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Exec summary after just over a week of use...

Here's my comments after just over a week of use so far (O2 Exec Corp install with GBP Weather, IPToday, MagicButton installed)
1. Frustratingly slow when typing text messages, when using the inside keyboard there appears to be a delay between pressing the key and the letters actually appearing within the body...why?
2. The phone is frustratingly slow as well, when dialing sometimes the dialing tone isn't even made for some keypad numbers although the number is still dialed
3. Hanging up appears to take some time, around 2 seconds upon pressing the hangup button
4. Waking up the machine from it being turned off (standby) takes a few seconds before it becomes usable?
5. Answering calls when the Exec is closed with screen inwards...is this possible and if so how do you hold it to ensure the person can hear you, and likewise?
6. I need a GPS unit, am I best with wired/wireless (which had best battery length?), but don't want to spend a lot, any recommendations?
Thats about it for now but its enough to cause me issues...the things sexy, there's no doubt about that, but needs A LOT of tweaking - why did they not release it with a little more ram? 256 perhaps, is that the answer?
Appreciate your help!

Dude, you truly need to read thro this forum. All of these issues have been covered extensively, and most (all?) of us now have highly efficient, sleek, and fast machines. It's a bit unfair to ask people to post the answers again...
Spend some time then ask us for help on the couple of issues you truly cannot solve - you will then get a lot of support.

I've been through the entire forum and generally can't find a conclusive forum that solves the problems here!!! Unless I'm missing something...?
The main problem is that people don't name their subjects appropriately, and instead put 'Help me please...' or similar - doesn't help searching at all.
Could you point me in the right direction?

ashley,
if you hard reset (back/save first) your Exec and select Corporate mode (code is 0506) you Exec will have more user memory and will run faster. If you install GSPocketmagic++ it will be even faster.
I hope this helps.

Thanks dude, did the Corp install as my first measure anyway, but haven't yet tried PocketMagic, I'll give that a go and have a search on the forum to see what it does!

Can anyone direct me to a GSPocketMagic download? I don't seem to be able to find an English download?

http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1276
However, I would recommend smallmenuplus; it has a freeware version, and I'd recommend paying for the full version's bells and whistles.
It's "based" on gspocketmagic (whether legally or not is still a debate I think), but it has improvements which make it a better option. Some of the boys have had a debate about whether gsp++ introduces a magic bullet that somehow speeds up the Universal. I don't think so, both are just good and efficient task managers. SmallMenu seems to provide the same and better functionality.
I'm not knocking GSP++, but SmallMenu is a more finished product.
My Smallmenu setup:
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"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"
}
V

Look here for all the WM5 apps used by members:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=32698

Thanks guys - I've just installed PocketMechanic and having run the Registry Cleaner my system is ALREADY running faster (half the time to execute apps now!)...so for anyone with similar problems, I suggest you start there!
Will get PocketMagic++ on there a little later tonight, and thanks again!

Vijay555,
So does SmallMenu also speeds up the HTC Universal without GSPocket Magic installed?

iPhone theme -very easy to install/use and most important download :)

I don't know if I am breaking any laws of this forum - if so, I would ask moderators and admins to delete this post ASAP.
I am not inventor or maker of this - I just found it somewhere on the internet and figured to share with my Wizard family here.
It shows very good iPhone look a like skin...
Try it out for yourself and let us know what was your experience.
PS. Read me file is a MUST to read!!!
http://rychlicki.net/inne/res_ppc-custom.icons.zip

Can we have screenshots?

Here ya go guys
First scrshot is main screen - then I have installed iPhone dialpad and PocketCM contact manager - I have included all three. I couldn't get scrshot of Slide unlock thing but you know how it looks on iPhone.
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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... also ...
you can see I got two different times showed on first two pictures. Thats cuz of iPhone skin itself - it was 3:16am when I took the pictures ...
They working on it to find a way to fix it - but as of right now - I am still using my good old WM5

pathfinder7 said:
I don't know if I am breaking any laws of this forum - if so, I would ask moderators and admins to delete this post ASAP.
I am not inventor or maker of this - I just found it somewhere on the internet and figured to share with my Wizard family here.
It shows very good iPhone look a like skin...
Try it out for yourself and let us know what was your experience.
PS. Read me file is a MUST to read!!!
http://rychlicki.net/inne/res_ppc-custom.icons.zip
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Not sure I understand what this thread is all about? It seems to have been posted today (or have I got this wrong?) but points to software which has been being used for months and referred to in various threads?
Is there something I am missing here or have you actually published an .ini file somewhere which lets users use all those icons (by pointing the iTunes icon to windows media player etc)? Or have you managed to get the sking to run on start up or have you managed to get the slider to hog less memory?
Please tell us what is going on in this thread!

Wheel-2-Unlock is UNDER DEVELOPEMENT!!!

EDIT: UNDER DEVELOPEMENT AND WILL BE RELEASED WHEN READY! KEEP AN EYE ON THIS THREAD!!!!
Here's an idea... when you turn your phone off, it locks... when you turn it on, you must roll your thumb/finger to the right around the wheel of the diamond to unlock it...
as you wheel around, the white line around the circle begins to fill from the top, moving rightward around...
sorry for the poor image quality, i just threw it together as a thought.
I hope a developer can throw this together, prolly isn't hard at all and would really be cool for the diamond. Better graphics and glowing line ofcourse.
its simple and utilizes the unique hardware of the diamond, and also the pro.
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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anyone like?
anyone down to try and create it?
Wish i could, but i have no idea where to start. i'm in the dark here.

to clear up any confusion that may come up, the lights on the wheel itself don't need to light up as you wheel around... only the circle on the screen.
as you would pass a point on the wheel, another section of the ring on the screen would fill in.

Sounds like a good idea. Hope someone have the time to make it.

im sure that 'wheel-2-unlock' is one of the features of the TouchXperience ROM but it would take a long time for this rom to be released i guess.

TouchXperience is a ROM? Not just a cab installation?

http://www.touchxperience.com/en/touchxperience.html

I really want this app....I miss many calls...

sounds good, i hope someone can do it

Ok guys, i got a good man to try and put this together... he's farther along than he thought and will be releasing something when he feels its ready to meet the world!

Sounds like a good idea - I posted something very like it in the AnswerKeys Disabler thread a few weeks ago!
Glad someone has the skills to make it happen!

subscribed to the thread

Actually there IS such programm already: http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=83359&st=125&start=125
Maybe you should contact the author and try to develop together?)

Addicteddddd said:
subscribed to the thread
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me too, (and now just lengthing my post to be > 10 characters )

baskalex said:
Actually there IS such programm already: http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=83359&st=125&start=125
Maybe you should contact the author and try to develop together?)
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i just DL'd that file on there and it wouldn't load on the phone... Prolly a difference in english device and whatever language that is device...
I'm not the primary developer cuz i don't know how to do so yet, but my boy on another forum is the one working on it... lets see what he comes up with.
i'll run it by him if he wants to talk to that R2U dev

hello
what about first version.
Im waiting forward.

lamdami said:
I really want this app....I miss many calls...
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Use S2U2 its the same function you miss no calls anymore when use.
grtzzz

CapacitiveFingerLock
I am working on such an idea already for a week or so:
CapacitiveFingerLock.
It will have another locking/unlocking mechanism on top of StylusLock, as described in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2681112&postcount=62
Because I am now on a business trip in America, I had not much time to work on the program. But I haven proven already that it works. I have to remove some stuff from the proven program, and integrate it with my already existing StylusLock. The goal is that it does NOT cost extra battery power and CPU and is really simple to use.
The reason to add this, is to have it possible to lock and unlock "one handed". The StylusLock approach cannot be done "one handed", e.g. on a bike. Also some people do not like to operate with the StylusLock. The combination with this new CapacitiveFingerLock and existing StylusLock will suit more people. And sometimes people will use the Stylus, so they will get the right behaviour depended on the usage.

Good idea, as I do not use any locks or such applications, but this one sounds nice. Just remember that this app should not conflict with, or somehow overcover and incomming call

ZuinigeRijder said:
I am working on such an idea already for a week or so:
CapacitiveFingerLock.
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Woohoo, I've been asking for such a thing for weeks now. Do you have a working version already?
That would be awesome.

Definitely MUCH MUCH better than SensorLock and all the - no need to mention - rest!
Especially because SensorLock is still buggy as hell!

[Q] New dev'r need's a push :)

Hi Everyone,
I am a wicked 3D modeler, wish I could say the same about being an Android developer.
I have a question...is it hard to show me a working example (a 2D object roaming a map that has a background image as the map) that I can load in Eclipse that will run in the AVD 2.2 so I can read the source and get my head to wrap around it?
The only code I have gotten a good grip on is PHP/MySQL/B3D , so new code is something I can easily (hopefully) adapt to.
So, a step 1 from loading it into Eclipse, all the way to seeing it in the emulator would be greatly appreciated.
If this is a tall order I appologize. Rememeber, I am new to Android, but so far loving the heck out of it!!!
Best Wishes

Check out developer.android.com and start with the hello world tutorial. After that I'd check out the lunar lander and/or jet boy demos

If you want to do only 2d games, head to http://www.andengine.org/
It's a free, really easy to use and fast (hardware opengl) 2D game engine.
Scan the barcode on the project's website to grab a example app showing off the engine's capabilities.
The engine doesn't have much of a documentation, but it's open-source and you can download the source code for demo application where each feature is demonstrated in a separate file with comments, so you can figure out how most things work just by reading through this code.
There are some tutorials around the project's forum including setting up the ecplipse for the first time. And in case you can't figure out something from the source code and tutorials, there are a lot of really helpful people over there so you can ask away.
The cool thing it that the engine takes care of most android-specific tasks for you, and you can just concentrate on programming your game/demo After you get a feel for it, you can try moving on to generic android examples and tutorials to implement more features and learn more about inner workings of an android application.
Most people would probably suggest doing it the other way around, but in my opinion it's much easier to get into coding if you can actually see some cool results, like animations, particle effects, physics-enabled games/demos instead of just a boring notepad app

I have done the "Hello World" from the web, it worked great.
The reason I asked for what I did is because I noticed that alot of examples have things missing to keep people from taking thier hard work. So I need something intact/working to learn from.
I looked at the andEngine and first thing I ask is what is the scan thing?
I appreciate the responses guys, thank you.

LuvinAndroid said:
I looked at the andEngine and first thing I ask is what is the scan thing?
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Oh, sorry, i forgot you're new to android and might not have used the barcode scanner
There's a 2d barcode on the andengine website:
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"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"
}
Just download an app called "barcode scanner" from the market, launch it and point your phone at this barcode. This is usually easier than typing an url manually on the phone
Or just search for "andengine examples" in the market and install it to see what andengine has to offer.

I do not own an Android phone, I am basically hoping the SDK and Eclipse will be all I need for a working title.
I did the Snake and Jetboy examples. The Jetboy booted but did not play well, and the snake one loads into the AVD but the snake does nothing.
Both examples tell me I have an error in my R.java file (this line- setContentView(R.layout.main); ) it fails and keeps me from running it anymore.
And below in the text box it said this in red "DeviceMonitor]Sending jdwp tracking request failed!"
Any ideas?

Well, it looks like my Norton Firewall was blocking it or something, when I turned it off then the error went away.
I have been running the snake demo all day and wow, this is going to be fun working on the Android dev side.
I noticed something I do not understand. I was assuming (I know my fault) that the collision on the border sprites were based on "this box hit that one" but it's not, it's based on the borders of the screen via math as I'm sure you all know already.
How do I add like a small island (the little sprite boxes) to it for fun and tell the game to read coll based on one image hitting another one?
thanx in advance for anyone willing to ponder this for me many thanks.

Any Ideas Please?

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This is the screen on my junsun v1 pro when I go into the trip computer on my Peugeot 208 1.4HDi. The gear icon (ringed in red) asks for a code when I tap on it and I cannot find a code for this anywhere. I have no idea what it's for since the other 2 screens just have a clear button to reset the trip memory. I assume there are some settings but since I can't find the code, I have no idea. If anyone knows what this code is I would be grateful!!
[edit] I have tried all the obvious ones: 8888 8878 1234 5678 etc etc etc

As per usual, post Android system information including MCU version.

marchnz said:
As per usual, post Android system information including MCU version.
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I assume this means that no-one here knows, or can hazard a guess. I posted the question in the wild hope that someone might have the same setup and know what the code is. To be honest, if you don't know what the code could be then I doubt that the system info and Mcu version will make any difference unless you have a magic key to extract it.
I don't have access to the car just now but, if it will make any difference I'll get the info when I do...

Candesta said:
I assume this means that no-one here knows, or can hazard a guess. I posted the question in the wild hope that someone might have the same setup and know what the code is. To be honest, if you don't know what the code could be then I doubt that the system info and Mcu version will make any difference unless you have a magic key to extract it.
I don't have access to the car just now but, if it will make any difference I'll get the info when I do...
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Usually it's better to post your question in a thread related to your head unit because many users will get an email with your question.
Most users will not read a thread with the generic title "any ideas please?" because in most cases it only contains a thrown down question asked by a lazy user.

Please install this tool
Current Activity - Apps on Google Play
A useful tool for Android Developers
play.google.com
and open the screen you posted in your first post.
The app will show the technical name of the app (package) and the technical name of the screen (activity).
Package name should be com.ts.MainUI but activity name needs to be provided by yourself to allow further investigation.

Candesta said:
I assume this means that no-one here knows, or can hazard a guess.
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It means you haven't provided enough information and crystall ball not working. Perhaps the seller might be a better choice for support.

Looks like the question wasn't important enough to provide further information.
Sometimes I wish to be an admin with the authorization to delete whole threads.

TorstenH said:
Looks like the question wasn't important enough to provide further information.
Sometimes I wish to be an admin with the authorization to delete whole threads.
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Oh dear.
It would have been useful if someone with the same setup had happpened upon the question and know the answer. Every other feature works fine so I didn't expected someone to put in days of work to solve the issue and, honestly, I'm not that worried about it.
FWIW I have not had access to the car since last I posted the original question, so have not been able to get more info. I realise it was probably very rude of me not to say that before but the post had dropped down so many pages I assumed it would fade into obscurity, like an 80s rock group.
I don't really want to get into an argument here, TorstenH, but are you a little bitter? Do you feel the world is treating you unfairly? It's the only reason I can see for that last post from you. I don't spend a lot of time on this forum and when i went looking for my post it was, something like, ten plus pages down so, as i said, I assumed it would be forgotten. Lighten up.