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Swype Question for Evo

Hal Jordan

Newbie
Jun 5, 2010
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I'm definitely diggin' Swype on my Evo, however I've got a question that hopefully has a simple answer.

My phone used to go to sleep after a minute, which is what I like/want. Since I installed the Swype Beta today, it won't. I have to go and tap my power button to make it sleep.

Is there a work around for this?

Thanks.
 
I'm definitely diggin' Swype on my Evo, however I've got a question that hopefully has a simple answer.

My phone used to go to sleep after a minute, which is what I like/want. Since I installed the Swype Beta today, it won't. I have to go and tap my power button to make it sleep.

Is there a work around for this?

Thanks.


Same thing happened to me. I took the battery out, put it back in, allowed the reboot and now everything works fine.
 
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OK I have a newbe question, I downloaded and installed swype on my phone (see it in the language settings). I tap on the first letter and then "glide" through the word but dont see anything happening, do I need to activate it first for Swype to work?

Yes. After you've selected Swype in your settings, once in your message window, tap and hold the "Tap to Compose" button and then choose "Input Method", Swype. You'll be on your way. Here's an awesome link to tips and tricks for Swype.

Swype | Text Input for Screens
 
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Yes. After you've selected Swype in your settings, once in your message window, tap and hold the "Tap to Compose" button and then choose "Input Method", Swype. You'll be on your way. Here's an awesome link to tips and tricks for Swype.

Swype | Text Input for Screens

Ok I see the Swype keyboard now and am able to glide but once I let off the box has a blue light that lights up around all the letters but nothing is inserted in the text field
 
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Ok I see the Swype keyboard now and am able to glide but once I let off the box has a blue light that lights up around all the letters but nothing is inserted in the text field

Same thing happened for my wife's phone. When you installed did a window come up saying installation unsuccessful or something to that effect. I had to uninstall swype and reinstall a total of 3 times before it worked on my wife's.

I would say try to uninstall and re-install and make sure it doesn't say installation unsuccessful.
 
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Same thing happened for my wife's phone. When you installed did a window come up saying installation unsuccessful or something to that effect. I had to uninstall swype and reinstall a total of 3 times before it worked on my wife's.

I would say try to uninstall and re-install and make sure it doesn't say installation unsuccessful.

Yes I had that problem when I installed it, I may need to uninstall it and redo it.
 
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Same thing happened for my wife's phone. When you installed did a window come up saying installation unsuccessful or something to that effect. I had to uninstall swype and reinstall a total of 3 times before it worked on my wife's.

I would say try to uninstall and re-install and make sure it doesn't say installation unsuccessful.

Thank you SOOOOOOO much.... that did the trick
 
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