yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Holo:
Hi All

I have had a Telstra Touch Pro 2 for around 2 weeks. There a lot of things I like about this phone but there is a really annoying bug in mine...

It intermittant does register screen taps/touches. For a while I thought it was me but I have found, to prove the bug, I have gone into the Notes program and started writing and it occasssionally misses letters.

The fault was so subtle I thought it was me the first week and the second week I tried various things (short of a ROM replacement) to fix (ie: turning off Telstra/HTC crap). I've done a hard reset and it is still there.

It's going back to the Telstra Shop and I'm back to my Touch HD for now.

Disappointed.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] HeavyComponent:
...just replace it!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] krisez:
please tell us how telstra handles returns on these devices! mine has a very wobbly screen, so much so i dont tilt it anymore, and im thinking its almost replacable.
[G1 General] grlddawkin:
for those who wish to go back to stock and cupcake, i spoke with a tmo rep and she said within 72 hrs of stock rom u will get a update. i went from 29 to 1.5, just a little info not sure this is the right place for this info.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] OllyUK:
I sent amazon an email about this the other day asking if there was currently any app in development for the UK store, but I got a fairly generic response.

Does anyone know if there ever a chance of this arriving in the UK, or are there licensing laws etc that make it impossible?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] paulobrien:
I just installed the US one on my UK Hero...

http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero-hero-modaco-com/291333/installing-the-amazon-mp3-store/

P
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] AndyCr15:
Silly question, but how do you use it? I find a track and hit 'Buy' but how do I checkout?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Coolchedder:
Buying a Song

You have to first click on the menu button in your Hero while in the amazon app. from t here it will ask you your user name and to enable one click check out. Once that is done all you have to do is click on the dollar amount next to the song to purchase.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Latest version: 1.3.1.5.

Changelog

Information

Marathon is a Windows Mobile application which keeps track of your movement with the help of a GPS-receiver. It’s the perfect companion for sporting activates such as running and bicycling. You can configure Marathon to announce various statistics in the headset or speaker while you’re recording. This gives you the advantage of always knowing your performance and is a great morale boost to reach your goals. You can compete with yourself by setting the goal time comparison settings to one of your previous results. This will allow the announcements to tell you exactly how many seconds ahead or behind you are. You may also use the generic time goal in case you haven’t recorded anything to compete against. The application records and displays data such as time, distance, speed and your altitude change. You can also choose to display your speed and altitude as bar or line charts, as well as showing a map of your recording. As a complement to the application, Marathon is compatible with a free online service, which allows you to see more detailed information about your performance. You can view your result on a map as well as see various rankings against other users of the service.

Features

•	Announce various statistics in the headset or speaker while running.

•	Compete with yourself by using a previous recording or a generic time based goal.

•	Records data such as time, distance, speed, altitude change.

•	Can show a graph over your speed/altitude as well as a map of the track.

•	Upload the result to www.marathon-mobile.net to see more detailed info and compare your results with others. The webpage is still a work in progress, so don’t expect too much yet.

Requirements

•	Windows Mobile 5.0+ Professional device.

•	GPS receiver with support for Microsoft’s GPS Intermediate Driver.

•	Screen resolution of at least 240x240 pixels.

Download

http://www.marathon-mobile.net/Download/DownloadLatestVersion
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bugsykoosh:
neat app- hope this helps to get you more coverage since I think the app deserves it: http://www.fuzemobility.com/marathon-gps-trainer-released/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] biohazardousguy:
Is it possible to also make it save the track as kml so it can be viewed in google earth?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anderl78:
Hello!

would this run on my diamond (640 x 480)?

+1 for google earth - support!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] drjim:
A few questions:

1. Will this work on a VGA, e.g., a Fuze?

2. Does it track in miles or just kms?

3. Will it work for cycling, e.g., mph, not just mins/mile?

I currently use GPSCycleComputer because it works for both running and cycling, but this app has some nice new features.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chalid:
seriously guys, are you even reading the first post?

Touch Pro = VGA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bugsykoosh:
It works on the Fuze/Diamond at VGA: http://www.fuzemobility.com/marathon-gps-trainer-released/

I'll let the author respond to changes to mph instead of km.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Thank you! :)

Im considering to implement some kind of map integration, so i'll look into it.

I haven’t tried it on a bike, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work since it works with walking, running and cars. You can also select different methods, such as “Run”, “Bike” and “Ski” when you save your result to keep track of your travel method.

I've implemented the following units, you can change between them using "Menu->Settings->Unit":

km/h

m/s

mph

min/km

I'll add more if someone find it usefull. Would min / mile be of any use?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] drjim:
I would love you to add minutes per mile as that is the standard measure for running speed, so it would be useful for running.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Matzix:
Very well done!

Hi Ooije,

I did a first test of your app and I'm very impressed about it's features and how well it works for the very first beta! On my Touch Pro, it did find my current position very fast and the distance measured is exactly what www.gpsies.com tells me about it. Uploading to your homepage also worked well and is such easy to do. Congratulations and thank you very much!

Of course although it is already very functional, there are some feature requests:

- I did not dare to switch off the device at my first test, because I did not want the GPS receiver being stopped and used S2U2 as screen lock. Having an option to switch off the display and locking the device (as in GPSCycleComputer) would be a great thing.

- Having an option for specifying the GPS settings would be fine. On the Touch Pro it connects to the intermediate driver directly and works well, but actually I'd like to have it connected to GPSGate on another Port.

- For the running pace (min/km), it shows seconds as percent of minutes. Having it as mm:ss (that is 7:54 instead of 7,9) would be appreciated. BTW:

Here in Europe it is min/km, which is already implemented... ;-)

- I didn't try that audio feature yet (BTW: Do you use earphones?), but I'm thinking that it could also be useful if you're on an unknown route to have some very basic navigation features. That is, importing a route (on www.gpsies.com there are a lot of it) and at least being told if you're leaving that route. For more information you can have a look on your display then, which might show the planned vs. the actual route.

- I'm interested in having a plot "pace over time". I'm not quite sure whether GPS data are such accurate (especially these qualcomm receivers), but maybe there can be done some filtering in order to have good results.

- and of course exporting the track as GPX, KML or whatever (hey, there is GPSBabel to translate it ;-) ) would be great

Last but not least, there is a small flaw having +infity as speed after loading or saving a track - maybe it's currently there for debugging purposes (see screenshot attached)

Cheers

Matzix

PS: If you want/need a german translation, please let me know!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Alright, if that’s what you use in US I’ll put it on top of my TODO-list. Thanks for the feedback.

You should be able to switch of the device since it keeps the GPS receiver and sound devices running (unless you mixed with the power options). But I guess that could be useful in combination with the ability to read from a NMEA-data directly from a COM port. Unfortunately this is not my highest priority right now, but I might look into it.

Showing pace as m:ss instead of a decimal number might be handy. If that’s what people expect when using the min/km unit I’ll definitely change. What would the expected audio announcement be for such a metric? “three point forty five” could mean either 3.45 (as a decimal number) or 3 minutes and 45 seconds.

The audio feature works with both speaker and headset, but if you’re listening to music at the same time you probably don’t want 100% volume in your music player.

Import/Export seems to be a requested feature, so I’ll look in to a few formats and see which fits best. Announcing when you’re too far away from the expected route is a great idea. I’ll put that on my TODO-list.

There are bar charts (5, 10, 15 or 25 bars) as well as a linear diagram built-in to plot the speed. Just select “Menu->View->Speed” and “Menu->Settings->Diagram Type->…” to view them. The diagram is not inverted when min/km is the selected unit, but that shouldn’t take so long to implement.

Since your speed is 0 m/s it will take you infinitive time to move 1 km, so it’s kind of correct ;). But I guess I’ll replace it with a ∞ (infinitive symbol) to make it look better and less confusing.

Thank you for all your feedback; it’ll definitely help me improve the application. A translation would be nice, but I think it’s best to wait until I have a more stable set of localized strings in the application. It’s hard to keep the English / Swedish translations in sync even when im translating between them myself. So I’ll keep in touch. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cyberholic:
Looks great and though i do now own a pocket pc anymore it would be

awesome if you could contact me. I am the head of the urban sports

guerrilla at www.endorphinum.de

Maybe we can work out a system that allows your users to upload their

activity right to endorphin !?

greetings,

Carlos
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sergutel:
Not working at all

Hello, this is my feedback:

though the program starts ok (I can see the main interface Window) the GPS is always in "starting..." but never starts... :(

I tried to start first Tomtom navigator, gps starts, close tomtom and start Marathon but... no way.... "starting gps..."

I see no options to configure it...

My phone is a Windows Mobile 6.0, QVGA resolution, HTC clone (amsam M810)

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bibifrine:
Test with a Touch HD

First start I got no GPS conection. After softreset, I got the GPS lock after a couple of secods. Then I started for a test run which was fine on the fiorst Minutes with havin a short voice anouncement every Minute. after 5 Minutes the system stopped talking to me and after 25 Minutes the SW stopped completly. So I will wait for the next version to give it a next test. so far the SW is already on a good way, but also not very reliable.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
I released a minor update today. Here are the news in beta 1.0.0.2:

Fixed a bug with the start button when the GPS-device was started before the application.

Added support for minutes / mile.

A few other small fixes.

I've also updated the website with Google maps integration, some rankings based on distance and the ability to filter by transport method.

That's strange, I've had the application running over a night without any problems (indoors, so no GPS signal in that test). Did you turn the display of or kept it on all the time?

The latest release fixes a bug when the GPS was started before the application starts, but I don't think this is the issue in your case. Is your GPS set to be managed by WinMo automatically (Settings->System->External GPS->Access->Manage gps automatically )?. Marathon uses Microsoft GPS intermediate driver, so the OS has to manage the GPS.

I've bought a Bluetooth GPS to play around with, so hopefully it will help me increase the compability with different kind of hardware. By the way, how is your GPS set up in TomTom?

Thanks for the feedback (both of you). It's very valuable since it's kinda hard to fix problems without knowing of there existence ;).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GLOC:
Cool, just downloading it now.

Any chance you can integrate ApptoDate so that updates are added automatically? Thanks

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bibifrine:
"That's strange, I've had the application running over a night without any problems (indoors, so no GPS signal in that test). Did you turn the display of or kept it on all the time? "

I tested the system first with switching to standby (and it does not talk to me) after that I just shut of the screen and then it was talking to me for a couple of Minutes and after 25 Minutes it failed completly. I will download the new version and give it a try on my next run tomorrow.

I will post the result.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] megapinky:
quick test on Verizon Omnia WQVGA

I need to start gps before lauch program

nice idea
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sergutel:
Hello,

I just downloaded and installed.

Also tested outdoors and jogging :)

I started Marathon but no way. (waited 10 mins, enough right?) GPS status was always "starting..."

Then I started GPS device from 2 other apps. It did.

Both apps worked and located me in the World.... :) then closed and opened Marathon

Does not work.

Answering your questions:

yes, GPS is managed by the OS. Option is checked in Settings->System->External GPS->Access

GPS config is: COM1 Baud 9600

ps: what is missed in your software (I think) is the GPS config.

Other software have it.

Thanks a lot.

----------------------

The latest release fixes a bug when the GPS was started before the application starts, but I don't think this is the issue in your case. Is your GPS set to be managed by WinMo automatically (Settings->System->External GPS->Access->Manage gps automatically )?. Marathon uses Microsoft GPS intermediate driver, so the OS has to manage the GPS.

I've bought a Bluetooth GPS to play around with, so hopefully it will help me increase the compability with different kind of hardware. By the way, how is your GPS set up in TomTom?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Well, I could at least append it to my TODO-list ^^.

I assume you haven't changed the settings in "Menu->Settings->Power Management" (at least the first two checkboxes should be checked) and installed the application on your device and not on a memory card? I would really appreciate if you could change the logging level to verbose ( Menu->Settings->Diagnostic Logging), record for a minute or two and then send me the log file in /Program Files/Marathon/Logs so I could investigate further.

Thanks for the screenshots. The wrong skin is loaded since your bottom bar is 10 pixels higher than the one built into WM. I'll improve the skin loading algorithm a bit so the correct skin will be loaded. Where can I get hold of the bottom bar you're using so I can make sure it works correctly before releasing an update?

The "Starting GPS Device..." should take less than a second, it says "No Signal" when there is no GPS fix. So the problem is that the GPS device isn't detected at all. Do you usually have to configure applications before using your device or do other software detect your GPS automatically? Currently Marathon uses the GPS intermediate driver which is supposed to increase the abstraction level so I don't have to parse the NMEA strings from the COM-port, but I guess I have to take a look at other alternatives.

Thanks for all the info!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] megapinky:
its from the new sys 23025/23028/23403
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] usbprog:
First of all, a very nice programm =)

But it doesn't work on my phne (HTC P3600, Win Mobile 5.0)

When I want to start, I get following failure message:

Marathon.exe

MissingMethodException

File- or Assemblyname

'System.Windows.Forms,

Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral

PublicKeyToken=969DB8053D3322AC'

or a a dependency of it wasn't found

Can you give me a solution?

br Robert
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
I might know what could be the cause of your problems. What is your PollInterval (HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\GPSOneDevice) set to? The default on my device is 1000, which gives one gps coordinate / second. If the value is to low Marathon will probably end up having problem to process all the data. I have an idea how to fix this (without changing your PollInterval), so I'll keep you updated and hopefully post a new beta soon.

You probably have .NET Framework 2.0 installed. 3.5 is required for Marathon and can be downloaded for free from microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...49-3C6B-42F1-9FD9-0041345B3385&displaylang=en
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Genoa:
Good job Ooije!!!

It works fine on Mio A701 too (WM 6.5 cooked rom) ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sergutel:
Hello Ooije, thanks for your quick replies ;)

You typed: The "Starting GPS Device..." should take less than a second, it says "No Signal" when there is no GPS fix. So the problem is that the GPS device isn't detected at all. Do you usually have to configure applications before using your device or do other software detect your GPS automatically? Currently Marathon uses the GPS intermediate driver which is supposed to increase the abstraction level so I don't have to parse the NMEA strings from the COM-port, but I guess I have to take a look at other alternatives.

My answers: Do you usually have to configure applications before using your device or do other software detect your GPS automatically?

I have to configure them. Even the WM option is enabled (gps managed by Windows, I mean).

More feedback, when go to Menu>View>GPS Info

this is displayed:

n/a

n/a

n/a

Using device with state StartingUp and service state On.​

Regards,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] adamkhanmian:
Starting gps...

I have an htc TyTN....and the same problem occurs....it says starting gps and it doesnt seem to start even after half an hour, which is quite a lot of time, i emailed johan too regarding this and i thought the problem was solved but it was not.... can it be solved because i desperately want this software and im sure those who have it are very much content with what they get :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sergutel:
To Ooije the developer ;)

Reading the previous posts, I'm pretty sure that if you set an "Options GPS Menu" where you can set the COM port the software would use and the amount of bauds it can be use too, Marathonwould work for me and the guy above my post.

Waiting for your opinion.

Regards,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] adamkhanmian:
hope so sergutel :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Howell:
I add the "start bug" with the previous version but it's ok with 1.0.0.2 version ;)

BTW if you need French translation just PM me ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Great! I'll probably contact you in a few weeks/months about the translation. Right now I still add/change to much of the application to implement more languages without a huge effort from the translators.

I got my Bluetooth GPS yesterday so I've played around some with it and got it to work together with Marathon by some basic registry settings. I've also got it working on another COM-port using GPSProxy. There are probably two ways to solve the "Starting GPS..."-problem. But in order to choose which I would appreciate if you could answer the following questions:

Does "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\" exist on your device (you can use Total Commander Mobile to browse the registry, its available for free here: http://www.ghisler.com/smartphone.htm)?

Does \Windows\gpsid.dll exist (dll-files are hidden in explorer, so you'll have to use something like Total Commander Mobile here as well).

If you answer no to any of the above questions, are you using a cooked or OEM ROM?

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sergutel:
Hello Ooije, thanks for replies again ;)

1.- Does "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\" exist on your device?

Yes. Inside of it I can see 2 folders and 2 files

Drivers (2 files inside)

Multiplexer (1 folder and 2 files inside)

(default) (not defined value)

IsEnabled 0x1(1)

2.- Does \Windows\gpsid.dll exist

No.

3.- If you answer no to any of the above questions, are you using a cooked or OEM ROM?

...mmm....not sure what you are asking... But anyways I NEVER tunned the original files in my phone.

Just adding or removing 3rd party softwares.

4.- Count on me to translate Marathon into Spanish ;)

Read you soon.

/S

PD: I have also installed SportyPal software. Has no options to configure GPS. It is not working either on my phone. (www.sportypal.com for futher info)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hdaackda:
Have testing it on HTC Fuze.. working great!!

Lovely app!! thank you!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Im glad you like it :).

Ok, thanks for the answers.

The GPS Intermediate Driver need a gpsid dll to work, but vendors can replace it with their custom dlls. The registry key " HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Multiplexer\ActiveDevice\Dll" should contain the path and name of the dll which is in use. Could you please check what that key contains and whether the file exists. Like I said before you can't use the built in explorer to check it since dll-files are hidden, so use something like Total Commander.

The Drivers key (folder) should contain a subfolder as well, so it seems like your GPS Intermediate Driver wasnt fully configured by your device vendor (or some 3d party software have modified it). But lets start with finding the dll :).

And about a Spanish translation:

Since Marathon is still in an early stage of development the text which should be translated still changes quite a lot. So it would take a lot of time, both from me and the translators to make this work. Therefore I've decided to wait with any translations until I get a more stable set of features (a few weeks/months). But I'll add you to my translators list and contact you when its time.

Thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sergutel:
"The GPS Intermediate Driver need a gpsid dll to work, but vendors can replace it with their custom dlls. The registry key " HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Multiplexer\ActiveDevice\Dll" should contain the path and name of the dll which is in use. Could you please check what that key contains and whether the file exists.

Correct. In that HKLM path I can see the .dll in use. GPSID.dll

But there are no path displayed. Anyways, Resco Explorer found two dll's

My device\windows\gpsapi.dll (2Kb) &

My device\windows\gpsid.dll (49Kb)

The Drivers key (folder) should contain a subfolder as well, so it seems like your GPS Intermediate Driver wasnt fully configured by your device vendor (or some 3d party software have modified it). But lets start with finding the dll "

No. There is no subfolder.

Two entries:

(Default) (not defined value)

CurrentDriver (Control Panel Configured Device)

Hope this helps in your findings.

Best regards,

/sergu