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[Android Software Development] bunu:
Got an Idea to have an "Eclair" or "Hero" Lockscreen for Donut Builds

I came across an app in the app store called "LockBot". There are two versions the paid version and the free one. I used the free one and I'm surprised. The programmer managed to get a fully "working" eclair lockscreen (Android 2.0 not the 2.0.1/2.1 crap:p) and a somewhat working hero lockscreen.

Can someone use this app to completely replace the standard lockscreen with the eclair lockscreen or a hero lockscreen. The only problem that I seen with the eclair one is that the wallpaper doesn't change to your wallpaper on the homescreen and the screen doesn't time out for me but everything else works. For the Hero Lockscreen it shows a black background for the home not the actual home screen and the other problems of the eclair lockscreen.

If only a dev can put this in their rom (either the lockscreen or at least include the app) or people can tell the world about this app so it can get more famous.
[Android Software Development] neok44:
i've been using this recently too. really good app. dosn't always lock. seems to be about 95% of the time, but a working eclair lock is very nice.

I'm almost tempted to go pro to get the new font from 2.01/2.1
[Android Software Development] shusuke028:
Battery drain

I also used this app and loved the eclair lockscreen... however, is it just me or does this drain my battery very rapidly? My phone was on standby and drained at least 50% in an hour and a half
[Android Software Development] miamicanes:
Why on god's green earth would anyone *want* to use the "Hero" lockscreen instead of the Eclair or iPhone versions?

HTC's braindead lockscreen is the *reason* why Hero owners are the biggest single group desperately searching for a replacement. HTC stupidly used an unlock motion that can be triggered by merely putting your phone in your pocket or taking it out, compounded the misery by enabling random presses of the 'menu' button to unlock the phone as well, then iced the cupcake (so to speak) by making it impossible to "nicely" disable, so replacements have to either aggressively fight to keep it hidden (draining the battery and making everything else kind of flaky), or force the user to suffer through TWO unlock gestures to avoid having the phone randomly launch apps & make phone calls inside the user's pocket.

Both Lockbot and Lock2.0 seem to have fatal flaws on the Hero. Lockbot seems to have completely unpredictable behavior at least 10-20% of the time (right now, it's showing the iPhone lockscreen even though I have it deselected; I've had it get into moods where it makes itself the default home app until I reboot the phone, and it has enough other random oddities that I still don't feel 100% confident that it isn't interfering with incoming calls, voicemail notifications, or text messages). On the other hand, Lock2.0 seems to run almost flawlessly, but IT insists on stupidly enabling its own 'settings' menu when the phone is supposed to be locked, with no way to disable it. Two steps forward, one step backwards and slightly to the right...
[Android Software Development] the_fish:
in theory it's also possible to just port the eclair lockscreen for real. you can just get the eclair & donut source, and simply port it over... just copy lockscreen.java over, get the required classes to work and run make services, fix framework-res.apk and push it over, but i suck at that stuff so i can't do that :P
[Android Software Development] miamicanes:
AFAIK, that won't work for the (CDMA) Hero... HTC's dysfunctional lockscreen is part of SenseUI & stapled on top of Android. If you install a well-behaved lockscreen app that doesn't go out of its way to subvert HTC's, you'll have to swat away BOTH the thirdparty lockscreen AND HTC's lockscreen. Pick your poison... random pocket actions, or double the fun every time you go to wake it up.

Of course, HTC will probably release the source to their 1.5 CDMA firmware someday... probably 6 months after 2.x is officially available from Sprint :(
[Android Software Development] bunu:
I'm not sure what kind of android phone you are using but the touchscreen on mine is a capacitive touchscreen (like most of not all are). I tried making it respond by using my shirt and nothing happened so that isn't an issue for me. I cannot accidently unlock my phone unless i press the power button then menu.
[Android Software Development] miamicanes:
It's a Sprint CDMA Hero. Try rubbing the screen against your leg through the thin cloth of the pocket liner in a pair of jeans somewhere humid like Florida. Now rub it up and down, over and over, as you sit and stand. It might not happen every time, but do it for a few hours, and it WILL eventually come unlocked.

I suspect it affects Sprint Heros more, because they're flat-faced & chinless, so they're more likely to have their screens come into full capacitive contact with your leg through the pocket.

What? Turn it around? Great. Now, instead of having the screen protected and buttons cushioned by skin (and less likely to be pressed individually) they can get pressed by creases in the jeans, or the seatbelt in your car, or anything else that applies pressure to the area. See, all you have to do on a Sprint Hero to unlock its stupid HTC keyguard is to press menu twice instead of doing a vertical swipe... and the presses don't have to be particularly well-timed, either.

My own phone (using HTC's keyguard) ends up getting unlocked in my pocket AT LEAST 8-10 times per week (sometimes going a day or two without it happening, then making up for lost time with 2 or 3 incidents on a single day).

HTC just has an amazing way of utterly and completely f***ing up keyguard on their phones. No matter what they do, no matter how loudly users scream in agony, they just can't ever get it right. It's almost like they have focus groups for people to sit around brainstorming creative ways to mess up keyguard on their next phones. Mark my words... within a year, they'll probably come out with a new Android phone that has Eclair's (awesome) unlock mechanism... then ruin it by making the phone ALSO unlock if you shake it 3 times (with no way to disable it). :(
[Android Software Development] bunu:
not sure what you wear on your lower body but I live in Columbus,Georgia and it is pretty hot and humid there too. I had a hero rom on my phone and still use it sometimes. I wear jeans in public and shorts (not denim shorts but those basketball cloth style shorts) at home and at friend's houses.

I had no accidental unlocks and things of that nature and my phone is all around my pocked.:D
[Android Software Development] miamicanes:
Well, consider yourself lucky... others aren't quite so fortunate :p

For what it's worth, I used to crash my Apache/6700 all the time, too. I'd accidentally flip the keyboard open, then realize what I did and immediately react by snapping it shut... often, pressing the 'voice memo' button in the process. For whatever reason, the act of pressing the 'voice memo' button while the display was reorienting itself and snapping it shut before it finished was just about the most reliable way I found to crash it. :cool:
[HD2 General] PG101:
Hi Guys,

Just wanted to know from those who are moving from HD to HD2.. how are you guys coping without a stylus??

I am so much in a habit to pull out the stylus from the blackstone...

Are the OK and the X easy to press... scroll bar??

Thanks guys!!
[HD2 General] Cheesy Dave:
Having moved from a HD to a HD2 about six weeks ago (with 1st batch from Clove Tech) I have one reply for you "what's a stylus ?"

Seriously, it's very good. I have moved to using the Resco keyboard as the standard one is too sensitive and sometimes I use Swype which is amazingly accurate.

So far, I only miss the little metal pointy thing for SPB finance (vintage 2008) which really needs a stylus for operation. But, I'm now using http://sites.google.com/site/maximusmobileproject/Current-Apps/winmoFinance which seems a good alternative.

So, here's one delighted user that the stylus is gone. Second-hand HD with spare stylus anyone ?
[HD2 General] Owendavies:
Never used my stylus on my HD so not missing it at all. The down arrows in certain menus are a little tricky to operate some times (like changing the text message notification) but if you get the screen alignment right then you get it used where to press. But then, that's the OS problem rather than the phone so when WM7 comes along hopefully it'll all be great! :)
[HD2 General] Prinzessin Horst:
Moved from a Xperia, which is not useable without stylus, to HD2.

No problem.
[HD2 General] Orpheo:
well, just fine :) sometimes I hit the wrong thing, but now I'm adjusted to the sensitivity, I feel that I can text easier than on my iphone. I don't notice anything in the GUI that winmob was designed for a stylus. well,not really, though ;)
[HD2 General] Archer:
Totally agree with the above, and I too came from a HD to a HD2, but had a very similar ROM on the HD, and had already got that as finger friendly as possible, so not much of a transition.

With respect to one particular question...

Oh they're actually fun to use! It goes wider where you put your thumb on it, so it's actually easier to use than it was with a stylus!
[HD2 General] PG101:
:) Sounds good.. thanks
[HD2 General] Jerseyman:
I came to the HD2, from an Athena (X7500) for me the lack of a stylus has turned out to be a big issue*, I cannot enter data reliability nor use applications such as Cash Organizer or Pocket Informant reliably. It is a fine media phone though. I rather hope that the rumoured HTC patented stylus may be a help here

*(This is an opinion, because it may differ from other peoples opinion, it does not make me a Troll, Stupid, or a member of a vast anti-Windows-Mobile conspracy)
[HD2 General] wizzzard:
Coming from a Kaiser to Leo I thought I would miss both hardware keyboard and stylus, truth is I have missed neither. My typing speed is still not as quick but is getting better all the time.
[HD2 General] aiwama:
I had an HTC Touch and then an MDA Compact IV (HTC Diamond). Of course, I still go for the stylus (conditioned reflex) but always realise that I really do not need it. I was very apprehensive when I ordered the HD2 but the apprehension vanished when I tried to use it without the stylus. No need for it at all. I even ported my Sudoku Mastersoft 2.0 and play it every time with no problem! It's true that, eventually, you come across bits that need a stylus and where finger pinching does not work, but that's once every 99 times you use the HD2. Fear not. Go for it. And take advantage of all the .cabs available here. I dowloaded a dozen of them, so had no need to touch the registry. :D :cool:
[HD2 General] xaban:
I've been using Touch Pro for more than a year now. After around 7 months I stopped using the stylus completely, even for Solitare. Without any problems.

HD2 is going to come to me next week and there is no way it could be worce, since it has a capacitive and huuuuuge screen.

Don't worry / don't hesitate to get one.
[HD2 General] alex fung:
Using HD2 for 3 weeks. At first I thought I'd go to buy the HD2 stylus as soon as it is available, but now I have second thoughts.

Yes, it is much easier to work with a stylus. Even after practice, the finger is not as precise. Working with Listpro is a really difficult when I have narrow columns that shows exactly a checkbox. I hope listpro will soon release its finger friendly version, or another product will attract me to leave listpro.

I think many "old" applications will have similar troubles. Even some of the Windows screen (like the Connections setting screen) have small UI elements and are not really finger friendly. I can only hope things will improve in the future.

At first, the capacitive screen (and thus the lack of stylus) was a factor that nearly drove me to buy Omnia II instead of HD2. I still am not convinced whether one of these two devices is better than the other, but I heard the WM7 is going to be capacitve and so finger is the future.

PS: for legacy applications, it is very difficult to control the scroll bar when the list is long. When the list is short (say 100 entries), the finger sized scroll button is rather good to use. For big pages (say 300 entries, or the help file of swype), I found that it is nearly impossible to scroll. The list keep jumping around uncontrollably. For big lists, I am forced to use the swype page up page down buttons.
[HD2 General] firaX:
Within Sense UI it is very easy to use finger-only. Once you jump into WM it can get difficult to hit certain lists/buttons.
[HD2 General] mobile88:
I have my HD2 for about38 days already. In the first week I was hunting high and low for a stylus and eventually bought 2 types ( meant for iphone). However I found is a waste of money as it takes a lot of hard presses to get the stylus working well; so both stylus gone into the trash can. Then I realized I just need to "exercise" my fingers to make best use of it. I am proud to say now I do not miss the stylus and I find that my finger presses had improved dramatically and accuracy of keys input is 99.99 % and pretty fast. I was on Swype for keyboard input for about 2 weeks ( a fantastic piece of software - highly recommended). However now I go back to use the default touch input for normal use as I have now find it very easy to use now. I now swype only for cases needing lots of data input .
[HD2 General] Roobuls:
Has the HTC HD2 Capacitive Stylus been released yet ?

I see it's being advertised here:

http://www.clove.co.uk/viewProduct.aspx?product=83E47B82-89E5-4C33-95D5-84F7AE3C3F50
[HD2 General] 20mihalko:
no problem without stylus at all :) if somebedy have problems with any app, you can add this app to pinch to zoom whitelist, and than just zoom in and click on it :)
[HD2 General] casekiller:
i sometimes miss my stylus, there is really a problem but others advantages of finger scrolling make no turning back! i have accepted the inconveniences!
[HD2 General] denizenx:
can't play All Mobile Minesweeper anymore... :( and many other games...
[HD2 General] Ruudfood:
Moved from the SE X1 where I did use my finger for some things (even typing with FingerKeyboard - brilliant piece of software). Haven't missed the stylus much except for using TotalCommander which can be a real pain!
[HD2 General] hx4700 user:
Most of the time it is OK. But I wish there was an accurate stylus. All Mobile Mines was a favourite of mine. I find Total Commander impossible to use. Data on the Run 5 (a database app I use to record all my books) is a swine to use, as it is designed for stylus. Some apps do not show a scroll bar that expands, so are very difficult (Opera for one!) Zooming in can be hit and miss, and can zoom back out when you do not want it to.

Keyboard is OK (but I was quicker on hx4700) when desensitised (I use BsB 1.6).

Sense UI is very clever, but the icons are huge "off the shelf" and waste so much space.

I really miss easy access to task manager; on my hx4700 I used Magic Button but it is not happy with WM6.5, and I don't want more memory hoggers running. The small icons it creates for runing programs are too easy to miss-hit, and WM6.5 could not show as many as WM2003SE, so it was pointless using it. Now I have Task Manager shortcut in my home screen to switch between progs. I have not found a 16 icon home screen fix that works for me, but it is to my mind a must.
[HD2 General] le_paulo:
IMO I really miss not having a stylus. Not everything is touch friendly...yet!

I've had to return my HD2 due to touchscreen and hard-button problems and went back to my Touch Cruise today. I noticed it straight away in certain webpages (in Opera or IE) that have drop down boxes with options to select or require box selection of specific items. Zooming in doesn't help in every case.

The stylus gives a level of accuracy and timing of touches you just can't match with a thumb or finger.

The other good place to compare is in any drop down boxes you come across in the backrooms of WM settings. Trying to pick the right option only to find yourself hitting something just above or just below is a real b..ch :(

That said, try typing at the speed you can get on a tuned HD2! I like it ultra sensitive coz I can blaze through SMS now and I find the spellcheck is better and smarter than Keypal or other keyboards...
[HD2 General] Cret:
I was a bit worried about losing the stylus when I swapped from HD to HD2 but i really don't miss it.

The only single thing that I can't do now is that I can't quickly scribble handwritten notes or diagrams. If it had a built in capacitive stylus so I could use an app for that then that would be great but the capacitive styluses I've seen are stupid looking bulky things so I don't think that'd work

Really not needed for any of the apps on it or that I've added though. :)
[HD2 General] larrytango:
i really miss it haha, it only been a few days but typing anything on my diamond was fast and easy , and even as i type this message i can see my old phone weeping at me for leaving it haha.

that said the hd2 is an amazing phone and hopefully swype (i just installed it) may help me
[HD2 General] alex fung:
I found that the most difficult UI to operate is the dropbox, including the WM ones and the IE ones. They are always impossible to drop or select.

Everybody is saying 4x4 or 5x5 home screen, but why? The Start screen already shows 12 icons in addition to the 3x3 on the Home screen, so 21 applications are already easily available.
[HD2 General] eserio:
Hi. Good day my name is lincoln eserio and i really have a big problem.. i cannot root my 2 device the one is SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB-E SM-T560 & the other one is ASUS ZENFONE 2 (6.0.1). I already to root several time but it doesnt work i think my 2 devices dont have any compatibility with the root app. That u have right now... pls. Help me... i really need to root my 2 devices... thanks....
[Hero, G2 Touch General] XaDuE:
Hi, size of font in android can be changed? who?

Thx
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kien:
You can using the spare parts app.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] XaDuE:
where can I find this app? in market? what's his name?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Neo Cortex:
Tried this. Can't get settings to stick. Any other similar apps?
[Off-topic] Kristaps-K9-Lv:
So I want to buy a new camera, cause in my family we all 4 people use a Olympus mju 725SW, and when I want ro take some pictures, the cam is not avaiable...

So currently Im looking at Panasonic FZ38 (known as FZ35 in USA) , I've compared it(in reviews) with Sony HX1 and one OLYMPUS model with x26 zoom...

and the Panasonic comes out in front in terms of Image quality....

The things Im looking for are:

-Good Image quality (bright day shots, macro shots, night shots(fireworks also), fast moving objects like BMX riders and MTB riders(Im a MTB rider myself)

-Speed of camera (I dont know how to call it but when you press the button it takes the Image instantly with no Lag - that speed) and the speed of which the camera is ready to take another photo(take one take another photo)

-Good Video (atleast VGA , atleast 30fps, good audio)

-ease of use (Im no pro, but in the start I wont use all the advanced features of camera, but since I like photographing, I might even go pro with a personal camera)

So I want your opinions on the Panasonic FZ38 / FZ35 or any other camera(price up to 500dollars - still in Latvia it will be about 600:D ) which has all the things im looking for.. :)

Kristaps
[Off-topic] orb3000:
Talking about good cameras I always go for Canon or Nikon nothing else!
[Off-topic] Kristaps-K9-Lv:
I would agree on that If were talking about D-SLR cameras...

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/panasonic_lumix_dmc_fz38_review/rivals/ -- click on the cameras in the Link to get reviews about them

all the cameras worth looking at(in my opinion) Panasonic comes out on top even above Canon and Nikon...
[Off-topic] psolunke:
Rather then Panasonic I will like to stick with Nikon only...
[Off-topic] raghu13uk:
Go for it friend

Hi Kristaps,

I have a FZ28 and I love it.

I would say, you buy the FZ38/FZ35. This meets all of your criteria.:cool:

I never preferred the Panasonic and always looked for Canon or Nikon (which are very good in SLR category). However, this FZ series from Panasonic is an exception. The image and video quality are better than the rival canon SX10.

The major differences between the Canon and Panasonic are, Canon is bit over weight and does not comes with its own batteries. The 4 AA batteries can take 150-200 photos in Canon. However, the rechargeable battery of Panasonic took whopping 450+ photos in one charge. This is my experience.

And Panasonic cameras are cheaper in price.:D

My FZ28 takes HD videos!!!! FX38 is takes better and faster videos. the reason is, it has the CMOS sensor, while my FZ28 has CCD sensor. The CMOS sensors are faster and hence can takes the photos in half the time compared to CCD sensors. Hence, photos will be of blur-free and gets ready to take next photo sooner.

The FZ28 also has the faster Image Stabilizer, I think even this is because of the CMOS sensor.

The 18x zoom may sound too small wen compared to 26x zoom, however, this doe not make much difference. And there are lenses available for third party which increases the zoom by 3x. That means, 18 x 3 = 54x zoom!!! you can find the Opteka 3.3x lenses, which you are order online or may find in a shop in Europe. (I am not as lucky as you, I couldn't find one in India :().

And FZ28 and FZ38 have better flashes in its range of cameras.

The rival of FZ38, Canon SX20 has some advantages like a swivel screen, which can be turned in any direction. You would find it better in few circumstances (I missed it in few cases while using FZ28). The 20x zoom of Canon is not a big difference over 18x of FZ38.

However, Panasonic FZ38 wins over Canon SX2 in mose of the areas. If I were you, I would have bought the FZ38 by now.

Sorry for the long reply. All the above is by my experience and reviews by experts.
[Off-topic] raghu13uk:
And I forgot to mention. My friend has Canon SX10. We found Panasonic has better user interface and hence easy to use.
[Off-topic] Kristaps-K9-Lv:
Thanks for your reply!!! My first Idea was to buy Sony HX1, but when in a review I read that Fz28 had even better Image quality, I started to interest about Panasonic...

Im gona order the FZ38 tomorow or in this week, and then Im gona go after it in the internet shops office (cheaper that way, cause I dont have to pay up to 20$(converted from LVL) for delivery) :)
[Off-topic] raghu13uk:
Good.

Good you didn't go for Sony.

I loved Sony Ericosson phone cameras. They are better than any other phone cameras. But, when it comes to proper cameras, Sony lags behind.

What I found was,

* Sony is costlier. We have to shell out more just for the brand name. :(

* Incompatible with others: They have their own technologies which are incompatible with others (like memory sticks). They even have unique file formats (mostly in videos) which you can not watch directly without converting to known format.:eek:

Their image quality is comparable to others but not great. And, the above two points are major drawbacks.

Good luck with the new FZ38.
[HD2 General] Hassan99:
Hello,

my manila player skips every song i try to hear.

i tab on the play button and the player starts from the first song and skips all songs and stops at the last song. If i activate "repeat all" the process is continue endless :(

i've deleted my playlist and try to make a new, but the problem ist still present.

the problem is also present on the touch pro

http://www.htc.com/de/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=577&news_id=448

has someone else this problem? or a fix?
[HD2 General] pympster:
Perhaps you need to let it update your library? It might be because the songs have moved...something along those lines I would guess...
[HD2 General] David Balfour:
One other thing to try is Format the SD card and then re-sync your entire library. It's a pain but can work.