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[Nook Touch General] brendan10211:
And make a custom e-ink friendly version of the android homescreen, possibly including no-refresh?
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
Right now I've got the following apps deleted:

DemoMode.apk

Home.apk

Library.apk

Shop.apk

Social.apk

I will be working on a replacement library app.

I don't use the Kindle app. Do people who do also use the Nook native reader?

At the lowest level, all you need is a file manager.

I presume that each of the readers keep track of last page.

(Regarding the Nook lastreadingpoint:

Going straight to the database is the wrong approach, using the content provider is the right way.

LastRead.apk uses that.)

Ok, it's a neat hack to watch video on the Nook, but you really wouldn't want your Nook in A2 mode all the time.

As I've said before, the best uses of A2 is when an app knows when to use it, when dragging, scrolling, zooming.

If you have the source code to a browser/viewer/whatever, putting wrappers around the dragging/scrolling/zooming operation would be an improvement.

Personally, I have no problem with my ADW Launcher.

That it blurs and trails when parking an app on the desktop is no big deal.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
I've got the little book icon on the status bar to open the last book in the native Nook reader.

That is, if you don't have Home.apk or (B&N) Library.apk

Here is a stop-gap release.

It works fine for the "Currently reading" but there is not yet other functionality in it.

I left it as a complete application so that you can easily see if you have it installed.

The actual "application" part of it is a blank screen.

No need to run it or put it on your desktop.

Just install it and click the little book on the status bar.
[Nook Touch General] darkguy2008:
Hm, looks interesting, seems like you've managed to already wrap some events to dummy workers we can attach to in the future and mod this thing up :D. Awesome!

I'll be testing it somewhere between today and tomorrow. Right now I'm trying to replace the stock keyboard. LatinIME.apk is deleteable but there isn't any working keyboard for it yet (I've tried GO Keyboard, GB Keyboard for Froyo/Eclair and HTC IME with no avail) and it's one of the biggest annoyances I have with it since I need more of a PC-keyboard-lookalike rather than an ebook keyboard :P
[Nook Touch General] cceerrtt:
Although I am not getting the point of your mission :-D try Hacker's keyboard. It is possible to google out android 2.1 version. It is the best I have found so far although it is quite dark.
[Nook Touch General] Googie2149:
Just thought I'd drop this link here for hacker's keyboard.

http://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/issues/detail?id=57

Also, make sure that after you install it you move it to /system/app
[Nook Touch General] darkguy2008:
Man, you rock! I've wanted that keyboard to work specifically. Thanks a lot!!
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
I've had some progress on the Library replacement.

It's not ready for prime time, but it is cute.

It will list the expiration date of your library books.

It's nice to be able to fit over 10 titles on the screen.
[Nook Touch General] darkguy2008:
That's awesome!

When will you release it?
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
I've been working on two different approaches.

One is to use the Android native mediastore.

There are some bugs with this and it can get out of sync.

The other is to do all the searching for books myself.

That works ok as long as the books are found in the usual places:

/system/media/books

/data/media/B&N Downloads/Books

/media/My Files/Books

/media/Digital Editions

/sdcard/My Files/Books

Are there any other locations that I am missing?
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
I really don't know if it suits anyone's needs besides my own.

Because the stock Home.apk, Library.apk and Shop.apk are all tied together,

to have my app work correctly you have to rename or delete the three of them.

As far as I know it should allow books bought from B&N to still work correctly,

but I don't know because I don't own any. I only get library books or Gutenberg.

Is it important for people to be able to buy B&N books directly on their Nook?
[Nook Touch General] ApokrifX:
Why not if it's free?

Naturally, I speak for myself only. :rolleyes:

You need credit card added to buy B&N free books still...

From another hand you can get same free books somewhere else, right? ;)
[Nook Touch General] darkguy2008:
Apokrifx is right, also, that app would suit me too. I need a credit card to buy B&N books, which I don't have -and- I'm not interested at all in using it as a reader. If I want to read something I'll download it and slam it through a PDF reader installed on it.

My main use for it is to take out ALL of the B&N stuff and use it as an android tablet, so, to me, it's really useful :P
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
Ok, here is my Library.apk.

To use this, you must disable Home.apk, (the native) Library.apk and Shop.apk.

You can leave them in place on /system/app and just rename them .bak if you like.

It does not rely on the Android Mediastore.

It will work using other Epub readers but will not be able to keep track of last read.

It does not scan all the time, hit "Refresh" to do a scan.

I'll be interested if it meets anybody's needs or expectations
[Nook Touch General] ApokrifX:
Renate,

A couple questions:

Why it’s necessary to disable (Home, Library, Shop).apk

Can it be started instead of Home.apk?

I do remember, when I install B&N Home.apk on emulator, it ask which home app to use: Andriod native or B&N one. Can you Library.apk work same way?

I’m learning Andriod programming, will be interesting to see source code… if you can share it. :rolleyes:

Especially, if you use A2 mode :)
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
I thought the whole point was to disable all that stuff?

I really don't want any of the B&N suggestions or searching.

Before, if I typed "Love" in the global search it would suggest 15,000 books.

There's a bunch of activity intents and broadcast intents flying around.

I'm not sure which ones will give you an activity picker to decide.

I'm not clear on why the mania for A2.

If it were so great eInk would only make one bit devices.

Yes, there are times when it's useful.

I guess I have to polish off a demo so folks can see cases when it is useful.
[Nook Touch General] ApokrifX:
I do understand your motives :)

I’m definitely not an expert there… I thinkЖ

If it is only one component can handle event – no picker is needed (obviously)

If not and there is no saved preference – picker will show up.

It was not about A2 only.

I learn by looking at nice code. Although, I don’t want to share mine sometimes, because it just not good enough to show :o
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
That is the how activity intents should work, but broadcast intents are different.

I want to come up with a whole diagram because I've been wading in intents and intent filters and I'm starting to lose track of them.

Edit: Here is that diagram in another post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24061856#post24061856

A general hint (not related to my Library project):

If you make a wrong choice in picking an activity, go into

/data/system/packages.xml and delete the related

<item>stuff</item> inside <preferred-activities>
[Nook Touch General] sinlog:
I have problems with the icon at the top left of the screen (last read). In an earlier post, Renate said:

>No need to run it or put it on your desktop.

>Just install it and click the little book on the status bar.

Which apk does this refers to ? Can it solve my problem ?
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
I had to go back a ways to find out what you were referring to.

If you delete the stock Home.apk, the "Last Reading" icon in the upper left of the screen will stop working.

Months ago I had an interim app to handle that, that's all it did.

Now I have my own Library.apk that handles that and is also a full library application.

Download it through my signature.
[Nook Touch General] sinlog:
Thanks for your reply.

I shall rename home, library and shop .apk, and install your library-1.4.apk .

Would you advise against renaming or uninstalling the following too ?

calculator

calendar

calendarProvider

demoMode

gtalkservice

music

phone

social

talk

talkProvider

telephoneProvider

ttsService
[Nook Touch General] sinlog:
I need to have a listing of my books by folders and files, so I can't use your library apk. I regret it because I like the 15 books per page listing, even more than having my last read icon working. About that icon, maybe I can use your LastRead.apk ?
[Nook Touch General] ladykayaker:
Of these, i have removed these without any issues :

calculator

demoMode

gtalkservice

music

phone

social

talk

talkProvider

telephoneProvider
[Nook Touch General] sinlog:
I removed them. Thank you.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
You can use a file manager to open your books.

You can use either the stock Home.apk or my Library.apk (even if you don't use the app) to handle the Last Read button.
[Nook Touch General] sinlog:
I should have thought about using a file manager !

I renamed home.apk, installed your library.apk, I use ghost commander for navigating my books, and everything is fine.

Thanks a lot.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] GuestK00268:
I'm using XLA1 & when I connected my phone with the kies, Samsung Apps in kies is not working. I select my region India, after then the Kies shows 'Samsung Apps is not available. Pls try again later'

Help!!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] 1000cleverlines:
I saw a thread suggesting the nook color had bluetooth capability after you put CM7 on it. Does the nook tablet have bluetooth built in too, and if so, can you use it with CM7?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
Nope, we can't use bluetooth. At least not yet. I believe the bluetooth chip is there, but it will take some time until the developers can get it working.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] fattire:
The longer more technical answer is that to get bluetooth working we need a "magic number" that represents a physical connection to the bluetooth chip inside the tablet. This number is unique to the Nook Tablet (not the same on any other device), and without it, the bluetooth functionality can't be initialized. (If you're even more technically inclined, we need a gpio value ".nshutdown" used for the wilink device initialization on the board file).

There may be a way to use the collective power of the internets to find it (ie, get 50 people to search a dozen gpios each until bt initializes), or maybe even create a sysfs interface to reset and reinitialize the device on a single device, but no one has been working on it due to more pressing matters like getting the 3.x kernel to work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] verbalshadow:
Is the gpio pin something that can be changed by a user and brute forced by members of the boards? Or is it change pin, compile kernel test, and repeat.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] BeerBeverageHolder:
So I am running a side loaded Nook Tablet 16GB, GoLauncher intalled and everything working well.

I have been trying to enable bluetooth, but to no avail.

I intalled Elixer2 and Elixer Widgets, went to place a widget on the home screen, selected bluetooth, and get an error which says "No Bluetooth Adapter"

Would this be due to the fact that the tablet has no default bluetooth and needs to be able to communicate with the adapter, which means we need to find the special number to unlock the Texas Instrument 1270B and allow it to speak between antenna and chip?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tmjohnsonfse:
Look above your post for answer.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tel864:
Absolutely Amazing
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] FozzyVis:
I am not Android dev literate enough to find out how to try out different numbers, but if someone wouldn't mind making and posting a step-by-step guide, I wouldn't mind investing some time and effort to try out different options.

Maybe we could make a thread then where everyone could post ranges of numbers that he would try out?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nba1341:
our tablet has no bluetooth, never will
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SilentStormer:
After that though, i thought they figured out they could activate bluetooth but only to reach about a meter or so. which could still provide useful for keyboards and gamepads. the Nook color had the same thing and people have definitively used it's bluetooth. Not sure if ive got that right so dont quote me but im pretty sure thats what they conluded.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] pepi4:
No BlueTooth :confused: They also told me there is no camera on my Nook and my Nook takes great pictures ;)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] 1dallas1:
Good 1. April joke

Great joke with the camera, I guess it is a built in Hasselbladt
[Bada Software and Hacking General] GuestK00268:
How can I edit amss & apps_compressed files?

Help!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fishhf:
I started a thread about the digitizer problem in Janauary about things suddenly scrolls rapidly, especially when browsing webpages.

Then on the Jan 15th, I took it to warranty, but without being able to demonstrate the problem clearly, all they done was reflashing the firmware.

I've already tried to fix the bug in the driver, but it is damn hard to filter the "noisy" touches without side effects. (like ignoring movements that are too quick, then i can't type in swype quickly)

I should have known *#0*# earlier, as I'm now able to reproduce the problem right in front of them.

On March 15, I took it to them again. Today, got my phone back with replaced touch screen. Then, tested it in front of their CS and reproduced the bug as shown in the attachment again.

I suggest anyone who owns an ace, please go into *#0*# to test your phone. Keep circling around the lower-left box for at least 10 minutes. Reply to this thread if you're able or not able to reproduce this. I may print this thread to Samsung on my next visit to them.

I've also uploaded a video to youtube to show this. (it's around 1:51 for the bug to appear)

We need to get Samsung to fix this!!:mad:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] m7o:
Yup I've got the same problem.

Notice it a lot with Draw Something.

*#0*# doesn't work for me, probably because I am rooted and have a custom rom. (ICSunday by Jusada).

That probably means I lost my warranty :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] FMAranda:
Yes, I have this problem to. The first time occurred with less than 30 seconds of testing and the second around 1:20 min.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fishhf:
Hey bro:D

Take a screenshot if it happens again, it's still a good evidence that there's other users that got this problem.

btw, does it draw lines to the same direction like in my photo?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fishhf:
Thanks, this is very awesome:D (i mean the screenshot)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jumbobombo:
I have the scrolling problem and when you are viewing really long pages and the screen suddenly starts scrolling rapidly

We surely need to tell Samsung to do something about it

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Sent from my Ace. Galaxy Ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Nielli:
*#0*# doesn't work for me, maybe cause i am on CM 7?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fishhf:
Yes, it's Samsung's own test menu in stock roms. But it should be reproducible in whatever drawing app.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Prashanthme:
Thought i ONLY had this PROBLEM!!

Its not only in STOCK browser also in DOLPHIN, OPERA.. And others. The page suddenly moves to the end with a slight touch!! Wat does the SAMSUNG ppl say about this??

Hope we GET a EXCHANGE of THE SET!! :D :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Amur:
it always happen when I scroll the long page slowly :/

I hope Samsung will fix it soon :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fishhf:
They said they will be replacing my phone's motherboard, as they have already replaced my touch screen.

I wonder if it's fixed in S5830"I", otherwise even exchanging with a brand new ace won't solve it. I would try to ask them to exchange with an ace plus, or maybe I had to escalate a brand new ace first, and take it to "repair" :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Well, since its a hardware problem, I don't think they can fix it with an update. I've experienced it my self countless times as well.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ThaRooP:
I noticed this when playing Air Control...

Also the rapid scrolling in Dolphin Browser is familiar to me!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] deddy_ace:
I have that probably too
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jumbobombo:
Yaiyeee!! New phone :D :D :D

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Sent from my Ace. Galaxy Ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Rushyang:
Well I faced that problem too while using DiskUsage App. Just a slight touch and it moved to right end corner.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Teflon_:
i have the same problem.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] DoorFace:
I've had this happen to me as well, can be quite annoying.

I'm not sure there's anything we can do about it unfortunately, but it doesn't affect the phone all the time. If it did, I'd be asking for a refund :p

Although, those Galaxy Ace Plus' do look nice...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] stupotty1210:
is ther a pertition we can sign? or something? obviousley its a fault, so now what for us ace owners??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] The "A" Factor:
+1

Totally Agree with stupotty1210

I too face Sudden Scrolling problem while browsing(Always Thought it was just my cells fault:p).

Cheers to fishhf for Pointing out this Issue:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] admir101:
This happened to me countless times while i was browsing with opera i thought its my fault .When i am viewing page in one momen ti scroll little bit and it goes literally at end of page so this is some hardware problem ?=
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] eryst:
How big problem it is?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] admir101:
Well its not so big but its kinda annyoing sometimes + if we can get something out of Samsung Company pocket its good :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] klinker:
class action :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] happysunshine:
Scratching around 10 minutes with my left hand so nothing came near the right side of the screen.

wtf ...

[edit] you cannot fake it , except with image editor, cause the boxes on the right side get green if you touch there..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] The "A" Factor:
Can Moderator or any Developer SHED some Light on this issue...:confused:???
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] alzest:
Its samsung's and most importantly hardware fault..so I guess no one here can help =/
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fishhf:
I PMed Rafael.Baugis to test his shiny S5830"I", he tested that the bug is fixed.

Anyone else also have a S5830I to try this test?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] opawix00:
I've experienced it countless times, in facebook, dolphin, and just about any app that involves scrolling... If I flash the stock rom, will I get my warranty back?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] m7o:
It actually took some time before I got it again.

It doesn't really bother me next to the drawing thing.

I do have problems scrolling sometimes in dolphin, but it's more like a slow scroll than a jumpy scroll.

Anyway the screenshot:

i.imgur.com/2gsAS.jpg
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] rainy1505:
I have the same issue.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fishhf:
Yes, flash stock rom and stock recovery. Don't root.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] amd-dude:
Strange...may ace works perfectly, I have never had the problems described here...i'm running the L version though, if that makes a difference
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Warrior868:
Happens to me also
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] codeknight11:
That means, only S5830's digitizer is defective. Other variants are fine.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dragonnn:
Hmmm it's possible to replace the digitalizer from for example L to narmal Ace?

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] codeknight11:
Better ask this question to samsung representatives. Flash stock ROM via ODIN and show this digitizer defect to service centre representatives and enjoy a new phone, maybe Ace plus or Ace 2
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] evilxdeadly:
i think its not hardware issue

but maybe someone who have similar digitizer(without bugs) can attach to galaxy ace and check, is its hardware or its firmware bug
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] codeknight11:
If it would have been a firmware bug, samsung would have fixed it long back. Since, no one noticed this hardware bug, samsung kept quite about it too. Why would a super successful cellphone manufacturer destroy its name in market by pointing out its own mistake? And fixing the digitizer in soo many ace's would cost them a lot too.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dfreake:
yeah got same issue:( maybe its LCD problem
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Prawesome:
Yep.Its completely sure its hardware.Samsung cant keep quiet about this...To tell the truth,we deserve answers....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] codeknight11:
Yaa, we need to mail Samsung's CEO. If we dont get a response within a month, we can file complaints in consumer courts. Who knows, we all may get a brand new device as a replacement and that way samsung will never dare to repeat this mistake. Ace already sucks a lot, this is a great way to get rid of this crap without any loss.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fishhf:
Hmm, very strange but last time, my digitizer is replaced. Then reproduced the problem in around 2 minutes. So then the phone is left back to them to try to replace the motherboard first.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fishhf:
I tried to find their emails on the web without success.

It would be nice if we can list their emails here(as much as possible, especially mobile division managers in different regions), then I'll initiate an email to all of them, and CC it to all of us.

With the CC'd email, we can all reply it with our own situation, and everyone gets a copy. When it didn't work out, we can just simply forward the whole email thread to our local consumer council/courts.:D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] The "A" Factor:
I too searched a lot for any official e-mail for customer complaints , but couldn't find any:confused:

I think we'll have to lodge a complaint to consumer court to get their Attention.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Marciin88:
I have it too, many times on Opera

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] stupotty1210:
i have just been onto samsung, they didnt listen and said it can be fixed, so i said if thats the case you need to re-call all the s5830 models. got onto my service provider. they are willing to swap it because i told them its a hardware fault, and cant be resolved.

so they gave me a choice.

Nokia Lumia 710.

Nokia Asha 300

LG Optimus GT540

HTC Explorer

or HTC Wildfire S.

any recomendations??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] FMAranda:
If you really don't care/want an Android device again, I'll go with Nokia Lumia 710, between these models it's the most powerful:http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_lumia_710-4276.php

Or, if you want an Android device, I'll go with HTC Wildfire S: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_wildfire_s-3777.php

Nokia Asha 300 - Runs Symbian and I don't think it's a good choice today.

LG Optimus GT540 - A friend of mine used to have one, it's not that great, has a resistive screen and a 600MHz processor and 156MB of RAM.

HTC Explorer - Almost the same specs as Ace, but it has a 600MHz Cortex A5,a 3.15 MP camera and HTC Sense 3.5. More info here: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_explorer-4102.php

You should compare HTC Explorer and HTC Wildfire S side-by-side on GSM Arena.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] stupotty1210:
to be honest mate, im a bit torn, the nokia is 4G? HD video recording. twice the power, and better gpu than the HTC, but HTC is andriod, and im fond of that little green bloke. i like my ace, but i cant live with somthing that has a hardware glitch. best get my thinking cap on
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] FMAranda:
Lumia 710 isn't a 4G smartphone, but it shoots in 720p@30fps and also has better cpu and gpu as you said.

Again, go to GSM Arena, compare these phones and see what you need.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] adinq:
i have this issue too. so welcome service and new phone :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
LOL

ive got this to but after 5 seconds xd

herpderp © aint got money to pay to my fish