Problem installing GAPPS with CM 12.1 - Android keyboard (AOSP) has stopped

[brole]

Hey everyone. Just got my first Note 3 a few weeks back and finally getting around to customizing it, but I'm running into problems getting it to work just right.

I'm used to CyanogenMod and wanted to get it for this Note 3. Well, the only versions are nightlies, but those have worked for me well in the past, so I figured no harm in trying them out. Everything installs A-OK and runs fine until I try to flash GAPPS.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but this is my method and everything that I've been able to gather from people in the CM IRC tell me it's correct:

Full wipe (system, cache, dalvik, data, internal), flash CM, flash GAPPS, reboot.

I'm using the latest CM 12.1 nightly, the latest GAPPS available for it (ARM, 5.1, pico), and clearing everything I possibly can before installing. Even still, I keep getting "Unfortunately, Android keyboard (AOSP) has stopped" upon boot every time. I can't clear the data for the keyboard either in the app settings, nor can I access the play store to try to update the keyboard since, well, I don't have a keyboard.

Any ideas of what I could try? I really enjoy CM, but have no experience trying anything else out though.

 

[audit13]

Tried other Gapp versions such as Banks?

 

[brole]

Tried other Gapp versions such as Banks?

No, I have not. Just pico and nano versions of the ARM 5.1.

 

[brole]

I cannot find GAPPS by Banks anywhere. The only link I could come across is dead.

 

[brole]

I ended up just getting an APK of SwiftKey so I could actually start using my phone. I guess this'll work, and SwiftKey is pretty widely praised it seems.