[G Tablet Themes and Apps] oodasbobooo:
First of all, make a backup!! I am not responsible for the terrible things that can happen to an android device when things go awry lol....

Secondly, I have only tried this using Vegan rom (beta 4, and beta 5.1)... I am assuming it will work with any alternate rom but NO PROMISES!!

TO OBTAIN THE NEEDED FILES:

1) Do a google search for "swype on gtablet (kinda)"

2) Somewhere the search results (it was the very first one when I did the search), you should see a post on the tegratab.com forum entitled "swype on gtablet (kinda)" (posted by rothnic)

3) Download the package on that forum, and extract it. There should be three files located in this package: swype.apk, libswypecore.so, and build.prop.

**Keep the page open as we are also going to use the top of the build.prop file that rothnic posted there!! THANK YOU ROTHNIC!!!!! ;)

INSTALL METHOD USING ROOT EXPLORER

I would complete these steps entirely from your gtab, as it does away with the need to transfer files from a pc, etc!

1) Using root explorer, copy first the swype.apk file, and paste it to \\system\app. Once it is copied, long press on it and click "permissions". The permissions should be set as follows:

Read: Check all three boxes down (for user, group, and others).

Write: Check the first box (for user)

Execute: Check the first box (for user)

2) Now again using root explorer, copy the libSwypeCore.so file, and paste it to \\system\lib. Make sure you mount the \\system\lib folder as "read/write" before copying. Once it is copied, set the permissions exactly as you did for the swype.apk file. Make sure you mount the \\system\lib folder as "read only" again before you exit.

3) Now its time to edit the build.prop file, only we are going to make it easy. Instead of going through and editing it, copy the top of the file that rothnic posted on the tegratab site, and replace the top of your build.prop file with what he has there. Don't edit it or anything, just copy it word for word. I did this in root explorer by doing the following:

Using Root Explorer, browse to \\system. Once in this folder, mark it as "read/write".

Locate the build.prop file, and long press on it.

Select "open in text editor".

Copy the text that rothnic had in the post on tegratab, and use it to replace the text that already exists there at the top of the file. It will fit exactly as the original one that you are replacing did. DO NOT CHANGE THE BOTTOM OF THE FILE AT ALL!!!

When you have copied the text, press the "settings" button, and press "save and exit".

(FYI, I am using Vegantab beta 5.1, and replacing the top of the build.prop file did not do any damage to the tablet at all)

Now restart the tablet.

When the tablet restarts, long press on any text entry field and press "input method".

Swype should be an option. Select it, and start swyping!!

If swype isn't listed, click settings, language and keyboard. Check the box next to swype.

(this will also be a good time to click on swype settings and DISABLE audio feedback, as it will drive you and everyone around you NUTS!!)

Now follow the steps above to set swype as your input method and enjoy!!

INSTALL METHOD USING TERMINAL (Courtesy of Terrypchan)

This can be done without root explorer, BUT you have to be willing to type commands in a terminal emulator. I did it without root explorer by using the terminal emulator app with the VEGAn b5 rom (which is already rooted). The only tricky command you need to do is:

1. su

2. cd /

3. mount -w -o remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Step 3 is how you mount /system as read-write. That allows you to copy the apk to /system/app and to copy the lib to /system/lib. You can also copy build.prop to /system here. I also did the chmod commands here as well, i.e.

chmod 644 /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so

chmod 644 /system/app/Swype.apk

I had already edited the build.prop on another machine where I could use a real text editor.

This is the command to remount /system as read-only:

mount -r -o remount /dev/block/blockmtd3 /system

reboot and I'm Swype-ing away.