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manual install for Swype?

im thinking of going back to JG1 to fix my problem with the phone sleeping. but i really love my swype, if i back it up can i reinstall it? or is there a way to just install the swype manually? so that i can have working swype on JG1?

yep just take the .apk and install it with root explorer or another like app. like astro or whatever. you can search for the apk on the this forum section i believe.
edit: by the way dont forget to go to settings, language & keyboard, and turn on swype and turn off android keyboard.

soraxd said:
im thinking of going back to JG1 to fix my problem with the phone sleeping. but i really love my swype, if i back it up can i reinstall it? or is there a way to just install the swype manually? so that i can have working swype on JG1?
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Yup wht the guy said above. Wrong section btw.
If ur unfamiliar with the process of pulling the apk from ur phone/pushing it back, u can use scripts u can find on the forums that will do the job for u. For eg, check my signature "Backup manager", i barely spent time on it but it gets the job done.

How to un-AT&Tify the Samsung Captivate

I hope this how to guide is helpful. Yes it is not all about the AT&T crap, it also removes the horrible touchwiz launcher.
NOTE THERE IS A MUCH MORE DETAILED GUIDE HERE
1. Install a launcher substitute.
Personally, I prefer launcher pro, so that is the one I will be talking about in this step. You can pick this app up for free from the android market.
This launcher completely replaces your home screens and your application drawer with something more stock android like. It has several improvements over the actual stock android launcher also, so I would recommend it for any phone, not just TouchWiz phones.
CAUTION FROM THIS POINT ON YOU THINGS COULD (although unlikely) GO WRONG. PROCEED WITH CAUTION. I AM NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED IN ANY PART OF THIS TUTORIAL.
2. Root your phone
Note that this does void your warrenty and prevent returning of your phone. All that aside it is relatively easy.
2a. Download the following root update at: mediafire.com/download.php?eilzbhfl73rij1v
2b. DO NOT UNZIP THIS FILE. Instead, rename it update.zip
2c. Mount your phones internal storage to you computer. If you are on a mac, that may require enable debugging mode in the application settings menu. If you are on a PC it requires the Samsung Captivate drivers forum.xdadevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
2d. Copy the drivers to your phones internal storage and unmount and unplug your phone.
2e. Turn your phone off.
2f. Turn your phone on by pressing volume up and down while pressing the power button.
2g. Use volume up and down to select reinstall packages and then press the power button. Allow it to update.
2h. Once you reboot, your phone should be rooted.
3. Uninstall the bloatware.
3a.Download Titanium Backup from the Market
3b. Make sure your sd card is mounted to your phone (not your PC)
3c. Once it is installed install the busybox version they prompt you to.
3d. Press the Backup/Restore tab (if not already pressed).
3e. Find any of the following applications that you want to delete. If you don't know what it is, I recommend not deleting it. There are other bloatware apps, but I recommend keeping them.:
At&t Navigator
At&t Radio
At&t Maps
At&t Music
At&t Mobile Hotspots
Mobile Banking
Mobile Video
Where
YPmobile
At&t FamilyMap
Mini Diary
MobiTV
Write and Go
Media Hub
Daily Breifing
3f. Click on the app and press the red un-install button. NOTE UNINSTALL WILL REMAIN THROUGH FACTORY RESET ONLY UNINSTALL IF YOU ARE SURE YOU WANT TO.
4. Sideloading Apps
4a. If you are on a PC download this androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
4b. If you are on a Mac (me) or Linux download this androidcentral.com/android-central-sideload-wonder-machine-linux-and-mac-talented-forum-member (note the mac and linux link is down atm but it should be back up soon.
4c. if neither of those options suit you and you want a more perminate (note it did not work for me) solution, then try this forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728121
5. The service
You're screwed. (It works pretty nice where I live, but always manages to be dead when I need it the most.)
6. The Voicemail
While this is not carrier specific (all carrier voice-mails suck) , I thought I would include the fact that you can get visual voicemail from Google via its Google Voice voicemail service using your current number. For more information go to this link google.com/voice
note sorry my links are so weird, I am a new member and they do not let me post links.

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this is great thank you !

Thank you for taking your time I'm pretty sure it'll be really helpful to us users.
WE just need A FREAKEN MOD to sticky this. Well, first we need a mod.
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You should adddddd GPS fix.

also i wanted to know once rooted can you go back to factory defaults ? if yes how ? thanks !

accinfo said:
You should adddddd GPS fix.
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Ill add it as soon as I figure out how to do it myself (sometime tomorrow)

nobi.sheikh said:
also i wanted to know once rooted can you go back to factory defaults ? if yes how ? thanks !
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I'm pretty sure you can unroot, and from there do the factory restore, but any apps you uninstalled will still be gone forever.

nbs11 said:
I'm pretty sure you can unroot, and from there do the factory restore, but any apps you uninstalled will still be gone forever.
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I heard (keyword, heard) you couldn't yet, any proof?
I hope this doesn't sound rude.

accinfo said:
I heard (keyword, heard) you couldn't yet, any proof?
I hope this doesn't sound rude.
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The only sure way I know of to unroot is to flash the original ROM. As samsung does not provide this we need to wait for someone to pull it off the device.

the guide says it is recommended to DELETE or NOT to delete the listed AT&T apps? I'm confused at that part

Another guide: How To: Remove AT&T From Captivate
Includes: root, sideloading, remove market censorship, delete bloatware.
Thanks for this nbs!!

Do you know if the sideloading process listed above works on a mac?

I have I 9000 but same... rooting only puts a version of Su in system/xbin and busybox. It also installs supeuser.apk. any of this can be undone.
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I can't get the market enabler to work. Can't parse file. Any ideas?
#nevermind. Got it from the google code page.
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phlunkie said:
I can't get the market enabler to work. Can't parse file. Any ideas?
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I ran into the same problem the first time. The file I downloaded from the Google site was around 40 KB and kept giving me that error message. So I did a Google search and downloaded the file from ithinkdiff.com which was around 80 KB. Also how are you installing the apk?

tcv14 said:
Do you know if the sideloading process listed above works on a mac?
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Yes, I have a rooted captivate with side loaded apps (Asphalt 5, PDAnet, etc.) that I just threw on my SD and installed that way.
I have only used my mac for my Captivate.

Swype beta 3 open to all

http://beta.swype.com/
Register and follow instructions is what they promised.
Then figure out why it doesn't work for an hour...
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I backed up using titanium backup.
Uninstalled previous swype apk as requested That's when trouble started.
Getting dreaded license isn't valid...
Your version of swype will have limited functionality. Aka it won't swype, but typing each key works...ugh
Ok screw it who needs the new swype? I'll just use titanium backup and restore the old swype. Nope
it just hangs, never restoring it.
Ok google is my friend...
My work around
1.You'll need root explorer or super manager(free) works for boot animations, control permissions for system files.
2.Remove inputmethod.swype.apk in system/app
3.remove libswypeso (I deleted it so going off a tired mind). From system/lib
4.Run swype installer
5.download and install swype
6. generare license login and finish
The files in system/app and system/lib are the key, otherwise the license will fail...
I run android 2.2,
mikfroyo 4.6.2
I noticed in the details of super manager it says android 2.3 is required for this datebook, I guess not, also the reason why it fails to verify, and why it took so long to figure out.
I hope this helps at least one person out.
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i got it to work.
but i didnt need to do any of this.

I wish it worked out of the gate.Almost gave up.Yeah the method I listed are a mash up of cm7 and nook links I googled.
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Thanks a lot! I got it to work using your method.

i went to the link,registered and received the link on my phone. did everything they ask and it said invalid license contact the website.so i have swype beta that acts like a android keyboard.NO SWYPE FUNCTION, DUMB

Have you tried any of the steps in the above work around?
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EvoRevived said:
i went to the link,registered and received the link on my phone. did everything they ask and it said invalid license contact the website.so i have swype beta that acts like a android keyboard.NO SWYPE FUNCTION, DUMB
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You HAVE top remove the 2 files mentioned in the OP or it will NOT work, bottom line.
Swyped From My Work Of Art

What about swype themes
I can now swype ..but i can't apply swype themes

No Swype with Valhalla rom

I searched before asking this question without any luck. I have downloaded the valhalla ROM on my Galaxy s 4g and noticed i no longer have swype and can't use multiscreen live wallpaper. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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If you want Swype you have 2 options. You can either download Swype Beta (from Swype website) or you could take Swype from the Octane ROM.
I personally use the stock Swype from Octane. To get it you need to download Octane.
1) From Octane ROM, copy /system/lib/libSwypeCore.3.25.91.32328.so
2) Copy it to your /system/lib in Valhalla
3) From Octane ROM, copy /system/app/Swype.apk
4) Copy it to /system/app in Valhalla
Do 3&4 for SwypeTip-release.apk

here's the Stock Swype from 236
unrar, place the files on your mSD, then push the 2 apk's to your system>apps folder, and push the .so file to your system>lib folder and reboot = viola

http://beta.Swype.com
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Personally I prefer the beta version. Seems much faster and more responsive to me. Just my 2 cents.

ultimakillz said:
Personally I prefer the beta version. Seems much faster and more responsive to me. Just my 2 cents.
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That's been my take on it as well... and the DNS speech to text generally works better as well than the stock Google one in older versions of Swype.

+1 for beta version

Beta all the way!

thanks for this thread I was sad when I lost swype. but now i have it again.

You know, at first I tried stock swype from a previous ROM, didn't work, however I can see that I forgot to copy the .so file. I couldn't use swype as I got a force close every time I tried to activate it or use it.
Anyway, I deleted the apk from apps and proceeded to download swype from website. I did, and installed correctly, however, after that, I just got fc like I had with the above method. so.. what's the deal? Maybe it has something to do with permissions?
edit: it was indeed a "fix permission" that was needed. Everything is working OK now.

Swype problems

I flashed valhalla final a few weeks ago and installed the ics Swype on the forums. But everytime i reboot the phone, it goes back to Samsung keyboard and i have to enable Swype again everytime. I just want the original Swype that was installed on the phone so i can get rid of this problem.how do i reinstall the old Swype? I don't want the beta either, just the stock one
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mierkat09 said:
I flashed valhalla final a few weeks ago and installed the ics Swype on the forums. But everytime i reboot the phone, it goes back to Samsung keyboard and i have to enable Swype again everytime. I just want the original Swype that was installed on the phone so i can get rid of this problem.how do i reinstall the old Swype? I don't want the beta either, just the stock one
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Look in lumin's stock apps post and find skype then push it to system/app
Sent From a Galaxy S with 4G

It keeps force closing,how do i fix that?
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Try booting into Recovery and fixing permissions.

mierkat09 said:
It keeps force closing,how do i fix that?
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I have used swype for a long time and have replaced it many times.
You have to make sure that you have removed ALL "references" of swype from your phone or it will not install. Including any backups you may have in Titanium Backup.
What I always do is delete my Titanium Backup backups. Then in Titanium Backup settings> more > Clean up the Dalvik Cache, I clean the Dalvik Cache. After that I reboot my phone. Then I install swype (I send myself a new email invite from the swype beta website) without any issues. It works EVERY TIME.

I think stock Swype needs a library in /system/lib, something like libSwypeCore.3.25.91.32328.so (maybe wrong with the version). See if you have it or what the version is.

I only pushed the swype.apk into the system apps, nothing else. How do I get the library?

mierkat09 said:
I only pushed the swype.apk into the system apps, nothing else. How do I get the library?
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Stock rom has that lib I believe for stock swype u also need swype tips apk or something like that
-sent from my POS i897
no camera, no power button but at least I got miui lol

Erik and Antonx are both right. From stock KJ6 debloated by raver, you need to pull from /system/lib libSwypeCore.3.25.91.32328.so and push it to the same directory on yur phone. Then pull swype.apk and SwypeTip-release.apk in /system/app and push them tothe same directory. Do not try to install them by selecting them or whatnot as it will fail.