How to enable swype / gesture typing with Android 11?

[gs290_brick]

Hi there,

hope this is the right forum section for my question
I just installed /e/OS R (Android 11) onto a Samsung Galaxy S5. Previously I’ve been on Android 9 and always enabled swype / gesture typing by copying the libjni_latinimegoogle.so library to /system/lib/, according to the following description:

Swype keyboard for /e/

This worked: download (pico) opengapps for your archtecture https://opengapps.org/ extract the zip package in extracted folder “Optional”, extract swipelibs-lib-XXX.tar.lz (install lzip if you need) in extracted folder “common/lib” now you have the libjni_latinimegoogle.so for your archtecture reboot to recovery and, with twrp, mount system (there is an option in there) adb push libjni_latinimegoogle.so /system/system/lib/ (maybe in your case is system/system/lib64) umount system in twrp re…

So I tried this proven method but it didn’t work this time and googleing didn’t yield an answer, yet.

Here is what I’ve been doing so far:

• I’m using TWRP, bootet into recovery mode and accessed the file system via adb (root access).
• “adb push libjni_latinimegoogle.so /system/lib/” move the library into its place (root access).
• Swype wasn’t working on reboot, thus I confirmed the library is in its place and accessible via a normal user adb session (non-root):

klte:/ $ ls -l /system/lib/libjn*
ls: /system/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle.so: Permission denied
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7088 2009-01-01 01:00 /system/lib/libjni_pacprocessor.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13156 2009-01-01 01:00 /system/lib/libjnigraphics.so

Strangely, the library is not accessible by a normal user. But when using a root adb session it appears again:

klte:/ # ls -l /system/lib/libjn*                                                                                                                                                                                                            
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 943652 2008-02-28 21:33 /system/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7088 2009-01-01 01:00 /system/lib/libjni_pacprocessor.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13156 2009-01-01 01:00 /system/lib/libjnigraphics.so

I can only assume, that there is something very strange about the file permissions or even file system access at a user level. The file is clearly there, but not accessible for normal users. Currently, I assume that this is the reason for the missing swype / gesture typing.

Would be great if anybody had an idea on how to solve this issue.

Thanks for reading!

[aleam]

Hi friend.
Here is my last post (about @stef204 solution/tip) on this topic. Don’t know if it still work. Give it a try:

Swype keyboard library installation not working

Maybe you will need to allow “adb as superuser” in Developer Options of your your phone to get “adb root” working (and maybe you will want to turn it off later). If you are in amr64, maybe you should replace “/system/lib/” for “/system/lib64/” in the instructions.

[gs290_brick]

Hi aleam,

thanks for your reply! Actually I had already read the entire thread and tried different “adbs”:

• adb from TWRP, which gives root access
• adb from within /e/OS
• adb with root from within /e/OS (adb root)

That’s how I obtained the above code snippets.
But the lib couldn’t be read as a normal user thus far. I also "chmod"ed the file properties to 777. Still the lib couldn’t be read as a normal user. And honestly, I can’t understand this behavior with my knowledge about Linux/Unix.

Besides this, the system is 32 bit, so no 64 directory for libs.

Have a good week!

[aleam]

I tested, and here is working:

First I allow the “add as root” in developer options:

Then, set the type of USB connection, in swipe down android menu, as PTP:
(I think in the past I choose the “transfer files” option, but whatever, adb only recognize it in PTP)

Then, in terminal (PC):

adb devices 
adb root
adb remount
add push libjni_latinimegoogle.so /system/lib/ (use the "/"in the end)
adb unroot
adb kill-server

Then, reboot the phone

[marcdw]

Also check out this thread.

Keyboard "swype" feature: lost when I jumped from Lineage OS to /e/OS?

Hi, I used a lot this feature by sliding from one letter to another on the default AOSP keyboard on Lineage OS, but it seems I cannot find it in /e/OS. Am I wrong? Thanks

[gs290_brick]

Thank you so much @aleam! That worked.

I’m quite confused why this worked, while my previous attempts failed. Perhaps it’s been explicitly selecting PTP mode which I hadn’t done before.

Anyways, I’m very happy about the quick fix.