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PITA installing Swype

  • 02-11-2012 3:12pm
    #1
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Has anyone got an actual APK for swype 1.3 beta ? Not the installer but the file that the installer downloads. I'm getting sick of going through the 25 steps to get it installed each time I reformat and it getting stuck at 95% downloaded.


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  • #2
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    see if this works

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0z8bymnkq3ct99/ICS-Stock-Swype-v5-GNex.apk


  • #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    That installed and set up perfectly, unfortunately the entire screen is taken up with just a few letters of the keyboard. I think it could be that I'm running Gingerbread and not ICS.


  • #4
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    ah could be.

    i'll try take a look at home for an older apk


  • #5
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Every time I try to install via the beta installer the download goes less and less far to the extent that it now won't even go to 1%. Is there some download cache I can delete (apart from the one in clockwork recovery which I already tried) ?


  • #6
    Simi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭Simi


    Clear browser cache maybe? Probably won't help.

    I think the apk might be phone/os specific. I'd send you mine, but i'm running jellybean so it's even less likely to work.

    What phone do you need it for?


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  • #7
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I got it to download eventually from home. It could be that the work server had cached the initial download, if that's possible. Either way, all sorted now, thanks.


  • #8
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I just got an update to Swype on my tablet. Finally it allows you to add words to the dictionary on a consistent basis.


  • #9
    StaticNoise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭StaticNoise


    You can now download the beta version without registering and logging in.
    Plus, it now features a live, 'living language' dictionary.

    http://beta.swype.com/android/get/


  • #10
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    StaticNoise wrote: »
    You can now download the beta version without registering and logging in.
    Plus, it now features a live, 'living language' dictionary.

    http://beta.swype.com/android/get/

    Hallelujah! Would have been nice a month ago when I was testing about 12 ROMs in a week :)


  • #11
    StaticNoise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭StaticNoise


    Oh, how I know. I was in the same position.

    That said, also give the new Swiftkey Flow Beta 2 a go.


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  • #12
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    StaticNoise wrote: »
    Oh, how I know. I was in the same position.

    That said, also give the new Swiftkey Flow Beta 2 a go.

    Does that support landscape mode in tablets yet?


  • #13
    StaticNoise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭StaticNoise


    As far as I know it does, but don't quote me. I probably digested it somewhere online.


  • #14
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Yeah, I found the changelog on their blog earlier (and promptly lost it) and it confirms that flow works in landscape on tablets now but still not in search/address bars.


  • #15
    nedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,035 ✭✭✭nedd


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Hallelujah! Would have been nice a month ago when I was testing about 12 ROMs in a week :)

    I restore Swype from Titanium Backup whenever I switch ROM and it works fine. No need to go through the whole register and download process again.


  • #16
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    nedd wrote: »
    I restore Swype from Titanium Backup whenever I switch ROM and it works fine. No need to go through the whole register and download process again.

    Not sure why I never thought of that...


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