Swype Android Beta!!

[Droidster163]

Great news, everyone! I've finally got it to work after doing a lot of deleting. So it is official that after getting rid of the "leaked" version and installing the beta version of Swype that it will work for us SmokedGlass ROM users. Let me take a couple of minutes to type all the steps necessary (there's a lot to do just to install it properly LOL) and I will post back again so you can all do it too.

Yay! Sype beta works!

Steps To Install Swype Beta For SmokedGlass ROM Users:


1. You will need Root Explorer and Astro

2. Go to the phone menu and go to Applications

3. Next, go to Manage applications and click the menu button on the phone

4. Choose Filter and then choose All

5. Uninstall everything in there that has Swype (even the beta installer for those that installed it already and didn't work)

6. After uninstalling Swype, open Astro

7. Click on Search for Astro and type the word "Swype" (without the parenthesis) in the search box

8. Next, click on the Show Advanced Options below the box

9. Click on the drop-down arrow to change which directory in which it will search

10. Choose "/" instead of the current "/sdcard/"

11. Put a check mark on the boxes "Include directory names" and "Search sub directories"

12. Now click on the magnifying glass icon to search

13. After a couple of seconds it will list all the directories where it has Swype files (remember all of those since you would want to delete all of those files)

14. Now, open Root Explorer (I suggest Root Explorer because you can mount and unmount from there) and go to each directory that lists all the Swype files that you need to delete (the ones you found from Astro)

15. After you have deleted everything, reboot your Droid

16. Once rebooted, open your browser and go to your e-mail that you used to sign up for the beta (I just used the stock browser)

17. Click on the link to download the Swype-Installer.apk and install it

18. After it says it's done installing, on the bottom choose Open

19. After opening it, it will prompt you to enter the e-mail and password you chose when you signed up for the beta, so sign in

20. After signing in, it should automatically download the Swype.apk file and install it also

21. After installing that, Enable it so you can use Swype, but reboot first just to make sure no other problems occur after it's done installing




That should be all of it. Try it and if you have a question just post in the thread.

Worked Great Man! Thanks Again!

 

[droiduser5]

Swype beta not working with the latest .5 2.1 BB rom from Pete.

Installed as 1.25.16.5652.t100 but says it's the wrong version for the device? o_0

 

[bastosero]

Great news, everyone! I've finally got it to work after doing a lot of deleting. So it is official that after getting rid of the "leaked" version and installing the beta version of Swype that it will work for us SmokedGlass ROM users. Let me take a couple of minutes to type all the steps necessary (there's a lot to do just to install it properly LOL) and I will post back again so you can all do it too.

Yay! Sype beta works!

Steps To Install Swype Beta For SmokedGlass ROM Users:


1. You will need Root Explorer and Astro

2. Go to the phone menu and go to Applications

3. Next, go to Manage applications and click the menu button on the phone

4. Choose Filter and then choose All

5. Uninstall everything in there that has Swype (even the beta installer for those that installed it already and didn't work)

6. After uninstalling Swype, open Astro

7. Click on Search for Astro and type the word "Swype" (without the parenthesis) in the search box

8. Next, click on the Show Advanced Options below the box

9. Click on the drop-down arrow to change which directory in which it will search

10. Choose "/" instead of the current "/sdcard/"

11. Put a check mark on the boxes "Include directory names" and "Search sub directories"

12. Now click on the magnifying glass icon to search

13. After a couple of seconds it will list all the directories where it has Swype files (remember all of those since you would want to delete all of those files)

14. Now, open Root Explorer (I suggest Root Explorer because you can mount and unmount from there) and go to each directory that lists all the Swype files that you need to delete (the ones you found from Astro)

15. After you have deleted everything, reboot your Droid

16. Once rebooted, open your browser and go to your e-mail that you used to sign up for the beta (I just used the stock browser)

17. Click on the link to download the Swype-Installer.apk and install it

18. After it says it's done installing, on the bottom choose Open

19. After opening it, it will prompt you to enter the e-mail and password you chose when you signed up for the beta, so sign in

20. After signing in, it should automatically download the Swype.apk file and install it also

21. After installing that, Enable it so you can use Swype, but reboot first just to make sure no other problems occur after it's done installing




That should be all of it. Try it and if you have a question just post in the thread.

Worked Great Man! Thanks Again!

No problem, bro.

 

[jsh1120]

Actually, Bastosero's checklist is a pretty good one for anyone who is attempting to install the Swype beta as far as I can tell. Some of the steps may well be unnecessary for a vanilla install, but they won't hurt.

 

[bwhite82]

This is by far one of the coolest apps I've installed lately. WAAAAYYY faster than regular typing. Thanks for posting!

 

[Steveindajeep]

Steps To Install Swype Beta For SmokedGlass ROM Users:

5. Uninstall everything in there that has Swype (even the beta installer for those that installed it already and didn't work)

There is a "Swype version 1" item here I cannot delete it's 128KB. It only allows me to delete it's Cache.

11. Put a check mark on the boxes "Include directory names" and "Search sub directories"

It finds 3 things is this the norm?

Im asking as this didnt work for me and I think it's the Swype version 1 in applications stopping me.

 

[DroidFan]

bastosero... followed your directions to a "T"... upon the final reboot though, I got the same error message:

"The Swype package you installed is configured for another device and will operate with limited functionality. Please contact Swype about this issue."

And now it doesn't work. HELP!

 

[david1pro]

Whenever I try to uninstall Swype, no matter how I do it, with smoked glass 5.0.1, it says uninstall failed. I can't get rid of this! Help please.

 

[bastosero]

Steps To Install Swype Beta For SmokedGlass ROM Users:

5. Uninstall everything in there that has Swype (even the beta installer for those that installed it already and didn't work)

There is a "Swype version 1" item here I cannot delete it's 128KB. It only allows me to delete it's Cache.

11. Put a check mark on the boxes "Include directory names" and "Search sub directories"

It finds 3 things is this the norm?

Im asking as this didnt work for me and I think it's the Swype version 1 in applications stopping me.

Yes, it will find all the files that is connected to Swype. Where is the "Swype Version 1" located (in which directory)?

bastosero... followed your directions to a "T"... upon the final reboot though, I got the same error message:

"The Swype package you installed is configured for another device and will operate with limited functionality. Please contact Swype about this issue."

And now it doesn't work. HELP!

Are you using AdamZ's SmokedGlass ROM or a different one?

 

[bastosero]

Whenever I try to uninstall Swype, no matter how I do it, with smoked glass 5.0.1, it says uninstall failed. I can't get rid of this! Help please.

Did you try and follow my steps from an earlier post, bro?

 

[frankieg22x]

Everytime i reboot i get an error that it is tied to a different phone. I'm gonna try and see if there is another leaked version somewhere that works until they figure it out. Maybe i'll try slideit

 

[frankieg22x]

btw...

123 active users viewing this thread lol

 

[mkibble]

need some help. so im trying to uninstall the trial version and it keeps saying uninstall not successful. any ideas? i had swype on my girlfriends phone and heres uninstalled first try. thanks. i am rooted btw with the smoked glass 4.5 rom.

 

[david1pro]

Whenever I try to uninstall Swype, no matter how I do it, with smoked glass 5.0.1, it says uninstall failed. I can't get rid of this! Help please.

Did you try and follow my steps from an earlier post, bro?

I did try. From the app manager, there isn't even an unistall option. There's just a "clear data" option, a greyed out clear cache and clear defaults, and a force stop button which seems to do nothing. When I view the apk in the system/apps folder with SUFBS it just gives me the option to install again (which fails), and when I try to uninstall via the original apk file I downloaded to my SD card, it fails. I'm new to this and out of ideas here.

 

[Steveindajeep]

Steps To Install Swype Beta For SmokedGlass ROM Users:

5. Uninstall everything in there that has Swype (even the beta installer for those that installed it already and didn't work)

There is a "Swype version 1" item here I cannot delete it's 128KB. It only allows me to delete it's Cache.

11. Put a check mark on the boxes "Include directory names" and "Search sub directories"

It finds 3 things is this the norm?

Im asking as this didnt work for me and I think it's the Swype version 1 in applications stopping me.

Yes, it will find all the files that is connected to Swype. Where is the "Swype Version 1" located (in which directory)?

bastosero... followed your directions to a "T"... upon the final reboot though, I got the same error message:

"The Swype package you installed is configured for another device and will operate with limited functionality. Please contact Swype about this issue."

And now it doesn't work. HELP!

Are you using AdamZ's SmokedGlass ROM or a different one?

OK i think i got it. I think I missed a few files. I did it to quickly. Directions worked good after I took my time. Thanks!