be a setting as far as I can tell. Any answers out there would be much appreciated :)

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Thanks for pointing to the NC Tools :) Now that does show a huge list!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zaptoons:
Try BetterCut as well. It's a lot more full-functional than AnyCut.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] downsay:
Where are you finding bettercut? I cent find it in the android market for either my droid bionic or for this nook tablet.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zaptoons:
For some reason it's not on the market.

I got it from the Amazon App store.

It's organized much better than AnyCut. In addition to the system-wide activity shortcuts, it has a section of 'Available shortcuts' which is exactly what would pop up if the normal shortcut function existed on the NT. It also lets you create URLs, contacts, and settings toggle shortcuts.

The only thing I've noticed that doesn't work is editing existing shortcuts- it just FCs. Also, I haven't found any way to stop it asking to use the home shortcut menu (which obviously doesn't work on the NT) so I have to hit 'No' every time I create a new shortcut. Other than that- fantastic.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] overcrash:
Just an update on my 3rd party keyboard installation journey, wont go into installation steps since the thread is already full of discussion on that.

#1 Hacker's keyboard.

Great keyboard , the lack of predictive and autocorrect function were a huge turn off for me. Uninstalled it. I understand some are able to get the said functions to work, but not in my case. Love the arrow keys too!

#2 Go Keyboard

No chance to test run the keyboard as it gave me an endless loop of FC. Going back I could had solved the issue if I copy the file from system/app in my sdcard, reboot, then install from the card and deleting the file in system/app. Therefore I can't really comment on this.

#3 Swiftkey

The frendliest keyboard among all that I used. Auto correct and predictive text were almost flawless. The best thing? swipe from right to left to delete an unwanted word! arrow keys and Smileys are nice additions. Kept this as one of my 2 other options in the NT. It does IME in other languages too! Just not in the language I need though.

#4 CedIME Keyboard

Basically besides auto correction and predictive text, I do need the ability to input Chinese characters as well. Here comes the CedIME keyboard. Simple Honeycomb styled keyboard (read - looks exactly the same ) without the bells and whistles, but it meets all my requirements. This made up the other half of my two keyboard options, in addition to the stock one.

Met FC issues but that were quickly put to sleep thru the method mention in #2.

So there you go, if you are looking to install an alternative keyboard,, I hope this post helped, like how many threads in the forum helped me.

Sent from my Rooted Nook Tablet!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zaptoons:
Nice! I didn't know it did this. Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] liquidzoo:
Google banned their account for some reason, and cancelled all developer rights to the app store. I'd pull my apps too, if that were the case.

source
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anxiyz:
After some struggling, I did manage to get both SwiftKey and SwypeBeta onto my rooted NookTablet.

Follow instructions at your own risk.

After enabling keyboard debug mode, here is what worked for me:

Swype:

1. Signed up for the Swype Beta on their website.

2. Downloaded the installer from the email and installed the Swype app.

3. Went into data/apps

-- Copied com.swype.android.inputmethod-1.apk to a separate folder (I chose my Dropbox)

4. Went into /data/data/com.swype.android.inputmethod.apk/lib/

-- Copied libSwypeCore.*.co to a separate folder (again, I chose Dropbox)

5. Uninstall Swype

6. Moved the apk from my dropbox to system/app

7. Changed apk permissions to "777" as noted in the OP

8. Moved the lib file from my dropbox to system/lib

9. Exit out

10. Reboot

The keyboard should be available in accessibility (You might have to go into system/app and actually install the apk using package installer, reboot, etc)

SwiftKey

I purchased SwiftKeyX from the Android Market a couple days ago for 10 cents. Sent the apk from my phone to my Dropbox.

1. Install SwiftKeyX.apk

2. Go to data/app

3. Move com.touchtype.swiftkey-1.apk to system/app

4. Change apk permissions to "777"

5. Exit out

6. Reboot

7. Install Swiftkey via package installation from system/app

Keyboard should now be available in accessibility (Originally, I moved the swiftkeyx.apk to system/app and that didn't work. You need to move the "com.touchtype.swiftkey-1.apk" that installs after installation)

This is what worked for me. I have both keyboards and the "default" keyboard (Indirect's replacement) available to choose from in my Accessibility menu.

Hopefully this is helpful to others.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
Just wondering? Are people using regular Swiftkey X or Swiftkey Tablet X keyboards and if there is any difference on the NT?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zaptoons:
I'm using Swiftkey Tablet X. The main difference that I know of is landscape mode: the keyboard is split to make thumb-typing very easy when holding the tablet.

I posed screenshot of it on my NT here.

I think the buttons may be a little bigger as well. The phone version (as far as I know, I haven't used it on my NT) will just have a standard keyboard layout in landscape.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] overcrash:
Same here for me, using the tablet version. So the other ain't optimized for the tablet experience, am I right to say so?

Sent from my Rooted Nook Tablet!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anxiyz:
SlideIt was a 10cent app on the Android Market, yesterday. As of right now (12/11/2011, 11:11AM Mountain), it still is.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] deserthi:
I installed it but I can't seem to get it up and working. No way to choose it?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anxiyz:
Again, successes my vary. I'm not responsible for what happens to your device.

//

Assuming you've enabled Keyboard Debugging (see OP)

After installation,

1. Use RootExplorer (or similar alternative), go to data/app

2. Move "com.dasur.slideit-1.apk to system/app (you'll need to mount R/W)

3. Edit permissions for the apk to "777"

4. Exit out to home

5. Reboot

Go to the accessibility menu and choose SlideIT Keyboard.

I wrote this as I installed it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mrmizzo:
alternative keyboards

Got it thanks for all the help guys
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lilblackgirl:
I was able to make this work and install the Swiftkey keyboard thanks to a number of tweaks listed here. But I have just a silly question in regards to permissions.

I understand that marking permissions to 777 is giving full rights, but I was never given an option to actually use the numbers 777, just a bunch of checkboxes to give or remove permissions. Is there another screen that allows for the numbering or is 777 just being used here as an allegory (not the term i was looking for, but am blanking on the correct one) for full rights?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ckevinwelch:
In short, 1 is read, 2 is write, and 4 is execute. When entering on the command line, you enter the sum of the permissions you want to give.

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lilblackgirl:
Right

But if I wasn't doing this from command line and just long holding the file and choosing permissions from within the NT explorer, all I had were check/uncheck options. I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing another interface (such as command line) within the NT that I'd overlooked.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bananelol:
as mentioned by lilblackgirl:

read (=1)

+

write (=2)

+

execute (=4)

=

7

to get "777" apply following permissions (by checking the boxes) to the file via explorer:

User: read, write, execute

Group: read, write execute

Other: read, write execute

As you can see every 7 stands for one "usergroup", granting all permissions to the 3 groups = 777
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] runningtiger:
Excellent list. I would also add:

#5 FlexT9 keyboard

I don't know if it satisfies your Chinese input needs, but it is an excellent alternative to Swype. It survives reboots and offers a graffiti style of input which I believe is unique to the keyboards discussed in this thread. It seems very readable, has smileys, and excellent predictive text. I still find a prefer swyping even on this tablet. It's faster for me than any of the others. I find the reach a bit far on the thumb keyboard and the SwiftKey X tablet in landscape mode. Just my .02

Thanks to all who contributed to his topic. Getting a decent keyboard (predictive, spell check, etc) on my NT is a huge step forward.

edited to add:

to erase the whole last word typed with FlexT9 press and hold backspace for a tad longer than a normal tap normally used to erase a letter at a time. Long press deletes the entire last word quickly.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] onelegofthestool:
Gingerbread Keyboard

Hi everyone, I tried this with the gingerbread keyboard from the market and it did not work, if anyone has had experience using this method with the gingerbread keyboard I would love to hear how you did it. When I put the gingerbread app in system/app and change the permissions to 777 it seems like it takes the place of the other keyboard automatically and disables it because when I reboot it doesn't give me an option to switch between the two keyboards it only shows the Gingerbread Keyboard.

I am using GoLauncher right now, if you have any insight I would appreciate any feedback!

Thanks in advance.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] overcrash:
Hi runningtiger, maybe I will give flexT9 a try, thanks for sharing!

Sent from my Rooted Nook Tablet!