[Guide] Installing Swype Beta on HTC Inspire 4G

[kimikimkim]

phenomenal. Thanks so much!

 

[teadough]

Thanks for the great detailed instructions! Installation went great and can now see Swype as an option for keyboard.

Question is, once I selected the swype keyboard in my settings, I'm still not able to swype (still functions as QWERTY).

Sorry, I'm a noob. any insight would greatly be appreciated!

 

[mbt_93]

u forgot to tell ppl to uninstall swype installer and the downloaded version befor doing this...also the first command shold b "cd C:\AC_SWM" not a "-"

n btw thnx =D

 

[Flip858]

me too

can anyone help?

 

[teadough]

So everything went smoothly. I have Swype installed and it is activated under my settings.. however there is no Swype keyboard (still stock). I tried restarting the phone but that didn't solve the issue. Any ideas?

what did you do to fix this? i had the same issue? swype installed and marked but still stock keyboard. i even rebooted.

HTC Inspire

 

[teadough]

KB58,

After you've gone through the entire install process and made sure Swype is checked in your Language and Keyboard settings, open Messaging, tap Compose message, and tap and hold in the "Tap to add text area". After a few seconds let up and you should see a popup with Input Method. Select Swype and you should be good to go.

Got it working! THANKS FOR THIS!

 

[jarheads]

I am a newbie here with the android thing too. Got through all the installation and everything, swype is there as an option. The only thing is that I can't use swype! It'll trace the line but nothing is display. Weird. Help please.

Edit: I finally got swype to work! After installing swype beta, you'll have to go back to the swype application, tap on it to open it. It'll display a message saying something like "your license is not correct" or something like that and it'll tell you how to fix it. Just uncheck the swype, log in to beta swype again and that's it!

 

[samantha2557]

Sweet

Sywpe was the main reason that i choose android over iphone, then i fell in love with the HTC inspire and it wasn't preloaded with swype then att put a lock on it so i couldn't download it. It just made me so mad. I tried other sites to try and get it but they never worked. This post was really help full and now i have swype on my htc inspire and i love it. Thanks a lot for this post.

 

[kid320]

I scanned through this thread and didn't see this question mentioned... apologies if it has been answered before.

If I follow this process, am I, at any point, rooting my phone or doing anything that would otherwise void my warranty?

 

[armyjazzcat]

I am a newbie here with the android thing too. Got through all the installation and everything, swype is there as an option. The only thing is that I can't use swype! It'll trace the line but nothing is display. Weird. Help please.

Edit: I finally got swype to work! After installing swype beta, you'll have to go back to the swype application, tap on it to open it. It'll display a message saying something like "your license is not correct" or something like that and it'll tell you how to fix it. Just uncheck the swype, log in to beta swype again and that's it!

Thanks for this! I was one of the earlier posters that had this problem. I didn't get the incorrect license message, but now my Swype works properly! Thanks!

 

[dfandroid]

You are great to take the time to do this. I dumped my Iphone got an LG Ally, loved android got the HTC Desire and was about to return it because of the block on install non-market apps. Swype is the greatest thing since the mouse, and you are just as cool for doing this tutorial.

 

[dssaultz]

Thanks worked great! just one question can i uninstall the swype installer from my app page once i have the key board working?

 

[auroranightowl]

Seriously thank you SO much! I was so sad when I didn't think I was going to be able to use Swype ^^

 

[weilee]

C:\AC_SWM>adb pull/data/data/com.swype.android.installer/files/mypackage.apk ./m
ypackage.apk
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.26

-d - directs command to the only connected USB devic
e
returns an error if more than one USB device is
present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator.
returns an error if more than one emulator is r
unning.
-s <serial number> - directs command to the USB device or emulator w
ith
the given serial number. Overrides ANDROID_SERI
AL
environment variable.
-p <product name or path> - simple product name like 'sooner', or
a relative/absolute path to a product
out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.

If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT

environment variable is used, which must
be an absolute path.
devices - list all connected devices
connect <host>:<port> - connect to a device via TCP/IP
disconnect <host>:<port> - disconnect from a TCP/IP device

device commands:
adb push <local> <remote> - copy file/dir to device
adb pull <remote> [<local>] - copy file/dir from device
adb sync [ <directory> ] - copy host->device only if changed
(see 'adb help all')
adb shell - run remote shell interactively
adb shell <command> - run remote shell command
adb emu <command> - run emulator console command
adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections
forward specs are one of:
tcp:<port>
localabstract:<unix domain socket name>
localreserved:<unix domain socket name>
localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>
dev:<character device name>
jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)
adb jdwp - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport

adb install [-l] [-r] [-s] <file> - push this package file to the device and i
nstall it
('-l' means forward-lock the app)
('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data
)
('-s' means install on SD card instead of inter
nal storage)
adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
('-k' means keep the data and cache directories
)
adb bugreport - return all information from the device
that should be included in a bug report.

adb help - show this help message
adb version - show version num

DATAOPTS:
(no option) - don't touch the data partition
-w - wipe the data partition
-d - flash the data partition

scripting:
adb wait-for-device - block until device is online
adb start-server - ensure that there is a server running
adb kill-server - kill the server if it is running
adb get-state - prints: offline | bootloader | device
adb get-serialno - prints: <serial-number>
adb status-window - continuously print device status for a specifie
d device
adb remount - remounts the /system partition on the device re
ad-write
adb reboot [bootloader|recovery] - reboots the device, optionally into the boo
tloader or recovery program
adb reboot-bootloader - reboots the device into the bootloader
adb root - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions
adb usb - restarts the adbd daemon listening on USB
adb tcpip <port> - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on th
e specified port
networking:
adb ppp <tty> [parameters] - Run PPP over USB.
Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.
<tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
[parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns

adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
<localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:

- If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be u
pdated.

- If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition
is updated.

C:\AC_SWM> :

Got to this point and it says can't find mypackage.apk
any suggestion?

 

[loadeddice90]

alan-dices-macbook:swm-mac Alan$ cd /users/alan/desktop/swm-mac
alan-dices-macbook:swm-mac Alan$ ./abd devices
-bash: ./abd: No such file or directory
alan-dices-macbook:swm-mac Alan$

So this is where I am stuck at... USB Debugging is Enabled and it is in Charge Only Mode. Any clue what I am doing wrong? I am new to Android... Switching from iPhone... I want Swype badly.

 

[wellheller]

Step 8

When I get to step 8 I see the installer but how do I run it? I tried clicking on it and it just opens, I cannot get step 9 or 10 to pop up??

 

[loadeddice90]

When I get to step 8 I see the installer but how do I run it? I tried clicking on it and it just opens, I cannot get step 9 or 10 to pop up??

Try changing your input method by going to your text messaging screen and holding down on the box where you input text. Then tap input method and see if swype comes up as an option.

 

[sois]

If you're rooted, it looks like you can just register and install. Very easy.

 

[loadeddice90]

If you're rooted, it looks like you can just register and install. Very easy.

How do I go about rooting the inspire? I have jailbroken many iPhones in the past but never rooted an android device.

 

[sois]

How do I go about rooting the inspire? I have jailbroken many iPhones in the past but never rooted an android device.

It wasn't easy, I used a combo of youtube videos and this forum: HTC Inspire Hack Kit - xda-developers