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Swype Trial Period Ended?!?! wtf

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I'd recommend uninstalling your current install before running the official Swype Beta installer. There was a caution saying the beta wasn't for phones that had the software pre-installed as OEM. I'm assuming they wouldn't acknowledge the leaked software in their warning, but if it was already installed, it might cause problems.

The directions always said to uninstall before installing an updated leak version, anyway.

Not noticing any differences in the official beta aside from the annoying haptic feedback that I immediately turned off. Oh, and sometimes it seems to forget to space between words, now. Never had that problem before.

Still, I'm relieved to finally be above board on this awesome software. I'll buy it as soon as I can.
 
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Yeah, I did finally uninstall the old version of Swype. Also, I was d/l w/ steel and they said that you should use the default browser...that helped. What do you mean by haptic feedback...that annoying vibration stuff when you start typing? Where do you turn that off?

Hell, I'm just happy to have my Swype back. Don't realize how good it is until it's gone :D
 
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So I did this today and my swype doesn't work at all. It won't register any swypes as words. Just beeps, no text. Anyone else experiencing this?

Did you uninstall previous version?

I uninstalled and went to swype beta site and joined. Downloaded installer then swype.(no need for wifi to download,loaded in under a min.)The only issue I had was I set swype in locale and text but it still did'nt work. tried long pressing in text messaging but i recieved a quick text box(could be the fact that Im using handcent). Went to email client and long pressed and was able to select input method.

Now my eris is rockin 2.1 with everything I had on it with 1.5 and no bugs of any kind. :)
 
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Anyone have a link to where beta testers can report bugs, etc. The word recognition in this new, beta version of Swype is nowhere near as good as the leaked version. Still, not sure where to submit bugs, problems, suggestions, etc.

I went to the Swype forums, but my username/login doesn't work. Do you have to create a separate one just for the forums?
 
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Thanks for the link, SED! I just downloaded and installed swype lite for the first time a little after 11:00pm west coast time. I watched the demo videos on the swype site and was pretty psyched about the whole thing. Then I noticed these threads about the demo expiring. I checked the clock and it was just after midnight. Go to email to compose message, swype keyboard pops up, then after swyping one word I get the expiration message. I'm glad I found your post!
 
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