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I'd like to nominate this app as the most annoying app ever
Let me know if you think it deserves this prize
Wow that is pretty god dam annoying .
My eyes are still trying to get back to normal wrinting this post
scotjen1 said:
Wow that is pretty god dam annoying .
My eyes are still trying to get back to normal wrinting this post
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I had trouble reading my own post too
One hint I can give anyone wanting to try it is: DO NOT LOOK INTO THE LIGHT
Did you make this software or just find it laying around somewhere
scotjen1 said:
Did you make this software or just find it laying around somewhere
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Wrote it myself
oh man, that's awesome!
could you do me a favor and remove the screen-strobe (so the flashlight only strobes) and upload?
Nice
i thought of another good use for it. When driving down a road and coming up to a speed camera if the car in front is sort of annoying you, you could flash it just to worry em and see if they respond.
The only thing u would need is a bigger button in the GUI and maybe pressed once to start and once to stop.
Sorry just my mind wandering again
Wicked app !
As mentioned, would be absolutely GRRREEEEEAAAATTTT if the screen strobe could be disabled, that way we can blind others without at the same time blinding ourselves lol !
I could disable the screen-strobe, but then the light-flashes would be less-bright.
Somehow if I tell the universal to use ultra-bright flash, it automatically turns off the LCD-backlight, presumably to reserve power to the flash.
When writing it I didn't really have any use in mind apart from annoying friends, but I'll look into the suggestions you guys posted and see if I can come up with anything better
haha minted mate
Could this be made to run when theres an incoming call?
I cant think why you'd ever want to, but there is a chance
JAmes
ps. there a big redish area in the middle of everything i look at now......
omg - if someone does this I will probably regret it
I have a (almost) 2 year old daughter - and she is alway trying to get a hold of my phone anyway.
It would be great to have something on it she could play with (me holding of course) - so my idea was this:
Display like 6 pictures and assign sounds to them.
Example: farm would be a cow, a pig, a rooster, ... and the corresponding sounds they make
another: family and friends with their own voices stating their names
For occupation in boring places like the doctors or whatever 'waiting-place' this would really be neat.
There would probably be many more ideas for kids - although it might not be to hot of an idea having them play with our Diamonds....
I'm no programmer - but this sounds to me like not too big of a deal right?
Anyone?
I've no problems taking this on for you, but you're right about letting your kids loose with your diamond...
What kind of things did you have in mind, like one of those things you get attatched to the side of those kids story books?
Would not take long to generate a simple re-usable interface, with a simple config file for assigning pictures and sounds to little picture boxes.
yeah - that was exactly what I had in mind!
And I am not planing on really 'giving it to her hands' - perhaps if it were to run on different resolution I might give her my charmer (looks like s*** anyway as I dropped it about a zillion times).
thx for posting - was not sure to get an answer since my idea does not include any sensor-functionality
hope to find some spare time tomorrow - I would check for some example pics/sounds
I'm interested too!
ME TOO... Please
I don't have any kids...
But it sound like fun ..
Will keep me occupied for hours!!
you guys might want to check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424081
i think this is what your lookin for
Keland44 said:
you guys might want to check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424081
i think this is what your lookin for
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I`ve already got that but what i think schmeichler is after is something with pretty colourful pictures on that when pressed play childrens sounds. Not lazer guns and i fart in your general direction!!
me too.... sign me up....
x 2 girls 4 years (twins)
x 1 boy 5 months
Yeah, this is a great idea!
Also interested
intrested as well what about won with mickey mouse club house? my Johnny is crazy over this
johnboywilson said:
I`ve already got that but what i think schmeichler is after is something with pretty colourful pictures on that when pressed play childrens sounds. Not lazer guns and i fart in your general direction!!
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yea i figured this was a start since it does basically what you guys are looking for and it uses flash if you get the ok from the creator you could use a flash decomipler and change the works so instead of accepting text it accepts images because you can add whatever sounds you want
looks like this might be a solution i asked the developer and he said it will load an image so it just takes the user playin around with it to get it the way they want it to be
Bubble Breaker and Teeter work great for my 7 year old twins!
I'm just gonna go have some tea, and feed the dogs, then i'll start on this little project for you. I should be able to make it simple enough to modify, by restricting the config to a single file.
It will most likely have 6 buttons taking up the whole of the screen, which could be mapped to different images and sounds (Any more, and they'd be hard for little fingers to see and press, especially on non-VGA screens). For example:
Cow,./Farm/Cow.png,./Farm/Cow.wav
Chicken,./Farm/Chicken.png,./Farm/Chicken.wav
Hopefully it should be reasonably simple to get the structure in such a way that you could make a new folder for a theme, which had the ini file, along with a collection of sounds and pictures.
Any objections to this kind of layout before I begin coding (In about 30 mins)?
Games for kids
yeh I also have a two & half year age son, who wana do something with HTC
brins0 said:
I'm just gonna go have some tea, and feed the dogs, then i'll start on this little project for you. I should be able to make it simple enough to modify, by restricting the config to a single file.
It will most likely have 6 buttons taking up the whole of the screen, which could be mapped to different images and sounds (Any more, and they'd be hard for little fingers to see and press, especially on non-VGA screens). For example:
Cow,./Farm/Cow.png,./Farm/Cow.wav
Chicken,./Farm/Chicken.png,./Farm/Chicken.wav
Hopefully it should be reasonably simple to get the structure in such a way that you could make a new folder for a theme, which had the ini file, along with a collection of sounds and pictures.
Any objections to this kind of layout before I begin coding (In about 30 mins)?
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Nope that sounds fine to me, just wish i could stuff like this myself instead of waiting for other people doing for me...
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Nope that sounds fine to me, just wish i could stuff like this myself instead of waiting for other people doing for me...
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It's quite alright, gives me something to bored, coz i'm bored out of my tiny mind...
Here you go
That should do the job for yu, although it was built quickly. If you need it to do more, than ask, but that does all you originally wanted. Instructions are on the page.
This sounds awsome.
I have a...
9 week old girl
2 Yr old girl
3 yr old girl
This would be awsome. any sort of an idea of time?
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I have a...
9 week old girl
2 Yr old girl
3 yr old girl
This would be awsome. any sort of an idea of time?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=428053
DarkAngelFR picked up this project and has a working app up and running... check out his blog @ http://blog.idlezone.org/pages/HTC/DarkRuler
original thread (how it started)
....A couple days ago i stumbled accross an App for the iPhone called RulerPhone and i thought it would be a cool tool to have for the diamond. Since our diamonds screen isnt multitouch, the tool would have to do without it and the lost ease of navigation could be accomplished using additional onscreen buttons.
Here is a basic explanation of the tool. Lets say u need to measure the with of your bookcase but u dont have anything to measure it. well you could guess how wide it is, OR you take out your Diamond, place a creditcard in the case and take a picture of the bookcase from within DiamondRuler. Once the picture is taken, you align the creaditcard from the picture with the placeholder on your screen using the touchdisplay, the zoom buttons on the display and the NavWheel. Once u have it all aligned you lock the picture and now you can start measuring your bookcase. the diamond will calculate the distances for you.
Is there a developer out there willing to take on the task? Let me know via PM.
Here are some Mockups of the GUI.
reserved for later use (maybe)
awesome idea
wow what a program!it is evolutionary!!
Flattering
If anybody would like to contact me about RulerPhone (I'm the developer) or inquire about development hints, please feel free to do so via the email address at http://benkamens.com/rulerphone. I am more than willing to share.
If the final design is going to be so blatantly RulerPhone-esque (to put it nicely...), I would appreciate a simple reference and link back to RulerPhone as the originating idea for what may be DiamondRuler.
Awesome idea!
I hate all these amazing iphone applications, getting very jealous of the iphone...
Must remember iphone GPS is rubbish....Iphone cant run all my favourite WM applications....
i remeber there was a ruler application for the N95..it could measure the distance between you and the object, height, angle...
certainly an interesting application to have
Nice whiskey collection! Nice idea for an app
Great idea !!
Should be really funny
@kamens : do you encounter special problems for developing this (I mean hard picture analysis coding...) ? I may develop this kind of funny tool for "windows mobile" but afraid of getting in hard "card finding algorithme".....
See Ya
DarkAngel
PS: excuse my english
no programmer up for the task?
i would code it myself, but by programmingskills just suck
THUDUK said:
I hate all these amazing iphone applications, getting very jealous of the iphone...
Must remember iphone GPS is rubbish....Iphone cant run all my favourite WM applications....
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Don't worry.. as soon as someone creates this app the Diamond will become world renowned! And the best part.. this is impossible for the iPhone to perform
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=437024
Hello,
I made a quick develpment just to have fun with my HTC...Looks to work but I have many small bugs and small things I want to add in...
I will post soon a beta of my app this app will allow you to measure anything that fit in your screen when making photo ^^
Anyone wants to test ?
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Hello,
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Anyone wants to test ?
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Yes please
Looks like a great app i'm subscribing to this thread for sure
If you need a tester i'm happy to help.
this will be amazing
would like to test as well
Hello!
Beta Release is available, if you wants to test contact me by private message.
Will post the app in about a week if not many bugs found!
Thanx to testers and to fluid888 for the idea, to Kamens for its iPhone apps (thanx to a friend here for showing this to me "live", really impressive), to anyone in the beta, to the GSensor SDK Creator, .....
Ok I can see some potential for this if it can be calibrated to any accuracy. But how would parallax errors be dealt with and also spherical aberration could cause problems.
Interesting "bookcase" you have there fluid888, I think I might have read one or two of them myself!
lol
Sorry but I didn't implement any kind of spherical aberration algorythm yet lol... interesting but not really something easy to do!
Maybe in release 12.3.4.5 I will try to implement this let's make the v 0.1 working before
Check this iPhone app out that was reported on by Engadget. Looks like a cool concept and maybe something someone is interested in integrating. Just sharing the info. Enjoy!
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/05/14/emailnwalk-iphone-app-finally-lets-us-leave-the-house/
Basically for anyone that doesn't understand this it uses the camera input for the background so you can watch where your walking while typing. I think this can be done but no for devices with laggy cameras it could be done for them but I think it would be pointless. Such as the kaiser. (Though HTC camera 6.8 reduces alot of lag) Im willing to help with the UI
nice concept
lol,awesome
i might add this to my fim if its possible to hook the camera view.
I'm sorry but.... It's a nosense app!!I mean the only thing I would see behind the texting gaps would be.... THE GROUND
Think about it... when you're typing a sms you do it lookig DOWN to your device so the camera would record the ground!!!
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I'm sorry but.... It's a nosense app!!I mean the only thing I would see behind the texting gaps would be.... THE GROUND
Think about it... when you're typing a sms you do it lookig DOWN to your device so the camera would record the ground!!!
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But why do you do it looking down? So you can look up and see where you are going.
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But why do you do it looking down? So you can look up and see where you are going.
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But it´s uncorfotable at all!! You have to put your arm to do it and... you´d look quite stupid in that position!!!
s81 said:
But it´s uncorfotable at all!! You have to put your arm to do it and... you´d look quite stupid in that position!!!
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This is true. Anyhow, I sure wasn't saying I wanted or needed this developed. I just wanted to pass it along to the community JIC someone was interested.
Keep the info coming in, ya know?
I WANT IT PLEASE would be awesome for walking and if you could use the flashlight too
I don't know how useful would this be... but it would definitely be cool!
The main use of this app would obviously be while driving or riding a motorcycle.
So, I got the vibrant, and overall I like it because its much more responsive than both my G1 and MyTouch, but kind of have the following thoughts.
1. I feel having an LED has to be a big mistake/oversight. I cant imagine the LED would have much added cost for samsung nor be very big/require much space. Yet would have a GREAT improvment on the user experience. I hate not being able to glance at my phone and see what happened. Plus, it's alot less battery than having to turn on the screen. There are some hacks - forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725458 - being done to compensate, but none are 'great' solutions, although clever.
2. Battery life - for an AMOLED screen, I'm surprised my battery drains as fast as it does. It lasts me 3/4 of a day more or less. I do have a few things installed, and do use the feed widgt for facebook etc, and have gmail and work email synced. I think it still doesnt last as long as it should. I'm considering removing the facebook widget and adjusting sync times to get more battery back, but still feels lacking.
P.S. : Isnt there some sort of App that can help me identify which apps are using the most battery/CPU time?
3. Calendar Notification - This is something I cant understand. I have worke mail synced to my phone, as well as my calendar for it synced. I get long vibrations and sound (if my phone isnt on vibrate), but there is no way I can find to adjust the notification to be less annoying. I know other users have noticed the same issue
4. Bloatware - I dont mind the fact that they install alot of apps on the phone that other users may find interesting, but I really feel they should make it easier to remove them. I shouldnt have to go through extra effort to get the bloatware removed.
5. Camera App - its a nice app, but I dont like how after taking a picture it does not switch back to camera... you have to hit the back button.
6. Power on button - You already have to do a slide to unlock... why on earth is the power button so small and obtrusive? I feel this is a bit quircky.
7. Proximity sensor - I dont know about you guys, but it took me a while to figure out why, when I am on the phone, the screen kept lighting up on and off. I *think* I figured out that the proximity sensor right next to the ear piece detects if your head is near the phone, and if it is away from it, it will light up the phone. I find this rather annoying, maybe I hold the phone awkwardly, but several times it has lit up while talking and I've accidentally muted etc.
So ya, </rant>
Overall, the phone is nice and a well needed improvement over my previous phone, but I feel there were just a few simple things that samsung could of done to make it a solid release.
What do others think?
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So, I got the vibrant, and overall I like it because its much more responsive than both my G1 and MyTouch, but kind of have the following thoughts.
1. I feel having an LED has to be a big mistake/oversight. I cant imagine the LED would have much added cost for samsung nor be very big/require much space. Yet would have a GREAT improvment on the user experience. I hate not being able to glance at my phone and see what happened. Plus, it's alot less battery than having to turn on the screen. There are some hacks - forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725458 - being done to compensate, but none are 'great' solutions, although clever.
2. Battery life - for an AMOLED screen, I'm surprised my battery drains as fast as it does. It lasts me 3/4 of a day more or less. I do have a few things installed, and do use the feed widgt for facebook etc, and have gmail and work email synced. I think it still doesnt last as long as it should. I'm considering removing the facebook widget and adjusting sync times to get more battery back, but still feels lacking.
P.S. : Isnt there some sort of App that can help me identify which apps are using the most battery/CPU time?
3. Calendar Notification - This is something I cant understand. I have worke mail synced to my phone, as well as my calendar for it synced. I get long vibrations and sound (if my phone isnt on vibrate), but there is no way I can find to adjust the notification to be less annoying. I know other users have noticed the same issue
4. Bloatware - I dont mind the fact that they install alot of apps on the phone that other users may find interesting, but I really feel they should make it easier to remove them. I shouldnt have to go through extra effort to get the bloatware removed.
5. Camera App - its a nice app, but I dont like how after taking a picture it does not switch back to camera... you have to hit the back button.
6. Power on button - You already have to do a slide to unlock... why on earth is the power button so small and obtrusive? I feel this is a bit quircky.
7. Proximity sensor - I dont know about you guys, but it took me a while to figure out why, when I am on the phone, the screen kept lighting up on and off. I *think* I figured out that the proximity sensor right next to the ear piece detects if your head is near the phone, and if it is away from it, it will light up the phone. I find this rather annoying, maybe I hold the phone awkwardly, but several times it has lit up while talking and I've accidentally muted etc.
So ya, </rant>
Overall, the phone is nice and a well needed improvement over my previous phone, but I feel there were just a few simple things that samsung could of done to make it a solid release.
What do others think?
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Waaaaaaa, I had to work last night and it sucked, When I got home the house was dirty obviously the wife didnt clean... I then proceeded to the bathroom where I stepped in a big turd from my dog, damn. After the turd I went to eat something and found the bread to be stale.. Now all the sudden My car wont start and I dont know whats wrong. On top of that I accidently sharted myself and now Im a Mess.....
Whooo cares, most of those are personal gripes and should have been checked out on the day of launch.. Sorry for my rant.
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What do others think?
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I think this should be posted on the Samsung forums rather than XDA. I am pretty sure nobody here can do anything about it and I am also pretty sure that nobody cares if you don't like your phone.
temperbad said:
Waaaaaaa, I had to work last night and it sucked, When I got home the house was dirty obviously the wife didnt clean... I then proceeded to the bathroom where I stepped in a big turd from my dog, damn. After the turd I went to eat something and found the bread to be stale.. Now all the sudden My car wont start and I dont know whats wrong. On top of that I accidently sharted myself and now Im a Mess.....
Whooo cares, most of those are personal gripes and should have been checked out on the day of launch.. Sorry for my rant.
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I'm glad you felt the need to be a complete jerk in your response. Very smooth and professional.
FYI the rant was partially so others (who may want to get the phone) know what issues and downsides I've personally experienced, and partially to see if anyone has any suggestions on ways to imrpove/fix some of my issues.
If you have nothing smart to say next time, it may be best to just keep it to yourself.
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Waaaaaaa, I had to work last night and it sucked, When I got home the house was dirty obviously the wife didnt clean... I then proceeded to the bathroom where I stepped in a big turd from my dog, damn. After the turd I went to eat something and found the bread to be stale.. Now all the sudden My car wont start and I dont know whats wrong. On top of that I accidently sharted myself and now Im a Mess.....
Whooo cares, most of those are personal gripes and should have been checked out on the day of launch.. Sorry for my rant.
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this posting was worth it allow for this fine joke of yours...nice one do you do stand up?
@temperbad - the reason people on this forum will harass you about your post is mainly this:
xda-developers is just that - a DEVELOPERS forum. Most people who want to complain about devices go to forums for those devices that address general discussion. This forum caters to people who "mod" their devices. While many new-comers do come to this forum and are welcomed - it is appreciated if they stay on topics related to app modification/generation, themeing, developing and modifying ROMS and such.
So, while many do get on here and post about other crap - it is only tolerated by those that seriously want to use these forums for the intended purposes.
Your rant about this device will most likely only be heard by those who own the device out of necessity or desire - AND, by people who are already committed to owning the device. THEY DON'T CARE about hearing someone complain about a device they are already committed to!
So, in the future please make these kinds of posts on forums on which people discuss more general topics or cater to the device "generally" instead of on a forum that is dedicated to DEVELOPMENT and MODIFICATION.
I am not attempting to be harsh - however, hopefully, others will read this and will not post topics that are not related to this forum.
MOST OF THE REALLY GREAT DEVELOPERS ARE RAN OFF from Development forums because of all the off topic comments. We hope that one day this will stop.... But, I am beginning to feel like all hope is lost...
@shaneaus - yes, I understand that, but I did post in the GENERAL section. Also, I understand this is a developer forum. I'm a developer myself and have trolled the forums for a few years, and there are some development solutions to the problems I mentioned (like notifications) etc...
Thanks for the thoughtful response though.
Every phone has it's shortcomings
Return it or whine about it
At this point I would suggest you move on
wait for the froyo update and some of your issues may be resolved.
Sent from my Samsung Vibrant using XDA App
Are you people serious? You don't know how a Proximity sensor works on these phones? "Bloatware" as if T-Mobile hid it from you and has SO much of it on this phone? "Photo review, a feature that YOU CAN TURN OFF IN THE CAMERA SETTINGS?!" "PS isn't there an app that will tell me what is using the most battery" - Wow. Just wow. And you call this a "rant"? Maybe you should consult the owners manual before creating threads like this.
You knew or should've known that there is no LED Notification light on this phone. If you're trying to tell me that the battery life is worse on this phone than the G1 you're doing something seriously wrong.
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Are you people serious? You don't know how a Proximity sensor works on these phones? "Bloatware" as if T-Mobile hid it from you and has SO much of it on this phone? "Photo review, a feature that YOU CAN TURN OFF IN THE CAMERA SETTINGS?!" "PS isn't there an app that will tell me what is using the most battery" - Wow. Just wow. And you call this a "rant"? Maybe you should consult the owners manual before creating threads like this.
You knew or should've known that there is no LED Notification light on this phone. If you're trying to tell me that the battery life is worse on this phone than the G1 you're doing something seriously wrong.
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Amen brother!
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Amen brother!
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Yes yes.. So true... I stand by my first post with pride.....