Pre-requisites:
- Your kindle must be rooted. I used Kindle Fire Utility from XDA.
- You must have a file manager capable of mounting /system writable. I use E. S. File Explorer.
Installation:
- Fom your Kindle Fire download the Swype beta from here.
- Run Swype intstallation package.
- Enter your beta credentials.
- When the installation asks to “Enable Swype”, Press Home button.
- Open ES File Explorer. Select Menu->Settings. Under Path settings, select Up to Root. Under Root Settings select Mount File System. Back out of settings.
- Select Up to go up to the root / level. Navigate to data/app. Cut com.swype.android.inputmethod-1.apk.
- Navigate to /system/app/, paste com.swype.android.inputmethod-1.apk.
- Navigate to /data/data/com.swype.android.inputmethod/lib/. Cut