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[APP] Handyscan - [Updated 7/18/2012] - [V3.14]

Handyscan is a document scanner and document keeper. With this app you can scan anything into your phone and carry it with you, send it by email or save it to the cloud.
From receipts to contracts; from comics to class lessons, magazines & newspaper articles, old photos, notes, souvenirs, balance statements, contact cards, brochures, signatures, invoices, etc, etc, etc.
Even more, with the paid version you can export any document to PDF and send it to any email address or to the cloud.
Key features
Scan any type of document or object
Automatic scan trigger eliminates need to press a button, allowing firm pulse for optimal scan
Independent scanning resolution and flash options
Automatic optimization of scanned images
Deep zoom in/out controls for the resulting scan
Align and crop scanned document
Perspective and skew correction for the not perfect takes
Scan multiple pages per document and save as a single file
Large and readable thumbnails
Create collage pages with scanned images
Import & export photos
Send scanned document via email, either in JPG or PDF format (full version only)
Upload scanned documents to the cloud (SkyDrive or Dropbox)
Backup all your sources to the cloud as well
Choose size and quality for sending scanned results
Add text to documents. Can fill in forms without a pen!
Scan/digitalize signatures
Electronically sign documents with your scanned signatures
Realistic scanning visuals
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Source: http://handyscan.jdbpocketware.com
Full version
Lite(free) version

This seems to be pretty, pretty cool.
Nonetheless, 4,99 ?

I've purchased this app and I really like it. It does exactly what it says. I'm pretty much gone paperless as far as receipts go. Being able to do multiple pages and crop images as a huge plus for me.
I would buy again, but I would recommend the following:
- be able to create folders and organize your scans.
- be able to sync with skydrive. I don't think there is an official API for this but there may be some possibilities here: http://skydriveapiclient.codeplex.com/

I also purchased it on its early days. Today it has improved a lot. The image optimization feature added recently just makes it perfect

Updated to 2.5 and incorporated a lite/free version.
Limitations:
- Cannot send via email directly from the app
- Cannot convert to PDF
- Images saved to media hub have a small watermark at the bottom
- Has Ads
Details at http://jdbp.mobi/handyscan

nice app, purchased on day-1. Glad to see it's being updated/improved. One of the "must have" apps for any device.

Great we have a free version now!

just bought it because of the nice ad graphic you have in your first post

Thanks so much! can't wait to try it.

it can come in handy...

Version 3.0
Version 3.4 has been released (http://help.jdbp.mobi/topic/82949-new-handyscan-34-for-mango/)

Version 3.4 for Mango
We are happy to announce that version 3.4 of Handyscan is now available on the Marketplace for upgrade/download.
The new Handyscan features a reengineered technique for scanning documents. Its now faster and easier. It also supports SkyDrive for both exporting scans or do complete sources backups/restores so can safely reninstall the app, change device, replicate on another device, etc.
Some of the new features and enhancements are:
Independent scanning resolution and flash settings
Automatic trigger eliminates need to press any button, helps keeping your pulse firm for an optimal scan.
Mango enabled / Fast switching / New Metro look
Skydrive support
Backup/restore all your info
Fewer steps to scan
Press back to re-scan
Large/readable thumbnails option
Realistic scanning visuals
Fixed: scanning allowed when connected to Zune on PC
Fixed: corrupted zip files when too big
Added Czech translation
Here is a preview video of the app in action.
Full version
Lite(free) version

Thanks! It's an excellent app which has loads of applications. I use it daily.
Sent from my TITAN X310e using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

Great app you need to update the app page
You misspelled cloud and put coud....

Hey, pckshd, thanks, nice app!
BTW, how about adding some OCR? I know (I'm developer) it's not easy (especially on device, and from the scratch) but... You may use some free/cheap online (let say fancy cloud ) services for that. What do you think? Also, good business card reading option will be helpful (card readers, currently available on marketplace, just awful)
P.S. Try this: http://snipt.org/lOgh/

Sounds good. Let it have some voting so we can prioritize depending on demand: http://reach.jdbpocketware.com/forum/8878-handyscan/

Version 3.7
Version 3.7
- Easier access to flash settings and resolution (independent from camera settings)
- Added manual trigger on/off option for auto start scanning
- Added versions log to About section
- Fixed bug not being able to connect to Skydrive

Version 3.9
New in version 3.9
Pinch to zoom
High precision cropping option(zooms 2x)
New month headers with quick jump on scans list
Faster saving docs
Added page numbers in thumbs
Added checkboxes for pages selection
Better memory management when having more than 10 pages in hi resolution
Fixed signature scanning issues
Support for 265MB devices
Download
Lite(free) version
Full version

I didn't realize this app was XDA discussed. I bought it when it first came out and have been grateful for it. Great work!

I liked the free version very much,
will probably purchase the paid one!

[APP] Komik CBR/CBZ Reader - V1.20 (06/03/2011)

Hi all,
I am a long time lurker, first time poster. This forum was a wonderful inspiration to me. I would like to showcase my app - Komik. It is a CBR/CBZ reader that is designed from the ground up for tablets. First some background, I was disappointed with the quality of comic book readers on the market. The Xoom, with its aspect ratio, is THE perfect comic book reader (honestly, the aspect ratio lends to almost zero unused space), and the lack of polish in many of the other apps is sorely apparent. I wanted a reader that did a better job of showcasing my collection. This spurred me to build my own application, and thus began Komik. I would love to hear what you guys think. Any comments would be well appreciated.
Here is the market listing: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.komik.free
It would be very much appreciated if you could rate the application on the market as well Thanks! and I hope you all enjoy it.
Komik is the first comic/manga viewer and collection manager designed specifically for Android tablets. We are currently rapidly developing Komik and would love to hear any suggestions from you.
* CBR, CBZ, and image directory comic support
* Comic collection browser with thumbnails
* Quickly zoom in locally on a section of a page
* Page thumbnails to quickly scan through comics
* Continuous bookmarking for all comics
* Gracefully handles dual-spread pages
* Easy collection management from the library
* Easily zoom into pages
WHATS NEW IN VERSION 1.20:
*Magnifying glass. Place two fingers together on the screen. A magnification window will appear. Move fingers to pan.
*Improved picture quality while zooming
*Ability to set any folder on the device as the comic folder - EXPERIMENTAL
*Night and day mode quick toggle for screen brightness while reading
*Click-to-page turn is now available as an option
*Advanced reading settings
*Mark-as-read now marks all files in a folder as read as well
*Bottom notification bar is now hidden while reading
*Fixed a bug where pages would not load when going to the next or pervious issue in a series
*Additional memory improvements while handling CBRs
*Checkboxes will be selected or deselected when clicking on the cover image
*Additional help information
WHATS COMING IN THE NEXT RELEASE:
* local zoom improvements
* stability fixes
EDIT: PDF support is much much more involved than I thought. All the open source solutions are unsatisfactory. I am going to have to port over a library myself. That is by itself a couple month project. I think I am going to table PDF support as a priority until I get the rest of the application into a state that I am more happy with. I will get back to it after a couple of releases.
STAY TUNED FOR:
* More prebuffering for CBRs to improve speed
* Dual page mode
* Quick links from the reader
* Night time mode
* Search across your entire collection
* Collection browser filtering to find the comics you want faster
* A homescreen widget to quickly jump to your comics
- kaycha

Like ed the free version well enough to buy the $1.99 app. About as close to ComicFlow on the iPad as I've seen so far. Feels lighter than DROID Comic Viewer.

Thanks! That's great to hear. Anything specific that you would like to call out that I can improve or features that you would like to add? I will be monitoring this thread. I am pushing an upgrade out in the next couple of weeks with some more features. Hopefully I can get them in for you.
EDIT: Fixed some stability issues. An update should appear on the market shortly.

I have yet to encounter a double page layout, but when I do, that will be a good measure of how your app reacts.
So far, I like. Seems like it does get a tad bit memory heavy after a while - the CBR was 141mb though.

Holy. That is a large CBR. Just a heads up, CBZs will preform better for every reader out there because the decompression of the ZIP file is handled natively, and all libraries for RAR extraction are really really bad. I recommend converting everything the CBZs if possible for better performance. There are some tools out there that do it for you - I rolled my own script though.
I auto rotate all dual-spread pages to whatever can result in the largest use of the screen. You can then zoom in to see the detail (I am in the process of improving quality of the zoom feature eta next weekish). If the dual-spread page is split between two pages you can drag your figure like you are changing pages to read through both pages.
I fixed a couple force close issues that were reported. An update should be up whenever the market decides it wants to show it.
- kaycha

I really like what you're doing here. I just set my root directory as my dropbox folder and now I kind of want to load a bunch of comics in there just to scroll through the collection. I'm sure you'll iron out any bugs or fcs eventually, but for a 1.0 I'm impressed, and I love any app that feels like it belongs in honeycomb.
I dont even know if its possible, but a suggestion would be if you could do like windows does with its thumbnails and show a cover page on a folder (like, page 1 of the first listed file). I like to keep my stuff organized, but the collection view looks too good to be blanded up by a bunch of blank folders.
also "Could not open the file-did something happen to it?" made me smile. I tried to open an .xls
edit: ok confused myself, maybe you should limit the file extensions that it sees in case someone uses a folder with unrelated stuff in it

I am glad you like it! I was thinking about that. I do show covers for the directory directly above. I will make it so that the directories above that also show some covers. Here is another option. What if I made it display the image of a file called "cover.jpg" or something like that? That would give you better organization ability.
Its strange. I wonder how that xls got in there. I will look into it. It might be some weirdness with dropbox. I am glad that functions.
EDIT: Ah. I found the issue. Thanks! It will go out with the next release.

hello, I am a huge comics fan and read a lot on my xoom, If I could I would advise you to add followings things :
- read pdf file with the same interface
- read jpg file
I have a lot of comics with pdf or jpeg extension
- edit the display of a folder with a jpg or perhaps a pdf
Gl for your apps

Duely noted! I am in the process of getting an jpg comic book to work properly. I dont know how easy a pdf file is though. It cant be that hard! I will see if I can get that support out by the next release. Thanks for the suggestions.

it's not bad but I'm going to stic with perfect viewer for the time being
Perfect viewer loads pages much faster and I like the quick tap feature to go to the next comic or back to my library. It loads the thumbnails faster too. If you haven't tried it yet you may want to now. Its totally free and there is an optional 3 dollar donation, I donatd because of how amazing the app is.
I do like the tap to preview other pages though. It just loads the thumbnails kinda slow.

I have used perfect viewer and didnt particularly like its organizational features. It is strange that you find it so much faster - were you testing the same files? CBRs universally suck for pretty much every app that I have tried because of the sorry state of the unRAR library. I think I will try doing much more prebuffering when dealing with CBRs. That should solve much of the speed problem.
You can also jump back to the library or next by tapping on the screen when you are reading and hitting the buttons in the action bar. How does perfect viewer do it?
As far as loading comic thumbnails are concerned, it is done once and cached. I try to only load them when the user has stopped scrolling because the scrolling experience is extremely hampered by continuously trying to fetch the comics. Basically what I am saying is only the first time that a directory is visited has really slow thumbnail loading.
As always, thanks for the suggestions! I will be working on getting parity with Perfect Viewer.
EDIT: Okay. These ads are causing way too many force closes. I will be removing it. The free version is now ad free. The update will be on the market shortly.

Awesome app! Totally replaced perfect viewer for me! just waiting for the pdf views
Congrats dude!
Sent from my Xoom.

MagicMicky said:
Awesome app! Totally replaced perfect viewer for me! just waiting for the pdf views
Congrats dude!
Sent from my Xoom.
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It is coming my friend Researching as we speak!

very nice app indeed!
Just buyed this app last night after trying the free version... very nice indeed and fast (is it using renderscript?).
Just waiting for double page view in landscape mode, manga mode view (right to left) and night mode for B&W comics/mangas... =]

Sweet thanks for the feedback! That's actually an interesting suggestion for double page view in landscape mode. Would it show the current page and the next page side by side? I think I got some ideas for it. Manga mode is definitely coming. I didnt think about night mode. That is an awesome suggestion. Does it just it just invert the colors to white on black?
As always thanks for the excellent feedback! I will be updating my first post with things that I will be adding into the next release.

Perfect viewer's bookshelf
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
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reading in PV
double page mode in PV
perfect viewer's quick controls (customizable)
I cant decide just yet who's bookshelf I like better, yours or PV. PV handles the covers better though (with some of my files your app shows the wrong image). I'll buy your app as a thank you, and as encouragement to one up perfect viewer's dominance over android comic apps.
PS - Mango is the app I use for reading manga because it has many sources and pulls manga from the internet, all you need is the app itself.

Interesting ideas... I definitely can grab covers better I think. The problem is there is no standardization on how files are named - there is definitely some improvements I can make by looking through the zip for something that seems like "front cover" or something like that. Right now I simply show the first image in the file.
The quick links are interesting. I definitely will be looking into something like that. Buttons easily placed in the page thumbnails overlay or something like that.
The dual page thing i am definitely going to do. That is a super cool feature that I am surprised I missed.
As always, thanks for the support and the suggestions!

The "quick links" thing shows briefly on startup and then remains hidden. I went through the options to bring it up for the snapshot.

I see. Into the pipeline it goes!

Bought the paid version, even though you took the ads out of free. Not that you seem to need much encouragement! Thanks again
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[Toolbar] [5th July] ╫oxic ╫oOlbar Soon!

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With the intention to simplify everyday navigation and enable users to keep themselves updated even if they are on a separate page/site (and hopefully save time for new and old users alike), we would like to present a new and innovative browser-based toolbar for PCs -
​
This Update of the Toolbar has been rechristened the Asylum Edition, after the famous rom of the same name, as we celebrate 1000 installs (633 Active Users) of our toolbar as of June 3rd, 2012.
May not be too many, but we certainly aren't de-motivated!
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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Interesting

awesomeness!!

Thanks for bringing it out in its full awesomeness !! I see you have made some nice changes the last moment too. Sorry was sleeping the time you pinged
And glad to see that chrome has got a bit "seedha"
Cheers mate!!

abhisahara said:
Thanks for bringing it out in its full awesomeness !! I see you have made some nice changes the last moment too. Sorry was sleeping the time you pinged
And glad to see that chrome has got a bit "seedha"
Cheers mate!!
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About time you got here! #(*)(@#%^&*@#$
Cheers!!

Very useful!
Thanks!

wonderful!! thank u..

This looks really interesting, thanks for your contribution. Sticky!
Peace!

very useful toolbar. cheers to your contribution!
Edit: @toxicthunder: Encountered unusual error, opening links from a third party app like skype. Error message popped-up: Google Crome is unresponsive. Relaunch now?
haven't encountered this error before i installed this toolbar.

JoshuaTumanda said:
very useful toolbar. cheers to your contribution!
Edit: @toxicthunder: Encountered unusual error, opening links from a third party app like skype. Error message popped-up: Google Crome is unresponsive. Relaunch now?
haven't encountered this error before i installed this toolbar.
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Have been using chrome myself. Haven't yet seen the error you report.
Will look into it right away. Thank you for pointing it.

toxicthunder said:
Have been using chrome myself. Haven't yet seen the error you report.
Will look into it right away. Thank you for pointing it.
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It may be due to a third party app or incompatibility. Thank you for your hard work.
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I would like to know where the files are installed to so I can uninstall it from my machine. It doesn't register in the add/remove programs, and the location of any uninstaller is not obvious. Any help?
For the record the toolbar is very nice, I installed it to try it out and I like it, however it isn't of much use to me until we can change the device it is for and thus would like to remove it from my machine and not just from Chrome's list of toolbars.

Nieylana said:
I would like to know where the files are installed to so I can uninstall it from my machine. It doesn't register in the add/remove programs, and the location of any uninstaller is not obvious. Any help?
For the record the toolbar is very nice, I installed it to try it out and I like it, however it isn't of much use to me until we can change the device it is for and thus would like to remove it from my machine and not just from Chrome's list of toolbars.
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The toolbar is uninstalled just like any other add-on.
For Chrome, just right-click on the toolbar icon (where you have rest of your add-on icons) and select remove.

thnx for making this mate..
i find it very usefull

I admit that it's a good idea, but it needs more work.
It is beatiful but it significantly slows down the loading of the pages.
So I unistalled it, a few minutes after I installed it.

giokou said:
I admit that it's a good idea, but it needs more work.
It is beatiful but it significantly slows down the loading of the pages.
So I unistalled it, a few minutes after I installed it.
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well yes, i do admit it has its shortcomings.
primary reason for this is that I don't have access to the xda user database and hence had to rely on the session cookies for certain features. this is why the toolbar has to refresh itself each time you load a page.
edit: it slows down page loading. but not as significantly as you say

toxicthunder said:
edit: it slows down page loading. but not as significantly as you say
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I am speaking of my experience only. It is possible that other members have different experiences.

Sure, you're always welcome to your opinions.
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Wow...very nice!
Thank you for making my "Note-World" better!

[TABLET Z COMPETITION ENTRY][APP] Lightning Browser [2.2+][OPEN-SOURCE]

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Lightning Browser
Speed. Holo. Privacy.​
About:SourceCode - Source code on github
About: DownloadLinks
Beta Link (Recommended)
Play Store Link (doesn't have new cool stuff)​
About:Browser​Lightning Browser...
is open-source
is HOLO
is based on WebKit
supports multiple tabs
has an incognito mode
doesn't spy on you like other browsers do
supports Adobe Flash (get it here)
has a full-screen mode
has a bookmarking ability
looks nice
is only ~100 KB
About:Screenshot​(Only one screenshot so I don't clog the thread)
About:History​Six months ago, I began work on a webkit based browser when I was asked for help fixing a simple web browser that two forum acquaintances (cammykool and tvall) had built using an online app maker. I looked at the site and disappointingly told them I couldn't help them because the site just generated an apk and didn't actually give you the source code. I told them I could try to build them a simple browser myself...
I started working on Lightning in January, soon published it on Google Play, published the source code on Github, and it became apparent that there was a large group of people that were looking for a light-weight, good-looking, privacy-aware, web browser. People seemed to really like the work I was doing and soon I was adding more and more to the browser. XDA developers kindly gave the browser a favorable review and download numbers spiked drastically.
Recently, I was challenged by the developer of Naked Browser (an excellent bare-bones browser that doesn't track you) about some apparent security flaws in my browser, and I am glad to say that I have fixed them. I've received tons of feedback from users and I have attempted to reply to them all, although I have missed a number of people's emails due to being bogged down with school work last semester. Every bit of feedback is important to me and I strive to fulfill people's desires in the browser.
This is the people's browser.
About:Future​I'm planning...
to add a sync with Google Bookmarks
on better supporting the Xperia Tablet Z
on better supporting large tablets in general
on adding better support for external keyboards and mouses
to add a lot of other options
to add more search providers (duckduckgo and startpage for privacy)
to possibly remove the GPS permission for the privacy aware of us.
to add anything you suggest and I can code
About: Permissions​● permission.INTERNET - Obviously needed to access the internet
● permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - Needed for downloading files
● permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - Needed for downloading files
● permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION - Needed for sites that want your location (you can deny location access)
● permission.READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS - Needed for reading the stock browser history
● permission.WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS - Needed for keeping the stock browser history up to date
About:Me​I'm an Junior in college attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York for Electrical Engineering. I enjoy programming for Android and I'm a gadget enthusiast.
Special Thanks goes to:
XDA-Developers: For the publicity they've given to Lightning Browser (and for this contest)
Sony: For supporting developers like me
The forum at VMRoms.com (You guys are awesome)
The Virgin Mobile LG Optimus V community: For teaching me all things Android
aminaked: for pointing out where Lightning had some security problems
The Android Developers at Google: for bringing WebKit to Android
WebKit: for being the back-bone of Lightning
You guys here: for giving my browser a chance.
cammykool and tvall: for the idea of Lightning browser
Please... Ask any questions you want. Suggest anything you want. You will be heard. This is the people's browser.

Proposed revision to the settings menu (and addition of advanced settings menu).
[note: ui elements will be standard holo elements, not the faux holo ones pictured]

thanks downloading now. going to try this on cm10.1
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Filed issue on github tracker due to compile issues - looks like some stuff in Barebones class is private, then directly accessed from AnthonyWebView. Not had a look, perhaps going protected and inheriting from Barebones might help...
RE the feature ideas, I'd suggest perhaps Firefox sync is a worthwhile contender to rival Google's sync (since Firefox permits you to store your data on your own server, totally under your control).
Will take a look at search providers, as I have reverse-engineered a number of search engines' query strings and auto-suggest APIs, and found the proper ways to invoke them for mobile and desktop (tablet likely should use the desktop versions, unless user chooses otherwise).
There also appears to be a regression. It's not possible to use the newest version on a device without either the AOSP browser or Chrome. Since Chrome is closed source, and the AOSP browser is often not included on "stock" manufacturer ROMs (like the Sony Tablet Z ROM), this is a bit of an annoyance. There was no issue running Lightning version 2.4.3 without another browser being present, but it now FCs.
Code:
I/Barebones( 4696): making tab
E/ANDR-PERF-MPCTL( 1316): MPCTL client send 3
E/ANDR-PERF-MPCTL( 1316): Received len=92, m=1297100099, v=2, c=1316, s=30, m=992947771 (0x3b2f2e3b) d=0
I/Barebones( 4696): tab complete
E/Barebones( 4696): did not detect AOSP browser
W/dalvikvm( 4696): threadid=11: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40c0b450)
E/ActivityThread( 2750): Failed to find provider info for com.android.chrome.browser
E/AndroidRuntime( 4696): FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-303
E/AndroidRuntime( 4696): java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime( 4696): at acr.browser.barebones.v.run(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4696): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
W/ActivityManager( 604): Force finishing activity acr.browser.barebones/.Barebones

pulser_g2 said:
Filed issue on github tracker due to compile issues - looks like some stuff in Barebones class is private, then directly accessed from AnthonyWebView. Not had a look, perhaps going protected and inheriting from Barebones might help...
RE the feature ideas, I'd suggest perhaps Firefox sync is a worthwhile contender to rival Google's sync (since Firefox permits you to store your data on your own server, totally under your control).
Will take a look at search providers, as I have reverse-engineered a number of search engines' query strings and auto-suggest APIs, and found the proper ways to invoke them for mobile and desktop (tablet likely should use the desktop versions, unless user chooses otherwise).
There also appears to be a regression. It's not possible to use the newest version on a device without either the AOSP browser or Chrome. Since Chrome is closed source, and the AOSP browser is often not included on "stock" manufacturer ROMs (like the Sony Tablet Z ROM), this is a bit of an annoyance. There was no issue running Lightning version 2.4.3 without another browser being present, but it now FCs.
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What's strange is that it compiles fine for me. I'll change the private variables to public that are accessed in the webview.
The issue with the stock browser not being present is also something that I know about, but alas... I forgot to test it with the latest build. I'll see about fixing that.
Thanks for pointing this out. I often forget about browsers with a stock provider.
What's strange is that it's giving me none of these on my Tablet Z which is still on stock...... Hmmm. At any rate, I'll fix this stuff pronto.
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I just fixed the crash issue. Silly, but all it required was a simple if(cursor!=null).
Also, the binary was updated and the code has been reverted to public to make it easier to compile.
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I added a change I'm planning to make to the settings menu to make it more n00b friendly and a little cleaner. See second post.

The bookmark menu is crap (sorry, but it is).
Much too big items, not sortable, not configurable.
At this state Lightning unfortunately is not suited for me.

hasenbein1966 said:
The bookmark menu is crap (sorry, but it is).
Much too big items, not sortable, not configurable.
At this state Lightning unfortunately is not suited for me.
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Suggestion taken. Sortable and editable I can do... Size on the other hand is an issue I am having difficulty with.
As you probably noticed, the bookmarks are an html page which the browser loads, and for some reason the text changes size in landscape and portrait.
Portrait size of the bookmarks is fine, but the landscape I agree to be unusable.
Also, I may consider a more icon/tile based thing like chrome... Whatever people want

The beta has been updated here https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser. Lots of New options including the ability to import bookmarks from the stock browser or chrome if it's installed.
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Is there anyway you can add the ability for the browser to ask what video player app to use when clicking on a direct link to a video file instead of just downloading it? Chrome and stock browser can do this for mp4's that alone would be acceptable but It would be cool to to do it for any video file link.
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kalel90 said:
Is there anyway you can add the ability for the browser to ask what video player app to use when clicking on a direct link to a video file instead of just downloading it? Chrome and stock browser can do this for mp4's that alone would be acceptable but It would be cool to to do it for any video file link.
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Sure I can add that!
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kalel90 said:
Is there anyway you can add the ability for the browser to ask what video player app to use when clicking on a direct link to a video file instead of just downloading it? Chrome and stock browser can do this for mp4's that alone would be acceptable but It would be cool to to do it for any video file link.
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Just added it, check out the updated apk on github
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anthonycr said:
Just added it, check out the updated apk on github
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It works great! Thanks!
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anthonycr said:
Suggestion taken. Sortable and editable I can do... Size on the other hand is an issue I am having difficulty with.
As you probably noticed, the bookmarks are an html page which the browser loads, and for some reason the text changes size in landscape and portrait.
Portrait size of the bookmarks is fine, but the landscape I agree to be unusable.
Also, I may consider a more icon/tile based thing like chrome... Whatever people want
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Are you generating the HTML for this? It's probably missing a meta tag or two, or they need a tweak from the current setting. I'm assuming CSS could be used to further refine its look, just not sure how that has to be built into the app.

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Are you generating the HTML for this? It's probably missing a meta tag or two, or they need a tweak from the current setting. I'm assuming CSS could be used to further refine its look, just not sure how that has to be built into the app.
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Yeah I'm generating the HTML and I am using CSS to style it to look like holo cards, the issue I found was that the WebView blows things up and uses a weird zoom thing so I just disabled a certain setting when on the bookmarks page and the bookmarks are the same size in portrait and landscape now.
If you want to look at some of the pre-generated HTML, it's located in the source in the BookmarkPageVariables.java file.

Lightning beta has been updated with the ability to open a closed tab by long pressing on the "New tab" button. Code and apk have been updated on github.
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Cannot believe this isn't more popular. Awesome work, man. Thank you.

I have updated the play store version of Lightning Browser to reflect the beta version. Beta also has been updated for those of you who do not have access to the Play Store.

Just a reminder to forum members that voting for the competition is now open here.
Please vote in the contest to help move things along for xda.

ChromeCast Linux + hacking

Hi all,
I'm going to start hacking on the ChromeCast... to boot or run a tiny Linux distro, and also to run homebrew apps without the necessity of the whitelisting process, etc. I'll be keeping a log of my work at chromecastdev.com. Collaboration is welcome.
The first thing I'm going to play with is trying to dump the bootloader (resides in the little NAND on the Marvell SOC?).
milesc

I wish you luck in your conquest!
Hopefully developers on this forum can do some cool stuff with Chromecast!

Port it to Raspberry Pi. *fingers crossed*
Wait, it's an enclosed system, how do you plan to snoop it?

Ethernet over HDMI or the USB port could provide a path. Also there is a header inside it looks like that isn't listed as a spec so it could be a serial/JTAG point. High hopes for this getting hacked and running an XBMC or Plex client, although I guess Plex web might be fine.
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I don't know if you've already found it, but there are various source files available here. Bootloader sources are in the "sdk" repo. A cursory glance at them makes it seem like you can boot from a USB device by holding down the button on boot, but the image needs to be signed by Google.

any chance you can take some high-res photos of the pcb? The marvell chip isn't listed on the marvell website yet, would be great if we could find a block diagram.

I would sink porting Android would be the best step right now as this is an android forum and is younger brother ran android
Just my opinion.
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Thanks tchebb!!! And here I thought I was finally going to have a reason to play with a logic analyzer to try to dump the bootloader off the bus.
Edit: Well, maybe it's not that simple after all. They didn't include everything... for instance, pin_settings.h is missing.

hajj_3 said:
any chance you can take some high-res photos of the pcb? The marvell chip isn't listed on the marvell website yet, would be great if we could find a block diagram.
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Just found this on the chromecastdev.com site - http://chromecastdev.com/ccdev/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7

milesc22 said:
Thanks tchebb!!! And here I thought I was finally going to have a reason to play with a logic analyzer to try to dump the bootloader off the bus.
Edit: Well, maybe it's not that simple after all. They didn't include everything... for instance, pin_settings.h is missing.
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Yeah, the source doesn't seem to be in a buildable state. I was thinking there might be something like an Android repo manifest.xml to bring all those git repos together into one source tree, but I couldn't find anything like that. Also, like you said, there are lots of missing files referenced in the build scripts.
I found the link to the source after downloading the Chromecast app (my device hasn't arrived yet) and letting it scan and fail to find anything. It directed me here, which has the Google Code link in the "What's Under the Hood?" entry.
The other interesting documentation I found is here, specifically the part about pressing "Apps" seven times to enable developer mode (very reminiscent of dev mode on new Android versions). It's unclear whether that just exposes additional info in the desktop app or actually sends a packet to the Chromecast to enable some sort of on-device dev mode.
Once I get mine, the first thing I want to do is get a full packet capture of the setup and update process, and some sample network traffic generated by normal use.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...ongle-is-left-a-little-too-open-to-hijacking/
https://plus.google.com/117916055521642810655/posts/Md6py81N2Ag
DIAL server (developed by netflix/google)
http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/
FAQ for developers (about app on 2nd screen(aka app on your phone/PC), and 1st screen(on the chromecast)
http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/details-for-developers
there is example source code available
supported apps:http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/dial-registry/namespace-database
looks like there should be hulu, BBC, Time Warner, Yahoo, SLing support soon

nmap scan.
Here is my nmap scan of the dongle.
Code:
Starting Nmap 6.25 ( _REMOVED_URL ) at 2013-07-26 20:01 CDT
Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.90
Host is up (0.015s latency).
Not shown: 998 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
8008/tcp open http?
9080/tcp open http Mongoose httpd
1 service unrecognized despite returning data. If you know the service/version, please submit the following fingerprint at
_REMOVED_URL:
SF-Port8008-TCP:V=6.25%I=7%D=7/26%Time=51F31BE8%P=x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.
SF:0%r(GetRequest,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Len
SF:gth:0\r\n\r\n")%r(FourOhFourRequest,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent
SF:-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\r\n\r\n")%r(HTTPOptions,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501
SF:\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\r\n\r\n")%r(RTSPRequest,32,"H
SF:TTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\r\n\r\n")%r(SI
SF:POptions,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\
SF:r\n\r\n");
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at _REMOVED_URL.
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 150.36 seconds
I will run more scans but I thought I would point out that it appears to be running a web server on two ports 8008 & 9080. One of which is listed as Mongoose.
I am too new to post links so I removed all outside URLs. Mongoose can be found on Google Code.

https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast
Does this do anything for you?
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moocow1452 said:
https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast
Does this do anything for you?
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Nice find man. This is for sure the beginning of good things to come.

oh my...it runs Android!!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

SSH/Telnet access is now possible! All we need now is the unlocked bootloader image and a powered MicroUSB OTG cable.

Nooter said:
SSH/Telnet access is now possible! All we need now is the unlocked bootloader image and a powered MicroUSB OTG cable.
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they did it! http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-newest-device-by-google/

moocow1452 said:
https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast
Does this do anything for you?
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The only thing that works for me is starting a youtube video from the Android youtube app.
No controls yet, it is not implemented.
Tab casting from Chrome spawns an empty chrome window.
Other Chromecast apps (Play Music) do not detect leapcast yet, or more precisely detects it but do not show the cast button.

bubbleguuum said:
The only thing that works for me is starting a youtube video from the Android youtube app.
No controls yet, it is not implemented.
Tab casting from Chrome spawns an empty chrome window.
Other Chromecast apps (Play Music) do not detect leapcast yet, or more precisely detects it but do not show the cast button.
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We may want to keep any eye on this project too.
https://github.com/taterbase/hello-chromecast-sender