The other day I tried my XDA2 as an MP3 player for the first time, walking to the supermarket with headphones on. I realised that you must keep the machine turned on otherwise Windows Media Player stops playing. Bit surprised by this! (Does this fit with what other people have found? Seems a little impractical.)
So, I had to walk to Tescos with the XDA2 switched on in my trouser pocket. By the time I got there, I'd managed to open the Contacts app, find an ex-girlfriend's contact info and edit it. I'm not sure how I did this in my pocket. (But she always used to call me 'Clever ****' )
Anyway, has anyone heard of an app that covers the screen with some sort of blank page and turns off the backlight, so that I need to touch a specific spot to reactivate the regular display? With something like that, I couldn't accidentally mess about with the machine and cause havoc. If such a thing doesn't exist, does someone fancy making one? Surely it would be so simple.
Would be interested in your thoughts, XDA2 brethren.
sublimatica
WMP has an option to Toggle off the screen.
Tools - Settings - Buttons
Hardware buttons are still live but the screen, and touch capability, are disabled. It also helps to extend battery life.
COOOL!
Perfect! Map the Action button to the screen toggle and my prayers are answered! Thanks a bunch for that - I'd discovered how to map play, pause, stop etc to the cursor pad, but didn't realise what 'screen toggle' did.
Nice one. Much appreciated.
I originally bought a samsung sch-i760 and had screen alignment problems, No matter how many times i tried to align the screen it would not work. Sometimes i could not get out of the alignment program so i just started seeing where it was clicking on the screen, Turns out it was 1cm off on the right side of the screen when it was in portrait mode. So i returned it and the second one did it a couple days later in the same spot. So i returned that and got a xv6800 and its been great. How ever there is a spot on the bottom left of the screen that when on a white area is brighter than the other areas on the screen. Lol where are they making these CHEAP screens? I was just wondering who else is having either one of these problems thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=371776
Definitely agree with the comment on cheap screens. I have had an i700, i730 and i760. What product manager released the screen on the i760 for production? I too had the same problem with 2 different copies of the i760. Samsung was on a roll until they released this phone with a substandard screen. The first thing that I noticed was the soft touch of the screen. It required too much pressure to achieve a good contact. I then noticed that periodically would not accept inputs for short durations. Then the screen calibration became very evident across the bottom scribing area of the screen. Especially when you tried to select settings from the start menu and always go the help utility. After attempting to align out the error in the screen, I concluded the device was faulty and traded it in for another faulty device. Verizon claims that this was coincidental and they have not heard of this problem before. I now have the XV6800 also. Unfortunaltely whether it's called a Mogul or a Titan, it still locks up when an alert with vibrate is announced which requires a reboot to cancel the alert. I have a relative with the Mogul and I have the Titan. My first impression of the HTC Titan is that it is a cheaper product than the Samsung i760. The applications are cheaper, the audio voice recognition is definitely a much lower end package and the the volume is not acceptable for speaker phone or earphone. I have had the phone 1 day and already had to do a low level manual reset of the phone because a "Cold Boot" would not allow verizon to authenticate the phone after a hard lockup and a "Cold Boot". Oh well....... Still searching for the ideal PDA Phone in a windows envirnonment. They next generation manufacturer had better add alot more base memory as well for resident programs.
Samsung i760 Screen Alignment Problems & HTC XV6800 firmware issues & quality
Definitely agree with the comment on cheap screens. I have had an i700, i730 and i760. What product manager released the screen on the i760 for production? I too had the same problem with 2 different copies of the i760. Samsung was on a roll until they released this phone with a sub-standard screen. The first thing that I noticed was the soft touch of the screen. It required too much pressure to achieve a good contact. I then noticed that periodically, it would not accept inputs for short durations. Then the screen calibration became very evident across the bottom scribing area of the screen. Especially when you tried to select settings from the start menu and you could only get the help utility. After attempting to align out the error in the screen, I concluded the device was faulty and traded it in for another factory released faulty device. Verizon claims that this was coincidental and they have not heard of this problem before. I now have the XV6800 also. Unfortunaltely whether it's called a Mogul or a Titan, it still locks up when an alert with vibrate is announced which requires a reboot to cancel the alert. The manifestation is the alert triggers the vibrator but it runs continuously and never shuts off and will not accept any inputs. I have a relative with the Mogul(Sprint). He reported this same problem has occurred several times. I have the Titan(Verizon). My first impression of the HTC Titan is that it is a cheaper product than the Samsung i760. The applications are cheaper, the audio voice "Tag" recognition is definitely a much lower end package than "Voice Command" and the the volume is not acceptable for speaker phone or earphone. I have had the phone 1 day and already had to do a low level manual reset of the phone because a "Cold Boot" would not allow Verizon to authenticate the phone after a hard lockup and a "Cold Boot". Oh well....... Still searching for the ideal PDA Phone in a windows envirnonment. The next generation manufacturer had better add alot more base memory as well for resident programs.
i760 Screen Calib. Loop
Experiencing the same calib. loop issue as everyone else who's posted above. Might be in the wrong thread here, but does anyone have the .cab file on hand to resolve the loop issue?
Thanks,
Acid
As I was driving yesterday, I was frantically (and dangerously) trying to type a text message on my Vogue. As you people with phones that have no hard kb, you know how frustrating it can be to type a message, let alone while one is driving. Now I know that it's not safe to text while driving period, but there are certain times when it is necessary. I came across the idea of a D-pad keyboard. You would use the directional pad on the phone to select letters from a keyboard, and then use the center button to select that letter for input. While this would not be fast or efficient typing, this would help greatly to type messages when only one hand is free for driving, or some other activity, as it would give the user an actual button to press. Sadly, I have no programming experience whatsoever. I also don't have a steady source of income, so I cannot guarantee any donations if someone developed this. But maybe if enough people caught on to the idea and liked it, a bounty could be started for someone who developed something like this. I've uploaded some rough mockups of what it might look like.
drewden123 said:
As I was driving yesterday, I was frantically (and dangerously) trying to type a text message on my Vogue. As you people with phones that have no hard kb, you know how frustrating it can be to type a message, let alone while one is driving. Now I know that it's not safe to text while driving period, but there are certain times when it is necessary. I came across the idea of a D-pad keyboard. You would use the directional pad on the phone to select letters from a keyboard, and then use the center button to select that letter for input. While this would not be fast or efficient typing, this would help greatly to type messages when only one hand is free for driving, or some other activity, as it would give the user an actual button to press. Sadly, I have no programming experience whatsoever. I also don't have a steady source of income, so I cannot guarantee any donations if someone developed this. But maybe if enough people caught on to the idea and liked it, a bounty could be started for someone who developed something like this. I've uploaded some rough mockups of what it might look like.
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DONT. TEXT. WHILE. DRIVING. Especially on a touchscreen only phone. Not to mention your mockup would take extremely long to type out one word let alone a message. what you want would be to have multiple slides, first slide you can go either L or R with the full keyboard split in half. pressing L will give you a slide with the letters of q-t, a-g, z-v; R will give you y-p, h-l, b-m. from these slides you can go U, D, and R. U will give you top row of letters, D will give you bottom row of letters, just select will give you middle row and R will give you either number pad or symbol pad. minimum key presses is the key.
You should try the phone keypad, I find it alot easier when driving. Of course I still don't recommend typing while driving . But why I think would be even better is voice feedback. As you press a letter or key on whatever keyboard you're using it would voice the key you pressed then enter the character with a confirmation click sound when you release the keypress.
First off, please stop texting while you're driving. Why can't you just pull over and do it? Why risk your life and other innocent people because you're texting? NOTHING is that important for you that you can't just pull over to the side of the road and do all your texting there. Your idea is unique but pretty useless for your situation as well. It seems it will take a lot longer to move the directional pad and hit enter after the right selection with the middle button on that button decal. At the end, you'll still have to look at your phone while texting. How would you find the defendant if you were one of the juror in a jury, listening to some guy who seriously injured or killed someone because he was texting?
Actually, with an SIP such as TenGO this is an excellent idea.
one day i really needed to text while driving, i started typing.
suddenly i realized that the traffic stopped and i was so close, luckly my breaks could stop me on time.
other wise, i would never be here i guess.
since then, i never touch the phone while driving, the max is picking up the phone using BT Headset.
scary. be carefull, driving is not a game, you cannot load life back if mission failed.
anaadoul said:
one day i really needed to text while driving, i started typing.
suddenly i realized that the traffic stopped and i was so close, luckly my breaks could stop me on time.
other wise, i would never be here i guess.
since then, i never touch the phone while driving, the max is picking up the phone using BT Headset.
scary. be carefull, driving is not a game, you cannot load life back if mission failed.
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Yes, I understand your experience. And thank you all for all your replies. I'm glad a lot of people are concerned about the safety of all the drivers. However, I also stated that this could primarily be used in OTHER activities in which you only have one hand free or cannot/should not be fully focusing on your phone. I realize the risks of texting while driving, which is why I don't when in any type of traffic. I live in rural Indiana, where most of the times it's a wide open road with fields to the left and right and not a car in sight. I just thought this would be a simple solution if the urgency was presented where someone needed to send a quick text. I also think voice feedback would be helpful. Even better would be speech-to-text + BT headset. That would be the ultimate program for this situation, but I have yet to see anything close developed. Once again, thanks for all the input.
flyboy009 said:
You should try the phone keypad, I find it alot easier when driving. Of course I still don't recommend typing while driving . But why I think would be even better is voice feedback. As you press a letter or key on whatever keyboard you're using it would voice the key you pressed then enter the character with a confirmation click sound when you release the keypress.
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Phone keypad would be your best bet.
anaadoul said:
one day i really needed to text while driving, i started typing.
suddenly i realized that the traffic stopped and i was so close, luckly my breaks could stop me on time.
other wise, i would never be here i guess.
since then, i never touch the phone while driving, the max is picking up the phone using BT Headset.
scary. be carefull, driving is not a game, you cannot load life back if mission failed.
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lol.
wouldn't be cool if there was a giant reset button.
haha.
I agree with everyone though, don't text while driving.
In most of the states in the US it is actually illegal to do so,
and has quite the hefty fine associated with it.
There was this girl about 6 months to a year ago that was driving down the US 60 (in arizona) and was in the left lane of the highway, and ended up swerving all the way accross every lane of traffic and tboned a parked van on the side of the road that had overheated.
Inside that van were 2 adults, and their 4 children
(2 young teens and 10 and 5 yr old I believe, something around those ages).
All 6, and the girl texting, were killed upon impact.
They found the girl texting gripping her phone (with keyboard slid out) in her hands.
Moral of story, Population control.
JKJKJKJKJKJKJKJKJKJKJK!! I'm goin to h*ll for that one.
But seriously, I don't recommend texting while driving.
TEXTING WHILE DRIVING is good if you have set your vehicle in AUTO PILOT! XDDD
Ahh well, guess the idea is shot down by the community. I really meant it for more purposes other than driving, just thought driving would be one of them even though it's not recommended. I guess I'm just unsuccessfully trying to find some way for efficient, easier input on a touch screen like the Vogue. I have small fingers myself and I have yet to find a quality keyboard that I can get up to speed on. And yes the phonepad is the next best thing if the need arises. Has anyone seen anything close to being capable of speech-to-text? I'm probably dreaming here but that would be an amazing app that could probably make a lot of money
What could surely be possible would be for the 9 buttons available on the d-pad to correspond to a t9 keypad. Press up for abc, up-right for def and so on.
Definetly would like a d-pad keyboard! The more options the better. Check out a psp for reference.
jez83uk said:
What could surely be possible would be for the 9 buttons available on the d-pad to correspond to a t9 keypad. Press up for abc, up-right for def and so on.
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that idea sounds pretty good, except I'm pretty sure on the Vogue, or any other d-pad on a phone, there aren't diagonals (up-right, down-left, etc.) are there? Just up,down.left,right.
VLingo
A better solution to your texting while driving would be a speech to text software, have a look here. I have not tested it myself yet but it looks interesting and safer than the alternatives. Please don't risk other peoples lives.
And please vote in my poll.
Thanks for the link! I also voted on your topic.
Hi
My wife is threatening to tear off my arms if I buy a Nexus One just months after I got a Hero without asking her.
I am still considering it. How good is the voice control of the N1? Is it possible to operate it fully without hands?
You can use your nose to interact with the touch screen, if your arms are missing. Just order it!
I'd say that it's not possible to operate a touch phone fully without touching it.
according to this voice dial over bluetooth is still not implemented
when i first hold the tablet (and even before) i tought that screen shot key is priceless. its very useful. when i read a book or surf on the web it lets me cut and share/send anything on my screen after cropped as i like. but them losing that key when i put stylus in its silo was a bit uncomfortable. most of the time i need that key i wasnt using. so i was sondering if its possible to keep those keys "all the time"
than something happened and its really bad. i totally lost those keys. when i pull of the stylus it doesnt feel it. it doesnt show those keys and it doesnt pop direct stylus launcher (even the setting is right) i tried to tweak it with simple methods like pulling it out ressetted pulled in resetted again etc but doesnt work.
so for get the direct stylus launcher, the question is, is there a way to make those screen shot and palm rejection keys "always on" no matter what?
i couldnt find any other people having this problem but even for the people doesnt have this problem, have an option to have those keys all the time should be nice.
I had this same problem with my girlfriends tetra note 7. Basically the tablet recognises the sylus by a little magnet snuck away in the stylus and in the tablet. When the two attract the tablet recognises the stylus in it and visa-versa. All I did to sort the issue was undo the tip of the stylus and re scree it back on again and that seemed to sort the issue. Sorry if you have sorted the issue
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I did had to try it 3 times but at least can confirm: un-, and rescrewing the metal end does seem to sort the issue out. Just when you do so, unscrew the inside part of the metal end/cap aswell!
Hi, i am facing the same issue with my newly bought tab
But I am not able to solve it by unscrewing and rescrewing the stylus even 10 times...
If any other solution , plz help