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Something cool I Found

« on: October 18, 2010, 03:25:20 PM »

Don't know if anyone else has found this yet but sicne i have seen any posting for it thought i would make a posting for it

for swype when you press on the letter "B" and swype over to the letter "V" you get a degree symbol with a C after it for degrees celcius

Also for the contacts when you swype the name to the right it starts calling the person and if you swype to the left it brings up the messanger to text message the person


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2010, 05:37:12 PM »

I thought the swype thing for the contacts was told to the user with the initial popup notification when you first opened the contacts menu.

As for the degree thing, that is nifty o.O Seems sort of random.


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2010, 10:14:44 AM »

ya i didnt read those popup notifications lol

it was random when i went to swype soemthing and got that lol


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2010, 01:11:18 PM »

With the Swype keyboard you get the following :

Tap = key pressed
Short hold = Secondary symbol on key pressed
Long hold = Opens a different set of symbols for each key

Pretty cool stuff. Thanks for making me look this up. LOL


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2010, 03:51:54 PM »

nice find on the long hold one didnt even know that was there lol


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2010, 07:25:55 PM »

I found something too. If you drag your finger across the top edge of the screen in either portrait or landscape, it changes the brightness.


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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2010, 08:44:55 PM »

I wrote this on another topic, but sinse we are talking about swype I thought I would mention it here too. If you swype from the bottom left corner button to the SYM button it will change the keyboard to arrows and other buttons. This is nice for navigating within text.


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2010, 10:57:31 AM »

Quote from: planetbob19 on October 20, 2010, 07:25:55 PM

I found something too. If you drag your finger across the top edge of the screen in either portrait or landscape, it changes the brightness.

doesnt work for me but my phone is set for auto brightness but great find took my phone off of auto brightness and it worked great


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2010, 06:16:37 PM »

Not sure if this is a feature. Is it because you are blocking the light sensor at the top? It is used for auto adjust of screen brightness, and if you block it, screen brightness decreases.


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2010, 01:36:00 PM »

Contact swipe to the right for messaging is cool. Also appreciate the swype tips Thanks for sharing. cheaha bill


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2010, 05:53:44 AM »

Quote from: nick7251 on October 20, 2010, 08:44:55 PM

If I may, just a small clarification: you will want to swype straight down from the "swype" key at the top left of the keyboard to the "sym" key at the bottom left. For some reason after I read your post, I was trying diagonals, lol. Just confused me for a sec, I guess.


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2010, 08:00:25 AM »

Ok, let me further clarify then. If you are writing in Portrate mode, the Swype key is right next to the SYM key, so you would follow my first instructions. If you are writing in Landscape mode then the Swype key moves to the top of the keyboard so you would follow wjkrysak's comment. Sorry for the confusion.


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2010, 09:35:22 PM »

Great tip for navigating within text on the swipe keyboard!!

That was one of my big pet peeves, having to try to touch the exact spot within text after I (inevitably) forget a space or letter. Can't wait to use it for real!

Thanks!!


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2010, 12:59:34 PM »

Quote from: briguy123 on November 22, 2010, 09:35:22 PM

in the newer version of swype you can touch teh spot where you want and a ball (best way to describe it) comes up and you can move it exactly wehere you want it without the use of the arrows


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Re: Something cool I Found

« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2010, 09:01:36 AM »

Did you have the newer version? How did you get it? That sounds pretty cool. I have also heard that you get a microphone button on the newer version too.


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