I decided to go right to the source due to me formerly loving swype and with 2.2 hating it finding garbled words etc.
So i emailed the company last nite and already today got two replies with the following instructions below. I asked if it would be temporary and eventually go bad again, they said no, due to an incompatibility with old swype data and new swype with 2.2 it had problems that should be rectified by clearing old data and starting anew.
I will lose my learned behaviour but that shouldnt take too long to get back in my dictionary.
from swype:
[FONT="] Please try going to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Swype and clicking the
I decided to go right to the source due to me formerly loving swype and with 2.2 hating it finding garbled words etc.
from swype:
[FONT="] Please try going to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Swype and clicking the
I decided to go right to the source due to me formerly loving swype and with 2.2 hating it finding garbled words etc.
So i emailed the company last nite and already today got two replies with the following instructions below. I asked if it would be temporary and eventually go bad again, they said no, due to an incompatibility with old swype data and new swype with 2.2 it had problems that should be rectified by clearing old data and starting anew.
I will lose my learned behaviour but that shouldnt take too long to get back in my dictionary.
from swype:
[FONT="]Please try going to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Swype and clicking the
i am glad for you (and me) and others it is working. i am very happy since i did what they said it is much faster and back to being accurate and it is learning my unique words again.Wow, thanks man! I was getting frustrated, and I did what you instructed. It works perfect, back to normal for me just testing it out for a few minutes. Thanks again!
from swype:
[FONT="] Please try going to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Swype and clicking the
worse for me now is that it started highlighting two main choices in blue...so the little pop up window used to show just one it suggested now it is two? how in the heck can it give two? it ends up adding the first one listed anyhow and often it is not right.A rather critical missing feature of Swype is the ability to list and edit the user dictionary. Due to the nature of how Swype auto-adds words I end up with tons of bogus, accidentally-added words that shouldn't be there. It'd be nice to show the dictionary and be able to clean it up without having to blow away all words and settings... or specifically know each word ahead of time in order to remove it one by one.
ok...rep who helped me before..brian..didnt reply to my follow up email...nor did he reply in this thread to my further issues...nor did anyone else actually....so i guess one of the main reasons i got an android for...swyping...is now a reason i must figure out a way to get rid of since its not working very well at all.
It is now at a point where i swype a paragraph and look back and i am lucky if i can get one third correct...used to be that it was almost all perfect.
This completely solved my swype issue. I had to re-teach it words, but worth it in the end.Have you tried clearing all of Swype's app data yet as previously mentioned? This resets it back to its initial settings/config, losing all saved dictionary words and any inadvertently-changed settings.
hi, if you look up to the point in this thread where this advice was given on clearing data etc....you will see that it came from me...so to answer your question..yes...yes i did. I was the one who emailed swype directly and got a reply from brian R and he also asked if i would give him a link to the thread and he posted.Have you tried clearing all of Swype's app data yet as previously mentioned? This resets it back to its initial settings/config, losing all saved dictionary words and any inadvertently-changed settings.
for the love of god... it just gets worse.
on old swype before 2.2 that would tell you how to remove a word....which never made sense either..why not pop up with an option to remove right from that pop up...why make someone leave that window...purposely mispell a word...highlight it...ok...still with me?...then..then...after highlighting it you had to hit swype and confirm removal.
renewing insurance is easier
Edit: is there a program similar to swype..but that actually functions...that i can download...even for a fee from market? I have had it with swype. In the if it aint broke..dont fix it category..swype has gone haywire and is badly programmed. Suggestions for a new input method as i hate finger punching on stock android
I'm with you. After clearing the data, I had to re-enter my words, and worked ok for a while. Then it started picking wrong words all the time, it's as if SWYPE has trouble "learning"....according to Brian R at Swype, they had given ATT/Samsung the SWYPE update and it's up to ATT to send out the update.....very frustrating.
for the love of god... it just gets worse.
on old swype before 2.2 that would tell you how to remove a word....which never made sense either..why not pop up with an option to remove right from that pop up...why make someone leave that window...purposely mispell a word...highlight it...ok...still with me?...then..then...after highlighting it you had to hit swype and confirm removal.
renewing insurance is easier
Edit: is there a program similar to swype..but that actually functions...that i can download...even for a fee from market? I have had it with swype. In the if it aint broke..dont fix it category..swype has gone haywire and is badly programmed. Suggestions for a new input method as i hate finger punching on stock android
I'm with you. After clearing the data, I had to re-enter my words, and worked ok for a while. Then it started picking wrong words all the time, it's as if SWYPE has trouble "learning"....according to Brian R at Swype, they had given ATT/Samsung the SWYPE update and it's up to ATT to send out the update.....very frustrating.
what i don't get is emailing the company.....expecting to roll the dice on whether i would get a reply...then getting very quick (supposed) help from brian r....representing swype...then when his initial instructions worked and quickly regressed to being worse than ever...i get no reply to an email to him?
I followed up with an email back to him weeks later and nothing there and nothing here. I believe that a major portion of what we all get this phone for is browsing and filling in fields...and emailing or texting...filling in fields and with stock unit have choice of tapping...if i had wanted that i would have got a superior iphone which figures out words with alarming clarity or i would have got physical buttons on a blackberry.
i chose android and have the android or swype. I want my functioning swype back.
this sucks.
what is serendipity is that like a phone like captivate? i didnt post in their support forums but did get a email from there and that is how i got that guy from swype to reply the first time. I guess i can go on there again..and post in a forum but you would think the guy who works for the company and replied the first time and offered for me to follow up with any issues....would not disappear......Have you posted in their support forums? I'm on my phone our I'd post the link, but if you google Swype Support Forums I'm sure it'll come right up. For the record my Swype is fine on Serendipity.
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