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Software to make video.. in background

Hi,
I was happy with my old nokia because it has a software that makes photo or video even if the program was running in background, so that it was invisible. And with my old nokia I was able to find the thief in my apartment (it was a friend of mine...).
Now that I have my new Diamond I cannot find a software that can take photo or make video in background, so that if someone will find my diamond, he cannot think that it is recording, and so he will never destroy my htc!!
Any ideas?

this is the dumbest idea ive heard, just purchase a cheap security camera, if not get a webcam and recording software. Even better how bout you don't leave your diamond alone so it cant be found, stole and destroyed like u say.

Quanni90 said:
this is the dumbest idea ive heard, just purchase a cheap security camera, if not get a webcam and recording software. Even better how bout you don't leave your diamond alone so it cant be found, stole and destroyed like u say.
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No, I cannot use other things.. I need something that could be placed everywhere in my house, and that is familiar, like my htc!
Look at these photos taken with my old nokia:
My cotenant cannot suspect of my htc if it seems turned off, and it cannot be stolen by my cotenant (because it is a too clamorous theft).

if hes your theif then put the htc down and start throwing some slaps, if u want you can easily set your diamond to record video but set the option under power in system to turn off display but still stay on

You should not post those pictures in public.

if the thief see your htc diamond,you think that he will let it and not take it?in that way,you will lose and your diamond

It's clear that you don't have a thief brain!! If you are my cotenant, you cannot steal something too big! It must be something that when you'll realize that it is stolen you may think "maybe I have lost it!!" and not "one of my cotenant has stolen it!!".
No? That's why I can use my phone to do this work.

Nowadays if you check the net, there are lots of spy cameras that comes in 1001 shape and sizes. You yourself will not even notice it after a while. Best is also get the wireless ones....wired is a no no...you might even get sued by the person you wanna take picture of.
Since the guy who is doing this is your friend, go and slow talk with that guy...have a beer and call it even...if he still insist in going in your apartment, then its time to spend on some padlocks.

Thanks to all, but we are in Diamond software forum, so we are off topic if we speak about spycam!
What is happening to me is not related to Diamond software. I know that there are other possibility than using my diamond, but I'm here to find a way to use the diamond!
so, please, keep in topic this thread.

perhaps you should get some new friends

mike171562 said:
perhaps you should get some new friends
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another OT...

No Data and Voice simultaneously

Is this a deal breaker for anyone?
http://androidcommunity.com/sprint-evo-4g-wont-do-simultaneous-voice-data-20100329/
I think it's only a big deal in Iphone commercials
Well I guess 4g data and 3g talk is a go not sure how to change the thread title. PM me if you know how.

if this holds up it is not cool. Ive been drooling over this phone for 2 weeks, but with this question in the back of my mind the whole time. ive been an AT&T customer for 5+ years and didnt even know this was an issue untill AT&T came out with the commercials a while back. I was like "what, not everyone can do this??"

I read online that this is not a hardware limitation and could be fixed with a future OTA update.

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-clarifies-voice-data-evo-4g
Voice + Wifi = Yes.
Voice + 3G = No.
Voice + 4G = TBD, testing.

I actually never realized I couldn't use data while talking until those commercials ... and I've been using Sprint pda-phones since 2001.

Sprint tweeted that it's still testing so it's possible by the time the phone is released we will be able to do both. But frankly 4g is in so few areas that I doubt it's going to make much of a diff to most ppl. It will be good for the hotspot feature.

can someone name a use for using data while on a call?

I've use Voice and Data at the same time all the time on my G1. I'm either talking to my wife and she needs directions or a phone number and I look it up using Google Maps. Really easy and fast.

Yea AT&T isn't the only one that can do it. I do it on T-Mobile all the time with my Nexus, used to do it with my G1. I'm on a phone call and I get a text. I'm on the phone and I can just launch my browser or Google Maps or Gmail right away and do whatever I want, pretty cool.

Actually Sprint and Verizon can do SMS and voice at the same time too. It's voice and data that they can't handle.

I guess it helps working in the tech industry, if I ever get a call I'm usually around a computer which is faster for looking stuff up anyways...

johnsongrantr said:
can someone name a use for using data while on a call?
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REALLY? many uses but here is one: my phone is tethered to my laptop. a phone call comes in i am in the middle of sending out emails to clients i can talk and do that at the same time but on sprint you cant. basically tons of reason when im on the phone with someone and a topic comes up i may Google it while we are talking. What do you use your phone for?

You must be a very busy person. Emailing while talking to people at the same time, also that the email must go out immediately during the call instead of after. Must be like a CEO of some company or something =P
I guess I must be getting old, I use my phone for talking on the phone, and when I'm not talking I'm doing the other stuff on it... I'm sorry if that was surprising to hear I was questioning what others are doing while they're talking.
I somewhat laughed at the att&t commercial when a person popped out and downloaded monopoly while talking to someone... are people so uninteresting that you must entertain yourself while you talk to them? And why didn't he just download it before... I don't know, it just seems like a gimmick to me, I can honestly say I've never wished I had that functionality. I guess that's why I asked.

its not a deal breaker for me but honestly if I'm in the car I tend to turn gps on just because I'm a nerd and like looking at new places or not having to find a way looking at traffic and such. and when I'm going to new places I tend to GPS it and not being able to make or take a call when I'm on the road with a chance of losing my barrings is well, bad.
I just realized, idk if other phones use data and voice for video calling but with it being a front facing camera for video calling, I would think they will def offer the data+voice.
-Charlie

johnsongrantr said:
You must be a very busy person. Emailing while talking to people at the same time, also that the email must go out immediately during the call instead of after. Must be like a CEO of some company or something =P
I guess I must be getting old, I use my phone for talking on the phone, and when I'm not talking I'm doing the other stuff on it... I'm sorry if that was surprising to hear I was questioning what others are doing while they're talking.
I somewhat laughed at the att&t commercial when a person popped out and downloaded monopoly while talking to someone... are people so uninteresting that you must entertain yourself while you talk to them? And why didn't he just download it before... I don't know, it just seems like a gimmick to me, I can honestly say I've never wished I had that functionality. I guess that's why I asked.
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yes i do run two companies and i am on the phone for an hour at a time during conference calls that can get boring.

Not even a bother for me and has never been in my 11 yrs on Sprint.

I have a Verizon Blackberry as my company phone and AT&T as a personal phone. The only time not being able to use data and voice at the same time is waiting for an email to send or recieve. It has never been a big issue for me. Annoying sometimes.

johnsongrantr said:
can someone name a use for using data while on a call?
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Anyone that likes to do 3 things at once, like myself, would really like this feature!!! I assume Sprint will realize that this is important to people and enable it on 4G only. Technically / theoretically no barrier exists and the hardware and software could be designed to support this feature going forward... I guess we need to wait to see what Sprint decides to do. Please don't be penny wise & pound foolish Sprint, yeah I know... wishful thinking!!!!

It's a big difference between GSM and CDMA, GSM can do voice + data, but CDMA can not

dahui9 said:
its not a deal breaker for me but honestly if I'm in the car I tend to turn gps on just because I'm a nerd and like looking at new places or not having to find a way looking at traffic and such. and when I'm going to new places I tend to GPS it and not being able to make or take a call when I'm on the road with a chance of losing my barrings is well, bad.
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I thought I was the only geek doing this.
I don't need for my phone to be able to do both at the same time but, heck, I joined this forum to make my phone do things it wasn't originally supposed to be able to do.
Since it was mentioned that this is a software issue, it would only be a matter of time before someone could get it to work.

Dumming down my G1

Hi everyone
I've been babying this idea for a while now. My mother is completely retarded when it comes to electronics and she can barely operate her clam-shell Nokia so I'm thinking of dumming down my spare G1 to a point where she can use it. I know it may sound stupid to some but G1 has 1 main advantage over dumb phones and that is that it has touch screen. My mom wouldn't have highlight anything to select, she can just touch what she sees.
I am looking for some ideas and/or advice, I don't expect any help, just want to see what people think about this. Here's what I plan on doing:
Downgrade to donut or better yet, cupcake.
Remove All apps.
Remove bluetooth, data and wifi modules (possible? how to?)
Install ADW launcher and downgrade it to 1 homescreen.
Place shortcuts to most basic functions (SMS, Dialer, Camera, Pictures Settings, etc) on that 1 screen
Metamorph drawer handle to be transparent so she doesn't go in there.
Anything else?
With all that stuff removed, the phone should be extra fast and battery should last pretty long (I would guess over 2 days)
What do you all think?

Don't forget to explain to her what all of the buttons do. And if you can, turn off the camera button in case she accidentally presses it.

superNES64 said:
Don't forget to explain to her what all of the buttons do. And if you can, turn off the camera button in case she accidentally presses it.
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Good points.. although I think that G1's buttons are self explanatory and she actually uses camera once in a while.

Man, for me to say this is like needles in my eyes, but i realized the best phone to get for ppl like that(my mom is one, and she has the phone now) is actual the iphone, that phone was really made for slow, or non technology ppl, i should here how to surf the net make a call and check her email, and she was quick to pick up on there cause all buttons right there and in obvious place...
the iphone is really made for the slow simple people, thats why so many like it
her previous phone was the simple simple dial and call phone nothing fancy it was like those prepaid phones for like 30 bucks, and she could handle it cause buttons where small and any other reason to complain about.. for here there no real buttons to only 3 buttons home and 2 volume buttons everything else was jus there couldnt miss the big GREEN call sign or the big RED end send

Ha-ha, that's funny. I would get one for my mother but iPhone still has too much stuff in it and no way to mod it. On the other hand, I have 2 spare G1s that I can play with until they are easier to use then your average dumb phone lol
Keem em coming guys (and gals)

I'd unroot to 1.0 and leave it there, lol.

borodin1 said:
Ha-ha, that's funny. I would get one for my mother but iPhone still has too much stuff in it and no way to mod it. On the other hand, I have 2 spare G1s that I can play with until they are easier to use then your average dumb phone lol
Keem em coming guys (and gals)
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That's the beauty of iPhone you can jailbreak it and get the tweak called poof and hide all the icons that you know wont be using what I did so there is only like four icons

ilostchild said:
That's the beauty of iPhone you can jailbreak it and get the tweak called poof and hide all the icons that you know wont be using what I did so there is only like four icons
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Yea, iPhones are actually a great stepping stone into the smartphone world for people who aren't very tech savvy. I'm pretty sure anyone could learn to use one fully after a while of playing with it. Of course, this boils down to your service provider.

r3s-rt said:
Yea, iPhones are actually a great stepping stone into the smartphone world for people who aren't very tech savvy. I'm pretty sure anyone could learn to use one fully after a while of playing with it. Of course, this boils down to your service provider.
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Yes and no. My folks don't need/want smart phone and I don't feel like paying another $60 for data plans for them. The idea of "poof and hide" is great though... advanced launcher does the same thing as far as I know but I wouldn't even want them to know that there's drawer, only the shortcuts on main screen.

lol might aswell just a get a clone phone with all functions broken

borodin1 said:
Yes and no. My folks don't need/want smart phone and I don't feel like paying another $60 for data plans for them. The idea of "poof and hide" is great though... advanced launcher does the same thing as far as I know but I wouldn't even want them to know that there's drawer, only the shortcuts on main screen.
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once agian the beauty of that, dont need a data plan for the iphone, ad again my mom jus uses it as phone she has no data on the phone, and the plus side of it there is no drawer on the iphone only icons, and 3 main buttons total,
i dont like the iphone at all, but for a starter and simple phone that any dunce can use it is the best pphone to get

ilostchild said:
once agian the beauty of that, dont need a data plan for the iphone,
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You care to elaborate on that? Does iPhone not do background data at all? That might be an option... those 1st gen iphones are pretty cheap nowadays.

No, she owns a 3g and doesnt do background.. it doesnt even have background data... unless you enable push notification, not only that my buddy owns a 3gs and he has no data, an using tmobile on it.. iphone doesnt really need data, it can use wifi.. but yea there lot ppl that dont have data, and can still use iphone.. just food for thought

[Q] Remove Camera - ASAP!!

Hi guys,
I really need someones help in finding a simple way to disable the camera or just change some setting to make it not work. PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks,
-G-

salonluden said:
Hi guys,
I really need someones help in finding a simple way to disable the camera or just change some setting to make it not work. PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks,
-G-
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I really don't know why would you want to do that but I have a hardware solution for you and it needs your HD2 to be disassembled partialy.

That would be awesome.... Can you explain it to me somehow? And would I be able to get my camera back again?
Thanks soooooo much!

why would you want to? whats wrong?
hacking it apart is a bit extreme if you ask me you could just not use it i dont see how it effects anything else.

salonluden said:
Hi guys,
I really need someones help in finding a simple way to disable the camera or just change some setting to make it not work. PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks,
-G-
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According to your sig, you're still on Dutty's WM6.5. Why are you posting in the WP7 forum to ask this question aside from the obvious...just don't use the camera.

I used to work construction in the chemical plants where cameras were not allowed and phones were checked by security at the gate. Upgrade time--me "I need a phone with no camera" Radio Shack dude "uhh...uhhh...uhhh...Idunno..." So I carry my antique cameraless phone on my belt to show security and stuff my new one deep down in my pocket. What am I gonna do, sell pictures of pipes and tanks to the Russians?
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Ok, the duttys rom thing i'll get rid of now - I'm using WP7 (thats why i posted here). I was hoping to get more of a software answer than hardware btw.
And mrfyisms was close. Where I work I cant use a camera phone but I really need my HD2 (its my life!!!! )
so again... any answers?

Seems easy. Disassamble the cover of your phone and stick some tape on the inside of the lens. There are just 4 screws underneath your battery cover.
You can always reverse this process...

well, we dont have a camera button as such, so its not easy to see except for the rather obvious camera lens!
Theres no easy way of showing them that your camera with a physical lens isnt working, you could make sure there is no tile with the camera icon on it but any company worth a damn would realise that anything you could do to you phone in a software sense could be reversed very easily.
If i was your security guy i wouldnt allow it if that was the rules and if your chap would let it go through with a simple software mod then can you PM me your company and his job description i would feel the need for a wee phone call and a career change

Preferably I would love to have just a software mod that deletes the camera app from wp7... is that at all possible?

Dumbest request ever. sorry that i have to say it and i realy dont wanna be offencive but its stupid.
if you work in such a company where cameras arent allowed , a software mod which removes camera app wouldnt make it legal in your company. there could be another app with camera funktions too. also to remove camera hardware is stupid cause it just would destroy your device.
if you know that camera smartphones arent allowed dont buy one or buy another to use it at work. there are many of them out there. if i would work there i would buy a normal phone for work.
another work around would be to quit the job.
sorry that i have such emotions in that question but i work in a it department of such a company where cameras arent allowed. and people like this guy are going on our nerves every day. some try to make a sticker on there camera and think its done with that.
ITS NOT ALLOWED GET OVER IT. we dont care if you have the cam app removed or the hardware is broken.
it
is
not
allowed!!!!! now get out of my room and **** you.
Sorry and have a nice day.

Wow your a pain... I cant really say where I work but basically because the iphone 4 is so popular they came out with a rule saying that if you just delete the software it counts... I guess they expect us no to be TOO tech savy.
Thanks for the beautiful message... but I didn't ask for any nasty replies, just a helpful one - you don't quite know the situation I'm in so lets not start getting up all tight.

lokiderelb said:
Dumbest request ever. sorry that i have to say it and i realy dont wanna be offencive but its stupid.
if you work in such a company where cameras arent allowed , a software mod which removes camera app wouldnt make it legal in your company. there could be another app with camera funktions too. also to remove camera hardware is stupid cause it just would destroy your device.
if you know that camera smartphones arent allowed dont buy one or buy another to use it at work. there are many of them out there. if i would work there i would buy a normal phone for work.
another work around would be to quit the job.
sorry that i have such emotions in that question but i work in a it department of such a company where cameras arent allowed. and people like this guy are going on our nerves every day. some try to make a sticker on there camera and think its done with that.
ITS NOT ALLOWED GET OVER IT. we dont care if you have the cam app removed or the hardware is broken.
it
is
not
allowed!!!!! now get out of my room and **** you.
Sorry and have a nice day.
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just because you say sorry doesn't make it all right...you're such a douche!!! you don't own the xda boards nor anything else on here. i am going to contact xda to remove your sorry ass.

[Q] will it suport Call Recording

I am wondering about the Possibility of Call recording with this phone. I currently have the Note I, and it works great for 2 way call recording. I plan to upgrade but this is a very important feature for me. Can anyone shead light on "if this phone will work for this" not "if it is legal". I understand lots of places have Laws prohibiting this and every posting I have seen has turned into a legal discusion about this. Where I am it is legal and I just would like to know if this phone suports it. Thanks for any help anyone can give.

disaloud said:
I am wondering about the Possibility of Call recording with this phone. I currently have the Note I, and it works great for 2 way call recording. I plan to upgrade but this is a very important feature for me. Can anyone shead light on "if this phone will work for this" not "if it is legal". I understand lots of places have Laws prohibiting this and every posting I have seen has turned into a legal discusion about this. Where I am it is legal and I just would like to know if this phone suports it. Thanks for any help anyone can give.
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i doubt they would take it away if both of the other phones had it.

thinkjoey said:
i doubt they would take it away if both of the other phones had it.
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I hope they do keep it, but I am not gonna buy it till I find out for sure, but thanks I know the Note had it (I own that one) but didnt know they kept it through the Note 2.

disaloud said:
I hope they do keep it, but I am not gonna buy it till I find out for sure, but thanks I know the Note had it (I own that one) but didnt know they kept it through the Note 2.
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have you tried calling or talking to their support?
another thing you can do it jump on twitter and tweet people who tested it

N2 doesn't have call recording (ATT version) but it can be added with hacks.