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[General Questions and Answers] Alankevis:
Pretty hard to choose, I like the features Thinkpad has (homepage) but no root on it as well as the note taking is unsure to be what I want.

HTC Flyer is just right on but the spec isnt that good and it's jerky when you navigating.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
When I enter the terminal and type either ./android (in the SDK folder) and when I type heimdall-frontend I get the error

braxton@ubuntu:~$ heimdall-frontend

(heimdall-frontend:3209): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(heimdall-frontend:3209): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(heimdall-frontend:3209): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(heimdall-frontend:3209): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

everything opens runs, just idk what this error is.

This is for ./android inside of SDK tools

braxton@ubuntu:~/SDK/tools$ ./android

(java:3666): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(java:3666): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(java:3666): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(java:3666): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
BUMP.............
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
I would like to help you out, but I have no idea.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
It never did that before....
[Motorola Droid 3] blackbelt27:
Stuck in fastboot with low battery?

You dont NEED a new battery or a charger, i know many people use their phones for more than just games and dont have time to order one or go to the verizon store, so i went out on a limb and tried this. I figured, if i can jump a car, i can jump a damn cell phone battery

You'll need:

USB Cable (to cut)

Wall or car charger with USB port

Cut the USB cable

Take RED and BLACK wires (you wont use the other ones)

On your battery you should see a + and -, insert the RED wire into the + on the battery and the BLACK into the -

wait about 20 min, and try fastboot again

This fix is confirmed on Droid 3, but should work for all batteries, even 3 prong ones. (confirmed by youtube)

I would have put this in development but i cant post there because im a newb and dont know anything
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
this definitely works. I have done the same exact thing on my old droid x. You actually dont need to wait. If you place a piece of scotch tape taping your wires onto your batt, then cut a slit in tape above each wire, carefully wedge it in your phone, obviously leaving it plugged in, then go about your business, it works just fine. For the faint of heart, but if your impatient like me works like a charm.
[Motorola Droid 3] blackbelt27:
yeah! i couldnt find anything about this problem thats helpful, so i figured, well, not much harm i could do, so i just winged it! and it worked. i think not many has tried it because of all the alarmist posts about li-ion batteries being dangerous.

but now i cant get past step 17 of flashing, it fails at cdrom flashing:/

(obviously completely unrelated to battery)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rushburner:
Ok so ive been looking around lately and ive been getting confused

when im going to root i need a insecure kernel? my phone's kernel is UKGK2 but i cant find an insecure one that matches up with it. do i need to find a insecure kernel that matches it or not?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rushburner:
bumb .
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droilfade:
You can use CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip to root through ODIN. This can be found here
[Sony Tablet S] lbretth:
Good start

I'm really glad to see someone working on accessing the IR interface. The IR is the primary differentiator that made me decide to buy the Sony Tablet S. I haven't got it yet though, getting it on Monday evening.

I'm only a noob at development, but have started learning Android dev and the start you've made is bound to help. So thanks a lot.

I look forward to seeing your progress.

Luke
[Sony Tablet S] TomitomHTC:
Hello Peacemaker2000,

I'm quite new to programing on android (and in java for that matter) so, sorry for the noob questions here.

I have just received my sony tablet last week-end and I think building a custom remote to my needs would be a great hands on exercice :)

Also I'm a bit disapointed by the natif app which doe not support macro nor look customizaton.

I have tried to start working with all your samples and code to see what I can get to work, but my first concern is about the AIDL files, how do you import the "com.sony.nfx.app.irremoteservice.IUEIControlServiceCallback" ?

The only file that i have found on my tablet, in a "framewok" folder somewhere is "com.sony.nfx.app.irremoteserviceif.jar", I have tried to referenced it by adding to the build path but it is as far as I have been for now.

Any more help / explanation would be greatly appreciated !

Thanks,

Tom.
[Sony Tablet S] CHRIS-AUDIO:
Good Job Peacemaker,

Main reason i bought it is universal remote control (of course i m an android fan also). If you think that you have to pay 2000$ for a philips pronto remote, SONY did a good start. I am waiting for a customized remote software so to be able to add new buttons, keys etc.

Thank you,

Chris
[Sony Tablet S] arw01:
+1 for me. the ability to have a custom layed out remote with macros and such, I would buy that app.

I ASSUME you have signed up for the sony developers kit they just released, I dl'd it but don't have the time to get into development currently.

Alan
[Sony Tablet S] TomitomHTC:
I did subscripbe and download the sdk but only found samples / references for the largescreen / dualscreen layout of the 2 sony tablets, nothing related to the IR.
[Sony Tablet S] Bojanglez:
I did look in to doing something with the IR blaster but couldn't find anything about how to access it. I might start digging around to build the app I was thinking of in my time off over Christmas :)
[Sony Tablet S] CHRIS-AUDIO:
Hello to everybody and i wish you a Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!

Any news about IR?

I wonder who will make a new software remote control more customizable, with macros, buttons etc.

Chris

Athens GREECE
[Sony Tablet S] fingerstoo:
I agree with everyone so far about wanting a better app than the remote control one supplied by Sony. I tried learning a macro from my PDA with its universal remote control app, but it refused to learn it. It was OK with single key presses, indeed it is very sensitive.

I bought the Tablet S for my wife, simply because of the eBook reader capability amongst other things but also as a trial for a new replacement universal remote control. This is the first device for ages to have an IR facility built in. I use an old HP Jornada but the screen is mis-behaving after around 10 years of hard labour as a Universal Remote Control. I have found the ability to program my own designed GUI for my numerous cinema, TV etc. devices has been excellent. The Tablet S app is OK in that it has enough keys to cover most remotes. The facility to be able to re-label the keys and choose which of the icons can be which keys is good. It is slightly limited as most of the icons on the left hand panel are fixed labels. Therefore it could be improved.

I would support anyone writing such an app. I would even pay for it! Now that's novel..... Good luck developers.
[Sony Tablet S] einschnaehkeee:
Thank you so much Peacemaker2000 for sharing your code and ideas.

It works like a charm getting the keys from a remote control and using the data for your own app. I would really like to know what kind of parameters you have to send to get a full keylist of a TV.

Right now I'm just saving the key data from my remote control and don't have any clues how to generally get all possible keys my TV understands. Would be great if you or anybody else who knows this, could share it with us. :-)

If anybody would like to have a functional piece of code from my current prototype, just let me know, right now I have no problems of controlling my Sony Bravia KDL-32W4000.
[Sony Tablet S] DreadPirateDan:
Perhaps a Mystery Gift app could be developed for use with pokemon gold on a gameboy colour, those were the days ;)
[Sony Tablet S] einschnaehkeee:
Seems to be quite easy to get a keylist from the actual service:

int REMOTE_TYPE_ID_KDL_32W4000 = 508;
remoteService.getKeyList(0, REMOTE_TYPE_ID_KDL_32W4000);

You'll get the list in IUEIControlServiceCallback.Stub.onGetKeyList() and execute the appropriate key with:

int REMOTE_TYPE_ID_KDL_32W4000 = 508;
int ON_OFF_KEY = 18;
remoteService.sendKey(0, REMOTE_TYPE_ID_KDL_32W4000, ON_OFF_KEY, (byte) 0);
remoteService.sendStopIRSend(0);

There you go, TV goes on and off. ;)
[Sony Tablet S] Maine_Coon:
I will donate to anyone developing better IR control app.

It will put all that smart LCD screen remotes that they are selling for $1000 and more out of existence.

There is an example of really good IR remote control application. Extremely feature rich. It is called RemoteControl II from http://wincesoft.de/html/remotecontrol_ii.html.

It is only available for Windows CE/Mobile devices.
[Sony Tablet S] david8:
open source project

hi all, it could be nice to start an open source project, so everyone can collaborate. like me. :)
[Sony Tablet S] agc93:
I've just whipped up a quick Git repo now. Here's the link: https://github.com/agc93/Tablet-S-IR-Control

It'll only be empty atm, because I'm a bit busy at work, but if anyone wants to give it a try, feel free!
[Sony Tablet S] david8:
Great! It's a good beginning.
[Sony Tablet S] pisur2:
Hi,

I'm an Android beginner developer.

I recently bought a Sony Tablet S and trying to create my own IR Remote App...why?

Sony default IR Remote App don't provides macros.

Here are the main features i'm thiking about:

A dialog box popup automatically when tablet is removed from his dock and shaked...this is managed by a local service)

This dialog provides two options : 1) Default usage of the tablet or 2) Launch my own IR Remote App

This custom App provides only 2 macros : 1) Listen to music or 2) Watch TV

Main challenges i'm facing (as you can easily imagine) is the IR interface implementation.

There's not much code sample on the web, probably because Sony Tablet S is the only device on the market embedding IR interface.

Here are my questions :

Do some one has successfully experienced this technology ?

Is it necessary to root the device before coding with IR interface ?

Do Sony provides specific library to access to IR interface ?

I suppose that each device that i want to remote control (Denon amplifier AVR-2311 and DVico Tvix 6600n for music listening) has an Infrared Hex Code. How do i use it in my classes ?

Waiting for your help :confused:

Regards
[Sony Tablet S] jameslindsey:
I for one am very interested in any application that comes close to a Philips Pronto in respect of functionality. The ability to design your own buttons and layouts as wll as have macros is all that is missing from the sony software and I'm sure its possible.

My Pronto is over 10 years old now and one of the reasons for purchasing the Tablet s was as a replacement.

Have a look at the pronto forums on remotecentral.com theres a vast array of downloads of layouts for Pronto edit and hence the hex codes which can be extracted. Many include discrete codes that can't be learned from remotes and are invaluable for macros.

You can also obtain the original editing software and load onto a virtual pronto. If you can produce an ap anything like that then I think you're onto a winner.

Apologies I'm unable to assist on a coding front as I'm a bit of a technonumpty.
[Sony Tablet S] agc93:
Another very confused developer here trying to work out how Sony's bizarre remote calls function. To be honest, not having much luck, and Sony won't help.

If anyone knows how to get it going, please share, because that's all thats stopping me at the moment.
[Sony Tablet S] einschnaehkeee:
I already posted a working example for sending an IR signal with the tablet. ;-)

I'm also working on an own app with makro-capabilities, custom button layouting (own text, pictures, size, placement) and even custom gestures. I think I can give out a demo in about two weeks, so be a little bit more patient. ;-)

Of course the app will only work with the Tablet S. :D
[Sony Tablet S] xyancompgeek:
Any breakthroughs yet? Need somebody to test it on? I'm happy to help!
[Sony Tablet S] einschnaehkeee:
If this is directed at me, then I can say that I'll gladly accept your offer and get in contact with you in a couple of days. :-)

Sending, learning and discovering (by "discover" I mean getting the codes from the Sony Remote App :p) IR codes is not a big deal for the app, the real challenge is bringing this stuff together in a nice package.

Right now I'm in the middle of designing the domain model of the app and then I'll cope with the generative UI so that the user can drag and drop elements and assign keys/makros/text/pictures/gestures to them.

The real breakthrough comes when I can accomplish a nice and easy "flow" of creating and editing of devices and remotes*, assign IR-keys to them and this whole additional stuff of makros, etc.

*By design a "device" is a collection of coherent IR-keys, whereas a "remote" is the actual playground where you create elements/buttons with keys of different devices, etc. By that you can have many different remotes for different purposes independently form any device.

Here is a small glimpse of the incomplete start screen ;-) :

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/1443/device20120603173254.png

(I can't post any links yet, so you have to manually put the URL together. :p)
[Sony Tablet S] xyancompgeek:
It sure looks promising! If u need any help, with the ir database or testing, feel free to ask.
[Sony Tablet S] bjz:
Please count me in as well! I will be glad to help. I've started to play with android SDK some time ago and after buying this little-bit-overpriced-remote-control, I was quite disappointed that the default application from sony has no macros. So, whoever is the project leader here - you got my sword (little rusty though) !
[Sony Tablet S] xyancompgeek:
Any updates, einschnaehkeee? Ready to test a beta build?
[Sony Tablet S] einschnaehkeee:
Thanks guys,

there were two busy weeks for me lately (busier than I hoped they would be), so I couldn't achieve the progress I was planning for. That's why here is a smaller update:

Profile page: done

http://i.imgur.com/0W1cj.png

Devices page, add keys, learn IR data from your IR remotes: done

http://i.imgur.com/1fqRm.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Pros.png

http://i.imgur.com/Rn5VJ.png

http://i.imgur.com/ykfuN.png

Quick remote for quick actions accessible from anywhere, customizable by each profile: done

http://i.imgur.com/fUT3Q.png

Data structure and saving everything into database: done

What still needs to be done:

- Remote page with drag'n'drop capabilities

- Create makros (multiple keys with optional delays between them unified into one key) inside a remote

- Create gestures and assign them to keys/makros

I'll try to finish most of those things (gestures need more time for testing) this weekend, so that I can give out a demo for you people.

Things that come after all those TODOs are finished:

- Create a small Java client (for multi platform support) for easier management of keys and to enable XML-based import/export functionality for the app

- Support for Pronto-Codes.

Next update soon to come. :-)
[Sony Tablet S] CHRIS-AUDIO:
Actually i admire the work you are doing and if you success i will buy again the sony s (yes i sold it as i was dissapointed with remote app as this was the main reason i bought it).

Yesterday searching the web i found this for less than 300$. Sony should have an application like this in that tablet

here is the link http://touchsquid.org/

As a home cinema maniac, a big thank you for what you are trying to do.

Keep in touch.

Chris - Athens - GREECE
[Sony Tablet S] einschnaehkeee:
I'm pretty much done with all the basic stuff and I can hopefully give out a demo in the next days, approximately at the beginning of the next week, so I have some time to polish things I don't quite like yet.

Thanks again for all your nice feedback although you haven't even got the chance to try out anything yet. :p

A small update about the things that work quite well now:

- importing all keys from a device selected in the built-in Sony Remote App:

open the app (I use the name "AnIRemote") and select a profile

now switch to the built-in Sony Remote App, select any new device at the registration process

after selection the device and key data is collected and stored instantly into the database of AnIRemote

This is how imported devices will look like in AnIRemote (of course you can freely edit the name/icon (URLs which point to a picture are also supported ;) )/description of the devices/keys after importing them):

http://i.imgur.com/UpZpP.png

This way you can use the built-in Sony Remote App as a start for your own remote in AnIRemote. :)

- create a remote and drag'n'drop keys from various devices into it, dragging multiple keys into a single remote key, will create a makro and you can customize name/description/icon, the duration of the single keys and the delay between them; pinching for editing the size of the remote keys is the next step and will be ready when I give out the demo :-)

This is how it looks like when creating keys for a remote:

http://i.imgur.com/2URoU.png

Drag a new device key into the remote to create a remote key:

http://i.imgur.com/9BRto.png

http://i.imgur.com/bkLit.png

http://i.imgur.com/2kFzU.png

Drag a second device key into the new remote key to create a makro:

http://i.imgur.com/Scgfd.png

New makro has a different color now than the other normal remote keys:

http://i.imgur.com/ktuTN.png

Freely move the remote keys around to place them wherever you like (support for multiple pages for a single remote is also coming :) ):

http://i.imgur.com/aWRVy.png

And now sending out the makro with one click :) :

http://i.imgur.com/Q3aeJ.png

The next steps are mostly esthetical improvements like different layouts for a remote and of course XML import and export.

Next updates soon to come (better soon than never). :D
[Sony Tablet S] miner1:
Hello einschnaehkeee,

just registered because of "you" ;-)

What might be interesting is a combination of your possibilities accessing the IR-device and the mediola system. The mediola can translate all the Pronto codes for sending them via wlan to its special gateway (which then again translate it IR). So translating them to the IR-device directly would be the "i-Tüpfelchen" (icing on the cake). mediola a.i.o.

Keep on going, will buy the Sony (also) because of your work (less 300€)

GERO
[Sony Tablet S] einschnaehkeee:
Hey, schön dass ich auch Leute aus meiner Heimat angelockt hab. :victory:

I already heard of mediola and I even thought about providing support for controlling over Wifi (DLNA over IP). But this would be something for considering in the future after everything else is set and done. :)

Could you explain a bit more what you mean by "combine it with mediola"? (in English or German)

Mediola is a closed system as far as I know. So I can't possibly know in what format I have to send my data to their receiver. Or do you know if there is an open API for mediola?

Right now AnIRemote can learn any possible IR data from any source. Just place the remote transmitter in front of the tablet and create a key inside a device (simple POJOs containing that data) by the press of a button.

The only thing I'm curious about right now, is how to interpret Pronto hex codes. Can I simply use them as binary data or is there some kind of conversion necessary? And if so, are there any tools (especially well documented) to do so?

I have to test it out, because I don't have any idea and I've never used them before. But this is also something that comes after I give out the demo. :)
[Sony Tablet S] xyancompgeek:
Waiting so eagerly for a demo, looks and functionality are great btw!!!
[Sony Tablet S] Mahaco:
You are doing great really.

I see a real pro, and you know that if you are finished,

That there might be a chance that sony will add this to the Sony apps website don't u think?

Its quite impressive! My compliments. :good:
[Sony Tablet S] dantheman122:
Sounds great, are you gonna release the Demo openly so we can all try? If not, I'd love to try it :D
[Sony Tablet S] einschnaehkeee:
Wow I'm really baffled (in a positive way) by this positive feedback and I hope that you won't be disappointed by the demo. :) I'm trying to give my best to give the app a nice feeling, although I'm not really a good UI designer so there's lots of things to do before it gets really "nice" in all aspects. ;)

I'll give it out for everyone, but I haven't made up my mind, if I give out the link (with which you can download it directly into your tablet) by PM or by posting it directly into this thread.

What do you guys think? Should I run the demo phase a bit privately in an "on demand" way or should I make it public?

As far as publishing the full version goes, I'm going to see how the reactions of the users are. If they think it's worth to spend their money on the app, I'll maybe charge a few bucks for it on the Play Market (perhaps a free version with ads and one without them for a few bucks?). If the majority thinks it's not that great, I could even give it out for free.

Or I could even host the source code on Google Code. I don't really know yet, so please give me feedback in that matter after you tried out the demo. :laugh:

And once again all props to Peacemaker2000 for providing helpful information of how to access the IR service. I've not really done any magic, just followed his instructions and fiddled a bit around with the parameters to make it work. So thanks again for his preceding work. :good:
[Sony Tablet S] AlexKnoch:
If I were you, I would put it on Google Play for $1.99 and have people PM you on here to get a link to BETA versions. I think that going that way you will make the most money and gain the best feedback. I think a free version with ads is a bad idea since ads don't make that much and if it's just a small ad, no one will go buy the pro version.
[Sony Tablet S] miner1:
Hey much action around here suddenly.

I wrote to the mediola support and I still are waiting for an answer. As far as I understod, the mediola-converter can read comlete Pronto layouts with all the codes and macros inside and converts them to their remote layout, which then feeds the wifi gateway. On the website of mediola you can read (in german only):

Insbesondere möchte man dazu beitragen, die sehr nützlichen und umfangreichen im Pronto-Format vorliegenden Sammlungen sogenannter „Discrete Codes“ für die Praxis nutzbar zu erhalten, damit diese auch mit modernen „multifunktionalen Steuergeräten“ wie Smartpads und Smartphones eingesetzt werden können. „Discrete Codes“ sind IR-Codes zur direkten Ansteuerung beispielsweise eines speziellen TV-Eingangs, die auf der originalen TV-Fernbedienung nicht vorhanden sind."

Lets see what the say.

GERO
[Sony Tablet S] xyancompgeek:
Yes, putting ads on a free version wont help. You need to put a limitation on the free software. Like limited macros/remotes,no import capability,etc. Ads can be blocked by AdFree Android,etc. Though i wouldnt mind a free full version. Lol......:);)
[Sony Tablet S] kulen:
I understand you want to get payed for hard work, but I hope you'll find a way to keep it free.
[Sony Tablet S] agc93:
As a die-hard Linux and Open Source user, I'd love to see the code open-sourced and hosted, but obviously if you want to make some money off it, thats an option considering the effort you've put into it.

If you do go down the paid route, I would also suggest putting a paid version on Play, and a free beta (set a code-based expiration date) to be PM'd to testers here. That way, your testers can give you feedback, but you minimise lost income.