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tried looking but no luck, i just want to put certain apps into one folder like spare parts, settings, etc. is there a way?
as it seems not at the moment, but i want this feature too. how is it possible to install an infinite number of applications but no way to organize the startmenu?
it would be nice....but in the meantime, there is an app in the market called aps organizer. you can assign different apps to different labels (and create your own labels), and then you can put shortcuts to those labels on your homescreen.
That way you get the folders (sort of) on your homescreen and don;t need to use the main menu. I think ive used the main menu about twice in the two weeks i've had it installed.
Given that the market is already split into categories I don't understand why this isn't implemented in the App menu. It IS quite annoying. Also, given that the market already has a categorization couldn't someone develop an app that Auto-sorts the menu. Gnome on Linux does a very good job of this, don't know about KDE...
This is one of my biggest gripes with my Hero. I'm a bit OCD when it comes to organization on my phone and computer. The sooner I can organize the programs more efficiently, the better! I'd really appreciate an app, update or custom ROM that could enable this.
I have folders on my home screen for different apps. but the main programs menu still bugs the hell out of me, especially when it displays things like font packs with the rest of my programs :S
Due to the lack of good open source drawing apps to port to the NST, I wrote myself a simple one specifically for the NST, taking advantage of the fast refresh mode (A2).
The app is quite simple: it is multi-page, can export and import pages from PNG files, and the usual basic stuff you'd expect from a (basic) drawing app. See some screenshots below.
Actually, you can import any PNG images folder by long pressing the folder at the import screen. However, for now you can't erase pixels from imported pages. This is because the drawer is curve based (you create and delete curves), not pixel based.
In addition to the icons at the bottom of the screen, the left side keys perform undo/redo and the right side switch pages.
Comments and suggestions are welcome, also if some is willing to help me port this to the PRS-T1, let me know.
Source code is available at: https://github.com/marspeople/E-Paper
Changelog:
1.1: Background of exported images is now white instead of transparent.
I would like to ask, are there any text mode, allowing users to type in some text?
Support your great app!
Nice work. Just tried it out. Pushing the limits of what an e-paper device can do (actually, it's a bit beyond...) but still pretty rad that you were able to make it! Thanks!
pretty great app. really liked the simplicity and such.
but i would want to have some options on saving images, by default on png images, drawing is black and background is transparent, so previewing on a different app makes my images weird. it could has some options, like background and text colors, image size and jpg/png output etc. And also it would be cool to add some texts to my drawings as wheilitjohnny said.
cheers
Marspeople, I think this app is great. I've looked for apps which my kids can use for drawing and this answers the need.
drmxmyt said:
pretty great app. really liked the simplicity and such.
but i would want to have some options on saving images, by default on png images, drawing is black and background is transparent, so previewing on a different app makes my images weird. it could has some options, like background and text colors, image size and jpg/png output etc. And also it would be cool to add some texts to my drawings as wheilitjohnny said.
cheers
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You're right, I forgot about fixing the transparent background. Fixed now.
Regarding your other requests, I think they defeat the simplicity purposes of the app. However, adding typed text may be interesting, I will consider that.
E-Paper app
Great little app! Would be great if you could add a button to refresh the page once in a while. After many deletes the shadows can be overwhelming and distracting. I am currently deciding which one I like better: E-Paper or FreeNote (more features but also more complicated). I think in the end simplicity trumps flexibility.
Here is a small tip: you can draw straight line segments by touching the screen with two fingers (one after another) and releasing them at reverse order.
nrseife said:
Great little app! Would be great if you could add a button to refresh the page once in a while. After many deletes the shadows can be overwhelming and distracting. I am currently deciding which one I like better: E-Paper or FreeNote (more features but also more complicated). I think in the end simplicity trumps flexibility.
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Well, you can simply press the n button twice (don't press too fast or it will create ghost at the bottom).
=>> App for making lecture notes
Hi!
I would like to suggest some simple upgrade to your app, which equivallent I failed to find on Market.
Since E-Ink Multi Touch screen of NST seems to be great also for making lecture notes, but for what I have failed to find any suitable app, althought only simple thing would make your app to be great for this purpouse. You could then even start of selling it.
Here is the simple idea:
Screen divided into 3 frames:
1.) Overlook-frame of printable-part of A4/A5 -- used for scroolling/scalling of the Zoomed-frame around paper - which should look like small box on large A4,
2.) Zoomed-frame -- used for handwritting text, drawing pictures, writting formulas into the small box on Overlook Frame
3.) Toolbar-frame -- same as yours only with zoom +- buttons. also scalling of Zoomed-frame box on Overlook-frame could be done by multitouch.
Would be great hack for students of Natural arts - could provide ability to write mathematical formulas and schemes and so on, not loosing possibililty of hand writting.
What do you think?
That looks like a really nice, polished app.
I was just wondering if anybody uses the capabilities of ezPDF Reader to do similar things.
ezpdf
Renate NST said:
That looks like a really nice, polished app.
I was just wondering if anybody uses the capabilities of ezPDF Reader to do similar things.
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yes i use comments for correcting LATEX generated i write pdfs or for commenting some books for studying. However i think that ezPDF is mainly for reading pdf and is not suitable for making lecture notes.
Very nice and simple app...thanks
Is there any way to exit this app? (I mean alternative to terminating a process)
~windrider~ said:
Is there any way to exit this app? (I mean alternative to terminating a process)
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You normally don't exit android apps, the system will terminate it if needed. This app will be totally idle when it isn't at foreground.
I tried using your app on my prs-t1. It works and runs but there's a lag when drawing. For example if you draw a line, it takes about half a second or so to show up on the screen.
I wish I could help you port it and optimize but I have no clue how to Lol > < I really wish it were possible because the native drawing app on the prs-t1 saves in some weird format.
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i had probably found a bug.
scenario:
1. made note
2. saved it
3. load it
4. cannot delete erase what was written there
i had earned some developement skills for android. So i may probably do enhancements to the app I had proposed here earlier.
the simple answer to that is this app save it as png, not svg or another vector method. so you cant edit it, it just an image file. its not a bug.
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the simple answer to that is this app save it as png, not svg or another vector method. so you cant edit it, it just an image file. its not a bug.
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That's correct. The reason for this is being easier to handle a png file than a curve-based specific file format.
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i had earned some developement skills for android. So i may probably do enhancements to the app I had proposed here earlier.
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This app has large room for improvements. If anyone want to contribute, just send me a patch.
Hello everyone!
My father owns a Galaxy S plus, but he was not able to see the small text in some of his apps, and it was not adjustable through the settings. Reading a guide on this website (cant remember the link, sorry), I was able to change the Pixel Density by editing a file called Build.Prop present in /system. The text became larger now.
You can see the 12th line, I changed it from 240 to 280: i.imgur.com/tw5wc.jpg
Now the first and really annoying issue is its phone pad: i.imgur.com/TZNhL.jpg
As you can see if you type a wrong number you will have to exit and open it again, no option to erase and also there is no option to call, you have to add it to contacts first and then you will be able to call them.
When you open contacts, everything is normal, why is this only in the phone pad?
The lock screen of the current OS (2.3.5) on that phone is different from that of 2.3.6. Now when you want to directly open messages or see missed calls, you know that you have to move a part to the empty space to complete the "puzzle" and it will open it. Now you will have to move it below that empty part to open but it is tricky.
When it comes to calculator, I solved the issue by installing a 3rd party program and completely removing the stock one. It had a similar issue to the phone pad. Anyway I backed up the stock one in case anything happens.
I guess that Samsung did not optimize them to work with these changes, do you think the same way?
Can you please help me solve this issue?
SudoHalt said:
Hello everyone!
My father owns a Galaxy S plus, but he was not able to see the small text in some of his apps, and it was not adjustable through the settings. Reading a guide on this website (cant remember the link, sorry), I was able to change the Pixel Density by editing a file called Build.Prop present in /system. The text became larger now.
You can see the 12th line, I changed it from 240 to 280: i.imgur.com/tw5wc.jpg
Now the first and really annoying issue is its phone pad: i.imgur.com/TZNhL.jpg
As you can see if you type a wrong number you will have to exit and open it again, no option to erase and also there is no option to call, you have to add it to contacts first and then you will be able to call them.
When you open contacts, everything is normal, why is this only in the phone pad?
The lock screen of the current OS (2.3.5) on that phone is different from that of 2.3.6. Now when you want to directly open messages or see missed calls, you know that you have to move a part to the empty space to complete the "puzzle" and it will open it. Now you will have to move it below that empty part to open but it is tricky.
When it comes to calculator, I solved the issue by installing a 3rd party program and completely removing the stock one. It had a similar issue to the phone pad. Anyway I backed up the stock one in case anything happens.
I guess that Samsung did not optimize them to work with these changes, do you think the same way?
Can you please help me solve this issue?
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u cant change that and excpect it to work perfectly,just put it on 240 again or 250
Dialer Problem solved
I solved the dialer problem by installing a 3rd party one, called as DW Contacts & Phone Dialer (Developer: DWP). It works very well with the dislay settings I changed. But using a 3rd party dialer can be a worry sometimes.
I am having some of the callers pictures taking the whole upper screen (from left to right side) and some pictures are as they were on GB - just a small one in the center of the upper side. Anyone knows what is it based on, as I just synced everything with exchange server? Thanks
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I am having some of the callers pictures taking the whole upper screen (from left to right side) and some pictures are as they were on GB - just a small one in the center of the upper side. Anyone knows what is it based on, as I just synced everything with exchange server? Thanks
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What Android version are you using?
Are you rooted and got CWM recovery?
What rom are you using?
For rooted devices which got CWM recovery theres a flashable patch for AOSP which you can download and flash, but only for AOSP and not for Samsung/TW based roms.
Which you could edit to specify a max. vector .
Why some are small and some are bigger probably has to do with the source of the image.
I would think all of the google contacts have the same size image as they get capped by the server [I'd think], as where other contacts which got imported from 3rd party apps [skype, whatsapp, so on..] get the images from those apps which may provide images in all sorts of formats.
So the only way to get around it is specifying it.
A couple of days ago i came across a thread for AOSP [android without the samsung malware] for which he made a zip that capped the size to half the screen. I reckon editting that would allow you to specify the borders, so search around if you can flash zips and have an aosp based rom.
Good luck!
Thanks for your answer, I am on LSZ which is 4.1.2, rooted, stock rom with TW. Actually, at the beginning all the pictures were side-wide which I considered as a nice new feature of the new rom. But reading your comment I realized, that I did some changes and updated pics in the PC Outlook, which were then back sync to my Note. Today I tried to pick some other photo from device gallery for the given contact and then when received the call, the side-wide picture was back. So it looks like Outlook somehow diminished or set different picture size. Anyway, it is solved for me now .
Hello,
I have an Ativ S GT-I8750 and i have the following problems:
1) It restarts randomly (only every Saturday so far, which I find strange).
Sometimes it restarts only one time, other times it restarts 3 times in 4-5 hours, etc.
I suspect one of the installed programs is causing it, but i am not sure which one.
I have reset the phone and re-installed the apps but nothing changed.
OS version:8.0.10327.77
firmware revision:2424.13.5.1
hardware revision:15.15.1.0
radio software version:2424.13.5.1
radio hardware version:0.0.0.800
Bootloader version:13.04.19.21
Chip soc version1.5.32
Is there a way to find out what is causing the restarts?
2) Today, after the last random restart, the program list appearance changed.
It changed from list A to list B (check attached images)
I really hate the latter version. I uninstalled several apps in order to make the list shorter, so it would return to its initial state, but it did not.
Any ideas how to remove the initials from the apps list?
Thanks
Have you tweaked the phone at all (interop-unlock, etc.)? That shouldn't cause the problem, but if it did we would need to know.
There's a way to pull some diagnostic logs off the device using the Diagnosis app, but I can't help you interpret them.
Not sure what's up with the icon shrinkage; that's just weird. As for the jump list, it appears when you have a minimum number of items (45?) in the list - this includes email accounts and such - and there's no official way to get rid of it short of hard reset. In practice, I'm pretty sure that state is controlled in the registry, though. In any case, given the massive speed-up in how quickly it lets you navigate the list (tap any of the heading letters, then tap the first letter of the app you want to launch and it skips to that part of the list) it's not something I've ever tried to get rid of. Once you have a hundred or so apps installed, operating without it will seem impossible.
No tweak whatsoever.
The icons did not shrink, i pulled these images off the web just to show the change in the app list.
I do not use that many programs, so that is why i do not like the jump menu.
Thank you for your time and keep up the good work!