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[EVO 4G Android Development] eskomo:
I wouldn't use it. In my opinion its not very good. I don't like the looks of a lot of it. Lots of things still need a lot of work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chino0131:
+1...I prefer vanilla in a lot of areas compared to sense, but I always find myself going back to sense. LauncherPro is getting better though.
[EVO 4G Android Development] neodorian:
Works fine with LauncherPro as well. I have 4G and all that good stuff on a fast, stable ROM. I have not found any Sense widget that doesn't have an equal or superior replacement anyway. They're OK but not very customizable and kinda gaudy/glossy.
[Android Apps and Games] pl.ayground:
Hi, I have created a simple app that visualizes your SMS inbox as a cloud of words (size based on word usage) - currently I seek for few users with 2.2 device for beta tests. Please check Visual Words at Market (free) and report your experiences in this thread. Thanks for help!

PS. The app may behave strange depending on your SMS inbox size and content - if you see blank black screen only please try clicking the screen to change visualization settings (check on the app webpage for details).
[Android Apps and Games] weirder:
Only Froyo is supported? Sounds like a fun app to toy with a little.
[Android Apps and Games] MacaronyMax:
Niice idea , yeah i'll beta test if you want't :D
[Android Apps and Games] asystat:
ill beta test too if you want. angeldelaguarda [at] gmail(dot)com
[Android Apps and Games] archangelugp:
I installed and played around with the app. It has some entertaining possibilities. Some things I noticed..

(Nexus one running rooted eViL 1.15)

-Words are tiny.

Suggestion: Show words that are used the most, maybe even bigger words based on how often they occur. (Doesn't seem to do that at this point.)

-Some times it includes the (1/3) (2/3) parts of the messages.

Suggestion: I'm not really a fan, perhaps removing them would bring a little more polish. Not a really a big deal though.

-Words do not fill the screen.

Suggestion: I have over 400 text messages but it only fills just the corners of the screens. There is a HUGE black area in the middle thats not doing anything, would be nice to try and fill the screen as much as possible.

I'm still playing with it, I'll let you know if I come across anything else.

Some screen captures:
[Android Apps and Games] pl.ayground:
Thanks for the test - I am quite surprised that all words seem to have exactly same font size ... I think/hope that changing the scale to logarithmical in options and clicking then when it displays the screen touch it according to the instructions below should help:

* Top left will decrease the number of words while top right will increase it (starting at 500, increase by 20%, decrease by 10%, 5 words minimum).

* Bottom left will decrease the font range, bottom right will increase it (starting from 10pt to 60pt, increase by 20% decrease by 10%, 6pt to 36pt minimum).

* Center Left will decrease the logarithmical scale, Center Right will increase it (making the “scale curve” more steep). It requires plenty of clicks - changes are relatively slow at the beginning (increase with each click though).

please check by clicking - increase word count few times (upper right corner) and increase font size few times (bottom right corner).

thanks for the comments on (1/x) - I have a list of words being removed will add few of these.

For all others willing to test - the app is in the market - look for "Visual Words" - feedback is highly appreciated - make sure to touch the screen to change the settings.
[Android Apps and Games] archangelugp:
Increased and decreased font size, and pretty much messed with UI to get it to break, everything seems like its working as intended.

(This was what I was expecting with the first image of words.)
[Android Apps and Games] pl.ayground:
Thanks for the effort on testing - I will surely look into what can be done to have the right scale from the very beginning. (not very simple as the inboxes across the globe will vary significantly)

Second point on my todo list is giving the user ability to fliter words (I do have a small "filter list" but looking at your screenshot I see much more, and it actually will be language dependent) ...

Third will be the sender filter I think.

Thanks again and I hope you had fun playing with it.

PS. posting a comment on Market that it actually works will help to countermeasure the comment I got from initial version where there was no option to scale via user interface...
[Android Apps and Games] archangelugp:
Added a comment to the market, also marked the other as unhelpful since it's no longer valid.

Keep it up :D
[Android Apps and Games] meanm50:
Seems to work as intended. I must be thick, but I don't understand what it does...I mean, I do...but I don't see how this is going to benefit me.

Eris KaosFroyo V34
[Android Apps and Games] z0mbi3:
I'd love to give this a test, how can I get hold of it? PM me if possible.
[Android Apps and Games] themapleboy:
This concept seems like a good idea for a livewallpaper. Ill beta in a minute downloading now (if it's not gonna work on any phone it wont work on mine) and post a logcat if applicable.

Edit: Works well on HTC Dream with modified lcd density, added review and marked unhelpful one as such.
[Android Apps and Games] archangelugp:
It's on the market as "Visual Words"

That would be pretty nice actually, just change the background when a new text message is received... humm...
[Android Apps and Games] JakeWharton:
Once I fiddled with the corner touching I was able to get a nice picture.

My suggestions:

Auto detect screen size and render at an appropriate size by default.

Provide an OSD with buttons for the adjustments (similar to zoom on stock browser)

Default to logarithmic scaling.

Provide a spinner to let us know the application is doing something.

Run the calculation in a background thread as to not block the UI and possible cause a Force Close prompt.

Ran it on some friends phones with equally awesome results. All that's needed is general UI polish and you'll have a really clever application.
[Android Apps and Games] dsMA:
what does this do?

I am down for beta testing but aside from guessing it has something to do with txt messages I have no idea what this app does...can someone explain?
[Android Apps and Games] archangelugp:
Sure, I'll do my best.

Visual Words reads the words from the SMS messages on your phone and places them on the screen in no particular order. When you touch the center of the screen a different set of random words will fill the screen. Press in the bottom left corner and the words shrink, bottom right, and they get bigger. (Some words are bigger then others when they are used more frequently, so over time, you could be able to see which words you favor in your text vocabulary.)

This application is merely entertainment, just more of a artsy kind of entertainment. This isn't something that is going to do your math homework for you, or complete your project deadlines.

But at this point, who knows where playground is going to go with this, the code itself has to be pretty interesting if nothing else.
[Android Apps and Games] dsMA:
Thanks that was a very good description of the app. I think seesmic was doing something similar to this in their pc client for twitter.

So is this an app that you open and then it has those effects or does it run in the background and you have words floating around your screen all the time or does it just pop up when ever you get a txt message...how does it work?
[Android Apps and Games] mercianary:
I like it :)

I wonder how big the word viagra would be if it worked on email.
[Android Apps and Games] Veldmuus:
i would like to be a beta tester for your application :D it looks really amazing.

Device: HD2, with Froyo 2.2 on it :P
[Android Apps and Games] archangelugp:
Right now it's only when you run the application do you get to play around with / look at the words.
[Android Apps and Games] dsMA:
I think this app would be really cool if some how it could be used as a lockscreen...just an idea.
[Android Apps and Games] pl.ayground:
update from developer

Thanks to all beta-testers. Hope you had some fun visualizing your SMS inbox.

Please check the list below and share your feedback.

----

Here is what I will work on next (starting from top):

- save to PNG, to enable wallpaper use. This should be a quick one versus the live wallpaper.

- save parameters between runs - to ensure you only have to "click all the corners" once and then it automatically recovers it from saved preferences

- list of "omitted words" - to allow you what you do not want to see

- live wallpaper (content will not change to often, but still the picture looks different every click).

- filter by sender

- use webpage as an input source

while I think I know how to make few points from above, others may take more time, appreciate your understanding.

also - I will add Ads when I figure out how to do it without destroying my OnDraw method.
[Android Apps and Games] JerseyFF:
Still got any beta opportunity floating around with this app?
[Android Apps and Games] mahesh_9j:
Hi,

I would like to test this kool app on my Desire (2.2).

Thanks,

Mahesh
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donald Nice:
Hey there..

i just want to make something clear for me (and perhaps also for others). Is it possible to brick my SGS, that has the 3-Button-Combo enabled?

So please can you help me figure out if this facts are true or not:

1. The 3-Button-Modes (Download / Recovery) are coded in the bootloader.

2. The bootloader is hardcoded, so you cant overwrite him by flashing with Odin / Odin is not able to edit/change/brick the bootloader.

3. When you have a SGS with 3-Button-Mode enabled its not possible to brick your phone that way, that you cant enter these modes.

When all this is true, this will point to:

4. If you have a SGS with 3-Button-Mode enabled, you cant brick your phone so hard that you have to send it back to samsung.

Thx in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
4. not true

you can still brick your phone, because some leaked firmwares were able to DISABLE the 3 button enabled phones, luckily the few that had this happened were able to re-Odin other good firmwares and got their 3 button Enabled mode back.

there are a few topics about it in the DEV area
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mengsuan:
1. True

2. True. Odin is not able to access the bootloader partition yet. But Kies can.

3. False. As above, sometimes it does fail.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidke:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=787638
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_chupe:
Was wondering how to calibrate my battery using root privileges. Is there a step by step guide from start to finish for this process? Also, any additional week suggestions like tendering and overlooking? Thanks
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rabbiporkchop:
Did you wipe battery stats?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1967ls2:
Yeah I think the OP is asking for a "step by step" process on how to wipe battery stats all the way to recalibrating it. I could be wrong though...
[Android Apps and Games] appoggio:
Is there something similar on droid?

Pallaudio is an app for iCrap that let you add background noise like airport or diner to your phone calls to fool your friends...

lemme know!
[Android Apps and Games] giapas:
:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nspot:
I did a cursory search of the forum, but did not really find anything that answered my questions to my satisfaction. Anywho, I would like to gauge other users' opinions of how they run their particular memory management on their phones. From what I've gathered so far between the xda forums and cyanogenmod wiki, the hierarchy of how memory space is managed by the OS is as follows:

1. Compcache (if using compcache & backing swap)

2. Swap

3. Memory Manager (MM)

In any use-case scenario, I believe that once Compcache and/or Swap are exhausted, MM steps in and kills off processes with high OOMs. Frequency of Compcache/Swap is regulated by "swappiness", which can be set to a value [0-100] (lower values correspond to less paging out by the OS, and visa-versa). What I am still concerned/confused about is the following:

A. To what extent does the scaling of swappiness affect paging? Is there a ratio between swappiness and the number of pages stored/retrieved per tick?

B. If the above hierarchy is valid, then when is the MM activated to kill processes? Does this only occur if the worst-case is reached (RAM and Compcache/Swap partition are filled)?

C. My handset (HTC Hero CDMA) has 195204 KiB of RAM. A quick browse of that phone's forum has shown me that most users keep their swap partitions between 32-64 MiB. A number of users within that forum have also mentioned that raising swap size beyond those values can lead to performance degradation. Is that due to how the Android kernel functions? I know that in a desktop OS environment (Windows/OS X/Linux), swap partitions can be as large as users want them to be, and that there is no performance degradation (with respect to swappiness, that is).

Well, I guess that's all of my lingering concerns/questions. Any input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qutlacha:
I wonder if anyone knows...

Will SGS internal GPS consume more power while navigating than

using external GPS module via BT ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
You are probably best off testing this yourself.. It's hard to say because BT uses a lot of power, but GPS uses the CPU
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
use this to find out

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8156087&postcount=58

it will tell you the mili amps it's consuming

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765081
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogo-1:
The conventional wisdom is that BT is much easier on the battery than utilizing the built-in GPS.

But of course, conventional wisdom is not necessarily true.

So if you ever test it as AllGamer suggests, please tell us the results :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradm23:
I'm looking for an app like bump, but allows you to transfer files other than pics and contacts. basically I want to share files that I downloaded with another inc user.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eejimen:
I use drop box with friends and family. Very helpful sharing pics taken from phone.

This is my first post too.

Ps. Let me know if you would like an invite.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smabbage:
Two options I've found are "Bluetooth File Transfer" and "Wifi File Transfer." Both on the marketplace.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
Cough it up... ha

This is another option ~ hoccer.

http://http://www.androidtapp.com/hoccer-throw-data/
[Desire General] K900:
HTC guys just announced the brand new Sense update with cloud sync, remote wipe, Maps caching and other just completely awesome stuff for the HD and the Z. Can we hope for it on our devices? Post your opinions!

What's New in HTC Sense for Android?

UPDATE: Thanks to xmoo we already have a system dump of the new sense which will be on HTC Desire Z and Desire HD

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=785057

UPDATE 2: "there is no final decision" for Desire/Legend, no cake for Hero users
[Desire General] K900:
Update: HTC Russia says that it needs some things on Android side, but the whole tweet looks more "yes" than "no". Can we expect future updates? Watch this thread :)
[Desire General] Th0rAnum:
I would really like to be able to use Sense in landscape like on the HTC Desire Z! Takes for ever now to enter a new wifi access point.
[Desire General] K900:
No word from @HTC_Ru. Maybe you should ask your local dept?
[Desire General] deepakoffline:
i will get the htc desire hd when it comes :P
[Desire General] mickliq:
Watched the video on Youtube - the new Sense definitely has some nice tweaks! Would love to see a Desire ("SD") version of the ROM! Love the Desire HD massive display but doubt I could make it work with the small battery!
[Desire General] hamdir:
can you provide a link?thx
[Desire General] Lennyuk:
Htc said at the news thing today that it should be coming to our desires too

(seen as the desire is higher spec device than the desire Z (desire Z runs at 800mhz)

I have been investigating this "super fast boot" feature in new sense.

for those that have not seen it, it boots in literally about 2 seconds.

I believe this is due to the phone will never "turn off" properly, like blackberries, it will just go into a hibernation like state that can be easily woken back up.
[Desire General] K900:
Also thought about that, but I'm kinda short on money to get an unlocked one (about $1000 here in Russia). Wish they got that thing rooted quickly...
[Desire General] teppic74:
Yeah, a two second boot isn't possible under Android unless it's just doing a suspend to RAM. It means the battery will drain faster when 'off'.
[Desire General] K900:
I have never turned my phone off. No, really :)
[Desire General] hamdir:
did HTC really confirm the sense update is coming to our Desires? one thing im thinking about both the Z and HD have internal 1.5ROM...:confused: so im the new sense might not leave us with much free internal storage

i'm not worried about performance Z has 800mhz + 512RAM

just the storage issue might make it impossible...but it's nothing XDA members can't solve
[Desire General] K900:
We have a2sd, and guess data2sd is also possible, so that shouldn't be a problem.
[Desire General] K900:
Update 2: HTC Russia says that "there is no final decision yet" for the Desire and the Legend, no cake for Hero users
[Desire General] Lennyuk:
yeah we should be able to "port" it if it came to that, but I am sure it will come officially....eventually.....
[Desire General] EddyOS:
You can pre-order the Desire HD on MoDaCo - tempted...
[Desire General] Lennyuk:
I was till I saw the price....
[Desire General] iang123:
Ah bollocks here we go again a will they won't they thread with a thousand different answers from different HTC script readers/call centre staff..
[Desire General] fredisco:
Here's a video of the new Sense features: (jump in 2:30)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_3kLDD-tZs
[Desire General] donald-c:
Did I notice the app drawer still lagging at the bottom :p really need that sorted...
[Desire General] hamdir:
its not a lag more like an ease in animation effect, but your right my iphone friends keep using this against me as a proof of slow down haha
[Desire General] hamdir:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/15/htc-senses-new-map-pre-caching-demoed-on-video/
[Desire General] EddyOS:
This really needs to be in General - but the HD looks awesome...really tempted to sell my Desire and get one
[Desire General] K900:
I think it should stay here, cause it looks like we'll have to port it ourselves
[Desire General] hamdir:
the desire still with the sexiest screen

desire amold vs Z SLCD vs HD regular TFT
[Desire General] GANJDROID:
The HD really does look nice. Especially that the clock actually flips :D Not so keen on the Z though. I think the bulky trackpad is ugly.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] hamdir:
the HD has the new version of snapdragon the GPU is almost 2 times faster, but the screen is really a downgrade, even in the introduction video you can see it lacks IPS technology along with the obvious decrease in pixel density
[Desire General] GANJDROID:
You can see the obvious screen quality difference in the picture you posted. All we need is a good port and we'll have the best of both, except the better speed.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] andycted:
Crap, it's a hell of a phone and I meant to buy it, but after seeing it's not only non-amoled, but not even s-lcd, I think I'll pass.

Anyway, in many articles I've read that htc means to give our desires the same new cloud functions

Sent from videotext, using the remote
[Desire General] rafi300:
our desires will always be superior than these , as we have the Amoled sceen which is becoming a rare product in the market for us now as all are becoming SLcd .

Sent from LeeDroid powered by HTC Sense using XDA App!
[Desire General] forelli:
I'll sell my Desire next week, before the after-sell price drops, and I'll stick to my HD2 and it's 4.3" lcd display. At least it can boot both windows mobile AND android. For the pictures and 720p recording, i don't give a f., only taking pictures/filming my 9 month-old daughter, so I have enough place in the pram to carry the camera/camcorder when we're outside.

Better wait for the HD7, or a dual-core phone next year, actually the better option: will save me some euros.
[Desire General] K900:
Well, hoping to see some AMOLED on the HD one day
[Desire General] Danifamous:
I do like the idea of a hard keyboard, as I have fat thumbs that refuse to use the OJ or press the right button unless in landscape :( but that trackpad is hideous, and would prefer non. Tap to select works fine, and left/right I swipe, so just add a mini dpad on the keyboard, put a proper screen on it, and I think I might need to upgrade ;)
[Desire General] baadnewz:
Even if HTC wont provide a sense update for desire, im sure some gifted dev will manage to port it to Desire, damn last year someone ported manila 2.5 (HD2) to touch pro 2 and xperia x1 :)

Im more curios if with the new phone will be some improving on the 720p recording either ported from hd / Z either an oficial update from htc. Right now im getting around 18fps in dark enviroments
[Desire General] K900:
As I said, I guess we'll get that to work on other devices far faster :)
[Desire General] MasDroid:
Desire HD would be too big for my liking... dimensions make it seem huge ;)

Anyone considering the HTC Desire Z with slider?
[Desire General] M109rjohno:
HD for me but will need to see one fire in the shop before I made any final decisions
[Desire General] Enhdojo:
No bother!... Desire remains the best balance... for now!
[Desire General] sudkcoce:
Interesting. I think my desire is a perfect device and I don't even think about getting anything else. Am I really such a rare individual around here ?!
[Desire General] Tazzzz:
Replacing my desire, hell no! It has speed, best screen around, and in my opinion the best size. The HD is just to big and i guess heavy. Not really mobile. As for the new sense coming to us oldies i think it will happen, no reason not to.
[Desire General] aindow:
There is a chance we MAY get the new Sense. I mean the Desire is still a strong seller and will probably continue for a few months to come yet. HTC could use the new Sense as a tool to help increase sales of all current handsets.
[Desire General] MrUsta:
I see Desire HD and Desire Z not replacing but completing the Desire. These are 3 phones targeted to people with different tastes. I don't see enough reason to replace my Desire with one of these new phones.

I'd really like to have the new Sense on my Desire, and I hope HTC will do the right thing.
[Desire General] bob dylan:
i dont like the downgraded screens-period.
[Desire General] donald-c:
Hopefully it will.

As I've said before if anyone takes notice of my posts, the only thing I really really hate about Sense is the lag at the bottoms of some menus, even though I thought I noticed it on the "hands on" video, it seemed a lot lower. Also there is probably still a bit of work to be done.

If they release the new Sense & it has no lag I'll be rather chuffed :D
[Desire General] DanijelDesire:
I asked the HTC customer support for the new Sense, the HTCsense.com and if the 3.0 Gingerbread is coming to the Desire.

This is what i've got.

Kindly note that we do not have the information if the new HTC Sense will be included in any updates for HTC Desire. The website is still under construction and it will be available in short time. Kindly note that we do not have the information when Gingerbread 3.0 update will be available.

From this answer i would say that the new Sense is not coming to the original Desire, the website will be available, and 3.0 will come to the Desire.