A different way to turn Swype on!

 I recent shared a way to turn on the Swype keyboard function well it appears there is more than 1 way to skin this Swype cat. This way sees you going through the settings options to turn on Swype rather than going through the message screen.

To open the menu screen to start with you need to press the phone's "menu" button then click on Settings. This will show a screen very similar to the one shown on the right. The actual option you need to select here is the "Language and keyboard" option. The Language and keyboard options
can be seen to the left of this paragraph. On this screen you ideally need to select on "Select Input Method" (if you have changed it via the previous technique then this option will look very familiar to you.

After moving onto the method screen you will be given 2 options you can either use the default "Samsung keypad" which is the phones built in keyboard, or you can select the Swype method which has an altered keyboard and a very unique input system that sees your "swyping" the screen to form your words (though you can also do single button presses as well).

As with the other technique I would advise you do try out Swype on your new Samsung Galaxy S2 before you decide it's not for you.

How to access Swype on a Samsung Galaxy S2

The Swype app has become one of the more popular apps in recent times and the app actually comes bundled with the Samsung Galaxy S2. The idea of Swype is that instead of pressing the actual keys you "Swype" the letters from one to another and the system works out what word you are wanting to spell. The idea is like Marmite with some users loving it and some users hating it, though thankfully you can turn it off or on.

The big problem with the Swype application on the Smsung Galaxy S2 was that it's not actually that easy to find. You'd typically assume that pressing the menu button on the text screen (seen to the right) would do the job. Sadly it's not that logical, though thankfully it is very simple. On the image in the right you can see a section that says "Tap to enter message", hold your finger in this section to and you will open up a new

 in the screen which looks like the one on the left of this paragraph. From this little menu you need to click on "Input method" and you will open up another menu
that looks like the one on the right. Here you are able to select either "Samsung keypad" or that very well hidden "Swype" option.

Although not everyone is going to like Swype after using it it is easy to change back to the Samsung keypad by doing the steps above to open the menu.


If you select to use Swype you will notice the keyboard changes slightly (most obviously the addition of a "Swype" button and the symbols on the same keys as the letters) though the whole way you use the system is very, very different. I'd have to advise you to at least try it if you haven't before as it is very useable and smooth as well as responsive and different.