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Installing Swype Beta on Nexus One

How do I install Swype beta on the Nexus One? I found http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/12/30/how-to-get-swype-on-android/ but it's only for Droid. Doesn't work on the N1 because the screen resolution is wrong.

It still works,I use the Droid version on my N1 without an issue - it'll give the error message about the screen size but if you press the text field again it'll pop up and work fine.

it actually DOES work, just not in landscape. Just close the error message and go to input portrait mode again and it'll work. I just turned off auto orientation to always keep my phone in portrait mode to avoid any crashes while laying down and it switching to landscape. There is an .apk file out there that says they have patched it but to no avail =P
Swype is my keyboard while driving (1 handed operation) but I use Smart Keyboard (free on market) for regular landscape typing.

What am I doing wrong then? I installed it, then the same error comes up about the screen size. I click start and when I go to type, no keyboard comes up.

On second thought, I may have had a bad apk file. I downloaded the one in the first post and got it to work.

Looks like it works sometimes. The error message is bugging me, though. There's also no way to hide the keyboard sometimes, unlike the stick keyboard (which you can drag down to hide).

When using Swype and latest Cyanogen rom I cannot use camera. If I disable Swype, then the camera works fine.

anthro said:
Looks like it works sometimes. The error message is bugging me, though. There's also no way to hide the keyboard sometimes, unlike the stick keyboard (which you can drag down to hide).
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Just press the back button to hide it.

Just wondering if anyone here has the ability to get rid of the warning message and landscape version?
It must be a relatively easy task for an experienced dev?

This guy managed to fix it for Hero, Magic etc. and no nag screen and landscape works. Look like he will attempt to fix N1 version as well. Info here:
http://iq0.org/story/swype-hvga-devices-updated

TheMathMan said:
Just wondering if anyone here has the ability to get rid of the warning message and landscape version?
It must be a relatively easy task for an experienced dev?
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I would like to know too! Everything's working perfect but error messages pi... me off every time changing position.
What can we do?

I posted a fix for the pop up here.

daproy said:
I posted a fix for the pop up here.
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Wont download for me !!! Just keeps resetting the page.

Anyone able to disable the error message? I am using the english n russian only version.

I'd prefer Swype, but other options exist...
I'd rooted my Kindle Fire and put Swype on there, and use it on my Evo (work phone) and on Incredible. So I'd prefer to have the same tool on all devices.
Two similar products that reportedly DO work with Nexus:
TouchPal Keyboard (free)
SlideIT ($5.99)
Both are in the Android Marketplace
Somewhere I think I've got the apk for ShapeWriter as well, and I used to like that one, so could be worth a test.

I'm not sure what the problem is here? I've been using Swype on my N1 for as long as I can remember, and have never had any problems?

Yeah...why not just download the beta from the official Swype website?

SiNJiN76 said:
Yeah...why not just download the beta from the official Swype website?
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I second that. It's so much simpler. Detects your phone & offers the best suited version to download. All you need to do is register & create a username & password for yourself.

Swype for eris

Here is a link for swype
ok won't let me post a link
in eris>android development> [ROM]KaosFroyo V10 [06/25] [FROYO]
Page #60
Works on my Eris OTA 2.1. I don't have any idea if it works with any specific rom's at this point.
Thanks to es0tericcha0s for the link

Here you go:
Hope this works for everyone else.

Will this work if I'm getting the "trial expired" error message? Thanks.

mia9516 said:
Will this work if I'm getting the "trial expired" error message? Thanks.
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No. Google "swype 2.4.44 hvga hacked"
You'll find the .apk file you need within the first few posts, I bet.
Good luck, soldier.

I found a copy of shapewriter that doesnt expire on their forum since my legit beta copy of swype isnt working on my 2.2 rom. It actually runs better than the 2.4 hacked version of swype that I found. It has a few differences between it and swype but I definitely like how much quicker it responds on my eris.

I found a 2.44 hvga cracked copy... It was on some other forum and it works perfect...

ViiOLENT.HD// said:
I found a 2.44 hvga cracked copy... It was on some other forum and it works perfect...
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Is it safe to assume that these would require being rooted to work? I just did the google search, downloaded and installed...and it doesn't seem to have worked. I have swype in my settings, and I enabled it, but it does not seem to have impacted any of the e-mail or messaging apps that I have installed. I am on 2.1.

I figured it out. I needed to press down until prompted for the input method. Now its working, and I like it. It's maybe a little bit slower than me typing, but its significantly more accurate so in the end its also much faster. Muchas gracias.

Are there any fixes for using pinch to zoom with swype running? Every time I enable the swype keyboard, the multitouch capabilities crash.

mvminkoff21 said:
Are there any fixes for using pinch to zoom with swype running? Every time I enable the swype keyboard, the multitouch capabilities crash.
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Do you also have the DroidX multi-touch keyboard installed? For me, Swype and the DroidX keyboard are mutually exclusive. Having both installed at the same time makes my touch screen very unresponsive.

thenestor said:
Do you also have the DroidX multi-touch keyboard installed? For me, Swype and the DroidX keyboard are mutually exclusive. Having both installed at the same time makes my touch screen very unresponsive.
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I have both keyboards installed. Unfortunately, I cannot (don't know how to) uninstall the DroidX keyboard since it was included in my phone's current ROM. However, I did find that once I switched to the default HTC keyboard, multi-touch support came back.

mvminkoff21 said:
I have both keyboards installed. Unfortunately, I cannot (don't know how to) uninstall the DroidX keyboard since it was included in my phone's current ROM. However, I did find that once I switched to the default HTC keyboard, multi-touch support came back.
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I think if you just avoid opening the multi-touch keyboard after reboot, it won't load its libraries into memory. I could be wrong though.

Why isn't Swype on the market? if its on the new phones why is it still in beta form?

[Q] Swype on NC with CM7?

I'm in the swype beta but it fails to work with the NC's screen resolution.
I saw a large thread with some file going around but I don't know what that's about.
Does Swype intend to give tablet-resolution support or is there a work, around? Again, I'm in the beta but cannot use it on my NC.
Thanks!

bumping to the top

I'm almost positive it isn't possible to get Swype working on the NC.
Also, the screen's touch input skips a lot, which makes Swyping useless. I've tried using Ultra Keyboard multiple times and the tracing feature is almost completely unusable.

I have swype working just fine on CM7. i installed it on nightly 12 and its working ever since. You just need the apk and the .so. Some people have got it working w/o the .so but I needed it. no issues with swyping whatsoever. maybe because i use a screen protector but not sure.

Paul22000 said:
I'm almost positive it isn't possible to get Swype working on the NC.
Also, the screen's touch input skips a lot, which makes Swyping useless. I've tried using Ultra Keyboard multiple times and the tracing feature is almost completely unusable.
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Mine doesn't skip. Ultra Keyboard's tracing works pretty good for me, but not nearly as well as Swype on my phone. I'd try to get Swype on my NC, but don't want to give up the arrow keys.

openallnight said:
I have swype working just fine on CM7. i installed it on nightly 12 and its working ever since. You just need the apk and the .so. Some people have got it working w/o the .so but I needed it. no issues with swyping whatsoever. maybe because i use a screen protector but not sure.
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Where does one get these files? Is the apk the file I got when I joined beta?

RoboRay said:
Mine doesn't skip. Ultra Keyboard's tracing works pretty good for me, but not nearly as well as Swype on my phone. I'd try to get Swype on my NC, but don't want to give up the arrow keys.
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Interesting. Are you using a screen protector too? I hope my NC isn't defective
openallnight said:
I have swype working just fine on CM7. i installed it on nightly 12 and its working ever since. You just need the apk and the .so. Some people have got it working w/o the .so but I needed it. no issues with swyping whatsoever. maybe because i use a screen protector but not sure.
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Which files?
I downloaded the Swype installer but all I get is "unsupported device" when it tries to login.

So its just a matter of copying the actual two files using Root Explorer not using the auto-installation method? Right?

I backed up Swype.apk from my Nexus One using Appmonster (obtained from the official Swype beta, which I am legitimately a part of).
- I installed that apk on my NC.
- Moved com.swype.android.inputmethod.apk from /data/app => /system/app
- Changed the permissions like so:
x x x
x x
x
- Rebooted
And it FC's instantaneously, before even showing the keyboard at all.
I googled "Swype on gtablet" and got the libSwypeCore.so and put it in system/lib. (My N1 doesn't have the lib file.) It still FC's.
So I uninstalled my Swype from my Nexus One (from the official beta). However, now I'm trying to install the Swype.apk from the gtablet zip file, and it just says "Swype not installed". It won't install, even with my Swype uninstalled and deleted, and the libSwypeCore deleted as well.
What gives?
What am I doing wrong?

Paul22000 said:
Interesting. Are you using a screen protector too? I hope my NC isn't defective.
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Nope, no screen protector yet.
Paint Joy also yields solid, unbroken lines when drawing on my NC, but I've seen reports of others that get broken, dashed lines on the screen.

Swype works great for me on CM7, v14. Someone here sent me the apk and i just installed via adb.

I've rooted my NC, and changed the build.prop fingerprint line to mirror that of a Galaxy tab. With doing that I could download the beta version of Swype, however once installed, it doesn't actually swype. I can tap the letters only. any ideas?
NC rooted with HC ver2

Paul22000 said:
I backed up Swype.apk from my Nexus One using Appmonster (obtained from the official Swype beta, which I am legitimately a part of).
- I installed that apk on my NC.
- Moved com.swype.android.inputmethod.apk from /data/app => /system/app
- Changed the permissions like so:
x x x
x x
x
- Rebooted
And it FC's instantaneously, before even showing the keyboard at all.
I googled "Swype on gtablet" and got the libSwypeCore.so and put it in system/lib. (My N1 doesn't have the lib file.) It still FC's.
So I uninstalled my Swype from my Nexus One (from the official beta). However, now I'm trying to install the Swype.apk from the gtablet zip file, and it just says "Swype not installed". It won't install, even with my Swype uninstalled and deleted, and the libSwypeCore deleted as well.
What gives?
What am I doing wrong?
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Anyone?

We've updated the Swype beta to include this screen resolution. If you want to use this on Stock, I believe you'll have to go through the other tricks documented for changing the keyboard. For custom ROMs like CM7, you shouldn't have any difficulties.

Chinpokomon said:
We've updated the Swype beta to include this screen resolution. If you want to use this on Stock, I believe you'll have to go through the other tricks documented for changing the keyboard. For custom ROMs like CM7, you shouldn't have any difficulties.
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I have it installed on cm7. had some fc's but it opens now. however, the swyping isn't working. it traces the path but nothing appears. hitting individual letters however works. running cm7

barrist said:
I have it installed on cm7. had some fc's but it opens now. however, the swyping isn't working. it traces the path but nothing appears. hitting individual letters however works. running cm7
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Just a hunch. Try clearing dalvik-cache in Recovery.

I got this official response over the Swype forums:
http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?2905-Nook-Color-and-March-Update&p=14369#post14369
Even though I'm running CM7, it's not going to be able to license without an IMEI, which the Nook doesn't have. So.......that.

time pilot aka said:
I got this official response over the Swype forums:
http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?2905-Nook-Color-and-March-Update&p=14369#post14369
Even though I'm running CM7, it's not going to be able to license without an IMEI, which the Nook doesn't have. So.......that.
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I guess they don't want to ever sell a copy to anyone using an NC, letting the pirates win again... if they ever end their beta and release the product. Hasn't it been in beta over a year, and still works pretty much exactly the same way it did last year?

I'm in beta and this is pissing me off. Is there a work around someone can teach me?

Chinpokomon said:
For custom ROMs like CM7, you shouldn't have any difficulties.
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Uh.. Did you even read this thread?

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.

[Q] CM9 ICS Issues

I got Cm9 for my droid 3, but im having some auto rotate issues, and i don't have a market app. Any help would be great
Thanks

You could start by posting your question in the thread where you downloaded the from from..........
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MustafaHadaKing said:
I got Cm9 for my droid 3, but im having some auto rotate issues, and i don't have a market app. Any help would be great
Thanks
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Known issue. Market doesn't work on CM9 correctly yet. Get the APK for the rotate app and email it to yourself.

Or wait till the rom is more stable, its a preview version not quite a daily driver yet.
Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

The rom is still pretty Alpha. Data is flaky and Orientation doesn't work in this build. The B key on the keyboard also doesn't work. Hashcode is aware of these issues. He's already fixed the Orientation, he just hasn't released that as an update yet. If you want to use it now, you can purchase an app called Orientation Lock ($1.99) and set it to Force Portrait. I'm using it as a daily driver now, but I wouldn't recommend it if you need to actually make phone calls and all that.

Androidsims said:
The rom is still pretty Alpha. Data is flaky and Orientation doesn't work in this build. The B key on the keyboard also doesn't work. Hashcode is aware of these issues. He's already fixed the Orientation, he just hasn't released that as an update yet. If you want to use it now, you can purchase an app called Orientation Lock ($1.99) and set it to Force Portrait. I'm using it as a daily driver now, but I wouldn't recommend it if you need to actually make phone calls and all that.
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The orientation is fixed in todays build (set to portrait in the Launcher), but rotation is locked in the Launcher for now. Inside apps rotation seems to work fine.
(I hope you didn't purchase the app just for ICS!)
B key is still an issue, it's a conflicting device driver. I was on IRC with the Droid 2 dev and helped him get the hard keyboard running in ICS. He has the same issue.
Phone FCs have been cleaned up greatly.
3G data fixes are in progress.

Hashcode said:
The orientation is fixed in todays build (set to portrait in the Launcher), but rotation is locked in the Launcher for now. Inside apps rotation seems to work fine.
(I hope you didn't purchase the app just for ICS!)
B key is still an issue, it's a conflicting device driver. I was on IRC with the Droid 2 dev and helped him get the hard keyboard running in ICS. He has the same issue.
Phone FCs have been cleaned up greatly.
3G data fixes are in progress.
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I bought it for ICS, but it's useful for when I'm laying down and don't want it to go landscape so it's all good lol. Build 5 is awesome btw