Along with the new Google equipment, the Nexus 10 tablet and the Nexus 4 smartphone , Google showed the general public the newness of its operating system: Android 4.2 and that it added within the Jelly Bean branch, as if it were improvements. On November 13, both terminals will go on sale with the new icons installed. And, later they will arrive "" first "" to the other range of Nexus terminals. However, it is already possible to install the new system keyboard on other smartphones . And we tell you how.
The AndroidPolice portal echoed the possibility of installing the new Android 4.2 text input system on other computers of the moment: they have achieved the new keyboard function. And although it is official, the function that has come to light seems to be a somewhat older version than the one that can be seen working in the videos of the two Google teams. Even so, it is fully operational.
The new keyboard has a peculiarity: you don't have to lift your finger from the screen to be able to type words; its operation is the same as other keyboards that already exist in Google Play, the application store of the operating system. And as a most significant example is the famous Swype keyboard.
Now, in order to install the Android 4.2 keyboard there are two possibilities: the first of them is to directly install the APK file. And another will be to flash the system with the ClockworkMod Recovery program. But before all this, the user must make sure that his terminal meets the main requirement: he must have Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich installed at least. If this is the case, the following steps can be taken. Of course, always under the responsibility of the user.
Continuing with the installation, if it is a terminal such as the Samsung Galaxy S3 or the Sony Xperia S "" terminals that have a user interface different from what Google usually presents in society "" the installation is simple, you only have to download this APK file. Subsequently copy it to the internal memory of the device, install it and open a text box where you can choose the method of writing input. This last step is activated by pressing for several seconds on the open box. A menu will appear where you can choose the type of keyboard.
On the other hand, if it is a Google terminal: a Samsung Galaxy Nexus "" the previous model to the Nexus 4 "", the user must make sure that his smartphone is rooted or with superuser access. If this is the case, later this compressed file must be downloaded where the new Android 4.2 keyboard is located. After this, it will be copied to the internal memory and the ClockworkMod Recovery program will be used for its installation, as if it were a custom ROM.
After both installations "" we repeat that under the responsibility of the user "", an early version of the new keyboard of the Google icon system can be tested. However, if the user is unable to install it in this way, they can always wait for the update to arrive from November 13th.
