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HTC Task Manager 2.0 - Build 30487

Im using this instead of HTC X-Button that came with the Kaiser. So far so good.
Also posted in 'General Discussion' section.

nice. I'll give it a go on my mogul
Thanks

Thanks for the post. Much easer to use with the "finger" seems to be running fine on the kaiser.

Does it exibit the X vs OK bug where for example you set the time, and pressing OK closes the app without saving the choice? It's been brought up that this version has the two choices both closing apps. Can you test?

I am also going to give it a go

RemE said:
Does it exibit the X vs OK bug where for example you set the time, and pressing OK closes the app without saving the choice? It's been brought up that this version has the two choices both closing apps. Can you test?
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it's happened to me on 2 ocassions... i don't know what's triggering the problem, though. i simply disable the Task Manager "close using X" feature if i want to make an app change and have it stick (saved).

How do I get the menu to open using AE Button Plus? I can't seem to find the correct exe to associate to a button.
Cheers,
Kimocal

I am trying to install this app on a new Samsung SCH-i760 (WM6 Pro) but it isn't working out so well. The install goes fine, the control panel applet shows up and all the options appear to work. However, the button does not do anything different. There is no menu on the today screen and the close button does nothing when held down.... Any ideas?

How to switch between task?

As above, is it possible to do that in HTC Dream? Mine is rooted and flashed to 4.2.3.
What I mean is that, when I am using this application (ABC), then I want to open another application (XYZ). After using XYZ, can I swtich to ABC with the state still being there? Meaning it will not open like a new application, but go directly to the screen that I was previously at?

Hold the home button to see running tasks.. then pick one.

bryant_16 said:
As above, is it possible to do that in HTC Dream? Mine is rooted and flashed to 4.2.3.
What I mean is that, when I am using this application (ABC), then I want to open another application (XYZ). After using XYZ, can I swtich to ABC with the state still being there? Meaning it will not open like a new application, but go directly to the screen that I was previously at?
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it will only go back if the phone has enough ram to keep it stored, else android will kill the process

goldenarmZ, if i'm not wrong when holding down the 'Home' button, is actually opening up recent opened applications.
B-man007, means there is no way to switch around tasks?

bryant_16 said:
goldenarmZ, if i'm not wrong when holding down the 'Home' button, is actually opening up recent opened applications.
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If they're still in memory, it will switch back to the same instance you were using, if not it'll launch a new one.

How to make one application stay in memory?

Advanced Task Manager can stop processes from getting killed.. It's in the market.

Yeah, I have that application too but how you make it not being killed?

Is there a faster way? Holding home just seems like it takes forever.

tdusen said:
Is there a faster way? Holding home just seems like it takes forever.
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holding home takes literally 2 seconds for your apps to pop up. that doesn't seem like forever to me, lol

tazz9690 said:
holding home takes literally 2 seconds for your apps to pop up. that doesn't seem like forever to me, lol
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exactly its faster than alt-tab

How to Switch to Dialer App Faster?

Hi guys,
I am currently using the latest CyanogenMod (have been for more 7 months). I have found that it takes about 1 full seconds (at times maybe more) to load the Dialer app when I press the "Call" button. I would like to find out how can I speed up this function, as for me, the phone dialer app is the MOST crucial function for a PDA phone.
I find that it is much faster for me to get to the "Home" app after I have enabled "Home App in Memory" using "Spare Parts". Is the reason why the dialer is slow due to it having to load up every single time? Can we run "Dialer" the same way as "Home App in Memory"? Going back to the Home screen takes less than a second from any app that I may be using, at any time. Can you guys help me to make the same happen for Dialer? Ideas?
Thanks! Hope I am not the only one with this minor quirk.

The problem is that Wysie's Contacts (which is used in most of the roms out there) takes so long to load it's ridiculous. The only permanent fix would be to extract the original contacts app from one of the stock roms and push it to your phone. Of course you may lose certain features in the process.
That is to the best of my knowledge, anyway.

Try clearing your call log.

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The problem is that Wysie's Contacts (which is used in most of the roms out there) takes so long to load it's ridiculous. The only permanent fix would be to extract the original contacts app from one of the stock roms and push it to your phone. Of course you may lose certain features in the process.
That is to the best of my knowledge, anyway.
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Ah, so it's Wysie's contacts app that is slow right? Hmmm... is there an .apk file for the original stock app? I think speed really is very important in this sense. I do not have to have all the fancy stuff if it slows down my ability to phone another person. Thanks for your suggestion.

Sleeepy2 said:
Try clearing your call log.
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It works, but for a while only (when the log grows longer then the lag comes back again). Thanks, this would be a temporary 'fix'.

It has to do with the gruoping. I don't have root any more so I can't check. See if you can turn the grouping off or if there is a way to auto clear the log. There are a lot of great features in that contact apk that make it a must.
Damn, I wish I could get root so I could have it back.

Can someone help me out?

I tried doing a search but I honestly don't know what to enter--tried button layout, android controls, etc--no dice.
On the Touch, it used to be that if you held the camera button down, it took you straight to home. That does not seem to be the case anymore. Can anyone tell me if the Touch has a way to do that now--and if not, how in the world are you getting out of the browser without losing all of your progress? Task Switcher doesn't seem to allow me to choose my home screen, and if I switch to something else and then exit out of that, my browser is waiting for me, like the sneaky bastard it is.

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I tried doing a search but I honestly don't know what to enter--tried button layout, android controls, etc--no dice.
On the Touch, it used to be that if you held the camera button down, it took you straight to home. That does not seem to be the case anymore. Can anyone tell me if the Touch has a way to do that now--and if not, how in the world are you getting out of the browser without losing all of your progress? Task Switcher doesn't seem to allow me to choose my home screen, and if I switch to something else and then exit out of that, my browser is waiting for me, like the sneaky bastard it is.
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if you aare using an nbh that has the task switcher built into it, then you need to only hold the camera button for a second for home.
tap - back
hold for a sec - home
long hold - task switcher

Awesome! It's going to take some getting used to, but this is a huge help.
Now if I could only figure out how to install themes...

spectheintro said:
Awesome! It's going to take some getting used to, but this is a huge help.
Now if I could only figure out how to install themes...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=628353
go to how to install an update

(Wanted) Optical Sleep Wake

I am wanting to know if anyone can port the program for the nexus to the aria, that when the trackpad is pushed the phone will wake. I know that coming from an Iphone that is a huge benefit.

seconded.
it's a pain to reach over to push the power button every time because the phone slides towards if you if face up on desk pushing trackpad button much more elegant solution.

Hello, I am a new member and I thought I'd join and tell you what I found. I've been using my Aria for about a week already. I used lock2.0 (bugs and keeps your phone running idle, not standby), nolock (basically takes away lock all together and only wakes it up), this widget screen mode (bugs) thing and a couple others..
Anyways the best solution (in my opinion) is this app called "lockbot." It wakes the phone up using the trackpad and volume keys. The free version lacks the password but if you get the pro, you can add the pass code functionality (not for me especially if you need to do an emergency call plus you can always download a kill app in case your phone gets stolen). A good thing about it too is that you can modify your lock screens i.e. iphone style, x10 style, froyo style, etc. I got 5 different types cycling randomly. You can also change a few options i.e. lock during a call so you dont do a "face hang up" or shake to unlock. The only real bug I found so far was the x10 lockscreen because it would lag for about a second.
I know a few may say "oh the side keys will get hit and drain the battery" but honestly, after using the app for like 5 days, I haven't notice any change in battery consumption. Not wearing out your power button pretty much outweighs losing a minuscule of battery life.
Hope it helps. Of course you can try out the other apps to see if they suit you =)
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I am wanting to know if anyone can port the program for the nexus to the aria, that when the trackpad is pushed the phone will wake. I know that coming from an Iphone that is a huge benefit.
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I'm using lockbot now and it's exactly what I was looking for. I'll keep an eye on battery life and report back if it seems to drop.

Awesome suggestion, thanks!!

Btw I was going through the configurations. Apparently you can set a lock code for the lockscreen once you swipe it. You have to pay for the swipe lock but it's free to put in a numeric lock code.
Cheers

I tried lockbot and uninstalled it.
-It does not support the Aria's native resolution.
-Won't let you load BG pics smaller than the 480 x 846 or whatever the res of the device it was made for is.
-When you press the power button to lock and then immediately hit it again, it never locks, just shows the home screen again.
Would it be hard to port the N1's app? I just want something simple that works

nope
didn't work out for me.
almost locked me out of the phone.
I think it doesn't play well with task killer.

Im using an app called "no lock" disables the slide lock and you can jus press the optical button, volume or power buttons to unlock the phone.

pcruz said:
Im using an app called "no lock" disables the slide lock and you can jus press the optical button, volume or power buttons to unlock the phone.
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Same here, works great.
Sent from my HTC Liberty

This just became available on the Incredible...I am sending the file that needs to be edited to the dev who created it for the Incredible so he can make it work for the Aria as well. You can take a look at the thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7267384#post7267384
If anyone has access to the phone now and knows how to use adb you can pull the file off and send it to him. If not I'll send it to him later tonight.

Optical wake working for me
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-:Have Clockwork Recovery Installed and know how to use ADB:-
-DOWNLOAD ATTACHED qwerty.kl (may need 7zip to extract file from archive...)
-BOOT into CLOCKWORK recovery with NO USB PLUGGED INto phone!!!
-PARTITIONS>MOUNT /SYSTEM
-adb push qwerty.kl /system/usr/keylayout|adb reboot
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First android phone! I love it. I too wanted optical press-to-wake, particularly because my ATT case made the power button a bit of a pain to press. First real post, been here a bit, I mostly just read/search.
Anyways...I had been searching around the file system getting myself acquainted with android and found /system/usr/keylayout.
It has 4 files in it, one of which is qwerty.kl. It sounded promising so I checked it out.
Long story short, I took a look at it, tried changing our DPAD_CENTER to WAKE instead of WAKE_DROPPED (just like the power button, seemed logical ), but it didn't work. Did some more searching and saw that the key was key # 272 on another phone instead of 232 in our qwerty.kl. I have it working now. Here's the thread I read to figure it out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=729923
I did this in windows...(I have ADB working and Clockwork Recovery, you should get these too, invaluable tools)
1. Boot into clockworkmod recovery
2. Go to Partions Menu and Mount /System
3. adb pull /system/usr/keylayout/qwerty.kl (this pulls a file, qwerty.kl, and puts it in your adb tools directory)
4. Now you need to open the qwerty.kl file and edit it.
5. Use notepad, or notepad++, or vi, anything really.
6. Search qwerty.kl for key 232 DPAD_CENTER WAKE_DROPPED
7. Change 232 to 272
8. Change WAKE_DROPPED to just WAKE
9. Save the file
Now we need to push the file back to the device. This sounds very easy, and is, except I had trouble and got stuck in clockwork twice and had to pull the battery, as I think when I went to select reboot or unmount in clockwork (using the trackpad...), my newly changed trackpad was probably making everything act up. So I tried twice and had to pull batt twice before I just figured I would streamline my commands. (edit-trackpad works normally in clockwork after next step.)
10. do this! adb push qwerty.kl /system/usr/keylayout|adb reboot
This will push your new qwerty.kl file to the phone and reboot it without you having to use the trackpad which could leave you potentially stuck in clockwork recovery, thus avoiding the inconvenience of taking off your case/back.
I attached my qwerty.kl in a 7z archive so you hopefully can just extract it to wherever you need it and just adb push it to /system/usr/keylayout.
Good luck. Let me know if it works.
When the phone reboots you will be able to press the optical trackpad and wake the phone!
I haven't really tested it more than waking the phone a half dozen times but it seems to do what I want. When getting stuck in clockwork concerns me, I will simply edit my qwerty.kl file as needed when doing clockworkmod recovery work as it is a fairly simple and straightforward process.
EDIT-phone functions EXACTLY as before except can now wake via trackpad press!

Questions, why were you using the trackpad in clockwork?
Also, I like how no lock works since I have a security code on my device. When I dont feel like entering my code everytime the screen blacks out, I just run no lock and I wake the device up using the trackpad. Will your modification do the same? Or once I wake the device up, it will take me to the security screen?

SysAdmNj said:
Questions, why were you using the trackpad in clockwork?
Also, I like how no lock works since I have a security code on my device. When I dont feel like entering my code everytime the screen blacks out, I just run no lock and I wake the device up using the trackpad. Will your modification do the same? Or once I wake the device up, it will take me to the security screen?
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Because I could...? haha. I think it did the same thing when i tried selecting with the power button as well, can't recall, and didn't futz with it enough to remember it today. Could be a clockwork error or my own...
This doesn't get rid of the lock screen, it just wakes the phone with a trackpad push which I believe was the original intent of the thread. "No lock," well...gets rid of the lock screen which is a different function all together. I don't use a code/pattern on my phone, just the standard drag down lockscreen, its not terribly inconvenient to me.
I find it a bit more convenient since my thumb is already there when I pick up the phone. Also, whenever I would demo my phone to anyone else (whether they owned an iphone or not) they would ALWAYS try to push the trackpad to wake it, and I would ALWAYS have to point them to the awkward power button.
I'm not a huge fan of installing random stuff, and this does exactly what I want. Simple fix ftw.

yollasho said:
I'm not a huge fan of installing random stuff, and this does exactly what I want. Simple fix ftw.
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this is awesome. going to try it once i get home. thank you so much!
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pushed the file with no issues whatsoever. very very helpful.

mattbollenbach said:
this is awesome. going to try it once i get home. thank you so much!
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pushed the file with no issues whatsoever. very very helpful.
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Really glad it worked for you!

Thank You. your procedure worked flawlessly.
HTC should really rethink their "wake up" button, using power button up on top is a real pain.

yollasho said:
Good luck. Let me know if it works
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It works ! Thanks man.. very nice find
Very usefull ..
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Sticky @ Development section please !

haven't done this yet so feel free to correct me but this looks to just change the wake button from the power to the optical. is there a way to allow both to wake the phone?
either way great work.

ryan92084 said:
haven't done this yet so feel free to correct me but this looks to just change the wake button from the power to the optical. is there a way to allow both to wake the phone?
either way great work.
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Both wake the phone !