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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] juggz143:
lol i thought the same thing, now I only hope it supports skins when released
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] icepixie:
My Swype version recently expired on me. :( I believe it was 0.36.xxx
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] t41n7ed:
same with me, anyone input on this?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mrchu001:
i believe there is an official beta floating around..but i could be wrong
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] t41n7ed:
found a version thats working for me, its a lite version of swype (eg. no tutorial, help files etc)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
Hey, thanks. I had the same problem and the version you posted worked great.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mentorkyrom:
Any way to get the update of this?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Gargon87:
yea my swype version just expired too...version 1.16.12.5230.t, btw thank you :-)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] misterhearn:
Sywpe

I tried this version as well as many others and they all gave me the trial has expired message, then I found a post from SilverSurfR, I would link it but since I'm new it wont let me. It worked fine on my CDMA Hero, just out of paranoia I uninstalled all things Swype on my phone as well as did a search for anything containing Swype I.E installers and such and did a full restart and installed and it worked! Hope this helps
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] joey3002:
mine expired as well.. anyone have a link to an updated version?

thanks
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tmuka:
Mine expired today too. I know I had installed "Swype.micro.black.apk" a few weeks ago. I'm gonna try going back to the "lite" version...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mario23:
same here...expired.

Great keyboard!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] d-shade:
I believe this is the SilverSurfR post that was mentioned by misterhearn I found it in the G1 section.

Installed and works fine so far.

I had to edit the link.. but if you go to the original post the link will show up.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] icepixie:
^ my swype expired on my the other day as well and I just downloaded the above version and it works. thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Gargon87:
i like this program a lot. thank you :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mentorkyrom:
latest version posted above works, thank you :)

I love this app I wish they would release it already.

Please keep updating with latest!

btw. Using this on my Droid Eris w/ 2.1 (just in case your wondering if it works with that)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chris4chelsea:
its expired, can anyone help?! =( tks
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] DanWalker:
yep mine expired again today, where can we get a copy that works again? Does anyone know if reflashing the same file will work?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Minimiller:
Swype in german language?

hey everybody...

im very despaired.. i searched every where for the german language for swype.. but i just get english, spanish and italy.. ( i downloaded swype from the official site (swypeinc.com) with the swype installer)

could PLEASE anybody help me and post a download link with swype in german language?

whole hearted..

.. and with much hope..

Minimiller
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kabrutus:
Any one have a swype that works??
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Prince Deon:
I downloaded both versions today and they were expired as soon as I tried to use them, any suggestions??
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] zmedhaug@hotmail.com:
There is a different slider keyboard. it is downloadable in the android marked for free for the demo. its called SLIDEIT. just put it on my droid and its working pretty good. the demo pops up a notification every 1000 characters or so
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] egzthunder1:
I will go ahead and close this thread before someone has the idea of re-posting Swype. This software cannot be distributed like this.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] abcdfv:
Holy **** swype is awesome.

I remember siting down on day and going "man, I wish i didn't have to take my finger off the keyboard"
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] gomorrah:
Ok, I didn't think I was gonna like this, but it truly is badass. I'm swypin the **** out of my phone right about now.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Sirchuk:
yeah I was getting force closes as well. I just turned off sound and so far so good!

I really cant believe how good this works. I just want to type everything now!

It takes some getting used to but it's much faster than normal.

Anyone on the fence, get off and give this a try.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] abcdfv:
seems trying to do more then one word causes a force close
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] srkmagnus:
no force closes here, definitely worth a try.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ruben8448:
hehe this thing is awesome, takes a bit to get used to but once you get it, it rocks
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] deadonarivalry:
Interesting. It's a cool concept, but my typing is actually a bit slower with it... and how do you input double-letter words? Like... still, wool, all, etc.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] gomorrah:
Follow the tutorial. It shows you how to do everything.;)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] deadonarivalry:
I'll check it out when I have more time to play tomorrow.... in the middle of a couple convis.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CADroid:
I agree, Swype is pretty freakin legit. The tutorial is imperative. I did a test between Swype and the default keyboard and Swype blows it away. Makes responding to a text or email super easy with one hand too. This is a must have app.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] pseudoremora:
Agreed with all the other people -- OMG!!!! This **** is wayyyy too legit. Definitely the future of mobile virtual keyboards for sure. Its unbelievable the way it recognizes what word you want, just BLOWS my mind.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] lorsoblu:
Three times in a row it thought I wanted "porn" instead of the word "it."

Let this be a warning to you all :p
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] N0J:
I checked swype in settings, didnt get a default prompt in msgs.

gonna chk a couple things
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] exbm:
Love it. But my thumb is still not dexterious enough to swype. Dang! still gotta use two hands
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] pseudoremora:
Are you, press+holding the message box (In your SMS app)? That should bring up a prompt that asks you to select the input device, then you can choose Swype.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] N0J:
yeah that was it, sry dumb moment, lol

I was homding home (to get keyboard to pop) thinking it would prompt

thanks
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ljmeli:
Yeah I have to say, tons of potential...I feel like I'm much faster on the HTC keyboard, but I'm sure after a week or so I'll be flying on this new bad boy!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] PRGUY85:
I am not getting auto-capitalization on Swype when beginning a sentence. I don't see it as an option on Settings.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Sefferdog:
I don't think it has auto cap. Look at the tutorial here, http://www.swypeinc.com/tips-tricks.html, and it will help you out.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] PRGUY85:
Thanks, video tips helped alot.

I tweaked settings a bit to make it faster, having close to 0 seconds of auto insert timeout as well as lowering the amount of times it shows word prediction window and going for more speed than error tolerant on options.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Sirchuk:
Its definitely going to take some getting used to. Thee caps thing is little different. It keeps trying to put two letters on words that don't have two, like "the“ in the last sentence.

Punctuation was also hard to grasp.

I don't think I really care for the delete either, holding down deletes one word at a time. I'll keep trying it though.

Sometimes when I use the correction box I fat finger it and select a place behind the box, placing the corrected text somewhere else on the page. This can be really annoying.

I'm finding that using my index finder instead off my thumb works quite as bit better.

Edit:

Going horizontal and using two thumbs Is still king of the keyboard. I make fewer mistakes and punctuation is automatic.

My wife saw what I was doing and we went head to head, not only did she beat me in time but hers was punctuated correctly and spelled correctly, mine was far from correct.

It might just be geting used to it, but we'll see.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] abcdfv:
I'm still living swype
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Philosophy757:
Just got around to playing with this now. Phone is half dead so I've only installed and sent one txt msg no tutorial or anything. It does have a bit of a learning curve, but I sent the msg faster than i would have using the keyboard only using it once. Looking forward to going through the tutorial and seeing how this actually works. I would recommend that EVERYONE try this at least once, no bs.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] afazel:
I always have problems with hitting the spacebar on the Hero landscape keyboard. Imo, the screen really is too small for an on-screen keyboard, and needs to be about .2 inches wider.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] pulser_g2:
Would anyone be so good as to post a mediafire or equivalent mediafire. Rapidshare is playing up with its 'too busy' nonsense, and the given iq0.org mirror looks to be down (maybe through sheer numbers of people downloading).

Just wondered if someone lucky enough to have this already could re-up it elsewhere? Pretty please ;)

Cheers

EDIT: RS finally letting me have it. Mediafire link coming up as soon as I get it in

Here's link : Shame on you :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wjason:
Thanks for the alternate link. RS was not letting me in. I can't wait to give this a try!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bcnice20:
this would be awesome only if you could act save words into the user dictionary then it would b perfect
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nhs510:
Wow. Geek overload. Incredible!! Has worked almost perfectly for me from install.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] deadonarivalry:
That's another thing for me. I use a lot of vernacular texting friends.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] gomorrah:
You can. If you finger press the letters to make the word after you're done it saves the word into your dictionary so you can swype it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] atkailash:
I'm loving swype so far. Except for the caps thing. Not auto-capitalizing after periods bugs me (grammar nerd) but generally I feel like I make less typos (except it likes doing our instead of or, and off instead of 'of'). The native keyboard pissed me off.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] HeroMeng:
Works really nice, thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] darchstar:
just as an fyi, this will also work on the aosp builds and 2.1 with sense
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mrinehart93:
WOW! Thank you SOO much for posting this OP. This SERIOUSLY has made texting SOO much easier. Just make sure you turn off the Audio Warnings in the settings, or else it will force close A LOT. I wish physical keyboards for computers could work like this.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] feld:
yeah this is pretty great. it just sucks that it's missing all the vulgar words im used to using lol
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mrinehart93:
Yeah same here haha :) Oh, and it doesn't recognize "haha" either which is annoying. But w/e... it's worth it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] HeroMeng:
yeah, works on quiet's 1.6 AOSP
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Sefferdog:
Once you add the vulgar words you will be back in business:p
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] koolhand79:
I like it but I get lots of force closes even with the sounds off. It does it when I use the backspane key
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] HeroMeng:
Works fine for me. Did you maybe try disabling and enabling it in Settings>Locale&Text?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] rjj1976:
This is awesome but I am getting force closed when using numbers. Anyone able to use numbers?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Fadakar:
Words don't save to your dictionary if you reboot, what a drag. :(
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] troyboytn:
Well, I wanted to try it....I did....then a quick uninstal.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ItsDon:
No uninstall for me, its a keeper for sure, love it! How do we know when there are updates to it though?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nck4857:
I'm getting used to it now and really liking it...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Remobero:
many thnx ,, been looking for this 4 awhile
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theresthatguy:
keep lurking and read android rss feeds.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cincij:
Download not working for free users. Anyone have a mirror?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wtphoto:
there is an alternate link in the first post

also loving this just wish I could theme the keyboards to go with my theme everytime I try it wont install.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] feld:
Swype isn't very smart. I read an article about them mentioning that they're not happy about this leak and that they only want to give this to OEMs.

Swype -- You're not LISTENING very well, are you?

WE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THIS APP. REAL MONEY. NOW.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] skanndelus:
found a bug, been reported elsewhere, can't tap and hold to remove icons from homescreens

anyone else have this issue?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Fadakar:
Yeah seriously they're missing out big time.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] linuxluke:
Alternate solution

I just thought i would share that Shapewriter is currently in the android market for devices running 1.5 or above. It is a very similar product and so far it seems to be working rather well. I have no connection to this company in any way and I am not being compensated for this post.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] lv2bll:
we never asked, now were thinking:D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theresthatguy:
having trouble with editing words. you're supposed to tap on the word? any advice?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] linuxluke:
From what I have read on the swype forum this feature is currently not working in the android beta making the rounds
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theresthatguy:
thanks for the heads up.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nck4857:
I just downloaded Shapewriter and tried it out.. I think I like it a little better than Swype...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] rjj1976:
It works on my Sprint Hero, you just have to double tap the word to correct it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wakeboarder1335:
I'm running fresh 1.1 and so far no homescreen bug
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bbv203:
No problem removing icons for me either.

Double tap just puts the cursor in the word for me, same as single tap....
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] rjj1976:
OK the double tap seems to only work when the phone is turned to landscape.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cincij:
Anyone else noticing decreased memory and shorter battery life with this running? I am down to 60% at 10am
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] abcdfv:
I'm down to 85 with moderate use
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] pseudoremora:
I retract my previous statement. While Swype is really cool; for me personally, I like the original HTC keyboard better. I used Swype for about 3 days and its a fairly easy learning curve, but I wasn't fond of how you had to enter new words into the systems, capitalization wasn't automated, and symbols/numbers weren't easily accessible -- which I use often. Again though, that's just me personally.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wjason:
This works great for alphanumeric passwords. Once you add the password to Swype, you no longer have to switch to symbols, just glide over the appropriate letter and it knows to use the number instead. Apologies if thes has already been mentioned but I just stumbled on it and found it very useful.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] watzone69:
I am able to press/drag icons just fine. word edit only works in landscape (as was mentioned).

I just tried Shape Writer and didn't like it near as much as Swype. The keys were too small and it was not as accurate when guessing my word.

I've been on the fence with Swype for a few days now but I'm starting to feel much more comfortable with it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] d12d:
I have ShapeWriter and I like it. I am trying to install Swype and it says "unable to install on this phone". Anyone else seeing this?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Kcarpenter:
Can someone mirror this please? Rapid share is being stupid.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wjason:
There's an alternate link in the first post and also on post #45. I had problems with RS as well.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Sottilde:
You are correct - in portrait mode, place the cursor inside a word, then click the Swype button on the lower left corner. This will edit the word.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Gramon:
Thanks for the link. I have been using Shapewriter pretty much since I have owned my G1. I like Swype but it will take some getting used to with the Capital letter swipe.

So far, I like the larger keyboard of Swype but I like that Shapewriter can alter the words after you have moved away from them. I know that Swype has this function coming but it's already available in SW.

Shapewriter Pros:

- Auto-capitalize the first word of a sentence

- Delete last word instead of one letter at a time. NOTE: This can be a con as well sometimes when it reads a plural word and you just want to delete the "s". The only way to do that is to tap another letter and then delete both

- Adds apostrophes automatically to common words. If you slide over i-l, you get the options for ill and I'll and it's easy to tap select the one you want

Cons

- Small keyboard

I'll edit my post and add more Swype pros and cons as soon as I have tested it more.

Pros:

- I like the larger keys. The swype-path seems more fluid than Shapewriter

Cons

- No auto-capitalizing
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Ceger:
After using both, Shapewriter remains my top choice. Hopefully, the creator(s) of Shapewriter will make updates after seeing what Swype has to offer, and vice-versa.

Ceger
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Sawawa:
Are you guys serious? I thought the accuracy of ShapeWriter was a total disaster when I tried it. Are you saying that Swype isn't better in that regard?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] abcdfv:
I'm not having any swype problems with accuracy.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Ceger:
I have had no troubles with ShapeWriter's accuracy or speed. And I use my large thumb for input. I found the lack of the features described above in Swype to be too problematic for quick and versatile text entry. ShapeWrite is much more fluid overall.

Ceger
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ftothe3:
same for me too. it's a little frustrating.

i like swype better, but the no auto-caps after sentences is annoying.

also, try swyping the word don't ... its impossible unless you add it to the dictionary.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] watzone69:
Not impossible. You just have to swype down to the apostrophe key when needed.

For caps you have to swype up above the keys (as shown in the tutorial).
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] n388mm:
damn swype is the **** in portrait mode. but would be awesome is a way to make swype default in portrait and original hero keyboard default in landscape.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Ceger:
There is a Hero/Eris Beta version of ShapeWriter in the market that is free and has some great enhancements to it that round it out even better. As far as I am concerned, Swype has a longer way to go now.

Ceger
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] fixxxer2008:
love this keyboard, best out there.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] esoteric1311:
I noticed the same thing. Using Gumbo kernal, which is conserves battery life. Uninstalled to compare.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] watzone69:
Cool, I'll check it out tonight.

I've been using Gumbo 1.5c on the msm7k setting with SetCPU and after 9 hours of more than moderate use (including texting with Swype) I'm down to 28%. That's not great but it's not a deal-breaker for me either.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] redram38:
The only problem I seem to be having is with numbers. I can't seem to type numbers without it spacing each one. 256 would be 2 5 6. I had to turn off auto space but would like to keep it active if possible
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] lidmut:
Swype

I just got to looking at this so i decided to install. This is pretty sweet. Nice addition
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] watzone69:
I'm on the AOSP 1.6 ROM now and I couldn't to find shapewriter in the market. I even tried scanning the QR at androlib and it still wouldn't find it.

Edit: NM. I found this.http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=625661

One thing I've noticed is that Swype force closes more often (for me) on AOSP 1.6. I still prefer it over touch input though. I just wish it had haptic feedback.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] persiansown:
can you guys please link to the site that it was actually posted on?

http://iq0.org/story/swype-hvga-devices-updated

I'm the one that released this and would kind of like if the traffic was direct to that site. OP please edit the first post. There is a free download link on that site for everyone that has no waiting time like rapidshare/megaupload..
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] KyleIsTheBeast:
Wow, very amazing app... Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Wasney:
Just wanted to post that I can click and hold to delete icons still....and have swype installed...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ljmeli:
As much as I loved this keyboard I felt that my battery would drain a bit faster...was it just my imagination or did anybody else feel the same?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Bielinsk:
It is neat, and seems to work really well. I have a hard time with caps, and numbers. And forget about passwords.

I wish I could quickly switch from swype to the hero keyboard within the same app.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] fwhite42:
Why forget about passwords? If you tap type just like on the Hero keyboard it works just like the Hero keyboard...plus it remembers the password and you can just swype it next time.

Numbers work fine for me, too, just by hitting the SYM key and tap typing on the number pad.

Not sure what "quickly" would mean for you, but you can just touch and hold on any text input box and switch input method. I don't see a need to do this because I'm now faster with Swype than I ever was with the Hero keyboard, but if I did see a need to switch within an app, I'd just touch and hold...

Side note, I'm on an un-modded Sprint Hero and I'm not seeing the problem with not being able to click and hold to delete home page items...still works fine for me. And, no noticeable battery drain problems, but I haven't done any scientific analysis. ;)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Bielinsk:
My passwords consist of a word and some numbers. Like pinball427 I cannot get swype to remember that as a password that I can use.

Testing out Shapewriter
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chococrazy:
Is there any way to minimize swype when done using the keyboard?

I can't figure out how to clsoe it when I'm done typing.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ljmeli:
The back arrow (hardware button) will minimize it
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bbv203:
I wonder if there is a way to hack the dictionary to add words, instead of having to manually add them back in after every reboot? I don't know anything about the way the .apk's are assembled though
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] fwhite42:
My passwords are exactly like that and it works perfectly for me in Swype.

The very first time I type in my password (let's say it's like my username on here, fwhite42...let's even capitalize the F), I just tap type it one letter or number at a time, and it appears in the pop-up above the keyboard and I tap it once it's completed, and that uses it that one time and adds it to the dictionary.

Next time I want to use it, I swype over the letters and numbers just like any other word, and it puts in Fwhite42.

Not sure why that doesn't work for you.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Bielinsk:
Hmm, thats strange. When I tap in my password, it does not appear above in the popup to let me tap it. I am guessing something is wrong and it is not adding words to my dictionary. That could explain the issue I am seeing.

I am really liking Shapewriter. Seems a lot faster, even faster than the stock hero keyboard. It appears instantly when I tap on any input field. Haven't seen how it works with passwords yet though. I have not had any problem with the smaller letters.

Swype does seem to flow a little smoother with the tracing.