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  • Added on: Dec 11 2011 08:03 PM
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To install Swype Beta on devices pre-installed with Swype

Upgrading Swype on devices that are pre-installed such as the Droid X.

Posted by Dave MacLeod on Dec 11 2011 08:03 PM
Requirements:
you MUST be rooted and you MUST already have a valid swype beta login.

this seems to work well ( I have done MANY times) and takes 5 minutes. you must be rooted and I used root explorer to do the file renames/deletes.
I deleted but would recommend rename for those not comfortable with restoring/reflashing. make sure to do good backup first too, and the sdx app remover from here is also easy way to do good backup of system app.

1. Change your default input method to anything other than Swype.
2. Mount file system as R/W
3. Delete (or move/rename) \system\app\swype.apk
4. Delete (or move/rename) \data\dalvik-cache\system@app@Swype.apk@classes.dex
5. Delete (or move/rename) \system\lib\libSwypeCore.so
6. Delete (or move/rename) /data/data/com.swype.android.inputmethod/
6. Reboot

then use your beta installer like normal to install and generate swype license. this will only work if you have valid swype beta login.

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