I'm looking to untheme the Warm Z swype keyboard back to default Swype theme. Is this possible? Or would it be possible to use Swype on a Gingerbread keyboard?
just uninstall the swype that came with the rom, and sign up for swype beta on their website. it's much better than the ota one anyways. you can't swype on the gb keyboard (swype is an entire keyboard itself with a framework and everything, not a utility put on top of an already working keyboard) but there is probably a theme out there somewhere. any other questions, dont be afraid to ask.
Thanks, everything worked great after getting root explorer and read/write permissions to uninstall the built-in Swype.
One more thing, is it possible to disable the voice command button the keyboard for Swype? I always press it on accident and I can't imagine anyone actually uses it anyway.
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Why would you even want to un-theme it? That kb is gorgeous!
Also.. I use voice input often while driving. It works very well
But I do agree with dkd, the beta rocks, especially being able to re-dl the official version any time you need to
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Ive been using Swiftkey for a few days now and its definitely the best Virtual Keyboard I have used for Android and it can also correct your Physical Keyboard inputs as well. I can't think of any other keyboard that offers Virtual and Physical auto-correction better than Swiftkey.
There is a paid version and a beta in the marketplace, you should definitely give the free Beta a try. The G2 already gives the One-Two punch of having the best of both worlds, its only just that it has the One-Two punch for software as well .
I tried it and didn't like it personally. However I found HTC_IME Mod keyboard to work better. I'm not a big fan of Swype either.
Swype is "too" smart for me sometime lol...To be specific, the auto suggestion and completion is junk. The Numbers and symbols layout are not the best.
Anyway, does anyone know how to update Swype version? I tried to download and install the lastest version to see any improvements but haven't got successful
It autocorrects the physical keyboard too? Does it do word suggestion for the physical keyboard?
Edit: wow it does auto correct the physical keyboard also. It be nice if someone couple make this work with the stock or other sense like imd mod soft keyboard.
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androidtoy09 said:
I found HTC_IME Mod keyboard to work better. (
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That is the keyboard that I was using before Swiftkey and it does alot of things really well. The MAIN thing that stopped me from using it is no Multitouch Support. I would type so fast on the virtual keyboard that the word "Smartphone" would look like Smtpne.
ddgarcia05 said:
It autocorrects the physical keyboard too? Does it do word suggestion for the physical keyboard?
Edit: wow it does auto correct the physical keyboard also. It be nice if someone couple make this work with the stock or other sense like imd mod soft keyboard.
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I agree, if I could combine the Physical Keyboard Auto-Correction and Multitouch from Swiftkey with HTC_IME it would be the perfect keyboard.
actually..better keyboard provides auto correction and word suggestions for the physical keyboard as well. search for it from the market..its a pretty decent app..and quite accurate as well
better keyboard by better android
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That is the keyboard that I was using before Swiftkey and it does alot of things really well. The MAIN thing that stopped me from using it is no Multitouch Support. I would type so fast on the virtual keyboard that the word "Smartphone" would look like Smtpne.
I agree, if I could combine the Physical Keyboard Auto-Correction and Multitouch from Swiftkey with HTC_IME it would be the perfect keyboard.
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I agree. Swiftkey for the physical keyboard and swype for the virtual is a perfect combination. Maybe there will be a way to configure that eventually.
I'm still waiting on BlindType
I don't mean to hi Jack the tread tried better keyboard pro and damn its good. It looks very nice.
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im going to try swiftkey.. no free trial for better keyboard?
This exactly what I was looking for as there was no spell check in the email. This is great. Thanks
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i tried swift and while i liked the auto correct on the physical keyboard it annoyed the hell out of me when i was trying to type in spanish.. so i ended taking it out.. maybe ill purchase the full version in the future so i could have more than one language pack
I have been seeing a few new Andriod users out there that are unfamiliar with the way things work (software wise). One annoying repetitive complaint is "I installed a custom rom and now my swype is gone!ZOMGWTF!"... Well DUH you formatted you phone and installed over anything that was originally your phone...
But fear not PC challenged newbs, there is a simple solution:
Sign up for Swype Beta at beta.swype.com and install that, this info is everywhere but one more place can't hurt...
(Yellow box, vibrate, and no output with Swype enabled.)
Well now here come the other typical complaints (and solutions),
"Now I have to select Swype as user input everytime I want to type or it doesn't work, pfft FAIL!!!"
(Solution 1: Do not install to Swype as an App2SD and be sure it resides on your phone like a good little app.
Solution 2: Using a root uninstall application (or manually) remove the gingerbread 2.3.3 keyboard (or other version that is not Swype).)
Re-install the gingerbread keyboard if you really want it and you are winning bigger than Charlie Sheen, the keyboard will now no longer trump the Swype and you can go about your merry way. EDIT: Some phones lose connection to the Swype library even if Swype is the only soft keyboard installed and is not on the SD card, in this case installing a second soft keyboard AFTER installing Swype will fix the issue.
"Now every reboot I have to re-select the Swype keyboard."
See Complaint #2
So basically if you want Swype with no issues, install it after ROM flash and then uninstall other keyboards using root.
Now people please quit *****ing about Swype not being inlcuded in your "favorite" ROM and take some initiative and fix it yourself.
And for those that say ... Ha ha ha, should have used Titanium Backup, you are dead WRONG and have never used Titanium Backup to restore a factory installed Swype... It won't work no matter how hard you rub Buddah's belly.
EDIT: Posted this info to keep the threads a bit more cleaner from all the non-ROM related issues people post... I'm so sorry that your phone cannot microwave my pizza while bluetoothing with a custom ROM. Hopefully someone else feels my sarcasm.
The important thing I've noticed is to just make sure the keyboard is installed onto the phone. You shouldn't have any problems with it disappearing after a reboot if it's on your phone instead of the SD. This will make it so you don't have to bother with the hassle of removing the stock keyboard.
these methods should help but i believe swype on this phone is garbage (i have big fingers), but it is helpfull my wife enjoys the swype keyboard and this helps me when i go to root her phone.
Glad to help. Hope I didn't come off too sarcastic and some people got a laugh. Also to explain why it cannot be on a ROM, it is licensed software not available under the GNU.
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Use the SlideIt keyboard. It is much easier to use. You an go from tap to slide mid word and a bunch of other intuitive moves. Plus, it doesn't have the voice command button for you to accidentally hit.
I have signed up for the swype beta before and im not sure if i had it on sd or not, but when i tried typing a yellow box would come around the swype keyboard and i had to select the stock keyboard and then select the swype keyboard again for it to work right, will having it on the phone fix that?
Uninstall stock keyboard, then reinstall keyboard. Goofy I know but it works. Should be on the OP. There seems to be a bug in the software when reconnecting to the library if it is not the only or first installed soft keyboard. I had to do this as well and have not had a problem since.
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inb4 "Why doesn't Swype swipe?"
Swype often doesn't swipe after you reboot your phone. The easiest way to fix that is switch your Input Method away from Swype (e.g. to the stock keyboard) then back to Swype.
If you follow my OP Swype will always work.
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I uninstalled the main gingerbread keyboard and left swype as my only one and still get the no swyping error often. I had to download a kb from the market just to reinstall swype and see if it will behave now.
My Swype only works when it was installed stock kb removed and a new kb from the market was installed in that order, other ov might not require a kb installed. One of my ov phones doesn't.
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theres probably an easier way. check the g2 forums. i think there is an app called swyperestore or soemthing along those lines. basically it imports your swype with your swype license to your new rom from a nandroid.
although...not sure if it would work on the v....
Anyone tried what I do on the g2? I'll try today, moving the lib file swype has and installing swype along with it makes it work on my g2.
My current fix is I used titanium backup to freeze and delete the android keyboard.when I reset the phone if swype still isn't working I freeze and unfreeze swype in titanium and it's worked every time.I'm working on changing how android associates with the keyboard to see if it's maybe still trying to use droid keys
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installed swype beta. worked. rebooted blue box error. used a root uninstaller app to uninstall android keyboard. rebooted and it worked
Congrats, glad the how-to helped. Would be rough typing on this tiny keyboard without Swype or other similar program.
Anybody find themselves pressing the . instead of the space far too often? It gets kind of annoying, at least in portrait view. Also, "at" being constantly mistaken for "arty" seems kind of ridiculous. Despite that, I love swype, and this is coming from a physical qwerty junkie!
Awesome, thank you. No issues with your OP.
How do you remove the GB KB?
My swype beta didn't work, so I junked it. Now after reading this, my only question is what app or how do I remove the Gingerbread keyboard? (I don't see it as an app, is there an app that will remove it?)
Thx.
Use titanium backup.
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Hi!
I have a quite annoying problem after 2.2 update. The keyboard keep changing back to Swype after some time after I've changed to another one.
Anyone have the same problem?
Haven't found anything about it when I've been searching.
Thanks.
even if ur keyboard changes to swype , your normal typing works ...so why to worry???
Because I'm writing with åäö and swype dosen'r have them without long pressing a and o. But I found why, the taskmanger had the keyboard app on auto kill.
are you using swype beta???
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are you using swype beta???
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No, the one that Defy came with. However it was the Task Manger in 2.2 that ended the keyboard task for the keyboard I used. So everything is fine.
Thanks anyway.
Go to beta.swype.com and register.
Follow the instructions and install swype beta. Its really good.
This may solve your problem...
yo xdites
used swiftkey x , samsung keyboard , better keyboard
but not satisfied
pls help
I'm using smart keyboard, I like it. But it depends what you mean by performance?
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I use the ICS Keyboard which has been ported to Gingerbread (Market)
If you delete swype from your phone and install the new beta from their website, it is the best swipe to type keyboard for android
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I use the ICS Keyboard which has been ported to Gingerbread (Market)
If you delete swype from your phone and install the new beta from their website, it is the best swipe to type keyboard for android
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AGREE!!!
I also deleted Swype and downloaded Swype beta. defintily worth a try.
Only thing for me was that it show a little pop up saying that swype can read all details you type in using it (passwords, credit card details etc.) when you activate it after install.
But in most cases if its a real private thing I am typing I am hust quickly switching back to samsung keyboard.
the keyboard is very nice gingerbread!
has the view of windows phone and is very cute! recommend you try this too! You can also download the dictionary for those languages for the completion of words!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413341
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111782&highlight=keyboard
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How did this get past product testing? My finger has perfect accuracy, and I can't even type simple words because Swype is giving me words that are NOTHING LIKE the words I am typing.
Many simple words are affected by this, but here's one example: Try to type "Were", you get "Are" and a bunch of other suggested words - NONE of which start with "W". My finger is CLEARLY starting on the w, so why does Swype ignore that?
I have my old Galaxy S here in my hand. It's been recently reverted to stock so I can test side-by-side. I swear this old Swype is far smoother t use. It even has an option for accuracy-versus-speed. This new Swype doesn't seem to have any options to adjust this. This is AWFUL.
In order to get a new keyboard, do I need to root and install some other Rom? How do I improve this?
try swiftkey. see if it works better for you. might help you determine whether you want to even try and fool with swype. you could also try locating the swype apk and installing it to test
Are you using the Swype style keyboard that came built in our did you download Swype beta with the beta installer from the Swype website? I'm using Swype beta 1.4 and for me it's pretty darn accurate and fast.