Swype Beta Issue "Limited Functionality" - G1 Apps and Games

Hello All,
I am attempting to work with Swype support, as I keep getting stuck in the DRM with the beta, which disables the product and pops up "registered on another device, limited functionality", etc.
They have said they have tested it throughly, and have been "unable" to recreate the issue.
I would like to show them how many people are experiencing this issue, and have simply abandoned the beta, and have gone back to the WORKING leaked prerelease.
Please post here if you have had any issue related to the Swype beta, and explain what you have tried to fix it.
THanks!

zimphishmonger said:
Hello All,
I am attempting to work with Swype support, as I keep getting stuck in the DRM with the beta, which disables the product and pops up "used on another device, limited functionality", etc.
They have said they have tested it throughly, and have been "unable" to recreate the issue.
I would like to show them how many people are experiencing this issue, and have simply abandoned the beta, and have gone back to the WORKING leaked prerelease.
Please post here if you have had any issue related to the Swype beta, and explain what you have tried to fix it.
THanks!
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I don't know what the cause is but I do know how to fix it. Simply long press on any text input box to bring up the "text input" option and select a different keyboard. Once that is done, do it again only this time select Swype. Bingo, back in action.

ItsDon said:
I don't know what the cause is but I do know how to fix it. Simply long press on any text input box to bring up the "text input" option and select a different keyboard. Once that is done, do it again only this time select Swype. Bingo, back in action.
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Doesnt work for me, and I've been working with support and tried EVERYTHING (uninstall\reinstall, re-register, all the suggested fixes, etc)

I signed up for the beta, downloaded the file and installed it. I could swype all day and nothing appeared in the text box. Installed one of the previous unreleased versions and it worked fine, uninstalled and tried the beta again with same failure mode. Swype doesn't make it easy to comply with their requests to use approved software.

Both Swype support and myself have no idea why, but we were finally able to get Swype up and running on my phone.
Huge thanks for Brian from Swype support for his help, and I recommend anyone having issue to contact their support to see if you can get the issue resolved.
The app has a somewhat complicated (encrypted) registration process, and somehow that was not completing successfully, so def let support know if you are running into similar issues

This happened to me too. I gather it happens every time I install a different ROM, I need to contact Swype to get my Beta account re-authed.
Stuff that, I can't be bothered, I'll just wait until the paid version comes out.

Thought I'd give it another try and still get the "Limited Functionality..."...As usual with restricted access, DRM, etc, it is the ones who try and follow the rules who lose...the pirates will always find a way. Back to the leaked version for me, I guess, though I do think the HTC IME keyboard is still faster and more accurate.

I also get the "limited functionality" message, but only occasionally.
I haven't tested this hypothesis, but seems like it only does this to me when I am at home--and when I'm at home, I'm usually on wifi.
Maybe there's some kind of DRM that didn't take into account that people may occasionally switch from 3G to wifi connections.
If I had more time I'd try messing with it a bit, but I'm just headed to sleep.

There's probably a call home check on first application start up. When you wipe or switch ROMs, that will be cleared, but their servers already have the product registered.
Try backing up the app-data for Swype in between wipes/ROM updates.

I got the "limited functionality" message every time, no ROM updates between download and install. I even reinstalled the installer, redownloaded, etc and it just doesn't work. Glad it didn't work, because it convinced me to go back to HTC IME which is faster and more accurate for me.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?toniw2xejzz
its from the other swype thread and this worked for me.
hope for the rest also

well, after some time testing and thinking about this issue i found out whats the cause of it, it happens after rebooting the phone, the reason for this is that rooted roms zip align newly installed apps which changes a lot of things in the file, and i think that the registration process requires the main apk to remain unchanged, maybe someone can contact swype developers and tell them about this and hope that they can find a solution for it.

I have confirmed with a swype tech that there is a registration\call back home immediately following the install of the apk. If successful it will have a quick spinner stating "reristering swype" and the ask you to "enable swype".
I, unfortunately, seem to have major issues getting it to actually call back home, where it states "Swype has already been installed. please uninstall and try again" (I had previously uninstalled it).
In the end, had to revert back to the leaked versions

m_kayali said:
well, after some time testing and thinking about this issue i found out whats the cause of it, it happens after rebooting the phone, the reason for this is that rooted roms zip align newly installed apps which changes a lot of things in the file, and i think that the registration process requires the main apk to remain unchanged, maybe someone can contact swype developers and tell them about this and hope that they can find a solution for it.
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Ive tried MULTIPLE times to uninstall and reinstall swype w/o rebooting, so I think it wouldn't have a chance to zipalign until the next reboot.

Kind of sad that Swype hasn't gotten back to me yet

Somehow, I am using the Beta version I downloaded myself. I was trying out Super D for a week which is when the Beta was open, later I went back to Dwang and Swype broke when using the Beta installer but I got it working using AppMonster. Here's the steps I followed over that time:
- Wipe phone and install Super D
- Install AppMonster from Market
- Sign up for Swype Beta
- Download SwypeInstaller and install Swype Keyboard
- Perform backup with AppMonster
- Wipe phone and install Dwang
- Download SwypeInstaller and install Swype Keyboard
At this point I got the "Limited Functionality" message
- Wipe phone and install Dwang again
- Install AppMonster from Market
- Restore backup of Swype with AppMonster
Now I can go into Settings and enable Swype in the usual way. I have been using it without a problem for a couple of weeks now.

What solved it for me
I had Swype installed and working on a G1 with Cyanogen latest but after an uninstall it stopped working for me with the same error messages as described here in this forum.
What solved it for me is not pushing the done button on the touch screen after the package install but pushing the back key on the phone. This got me in the registering Swype screen after which the swype installer crashed. Swype is fully working however using these steps.

just go back to installer , log in and reinstall. Everytime i flashed a new rom i did this. I found out u can do this 10 times, before they cut u off. Obviously they know whats up?!
obviously i like the real beat with vibration option and more stable. im using now the final pre release that was made available in a couple posts above mine. no vibration, but it works. this keyboard is fantastic!

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Problem with Rings Extended

So I used this app a while back and loved it but recently I have been doing a lot of flashing and such and just wasnt using it. Now I figured I want some custom ringtones again but after downloading Rings Extended I cant change the ringtones. When I go to the picker I only have the default options and not the option of launching Rings Extended. I also cannot launch it from the Market, I get an error "Rings Extended" could not be launched. I have tried uninstalling, restarting a couples times and installing again with no luck. Does anyone have any ideas?
If you ever backed up your phone go into the folder where your backups are kept (on your card) and find the .apk and install it by pushing it onto your phone?!??!
Try going into "Manage Apps," scrolling down to Rings Extended, and hitting "Clear Defaults." See if that helps.
same problem here. but...NOTHING helps. i realy tried everything. looked up a lot of forums, concerning this problem...like i said. nothing works
last time i had this problem, i gave the backup a trie, but it didn't work.
so my next idea was flashing the rom again, didn't work either.
finally i wiped my phone, flashed the original 1.6 rom from HTC and then flashed the newest rom, i want to use. THAT works...and yes, it was a long long evening.
well, i gess there must be another way, too. i must admit, don't know very much about program structures and things like that. so please i guess we need a expert for this problem -.-'
thanks in advance for any helping ideas!!!

Can't download from Market - stuck on "starting to download"

This has been going on for 3 days now, and I haven't been able to find any topic on this so far.
For the last 3 days, I cant' get any market updates, or new market apps. It just says "starting download", but won't actually download. I have uninstalled/reinstalled Market App (Vending), did a wipe, nothing seems to fix this issue. I even installed a new ROM fresh.
Has anyone come across this issue? Solutions? Am I the only one?
Using Cyanmod - 4.2.12.2
Haykuro DangerSPL (Rogers)
One more Note - Noticed a comment here in the Q&A about Metamorph causing "market issues", but they don't actually describe what the issue is. I did recently install it, changed my power control widget, that was it.
Thanks for your help!
Try this;
Connect to wifi,
Cancel all downloads,
Restart all downloads over wifi.
lbcoder said:
Try this;
Connect to wifi,
Cancel all downloads,
Restart all downloads over wifi.
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Thanks lbcoder, had a feeling it would be you replying to my inquiry. Anyways, I had also tried that method, still nothing. Actually found the link below, people having this issue. To add to your steps they suggest to login to Google Talk. Well, that seems to be an issue as well, i can't login.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=57b5e3efa7477b50&hl=en
The only unusual thing in my logcat seems to be calling for low memory: No more background processes. This is a little odd, never had mem. issue's before, looking at my phone's memory usage in terminal, should be ok.
I had this issue due to my wireless router. Disconnected from the wifi and it all started working. The strange thing was browsing was working and google talk but it just would not download from the market.
Issue Update - in case others are having this issue - Back in Business
Well, I figured I ran out of options, that is options that didn't require a complete format and wipe of the phone.
I had to follow all the original steps, for installing the newest cyanogen ROM, using the HTC Dev Phone. So, after installing the HTC_DevPhonezip file from their website, applied it, applied Cyan's latest ROM, reboot...Bammm, the market is back, and downloading. Actually it ended up installing all my updates automatically. Guess it was registered through my google account, because I hadn't even installed the apps back to my ext partition yet, after installing new ROMs
Bedeadu said:
Thanks lbcoder, had a feeling it would be you replying to my inquiry. Anyways, I had also tried that method, still nothing. Actually found the link below, people having this issue. To add to your steps they suggest to login to Google Talk. Well, that seems to be an issue as well, i can't login.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=57b5e3efa7477b50&hl=en
The only unusual thing in my logcat seems to be calling for low memory: No more background processes. This is a little odd, never had mem. issue's before, looking at my phone's memory usage in terminal, should be ok.
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Wanted to say thanks for the pointer to starting Google Talk to get my market downloads to work...as soon as I logged into Talk, my downloads started. I had re-flashed, re-formatted and basically tried everything until this simple suggestion fixed the problem. Kind of strange...but thank you!
ChrisFix said:
Wanted to say thanks for the pointer to starting Google Talk to get my market downloads to work...as soon as I logged into Talk, my downloads started. I had re-flashed, re-formatted and basically tried everything until this simple suggestion fixed the problem. Kind of strange...but thank you!
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Wow! Thanks for posting this, man. I was racking my brain... as this was the 2nd time I ran into this issue on my phone! Didn't want to wipe/reload once again.
Anyhow, I was using 'Autostarts' to pare down some of the crap that auto-starts with a standard Android build. Since I don't use GoogleTalk, I naturally killed that sucker. I guess I should've thought that it'd be tied to the Marketplace, right? Google Talk + Marketplace = logical That said, re-enabling Google Talk and restarting resolved my issue.
Thanks again!
Yip
yipcanjo said:
Anyhow, I was using 'Autostarts' to pare down some of the crap that auto-starts with a standard Android build. Since I don't use GoogleTalk, I naturally killed that sucker. I guess I should've thought that it'd be tied to the Marketplace, right? Google Talk + Marketplace = logical That said, re-enabling Google Talk and restarting resolved my issue.
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I'm having same problem but mine must not have tie to Google Talk, because my Google Talk is working fine but I still can't download.
Any Suggestions?
market and browser not working in FROYO
Hi everyone..
I have few queries related to FROYO ROMS running on my G1.
first of all every FROYO i tried my market and browser sucks...sory to say but the fastes and most stable superfly 1.3 also didn't make my market works properly..
all the application i download from the market are present in the downloading status and in browser even google.com wont open displayes message "web page not found".
i havent tried the vending_prefrence.xml actully i am beginner in this field and only rooted my hpne and nothing else..
so please put step by step process to apply vending_prefs coz i dont want my fone to get bricked..
thanks in adv to evryone..
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Sprint hero sends but won't receive texts?

I have a rooted sprint hero running aosp mod (latest stable, not gingerbread - don't remember the version number). Up until Sunday everything was working fine. Sunday evening I noticed that I hadn't gotten any texts all day (highly unusual). Started to text my fiancée, didn't recieve a response. Called her a couple hours later, she said she'd recieved them and replied. I figured it was a sprint issue and would pass by the next day. Next day, still nothing. Stood next to a friend of mine, had him text me, nothing. Sent him a text and he received it almost instantly. As of today I still can't recieve texts, though everything else works just fine. Is this a simple software issue on my end that can be fixed by reflashing my rom? Or is it something more serious that I need to see a sprinnt Rep for? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
I saw a guy have this issue with cyanogenmod. He ended up flashing a different rom and all his texts came through at once then. He was using the nightly releases, so I think he just waited until the next nightly came out. You might should just reflash and see if that helps.
This is a common issue. Usually it is due to deleting the stock messaging app because you have handcent or chomp, but those apps pull the info from the stock sms app, so if you deleted it, reinstall it. The other cause is just a known bug in froyo, and though I have never had the issue, many many others have been able to fix it by going into recovery, nandroiding your current setup, wipe EVERYTHING, flash a sense rom, go into settings and update your profile and PRL, then open texts up (you should get a bunch), then going back into recovery, wipe everything again, and restore your nand. Hope this fixes it, good luck.
Sounds good, I'll give it a shot when I get off work. Does it matter what sense rom I flash? More specifically, can I just use an ruu from HTC.com or will I lose my root?
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mushroom_cult said:
Sounds good, I'll give it a shot when I get off work. Does it matter what sense rom I flash? More specifically, can I just use an ruu from HTC.com or will I lose my root?
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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RUU takes longer. also, dpending on how you rooted you will probably lose root. just run ANY sense based rom (custom too), fresh,NFX,liquid, whatever, it'll only take like 5-10 minutes. Also, just a hint, make a nand of the sense rom before you go back to your current one, that way you can update your profile/PRL whenever you want. I keep a sense NFX rom in my nand folder for just that.
Or you can wait till I release an updated dualboot script and have both easily accessible. Should be released this week.
Oh, and like some others said, its a problem with froyo and some phones. You might look in the froyo sense thread and try the fix listed in the first post.
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unCoRrUpTeD said:
Or you can wait till I release an updated dualboot script and have both easily accessible. Should be released this week.
Oh, and like some others said, its a problem with froyo and some phones. You might look in the froyo sense thread and try the fix listed in the first post.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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Can you tell us the specifics of what it will do?
I'll post a link later. I'm still adding to it, but plan on releasing it Friday.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
unCoRrUpTeD dualboot <----Here is the link to the thread that will host everything and my thread in the Hero CDMA developement will be redirected to here also.
il Duce said:
This is a common issue. Usually it is due to deleting the stock messaging app because you have handcent or chomp, but those apps pull the info from the stock sms app, so if you deleted it, reinstall it. The other cause is just a known bug in froyo, and though I have never had the issue, many many others have been able to fix it by going into recovery, nandroiding your current setup, wipe EVERYTHING, flash a sense rom, go into settings and update your profile and PRL, then open texts up (you should get a bunch), then going back into recovery, wipe everything again, and restore your nand. Hope this fixes it, good luck.
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You're awesome. Followed your advice, worked perfectly.
However, I'm now having a separate issue (I assume). All physical keys work fine, with the exception of my home key which does absolutely nothing once the phone boots. Is this a related issue? Did I screw up somewhere along the line?
mushroom_cult said:
You're awesome. Followed your advice, worked perfectly.
However, I'm now having a separate issue (I assume). All physical keys work fine, with the exception of my home key which does absolutely nothing once the phone boots. Is this a related issue? Did I screw up somewhere along the line?
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I have heard of this as well. Can't remember the fix, but it sounds rom related. The home key action is in /system/usr/keylayout/heroc-keypad.kl you can also check there? You could try to re-restore the nand again - wipe ALL first. Also, I know most launchers have home key options, make sure those settings look normal. Also maybe go into your launcher app in settings/apps/manage apps and clear the defaults for it, then see if home does anything. IF that doesn't work search for member "appleflap" on xda, he made a hardkey remapper that you can fix/change the function of the home key.
Reflashed the current nand to no avail. Flashed a clean install of aosp, works fine. I can deal with the loss of my settings, I suppose.
Thanks for all of your help, bud.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
I am actually having a similar issue, but I am periodically not able to send texts. Receive just fine, but some texts fail over and over.
I am running CM 6.1 stable, and using the default text app. Anyone had this issue?
Sorry about the bump, but I did not feel it necessary to create a new thread after I found this one.
Edit: I totally also recognize this could be something to do with the sprint network as well

Can't get new version of Swype 2.29.71.20203 to work

A new beta version of Swype was released today that adds support for 1024 by 600 devices. I was able to download it and get it installed, but for some reason it keeps saying my license is invalid and tries to get me to generate the license again. I installed it several times and it keeps giving me the same error. Has anyone else run into this issue with the new version?
I'll download it tonight and give it a shot.
Would be nice to have a supported version of Swype for the NC.
How'd you manage to download the new beta? I used the Swype installer from the beta, but no dice on downloading that version
My guess is that Swype's "DRM" has the names of supported devices hard-coded into it. Which for 1024x600, that's just the 7" Galaxy Tab right now, right? Didn't that ship with Swype in the first place?
They'll probably never officially support the Nook until there's an open marketplace on the Device. Even then I wonder.
I am going to try hacking the apk on my Milestone this weekend to see if I can get it running on the Nook. I can imagine no keyboard more suited for the form-factor. The Gingerbread keyboard isn't bad in portrait mode typing with my thumbs, but swype would be so much better.
Swype-schmype swiping over such a large surface seems to defeat the point for me. Gingerbread is good for portrait as time pilot stated, but in landscape it sucks for thumbs. Only keyboard I've found so far and I dig is Thumb Keyboard. Splits/jars the keyboard and does make it really easy to type on.
My understanding of swype beta was that it checked your IMEI. Unfortunately the nook hasn't got a cell modem and therefor no IMEI (and no swype).
I would love to be wrong!
Ok, I'm wrong. Swype isntalls now! It runs and is enabled and i can tap type but swyping words doesn't seem to work. Any dieas?
joshuajon2 said:
Ok, I'm wrong. Swype isntalls now! It runs and is enabled and i can tap type but swyping words doesn't seem to work. Any dieas?
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I downloaded the Swype installer, installed it, and ran it. But it gives an error message that due to licensing issues, I can't install it on "additional devices".
How did you get it installed?
That is a known error. I'm not sure why I didn't get the additional devices bit. Did you download the latest installer? It was updated yesterday.
I think my swype is also restricted due to license issue. In the installer it says "ATTENTION! Swype is not properly licensed." and gives a procedure to fix it. This doesn't work though.
joshuajon2 said:
That is a known error. I'm not sure why I didn't get the additional devices bit. Did you download the latest installer? It was updated yesterday.
I think my swype is also restricted due to license issue. In the installer it says "ATTENTION! Swype is not properly licensed." and gives a procedure to fix it. This doesn't work though.
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Yep, latest installer. Just downloaded this morning.
You could try the threads over at the swype beta forum regarding that error in the known bugs subforum. It seems that my work firewall is blocking that site ATM for some reason....... or I'd look :-\
It could very well be the IMEI generation routine in different ROMs. Report this problem on the Beta Forums and we'll see if someone can take a look at it.
i was able to download with the installer. but im getting constant fc's instead?
After several attempts and reboots I got it working BUT then it said that Swype was licensed for another device, but I just had done that.
So I think the problem is related to the IMEI since I saw on spectral souls description that the game wouldn't work on the nook color because every time it would generate a different IMEI number.
Any thoughts?
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
joshuajon2 said:
I think my swype is also restricted due to license issue. In the installer it says "ATTENTION! Swype is not properly licensed." and gives a procedure to fix it. This doesn't work though.
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Had you installed Swype before? I got this error when I installed the new version over the stock on my Epic 4G. I had to remove /system/app/Swype.apk AND /system/lib/libswypecore.so. Then Swype Installer ran successfullly. I have the older version running on the Nook, so I'm fine with that for now.
cresny said:
I have the older version running on the Nook, so I'm fine with that for now.
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How did you get the older version to install on your Nook?
Because Swype apparently just added support for resolutions over WVGA, it always threw me errors on previous versions because of this.
Shawn_230 said:
How did you get the older version to install on your Nook?
Because Swype apparently just added support for resolutions over WVGA, it always threw me errors on previous versions because of this.
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I searched terms "swype" and "wsvga". It's quite discussed, really.
When I run the beta installer [Ver. 1.1.20186 (12.01)] I get "there was a data error, likely due to a bad network connection. please try again." I uninstalled the installer using TiBu and deleted the download cache and re-downloaded with the same error.
I found this in the swype forums:
forum.swype.com showthread.php?2905-Nook-Color-and-March-Update&p=14478#post14478
Suggestions?
I'm on 1.0.1 and rooted using autonooter.

Crazy voice to text problem

This crazy problem started last week with my Galaxy S running Serendipity ROM.
Now, when I want to compose a text or email with voice, it isn't using english. I thought it was Spanish at first (no I can't speak Spanish). But sometimes it's typing different words or even numbers for the same words I speak.
I say "this is a test", and I get, "nosotras". As I'm typing this, it is now typing the same thing for the same words. It wasn't doing that yesterday. three times I got three different responses.
I have made sure that English is selected in settings. the only thing I can think of that has changed in the last couple of weeks (months even) is I re-installed Google voice app. The problem started a day or two after that, the best i can recall. I've been running this ROM since I first got the phone two years ago. I don't install new software very often.
So, what's going on with my phone? Some crazy virus? Has the phone become self aware and decided to toy with me? Voice text is one of my most favorite features, i really want it to work again.
Try clearing the data in the 3 voice programs and maybe Google voice too.
Which program are you using for your speech-to-text conversion? I'm using Google Voice myself, but I don't see any built-in conversion software. Is it tied to the keyboard program you're using?
If you can't get anything else to work, you can try the newest Swype beta; it has Dragon conversion software built in, and in my experience, it works pretty well.
I'm not sure what program it is. It came with the Serendipity ROM. I'll have to dig around and find out.
How/where would i clean my programs?
tweakedlogic said:
I'm not sure what program it is. It came with the Serendipity ROM. I'll have to dig around and find out.
How/where would i clean my programs?
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Go to settings - applications - manage applications, then find the individual applications. Click the app, and then the "clear data" button. That will reset the offending app's data.
Thank you very much. clearing the data worked. I hope it stays fixed. I think the one that fixed it was clearing the swype keyboard. I never liked the swype KB, I should just remove it if it's going to cause trouble.
Thanks again.

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