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Calculator

Can anyone recommend a good calculator for the HD? I need one that can do more than just add, subtract, multily and divide. One that can graph equations, do integration, trig functions etc.
Thanks,
Johannes.
Cambridge, UK.

Nice request!
Same needs are present for me! Hope there is a program like this out there.
Thanks
Ascenca

Maybe something like this? (on the left side, the last button)
Emulator of the HP48,HP49,HP39,HP40 calculator from Hewlett Packard
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All of the calculator software I have tried does not work at all (Lygea) or has troubles with the display (MxCalc).
Any suggestions?

I like HiCalc. It has everything you could want, and is very user friendly.

I used HiCalc on my older diamond, it is not working on the HD, am I wrong??

rinobed said:
I used HiCalc on my older diamond, it is not working on the HD, am I wrong??
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This is my beloved calculator. I hope you're wrong here. But I did'nt see that on the wiki but I'll test that the moment my unit arrive.
If you've already got your unit, why not go ahead to test and update the wiki. Cheers.

HiCalc is my favorite one, but it occupies like 1/4 of the screen on my HD, so it's unuseable.

eaglesteve said:
This is my beloved calculator. I hope you're wrong here. But I did'nt see that on the wiki but I'll test that the moment my unit arrive.
If you've already got your unit, why not go ahead to test and update the wiki. Cheers.
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It has troubles with the high resolution, its completely unusable. :-(

esackbauer said:
It has troubles with the high resolution, its completely unusable. :-(
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That's a disappointment.
How much problem is this? Does it just leave a blank space at the bottom or does it not run at all?

eaglesteve said:
That's a disappointment.
How much problem is this? Does it just leave a blank space at the bottom or does it not run at all?
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Have you read post #8??
It does run, but way too tiny.

vangrieg said:
HiCalc is my favorite one, but it occupies like 1/4 of the screen on my HD, so it's unuseable.
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Did you install the vga or qvga version?

I had one version which worked on my previous VGA device. Guess this means it was a VGA one, although it wasn't the latest.

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Did you install the vga or qvga version?
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There is only ONE version for all!

esackbauer said:
There is only ONE version for all!
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You're right. In the case of HiCalc they use the same cab both type of devices.
I hope that they come up with a version for HD soon.

I would be happy with a calculator that just fits the whole screen and is not as terribly ugly as the WM one.

Panoramic Calc Pro.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447195

This one:
http://www.panoramicsoft.com/mobileapps/calcpro/Calcpro.php
is supposed to work fine on the HD. Very similar to HiCalc.
Regards!

I like this even more than HiCalc. It takes so little resources and is really fast too.

You can skin the windows one to fit in on the touch http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=413583

Transformers Transforming Sound Effects

I have no luck searching high & low for the Transformers (The Movie) Sound Effects (not the cartoon type)... Just wondering if you guys have any? I'd like to have it as my ringtone

SEQ said:
I have no luck searching high & low for the Transformers (The Movie) Sound Effects (not the cartoon type)... Just wondering if you guys have any? I'd like to have it as my ringtone
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Try Zegde.net, lists 265 sounds when searching for Transformers so I am sure one of them will be to your likings.
I know what you mean with the "sound effect", so if you find what you are looking for can you post a link? It would be a nice SMS tone

Got what I wanted. Thanks! You da' man~

SEQ said:
Got what I wanted. Thanks! You da' man~
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Ehhh thanks for the link

Here: http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/277745/transformers-ringtone/?pos=12&search=transformers

SEQ said:
Here: http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/277745/transformers-ringtone/?pos=12&search=transformers
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this one is great too - http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/325587/transformers-ringtone/?pos=13&search=transformers

i have a good mp3 one thats ace but cant upload it a here invalid file

here it is
http://rapidshare.com/files/254217360/Transformers_Interupted_message.mp3.html

hihik said:
this one is great too - http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/325587/transformers-ringtone/?pos=13&search=transformers
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This is way cooler than my selection. Thanks~!

combat goofwing said:
here it is
http://rapidshare.com/files/254217360/Transformers_Interupted_message.mp3.html
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Couldn't download it...??? :?

Why dont you download from youtube a clip wich contains some nice sounds and than you can cut the sound with "wavepad" a simple tool to edit and cut sound or music.

thought there was one in the TP1 forum. I had one that works but have no idea where i put it lol

well you guys can just make your own by removing the audio from the movie and cutting up the pieces you want. I don't actully have this device yet but im saving up and should have enough soon. so If you don't know how i guess if you give me time of movie and length of sound clip i can do it for you. Just give me TF1 or TF2 start time and how long you want the clip to be.

Day with a Droid X

Well Hi All. Madhouse here. A buddy of mine who is a firefighter is also a part time Verizon employee, he was gracious enough to let me carry a droid X demo for the day here. It's currently 12:37 pm here and i will have access to the phone for a few more hours here. I made a few videos and took some pictures, i will try my best to answer any requests made in this thread while i have the phone. A few basic principals apply. Obviously i will not be demoing any rooting or hacking type activities on the phone because it is not mine.
Look forward to the questions! Enjoy!
(Will be editing and putting links to the videos in a minute here)
This is a test sample of the droid x's video capability in 720p
Droid X Mozilla Demo

Wow, lucky! I know this may seem dumb... but an alternate home (such as LauncherPro) can be installed, right?
Also, what's the screen like? Is it very responsive/accurate?

x.v_ said:
Wow, lucky! I know this may seem dumb... but an alternate home (such as LauncherPro) can be installed, right?
Also, what's the screen like? Is it very responsive/accurate?
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I'll check into the launcher thing for you and the screen is AMAZINGLY accurate, i'll have a video of the multitouch vis app test up in a minute. It makes the Evo (My phone) look terrible as far as touch responsiveness.

how loud does the "loud" speaker sound compared to other smartphones? Also do you feel that the dual leds are very bright? Do the hard buttons on the front feel like they are good quality?

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I'll check into the launcher thing for you and the screen is AMAZINGLY accurate, i'll have a video of the multitouch vis app test up in a minute. It makes the Evo (My phone) look terrible as far as touch responsiveness.
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Woo hoo! This is important to me, so I'm glad to hear that! Makes me even more excited for this!

Hows the keyboard working? The trouble I'm having with my touch phone right now is my fingers are too big and i'm constantly making mistakes -.-

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how loud does the "loud" speaker sound compared to other smartphones? Also do you feel that the dual leds are very bright? Do the hard buttons on the front feel like they are good quality?
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It's definitely loud. It's about as loud as an Evo 4G's or Droid Incredible's. We have all three phones present. Tested them all.

x.v_ said:
Woo hoo! This is important to me, so I'm glad to hear that! Makes me even more excited for this!
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I was going to make a video but im using the Evo to make the videos, but yeah, it is SPOT ON for the touch sensitivity, makes the Evo look like it's stuck in the mud. Probably due to the FPS cap or something for all i know.

peperonikiller said:
Hows the keyboard working? The trouble I'm having with my touch phone right now is my fingers are too big and i'm constantly making mistakes -.-
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It's big, it's especially big if you turn it sideways. I'm a big guy too (6'4" 268 lbs.) The keyboard feels natural too, it's of good size. It has a multitouch keyboard as well as swype for fast typing.

Any chance you have a micro-hdmi cable handy to test playing a DIVX/AVI movie on a TV?

rolandroland said:
Any chance you have a micro-hdmi cable handy to test playing a DIVX/AVI movie on a TV?
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I have the cable, i don't have an HDTV unfortunately. Sorry!

MadhouseMedic said:
I have the cable, i don't have an HDTV unfortunately. Sorry!
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Could you possibly answer if the launcher can be replaced? ^.^

Awesome to hear about the keyboard! It's the only thing im iffy about considering I really was looking forward to a slide out keyboard.. but if the keys are big then no worries

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Could you possibly answer if the launcher can be replaced? ^.^
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I can't seem to figure out how to get it to go to original launcher much less launcher pro. It's stuck in this motoblur hybrid UI

peperonikiller said:
Awesome to hear about the keyboard! It's the only thing im iffy about considering I really was looking forward to a slide out keyboard.. but if the keys are big then no worries
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Swype works VERY well for people with large fingers because its just dragging it across the keyboard and yes the keyboard feels great.

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I can't seem to figure out how to get it to go to original launcher much less launcher pro. It's stuck in this motoblur hybrid UI
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So you can't install Launcher Pro from the market?! I don't care about the default one, just need to know I can replace it with something else from the market.
This is what should happen (in case you don't know):
->Install Launcher Pro
->Hit home
->A box should come up asking what launcher you want to use (if you get to here it works).

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So you can't install Launcher Pro from the market?! I don't care about the default one, just need to know I can replace it with something else from the market.
This is what should happen (in case you don't know):
->Install Launcher Pro
->Hit home
->A box should come up asking what launcher you want to use (if you get to here it works).
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Working on it now. Gimmie a second.
(Update: It works flawlessly. Looks amazing too.)

MadhouseMedic said:
Working on it now. Gimmie a second.
(Update: It works flawlessly. Looks amazing too.)
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Cool! Thanks for all your answers man, really appreciate it!

x.v_ said:
Could you possibly answer if the launcher can be replaced? ^.^
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yes it can be replace. here's a DX with launcher pro
http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid-x/114611-home-screens-launcherpro-screen-shots.html

Jollibee said:
yes it can be replace. here's a DX with launcher pro
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Does this necessarily mean Launcher Pro is running instead of Moto's default? Or can it be on top of the original (i.e. wasting mem/cpu, running both)?
The choice it gives on pressing the home screen is just that it recognizes there are 2 registered apps that handle launcher requests, right? It doesn't necessarily kill one for the other, does it?
Only had Android for a few weeks, so sorry if silly question.

Win w/audio booster > Android audio?

I really used to love the audio quality in windows. Now this was only the case when using audio booster. It just made the highs higher, and the midtones richer.
Is there anything like audio booster for android? I really miss my custom presets

i 100% agree with you winmo + audio booster + srs wow hd completely pwns android in terms of sound quality. Search the forums for "meltus audio hack", i remember using it on my g1 and it helped a lot. (there should be an app in the market too however you should check it is comatible with our builds first)

try LVH 3.6 (Loud Volume Hack 3.6) need rooted rootfs

louder volume hack only works for g1 and mytouch 3g he hasnt updated it to support new phones

*Bump* Anyone that can make a Program that looks and works as good as: Audio Booster v2.5? i'm even willing to pay for it!

thecp said:
*Bump* Anyone that can make a Program that looks and works as good as: Audio Booster v2.5? i'm even willing to pay for it!
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In the market there's a music player called PowerAMP. It costs about 2 or 3 bucks if I'm not wrong. There you have a 10 band equalizer and so on. Try it out.
J

JanssoN said:
In the market there's a music player called PowerAMP. It costs about 2 or 3 bucks if I'm not wrong. There you have a 10 band equalizer and so on. Try it out.
J
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You are my hero mate!

thecp said:
You are my hero mate!
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No problem

Got it for free..
Sent from HD2

fmedrano1977 said:
Got it for free..
Sent from HD2
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Who doesn't? hehehe

i thought americans always use legal apps. unlike in my country.

dan138zig said:
i thought americans always use legal apps. unlike in my country.
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Piracy is everywhere

the worst hd2 android problem
neugroove said:
I really used to love the audio quality in windows. Now this was only the case when using audio booster. It just made the highs higher, and the midtones richer.
Is there anything like audio booster for android? I really miss my custom presets
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same problem, or similar ... under wm 6.5 i used srs wow hd to boost audio for youtube and other video.
Under froyo, the nand one, nothing yet...anyone can help?

Video converter

Can someone please point me in the right direction for a really good video converter. The only movie that takes up the whole screen on my Tab is Transformers 2...
sent from Gen's Galaxy Tab

bud, you dont need a converter - you need a better player
look for vplayer alpha on the market, its my fav but theres a slew of others that both play everything and allow you to change fullscreen/ ar settings - only thing to watch out for is the 4gb limit of file size

I use Adobe Media Encoder to encode to h.264 1024x576 with stereo AAC and use the ipod mux settings
Occasionally I use Nero which seems to use all 8 threads of my i7

WinFF and Handbrake should work.
For player, have you tried RockPlayer?

Thanks you guys...Rockplayer works perfect...I use that and Meridian. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
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pinkice85 said:
Thanks you guys...Rockplayer works perfect...I use that and Meridian. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
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I find Rockplayer is hopeless at playing .mkv files. They jerk, pixelate and the sound is out of sync. Even the default Video Player is better.
Thanks for the info on vplayer ftgg99, I'll give it a try.

i use handbrake and the default video app. it has an option of filling up the whole screen.

clovis_ll said:
i use handbrake and the default video app. it has an option of filling up the whole screen.
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What presets and settings do you use for Handbrake?

Beards said:
What presets and settings do you use for Handbrake?
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I use the apple universal preset. the ipad preset works too.

clovis_ll said:
I use the apple universal preset. the ipad preset works too.
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Thanks... and lastly, what about resolution and anamorphic settings?

Beards said:
Thanks... and lastly, what about resolution and anamorphic settings?
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that, idk.. lol i just use the presets

clovis_ll said:
that, idk.. lol i just use the presets
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Cheers... I'm busy trying it out and before I received your reply I set it to convert a large .mkv but I didn't use any presets.... So far it's taken 18mins and is only 32% done.
I'll let it finish and try it again using the preset you mention.
Thanks again.

Beards said:
Cheers... I'm busy trying it out and before I received your reply I set it to convert a large .mkv but I didn't use any presets.... So far it's taken 18mins and is only 32% done.
I'll let it finish and try it again using the preset you mention.
Thanks again.
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yeah it takes sometime especially depending on the system your using.

clovis_ll said:
yeah it takes sometime especially depending on the system your using.
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Well I'm converting the video on a high powered Laptop with an i7-950 3.06Ghz processor, 8GB RAM and 2x640GB Hard Drives so speed should not be the bottleneck.

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Well I'm converting the video on a high powered Laptop with an i7-950 3.06Ghz processor, 8GB RAM and 2x640GB Hard Drives so speed should not be the bottleneck.
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I guess it shouldn't take long then..