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Updated [Jan-10]: [App] [G-Sensor] [Brand New] The XSense v1.2 Final

Credits:
Foremost, let us all acknowledge Koushik for his brilliant "Sensors" library upon which most if not all non-HTC apps that use the G-Sensor, Light-Sensor, and Navi-Sensor are built, simply ingenious. Moreover, I would like to recognize No2chem for the NeuLed2 library which is an equally exquisite peace of code that allows access to the Diamond/Pro Leds. Without those two guys, accessing these advance interfaces on the diamond/pro would be inapproachable at best.
Reason: HTC gave these phones lots of sensors, lets give them.."Sense".
......... EXTRA-Sense ...........
* Hopefully an innovaton, though mostly an integration of RANDOM but needful features...
Features:
1. Courtesy Profiles:
- Set Volume Profiles to activate on Face-Down & Face-UP events. Choose from: None, Silent, Normal, and Vibrate. You can also choose to suspend the Phone when its facing down.
2. Notifications-Sense:
- IF there is/are any outstanding notification(s), the device will vibrate whenever you move it - at customizable intervals: Missed Call(s), Voice Mail, and SMS.
3. Stylus-Sense:- When the Stylus is in/out: Will play sound + Blink the Back button's light.
- When the Stylus is out and the device is moved: Device will vibrate faintly + blink the Back button's light to REMIND you that the Stylus has not been placed back in. This goes on UNTIL the Stylus is placed where it should be.
* Uses "in.wav" & "out.wav" files in the \XSense\ Dir; you can use whatever wave files for this. OR, use the UI to select whichever wave files you want!
4. General Settings:
- Polling Interval: From 200 to 3000 Miliseconds. This determines the rate at which the G-Sensor is polled. Lower values give higher response times and fluid operation at the cost of battery life & CPU utilization.
- Flash Navi Lights: Will blink button lights to notify you of Profile changes and Stylus In/Out.
- Vibrate on Events: Will induce very subtle vibrations to notify you of Notifications and Profile changes.
- Suspend when UP-Side-Down: ???
- Light Navi Button When Suspended: Will do just that when the Light Sensor senses Dim or Dark conditions. This is an independent setting that turns ON the Navi button's light at suspend time, and OFF at Resume time (this is Event Driven, so no polling is involved). This feature really helps if, like me, you want to see where the damn thing is in the dark - before you launch it against the floor.
5. Installs to "\Program Files\XSense", and Creates 2 shortcuts:
"Start Menu\Programs\XSense" and "Startup\XSenseSvc".
Program Settings are saved to the Registry at "HKCU\Software\XSense\".
Use of System Resources:
1. Diskspace: 162 KB RAM footprint: 374-535 KB Battery: NOT observed.
2. CPU Usage: %0.29 Average. Spikes for 2 seconds to %2.7 - %8.5.
3. Battery Impact: Neligeable if at all!
* Indicated CPU usage occurs ONLY when there is an EVENT (posture changed, stylus in/out Sounds playing,
etc)
- Vibration: The way I like it is in waves of 200 miliseconds length! I generally hate vibrations, so if you want it at 201 ms. you're welcome to make your own program and exercise your personal taste.
- This prgram Registers Event Handlers for: "G-Sensor", "Incoming Call", "Phone Call in Progress", "Stylus in/out", and Power Manager events. DO NOT move it to Internal Storage, you have been warned.
Requirements:
.NET 3.5 + HTC device with GSensor & Light Sensor.
Compatibility:
Specifically designed for Diamond & Raphael, but will work fine on HD/Rhodium/Topaz/HD2 etc...
Bugs/Limitations:
Knock yourself out...
Release Notes:
- This is the LAST revision/release/app I make; programming too much work
- Download & Install the CAB
- Run the XSense from your Start Menu\Programs, customize to taste, and enjoy!
Change Log:
- Brand New UI: VERY "finger friendly" this should be especially useful if you have a WVGA Device
i.e. HD/Rhodium/Topaz/HD2 etc...
- Revised entire code for existing & potential bugs, and Performance
tweaked to death.
- Removed various functions (auto speakerphone, car-kit options, etc...). Use "Touch InCall Screen Tweak" for these,
its handles Phone/Speaker brilliantly!
- Shortcut added to Startup for automatic launch after reboot.
- Shortcut with a nice icon added to Start Menu (Credit to VetVito).
- General Tab:
- Navi Button will only light up if the device is in a dark place, i.e. You will
always see where your phone is (before you trash it against the wall).
- Stylus Tab:
- UI elements to select & set sounds for Stylus-in/out events.
Disclaimer:
This program is provided strictly on "as is" basis. It is intended only as a proof-of-concept. Although fully functional, it must NOT be considered for daily use. This software is very likely to compromise the integrity of your data as well as invariabley cause your device to malfunction in any way, shape, or form. Therefore, the developer shall be absolved of all responsibility towards testers and/or their computers & devices. While using this software you agree to be solely liable for all and any damages you do to yourself, your device, or any damn thing you possess and care for!

where and how can one get a copy??

sounds interesting

Hmm.. bummer! I thought this would be popular - further feed my delusions of grandeur! Ok, I'm taking this off-forum.

Of course this is great idea. But if it was born some months ago, it would've been implemented in every Diamond. Nevertheless it is great. I will download and play with it,
best regards

Cool app, will be trying it out shortly.

funkys said:
Of course this is great idea. But if it was born some months ago, it would've been implemented in every Diamond. Nevertheless it is great. I will download and play with it,
best regards
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Well, honestly, I was waiting for someone else to do it! Since the Omnia came out so many cried for its "courtesy mode" or something similar, yet no one took it up... So, I finally got tired of waiting lucky me, eh?
Cheers

So far so good, will do some testing and playing around. Thank you.

It is interesting but most features of your app already exsist in other software.
Courtesy-sense - well my phone does that already, granted it doesn't flash or vibrate but I'm not bothered that it doesn't.
Common-sense - loads of apps allow this to be done. I use Gyrator to achieve the effect and it serves me well.
They only part of your app I find really interesting is the Notifications-Sense, is it possible to make this a standalone app?

Sounds very interesting!!! Anyone detects bugs? Drain battery? Stable?

nice work

When I face down my Diamond, the LED is on, but how long is it going to glow. Till I turn it off? I don't think this is good for the battery.
best regards

xavierdemon said:
It is interesting but most features of your app already exsist in other software.
Courtesy-sense - well my phone does that already, granted it doesn't flash or vibrate but I'm not bothered that it doesn't.
Common-sense - loads of apps allow this to be done. I use Gyrator to achieve the effect and it serves me well.
They only part of your app I find really interesting is the Notifications-Sense, is it possible to make this a standalone app?
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Unless you have your own build of diamond/pro, you do NOT have courtesy-sense in the way I offer it; while face-down the device is switched to and stays on the silent profile; you do NOT hear any sound whatsoever as opposed to the native feature which will silence your ringer on a per-call basis!
While I used and still love Gyrator, I find its features irrelavent to my personal lifestyle - I find portrait view optimal "for me", so using a large program just to do what's "common sense" simply senseless. Utlimately, you are free to use whatever program(s) you please. Since I like integration/simplicity/lightness I will use mine
As for your request for a stand-alone app, I regret to say NO sorry

aoryx said:
nice work
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Thank you mate, I appreciate that

funkys said:
When I face down my Diamond, the LED is on, but how long is it going to glow. Till I turn it off? I don't think this is good for the battery.
best regards
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Till you turn it off, mate. I have been using this for 2 weeks now, I can tell you will notice NO difference in battery life enjoy

Touch HD
This sounds very interesting. Do you think it'll also work on the Touch HD (WM6.5)? This would be just what I've been looking for...
Cheerio

few things...
Courtesy-Sense: it does go silent when i flip it face down, but turning it back face up does not get it out of silent.
I'd really appreciate some way to configure features and possibly even turn some off.
Very good idea though, keep working on it.

dule_011 said:
Courtesy-Sense: it does go silent when i flip it face down, but turning it back face up does not get it out of silent.
I'd really appreciate some way to configure features and possibly even turn some off.
Very good idea though, keep working on it.
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Because the device is suspended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two Notes for everybody:
1. Suspending the device halts the processor, freezes all running threads, except hardware triggered events such incoming call, power manager calls, some keyboard events, and registered "run at time" notifications events. G-Sensor state change does NOT trigger a device power state change event.
2. Causing the device to respond to G-Sensor driver events WHILE the device is suspended will cause extensive strain to the battery since the device will wake up every single time you move it! The workaround is still equally exhausting to the system, which is to set the device's power permanantly ON and then turn the screen on/off based on the G-sensor's state (i.e. face up/down =screen off, everything else = ON".
Conclusion: this is the way Windows Mobile is buit, SO, while your phone is ON put it face-down to switch sound profile to silent and face-up/portrait to set it back to normal sound.
So, I hope this answers y'all to satisfaction...

how about not suspending device then? seems bit pointless having to manually bring device out of "suspend" so that automatic feature kicks in. again, some may agree with me, others might not, so having some way to configure those features would satisfy all.

x10 Wish List

We x10 users are growing in numbers by the second and it will be a while before we have the luxury of rooting, themes and fixes but what interests me more is having my gripes being herd so the stock phones little issues, bugs and failures software wise are highlighted before the major update in September is released.
So I’m thinking lets list our finding in this thread. From anger causing faults to suggestions to make current features better. Being an SE fan since the T610 I know that SE has a very odd relationship with its fans and something’s don’t hit home when they are staring them in the face but I’m hoping some things will stick.
Once some ideas come in I’d like to create a voting system but I’m not sure how to but I’m willing to take advice. Voting would be useful as I doubt all requests would be seen and acted upon (if any) but it would at least show a priority amongst the x10 users/developers.
So to be clear note software issues that could actually be corrected, improved or implemented. Posting this link on blogs near and far would get our wishes on the radar so please do so as I will. Starting with this one I reckon: http://blogs.extranet.sonyericsson.com/products/

To get the ball rolling...
Generally:
Hit areas for most of the UI seems a little out, maybe a calibration tool like that one found on windows mobile would solve this issue phone wide.
Selecting any audio file give an option to assign to the main ring ringtone. An additional option to assign to a contact seems only natural to be added.
Mediascape:
The track scrub bar is so random and dearly needs its hit area working on.
Old SE features like shake to shuffle, rock clockwise or anti-clockwise to skip forward or backwards/previous, hold on the volume rocker to skip forward or backwards/previous when the phone is locked.
These features are signature SE and I find it odd that they aren’t part of the phones features
Timescape:
It become apparent that this is simply a fancy viewer but it would be amazing for this application to actually be useful and enable the user to send messages in facebook mail and chat. The same for tweeter would make this app more than something people play with for a day.
Viewing the messages via the infinity button looks great, can this not be the default view when actually texting a contact. Contact Pictures and highlighted/different coloured threads.
There’s more but I can add them later.

Mediascape
This is not a bad player at all. But it has too many issues and shortcomings.
1) Its home page is almost useless, because the content in it is hardly what I'm looking for. When I click an album in the home page, I just want to hear that album.
2) I usually just want to browse for artists and albums, and to do this I have to press the little button in the upper right corner of the home screen. So, I would a much more simple, responsive and finger friendly interface. The slider is also very difficult to use.
3) When I disconnect the phone from A2DP, the current now playing list disappears and I can't resume it.
4) I just want indexed audio files in the /sdcard/music folder. Now I get indexed also ringtones and other audio files in SD card (for example, sound effects of a game) and this is a bit annoyance.
5) No way to control playback with device locked. My old SE phones allowed that by long pressing volume keys.
Timescape
After some tests, I no longer use it. I use the GMail client and the stock Facebook application. So I would like to be able to disable timescape and its integration with Contacts and Phone functionality.
Battery
If it is possible to do something via software to improve battery life, do it!
Hardware
I know it is impossible to do a "hardware patch", however I have found 4 basic issues that will drive my choice when I will buy my next smartphone, so this is actually a wish list for the next Xperia:
1) with this hardware design, it is almost impossible to do a good cradle/car holder, and given the very good GPS, this is a HUGE issue...
2) USB connector on top: this is related to the cradle issue, but it is also very uncomfortable speaking at phone when charging the device at home. The USB connector HAS TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DEVICE!
3) the maximum volume of the speaker is unacceptably low.
4) I really miss some kind of "joystick" to quickly navigate the UI without the touch.

Nice topic!
General:
* It should be possible to stop certain apps (moxier, maps, voice dialer, etc) from autostarting.
E-mail:
* Should be possible to set this app to download only headers. This is such a basic feature.
* Should be possible do discard/not show the oldest messages in inbox. It is already taking a while to load my inbox, what will happen in 6 months?
* Need to be able to attach other types of files than photos.
* When adding e-mail addresses from e-mails to existing contacts, the contact's name should not be overwritten.
Mediascape:
* Definitely needs the possibility to change track during key lock (i.e. holding volume keys).
* It annoys me that long track titles aren't centered.
Photos/camera:
* Need easy access to flashlight!
* Face recognition/identification is messed up, keeps forgetting added names and assigning random new ones. Needs a lot of work!
* When adding a photo as contact photo, it should not be necessary to scroll through all contacts starting from A. Should be possible to choose the first letter (as in contact list), or start spelling.
Contact list:
* When adding a photo to a contact, it should check if I have labeled that contact in any pictures, and suggest those (not just camera roll or standard icons).
Timescape:
* Should be able to display MMS. For example, use image as background and text as text.
* Should be able to display (scroll) longer facebook statuses, rather than sending me to the website.Widget for enabling/disabling wifi, GPS, etc should also include APN, which is not very easily accessible from the menus (many clicks).
Keyboards/language:
* I am missing an easy way to switch between languages (dictionaries)
* Should be possible to delete isolated words that the phone has automatically picked up. Don't want the phone to suggest all my misspelled words in the future. Deleting ALL saved words is not an option.

General
Definitely needs to be a way to disable included apps you're not using (Moxier and Timescape for me)
Info from the Testing menu (dial *#*#4636#*#*) should be available through the standard Settings menu.
Should be a way to adjust the various volumes on the fly without having to go through the Settings menu (pressing the volume keys only changes the Ringer volume, unless actively using Media, in which case Media volume is adjusted).
Would be nice to have a simple app to turn the camera light on and off for use as a flashlight.
Timescape
I don't find it useful at all. The information presented is too limited and the application is dog slow until it's all loaded and updated. Dedicated Facebook and Twitter apps are far better, as is Gmail.
Mediascape
I find it can be slow loading up file lists.
As lornova stated, the home page is useless. I'd rather be taken directly to my files.
Definitely needs lock screen controls. The lack thereof is the primary reason I switched to bTunes for music.
Needs support for DivX, XVid, and other common video codecs (FLV would be a bonus).
Contacts
Lacks options for standard fields from Gmail, such as "website" and "birthdate".
Needs to use the Facebook integration more extensively, automatically linking profiles to contacts and pulling contact photos in (if you choose an option to do so).
Facebook app needs to be registered as a link handler for Facebook links.
Camera
Needs a toggle for the camera light in the main camera UI.
Would be nice if the camera light could be used as a proper flash.
That's it at the moment. I may add more later.
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I do want to mention, that despite the above issues/requests, I do love my X10 and am very pleased with it overall. But nothing is perfect afterall.

Great thread and I agree with most of the above.
Timescape - I don't use it and perhaps it is a little ahead of it's time. I still see Facebook / Email / SMS as seperate communication methods with seperate purposes, Timescape merges them into one (OK, I know you can seperate them, but still..) it does not still feel natural to merge them into one continuous thread. Perhaps in 5 years time this sort of view will be natural but today I still like to access Facebook / Email / SMS seperately.
Mediascape - The X10 is great as a music player and actually sounds better than my iPOD. Mediascape is almost there but to repeat what has been said above, why does the mediascape homescreen list the recently played as default ? If I have just played an album, why would I want to play it again next time? It would be so much more useful to have random album selections on the front page, or semi-random choices based on the types of tracks recently played.
The 'More' button to get to albums/artists is tricky to press when you are stood in a crowded train, make it biGGER !
The slider for artists/albums/tracks/playlists is almost impossible to use without at least 5 attempts to select the wanted option. SE must have done a field trial with the X10 before the release, why were such simple things not picked up or corrected ?
Battery - Not so much a complaint as it was a week ago, I now manage 30+ hours charge life with reasonable heavy usage, using Moxier/GPS/Bluetooth (no WiFi!), I need to sleep at least 7 hours a day so I have no problem with my phone doing/charging the same. However there are some strange things in regards to battery life on the X10, I have had everything from 7 hours to 35 hours life for a complete charge. I have given up worrying about it but feel convinced that WiFi is the root cause for fast battery drain, even when switched off.
Regardless to the above, I think my X10 is great, the positives far outweigh the negatives and the majority of the negatives could (SHOULD) be easily addressed in a software update. I have friends with Nexus ONE's and HTC phones and I still prefer the X10 WoW, indeed some of my Nexus ONE friends prefer the X10 WoW but still ask is it worth the extra cost ? (I believe it is !!)
I think many of the 'issues' are driven by Android still being an immature OS, the iPhone still feels more smoother and more together than the Android, but the real benefit of Android is the possibilites for customizations... I love being able to see email/rss/news updates on the home screen each time I switch on, rather than having to open up individual apps as I do on the iPhone....

I won't repeat all of the good comments so far.. I agree with most of them..
So, some additional points.
The "Sleep" button on the top of the phone shouldn't be used differently when you're on a call.. I'd like to be able to lock my handset when I'm on a bluetooth call, not wait for it to time out.
More end user customisation in the feature apps would be a great feature (ie.. being able to define your own home screen on Mediascape, so you can make it what suits your needs).
A better photo viewer (This is one thing that the iphone does much better). The standard one is a bit clunky...
A few people have suggested a bigger button to go to the "more" screen.. why not just do what everything else does and allow you to swipe across to it (surely that's the most natural thing to do?!)
When you've named someone.. an option for the phone to go and fetch all other photo's featuring that person would be good..
built in options to manage the start-up of apps.. and monitor your phones performance.
If I think of anything else.. I'll re-post.
A built in deskside alarm clock - that replicates a normal digital clock; I've not found any in the market that really do a good job.
Calendar option - ability to goto a specific date in the calendar rather than having to scroll through to find it.. ("Fancy going to see x in concert on the 23rd Sept?", "ooh, I don't know, give me 5 minutes to find that date in my calendar")

Dialer
Smart Dialing, ability to select different logs.
UI Buttons & selectable text like phone numbers in Person Information
They are just too tiny to click it right. Requires to touch at a precise place. Plus, gets very hard to call someone while driving.
MediaScape
Need to be able to creat playlists.
Need to be able to add a track to current playing queque.
TimeScape
Tweeter/Facebook tiles should have option to pick up Photos from contacts when available. Also improve UI to make text more readable like have a bubble like layer to display text.
headphone/mic
While listening to music, if we get a call it requires us to unplug the headphones to speak on phone. That should be fixed to use the mic on phone.
Lock/Unlock
When on call, the power button should work as screen lock instead of ending the call.
The center Home button should not turn on display when pressed. This is making the display turn on/off constantly when you have phone in pant pocket and is probably draining the battery.
Plus most of the items already listed...

my wishlist:
- increase call volume
- cure wifi bug where wifi drops when the phone loses the mobile network signal
Mediascape
- put in an equalizer
- allow forward/rewind of tracks via the volume rockers when screen is off, just like on all other SE phones
PIM
- make Contacts show birthdays
- then allow Calendar to import birthdays from Contacts!
- incorporate tasks ( and please allow repeatable tasks) into Calendar
- cure Google Calendar sync issues (i have NEVER been able to sync with Google Calendar as yet)
^^
all very basic PIM stuff, although i realize that this is more a Google issue than an SE one
otherwise, i LOVE my X10. a fantastic piece of kit!

The new features that froyo brings to sgs

From what I can gather based on my experience of the leaked Froyo ROMs, the next official Galaxy update is likely to bring the following features not yet found on the official 2.1 ROMS (e.g. JM1)
- Overall Improved speed with optimised JIT (just in time) compiler
- Flash 10.1 support
- Android browser to get new JavaScript engine (version 8) to make web rendering even faster
- Improved bookmarks in Browser with option to organise into folders
- Improved window switching in Browser with thumbnail view
- Extra 'Auto-rotate' toggle in notification pull down
- Better copy/paste selection with 'magnifier' and handle to adjust selection. You can also instantly share the text by email/sms via a pop-up option.
- Native screenshot capture (hold back button, then press menu)
- Switch off mobile data connection through 'power-off' menu (hold power button)
- Option to use pin/password instead of pattern as security lock
- Multi-tasking: Access to last 8 used apps in task manager instead of 6
- New Google Search widget with ability to filter searching to web, just phone etc
- Improved Google Market with 'Update All' apps function (rather than individually update each app)
- Google Android Mobile AP hotspot (as opposed to Samsung's mobile AP app)
- Improved GoogleMail app with previous and next buttons.
- Auto rotation goes to landscape view in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions Edit: Seems to be already available in most 2.1 roms
- Pinch-to-zoom panel overview (see an overview of all your homescreens and your app drawer)
- Bluetooth Human Interface Device (HID) profile support for external keyboards, mice, controllers
- Upgraded swype keyboard
- video player interface displays battery status and has share option
- Video recording in .MP4 container with AAC instead of .3GP
- Extra button on Camera App main screen to switch between rear/front cameras
- Improved music player & sound quality. Refined equaliser and 5.1 surround effect
- Google C2DM 'Cloud' pushing service opened for 3rd party apps
- 'Smart Alarm' with added snooze function
- Option to end call with physical power button (set through Accessibility menu)
- Improved Contacts and Dialer apps
- Ability to add Google Groups contacts into phone's contacts app
Please can you add to the list if you know of any more. It would be preferable to keep the list restricted to 'features' rather than bug fixes (e.g. fixed GPS, lag etc)

- there a little needle in the text to select where you want to put the cursor (like iOS's magnifier)

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- Better copy/paste selection (In 2.1 you could only select editable text e.g. where you had a cursor blinking), now you can select text from webpage that are not just in textboxes/forms. You can also instantly share the text by email/sms via a pop-up option.
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Unless I misunderstood you, it's already possible to select any text from a web page. Push Menu and go to "More..." - there's an option to "Select text".
(It could use some improvement though.)

And hopefully the possibility to add a exchange 2003 account! Because for a business user it makes no sense to buy a Galaxy if this isn't possible. With an old HTC Hero it was easy but somehow Samsung managed to disable this...

did it already had pinch to zoom on the homescreen ?? ?

What about dialing by name instead of going to contact and then search? I'm still trying to get used to android after years of blackberry. Somehow it seems there's too much clicking here and there to do a simple call or sms.

veetip said:
Unless I misunderstood you, it's already possible to select any text from a web page. Push Menu and go to "More..." - there's an option to "Select text".
(It could use some improvement though.)
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Ah, I see. Thanks for that.
I tried that on a random webpage (BBC News) and it was incredibely hard to make a measured selection - sometimes it would select the whole paragraph, sometimes it wouldn't register the touch. But looks like 2.2 greatly improves it with the long-press 'magnifier' selection.

adolfotregosa said:
did it already had pinch to zoom on the homescreen ?? ?
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Thanks for that. I will add to original list.

wcg707 said:
What about dialing by name instead of going to contact and then search? I'm still trying to get used to android after years of blackberry. Somehow it seems there's too much clicking here and there to do a simple call or sms.
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On my current firmware (2.1 JM8), if you type the first few letters of a contact in the dialpad it brings up all those who match it.
Or from your contact list or Call Log list or Favourites, you can swipe right across the name to call, or swipe left across the name to send sms.

HID support for Bluetooth devices

I don't agree. Jit is major and if it was going to come in the official update we would have already seen it in the leaked builds.
Sent from my GT-I9000M using XDA App

silverstorm said:
- Auto rotation goes to landscape view in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions
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Why do I already have this on my 2.1 DXJG4?

Very good point. Maybe not so 'likely' then unless Samsung somehow unveil a trump card. (no harm dreaming, lol)

I'm using JPK and sadly to say it still lags, for me GPS seemed to be fixed, it can detect my location quickly but still not exactly (approximately 100m distance from me).
The built-in Samsung's Task Manager is too weak, it even cannot ignore apps which you dont want to kill, so you have to kill all active apps or kill each of them separately.

Wait so 2.2 isn't going to be faster cos there will be no JIT? Will this be the only android 2.2 phone without it?

Auto rotation goes to landscape view in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions
My SGS has done this since day 1, are there some out there that don't?

bcam117 said:
Wait so 2.2 isn't going to be faster cos there will be no JIT? Will this be the only android 2.2 phone without it?
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No one here knows the answer to that question, unless we've got an incognito Samsung employee or two posting... what we do know is that JIT is enabled in the leaked Froyo build for the Captivate, but it has not yet been optimised for SGS' processor. And that it wasn't enabled in leaked builds for the GT-I9000.
Like the rest of us, you'll just have to wait and see.

That is strange. My phone only used to go landscape anti-clockwise but never clockwise on JF3 firmware, and it was only when I flashed JPC that it did both ways. It also works on 2.1 JM8 although JM8 is not official released by Samsung through Kies.
If it should've worked on JF3, then maybe my sensor got calibrated somehow when I flashed to a later firmware... Odd.

What makes you think JIT isn't coming or hasn't come.. Linpack doesn't test for JIT, it tests a specific test case.

if my sources are right, they say that jit is enabled but not optimized for our processor yet.

Random interesting notes from the manual

I decided to read the entire english manual for the Galaxy Note.
I took the following notes (stuff I found useful) and thought I'd share.
It's a big ramble, but hopefully it's useful to someone.
I come from an mytouch 4g so I may note stuff which is 'common knowledge' to samsung phones. I basically wrote anything that I wasn't aware of before.
- Frank
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page 20: shows location of antennas - it warns not to cover the GPS antenna, but doesn't say anything about the main antenna
page 27: pinch the idle screen is the same as menu -> Edit
page 31: you can mute your phone by doing app list -> phone -> keypad -> and holding #
You can't capture a screenshot while using a camera or playing a video
page 51: lists languages supported by handwriting. Note list for cursive is smaller.
page 52 has hilarious example of cursive korean that doesn't work.
The s-memo app supports zoom in/out. I wonder if that means you can automatically fake a larger piece of 'paper' by zooming in/out.
video calling:
You can sent an alternate image and/or hide your current image.
You can tape/hold the screen to copy the other party's image and/or record the video call.
You can set it to try a voice call if video call doesn't work.
Other notable settings:
sound: vibration intensity
Display:
screen font
clock/weather on lock screen
Location and security:
SIM change alert
set e-mail/contact recipients for the alert message.
Remote controls - control a lost device remotely via the web.
Applications:
Allow mock locations - allow mock locations/service information to be sent for application develpment.
Motion:
Pan to edit - set to move an item to another page if you tap and hold the item, then pan the device from left to right.
Shake to search for bluetooth enabled devices.
Turn over to mute
Tile to zoom - hold two points with your fingers and tilt the device.
Turn on voice mode by tapping device twice.
Voice recognition settings:
set to launch voice talk by pressing home key twice.
Text to speech settings:
Driving mode - activate driving mode to read contents (messages, etc) aloud
Accessibility:
Font sizes for planner/e-mail/etc/
Torch light - turn flashlight on/off
mono audio - enable mono sound if you listen to audio with one earbud
Pen settings:
Dominant hand - select the hand you write with to enhance pen input reactions.
Holding power key for 10-15 seconds does a forced reboot.
Stuff the galaxy note has that HTC sense doesn't:
Call log can be sorted.
Auto rejection from certain phone numbers
Call barring - restrict certain types of calling or prevent others from making calls on your device.
camera:
you can pinch to zoom while shooting
Has a panorama assist mode (shows a part of the prior image so you can line them up better)
If multiple phones are hooked up to each other via wifi direct, you can take a picture and sent it automatically to all the phones.
There are a gonkload of camera settings - see page 81/82. There's some interesting ones, like blink detection and 'outdoor visiblity' (?!?)
video recording:zoom may be unavailiable when recording at the highest resolution
video player : Each time you lock the screen while playing a DivX Video-On-Demand, one of your availiable rental counts will be decremented.
Music player supports lyric playbacks (ID3v2 tags)
FM radio:
has a 'record this FM station' button
When playing in background, you can control it from the notifications panel.
Can set an alternative frequency to change to if the current signal gets too weak.
Uses the headset cable as an antenna so you must have one to use FM radio.
The manual does tell you that they have a label inside that turns color if there is water damage.
adding facebook (or whatever) contacts:
contacts -> menu -> more -> View SNS Friends
Adding comments/etc: contacts -> a contact -> activities/media
contacts:
can create groups of contacts/ send message to entire group, etc.
s-memos:
memos can be locked with PINs.
memos can be wallpapers or widget images (good for reminders/to dos)
memos can be converted into gallery images.
memo 'handwriting to text' may fail if multiple languages are used at once
web browser:
has a specific brightness for browser brightness. (set in the browser)
has a 'most visited sites' webpage list.
wifi:
The WLAN can be opereated in the EU without restriction indoors, but cannot be operated legally outdoors in France.
Clock:
Alarm - 'Smart Alarm' - activates simulated nature sounds with the alarm screen prior to the main alarm.
Kies air app - connect to your device via WLAN, and from a browser, view/control media files/contacts, messages, other data saved on the device.
calling has an auto redial setting.
Your device conforms to European Union (EU) standards that limit
human exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy emitted by radio and
telecommunications equipment. These standards prevent the sale of mobile
devices that exceed a maximum exposure level (known as the Specific
Absorption Rate, or SAR) of 2.0 W/kg. During testing, the maximum SAR recorded
for this model was 0.256 W/kg.
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Very useful thanks
Dont know if u already covered this
Samsung dive
One of the most interesting and useful app that samsung has is called samsung dive.
Its like "find myiphone" in IOS.
This app can also do a few other things like retirve call log, erase phone, ring your phone.
You will have to register at samsungdive.com
Stylus
1. press button and tap - screen grab
2. press button and double tap is note
3. Clicking on the space above goes back to the app behind
4. flick stylus up is menu
5. flick stylus left is close menu
Motion
1. picture - press and rotate
2. slide side of hand from rright to left screen grab

Wow guys good job

I'm liking the sound of the Note more with everything I read!

htc6500uk said:
I'm liking the sound of the Note more with everything I read!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah, sounds like it's got loads of new features, can't wait to get one.

Don't feel like opening a new thread for this -
Samsung uk released some new videos of the phone.
Had a some interesting things:
you can scribble a note like ' meeting with jon tomorrow at 9 pm' and it will directly enter it into the s-planner.
THe battery meter has some sort of 'history chart' so you can see (I think) when and at what rate your battery started dropping.
social hub lets you sync with facebook/linkedlin contacts
There is a way to sync with itunes - see the 'switching' video
- Frank

change default orientation

Anyone come up with a hack to change the default orientation to orientation upsislde down. I prefer having the power button on top. I can easily turn the kindle 180 but some apps/games don't rotate (where's my water). Also I am left handed and don't mind my case opening from the left

You can use the lock/unlock feature (leftmost control on the toolbar that you bring down to change volume, brightness, etc). This locks the screen in whatever orientation you want.
The problem is that that many games (and other apps demanding high video performance) bypass the standard video API and write directly to video memory. Those will never be able to be rotated, unfortunately, through any system utility or external app.

I see. I'm positive there can be a hack to make the default orientation flipped. From an app this cant be done. But once you get into modifying system files. I assume it can be done once the value is located

Agreed. This is something that Amazon should do, though, we shouldn't have to hack our tablets for this really basic functionality. The lock screen not rotating was really bad.