OK, so even though Pandora rocks, I could not get the Pandora midlet running on my PPC6800, nor could I get the protocol to build an app for it.
However, Last.fm does have some reverse engineered protocols posted around the Internets and I build this awesome cool app "LastRadio" to receive it.
The app DOES require .net compact framework 2 (which all WM6 devices have built in) and due to a bug in the HTC implementation of the keyboard driver, you will have to use the pop-up keyboard to type into the text boxes (at least I did, on the Mogul).
AND, if your network connection can't maintain 128Kb, playback will be spotty -- you can try to tweak the registry buffer settings if you like, but it probably won't help
Instructions:
1) Get a last.fm account (free)
2a) On WM5, install .net CF2 from Microsoft
On WM6, skip to step 2!
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...2F-07B5-4A8C-8A44-B4E1B196D5C0&displaylang=en)
2) install LastRadio (using lastcab.cab, attached)
3) log in, type an artist that you like to start your channel list, and enjoy
Press the "Add Artist" button, to add the artist to your "channel list"
For further enjoyment, get a cradle and audio hookup for your car.
can't get this to work. grey screen with add artist, next track, and change channel. but pressing these buttons dont do anything
The only thing that does anything is "Change Channel," I enter an artist name, hit play and it goes back to the main screen and nothing happens.
same with me. anybody got this to work?
What device are you using?
I developed this on the Mogul and using the Visual Studio WM6 emulator.
It probably won't work on WM5 devices.
If the network is up and you have WM6 with .net cf2, you should see:
1) The login screen (enter your last.fm username and password)
2) The artist screen (enter an artist to "seed" your music channel)
3) The play screen (music should start playing, after some buffering)
thank you for this great player! i love last.fm, could listen to it for days.
anyway i had these little problems with your app, using htc touch with wm6:
- can't install on external storage card. it gives me the choice, but still installs on internal memory.
- when streaming, it fills up my internal storage. there seems to be a growing temporary file that fills up my remaining 5 mb quite fast (ending in a out of memory message). if it was on external card, this wouldn't be a problem.
- cpu usage is very high. can't do much else when it is running
thanks again, cheers
i am running on a mogul which has wm6
can't get it to work.
Thanks for the feedback -- I will continue to improve the program.
There is no "file" that is created by lastRadio.
Maybe your device has some memory pressure. Try closing other applications.
The default memory buffers are 7 * 32K = 224K, you can change that in the registry (HKCU/Software/LastRadio/BufferCount and BufferSize).
Note that 1 extra buffer is allocated (for overflow). The default BufferCount of 6 allocates 7 buffers.
You should be able to run from the storage card, although there might be a bug in the installer (I'll look at it) -- just copy the executable files (lastradio.exe, fmodcaller.dll, and fmodce.dll) to a directory on your card.
i eventually found the temporary files. they go to /windows/profiles/guest/temporary internet files/content.ie5/xyz/last.xyz
the files get deleted with each new track, or when the app closes.
what happened was that i listened to very long tracks (classical music) and ended up with 50 meg temp files. program then crashed because of low storage, leaving the temp files undeleted.
this seems to be a general problem: program sometimes exits with an error message (when i press the x in the corner ?), leaving the temp files behind.
Thanks -- I think I know how to fix that.
Those files are unnecessary, I need to turn off internet caching for those requests!
This will fix the file caching issue -- thanks again for the help finding that.
It MIGHT fix the network connectivity issues some users experienced.
I tried your latest version and it worked - once. While it was playing I accidentally pressed the power button. Since then, it hasn't worked. Logs on, but nothing happens when you click the add button and the group I had previously added won't play either when you attempt to change groups.
Tried re-installing and deleting the reg key.
Suggestions??
still not working for me.
I also only see those weird boxes.
The log says
textBox1
bad handshake: session failed
Doesn't work here either. I can log in and I see the interface fine (I think). I see a grey screen with three buttons on the right (Add Artist, Next Track, and Change Channel) and a volume slider. But I can't make anything play. The add artist button doesn't do anything. If I press Change Channel, it will then bring me to the screen to enter my favorite artist. I do that, but then nothing ever happens after that.
Thanks for this!
WORKS GREAT
Though, considering its a LastFM application, I'm surprised its under a "Pandora Rocks!" thread...
I have mobile 6, on a mogul 6800, and I too just get a gray screen with a 3 buttons that don't function.
will this work with .netcf version 3.5?...
I have the grey background and the three inactive buttons. i have a mogul running windows mobile 6.1 with the .net framework installed
thank you!!!
WORKS GREAT!!!
on my 8525
thank you!!!!
I found a strange behaviour in HD2.....or maybe in WM6.5.
When I open up a few applications, let the machine go to suspend mode, and then I turn it on again, I can see all applications there (with wmtask bar).
When I unlock the machine, some applications closed automatically (most common is IE, and a pocket dictionary).
While I'm watching movie, I need to lookup dictionary (poor English), everytime I turn on HD2, I need to load the dictionary again, again and again.
Also, after I login to ebanking to check stock price, and after a while I turn on the machine again, IE closed......I need to login again, again and again!
What's the problem? Can I control which application cannot be closed automatically? My HD2 sure have enough RAM (sometime I just open 2 applications!).
Please help...........
This is normal, wm closes apps itself to clean memory. No solution yet. Soft reset may help temporary, and running less apps in background. When you search you will find more topics on this.
stm2008 said:
I found a strange behaviour in HD2.....or maybe in WM6.5.
When I open up a few applications, let the machine go to suspend mode, and then I turn it on again, I can see all applications there (with wmtask bar).
When I unlock the machine, some applications closed automatically (most common is IE, and a pocket dictionary).
While I'm watching movie, I need to lookup dictionary (poor English), everytime I turn on HD2, I need to load the dictionary again, again and again.
Also, after I login to ebanking to check stock price, and after a while I turn on the machine again, IE closed......I need to login again, again and again!
What's the problem? Can I control which application cannot be closed automatically? My HD2 sure have enough RAM (sometime I just open 2 applications!).
Please help...........
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i googled, and found this, maybe helps
http://www.pocketpc-live.com/free-softwares/disable-auto-closing-of-background-apps.html
Hello everyone,
this morning Monster Madness appeared in the market (requirements have been lowered to 2.2) and I bought it asap.
It installed fine, but I'm having activation problem since then. I've never been able to run the game. All I got is the following error message:
"Cannot confirm license. Unable to confirm that you have a valid license to this application. Please contact support for more info. Application will now exit.".
I'm running FolioMod 1.4 with its default build.prop (but I also tried, with no luck, 2.3, 1.3d and Toshiba's ones as I suspected build.prop might be involved). Official Support suggested it might be connected to the use of a custom rom (well, not that we have any other chance than being "custom", do we???).
Have you been able to play this game???
Your experience/suggestions will be welcome.
** SOLVED **
It seems I've managed to solve the problem. Looking at logcat ouptut I noticed that system TIME WAS OFF by an hour or so (I didn't noticed it before because my clock widget updates itself via web, thus showing the right time, but doesn't sync system time...).
Then, remembering that some license checking systems look at system time as a part of the process, I synced it with an NTP client and... bingo!
Now the app seems to succesfully authenticate and asks me to download the additional files it needs (I will complete the download this evening under wi-fi coverage).
Hooray!
I also noticed that Monster Madness appeared on Android Market and purchased it.
But I did not have any problem with activtion or playing the game, I'm running FolioMod v1.4.
mddsd said:
I also noticed that Monster Madness appeared on Android Market and purchased it.
But I did not have any problem with activtion or playing the game, I'm running FolioMod v1.4.
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LOL, I was editing as you answered. I managed to identify the problem.
Thanks!
Some of my Metro apps either no longer launch or launch but do not load or work once loaded.. Here's what I did:
I recently discovered how much I liked the Music app so I decided to import some music by adding libraries through "computer" and "libraries" and "properties". For some reason some playlists were being picked up so I did something very dumb and allow sharing of my whole C: in hopes for it to pick up some music that the Music app had a hard time finding.
Well that royally screwed some things up and stopped my Metro apps from opening. I guess messing with sharing permissions wasn't a smart idea. I couldn't find any way to un-do so what I did so I tried to do a system restore to a restore point from earlier that day. After restoring I noticed some Metro apps on the had a little "x" in the bottom right corner of the tile. I clicked on it and it took me to a message saying that the app could no longer run because my developer license had expired. Funny, but I never had a dev license to begin with nor do I know what that has to do with anything. So naturally I uninstalled the apps that wouldn't work (approx. 6) and re-installed them. Most worked, some still did not.
Once re-installed I noticed that "Tweetro" (twitter app) opens but no longer shows anything but the logo on the top left corner. Just a black screen. I can access the charms bar but nothing else. So I tried another twitter client which just opened but wouldn't allow me to sign in, just kept showing the "click here to sign in" no matter how much I clicked sign in.
The Sports app just auto closes if I try to launch it. Same with the News app. When I go into Ebay now it just shows "loading" on all the tiles. I've no confirmed that it was in fact a problem I created due to allowing sharing of the C drive. Apparently the hidden folder "app data" is the culprit and causes this problem when shared. I'd like to know how to un-do this problem without a refresh or reset of Windows. Apparently undoing sharing privileges from the "app data" folder does not resolve things.
STABILITY ISSUES & CAR MODE FAULT --HELP PLEASE!!
Guys I need some help please.
The phone is great but over the past 2 months I have noticed occasional stability issues like programs suddenly opening up when you turn on screen that haven't been selected etc.etc
There is a list of 9 common faults published including some where, for eg OK google was working fine but suddenly doesnt etc.
This week in CAR MODE I noticed this unexpected error that restarting, clearing app cache, clearing app data etc will NOT fix.
Everything was working OK and I changed nothing that could have caused this.
when selecting Nav from carmode home screen it asks you "where do u want to go?", as per normal.
When I open the search text box to enter the address where I want to go, instead of verbally telling it, it accepts text characters for about 3-4 sec then suddenly just goes straight back to the carmode home screen before you finish typing the info and then hitting search!! Every time.
This is extremely annoying as it is the only accurate way to give it an address as it often miss hears the verbal names.
I cannot find anywhere a way of downloading and reinstalling carmode version 1.2.44.16607 so it can reload whatever blasted line of code is suddenly corrupted and causing the problem. if it was a separate app I could just uninstall and reinstall it but it is part of the OS and even in Galaxy apps I cannot find the specific Samsung app.
I DO NOT want to do a factory reset and wipe my phone!!, that is a BS solution just as it is on a PC for trying to fix a minor windows error.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY POSSIBLE SUGGESTIONS PLEASE???