Yes, I'm embarrassed to tell you how long it look me to finally get up the courage. I was toying with the idea of installing the new Market for awhile, then decided to try installing a stand-alone app instead that wouldn't risk wiping out something I need, so decided on trying the app for my favorite keyboard app (Ultra Keyboard--which has swipe technology as well as pretty good word recognition, etc., so the best of all worlds). Read over and over again the instructions in the SlideIt thread, was hoping I could just do it with Astro (which I'm more familiar with than Root Explorer), finally had to turn to Root Explorer, had to backtrack a few times due to missteps, but finally got my keyboard! Now that I've finally done it once, and seen exactly how it works, all the anxiety is gone as I approach my next app sideloading adventure.
Now I have to get more stuff on my husband's NC. (Did I mention we became a two-NC household a week ago, after he decided he really needed a rooted NC of his own to read comics?
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