[Q] Does the Galaxy Nexus have Smart Dialling? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hi
Does the galaxy havesmart dialing?
It is one of the things i loved about my Sensation. i could start typing a few letters (numbers) and all the coressponding contacts were shown.
from what i can see from all the videos this may not be possible in stock android 4.0?
Can anyone relay my fears

Cant remeber the last i didnt have that feature even going back to my nokia e71.
I invented cyberspace. You're trespassing.

the X10i Sony doesn't have it and i'm worried the nexus doesn't
i use it a lot when using the htc dialer

No idea how to load my google contacts into emulator... if there's an easy way to do that I can try for you.

i have tried it in the emulator.
it will not work under the dialer itself.
however it will work under the search bar.
when you start to type the number under the search, it will appear all the related contacts.

You can always use a 3rd party app such as Dialer One or TouchPal Dialer (free on the market) which has the feature you desire.
Mark.

xManMythLegend said:
No idea how to load my google contacts into emulator... if there's an easy way to do that I can try for you.
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You can export your contacts from Google contacts as a csv-file. That file can be imported in the app.

Thank you
I forgot about the persistant search bar at the top
thank yor for all suggestions
where can i get this emulator?

mhbr12742 said:
I forgot about the persistant search bar at the top
thank yor for all suggestions
where can i get this emulator?
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Android SDK
Takes about 10-15 mins to get up and running purely dependent on connection of course. But emulator takes few mins to boot and is really sluggish. Still no clue how anyone develops on that.
I made myself as a contact..dialer did not show what you asked. But unless I get full contact list in there cant say for sure. But the layout itself doesnt seem appropriate for it.

This is one of my concerns aswell, I love the smart dial feature on the HTC dialer and heavily rely on it. I don't want to have to get an alternate dialer I want a nice clean pure android experience.

It's crazy to me that people still look up names by numbers instead of names.

Tung_meister said:
This is one of my concerns aswell, I love the smart dial feature on the HTC dialer and heavily rely on it. I don't want to have to get an alternate dialer I want a nice clean pure android experience.
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you can use the search bar to search for numbers. it will appear with the contact that match the numbers.
just like it has already happening in honeycomb table. just that no ones use honeycomb to make phone calls.

It's a change it might not.
I no longer have it on my device after switching over to CM7
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Smart Dialling appears so backwards to me. I have internalized only a few phone numbers and that's because it'S always easier and faster to just use the contacts feature instead of "dialling".

qwerp_ said:
you can use the search bar to search for numbers. it will appear with the contact that match the numbers.
just like it has already happening in honeycomb table. just that no ones use honeycomb to make phone calls.
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It only works from the start of a phone number though.
So if you know the number ends in 5423, if you try searching for that it won't match it.
HTC's dialer will match anywhere in the number.

Balls, much faster to start typing a name on the keypad and results are refined as you go. Every phone for the last 15 years had t9 dialling. So stupid Apple dropped it and Google following along.
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Tung_meister said:
This is one of my concerns aswell, I love the smart dial feature on the HTC dialer and heavily rely on it. I don't want to have to get an alternate dialer I want a nice clean pure android experience.
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That nice clean Android experience had never had this so....

Mnemoch said:
Balls, much faster to start typing a name on the keypad and results are refined as you go. Every phone for the last 15 years had t9 dialling. So stupid Apple dropped it and Google following along.
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Um...you can search contacts by their name on every single android phone

Mnemoch said:
Balls, much faster to start typing a name on the keypad and results are refined as you go. Every phone for the last 15 years had t9 dialling. So stupid Apple dropped it and Google following along.
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Faster yet speaking the name...

JCopernicus said:
Um...you can search contacts by their name on every single android phone
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Not with the dialer

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Tips & Tricks for the Desire

So I thought I'd start a little thread to see what tips & tricks people are discovering about the Desire now that we are getting our hands on them
If you swipe your finger (L to R or R to L) across the middle button then you can scroll through home screens without touching the screen
If you want more options in browser including UAString (Android, Desktop, Iphone etc,) just type in url window "about:debug" (without quotes!) then press enter; it seems nothing happens but if you go into settings all new options are available
I'll be surprised if it hasn't been mentioned before, but a quick way to reboot:
Power button, vol down and press the track pad at the same time.
Download Advanced Task Killer! Applications just stay open once they are activated. I also use the Power Options widget on the main homescreen which is great for quick adjustments to brightness, WiFi and Bluetooth.
I am a new user here so I am not allowed to post outside links yet, but do a google search for "Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android" and read the Geek For Me thing about task killers.
anyone here tried to re-arrange the 7 home screens? .. i could swear i saw it in some vid, you put it in "leap" view, and then you hold on of the screens and move it around!!!! ....
irkan said:
anyone here tried to re-arrange the 7 home screens? .. i could swear i saw it in some vid, you put it in "leap" view, and then you hold on of the screens and move it around!!!! ....
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why does it matter anyway? at the beginning theyre all pretty much empty anyway
Unfriendly said:
I am a new user here so I am not allowed to post outside links yet, but do a google search for "Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android" and read the Geek For Me thing about task killers.
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http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
cez10 said:
why does it matter anyway? at the beginning theyre all pretty much empty anyway
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I know, but i saw it in some vid, .. and i wanna doo ittt XP
i didnt get my desire yet, but am curious
Unfriendly said:
I am a new user here so I am not allowed to post outside links yet, but do a google search for "Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android" and read the Geek For Me thing about task killers.
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Thanks for that. It makes a lot of sense now. I'm too used to Windows i guess haha. Removing My Task Killer from my Tattoo
You are most welcome, I hope it makes your Tattoo run better.
Unfriendly said:
You are most welcome, I hope it makes your Tattoo run better.
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To be honest i'm not too bothered now...my Desire will be here on Monday
If you drag the top bit it tells you your notfications! (where the battery life is).
Hey guys, quick question I'm coming from a HTC Tytn and before that a Touch HD, I used to use S2U2 to lock on the Tytn and like the iPhone style text appearing on the lock screen, can the Desire do that?
O and O said:
Hey guys, quick question I'm coming from a HTC Tytn and before that a Touch HD, I used to use S2U2 to lock on the Tytn and like the iPhone style text appearing on the lock screen, can the Desire do that?
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Download the Lock 2.0 from market!
There are one free, and one paid version available.
Hessi93 said:
Download the Lock 2.0 from market!
There are one free, and one paid version available.
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I only want to see the text message or email not have an iPhone like lock screen, my mistake lost in translation.
Hessi93 said:
Download the Lock 2.0 from market!
There are one free, and one paid version available.
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BTW, lots of people have been complaining about this particular app! because it gets stuck sometimes and you have to restart, and missed notifications also
O and O; said:
I only want to see the text message or email not have an iPhone like lock screen, my mistake lost in translation.
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"SMS popup" gives you the iPhone like popup whenever you receive an SMS.. Works on lockscreen as well as over any program/app. Unfortunately it doesn't do emails
Alternatively you can change the whole SMS app to chomp or handcent.. Those gives you popups as well.
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SMS Popup does not seem to work on my device :-/ I think it might have something to do with Sense UI. Can anyone confirm they got it working on their Desire?
Yup. You can re-arrange the home screens but not by pressing in the big menue but by pressing when your actually on the screens and dragging them accross. Works a charm. Just got mine today and tried it!
Karolis said:
SMS Popup does not seem to work on my device :-/ I think it might have something to do with Sense UI. Can anyone confirm they got it working on their Desire?
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Yeah - No issues with SMS Popup.
Been using it for ages now and love it.
evildead4eva said:
Yup. You can re-arrange the home screens but not by pressing in the big menue but by pressing when your actually on the screens and dragging them accross. Works a charm. Just got mine today and tried it!
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Where on the screen(s) are you pressing to do this? The only thing I can manage to do is move individual item (widgets. shortcuts, etc) across different home screens but not the entire screen itself.

Any program to change my voice during a call?

So that. I'm looking for a program to change my voice in live, during a call.
Is there any??
Thanks!!!
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Hi, this is a nice idea
Anyone know?
But I doubt Android allows app to intercept incoming call (hijacking) for security concern.
I might be wrong though ...
Not exactly what you were looking for but Spoofcard does voice changing, as well as spoofing caller ID and recording. They have the SpoofApp in the market. It's a paid service.
spoofcard.com
Thanks!!
Any other idea?
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As an amateur terrorist/outlaw i find this a much needed feature which will easy my day to day work...
Somehow I think an app that masks your voice probably wouldn't go down too well with Google haha
i'm sure i've seen apps that record your calls, maybe someone with a decent coding knowledge can use the api for this to alter your voice
micdroid? padding padding padding
Julian1984 said:
So that. I'm looking for a program to change my voice in live, during a call.
Is there any??
Thanks!!!
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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I do not think that Google will authorize an application that in most cases will be used to:
1 .- Ask form ransoms in kidnappings.
2 .- Make jokes to the policeemergency numbers
3 .- Make bomb threats by geek terrorists.
thatd be cool if this existed lol

[Q] CM6 Dialer

I miss the ability to type someone's name and have it quickly find their number. CAn this be done in CyanogenMod 6?
I don't think so. Download Dialer One.
BB15, Thank you. That's perfect.
I love XDA
What he said. (Thanks!)
Such a useful feature.
What about the keyboard with quick auto-correct suggestions and long-press secondary characters that came stock on Sprint Hero?
Landmine said:
BB15, Thank you. That's perfect.
I love XDA
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Ya, me too
I've been using Dialer One since my Hero, love it
I dont think I could find a better community to learn a new os with.
Super Thanks!!!! I was wondering about this too. Thanks to the reply and thanks for asking the question.
You can always use the search button on the bottom right. Start typing the contacts name and the matching contacts pop up as you type
bparvin said:
You can always use the search button on the bottom right. Start typing the contacts name and the matching contacts pop up as you type
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This thread has got me thinking. I like to avoid redundancy. For the second time in a week I have stopped using an app I've loved for 6 months. I'm going without Dialer One until further notice. Follow my tweets for updates on my Dialer One status.. kidding..
I knew in the back of my mind a search would include your phones content.. and I long press and voice dial frequently but I hadn't thought of tapping search and swyping a contacts name to call them. FYI, tap your contacts' icon not their info.
nvm, wrong thread, sorry
eecharlie said:
What he said. (Thanks!)
Such a useful feature.
What about the keyboard with quick auto-correct suggestions and long-press secondary characters that came stock on Sprint Hero?
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I am using SwiftKey Beta (available in the market). Works great and offers suggestions for the next word too!

[APP] Google docs officially released!!

http://www.conceivablytech.com/7066/products/google-quietly-releases-docs-for-android
Download Google Docs in the Market
I am happy now
Is this an app or is it over the web?
truewarriorkb said:
Is this an app or is it over the web?
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It says right in the linked article, that its a Market app. Or you could have just went to the Market and looked.
Google=win
G2 running Xboarder56's v1.9.5 Stock Gingerbread
Yeah I was stoked about it at first, but this app royally blows. It's seriously NO different than opening your browser on the phone and going to docs.google.com. You still can't edit formulas in spreadsheets (a must since I do my budget on there), and the editing interface is just as bad as the web page, in that you click on a line, have to edit only 1 line at a time and have to save it after editing. Why not just let us edit the cells individually? Thanks for finally getting around to mediocrity Google.
Gwanatu said:
Yeah I was stoked about it at first, but this app royally blows. It's seriously NO different than opening your browser on the phone and going to docs.google.com. You still can't edit formulas in spreadsheets (a must since I do my budget on there), and the editing interface is just as bad as the web page, in that you click on a line, have to edit only 1 line at a time and have to save it after editing. Why not just let us edit the cells individually? Thanks for finally getting around to mediocrity Google.
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I have to admit that I haven't really explored the app very well. But at least it is a start. Maybe make a comment on the app page and email them as to how they can make it better?
adamhlj said:
I have to admit that I haven't really explored the app very well. But at least it is a start. Maybe make a comment on the app page and email them as to how they can make it better?
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My problem with it is that it's literally no different than just opening Google Docs in your browser. I'm just not sure why it was even made if they were going to do it like this, that's all.
how do you even delete documents you dont want on here???
Sinistah_ said:
how do you even delete documents you dont want on here???
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I can't find a way to. Yet another reason why this app is useless
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How horrible. Hearing this, I'm definitely un installing
Gwanatu said:
I can't find a way to. Yet another reason why this app is useless
Sent from my G2
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Hey they updated it so that docs can be deleted. Now just to add the formula functionality and ill be happy.
Sent from my G2
The app is supposed to be able to perform OCR on text photographed with the phone. Anyone get this to work very well? Every time I've tried it (on different forms of source text) it just one line of the text, or a few scattered letters. Seems like it could be a handy function, if it worked.
redpoint73 said:
The app is supposed to be able to perform OCR on text photographed with the phone. Anyone get this to work very well? Every time I've tried it (on different forms of source text) it just one line of the text, or a few scattered letters. Seems like it could be a handy function, if it worked.
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Ah yes, that is a VERY useful thing! Glad to see that there are indeed more features. I just tried it and it's actually very good; I just scanned a page from a book, and although it has a few odd formatting problems, the text was almost perfect. Nice job Google.

Swype Beta 1.4 Update

Swype Beta was just updated to 1.4. Update details per Android Central, "added Living Language, which takes auto correction and word prediction to a new level with crowd sourced data". Other additions include, "The correction engine has gotten an upgrade, and the new Smart Editor now analyzes your entire sentence, flagging any errors for correction or suggesting the best substitution based on the context of what you're saying, not just the word order."
Please share your thoughts on this version. Download is here: http://beta.swype.com/
That video was hilarious
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Thanks Dave, I've always been a huge Swype fan, wouldn't buy a phone unless it was capable of using Swype. This version is pretty nice. Still playing with it. One thing I noticed is, it's not quite as easy to use punctuation as before (like anyone uses punctuation in texts anyway). I used to be able to tap on the last word I wrote and it would give me the option of ! , ? or whatever, now you have to long press the appropriate letter. Not a biggie just something I noticed. Still playing, but thanks for the heads up! :good:
I'm liking the built in themes!
Thanks for the info. Just updated. Hopefully the update will address the problem with personal dictionary disappearing followed by no longer able to add new words.
mkuo said:
Thanks for the info. Just updated. Hopefully the update will address the problem with personal dictionary disappearing followed by no longer able to add new words.
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same concern here..
mkuo said:
Thanks for the info. Just updated. Hopefully the update will address the problem with personal dictionary disappearing followed by no longer able to add new words.
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I've been messing with it for about an hour or so. The smart editor and next word prediction must take time to populate. As for the personal dictionary disappearing, I don't get why they have a register option, but no log in and sync dictionary option :thumbdown: As for adding words, I have had no issues there. One last thing I noticed is that Dragon seems a little more accurate. May be my imagination
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One thing I really wish they had was an option to disable Dragon and use Google for voice typing.
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brianray14 said:
I've been messing with it for about an hour or so. The smart editor and next word prediction must take time to populate. As for the personal dictionary disappearing, I don't get why they have a register option, but no log in and sync dictionary option :thumbdown: As for adding words, I have had no issues there. One last thing I noticed is that Dragon seems a little more accurate. May be my imagination
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There is login and the supposedly sync dictionary option. Under Swype connect, just tap into your registered email/account. Although I'm not sure how it works; I don't see any syncing between my two devices using the same account.
If this is your first time using Swype, then the dictionary disappearing issue I was referring to usually happens in a few days. Whatever triggered it I'm still unclear; I've tried with or without an account, checked and unchecked syncing option, and many other combinations... and it's usually after that disappearance the word addition ceases to work.
David Dee said:
One thing I really wish they had was an option to disable Dragon and use Google for voice typing.
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I've never had any issues with the voice typing. It works pretty good for me, even when I talk faster or stutter, it picks up remarkable well. Maybe it's just your Canadian accent :laugh:
RTBee said:
I've never had any issues with the voice typing. It works pretty good for me, even when I talk faster or stutter, it picks up remarkable well. Maybe it's just your Canadian accent :laugh:
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Lol! I just find Google voice typing works so well. Also I regularly hit the Dragon button by error due to its proximity to the enter button.
On another note, after a day of use, I have definitely noticed an improvement in word selection while swyping.
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Swiftkey Flow kills this.
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Swiftkey Flow kills this.
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I am always open minded to better options & different ideas, but if you are going to post a statement like this, please explain how you have arrived at this conclusion.
I don't think anyone can debate the fact that Swiftkey has the best prediction machine out there for regular typing. I actually use Swiftkey on my tablet, and when drafting long emails on my phone in landscape. Given this I was very excited to try Swiftkey Flow, which I did, for both versions. In my experience, Swiftkey still has a long way to go to catch Swype when it comes to swype typing. Swiftkey Flow is not as accurate or smooth as Swype when swyping. My typing speeds on Swype are 25% faster than when using Swiftkey Flow. This is not surprising given Swype has been doing this since it was founded almost 10 years ago in 2003.
David Dee said:
I am always open minded to better options & different ideas, but if you are going to post a statement like this, please explain how you have arrived at this conclusion.
I don't think anyone can debate the fact that Swiftkey has the best prediction machine out there for regular typing. I actually use Swiftkey on my tablet, and when drafting long emails on my phone in landscape. Given this I was very excited to try Swiftkey Flow, which I did, for both versions. In my experience, Swiftkey still has a long way to go to catch Swype when it comes to swype typing. Swiftkey Flow is not as accurate or smooth as Swype when swyping. My typing speeds on Swype are 25% faster than when using Swiftkey Flow. This is not surprising given Swype has been doing this since it was founded almost 10 years ago in 2003.
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OK..I like the fact it auto spaces after punctuation. I can tell it to learn how I type from SMS, FB, or Twit. It goes out and does it's thing and says it learned. I can now to "Swiping" words in shorthand that I used in GOsms. Genius. I can swipe left quick quick quick and it will start to remove text I may want to remove. The keyboard has a fresh look with various themes. All Swype boards look the same to me. I bid you to try the latest version of flow. ...61. It's much improved
RTBee said:
One thing I noticed is, it's not quite as easy to use punctuation as before (like anyone uses punctuation in texts anyway). I used to be able to tap on the last word I wrote and it would give me the option of ! , ? or whatever, now you have to long press the appropriate letter.
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If you like to swype, you can do a period-to-space swype (same for question, exclamation mark, comma, colon, and double-quote). You can also double-tap space to get period-space now. I'm not sure when that was added though.
I love the punct gestures; long press is too slow.
When you stop on a letter and wait for the menu to pop up with the available choices, it would be nice to see the uppercase version of the letter there as well.
Otherwise I have been using Swype since this summer when I got my SG3 and love it.
EVOme said:
OK..I like the fact it auto spaces after punctuation. I can tell it to learn how I type from SMS, FB, or Twit. It goes out and does it's thing and says it learned. I can now to "Swiping" words in shorthand that I used in GOsms. Genius. I can swipe left quick quick quick and it will start to remove text I may want to remove. The keyboard has a fresh look with various themes. All Swype boards look the same to me. I bid you to try the latest version of flow. ...61. It's much improved
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Swype also auto spaces after punctuation. I have tried both versions of Swiftkey flow. There is no brand loyalty here, I just want the best solution for me.
At the end of the day, this decision is personal and very much driven by what one is accustomed to. Let's bury the comparison discussion for now, the purpose of this thread is for discussion around the new Swype release.
Or just swype from the question mark or exclamation point to the space bar and it will input whatever special character your swyped from..... It's the easiest way.
David Dee said:
Swype also auto spaces after punctuation. I have tried both versions of Swiftkey flow. There is no brand loyalty here, I just want the best solution for me.
At the end of the day, this decision is personal and very much driven by what one is accustomed to. Let's bury the comparison discussion for now, the purpose of this thread is for discussion around the new Swype release.
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Sorry for thread jacking.
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Sorry for thread jacking.
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No worries, I appreciate your input and understanding of the desire to get back on topic.
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is it possible to theme swype? would it be hard to mode the app to be inverted lets say

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