Swype now officially available on Android as a Beta

[grainysand]

edit: Wow, the leaked one isn't working anymore. Going to do the Input Method change method with the Beta now.

No? I got sick of the pop-up--which has returned to plague me again after my latest wipe-and-reflash--so I went back to the leaked release. Works fine, no warning, no anything.

 

[deel]

swype does not show up in advanced task killer, not sure if shows up in others. if you get the beep, i use to uninstall, but i figured out that if you go to settings>manage applications>then force close swype, then open any application that requires a keyboard and i find this gets rid of the beeping

 

[nx1977]

Since loading, I've found my Hero is much slower at responding now and again.

Conflict with another app?

 

[ztmike]

Looks like I didn't make it..the "beta" is closed.

 

[RayKinStL]

On a whim, I went in to Advanced Task Killer and killed the Swype app (normally it is on my Exclude) list. This manual "restarting" of Swype seems to have fixed it, and when I reopened Handcent, it seems to be working fine. So for others experiencing this issue after a restart, just kill the app and let it reboot. I'll post if I notice more weirdness.

swype does not show up in advanced task killer, not sure if shows up in others. if you get the beep, i use to uninstall, but i figured out that if you go to settings>manage applications>then force close swype, then open any application that requires a keyboard and i find this gets rid of the beeping

Seriously...do you even read a thread before adding to it? I already confirmed that Swype DOES show up in advanced task killer. I am looking at it right now! And killing it and letting it restart makes it work perfectly fine until you need to restart your phone again. One simple kill on start up and it works perfectly. Please don't spread false information, and next time check a thread before commenting on it.

 

[akifbayram]

To fix that error with it not reading your swipes (wrong configuration or something) I just switch to the default keyboard, type a few letters, then back to Swype. Works like a charm.

 

[deel]

Seriously...do you even read a thread before adding to it? I already confirmed that Swype DOES show up in advanced task killer. I am looking at it right now! And killing it and letting it restart makes it work perfectly fine until you need to restart your phone again. One simple kill on start up and it works perfectly. Please don't spread false information, and next time check a thread before commenting on it.

yes i do read the thread. on my phone, it doesnt show up in atk, so i was stopping you from spreading false information. no need to be an ass. seriously, it doesnt show up. so i have no idea what you're talking about

 

[grainysand]

Swype shows up in task killer, dunno about advanced task manager.

 

[vido.ardes]

Let's keep this friendly please, no need to go around throwing accusations...

 

[deel]

the free version of atk does not show swype

 

[RayKinStL]

Apparently there are two programs in the market...One called Advanced Task Killer and one called Advanced Task Manager. They do virtually the same thing as far as I can tell. I have the PAID version of Advanced Task Manager (which is only called "Advanced Task" in the launcher, thus creating some of the confusion). That program definitely shows Swype as a running App. I put it on my exclude list, but I still manually kill it when I restart my phone so it runs properly until I have to restart again.

I can't say anything about the free version of Advanced Task Manager, or anything at all about Advanced Task Killer. I will say that the paid version of ATM is great and I highly recommend it.

 

[deel]

yes, that is where the confusion lies. since you initially mentioned advanced task killer in all of your posts and not manager, i then checked mine and wrote my post and stated that atk clearly does not show swype.

 

[SnotF]

Nice, just got my invite to the beta in my email: )

 

[HunterJohnson]

Nice, just got my invite to the beta in my email: )

i want mine. how long after you register did they send the email.

i just registered so hopefully not to long. right

 

[BiGMERF]

I registered when it first opened and I got the email within seconds

 

[cyberbob25]

x2

Check your spam folder

 

[Bob Loblaw1]

Has anybody been able to get the error message to go away entirely? I've tried all the tricks mentioned here but I still get it on boot up and I've got to do one of the work arounds to get it working. Thinking about going back to the leaked version.

 

[cyberbob25]

I've never recieved a single error message with the new beta version. Strange.

 

[BiGMERF]

I've never recieved a single error message with the new beta version. Strange.

Same here. Knock on wood!


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[cortez.i]

Same here. Knock on wood!


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famous last words! this is my voodoo spell look eek as i cast a spell to Swype on your device. until this bug is fixed, i kill the (Swype) task at start up. fyi, haven't been practicing voodoo recently, so my spell will likely fail...

 

[SnotF]

Don't know about you guys, modaco sent me an email announcing they had a certain number of slots in the beta for members.

 

[deel]

Apparently there are two programs in the market...One called Advanced Task Killer and one called Advanced Task Manager. They do virtually the same thing as far as I can tell. I have the PAID version of Advanced Task Manager (which is only called "Advanced Task" in the launcher, thus creating some of the confusion). That program definitely shows Swype as a running App. I put it on my exclude list, but I still manually kill it when I restart my phone so it runs properly until I have to restart again.

I can't say anything about the free version of Advanced Task Manager, or anything at all about Advanced Task Killer. I will say that the paid version of ATM is great and I highly recommend it.

i dont see an apology in your explanation, ignoring your mistake and not acknowledging that i am correct should be the minimum of what was said in this post. oh well

 

[dren]

Beta closed... crap! lol too late.

 

[nx1977]

Still having issues with the keyboard locking up occasionally.

All of a sudden a blue box appears around the keyboard and it stops taking any responses, just beeps - even if you swap orientation of the phone. Locking and unlocking the phone cures it.

The screen is immaculate (first thoughts) and it happens anywhere the keyboard is needed at random.

What I am noticing is a blue line pulsing left to right at the very bottom of the screen like it's monitoring something.

Only other issues are getting caps by going up to the text area after selecting the first letter, and selecting punctuation then going to the spacebar rather than push/hold the letter key. Just cant get it working right everytime.

 

[deel]

switch input method to android, then back to swype and that gets rid of the beeping. mine also does that less frequently now