Swype Android Beta!!

[Seapup]

I've been very pleased so far. Seems to be a bit nicer than the leaked version.

I agree... much nicer. I'll be purchasing it when out of Beta.

 

[DroidFan]

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

I'm using everything stock... original home screen, original ROM, everything.

If you get that message and swype will only work by tapping, just switch to the android touch keyboard, then switch back to swype and it should work. I had this issue and this fixes it for me. I saw this posted on the swype forums

Thanks! I'll reinstall it, see if it works and I'll let you know...

 

[Royal2000H]

Spoke too soon. After reboot, I get a message about it not being for my phone and will have limited functionality. Tried the switch input back and forth method and that worked. Thanks.

 

[DroidFan]

When I rebooted the Droid, I hadn't yet tried Swype, so the stock keyboard was still the default. I rebooted and then switched it over to Swype. Now it works! Thanks so much for the heads up! Whheeeeee!

 

[Technoman]

Spoke too soon. After reboot, I get a message about it not being for my phone and will have limited functionality. Tried the switch input back and forth method and that worked. Thanks.

I never had this message on the leaked version, but got it earlier today when I had to reboot my phone by a battery pull because it was no screen and would not respond (first time this has happened since I got my phone in November).

I am thinking there are some issues with the BETA that need attention.

 

[skirt]

i have adamZ rom and its telling me that the its expired and what not and cant figure out how to uninstall it so i can use the one off the beta because when i try to install it says already installed any help? thanks

 

[funken]

Spoke too soon. After reboot, I get a message about it not being for my phone and will have limited functionality. Tried the switch input back and forth method and that worked. Thanks.

I never had this message on the leaked version, but got it earlier today when I had to reboot my phone by a battery pull because it was no screen and would not respond (first time this has happened since I got my phone in November).

I am thinking there are some issues with the BETA that need attention.

My phone had the same problem today for the first time since I got it.

 

[jtaliani]

Spoke too soon. After reboot, I get a message about it not being for my phone and will have limited functionality. Tried the switch input back and forth method and that worked. Thanks.

Same thing for me too. It's a bit of a pain, but I'm sure they will get it straightened out in no time.

 

[INFERNO]

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.

This did the trick for me as well!

 

[Steveindajeep]

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

I'm using everything stock... original home screen, original ROM, everything.

If you get that message and swype will only work by tapping, just switch to the android touch keyboard, then switch back to swype and it should work. I had this issue and this fixes it for me. I saw this posted on the swype forums

Worked like a charm. Gotta say great and quick with these fixes everyone. I love this board. I salute you all. :clap::happy:

 

[Jus Cruisin]

I just signed up and I got 2 downloads swype-installer.apk and swype installer - 1.apk. which do I use?

 

[DroidFan]

I just signed up and I got 2 downloads swype-installer.apk and swype installer - 1.apk. which do I use?

Sounds like you downloaded it twice. Use the original one and delete the "-1" version. You'll be good to go!

 

[apastuszak]

Just installed it. Seems there are still betas available. After running the leaked beta, I've gotten so hooked on swype, I was lamenting the fact that the leaked copy expired today.

 

[Jus Cruisin]

One more stupid question. How do I pull up the "downloads page"? I closed it and now I don't know how to find it?

 

[bastosero]

One more stupid question. How do I pull up the "downloads page"? I closed it and now I don't know how to find it?

You have to login to the e-mail account that you used to sign up for the beta. Then check the e-mail you got from them and the download link should be there.