Related
Would it be possible to port Pinch-To-Zoom Home Screen Previews to any non-Sense rom out there? I ask because people said that Launcher2 wouldnt work on Donut, and minus the wrap-around effect, it works very well on Donut. Also I believe super D is using htc framework in his latest build, so i was wondering if what im asking is even remotely possible to do?
Lol why would you want to? We already have the preview cards, why would you want to be able to pinch to zoom to do the same thing? I suppose that if you knew what you were doing you would be able to take bits and pieces from the rosie.apk and port it to the regular launcher.apk, and it definately is possible, but I'm just saying your gonna have a hell of a time doing it lol. And your running the latest radio? Since when? How did you fix it?
mejorguille said:
Lol why would you want to? We already have the preview cards, why would you want to be able to pinch to zoom to do the same thing? I suppose that if you knew what you were doing you would be able to take bits and pieces from the rosie.apk and port it to the regular launcher.apk, and it definately is possible, but I'm just saying your gonna have a hell of a time doing it lol. And your running the latest radio? Since when? How did you fix it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
eh idk its nifty lol, i was just wondering if it was possible or not, since it seems these donuts are mutating into sense/eclair wannabes lol. itd be kinda cool actually. I wonder if anyone with experience would try that.
yeah i am, how did i fix it? i switched g1s lol. it turns out my old one had a hardware problem or something because no computer would detect it for adb, and the radio wouldnt update no matter what even with a goldcard (i managed to downgrade it tho ) lol. i tried to fastboot a radio but i couldnt since something inside the phone was preventing it from being detected and preventing the radio from updating...its been dropped a lot..lol.
Since SuperD already has the HTC framework, can't you push the rosie.apk and use that? You can even re-theme it so it looks like the standard donut launcher, or get somebody smart like ADW to merge it into his launcher for you.
I'm pretty sure that SuperD only has enough of the HTC Framework to run a few things (He mentions HTCMusic specifically so I think that'
s what it is limited to). As for getting it in non-Sense roms, I'm all for telling the lazy coder Anderwebs to get off his butt and try to code it
you get a very similar result when using the almost nexus launcher for donut builds, just long click the dots.
asb123 said:
you get a very similar result when using the almost nexus launcher for donut builds, just long click the dots.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Problem with that (and the way I think he sees it), is that by the time you long press the dots, you could have flipped through all the screens. The dots just aren't practical for swiping through screens. The double-tap is a great implementation in HelixLauncher, but unfortunately, it lowers the response time for singe tap and/or swiping (it is making sure there is not a second tap).
JAguirre1231 said:
I'm pretty sure that SuperD only has enough of the HTC Framework to run a few things (He mentions HTCMusic specifically so I think that'
s what it is limited to). As for getting it in non-Sense roms, I'm all for telling the lazy coder Anderwebs to get off his butt and try to code it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lmao, i love you too
on topic:
-afaik only "cyanogenized" donut roms contain the required kernel/framework stuff to even detect multitouch, so it would only work on those.
-the sense zooming thing is, imho, the standard "preview cards" just laid out differently and sligthly animated, not a real zoom. I've (almost)already managed to do this for an upcoming version of my launcher.
-the point here is to find a better (and compatible) way of triggering the previews. Longpressing is "slow", multitouch isn't compatible/accurate, doubletap can be tricky...
I tried a few ideas, but the one i like more is just tapping the "home" button. Actually it's implemented to "goto your default screen" but i changed it to show desktop previews and somewhat worked (need more time to do it properly).
I may try whatever alternative you ppl provide here.
How about the alternative where you stfu and/or buy me a N1?
I like the "home" button idea. I rarely use it anyway and I'm sure he's quite jealous of the other buttons.
I have heard somewhere that anderwebs put a trojan in his launcher.
cloverdale said:
I have heard somewhere that anderwebs put a trojan in his launcher.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's probably why I keep getting force closes, huh?
why would he put that in his launcher and not on his....oh wrong Trojan. Plus, he doesnt have the talent to put that in his launcher.
Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
MINUS Stl said:
why would he put that in his launcher and not on his....oh wrong Trojan. Plus, he doesnt have the talent to put that in his launcher.
Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You all are getting out of topic. I'm gonna get angry.
AnderWeb said:
You all are getting out of topic. I'm gonna get angry.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Stop playing moderator. Reported to mods.
cloverdale said:
Stop playing moderator. Reported to mods.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
"Wannabe-moderator kiss-ass".
MINUS Stl said:
"Wannabe-moderator kiss-ass".
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Let's just shorten his title to wannabe..... it encompasses him well
JAguirre1231 said:
Let's just shorten his title to wannabe..... it encompasses him well
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Coming from a Southern Californian, I trust you know what a wannabe is.
cloverdale said:
Coming from a Southern Californian, I trust you know what a wannabe is.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which is why I'm all the more qualified to say who is and who isn't a wannabe.
lmao theres a lot of kangbangin over here ;;
but thanks to everyone who enlightened me about this topic through all the kanging taking place, and thanks to anderweb for his awesome launcher!
AnderWeb said:
Lmao, i love you too
on topic:
-afaik only "cyanogenized" donut roms contain the required kernel/framework stuff to even detect multitouch, so it would only work on those.
-the sense zooming thing is, imho, the standard "preview cards" just laid out differently and sligthly animated, not a real zoom. I've (almost)already managed to do this for an upcoming version of my launcher.
-the point here is to find a better (and compatible) way of triggering the previews. Longpressing is "slow", multitouch isn't compatible/accurate, doubletap can be tricky...
I tried a few ideas, but the one i like more is just tapping the "home" button. Actually it's implemented to "goto your default screen" but i changed it to show desktop previews and somewhat worked (need more time to do it properly).
I may try whatever alternative you ppl provide here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
eek! i honestly dont like the home button idea. maybe you could make the launcher similar to the sense style launcher, by replacing the dots with a slider like sense has and making it look like a pull up tab with a button in the center to bring out the app drawer, and at the center just above the button you could pull up on it (like a regular launcher) and itd show the previews...a lot quicker and easier to navigate through the screens than your current launcher if you ask me...maybe i can draw up a concept and put it up here...
The dev has released more updates, currently on version 0.6. Check it out, the app got a whole lot cooler, and is in pretty active development now!
There's a dev in the I9000 forums working on using the AMOLED screen to display notifications. Currently it's displayed as a red dot in the top left corner of the screen. It's in an early stage, but it works on my Captivate.
Read the thread here for more info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692
The dev is apparently going on vacation soon, and won't be working on it for a while, so any potential developers here that know how to implement something like this, take note!
Edit: I don't take responsibility for the work on this app at all; just posting here because it works on the Captivate and is an awesome idea.
Sweet this is something exactly what I was looking for!
Hope he can make use of the bottom 4 buttons or something.
Edit: I just read there are no API's to light up the capacitive buttons
But the project so far looks amazing. I'll have to give it a run when I get off of work.
works! sideloaded this thing right into my Captivate easier than rooting (and that was possibly the easiest thing I've done customizing a phone in the past!)
thanks! was definitely missing my notification LED from my last two WinMo phones....
I have got to find out how to side load apps.
Install the Android sdk, add the tools directory to the system PATH, install Samsung drivers to your computer if its 64 bit Windows you need 64 bit drivers, open a command prompt, type "adb install blahblah.apk"... that's pretty much it... obviously your current working directory needs to be the same as the apk file.
For those who don't want to get real dirty
http://www.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
tysj said:
For those who don't want to get real dirty
fantastic!!! Thank you tysj
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
tysj said:
For those who don't want to get real dirty
http://www.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah, that's what I used alright..... WAY too simple to use, I mean, it isn't drag and drop to a CAB folder like WinMo, but this thing installs the program for you, making it just that much easier to use!
Wow I'm going to have to try that way installer thing since I'm not rooted
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Works for my on my captivate. Thanks for the great work OP!
how does this app affect battery life?
the developer said that since it doesn't use any timers within the cpu, it is very VERY minimal on battery.
It worked for me with an SMS, (I use Handcent) but it didn't work for an email. (K9-mail)
I had to remove it because it wasn't letting me go to my screen our unlock my phone
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
madjsp said:
I had to remove it because it wasn't letting me go to my screen our unlock my phone
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The screen is already on so you have to press the Home button.
it was not working correctly every time. It would render the touch screen useless until I locked and unlocked it a few times.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
madjsp said:
it was not working correctly every time. It would render the touch screen useless until I locked and unlocked it a few times.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, it's still better than nothing. The app is still very much a work-in-progress, and hopefully the dev makes some good progress on it soon.
I've been trying to learn how to write Android apps, since the dev won't be around for a while to work on it, but all I've accomplished is realizing how incompetent I am in Java, heh.
When i first saw this app the word pixel burnout came to mind. But the dev says the red square moves around on the screen to prevent that so it might just end up being useful. I think samsung and google need to give us an api to use the menu keys since they didn't provide us with a notification light.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
60HertzJig said:
Well, it's still better than nothing. The app is still very much a work-in-progress, and hopefully the dev makes some good progress on it soon.
I've been trying to learn how to write Android apps, since the dev won't be around for a while to work on it, but all I've accomplished is realizing how incompetent I am in Java, heh.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh I agree, it is a work in progress. It was an awesome idea, but I was close to some battery pulls because I couldn't get the touch screen to work.
I wonder about all the complaints regarding a notification LED, since Samsung gave us 384,000 LEDs to play with.
Has anyone checked this out and/or gotten it to work on an Eris running LWP?
Seems like a real cool concept, but I was wondering if our HW would limit us (since not all wallpapers will work) . . .
If it works, let me know!
I can't post links yet (new users), but search C-ThruFone on AppBrain and you'll find it.
waste of battery and would slow the phone down... whyyyy??!?!? would you use it.. I wouldn't..
Ha! I wouldn't use it either for those exact reasons. I was just curious to see whether it worked.
It works fine for any ROM I've used. Slows things down a bit but it all depends on your overclocking and the individual wallpaper. I don't have any issues with battery life without them but once again if I use them it depends which one. The Mario LWP will kill your battery life in a heartbeat, others won't.
I used one called kwall it was okay except for a software bug that only displayed the camera in landscape mode, even while holding it in portrait. It was an odd thing but was cool to show off when holding in landscape. IPhone users drool
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
Just tried C-ThruFone and it works very smoothly, but rotates the image 90 degrees counter-clockwise no matter how you hold it. Still pretty cool tho. Also tried kwall and it doesn't do what ironicmind13 says for my phone. It actually works flawlessly!
zwade01 said:
Just tried C-ThruFone and it works very smoothly, but rotates the image 90 degrees counter-clockwise no matter how you hold it. Still pretty cool tho. Also tried kwall and it doesn't do what ironicmind13 says for my phone. It actually works flawlessly!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the update. About a million users were posting about the 90 degree bug on AppBrain when I first saw it this afternoon, so I'm sure the dev will work in a fix.
And yeah, as someone said about, "makes iPhone users drool." It's just something I'd like to have to show off to friends at a bar or whatever if they ask, "like, what cool things can your phone do?" Nothing I'd run by default.
Kwall must have fixed their rotation problem, maybe the dev could help the dev who does c-thru. Lol. I like the idea of the apps, but our little batteries just can't take the abuse.
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
It's a no go on froyo... but that's due to the camera not working. Just my guess
haha i love this! I confused the crap out of my girlfriend!!!! Kills my battery though
Hey just an update on this, it works on Froyo now. They have one just for Froyo and since the camera and video work now, it works perfect, even rotating 90degrees and everything.
For those that don't frequent the main android apps page... Words With Friends is available in the Market. A little buggy for some. Only problem I see is no notification sound...
Sent from my Cappy running Andromeda 1.1!!
My wife loves that game on the iPhone...hope is compatible so that I can play her again. Thanks for heads up...
Yeah, same here, thanks
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Words with friends is full of bugs wait a bit or give it a download and report your bugs to them. But I've already reported and uninstalled won't work on my phone
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Hydro360 said:
Words with friends is full of bugs wait a bit or give it a download and report your bugs to them. But I've already reported and uninstalled won't work on my phone
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I take that back just changed my modem game is perfect now
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Looks very beta. I get alerts when it isn't my turn, there is no way to turn down game volume, and there's a freaking ad after every turn. I'll wait until there's a paid version and the bugs are worked out.
There was no game volume control in the iphone version, either. I don't know why they don't add that.
There is a volume control look on the side of your phone... no the other side those two little up down key thingys. Press the down one... no the bottom one. Yes that one. There you have achieved volume control. Don't worry its the same setup the iphone had so your not in the stone age.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App
At this point I still like Wordfeud a lot better. No wasted space for a stupid title bar when viewing a board, very slow/laggy, ads everywhere, and I've come to like the random board in Wordfeud that makes the game really interesting.
Hydro360 said:
I take that back just changed my modem game is perfect now
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
what modem did you switch to?
Banditlol said:
what modem did you switch to?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
TLJL3 but im back to having errors again it worked for a day
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
tysj said:
At this point I still like Wordfeud a lot better. No wasted space for a stupid title bar when viewing a board, very slow/laggy, ads everywhere, and I've come to like the random board in Wordfeud that makes the game really interesting.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 wordfeud is superior
for me its unfortunate because the friends and family i want to play against all have iphone and words with friends...so hopefully we see improvement.
anyone else having problems with it seeing your contacts? i had started a sep. thread before seeing this
but the issue i am seeing is that despite having tons of contacts on my phone the only contact it sees is my own gmail account when i select to add someone from contact list? any ideas?
Little to flashy, which makes it smaller screen size. Looks like an update just came out to address a bunch of the issues you guys were talking about.
I prefer wordfeud but like others here, most of my friends/family have iphones/ipads, so this is fantastic so I can play against them.
Yes. You are right about the "key thingys," but an in-app volume control or mute would be more useful. I personally think the shuffle sounds are distracting but don't want to turn down other media that I might be playing to avoid hearing them.
Hydro360 said:
There is a volume control look on the side of your phone... no the other side those two little up down key thingys. Press the down one... no the bottom one. Yes that one. There you have achieved volume control. Don't worry its the same setup the iphone had so your not in the stone age.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
issues with words
in the past couple weeks, i've had the following page pop up as soon as i open up words with friends. i have to close and reopen it 10 times to get the screen to go away and let me actually open up a game. has anyone else seen this before, and does anyone know a work around beside just closing and reopening?
KPoon said:
in the past couple weeks, i've had the following page pop up as soon as i open up words with friends. i have to close and reopen it 10 times to get the screen to go away and let me actually open up a game. has anyone else seen this before, and does anyone know a work around beside just closing and reopening?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try installing it and opening wordfeud. 100% fix, you'll never see the screen again as long as you don't reinstall wordfeud.
XD
Herp derp Captivate XDA app.
KPoon said:
in the past couple weeks, i've had the following page pop up as soon as i open up words with friends. i have to close and reopen it 10 times to get the screen to go away and let me actually open up a game. has anyone else seen this before, and does anyone know a work around beside just closing and reopening?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you are running a custom ROM it could be the host file is blocking the IP addresses of the ads that Words with Friends uses. I was having this issue and ended up going into the host file to edit out a few of the IPs that are used for WWF ads.
Here is an XDA thread to help with the IPs. You will have to do this each time you flash a ROM, but it works. Or you can save your edited host file and copy it over the new one after you flash.
To solve that URL popup, download SGS Tools, go to Fixes, and Update HOSTS File. Worked for me.
After the last update, Words With Friends has been working fine for me. Even though I am enjoying Words With Friends is it worth downloading Wordfeud?
syoungblood95 said:
To solve that URL popup, download SGS Tools, go to Fixes, and Update HOSTS File. Worked for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
tried to use the SGS tool for this, didn't solve the issue. I'll go in and manually edit the host files I suppose...
edit: i went back and cleared the data after the SGS tools, it works fine now...if only all my games didn't disappear. hopefully when my opponents play their moves the game will come back.
i keep watching htc ones rewiev 2 thing makes me wonder 1 blingfeed i dont need that can it be disabled? second is power button on top
It can't be disabled but you can use some other launcher. Or maybe just be on the right hand side normal sense screen. Yes, power button is at the top
Sent from my DHD
NiCk.JaY said:
It can't be disabled but you can use some other launcher. Or maybe just be on the right hand side normal sense screen. Yes, power button is at the top
Sent from my DHD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thats bad. i dont need that using my data plus swiping idea will irritate after while
cihanleanne said:
thats bad. i dont need that using my data plus swiping idea will irritate after while
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm, but I'm sure devs will come up with something to get rid of it
Sent from my DHD
cihanleanne said:
i keep watching htc ones rewiev 2 thing makes me wonder 1 blingfeed i dont need that can it be disabled? second is power button on top
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't know if it can be disabled, but you can set the other panel as home screen.
NiCk.JaY said:
Hmm, but I'm sure devs will come up with something to get rid of it
Sent from my DHD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
custom roms are good but im noob i already bricked couple devices so its no no for me rooting flasing etc. shame we cant disable feature is good if you are interested but it really doesnt interest me blinkfeed i dont use it so why cant i remove i guess have to wait for s4 unless it can be disable without rooting
I won't mind trying it. Don't knock it till you try it. Now if they could just add the text messaging icon or something amidst all of the news feeds that would be great....lol.
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app
If you need to get rid of it, you can set it to manual update to save on processing/battery, then swipe it away and define the empty next screen as your home screen, and add more for the original multi-pane android home feel. You could, for example, add 5 home pages ... scroll to the third empty one, declare that as default home, and then have the equivalent of a typical 2-left, center, 2-right android layout, and you can lways flip further till you get to blinkfeed if you ever do ant to play with it for a while.
cihanleanne said:
i keep watching htc ones rewiev 2 thing makes me wonder 1 blingfeed i dont need that can it be disabled? second is power button on top
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I actually like it! I use flipboard on a daily basis while listening to music. I wish the time/weather at the top was swappable with music controls or some other useful things.
One thing I haven't seen in any video is how BlinkFeed has an impact on power/data. I think I saw someone mention that the feeds only get updated when you swipe down to refresh? I am not sure if this is the only way to update or if there is an automatic timer as well. If it only updates when you swipe then certainly it shouldn't affect battery/data too much. I know that only headlines and pictures are updated when you refresh and the content is only downloaded once you press on an item.
would blinkfeed use too much of juice and ram has anyone had demo unit
I actually think its a pretty neat idea...it'll help me keep track of GSW trying to keep their playoff spot or the LAL trying to get in to the playoffs haha.
But that's what I was thinking...I mean you could just unsubscribe from all that news and nothing will show up...right?
dragzer223 said:
I actually think its a pretty neat idea...it'll help me keep track of GSW trying to keep their playoff spot or the LAL trying to get in to the playoffs haha.
But that's what I was thinking...I mean you could just unsubscribe from all that news and nothing will show up...right?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
idont think so
cihanleanne said:
idont think so
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It doesn't really matter. As others have said, you can turn off automatic updating and set another screen to be your homescreen, thus never having to see BlinkFeed again unless you want to. I'm glad HTC allowed for us to move away from it if we want to, but I imagine myself using it since I think the design of it is great.
I am not convinced of it as well as I like the clean sense look, my first challenge will be to hack this out or somebody else might do it before me, let's see
torxx said:
I am not convinced of it as well as I like the clean sense look, my first challenge will be to hack this out or somebody else might do it before me, let's see
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It would be interesting to see if someone could make it so you designate a certain screen/page as the 'BlinkFeed' screen (similar to setting a page as the homescreen). That way you could remove it entirely or move it around so it could be in the middle of all your screens.
ErikWithNoC said:
It would be interesting to see if someone could make it so you designate a certain screen/page as the 'BlinkFeed' screen (similar to setting a page as the homescreen). That way you could remove it entirely or move it around so it could be in the middle of all your screens.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can move the blinkfeed to a different screen if you don't want it to be the home screen
sent from HTC ONE using xda premium
I think it's a great idea and looks great, I'll probably will leave it as my home screen. I read somewhere that Sky News will be available along with BBC news, can anybody confirm?
looks like a good idea..
While im in line or something, i can just get all my information on the homescreen.
Great concept.
im definitely looking forward to blinkfeed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkduqCbX-8U
a few seconds after 2:20 he says "you can turn Blinkfeed off, you have an option to do so."