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Communicating with device

I'm working on a location based app that would request the phone to send its GPS location. My question is, what are the available methods for requesting the location from the device? My first choice was HTTPD but the device IP is unreachable from the world (sprint). My second choice is SMS and have the phone intercept the messages. If it sees a location request SMS then it would respond to a web service with its current location.
Is this a reliable method?
chris

Looks like MS My Phone uses SMS to request phone data... interesting.
Location request:
SkY!AVEjDy2DGyMCE6RO0qhs56aR1/zf42OXBlbdErz6sVTLW6iHFk+wQUhRX6aSEDkI0w==
Ring request:
SkY!AZbZmdMB6eVOig9Y5Ol6QtCQZAVU8XFZLi19k95Cqzn14CZ+qKuUi+2ha3VFqbRdXA==
Lock request: pin 1234, text Chris
SkY!AYDmzGeCMrT8NeDWmn5QaK96Jvsv0mQZIqEgwzvwE35ZCuBZea4M349kMwBkjVV63Y0ROvV+okapsl7UnzqcJBU=
You would think that MS would filter these texts out of the sync process...
The Ring request worked and GPS location failed (btw, the GpsSample from the SDK does not work either). So no MS I don't want to pay 4.99$ for your non-working premium services.
Sky Command Received | Command Locate (ID 2) | Request Id 22815
Sky Command Received | Command Ring (ID 1) | Request Id 22816
I wish the app was .NET like bing so I can reflect on it.
\Application Data\Microsoft\My Phone\Config.dat contains some service end point info. I would like to get the WSDL of those.
I'm curious about HKLM\init\Myphone\OEMOverride = 1.

This is great MS, due to your SMS interceptor I can't send myself any SMSs that start with 'SkY!'.
I tried resending the above SkY requests to my phone. The only thing that happened was the phone backlight came on (the SMS was not visible) and \Application Data\Microsoft\My Phone\MyPhoneLog.txt got an entry appended but the request was not valid. keep in mind that I had to uninstall the MyPhone app and use the MyPhone web site to send out those SMSs so that they would not get intercepted by MyPhoneService.dll.
I stopped the SBB0: service but the SMS still got intercepted. I didn't stop the Notification though: NamedEvents\MyPhoneRuntimeStartRuntime (if that's the right notification).
I guess the next step would be to write a .NET SMS interceptor to see if it will intercept the SMSs or not.
it looks like the interception is done using MAPI Rules which I assume is processed before MessageInterceptor and it looks like the SMS cannot be replayed...
List of commands:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\My Phone\SkyServices\SkyCommands

[Q] SMS application that can set TP PID bit replacement code

Ok this is a long shot but I'm hoping someone may be able to answer this question.
I need to know if it's possible to develop an application to replace the native sms messaging facility in Android (I would like to know if it's possible on other platforms too but I use froyo on my HD2)
according to GSM technical specification http://affon.narod.ru/GSM/GSM0340.pdf as long as the SMSC supports it then it should be possible to set the TP PID to create replacement codes in an SMS.
This allows you to send an SMS to someone with a code set and then send another message to them with the same code. The phone should recognise the same code and overwrite the message.
There are already ways that you can do this using a GSM modem and SMS gateway software such as Nowsms, Bulk SMS and Kannell etc. There is plenty of information on google. however these all require you to have hardware and send the messages from a computer.
The question I have is, would it be possible for someone to develop an app which allowed the user to specify if the sms was sent with the code set, directly from the handset?
Thanks in advance!

Just a bit of additional info from the nowsms support forums
“PID” – Specifies a protocol id field to be associated with the message. The web interface of NowSMS includes checkbox settings for specifying a “Message Type” value. Setting one of the “Replacement Type” values means that if the gateway sends a subsequent message with the same replacement type value, this will replace any previous messages that were sent by the same sender with the same replacement type value. When submitting an SMS message via URL parameters, replacement type values 1 thru 7 correspond to settings of PID=41 thru PID=47.
http://www.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/13536.html
Also it seems like it may be possible, at least on winmo
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa921493.aspx

Samsung Touchwiz Changes...

Having used the GS-II, GS-III extensively...I feel there are some UI changes that Samsung should effect, which would go a long way in perfecting the phones in the software front, where they are near perfect on the hardware front...I thought we can have a thread as Samsung does listen to its users and brings about improvements in the firmware incorporating new features....
So request you all to add your suggestions here...and maybe (hopefully) Samsung will see this and attend to them...
1. DIALER -
1.1 Call log should be integrated in the dialer rather than be in a separate Tab
1.2 When we look up a contact using smart dial - the recently dialed contact should show up first/on top - as it happens on a HTC phone...Samsung shows all matching contacts in alphabetical order
1.3 When we look up contacts using smart dial and the number of matching contacts are large (say >15), and you press the pull down arrow - there is a 3-5 second lag before the list opens...this needs to be fixed
All of the above will go a long way in improving the telephony experience on a GS III
2. EMAIL Client -
2.1 The folders in exchange need to be organized as they are in the Exchange server - Initially only the main folders should be shown and the user can expand whichever folder they want to see the sub-follders
2.2 When you select a mail to move it to an exchange folder the folder list takes a good 10-15 seconds to open....(FIXED in Firmware BFLB )
2.3 When you select a mail to move it to an exchange folder, there should be on top a list of recently used 5 folders rather than the user having to scroll through all folders everytime
2.4 Landscape view should have two panes - folders and messages
3. Messaging Client -
3.1 If the messages in a thread are all locked, the thread list should show a lock next to the message header (as it does on HTC)
3.2 Each message header in the thread list should show number of messages in the thread
3.3 When you open a message thread, each message other than showing the time stamp, should show a tick for delivered (where delivery receipt is enabled) - this is implemented by Motorola Razr and HTC
3.4 The awful feature of a SMS being automatically converted to MMS when it exceeds a particular size needs to be disabled.
3.5 Native ability to send and receive contact cards via SMS (not MMS)
4. PIM/Others -
4.1 Samsung needs to learn facebook integration from HTC - there needs to be proper implementation of FB integration in the contact pics, contact statuses and calendar also
4.2 The lag in accessing the home screen needs to be fixed
More will be added above from time to time...

[API] Simple API to send messages to/from PC via Android and get contacts.

SMS2PC API
Introduction
It is with great pleasure that today I am releasing the first public beta of SMS2PC API which is designed to allow developers and hackers to quickly and easily send and receive messages via an Android (and soon to be BlackBerry and WinPhone) device as well as loading contact information and address credentials.
The API is designed in an async like manner allowing you to create a request, forget about it and then easily handle any return to the original request while not having to worry about threads, connections and protocol management. As an example, you can send a message with only a few lines of code and then handle delivery notifications and send notifications when they occur by providing a callback that is fired when a the message's status has changed.
You are free to use the API as you wish. You will be able to do things like send messages from a server to notify of events on the server, you could make an application than can receive commands such as ‘shutdown_pc’ via SMS and then shut down the current PC, run in on embedded systems, create alarm system that notify via SMS of intruder etc!
Features
Current
Send message
Handle Delivery Notifications
Handle Send Notifications
Load Contact Details
Receive incoming message from device.
Loading message list for a contact
Upcoming
MMS Support
Inbox Support
Load advanced contact details
Example of Handling Incoming Messages
As an example to highlight how simple it is to receive new messages when the arrive on device the actual code used is provided below.
Code:
class MyHandler implements IMessageReceiveHandler
{
@Override
public void messageReceived(Message message)
{
System.out.println("New message received: " + message.getBody());
}
}
// Create instance of your handler and provide it to the API
MyHandler myMessageHandler = new MyHandler();
sms2pc.setMessageReceiveHandler(myMessageHandler);
Requirements
Current the API is Java based (requiring JRE). We have nearly finished the C# version and the mobile apps for BlackBerry and WinPhone will be available shortly.
Terms of Use
Please be aware that although you are totally free to use the API in any software as you choose (commerial or personal) , the Android/BlackBerry & WinPhone app is currently paid for at around £1.99. Also, if you use SMS2PC API in your software you must provide a mention of this fact in your about/info dialog or help if console application. This may be updated in the future although the price will never increase. If you are an XDA user you can download SMS2PC API for free for Android but must not re-distribute the apk.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading. If you have any questions feel free to email me at [email protected] or PM me.

Can't wait until the c# version is done ^_^

Any chance you plan on fixing the desktop app to work with Lion or Mountain Lion?
It's only $3, but you've got it (literally tried to refund moments later and couldn't), and the app flat out does not work on Mac OSX.

Great work, can you show an example on how to send sms?

[Q] Messaging based GPS app

Hello XDA,
Well I am just a Beginner in android development, basically I am a student and a task is given to me to make an simple application don't need to have great UI etc, but it should perform functionality as directed below or give and explain your reason weather it could be implemented or not.
Well i think it could be implemented but i need guidance about how to do that,
1) Built an app which can triggered by text message (could be any type of)
2) application need to have some code for gps which can be triggered by sending a simple message from my other android phone(how and on which activity)
3) than that phone have to return its location by sending coordinate or map link with its location to me (Email or just a simple text message or other messaging services like whatsapp viber etc)
4) that message should not be received by any other messaging app (how can i Limitize the broadcast receiver etc)
5) if GPS is off text message should turn it on first