yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HaggleLad:
Thanks, glad someone likes it!

Can you tell me what phone and version you're using and what button you're using to activate the app?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ennx:
I like it. I'm using an N1. I put it on the search soft key.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TiNNiT:
Works great on my HTC Legend with 2.1 Sense!

Thx!

Sent from my HTC Legend using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Vermithrax:
Very nice... Has anyone tested this on a G1?

I have been using the Toggle WiFi app set to the keyboard shortcut (search-w) but this seems a little more "fluid"...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] blaboy51:
love it great idea fast easy way to turn wifi on and off
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HaggleLad:
I have a friend with a G1 who's been doing some testing for me. The version on the market at present will only work on a short press of the green/call button. The search button on the pull out keyboard doesn't work. Now obviously a short press of the green/call button is normally assigned to shortcut to the phone app and most people won't want to re-assign this and so I have made some adjustments so it will now work on a long press of the green/call button. I will be releasing this update to the market in the next couple of days when I get a moment.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HaggleLad:
FYI I've just uploaded the new version with the added long press of Call/Green button.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] milesnapue:
Vary nice app, works as described on HTC Droid Incredible. Like how the systems gives me the choice of Wifi toggle or google search on the long press now. Very nice. Would have paid for it....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Domush:
Any chance of releasing the source code for us wannabe devs to learn from? I'd love to modify the app to call a specific person on a long search press, as I find the dialer to be the most annoying part of Android.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ossy81:
Hi just downloaded it and works fantastic on my Legend!!

Thank you very much!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HaggleLad:
I will eventually release the source code yes once I've put my website together but not right this minute I'm afraid.

On a seperate note I've been beavering away coding "In-App Bluetooth Toggle". Frankly, its been an absolute slut because I would like the app to work with all versions of Android from 1.5 upwards but the bluetooth API only became available from 2.0. I've been using a complex combination of hacking and reflection to get the pre 2.0 versions working and now have a single app that works on both a v1.6 G1 and v2.1 Nexus One.

Are there any v1.5 (Hero/Moment/Magic/Pulse/CLIQ) users out there willing to do some debug testing for me? I can email you a APK file.

Any help appreciated!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thesecondsfade:
You know what I'd love, it if there was a way to emulate all of the hardware keys, like Menu, Home, Back, etc on the screen rather than by using the hardware keys. Any possibility for something like that using your idea here for Wifi toggle?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HaggleLad:
Would you expect such an emulator to be visible always, in every application? That would seem rather intrusive in my opinion.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sleepyxda:
Great App. It works good on the HTC Wildfire. The only problem is I(we) don't have a call hardkey, therefore I can either use the wifi or the bluetooth toggle or use the popup menu(which is not very "clean")
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] aitorTheRed:
Hi!

Can you share how you manage to capture long press on search button by code? It will be greatly appreciate ;)

Thanks in advance!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darmach:
Unfortunately it seems not to work with Moto Defy - it looks like some confict between this app and google voice search - ahich also uses search long press :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HaggleLad:
@Darmach, take a look at my blog post on the Motorola Droid X, I expect the exact same problem manifests with the Defy...

http://www.oliverpearmain.com/blog/motorolla-droid-x-and-issues-with-search-button-long-press/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jurben:
like it...

installing it.
[HD2 General] josh_james15:
Does anybody know how to get the default Microsoft keyboard on the HD2? I want to multiple select files in FIle Explorer but can't do it if the scroll is there. The Default HTC keyboard doesn't have the Control Key to multiple select. Or if you can't get the Microsoft keyboard, does anyone know how to multiple select files?!

Thanks!
[HD2 General] shu8i:
don't know about the keyboard but you can select multiple files with menu - select files - several.
[HD2 General] mooooooa:
There is not a "Select files" with the standard file explorer. Only "Select All". So if you want to select only 2/3/4/etc. files, then you have to manually copy/delete on at the time.. Very annoying!
[HD2 General] potter1984:
then get total Commander it WILL let you select files, the way you are asking, i know cuz i do it myself like that ! :P
[HD2 General] josh_james15:
Thanks for the replies

It is very annoying!

What is Total Commander?
[HD2 General] osrix:
Search Total Commander its a free file explorer type program but an absolute must if your copying and moving files.
[HD2 General] josh_james15:
Guess what, just realised I have Resco File Explorer, which actually works!

Haha, cheers guys!
[HD2 General] darkphantom:
I love it, has the ctrl-option
[Droid Incredible General] deekjx:
According to ZDNet, the Droid Incredible does tethering right out of the box. Can any of those that have received it early confirm? The feature/app is called mobile broadband connect.
[Droid Incredible General] kgeissler:
It is costs you money...Verizon charges $15 a month I believe.
[Droid Incredible General] mushroom1:
According to user post at that blog, tethering feature from Verizon is not yet supported.
[Droid Incredible General] td2xda:
Tethering...

I spoke with Verizon and they stated that Tethering would be available for $30 per month for 5GB.

There normal Air Card plans are $59 per month for 5GB therefore the $29 you pay for the data plan plus the $30 for the tethering option = the $59 per month.

How they monitor and separate the 5GB is a mystery to me...
[Droid Incredible General] sprintrjm:
re tethering

i know the op just wanted to know about tethering out of the box.

but to all those that are confused about tethering.

There is an easy once time cost way. With things like

PdaNet / june fabrics.

its only 20 or so dollars and its a one time only price.

Just dont go too crazy with your data, ie keep it below 5gb a month and most likely you will never hear from your provider.

Or you could go the free / free route and root your phone and use on of the free android apps to tether your phone.

or pay $30 a month from verizon..

Im going to Pdanet route myself.
[Droid Incredible General] nemanracing:
i tried today but it said driver not found for modem... disk drive htc sync and all found drivers and work... in the ppst on phone you can edit the dun username to remove the dun part so it see's it as just the phone dialing out... but now i need the modem driver...
[Droid Incredible General] mycomputerisjunk:
Well, once the phone is rooted.. We just install Wi-Fi tether.
[Droid Incredible General] deekjx:
This is a very informative post. Thanks.

Thanks to all who posted info. :-)
[Droid Incredible General] Capt.D:
Go to Market and install PdaNet. Works like a charm.
[Droid Incredible General] Schyzm:
It's in the dialup networking configurations NAI settings - your phone has two usernames:

(phonenumber)@vzw3g.com

and

(phonenumber)@dun.vzw3g.com

when tethering, it automatically uses the second username to log in and track use. I haven't figured out how to get at the NAI settings on android yet (given the existence of pdanet, it's probably possible)...
[Droid Incredible General] nemanracing:
Dial ##pst then send, click edit mode, enter 000000 then you can edit the dun out of the dun nai... its in there 3 times... I have tethering working with the default feature on the phone and the driver from htc sync... then on pc make a manual dun connection...
[Droid Incredible General] nathan_barstow14:
Care to explain how to make a manual dun connection on the PC? Might also include what version of Windows you are running too just to avoid any confusion...

Edit: (On Windows7) Do you just create a new dial-up network connection, and when the username and password come up use the second loging (dun.vzw3g.com)? Or use the first one without?
[Droid Incredible General] Schyzm:
perfect! thank you sir.

Though, I've only found the required username twice:

SIP settings (stationary IP, for those of you wondering)

MIP settings (mobile IP)

Then yes, make a manual dialup networking connection on the computer you're using to tether.
[Droid Incredible General] Schyzm:
for your PC's dun, use the mtn@vzw3g.com, password is "vzw"

the dial-in phone number is #777
[Droid Incredible General] earthtodigi:
What about the driver? I wasn't able to get a working driver until I installed vzam. I tried HTC sync that was included on the phone, and the version for the Eris.

Sent from my ADR6300 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Droid Incredible General] Schyzm:
I went for VZAM first, so I can't confirm if the htc sync drivers included on the incredible work as stated above.

To Recap: In order to tether this without paying the extra $30 per month to Verizon, or installing PDAnet (and putting up with free pdanet limitations), here's what to do:

Step 1: reprogramming your phone

from your phone, dial ##pst

enter security code 000000

click "edit mode"

scroll down to Security

change the "S.IP DUN User Name" to "<your phone number>@vzw3g.com"

hit back

scroll down to "M.IP Default Profile"

change "DUN NAI" to "<your phone number>@vzw3g.com"

press menu, choose "Commit Modifications."

The phone will power cycle.

Step 2: Computer setup

Drivers: download and install VZ Access Manager from http ://www .vzam .net

don't run the program, you only want it for the drivers.

Next, plug your phone in to the computer. Let windows take care of the driver installation.

Per your version of windows, you'll need to set up a manual dial-up networking connection. Settings you'll need:

Phone Number: #777

Username: "<your phone number>@vzw3g.com"

Password: vzw

Step 3:

browse the internet. Duh.
[Droid Incredible General] pimpindexter:
Here is the answer to the How much question?

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=products_connect

For Mobile Broadband Connect-capable Smartphones, BlackBerry or Android Devices

5 GB (5,120 MB) of data usage for Internet access through your notebook or Netbook. $0.05/MB after allowance.

Must be added to a Nationwide Voice and Email plan.

$15 $10

monthly access

for a limited time only* Buy Now

5 GB (5,120 MB) of data usage for Internet access through your notebook or Netbook. $0.05/MB after allowance.

Must be added to a voice plan with one of the following features:

Email and Web for Smartphone $29.99 feature

Email and Web for BlackBerry $29.99 feature

$30 $25

monthly access

for a limited time only* Buy Now
[Droid Incredible General] fastliketurtle:
Thanks Schyzm,

Just got my tethering working using the methods you described above. :D Thank god cause I wasn't about to pay twice for an internet connection.
[Droid Incredible General] Capt.D:
Thanks....worked like a charm...Now I don't need to pay for PdaNet...
[Droid Incredible General] kesparate:
and might i say

you guys do excellent work.

my only question is can i now uninstall vzaccess manager, or will that take the drivers with it?

to answer my own question: yes i can remove it with no problems.
[About XDA developers] quicksite:
svetius: "jump to your device" -- shouldn't this go above the dropdown so no rollover

Hey I cannot quarrel with the man who brought Youtube embeds within 48 hours or initial request... (btw, am I the only one using it? ... wait, let me answer that: yes. But I like it, so thank you !)

That pair of "quick navigation to your phone" tools at top right has been really great. It's just that enroute to using the text box to type in "desire" I almost always rollover the dropdown which causes an obstruction to my desired objective.

You probably wrestled with this and have reasons for the way you did it. But just in the event you were really really smashed that night and really had no rationale whatsoever and just flipped a coin, are you open to trying to flip the two... :)

Another unsolicited usability comment in the spirit of improvement. The xda favicon is such a welcome change from the boring vBulletin v, but I find it hard to read.

Did you ever come across how they went about remaking the YouTube favicon to improve its readability? It sounded very esoteric by god it did the job... A reader submitted it -- and YouTube took her up on it, and adopted it:

2 similar reads about it, with images:

http://typophile.com/node/60577

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-09-16-n27.html
[About XDA developers] svetius:
About the drop down...in the forum redesign we're working on, you must click the drop down to get it to open.

About the fav icon...feel free to make one that is better than the current. All of us are quite pleased by the new icon. It's not perfect, but making a legible 16x16 graphic is very difficult.
[Touch HD General] Pete_R:
Hi

Had my laptop stolen so I have to download new USB drivers for transferring stuff from my phone, unfortunately the CD was in my laptop case.

Does anyone know if there is a download on this site or anywhere else that I could access, would be much appreciated.

Pete
[Touch HD General] Dodger:
Maybe here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=524619
[Desire Themes and Apps] quicksite:
There are zero in the Marketplace.

Is there some kind of technical limitation of Android that prevents this most rudimentary of features of a computing device with a screen? I just don't get it at all. It can't be that nobody has asked for one. So there must be a limitation of Android that prevents a screenshot from being generated?

REQUEST: Can anyone write an app that solves this? I think there were would be great demand.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Karolis:
I think if it was possible, there would be one by now. Most likely it's not.
[Desire Themes and Apps] farnsbarns:
I think you answered your own question; )

In order to take a screen print, data from the video RAM must be extracted. root access is required for this.

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire Themes and Apps] bcmobile:
Yeah, you can pretty much rule out anything that requires direct access to hardware. Hardware access is limited to what is accessible via APIs. By the look of it, that does not include access to the video RAM. There are many other things (flashlight for example) which, although they seem simple, are not included in the standard APIs and therefore are not possible without root access to the device.
[Desire Themes and Apps] quicksite:
Thank you. I'm not a developer so I didn't know these limitations existed. This OS has developed so fast -- less than 2 years old... and yet, I would have thought this kind of thing would have been handled long ago, just from end-user expectation: "I can print-screen" or screen grab on my full size computer, so i probably can screen grab from my hand held computer.

But re flashlight -- maybe there is one specific function/app you are referring to, but on my Hero, unrooted, thru the Market, i must have downloaded and tried about 6 different flashlights, all with basic function of using the white light of the screen as a light source... some that enabled you to change the color of the screen to blue, red, etc... One even has this cop-car alternating red-blue flashing light display.

I am probably misunderstanding you though.

I think ultimately I am just surprised certain things are not further along -- and it's a stark contrast to a thread I was just visiting way across the other side of the XDA forums universe -- called WP7 - epic fail --- in which many die hard WM developers lament the passing of an OS that gave amazing levels of access to devs, yet the UI of the OS itself was beyond dated, it was dysfunctional and impractical in today's world.

It's just interesting to read the perspectives of developers touting Symbian as the most open OS and most efficient (less battery drain) -- and last I knew I thought it was being killed off. Wrong again.

I'm extremely happy with Android -- but then there are these few blindspots where I have to say -- wow -- i could do THAT 5 years ago on my old T-Mobile MDA WM 5x phone ... like 100%-reliable voicetags for phone calling contacts, opening apps etc, vs speech recognition, ... like the abilities the resistive screen gave me in drawing elaborate sketch at a meeting -- or my being able the take really quick notes with -- yes -- a stylus -- not an alltogether stupid idea -- and have a 90% success rate at character recognition and conversion to text ... the precision of controlling a color slider bar on a resistive screen --- i understand that's not OS but screen properties -- but I am just collectively observing that while I absolutely loved my HERO, and now am discovering my DESIRE, there are still some very basic things I can't do with allegedly the best smartphone in the marketplace.

I'm very agnostic about hardware and software, never been a fanboy -- I'm a usability designer... so functionality rules, end users rule. And basic things like this -- a screenshot -- they may be very explainable by devs... And my question may sound like it's very annoying to some, and I'm just a dumb **** (not you, you were respectful), but I think, as a end user advocate, it's pretty stupid -- and seems senseless to me that this phone can do 1001 backflips with video, and yet it can't let me "record" what I see on my screen. I get it that it's not yet released by Google, but they're who I'm calling stupid for not solving something so elementary by now.

I have every right to say this without any android architecture knowledge.
[Desire Themes and Apps] adcore:
I can see your point, but in all modern operating systems, there is no direct hardware control, for any purpose, no matter how benevolent the purpose might be.

This is done only through api programming and libraries of calls, which are also restricted most of the time.

The reason is simple and can be summarized to one word, security.

As phones are becoming more and more capable of doing sensitive activities like online banking transactions and on top of that hold every personal info one has,

security will become an even greater concern.

Windows so far, have been the least secure platform for every day use to date. This is also true for windows mobile.

I know it looks like you are getting less usability than you did, but at least in this case its not just to inflate someone's wallet with extra money, through proprietorial lock down of services and apis, which would be "opened" at a later date for some more cash.

I m sure that in no time we ll be seeing full blown firewalls and antivirus suites for superphones like the desire.

All it will take is a few more viruses-trojans targeting mobile platforms like jailbroken iphones or rooted android devices.
[Desire Themes and Apps] pascanu:
I guess the same limitations are to be blamed for not having a proper voice recorder, i.e. one that can record both parts of a phone conversation.
[Desire Themes and Apps] alex101uk:
reason you arent getting a non root screenshot app(if memory serves correctly):

the screenshot app takes a dump of the display file in /dev/ and then uses image processing to output a jpg/png/whatever. At the momment we can see the contents of /dev/ with (adb shell ls /dev/) but any attempt to read/write/copy (adb pull /dev/lightsensor ./lightsensor)(yes i know that is the light sensor but couldnt remember what the display file was called) anything is met with a "permission denied".
[G1 Apps and Games] bassbox:
Hey, I'm on a plan with 100 free minutes and sms , all minutes/sms exceeding this inclusive ones are rather expensive..

Is there an app out who counts outgoing sms/minutes ? Or even better keeps track of them and alarm if more than xy/day/week/month are used? Maybe even a littel widget^^ (Something like netcounter but for sms+minutes would be perfekt + widget =P)

Else I'll have my little brother to do one.
[G1 Apps and Games] kusotare:
if you're on TMO, the MyAccount app counts minutes and text messages. however, it doesnt have all the extra bells and whistles you're looking for (like the widget, alarms, etc).

not sure how you get by with only 100 minutes anyway. i'd use that up in less than a day. I highly recommend using GV or setting up sip.
[G1 Apps and Games] bassbox:
The Counter alone would be nice to have for the moment.

I'm from Germany, so no GV and sip not allowed either ;) I'm more than fine with 100Minutes+SMS , most of the time I just use Meebo or receive the long calls ;)

The app should be provider independed. And at least do the following:

count number of upgoing sms/calls.

//EDIT

http://code.google.com/p/callmeter/ ! n1 =) Let's go for the widget ;>
[G1 Apps and Games] phaelox:
Try an app called DroidStats, works like a charm for minutes and sms. Notifies you after set limits and you can set day of month to start counting from, in case you're not being billed from 1st of the month til 1st of next month (which is perfect as my monthly bill runs from 14th - 13th).
[G1 Apps and Games] loldroid:
callmeter NG is the best
[G1 Apps and Games] Heisenberg:
Deleted, XDA Premium App adding posts to incorrect thread.

Sent from my Evita
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yhq92:
I've got a hero (obviously), and was wondering is there ANY way to get the hero to send files over bluetooth
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
Stick a 2.1 ROM on your Hero - the version of Android on a stock Hero has an incomplete bluetooth stack which doesn't support many BT profiles. This is Googles bad rather than HTC's except for the fact that HTC should've released 2.1 for Hero by now.

Regards,

Dave
[XPERIA X10 General] intruderbr:
light yellow spots below the screen, yellowish white its normal?

almost imperceptible.

only with white background.
[XPERIA X10 General] 4N5E:
want to know too.
[XPERIA X10 General] jojosplace:
Do you mean that your whites have a yellow tint to them?

Mine doesn't, white just looks white to me, have you checked your brightness settings, I'm sure that the lower the brightness the 'creamier' the whites might look.
[XPERIA X10 General] Vin87:
The bottom of the screen is indeed a bit yellowish, just the lower 0.5cm. I have it on my white X10 and my two friends have it on their black Xperias too. It's only noticeable when the screen is completely white.
[XPERIA X10 General] Cinner:
The bottom of my screen isn't yellow, but I can see a little bit of backlight leakage. Fortunately only when the screen is white, and most of the time a menu or other buttons cover it.
[XPERIA X10 General] Diamond777:
Mine isn't yellow either... white as a snowy day :D
[XPERIA X10 General] noblackthunder:
white here to even when the screen is completly white. in other words its not suppost to be yellow :-)

Sent from my X10i using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] tiwas:
Hi,

Could someone give me a quick intro to how to style the slider box and the task bar icons? I've done some reading, but the concept escapes me. Must try to sleep more than 2 hours before work... :p