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[DEV] DiamondDownloadManager 0.03 now available!

After doing my ActionScreen, I realised I could adapt the framework very easily to create a download manager.
Currently, the only applications on it are ones that I've hardcoded, although I'm almost certainly going to extend it to 3rd party software, and probably build in some form of updates system...
I will also be implementing this as an "add ons" system to a ROM I'm working on. E.g. it's a very light ROM with a long list of cabs that can be downloaded and installed from one place.
Why am I posting it here you may ask... Well, I want to get some ideas for what to do, and see what people think of it before I release it.
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What I'm hoping to do:
Application categories
Sorting by developer
Submissions (two levels, trusted - have been checked, and untrusted - haven't been checked but have warnings plastered all over them)
Details screen with a screenshot and some text
Proper updates mechanism
Kinetic list scrolling (I just can't be asked to derive displacement from velocity at the moment...)
Warning, this may destroy your device, and possibly the planet, but I cannot be held responsible!
Cab attached below, backup anything you care about, copy it across install and run...
0.04 is identical (bar the fact that it thinks its 0.04 instead of 0.03...), but is hosted somewhere else to demonstrate the current update mechanism.

Reserved for me

Looks good so far!
I would initially focus on included barebone (trusted) apps in the download manager (with auto-update notification functionality) and eventually branch it out to 3rd party apps...
This notion in general is the one (and only) thing that the iphone has over all other devices currently

great idea

PorX said:
Looks good so far!
I would initially focus on included barebone (trusted) apps in the download manager (with auto-update notification functionality) and eventually branch it out to 3rd party apps...
This notion in general is the one (and only) thing that the iphone has over all other devices currently
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Currently, there are nine applications I've built from the Diamond 2.03 ROM (the Blackstone Manila is from mun_rus), and no form of update function has been implemented.
All the icons and images are the ones the Diamond Comm Manager uses, so changing them changes the skin in this.
Anyone have any ideas for what kind of data base I should use? So far, everything is hardcoded!

looks very nice and clean, as a past nokia user i used to use nokias download manager, maybe you could have folders on the opening/main screen and have dif things also like games, themes, wallpapers etc but keep the folders etc in with the style of manila like uv done so far, very good work, keep it up.
regards,
biggzy

Nice work mate.
Glad to see MS havn't put you off with their Sky*** stuff
How about colaborating with CRC and his Device Update stuff? He has a killer back end that use Geo Balanced FTP Servers. The client just makes HTTP requests and the server returns XML.
Me and Chainfire were working on it with him, but Chainfire got busy and we were waiting for a "grand design" from him.
Just a suggestion...
Dave

DaveShaw said:
Nice work mate.
Glad to see MS havn't put you off with their Sky*** stuff
How about colaborating with CRC and his Device Update stuff? He has a killer back end that use Geo Balanced FTP Servers. The client just makes HTTP requests and the server returns XML.
Me and Chainfire were working on it with him, but Chainfire got busy and we were waiting for a "grand design" from him.
Just a suggestion...
Dave
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That sounds cool...
A nice back end would be good (I have an ini, some hardcoded variables, and download files directly rather than HTTP requests because my current host can't deal with them!)
Also, there is a cab attached to the first post.
Read the warning!

You never stop
Hi l3v5y,
You never stop. You are developing a new action screen, this download manager now. What will be the next? ;-)
Both tools are great. Thanks!!
Regards

elparra72 said:
Hi l3v5y,
You never stop. You are developing a new action screen, this download manager now. What will be the next? ;-)
Both tools are great. Thanks!!
Regards
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I had two days off school because of snow, so I released some things I'd been working on!
I do have a reworking of "ScrollLauncher" that I did some time ago, and I need to make iShell work better!
But, what could I do next instead?
Just realised the version of Opera I uploaded was a QVGA one, so you'll need eyes like a hawk and pointy fingernails to use it... I'll fix that later though.

PDM
I actually use and like the pdm software that comes inside the TIR rom

eurorpeen said:
I actually use and like the pdm software that comes inside the TIR rom
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In what ways is it better or worse than this? It would be nice to get some feedback on it in comparison to this...

Cool.
This app will build a APPSTORE for Diamond.

Hi,
what about to build a kind of appstore with a much bigger database with possibility to filter applications by device compatibility? I have the database
Feel free to contact me if you are interested.

worki2k1 said:
Hi,
what about to build a kind of appstore with a much bigger database with possibility to filter applications by device compatibility? I have the database
Feel free to contact me if you are interested.
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There are a few things I need to work on in my frontend (categories, sorting the list, kinetic scrolling etc), and then I need to find a fast, lightweight database system before I can consider having a decent database.
I have tried to contact CRCinAU (DeviceUpdate) and there's some discussion about the Gecko database, which may be potential backends. The thing I don't want to end up with is a completely seperate system. I think to be able to distribute apps in a decent, managed way, all the frontends need to work with a single unified backend, so developers can submit their application once, and only once.

isn't this illegal, providing those cabs?

Richardprins said:
isn't this illegal, providing those cabs?
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What CABs?
Dave

Errors after MusicPlayer import

Hi,
I imported the orginal MusicPlayer from the Google Source. Klick me 4 the Source
But now I get a lot of erros...
can somebody help me, maybe I make a fault.
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sorry 4 me very bad english

Starting with the first error, "ArrayListCursor cannot be resolved to a type", the problem reveals itself. This app, along with many other internal Android apps, uses internal APIs (com.android.internal.database.ArrayListCursor in this case). Google makes you jump through hoops to use these internal APIs, since they don't want you using them in marketplace apps. So, they don't include them in any version of the SDK (like the one you're using). I mean, imagine the kind of things programmers could do using something as advanced as an "Array list cursor"! Google can't allow that!
Long story short, after 5 minutes of searching, I can't find where this import is defined. If you wanna compile this music player, you gotta either find this class or make the ArrayListCursor class yourself. You solve this problem, and the number of errors will probably drastically drop, if not totally disappear.
**DISCLAIMER: I am a total nub at android programming and only have half the level of understanding even a bad java programmer has **
EDIT: Found the ArrayListCursor here: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=blob_plain;f=core/java/com/android/internal/database/ArrayListCursor.java;hb=HEAD
EDIT 2: *sigh*... this seems to be a waste of time. It'd take a ton of work to get this to compile, mindlessly copy-pasting all sorts of stuff from the internet into this project. And I have the feeling in the back of my head that once I try running it on my Incredible, it'll just force quit.
The ideal way to compile this is to compile it the way it was intended: as part of the Android OS. In other words, you gotta get the full source of the Android OS, make your changes there, and compile. There's GOT to be a better example of a music player to learn from...

I want to write my own MusicPlayer but I don't want to start from 0...

Me too. I have some ideas as to what my player should have feature-wise, but I honestly have no idea where to start. I need a good sample music player to learn from.
So anyway, I tried building a fresh copy of 2.1 and simply ripping the apk from the out/target/product/generic/system/app folder and running it on my Incredible. It just force-quit and then ran the Sense player... sigh...

I can tell you first off, you are getting some errors because your using the wrong 2.1 settings... What I mean is you selected Android 2.1 open source project when you need to have Google API's under Android 2.1 open source selected... The media player uses API's and internal API's that the 2.1 open source doesn't know it needs... I say try using Google API's 2.1 7 and see if that helps some errors... also some otehr errors can be the r.java file... meaning you don't have the right name or the resource added to r.java file that some code is calling or references... If your serious about a player being made I am in the same boat, I am programing one and I have some useful sites for you...

I have an answer for this, as I also faced the same issue. To make it simple: you can't import the source code as an Android project. If you download the entire source code from AOSP, and then add the root folder of where you downloaded the source as an existing Java project, all of those errors are gone. So all you need then is to copy the project you want and work on it, inside AOSP, but always as a Java project. So you ask me, so how do you compile it later? You need to do this on the root, using command line:
. build/envsetup.sh
cd /packages/apps/applicationYouCreated
mm
That will compile the application and save it at out/.../generic/system/app/applicationYouCreated.apk
Hope it helps.

See, I generally did what you just said. I fired up my Linux box, downloaded a copy of the Android source (2.1) and built it. Then I copied the Music.apk file from the output to my phone (HTC Incredible, 2.1), and tried to run it. It force quited. I then tried changing the name of it from com.android.Music to something like com.android.Music_whiplash . Same results. I'm just gonna try learning about this stuff by modifying the hello world app one bit at a time, like I do with other languages/APIs I'm trying to learn

Microsoft Talks Windows 8.1

Microsoft news
Winsupersite
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In Blue: Business Features in Windows 8.1
In Blue: Bing Integration is the Marquee New Feature
Windows 8.1 to include native Miracast wireless display support and internet sharing
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As I've been developing for the Windows 8 Store, I am wondering what this update will mean for current apps, whether they will need to be recompiled or changed to work on 8.1. My app focuses on tiles, and it seems they have introduced new types of tile so it looks like I will definitely have to make some changes to it, plus they've added new snap sizes so that will probably require some more changes! I will be a bit annoyed if my app starts crashing because Windows keeps calling new routines which didn't exist when I created it, especially since not everyone updates their app or asks for support, they just 1 star review it instead.
I also wonder if this means they'll force apps like Metro commander out of the store because they do the same job their own new file explorer will do..

They will, undoubtedly, maintain backward compatibility with the existing apps (for an example of this, see WP7 apps pre- and post-Mango or WP7.8). However, you may need to update your app to get access to the new features.

8.1 is mostly a known quantity at this point, and whatever needs to be said about its merits has already been said. Public preview will hit Build on June 26. RTM should be out late Aug, in time for OEMs to validate it for Oct launch. Basically, same as last time.
More interesting of the "official" announcement is the reaction from the online crowd. Recent 8.1 pieces have had hundreds if not thousands of responses. While some of that can be attributed to the usual vociferous minority, it's safe to say that the "your Metro in my desktop" controversy that started with 8 won't end with 8.1, the Start Button half-step notwithstanding. If anything the half-measure likely adds to deepening fray. Even sedate and staid NYT/WaPo pieces generated considerable volume of comments.
In short, whatever one thinks of 8, 8.1 probably won't change his mind. It's more of the same. I personally welcome the boot-to-desktop, since Classic Shell in 8 still flashes the Start Screen for a split second before loading the desktop--an irritant. But other than that, and the patches roll-up, there's nothing in 8.1 that warrants interest for desktop users.
The missing Start Menu, being easily replaced, doesn't matter as much as the noise would warrant. But it is a rallying point for dissent, a showpiece of MS' perceived heavy-handedness and cluelessness. I empathize with MS' intent to "stick to the plan" to push Metro, but I think whatever benefits gained from getting users acquainted with Metro is at this point outweighed by the growing user resentment. It's a PR thing.
Controversy aside, 8.1 should do better than 8 because the environment will be better. Touch PCs will be cheaper. The hardware will be faster (Bay Trail), and with longer batt life (Haswell). I don't think 8.1 will do better by much, as tablets are coming on stronger than ever, and Win 8.1 still has no real answer to the tablet. Windows still needs a physical keyboard. Windows tabs will still be $300 and up--better than $500+, but still not price competitive with Android which has dropped way below $200 to $100-and-under. Walmart is selling $69 NextBook tabs, which have gotten 4/5 stars from buyers.
Ignoring both the hardware and price points for the nonce, it's a truism that an OS' role isn't to look pretty or to have this or that feature, but to run software. For MS to convert its desktop userbase to Metro, there need to be Metro equivalents to not just Android/iOS apps, but replacements to regular desktop applications, utilities, and games. Users need to be pulled with a carrot, not prodded with a stick. The problem is, there is no carrot.
Looking forward to Win9.

In Blue: Business Features in Windows 8.1
In Blue: Bing Integration is the Marquee New Feature
Windows 8.1 to include native Miracast wireless display support and internet sharing

OK, here is the best news yet for Win8.1: It will get a reduced footprint. No more recovery partition yay! Hopefully SxS will die as well. I'm sceptical that 4GB cited is total space, although XP's size-optimized install was less than 2GB before MS went pig-wild with Vista.
Niehaus also told session attendees that Microsoft expects to have a reduced footprint size for Windows 8.1 as compared to Windows 8. He said the team has been working on removing old components, temporary files and improving NTFS compression to free up more space on users' machines. He noted that 4 GB of free space will be needed to install the Windows 8.1 preview builds. And he said that installation of Windows 8.1 will not result in the replacement of the recovery partition in Windows 8.
"If you deleted it, [8.1] won't replace it," Niehaus said.

Windows 8.1 Boot To Destop Option And Other Start Screen Settings

IS test really accuracy? Mate 9 from 550mbps to 837mbps.

When I learn about the flash issue.
I test, 550. sad.
And the flash chipset is THGB.
After I clean the trash, memory.
Numbers up 837mbps.
So that means THGB is support ufs2.1
So guy who only have 500 is also high speed flash but just not reach the limitation.
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What?

Cleaning the storage doesn't change my score any. Its always ~540MB/s

My test also give different resoults but on sql speeds

zzzenx said:
When I learn about the flash issue.
I test, 550. sad.
And the flash chipset is THGB.
After I clean the trash, memory.
Numbers up 837mbps.
So that means THGB is support ufs2.1
So guy who only have 500 is also high speed flash but just not reach the limitation.
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THGB does not mean that the use of UFS2.1，Toshiba‘s document explains it is UFS 2.0 flash.
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According to definition of JEDEC JESE220C（UFS2.1），the key of distinguishing between two kinds of flash is other functions.
JEDEC JESE220C definition：
JESD220C Universal Flash Storage version 2.1 offers key improvements over earlier versions and will provide data security through the use of inline cryptography between the SoC and UFS Storage device.
UFS 2.1 defines the following updates over the prior version of the standard:
a) Inclusion of a Device Health Descriptor: the descriptor provides detailed information on the life of a device, thus allowing for better preventative maintenance, which is advantageous to most areas of the market and especially important in the automotive market.
b) Addition of Secure Write Protection: this allows for the use of fine-grained write protection as required by modern high-level operating systems (OS) and applications.
c) Field Firmware Update: enables the device vendor to improve performance and implement bug fixes, as well as facilitating the addition of new features in products that have already shipped to end customers.
d) Command priority: improves system performance, allowing the software to assign higher priority to more urgent tasks.

zilin1996 said:
THGB does not mean that the use of UFS2.1，Toshiba‘s document explains it is UFS 2.0 flash.
---------- Post added at 03:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 AM ----------
According to definition of JEDEC JESE220C（UFS2.1），the key of distinguishing between two kinds of flash is other functions.
JEDEC JESE220C definition：
JESD220C Universal Flash Storage version 2.1 offers key improvements over earlier versions and will provide data security through the use of inline cryptography between the SoC and UFS Storage device.
UFS 2.1 defines the following updates over the prior version of the standard:
a) Inclusion of a Device Health Descriptor: the descriptor provides detailed information on the life of a device, thus allowing for better preventative maintenance, which is advantageous to most areas of the market and especially important in the automotive market.
b) Addition of Secure Write Protection: this allows for the use of fine-grained write protection as required by modern high-level operating systems (OS) and applications.
c) Field Firmware Update: enables the device vendor to improve performance and implement bug fixes, as well as facilitating the addition of new features in products that have already shipped to end customers.
d) Command priority: improves system performance, allowing the software to assign higher priority to more urgent tasks.
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So we need to find a way of reading those "Device health descriptors" somehow, and if we can, that means we have UFS 2.1 for sure! As older technologies don't support such a readout. Any idea where and how to look?

Hey,gays.you should try to test your device as soon as possible,testing tool diskinfo pro.But you need test it after root your phone,try to confirm your after sale service rule whether it be guaranteed.

Sorry,I can't find some specific application about new technologies,but.....
Swan Princess said:
So we need to find a way of reading those "Device health descriptors" somehow, and if we can, that means we have UFS 2.1 for sure! As older technologies don't support such a readout. Any idea where and how to look?
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Sorry,I can't find some specific application about new technologies,but.....I read JEDEC,Samsung and Toshiba document，this flash model is really UFS2.0（Toshiba THGBF7G8K4LBATR、Samsung KLUBG4G1CE-B0B1...............）
http://i4.buimg.com/592821/e8ae28ef5e0a62e9.jpg
http://i4.buimg.com/592821/78932ff0bec87024.jpg
http://i4.buimg.com/592821/c4997624f230e381.png
http://i4.buimg.com/592821/3d99f433584c17a0.png
In addition，Samsung KLUBG4G1CE-B0B1 was released by the end of 2015，after that JEDEC released the UFS2.1 standard....And Huawei think this flash is UFS2.1,and you?

zilin1996 said:
Sorry,I can't find some specific application about new technologies,but.....I read JEDEC,Samsung and Toshiba document，this flash model is really UFS2.0（Toshiba THGBF7G8K4LBATR、Samsung KLUBG4G1CE-B0B1...............）
http://i4.buimg.com/592821/e8ae28ef5e0a62e9.jpg
http://i4.buimg.com/592821/78932ff0bec87024.jpg
http://i4.buimg.com/592821/c4997624f230e381.png
http://i4.buimg.com/592821/3d99f433584c17a0.png
In addition，Samsung KLUBG4G1CE-B0B1 was released by the end of 2015，after that JEDEC released the UFS2.1 standard....And Huawei think this flash is UFS2.1,and you?
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And I point to Huawei officially stating that all Mate 9's have UFS 2.1 storage again.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/guide-method-to-flash-part-to-ufs2-0-t3598938

Experience with DUK-L09 Bootloader Unlock via Remote Services from Taobao

So recently, I was experimenting of having Linux network tools on to my old DUK-L09 and for sure those testing require me to get it rooted. After searching around on the XDA Forum, watching multiple YouTube videos, and those doesn't work at all. After some googling and thinking, I got to know that Huawei (honor was a sub-brand of Huawei during the release of this model) had no longer issuing bootloader unlock codes.
There are few options left for me:
1. Get to the local phone repair shop, and ask if they have the tools and knowledge to perform something like that ->
2. Try all available free methods (i.e boot-loader code brute-force)
3. Try some so called "paid" tools that look like a scam to me.
After failing on the 1st and 2nd options, it came to my mind that, if this phone is from Huawei, it might be available in the Chinese Market (it did, it is known as Honor v9). So after searching around, it came to me that this guy from Taobao that actually has the tools and technique to help to get it unlocked -> https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.13982.82927.0&id=617190382061&last_time=1631366110
After consideration, I've decided to reach him out and paid like around USD 7-8 ish to unlock my phone and it works. He have done it remotely through remote desktop access (was using some Chinese application known as Todesk) and we spend about 30mins on that.
Prerequisite:
- Install Todesk: https://www.todesk.com/
- For security reason, it works best for you to have a separated account for his usage (for some reason, it wont work if you are using VM) with cmd and grant admin rights on needed basis:
"net user username password /add"
- Active internet access
- A working USB cable
- A Taobao account -> https://world.taobao.com/
- That guy's url -> https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.13982.82927.0&id=617190382061&last_time=1631366110
- Google Translate
I am sharing my experience for those who need it, especially those who struggles after Huawei ended the Bootloader code release support. If anyone interested on this option, feel free to try it out on your own risk. If you are a mandarin speaker, it work best for you. If you are not one, well then you might need to struggle little to get the communication part done.
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hi
did this guy provide you with the unlock code ?
or did he just unlock it with out give u the actual code ?
thanks

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