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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I am tying to use gingerbread keyboard but it keeps switching back to swype .... Should i just use the samsung keyboard and wait for the update? Or is there a way to make it stop switching to swype?
You can go to settings and uncheck swype keyboard if you don't want to use it.
I have done that several times and it keeps going back to Swype ... Its like my phone is forcing me to use swype when im using the gingerbread keyboar.. When i keep on the samsung keyboard, it seems to stay on that . And it doesnt switch back to swype... But i dont want to use the samsung keyboard, it sucks!!
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I have done that several times and it keeps going back to Swype ... Its like my phone is forcing me to use swype when im using the gingerbread keyboar.. When i keep on the samsung keyboard, it seems to stay on that . And it doesnt switch back to swype... But i dont want to use the samsung keyboard, it sucks!!
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If you are rooted, freeze Swipe in Titanium Backup or some other utility. You could also uninstall it (still need root).
If you are not rooted, search the Market for another keyboard and install it and use it. SwiftKey is great (imo).
This is why many root their phones.
Thank you so much!! Forgot that i have the ability to Freeze apps now that i have rooted my s2.... i love this forum! Very active and helpful ...better than any other android forum website.
So i uninstalled Swype ... Nowni am trying to use gingerbread keyboard , but keeps switching back to Samsung keyboard.... Seems like my phone keeps rejecting gingerbread kb ... Is this a app issue?
schgittyfour said:
So i uninstalled Swype ... Nowni am trying to use gingerbread keyboard , but keeps switching back to Samsung keyboard.... Seems like my phone keeps rejecting gingerbread kb ... Is this a app issue?
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Not sure if it is, but you could also freeze the Samsung keyboard to stop it. Just make sure you have at least one keyboard installed.
I don't know if you have tried it, but, the Swipe Beta has Dragon speech recognition build in. I am using it and I hardly ever have to correct it. It is really good. If you want to try it search the internet for Swipe Beta. You will have to register with them but it really worth it.
Also, as mentioned in my last post, Swift Key is really good. It uses the email and texts in your phone to help its prediction process turning the typing process into only a few taps per message. Definitely worth a try.
Problem solved .. thank u .. close thread
Youre clearing tasks... so that kills the gb keyboars. So it goes to smasung keypad
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I hate this swype that they have on here. I LOVE swype but this version is the worst thing ever. why do i get xxx everytime i want ! and why :/ when i want ? its so dumb none of the other ones had that issue. I dont want to swype emoticons! and it seems to remember EVERYTHING! each and every typo gets stored in my personal dictionary so I have to go in there and clear it out so it doesnt always think im using that one!
can anyone tell me how to instal swype version 3.26.92d.36178.t0 like i used to have on my cyanogenmod samsung epic? also im not rooted and I dont really want to root. is it possible to change without rooting?
thanks everyone youll save me from shooting my phone the next time i swype a ?!!! I hate this swype that they have on here. I LOVE swype but this version is the worst thing ever. why do i get xxx everytime i want ! and why :/ when i want ? its so dumb none of the other ones had that issue. I dont want to swype emoticons! and it seems to remember EVERYTHING! each and every typo gets stored in my personal dictionary so I have to go in there and clear it out so it doesnt always think im using that one!
can anyone tell me how to instal swype version 3.26.92d.36178.t0 like i used to have on my cyanogenmod samsung epic? also im not rooted and I dont really want to root. is it possible to change without rooting?
thanks everyone youll save me from shooting my phone the next time i swype a ?!!! I hate this swype that they have on here. I LOVE swype but this version is the worst thing ever. why do i get xxx everytime i want ! and why :/ when i want ? its so dumb none of the other ones had that issue. I dont want to swype emoticons! and it seems to remember EVERYTHING! each and every typo gets stored in my personal dictionary so I have to go in there and clear it out so it doesnt always think im using that one!
can anyone tell me how to instal swype version 3.26.92d.36178.t0 like i used to have on my cyanogenmod samsung epic? also im not rooted and I dont really want to root. is it possible to change without rooting?
thanks everyone youll save me from shooting my phone the next time i swype a ?!!! I hate this swype that they have on here. I LOVE swype but this version is the worst thing ever. why do i get xxx everytime i want ! and why :/ when i want ? its so dumb none of the other ones had that issue. I dont want to swype emoticons! and it seems to remember EVERYTHING! each and every typo gets stored in my personal dictionary so I have to go in there and clear it out so it doesnt always think im using that one!
can anyone tell me how to instal swype version 3.26.92d.36178.t0 like i used to have on my cyanogenmod samsung epic? also im not rooted and I dont really want to root. is it possible to change without rooting?
thanks everyone youll save me from shooting my phone the next time i swype a ?!!!
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I hate this swype that they have on here. I LOVE swype but this version is the worst thing ever. why do i get xxx everytime i want ! and why :/ when i want ? its so dumb none of the other ones had that issue. I dont want to swype emoticons! and it seems to remember EVERYTHING! each and every typo gets stored in my personal dictionary so I have to go in there and clear it out so it doesnt always think im using that one!
can anyone tell me how to instal swype version 3.26.92d.36178.t0 like i used to have on my cyanogenmod samsung epic? also im not rooted and I dont really want to root. is it possible to change without rooting?
thanks everyone youll save me from shooting my phone the next time i swype a ?!!! I hate this swype that they have on here. I LOVE swype but this version is the worst thing ever. why do i get xxx everytime i want ! and why :/ when i want ? its so dumb none of the other ones had that issue. I dont want to swype emoticons! and it seems to remember EVERYTHING! each and every typo gets stored in my personal dictionary so I have to go in there and clear it out so it doesnt always think im using that one!
can anyone tell me how to instal swype version 3.26.92d.36178.t0 like i used to have on my cyanogenmod samsung epic? also im not rooted and I dont really want to root. is it possible to change without rooting?
thanks everyone youll save me from shooting my phone the next time i swype a ?!!! I hate this swype that they have on here. I LOVE swype but this version is the worst thing ever. why do i get xxx everytime i want ! and why :/ when i want ? its so dumb none of the other ones had that issue. I dont want to swype emoticons! and it seems to remember EVERYTHING! each and every typo gets stored in my personal dictionary so I have to go in there and clear it out so it doesnt always think im using that one!
can anyone tell me how to instal swype version 3.26.92d.36178.t0 like i used to have on my cyanogenmod samsung epic? also im not rooted and I dont really want to root. is it possible to change without rooting?
thanks everyone youll save me from shooting my phone the next time i swype a ?!!! I hate this swype that they have on here. I LOVE swype but this version is the worst thing ever. why do i get xxx everytime i want ! and why :/ when i want ? its so dumb none of the other ones had that issue. I dont want to swype emoticons! and it seems to remember EVERYTHING! each and every typo gets stored in my personal dictionary so I have to go in there and clear it out so it doesnt always think im using that one!
can anyone tell me how to instal swype version 3.26.92d.36178.t0 like i used to have on my cyanogenmod samsung epic? also im not rooted and I dont really want to root. is it possible to change without rooting?
thanks everyone youll save me from shooting my phone the next time i swype a ?!!!
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As for your QUESTION, I dont think this is doable, even if you could find the apk for that version. This is because all apps are signed with certain keys. If the key matches that of an installed app, the installation is aborted if the version you are trying to install is lower than the present one. One workaround that may/may not work would be to get the apk, extract it, zip it back up and then sign it with some random keys (like the AOSP public keys) and then install it. The only problem with this would be that I have no idea as to whether the system would detect that as a "valid" keyboard since it would be installing as a user app, and also since there is another Swype present. So yeah. Just my 2 cents on it
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three posts to tell me wrong thread was over kill but ok its moved so is there anyone who can help?
Google Swype beta.
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yea great thanks for the help guys...
So I'm not sure how to go about describing this issue, so I'll just take a stab at it by saying that the android keyboard will not ever autocorrect "youre" to "you're". Instead it would rather correct it to "your". Yes this bothers me a lot because now I have to manually spell out that word whenever I use it. Is there some setting in the android keyboard that I'm missing that makes it understand the difference between your and you're? Some default setting perhaps? I've already cleared out my personal dictionaries for this as well as attempted to add "youre" manually to the personal dictionaries but go figure, the phone won't let that happen. The other reason I'm using the android keyboard is because ever since jellybean came out, the default lg keyboard in the phone seems to have become very slow. And by that I mean I can type faster than the key pop ups have time to pop up. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
Since you've done the only things I could think about, I'm sorry I can't be more helpful. My only recommendation would be trying a different keyboard, I've used Swiftkey for years and really enjoy it! You can try a free trial (1month). Otherwise just try some other free ones?
I've been using Swype for a long time and am very used to the way you can correct words by clicking on the S key with the finger on it.
The new Samsung keyboard has a lot of stuff on it that I like, but I really miss that ability. I suspect there is a way to do the same but have been unable to find it yet. The manual only seems to cover the very basics.
Anyone find a good tutorial for editing and using the keyboard?
I have loaded the Swype keyboard for the phone and it works like I am used to but I'd like to use the normal keyboard is possible.
Had the phone now since Tues afternoon, and except for the fact that I have zero time to play with it so far, I love the phone a lot.