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[Q] Swype with voice icon

Has anyone ported or got a version working on the vibrant. I have seen it on the droid x and on one of the newer HTC's

If you can get me the swype apk from one of those devices i can bring it over no problem at all i just havnt found a system dump for either but to be fair i havnt really been looking.

I have been looking but posting the file has been banned. I was hoping it was possibly included in the new froyo build or perhaps some of the newer European builds. I might be able to get a copy off a droid x or evo 4g if you can pull it with titanium backup, would I be able to just straight load it up with apploader?
Thanks for all your help I am just learning so will of course have lots of questions

adm1jtg said:
I have been looking but posting the file has been banned. I was hoping it was possibly included in the new froyo build or perhaps some of the newer European builds. I might be able to get a copy off a droid x or evo 4g if you can pull it with titanium backup, would I be able to just straight load it up with apploader?
Thanks for all your help I am just learning so will of course have lots of questions
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Ahh that is right i forgot all about that lol, if you wanna hit me up on skype or anything pm me i'll give you my info i may have it on my profile.

anyone get this working?

th3fallen said:
If you can get me the swype apk from one of those devices i can bring it over no problem at all i just havnt found a system dump for either but to be fair i havnt really been looking.
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Here you go
http://forum.androidcentral.com/sprint-epic-4g/29804-epic-4g-system-dump.html
This has the swype version with the voice button

Eazail70x7 said:
Here you go
http://forum.androidcentral.com/sprint-epic-4g/29804-epic-4g-system-dump.html
This has the swype version with the voice button
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There's another thread about this, but it had a non-obvious title. I posted some stuff in there, but I'll repost here as people are more likely to find it.
Get the Swype.apk from the dump, no I can't post it here for you. The Swype company has asserted their copyright and XDA won't violate it.
Open a text field and change keyboards so Swype isn't active.
adb pull /system/app/Swype.apk Swype.backup
Don't install it, just copy it over the one on your phone. I used this:
adb push Swype.apk /system/app/
Root explorer, SUFBS, etc. can do it. Yes, you need root. Just do it, it's drop dead simple.
Now, switch back to Swype keyboard using the long-press on a text field. You have a voice button. The down side I found, was that the popup window with word choices is yellow with white text. Talk about hard to read. I'll attach a MetaMorph that fixes that.
Just download my Morph, then go to the Market and download the MetaMorph application. Launch Metamorph and let it do its checks. You should have a mostly empty screen with 2 buttons at the bottom. Select "Unzip/Extract new theme". Now use the file browser to find the file you downloaded. It's probably in /sdcard/download if you downloaded in the browser. Select the ZIP and it will tell you about the morph. Just hit "apply all" at the bottom and let it do it's thing. Now your Swype popup will look stock with the black background.

Weird, I'm running Vibrant6 and the epic swype does not work as outlined here. The kb opens, but the 2 lower left and 2 lower right buttons are blank. The kb doesn't respond to input either, showing the blue error outline around the kb.

Actually, when I reverted back to the stock swype, I had the same missing buttons and lack of functionality. I then installed the epic swype (by executing the apk), uninstalled it, and the old Swype started working again.

ttabbal said:
There's another thread about this, but it had a non-obvious title. I posted some stuff in there, but I'll repost here as people are more likely to find it.
Get the Swype.apk from the dump, no I can't post it here for you. The Swype company has asserted their copyright and XDA won't violate it.
Open a text field and change keyboards so Swype isn't active.
adb pull /system/app/Swype.apk Swype.backup
Don't install it, just copy it over the one on your phone. I used this:
adb push Swype.apk /system/app/
Root explorer, SUFBS, etc. can do it. Yes, you need root. Just do it, it's drop dead simple.
Now, switch back to Swype keyboard using the long-press on a text field. You have a voice button. The down side I found, was that the popup window with word choices is yellow with white text. Talk about hard to read. I'll attach a MetaMorph that fixes that.
Just download my Morph, then go to the Market and download the MetaMorph application. Launch Metamorph and let it do its checks. You should have a mostly empty screen with 2 buttons at the bottom. Select "Unzip/Extract new theme". Now use the file browser to find the file you downloaded. It's probably in /sdcard/download if you downloaded in the browser. Select the ZIP and it will tell you about the morph. Just hit "apply all" at the bottom and let it do it's thing. Now your Swype popup will look stock with the black background.
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Where is that other thread located? Whats the title?

I am having the same problem as the previous poster that gets the keyboard, but no swype buttons, input, or typing ability. I attempted to overwrite the swype.apk with the epic swype.apk using Root Explorer. What do I need to do differently?

iamosborne said:
I am having the same problem as the previous poster that gets the keyboard, but no swype buttons, input, or typing ability. I attempted to overwrite the swype.apk with the epic swype.apk using Root Explorer. What do I need to do differently?
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Add another to this list. Exactly the same. It wouldn't let me push the file back
Code:
C:\Users\TJHart85\Desktop\Vib_Phone\_REPLACEMENT_FILES>adb push Swype.apk /system/app/
failed to copy 'Swype.apk' to '/system/app//Swype.apk': Permission denied
C:\Users\TJHart85\Desktop\Vib_Phone\_REPLACEMENT_FILES>adb push Swype.apk /system/app
failed to copy 'Swype.apk' to '/system/app/Swype.apk': Permission denied
I then used Root Explorer to copy the new APK to /system/app/
I then got the same keyboard as others have that doesn't accept any input.
Putting the original file back didn't make it work again either, so I'm doing a nandroid restore back to a few hours ago (luckily I replaced a few system files earlier and had decided to make a nandroid just in case).
The only non-stock part of my phone is that I have SIM-unlocked it & applied the lagfix ...lagfix makes it take forever to restore too :-(
Restarting did not make a difference.

Eazail70x7 said:
Where is that other thread located? Whats the title?
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Something like "why can't we do this"... Not sure why they used that.
Note that I am using the EVO swype, NOT the Epic one. And you have to REPLACE the existing Swype. DO NOT USE THE PACKAGE INSTALLER. You have to place it with adb or something like root explorer should work. It must OVERWRITE the existing one. Make a backup of your Swype so you can get back to it. There should be no reason to have to restore a Nandroid with this mod.
If adb push gives you a permission denied, you have the system mounted read-only or don't have root. Try the JAC kernel, that's what I'm using, and it worked fine. I don't know or care if it works with the stock kernel, the JAC is that much better.

Can you tell me which version of the EVO swype has the speech to text feature? I have a 1.56 apk, but i believe there are more recent versions.

I am using 1.57.32.7688 from evo and it works perfectly

Wow... I have just been through the whole process of adding this to my phone and I must say I have learned a lot! So I figured i'd share for anyone who might benefit:
The main reason it was so hard for me is because I am running eugene373's vibrant7 rom and in that rom swype is removed by default. This allows you to just install the swype file (swype-evo-tts.apk) using package installer without any troubles. *BUT* It makes the Swype_No_Yellow.zip not work. This is because when swype is installed stock it's in the system/app folder but when it's just installed as a regular app it's in a different folder(data/app).
Sooo I went and taught myself how to edit .apk files! Yay!
This thread was AMAZINGLY helpfull: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503007
So basically I followed the steps in that thread except I moved the files in Swype_No_Yellow.zip to the corresponding folder in swype-evo-tts.apk using 7-zip. Then I used the auto-signing tool and tada! I have swype tweaked perfectly for me!
[rant] It sure would be nice if I could just post up the file I created and save y'all the trouble. But I understand the forum rules. I just think everyone coming to this forum has vibrant and has payed for swype! We sure as heck can tweak it as we please, but why can't we upload those tweaks and share amongst ourselves?! The real question is why didn't swype just include a text to speech button on the vibrant?!?! [/rant] Oh wellz
Good luck!

Yes, the morph looks for it in /system/app as that's where I told people to install it.
You could have just modified the morph xml file to point to /data/app, but understanding apk files is very useful if you want to play with the phone at this level.

tt, I've been looking with no luck for the evo swype. Got a link?

ytj87 said:
tt, I've been looking with no luck for the evo swype. Got a link?
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I don't, sorry. I downloaded it from an XDA thread before the mods caught it. I don't think we are even supposed to link from here. Irritating.
I'd host it myself, but I don't feel like joining Cyanogen in the C&D club.

This didn't work for me I tried to use Vibrant1.zip version of swype to revert back with root explorer and that didn't work so I had to do a nandroid restore, I wouldn't try this you would think it would just work but guess not.

[MOD]Gingerbread KBD with your custom dictionary

First of all, do not get too excited, you will still need a binary dictionary file (main.dict) to implement in the keyboard.
If you do not know how to get this, I cannot help you as I am pretty sure all the ones I know off are copyrighted.
If you on the other hand know how to find one, it is dead easy implementing the dictionary file in this keyboard.
I used the Gingerbread keyboard from LeeDroid where the &amp symbol has been fixed (with thanks to -snq).
Using 7-Zip or WinRAR, navigate to /system/app and open LatinIME.apk (still in 7-Zip or WinRAR)
Navigate to res/raw and replace the main.dict with your custom one.
Close up and flash the zip in recovery after making nandroid and toggling verification.
Remember that I am not responsible for any damage you may encounter flashing edited apks!
I have only tested this with Danish, but it should in theory work with any language.
If anyone know of any binary dictionaries that are free to use, you are welcome to post them in this thread.
If you want to contribute making one yourself, then follow the guidelines from google code:
http://code.google.com/p/softkeyboard/wiki/BinaryDictionaries
You are very welcome to post them in this thread afterwards.

Just a quick thought:
Might it be possible to use the word databae from the Hunspell project (http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/)? They are opensource. We would have to think how to transfer the data to google's format. I am very bad in scripting, but I will spend some thoughts on this.
LK

For a dutch dictionary, check this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11454619&postcount=203

Further details
Hi. I am also looking for a danish spell-check (for CM7 on Legend)
What is the purpose in opening the file you have uploaded and navigate to the LatinIME.apk file? When I open it, it wants to install it.
Another noob question, where to find "res/raw" directory?
Thanks in advance.

[KEYBOARD] Gingerbread keyboard with sms friendly Hungarian Dictionary

2011.08.29 changes:
- Increased the dictionary size to 370k words (LatinIME_370k.rar) which is almost the maximum size based of the makedict.jar's source
- Rebuilt from the latest CyanogenMod (Nightly #172) source
- Added new (adb) install method
2011.06.16 changes:
- Added the 2 length words (example: az, de, és) into the dictionary
- Rebuilt from the latest CyanogenMod (Nightly #104) source
2011.04.13 changes:
- Rebuilt from the latest CyanogenMod 7.0.0 source
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I've created a custom gingerbread keyboard with an sms friendly Hungarian Dictionary for my own use but I tough maybe someone else could find it useful also.
What I call SMS Friendly characters:
Because of the limitation of the extended ascii characters encoding when you enter the one of the following acute accent characters (á,ó,ú,ű)
then the maximum length of the current sms message will be only 70 characters instead of the original 160.
If we replace them with their grave accent version (sms friendly) than we got back the original length of the sms message.
Dictionary:
- contains the top 100k frequently used words created by Hungarian Webcorpus
- removed all the very short words (length < 2) and numbers
- replaced all special Hungarian accented characters to its sms friendly version:
á -> à
ú -> ù
ű -> ü (*)
í -> ì
ó -> ò
ő -> ö (*)
(*) : I know this replace cause incorrect grammar but I can live with that
Keyboard:
- used the latest CyanogenMod's source from the github (credit goes to the great CyanogenMod Team )
- changed the accented pop-up characters to their friendly version as I did in the dictionary also
Installation methods:
- Before you install it a backup is highly recommended!!!
- I. Replace the originally LatinIME.apk in the system\app directory in your custom rom before you install it via recovery
--OR--
- II: Install via adb commands:
1. Reboot phone into Recovery (make sure phone is plugged into PC)
2. Select "mounts and storage" then select "mount system"
3. Open your command prompt and remount /system as writable
Code:
adb remount
4. Push the LatinIME.apk to the system/app dir
Code:
adb push LatinIME.apk /system/app
5. Set the correct permission
Code:
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/LatinIME.apk
6. Reboot the phone to apply the changes
Code:
adb reboot
After you installed the apk you should select the Hungarian (Magyar) language to take effect.
You can do it here: Settings -> Language & keyboard -> Android keyboard -> Input languages
Warning it removes any other dictionary from the system!
Please note it was tested only on the CyanogenMOD's nightly ROM.
Enjoy!

Update
Dictionary and source updated (details in the 1st post).

Update
Increased dictionary size to 370k words and new install method was added also.
See the details in the first post.

Hi!
Does it work only on a rooted device??

pattogato said:
Hi!
Does it work only on a rooted device??
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Yes, root is required to modify or replace any System/App.

Hey,
is it possible to delete mistyped words from the user dictionary of the gb keyboard?
I know that there is a personal dictionary in the input settings, but it contains only the words I typed with the HTC Sense keyboard.
I cant find the personal dictionary of the gingerbread keyboard.

Great app, thanks!

Saved my day
This keyboard has saved my day! Thanks a lot for sharing.
Works fine on x18i 2.3.6 stock ROM.
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Köszi a feltöltést, pont amit kerestem! Végre van gyári magyar billentyűzetem, ráadásul még sms-friendly is!

Thank you for your kind words.
I'm glad you find this keyboard useful.

Hey! Can you put back the Ű,Ő letters please? Grammar is important to me,thanks

lowert said:
Hey! Can you put back the Ű,Ő letters please? Grammar is important to me,thanks
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PLEASE!!!

Hey!I hop you have enough free time...it would be great.CAn you make one with put back the characters both in dictionary and keyboard?The point is the grammar.Thanks

lowert said:
Hey! Can you put back the Ű,Ő letters please? Grammar is important to me,thanks
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Please find the modified LatinIME app.
Please note I do not have any GingerBread device so I did not have a chance to test it.
A backup from your system before the installation is highly recommended.

sEsE123 said:
Please find the modified LatinIME app.
Please note I do not have any GingerBread device so I did not have a chance to test it.
A backup from your system before the installation is highly recommended.
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nice,it wroks,but one problem,please fix the long press o,u characters,cause when i use long press it pops up a letter not the number like the others

lowert said:
nice,it wroks,but one problem,please fix the long press o,u characters,cause when i use long press it pops up a letter not the number like the others
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OK, let me fix it tonight.

sEsE123 said:
OK, let me fix it tonight.
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thanks for all

lowert said:
thanks for all
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Please try the attached version.
(I've checked the xml file which contains the alternate chars and it looked ok. I've changed its order and I hope it will work.)

sEsE123 said:
Please try the attached version.
(I've checked the xml file which contains the alternate chars and it looked ok. I've changed its order and I hope it will work.)
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perfect,thank you

sEsE123 said:
Please try the attached version.
(I've checked the xml file which contains the alternate chars and it looked ok. I've changed its order and I hope it will work.)
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Hi, thanks for this great keyboard, now with hungarian dictionary it's even better
If you have some free time could you please add the English dictionary back, so we could have english and hungarian?
Thank you in advance

Any chance of having this in an ICS/JB version pls?

[MOD] Add top number row to Swype

Hello guys,
Since I use a Samsung device, I'm used to the extra number row on top of the keyboard so I modded Swype to have that extra row. However since Swype is to be purchased and not distributed, I'll only tell here how to do it for your legally purchased copy. And this is a bit complicated and for advanced users and you need to be rooted. You also need Root Explorer. Here we go:
1- First buy/download Swype from Google Play.
2- Go to /mnt/asec/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1 folder, copy pkg.apk to your sdcard, rename it to com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk.(keep a backup of this file at all times)
3- Go to /mnt/asec/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1/lib folder copy the files (libnmsp_speex.so and libswypecore.so) to your sdcard.
4- Using apktool (I used version 1.52) decompile com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk.,
5- Go to decompiled folder\res\xml folder. kbd file pertaining to your language is to be edited, I edit kbd_qwerty.xml for English using Notepad++.
6- Check the attached kbd_qwerty.xml in portrait folder and notice the extra row section I added to the top. You can in fact add secondary characters to numbers or customize the keyboard completely, rearrange letters, add symbols etc.
7- Once done, save the file and go to decompiled folder\res\xml-land folder and edit the landscape for the layout, kbd_qwerty.xml file, notice the attached file in landscape folder.
8- Once done, save the file and go to decompiled folder\res\values folder and edit the dimens.xml file. Here I raise the height of the keyboard and height of the key to 270dip and 54dip respectively, check the top rows of the attached dimens.xml. Also increase the keyboard height for landscape (if you want) by changing the dimens.xml under res\values-land folder.
9- Once done, recompile the folder with apktool, go to decompiled folder\dist folder and copy the apk here to a different folder and rename it to temp.apk.zip
10- Open temp.apk.zip with 7z/winrar and copy the resources.arsc and kbd_qwerty.xml files from res\xml and res\xml-land folders to your PC(obviously keep the 2 files in seperate folders not to overwrite)
11- Then, rename the original apk from step 2 to com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk.zip , open with winrar and first delete resources.arsc file, then drag the resources.arsc file from step 10 to the archive, it will be added. Staying in winrar, go to res\xml folder and replace the file with kbd_qwerty.xml from step 10 (the portrait version). Do the same with res\xml-land folder and the landcape file.
12- Once finished rename the file back to com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk, don't sign it, don't delete META-INF folder, leave it as it is.
13- Now, on your phone, uninstall Swype. Reinstall it from the apk file on Step 2. Go to /data/app-lib/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1 folder and move the 2 files (libnmsp_speex.so and libswypecore.so) to system/lib folder. You have to mount the System R/W from Root Explorer on this step. Fix the permissions so these 2 files have the same permissions with other files there. If you can't find these files just use the ones from Step 3.
14- Once done, copy com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk from Step 12 to /system/app and fix the permissions so that it has the same permissions as other files there.
15- Then delete the com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk from /data/app/ folder. Restart your phone.
This should be it if you followed it exactly, tracing and Dragon voice dictation also works. While you're doing all this work (takes 10 minutes by the way), you might also consider changing how Swype looks (theming) and changing many other things like swype thickness, colors etc. Please note that this is for advanced and rooted users and please don't ask me to give you the modded apk, you have to do it on your legally bought version. You might consider doing backups just in case anything goes wrong. Have fun.
And a quick tip: if you swype from swype icon to symbol key(123), arrow keyboard opens up.
You can also add arrow keys by copying arrow keys from kbd_edit.xml, check the 2nd screenshot.
Please hit the thanks button if you think this is useful.

Nice how to. But may u should tell that the latest Android versions store purchased apps in data/app-asec as asec version, this need special procedure to get a apk from the asec format.

Can you please update this tutorial to 4.3 ? I couldn't find the files in the mentioned paths. . I'm on stock rooted 4.3 on gt9500
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

lesalloum said:
Can you please update this tutorial to 4.3 ? I couldn't find the files in the mentioned paths. . I'm on stock rooted 4.3 on gt9500
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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It works same for me on 4.3 stock rooted i9500, maybe you could do a file search to find the necessary folder. Here is another screenshot with the updated Swype(1.6.2.22328), where I made number buttons smaller like original Samsung Keyboard and hide the suggestions bar to save space.

ozkaya said:
Hello guys...
9- Once done, recompile the folder with apktool, go to decompiled folder\dist folder and copy the apk here to a different folder and rename it to temp.apk.zip
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using the current play store version (1.6.3.22544), i decompiled com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk (/mnt/asec/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1/pkg.apk) using APKTool 1.52. i made no changes and attempted to recompile without success.
the first error displayed by apktool is:
"C:\Users\Phil\apktool\com.nuance.swype.dtc-1\res\values\arrays.xml:545: error: Found tag dimen-array where item is expected"
i do use APKTool successfully to mod other apps so i am familiar with the process.
QUESTION: what frameworks file are you using when making your mods? are you using a TW ROM frameworks? that's the only other variable i can think of...
EDIT: well, i just tried using TW framework too without success

PhilDX said:
using the current play store version (1.6.3.22544), i decompiled com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk (/mnt/asec/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1/pkg.apk) using APKTool 1.52. i made no changes and attempted to recompile without success.
the first error displayed by apktool is:
"C:\Users\Phil\apktool\com.nuance.swype.dtc-1\res\values\arrays.xml:545: error: Found tag dimen-array where item is expected"
i do use APKTool successfully to mod other apps so i am familiar with the process.
QUESTION: what frameworks file are you using when making your mods? are you using a TW ROM frameworks? that's the only other variable i can think of...
EXIT: well, i just tried using TW framework too without success
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Latest version of Swype has incompatible tags with Apktool. What you do is go to all the lines that give error and change them to <string-array>. Then it compiles.

ozkaya said:
Latest version of Skype has incompatible tags with Apktool. What you do is go to all the lines that give error and change them to <string-array>. Then it compiles.
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i'll give this a shot tomorrow, thanks a lot!

ozkaya said:
Latest version of Swype has incompatible tags with Apktool. What you do is go to all the lines that give error and change them to <string-array>. Then it compiles.
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it works!!!
thanks man, appreciate the help and info!

I've been going nuts trying to edit swype for a week now and still can't seem to get it to work. All I want to do is change the suggested word color and maybe a few other minor color related things. I assumed just changing the color codes in /res/values/styles.xml that seemed to pertain to the holo theme would work but I can't ever get the app to install. Not even sure where to begin to ask for help on this one but if anyone has any advice I'd greatly appreciate it.

Ok I've tried this a hundred times following all the steps completely and it just wont work.
Once I go to install the final apk it always tries to install then sais App Not Installed.

TeknoGodz said:
Ok I've tried this a hundred times following all the steps completely and it just wont work.
Once I go to install the final apk it always tries to install then sais App Not Installed.
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You don't install the final apk, in fact you can't since the certificate is no longer valid. You copy the final apk in place as in Step 14.

I would love this! I have used Swype for years but I would love a number row. To be honest I have no idea how to follow those instructions! I have a rooted phone - what can I do?

Am I right in concluding that you can't use TB to backup and restore the finished product and this will have to be done manually? I did this on my rooted Note 3 and I keep going back to my stock image because I don't want to have to keep doing the steps when I flash a new ROM or ROM update.
Would I maybe just have to do steps 12 onward every time?

mr.BeBoT said:
Am I right in concluding that you can't use TB to backup and restore the finished product and this will have to be done manually? I did this on my rooted Note 3 and I keep going back to my stock image because I don't want to have to keep doing the steps when I flash a new ROM or ROM update.
Would I maybe just have to do steps 12 onward every time?
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When you install a new ROM, you install original Swype from apk file then you move the lib files to /system/lib, copy the modded apk to /system/app and delete original apk from /data/app folder. So it is 4 steps once you have the modded apk ready, should take no more than 5 minutes.

thumm138 said:
I've been going nuts trying to edit swype for a week now and still can't seem to get it to work. All I want to do is change the suggested word color and maybe a few other minor color related things. I assumed just changing the color codes in /res/values/styles.xml that seemed to pertain to the holo theme would work but I can't ever get the app to install. Not even sure where to begin to ask for help on this one but if anyone has any advice I'd greatly appreciate it.
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This is similar. Please go through the steps, you don't (can't) install the modded apk, you move it in place.

ozkaya said:
This is similar. Please go through the steps, you don't (can't) install the modded apk, you move it in place.
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Yeah I realized that after I posted and still nothing. I'm no programmer but I've never NOT been able to change a few things and recompile. Not sure how just changing a few color codes is causing such a problem. Shame such a nice keyboard has such little customization and few themes. Don't get me wrong I like orange but it really doesn't mesh at all with the rest of the UI. Thanks for the reply though.

ozkaya said:
This is similar. Please go through the steps, you don't (can't) install the modded apk, you move it in place.
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I did all that and it changed the height of the keyboard, but didn't add any additional number row.
kdb_qwerty or whatever it's called is the default that comes up when you install it, right? Becuase I tried again and specifically made sure to use this one and it just wont give me the extra row, just the height.

TeknoGodz said:
I did all that and it changed the height of the keyboard, but didn't add any additional number row.
kdb_qwerty or whatever it's called is the default that comes up when you install it, right? Becuase I tried again and specifically made sure to use this one and it just wont give me the extra row, just the height.
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It depends on your system language. Try kbd_qwerty_panlatin.xml.

ozkaya said:
Latest version of Swype has incompatible tags with Apktool. What you do is go to all the lines that give error and change them to <string-array>. Then it compiles.
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Thank you for this change, this is exactly what I was looking for to compile.
Once again my Swype is blue!!! :victory:

here's my creation, what do you guys think?
the theme is "Lucid" from the pay store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lucid&pcampaignid=APPU_8szYUoedK9PNsAThnoDQDQ

How to delete pre-loaded input languages in my Samsung Galaxy A3

Hello everyone,
This is my first post given that I just signed up to this great and helpful website.
I have got a Samsung Galaxy A3 [Android version 5.0.2].
I added new input languages from the list. I downloaded them and also removed them by selecting and deleting them.
But, I tried to delete the "first" language, the language the mobile phone came with, and a message came up saying Cannot delete preloaded languages.
What do I need to do in order to delete permanently pre-loaded input languages?
Should I root it? If so, could you share in this thread a link to root my mobile phone?
Or could you explain it to me in words? I DO know anyway I need to first backup my files and download some programs.
Help me out please.
Thank you in advance,
~Francis

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I know maybe, Samsung Galaxy A3's haven't yet got deodex ROM.
But, in order to have it, I need first to download "recovery-TWRP" and Lollipop or Kitkat ....is that true?
I know nothing about it.
Help me please, thank you.

Simply put, you cannot access anything system related without root, so it's a must.
I personally just delete them through either TWRP or after the first boot, i use a File Explorer with root support to remove unwanted apps in "/preload/", "system/app" and "/system/priv-app/".
However, i highly recommend you to use Titanium Backup to freeze apps, that way you can avoid removing stuff you have no idea about.

I tried to download Titanium Backup but only the PRO version [I have to pay] allows you to freeze the apps.
Anyway, I installed ES File Explorer and managed to get into the folder you wrote
I found the folders you wrote
"system/app"
and
"/system/priv-app/"
and
"/preload/".
I also found the folder 'Fonts' with the ttf files but I think its got nothing do given that the folder is about the fonts, not the keyboard languages! Isn't it?!
Anyway, now where do I have to go in order to remove the pre-loaded languages?
Thank you

PlutoDelic said:
Simply put, you cannot access anything system related without root, so it's a must.
I personally just delete them through either TWRP or after the first boot, i use a File Explorer with root support to remove unwanted apps in "/preload/", "system/app" and "/system/priv-app/".
However, i highly recommend you to use Titanium Backup to freeze apps, that way you can avoid removing stuff you have no idea about.
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Are you on Samsung Galaxy A3?

Brocker7 said:
Are you on Samsung Galaxy A3?
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Yes, A300FU, ignore my sig.
ukfrancis said:
I tried to download Titanium Backup but only the PRO version [I have to pay] allows you to freeze the apps.
Anyway, I installed ES File Explorer and managed to get into the folder you wrote
I found the folders you wrote
"system/app"
and
"/system/priv-app/"
and
"/preload/".
I also found the folder 'Fonts' with the ttf files but I think its got nothing do given that the folder is about the fonts, not the keyboard languages! Isn't it?!
Anyway, now where do I have to go in order to remove the pre-loaded languages?
Thank you
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Glad you went for the delete, you may suffer from loss in the future by deleting things you didnt mean to, but you'll learn from it .
Many of the languages are on the system/app , and have something like FontnameKor, with Kor being Korean i.e., however, im not sure if that removes the keyboard layouts. For that, flash the S6 keyboard, looks better too.
There are loads of Debloating (this is what we are doing here) threads for other Lollipop Samsung phones, many of their tips work for our device too.

Yes, I have got a Samsung Galaxy A3.
I went for the delete but didn't yet delete anything since I do not know what to delete.
What are the files that I can delete in order to delete a keyboard language?
I'll look up for what you told me and I'll answer you, later.

Answer....
I went to the folder 'Fonts' as you said and found a lot of tiles as you said with the language for example Kor [=Korean].
Well, there are a lot of languages and also ROBOTO files which I don't know what they are.
Anyway, there are not the usual languages such as English, French, Spanish, Italian and such ....there are only Armenian, Georgian, Chinese, Korean etc.
I want to delete the Italian language given that my phone came with the Italian language pre-installed.
Another path I followed is
"system > tts"
I found two sub-folders "lang_SMT" and "lang_SVOXP"
In the first folder I found some files referring to Italian
"smt_it_IT_f00.am"
"smt_it_IT_f00.cfg"
"smt_it_IT_f00.dt"
"smt_it_IT_f00.qs"
"smt_it_IT.lng"
I guess the one I should delete is the file with the format .lng
I don't even know whether this is the right path or not but I believe I am right, isn't it?!
Anyway, I can't delete anything since a message comes up saying "Operation failed". I suppose it's because I didn't root my phone yet.
Anyway what do I have to delete in order to delete the keyboard input language?
Thank you.

Are your phones rooted already?
Sent from my SM-A300F using XDA-Developers mobile app

ukfrancis said:
I went to the folder 'Fonts' as you said and found a lot of tiles as you said with the language for example Kor [=Korean].
Well, there are a lot of languages and also ROBOTO files which I don't know what they are.
Anyway, there are not the usual languages such as English, French, Spanish, Italian and such ....there are only Armenian, Georgian, Chinese, Korean etc.
I want to delete the Italian language given that my phone came with the Italian language pre-installed.
Another path I followed is
"system > tts"
I found two sub-folders "lang_SMT" and "lang_SVOXP"
In the first folder I found some files referring to Italian
"smt_it_IT_f00.am"
"smt_it_IT_f00.cfg"
"smt_it_IT_f00.dt"
"smt_it_IT_f00.qs"
"smt_it_IT.lng"
I guess the one I should delete is the file with the format .lng
I don't even know whether this is the right path or not but I believe I am right, isn't it?!
Anyway, I can't delete anything since a message comes up saying "Operation failed". I suppose it's because I didn't root my phone yet.
Anyway what do I have to delete in order to delete the keyboard input language?
Thank you.
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You'll need root for sure. Also, since you use ES File Explorer, you have to switch the Root option, and also click on it to enable Read/Write on /system/, or else it'll fail again with the same output.
PS, i have not deleted anything at that level, tbh never bothered to. Check priv-app as well for languages, just recalled to have seen a few there.