I love my IIi, but has anyone noticed that the infrared function on the pocketpc is quite weak? I can't seem to affect my tv from a normal hotel room's bed to the TV screen using Novii Remote. Anyone experienced the same problem or issue?
somehow the IIi infrared not very far.... I had same problem too....
I notice it too, my symbian phone equipped with a remote control application can control the same television farther than my XDA2i.
nfrared Range
I have seen this problem elsewere. If you look at the black top opposite the power button, you will notice a small oblong indentation, this is where the infrared signal comes through,for some reason HTC did not put a clear plastic cover which reduces the range, either take the black cover off and push out the blank, or an easier way is to take a craft knife and carefully cut out the blank, the plastic is not very thick at this point. Then you should have the range you need for remote function.
DAz
Nearly forgot here is the link to the Alpine Service Manual, if you need to take the black cover off.
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Alpine
Thanks, it's much appreciated. Sounds a bit drastic though, something as physical as cutting or removing the black cover . I tried to download the manual, but it gives me a permission denied error.
I have same problem when i try to ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Alpine??
Correct XDA FTP login info for Alpine Service Manual
Hi,
It's not that drastic as you can see that it is removable, in hindsight you would be better off taking thecover off and then removing the blanking plate, let me know how you get on.
sorry forgot the user/password to FTP, HERE IS THE CORRECT LINK. ftp://xda:[email protected] As before goto uploads then alpine and you will see the doc called HTC XDA II-MDA II Service Manual.pdf.
Laters DAz
A word of warning to anyone intending to modify/mutilate their alpine. I removed the blanking plate only to find that the IR function increased range by some 30cm. So I still can't control my TV from my settee with my alpine
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Another frustrating issue - I run the Radio Times software on my device and cannot use the "remote" function to operate the TV - this would be a very useful function but I gather there is an issue with the IR specification on the IIi? I do not understand the technical issue here but is there any likelihood this area of the device will benefit from an upgrade of sorts?
Scary, but IIi can use IR for controlling devices on only very short range!
It is not a range/distance issue (will not work no matter how close it is to the TV) - there is something fundamentally different about the IR spec compared to, for example, some of the iPAQs which run the same Radio Times software - they seem to work.
I find my new XDAIIi's IR very weak. I still can use the remote software to remote my TV but very close, about 50cm. The IR of my old XDAII and XDAmini is much more stronger and I can remote my TV at a very long distance. Does anyone know about IR of other XDA types?
The IRis very poor on the 2020i. IMO it is because of the plastic covering over the IR LED's it is not a dark red opaque type material. It is black plastic, seems like a fault in manufacturing. Try it without the top black casing on!
Dunno if the is the case with the XDAIIi or not. I plan on cutting out the window and replacing it with a window made from an old remote control window.
...deja vue. I had a lengthy "argument" about the IR port "window" on the IIi some months back - I TOTALLY agree that, in my opinion, there is a manufacturing fault with the casing on the IIi and that the window should have been glass-type rather than the opaque black casing plastic used to mould the casing of the IIi (look at the IR window on the XDA IIs and you will see completely different type of window - i.e. a proper one). It looks as if they forgot to cut out the window area at factory and fit in a glass one....
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I tried removing black cover - and yes, it helped. distance has increased from 2.5 to almost 4 meters...
if the touchscreen is pressure sensitive on the xperia of course. does anyone think it would be possible to code a program to measure that pressure in mass?
i think it would be so sick to use the xperia as a scale
It can not measure mass. Any more pressure will break the screen. Use your common sense!
its not a matter of common sense.
what do you mean anymore pressure would break the screen?
im sure by slightly touching my screen im putting less than a gram of pressure per sq. inch on the screen so im not sure what your talking about because im not going to measure a boulder on the thing, use your common sense..
Yes, it's definitely possible and would not be too hard to code. One way would be to define a measurement area ("scale") on the screen then gradually increase sensitivity settings (via a program, of course) in the registry until a touch was registered in that area. Initially, the registry values would need to be calibrated against a set of small weights (up to a reasonable weight, of course). Anyone got their high school physics weights?
But yo, what would be the good of a tiny xperia scale?
Y'all are crazy.
i have installed your soft touch on my xperia and i love it, where would the registry settings be found to change the sensitivity?
I think it's a really interesting idea to test.
I think it can be done since X1's touchscreen is resistive so it will be able to sense graduations in changing pressure.
Had you had an IPhone, it's capacitative screen would made this impossible.
The thing is, working with registry settings won't do the trick in my opinion. I think you need something more low level (like a driver maybe) to talk directly to the touchscreen.
If I were you I'd go and check the WM 6.1 SDK and see what it makes visible thru its API for the touchscreen part.
It would be worth investigating how the driver accesses the touchscreen hardware.
I'd be happy to try and help with the programming btw
It's the fingerpressure registry setting that changes it.
But storm' is right. I forgot that those registry settings don't take effect until a reset, so you'd need another method to either dynamically change the sensitivity or capture the value of the pressure as it is being applied.
ok, thanks storm seeing as this would be my first ever program to code I would really appreciate the help..
I was looking at the SDK site last night but didnt quite know what i was looking for, but now ill research the touchscreen driver(s) and how they are accessed by the phone and how we can use them to our benefit.
there is a touch.dll file in the windows folder im wondering if this registers the pressure applied..
Sweet,
I'm also gonna investigate more
Keep you posted
hmmm, i guess the first step would be to create a program that accesses the touch.dll to see if it records pressure applied?
3 guesses as to what you guys want to use this for
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3 guesses as to what you guys want to use this for
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LOL They'd be better off with a Touch Pro. Don't want evidence getting under that recessed screen
e: Bloody great idea though. i'm not sure how it'll really work or how accurate it'll be... An object placed on the screen might have multiple contact points, and as the screen cannot detect multiple points pressure from the weight might be exerted elsewhere on the screen and not detected.
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lol :d they'd be better off with a touch pro. Don't want evidence getting under that recessed screen
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hahahahaahahahahahahahahahah :d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d
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LOL They'd be better off with a Touch Pro. Don't want evidence getting under that recessed screen
e: Bloody great idea though. i'm not sure how it'll really work or how accurate it'll be... An object placed on the screen might have multiple contact points, and as the screen cannot detect multiple points pressure from the weight might be exerted elsewhere on the screen and not detected.
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true squidgy, but,
ok but you know on the fish panel?
i can place four fingers on the screen and they will find the exact center lift one finger up they will find the exact center of the three remaining fingers etc etc maybe this can help us in our mission..
so say you have a nice beautiful green flower that is making contact at three seperate points on the screen maybe we can incorporate what is going on in the fish panel to find the center and compare the pressure applied that the touch.dll hopefully will give us, and that we hope to figure by placing weights on the screen
I don't think the SDK will help us in our pursuit... I think it only gives back X,Y pairs...
We'd have to get pretty low level on this one.
The thing is, in theory its actually do-able.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12804586/fourwire-resistivetype-touch-screen-with-usb-interface
This guy built its own drawing "board" by using a resistive touchscreen. The interesting thing is that he provides two methods of actually calculating the touch resistance which means that
1) it's possible to use it as a balance because the resistance would be dependent on the pressure, and the pressure depends on the mass in our case
2) it doesn't matter how many points you have... There's only one Rtouch so this means it calculates the overall pressure that is exerted onto the touchscreen. Even though you can only determine one X,Y pair...that's of no interest to us...
All this to say that in theory this is actually possible...Only problem is how to access the hardware...
At least this is my take on this, but I might be wrong
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1) it's possible to use it as a balance because the resistance would be dependent on the pressure, and the pressure depends on the mass in our case
2) it doesn't matter how many points you have... There's only one Rtouch so this means it calculates the overall pressure that is exerted onto the touchscreen. Even though you can only determine one X,Y pair...that's of no interest to us...
All this to say that in theory this is actually possible...Only problem is how to access the hardware...
At least this is my take on this, but I might be wrong
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nice research
cool thats what i was thinking about the screen, but squidgy's thinking seemed logical, but if the resistive screen already calculates the overall pressure thats perfect..
ok so now we know that it is "theoratically" possible we just gotta get to action
im gonna be in vegas this whole weekend so ill try to update my progress when i can
Tool for resistance measurement
If the touchscreen panel that you want to measure is resistive you can measure it's force/displacement and resistance using one of the switch testers offered by a company called TRICOR Systems.
The touchscreen would have to use resistive technology in order to measure the resistance. Most of the newer touchscreens use either capacitive or surface acoustic wave technology.
anyone with this otherwise great device will be familiar that upon boot up and camera activation the lens automatically extends.
Sadly, in my case the lens has broken as a result of
1/apps that activate the camera programatically, pushing itsself out of its car cradle physically damaging the lens assembly
2/ Power on lens extension when held in hand like a phone, lens in palm of hand.
I emailed to samsung and suggested they use a proximity sensor ( very common on phones) mounted on the front of the device ( lens side) to check the path the lens will take during extension is clear, or possibly even using data from the focus beam. I suggested that If it cant extend safely then it should not, rather than risk damage to the motors inside the lens. Samsung could actually apply this to all their cameras.
I also suggested the default on power up should be to not activate the camera app, which extends the lens ( after all this is a hybrid device) it may be possible for devs to alter this behaviour ?
It also occurs to me that developers who make device specific apps for this device could win some serious respect if they used the accelerometer Z reading to ensure the camera wont activate when device is lens down/screen up avoiding the lens causing the phone to do pushups which also bends usb connectors.
I know this belongs in the development forums for this device but I can't access them due to having less that 10 posts. Hope someone can add it for me Many apps can activate the camera programatically, it's worthy of consideration as a lens fix costs $200.00 and is not covered by wararanty.
Better yet, if someone could discover a way to make it NOT startup in the camera app. Then the lens would only come out when I actually run the app.
I admire your enthusiasm for making these suggestions to Samsung but they will fall on deaf ears. The simple and certainly quickest solution is put an extra option in settings "Toggle camera on startup ON/OFF"
Done.
it gets worse
yep, that would solve the startup issue but any app can activate the camera programatically, meaning they can start the camera according to any variable, time, location, force etc.
Initial quote to repair was 150.00, but It also now appears the motherboard is damaged, since it is behind the lens, so now the cost to fix is $450.00, just a few dollars short of its replacement cost.
This device can damage its self without you having to touch it.
Pretty serious problem
That's a bit odd. The same thing happened to me more than once but there seems to be some sort of protection against damage as the lens of my camera goes back in after hitting an obstacle (they only need to monitor the current drawn by the zoom motor).
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That's a bit odd. The same thing happened to me more than once but there seems to be some sort of protection against damage as the lens of my camera goes back in after hitting an obstacle (they only need to monitor the current drawn by the zoom motor).
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Interesting, I'm sure that mine does not do that, the motor seems quite strong and pushed as hard as it can, perhaps they rectified it in later versions, I bought mine Christmas 2012 which I assume was the first "model " as such. I get the lens error, but it stays out, only returning when you power it off. funnily enough I'm pretty careful where and how i leave it positioned
My gps cant lock without enabling.wireless connections (wifi, 3g). So im asking if someone else is having that problem. Im using 4.1.2 jelly bean
you are not using the gps but its wifi! so i fixed it by:
you can always do the gps antena hack.
i just opened mine and looked for gps contact point
its located above the rear camera.
theres a little coper spring like metal tha conects the main board
to the rear case of the phone.
if you examine it well.
the main reason we cant connect or lock that fast
its because the contact copper is not touching the small antenna on the rear case
that why soldering it or putting some folded paper(easy) bellow that copper spring will fully
push the conntacts between the mobo and ant.
then put it all back in. and try many app for testing gps lock.
i opened mine because its so frustrating that if with0ut this hack gps will lock more than 2-5mins which is b**s***
as i sc it before dou to other problem and they pull my waranty sticker,
so now i can freely open my unit and check things out as well.
now it locks much faster than before. but to tell you
"sgy-young" is way too fast to lock location about 8-15 seconds only!
i fixed my gps, (PLUS!) my:: wifi boost range and network boosted too!
i just solder copper wires inside to do the trick.
so goodluck! and you can do it! no need to use wifi or mobile data.
just pure gps!
it'l be solve, as it solved mine!
goodluck
I dont understand why i have to do this. Why didnt samsung fixed it properly.? So you re telling me that this is a hardware problem. This sucks i dont want to open my phone
Try use "FIX GPS" (google play)
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I have a really weird problem with my Gear VR. The screen and lenses are completely clean. I cleaned them with proper tools and they are both looking very good. Nothing can be seen on the lenses or the phone screen.
However, when I wear them (and others wear them), the picture starts to get blurry unless you look dead center. The text is barely readable unless I move my head, so the text is in the middle of the screen.
I have adjusted the lenses with the wheel, but it does not work.
I can see something on my lenses (both of them actually). It's like smudged grease/something. It looks like it's in between the lenses (like someone was eating french fries before assembling it), and I don't know how to clean it out.
What on earth do I do?
I have the exact same issue and I'm using the s7 edge. I've had the headset for about 1 week and I still can't enjoy it.
Try adjusting the focus. Due to the difference in distance between lens and centre screen vs edge of screen there is actually "accomodation" ie focusing power of yoir eyes required to see the whole screen. If u r older say over 45 you lose some of this accommodation power and so the range of distance is that your eyes can see reduces if you were classes you should try looking with your glasses online
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Try adjusting the focus. Due to the difference in distance between lens and centre screen vs edge of screen there is actually "accomodation" ie focusing power of yoir eyes required to see the whole screen. If u r older say over 45 you lose some of this accommodation power and so the range of distance is that your eyes can see reduces if you were classes you should try looking with your glasses online
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I said I already did that.
I have the same issue on my gear VR with S7edge. But is it really an issue ? Isn't it normal ?
It's like the lenses are doing their job on their center.
But I won't say it's a problem : you'll get used to it ^^
i have it too. However, I believe this is due to my eye sight. I have astigmatism. I should get contact lenses to use gear vr properly. Still, i hate that shift of the color channels...
I have the same problem so I think it is supposed to be like that!!! you have to look right in the center!!!
I have the very same "issue". It is annoying when I try to watch any 2D movies.