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[Android Software Development] RazorHail:
hi guys,

me and a couple of my friends have recently started development of a game for android, and I wanted to ask some experts here for advice regarding game development (especially for android)

Its suppose to be a "light" RPG

we have decided to do it in 2D - sprite based, because of the limited storage on most android phones.

one thing that we're mostly concerned about is IF and HOW its possible to create "dynamic sprites" ( I don't even know if that's the correct term)

we have game characters that we'd like to equip with certain items and clothing - but we wouldn't want to create a new sprite for every item and item-combination, because it would just be way too much

for example we'd have:

- regular character sprite

- character with sunglasses sprite

- character with hat sprite

- character with sunglasses and hat sprite

and if he had 2 different characters, the number of possible combination would double

isn't there a way to just create the sunglasses-sprite and "put it on" the regular character?

if yes: how?

and how exactly should we approach the whole thing in android?

I hope there are some more experienced people to help us out :)
[Android Software Development] broody:
Yea, this is pretty straight forward.When you're drawing on your canvas you'll just draw your base character first then all his accessories. I would make place holders for where these accessories will be and have like a character object class that have function calls to set or remove accessories, and also of course the draw() function.
[Touch HD General] swoo:
Hi, What do I need for my blackstone in order to use any (suggestions, which is better, would be a great help) GPS sowtware without internet connection. I am not an expert in this, but I know that GPS devices (like tom tom or similar) use satellite data to show coordinates. How can this be done on my touch hd? As only preinstalled program is google maps that require internet connection.

I don't have unlimited data plan, so this is extremely expensive for me, but I am a fan of geocatching, so I need GPS.

Please help me with description of how this GPS works and what soft should I use?

Thanks
[Touch HD General] bethybabes69:
There are lots of good Navigation/GPS Apps around that read standalone maps from your SDCard.

Take your pick.

Some info here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=566657
[Touch HD General] swoo:
Hi, thank for the info, but....

I installed TT7 with my region maps, but I still seem not to receive any GPS signal - my phone seems not to catch any satellite signal - is this a setting issue?
[Touch HD General] Chef_Tony:
in tomtom7, just access the gps settings and set them to "internal gps receiver", then it should work immediately, given that in your very location you have gps coverage.
[Touch HD General] mybetrayal:
I've found that my Touch HD's GPS capabilities work great when I'm at home testing them, then fails to locate any satellites when I'm lost! lol

Not exactly true - but has got me before!

I would suggest that you try your GPS in various locations just to make sure that the building you live / work in, or the weather isn't blocking the signal that your phones GPS listens for...

I used TomTom for ages without issue, it can be copied directly from a memory card on a TomTom compatible device usually.

Recently my Dad bought iGo8 with the entire world maps installed, so I pinched that and run it straight off my storage card with just a few teething problems. This is the best GPS / SatNav on my phone so far...
[Touch HD General] lukesan:
+1 for iGO8

Best GPS software by far for me. This is the only and single reason why I haven't bought an Android phone yet.

If they would have created the same skinable thing for a HTC Desire etc the HD would be history.

If I were you.

1) disable a-gps, causes roaming costs and most gps application freak out on it (download advanced config tool and disable it that way)

Lock, no lock, lock, ... mostly caused by agps (assisted-gps). Assisted means that it also gets data from the cell-tower which abroad can cost you loads of money (and yes I had that once)

If you use HTC quick gps you will probably get a lock in seconds if you are outside so no need for assisted.

2) install the gps mod driver , this one 'thinks' ahead by calculating points that it gets from the GPS receiver. If you don't feel confident about this one skip it but read the thread and keep it in the back of your head.

3) buy iGO8 and install the gurjon skin which makes iGO look fantastic and makes it fully configurable the way you want it.

4) enjoy a fantastic GPS system
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franklin01:
Hi,

I am trying to create a raid 0 with 2 partition on an external sd.

Right now I ogt a problem while trying to create 2 partition on the external sd:

(running on JPK rooted with busybox 1.17.1 and terminal emulator)

when I "fdisk -l" I got no output, tried with "su" but nothing happens.

I found the external sd in "/dev/block/mmcblk1" but cant fdisk it neihter access (the external sd has been unmounted before...)

How can I clean and create 2 ext2 partition on the external sd?

After this I will create the raid array:

mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=0 --raid-devices=2 /dev/block/mmcblk1p{1,2} #a partitionned sd is seen as mmcblkXpy where X is the disk, Y the partition so here I try to create a raid using both partitions#

mkfs.ext2 /dev/md0

tune2fs -c 0 -j 0 /dev/md0

mount /dev/md0 /mnt

Is it correct?

About why am I doing this, it is simple, because I can... (or I can try to do it) Also I wanna try to create a raid 0 and copy/loop/link some files to try another way to fix the lag. Dunno if it will work or not, if it will burn the sd or whatever but if we dont try we will never know ^^.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tehpriest:
Plug it into a PC with an adapter and then boot up a Linux install disk and run from disk. You can then use the partition management software on there to do it. This is what I use to recover corrupt and fake SD/MicroSD cards.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
That is an Absolutely Futile task on flash disks

you can get it to work, but the internal SD and external SD will die in no time.

and if you do as you said with 2 partitions on the same external SD is even more futile

the goal of any RAID is to use separate physical DISKs not partitions

each DISK is a volume, not each partition

in the end it's futile
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blades:
I want that mdadm binary. Where did you get it?! I am testing with two separate files on two disks.. as in.. /data/media and /Removable/MicroSD (class 10) .... at first just loop devices, one file on each partition.. and yes, it is possible to create a RAID array using loop devices.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blades:
Mdadm for armel, I has it.. no work. Mdadm that works on android. Please post.
[Touch2 General] leoccl86:
Hi guys,

I'm looking for a clean base WWE Asian ROM for WM 6.5.5

Any idea where to look for it?

I've got some ideas to cook up my own rom for the HTC Mega. But just cannot find the Asian ROM which supports English & Chinese lang by default.
[Touch2 General] Aerodeath:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Mega/

choose

RUU_Mega_hTC_Asia_SEA_WWE_1.37.728.3_Radio_Signed_61.55t.25.38_3.54.25.25_Ship.exe
[Touch2 General] leoccl86:
6.5.5?

isn't this just 6.5?
[Touch2 General] Aerodeath:
6.5.5 actually. I know it only showed "6.5 Professional" when we checked About.
[Touch2 General] ahhl:
i've tested it. its 6.5 as the atart button still at the top. carefull though, this one for non-camera version
[Touch2 General] leoccl86:
That's right, it's for the non-camera T3330 not T3333 or T3320 (non-gps/3G).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] radat:
I just happend to find this out: when your in musicplayer and play a song and hold the volune up for a second and release it, it tells you the info about the song! Text to speak.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sacwoo:
Since Sunday I noticed a few apps have disappeared from the market. One that I purchased and a few free ones don't show up when searching. They were even in my download history and when I click to DL the app I get "The requested item could not be found."

The app I paid for and can't find is BatteryMinder PRO

Free apps that I can't find are Survivor and TV.com

Anyone else able to see these apps in the app store? I thought it might be a custom ROM issue so I flashed back to stock and it didn't resolve the issue.

I contacted the Developer for Batteryminder Pro and he said he can verify that the app is still listed in the app store for him, however he is in Spain so I am wondering if it's related to the USA?

Any help would greatly be appreciated so I can determine if this is effecting anyone else but me.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsanta11:
Your not alone, about 7 of my purchased apps ,been missing since i did the update. Also happened with the second update but couple days later they were back.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apfrost:
From doing some research this seems to be a problem in general with many other phones after an update. The apps with appear within a few days to a few weeks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmjr69:
ME too.. Paypal disapeared. EVEN THOUGH I HAD IT INSTALLED!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamal717:
So i got the G1 rooted running sparmod 1.15 and its just horrible on my battery would you recomend i buy a stronger battery and btw its not oced so idk what it is its like when it on sleep mode or what ever it destroys my battery
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoder:
Try a stable system image rather than.... sparmod? whatever that is...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amitnahar:
even i am facing the same issue. the battery is causing a major concern for me. need to keep it plugged in through out the day.

can anyone suggest what can be done?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamal717:
What would u prefer?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkeee:
It depends on a few things, included background processes that load the cpu, whether the antenna is trying to gain a 3g signal when its far from one, gps, and battery health. Use 2g networks and turn off gps. That should at least double your battery life. You can also underclock the cpu with a profile in setcpu. Lower brightness as well. Otherwise, get a new battery. After a while, a battery loses charge and will need to be replaced.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex530:
Same thing happen when i used to have my G1. Overnight charge and in literally 30-60 minutes it would die.. Do you leave wifi, Bluetooth, Use wireless networks,etc on?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @xDeepS:
This happened to me when i got mine. Now I can manage to run it for at mot 16 hours (Yes! 16!) The way is get a good ROM. I use SuperBad 2.1 And use the power controls widget. I use Extended Controls. I have everything off when not using. You gotta learn to manage your phone. And the active widgets too.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamal717:
I do manage my phone GPS wifi there always off brightness is the lowest possible no updates from email no background data or anything
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RichieDaze:
It could be one bad apk. Check settings/applications/running processes!

Mines was Application protection.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anacche:
Another thing could be to check the physical condition of your battery. Mine's currently looking like () I'm waiting to hear a fizz pop *smoke* then a small fire. Hopefully it's not in my pocket when it happens. I've already ordered a new battery, hopefully it arrives in time.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mordockcs:
3 thinks you can do

1)check for a better rom and\or verify if your gps, wi fi and on while this happens

2)Recalibrate your battery

2A Discharge it until it shuts itself off.

2B) Recharge it back to full and then leave it charging for another few hours even after it says it is full

2C)repeat if needed

3)buy a new one...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamal717:
Okay im going to check out that 2.1 rom and ill check the battery if that doesnt help ill buy a new one
[Blade General] mirotis:
​

The most affordable android phone which is not lacking any feature that the high end Android phones have is out!!!​

Orange UK has announced its first android phone under its own branding, the San Francisco. It is made by ZTE and with the original name being Blade.

It is already being sold by Orange at the affordable price of 99 pounds and it features Android 2.1, a 3.5" WVGA (480x800) screen, a 600 Mhz processor, 150 MB RAM of internal memory expandable up to 32GB with a Micro SD Card.

Full specifications can be seen below:

Dimensions

Length: 116 mm

Width: 56.5 mm

Depth: 11.8 mm

Weight: 130g

Battery Life

Talk Time: 4 hours

Standby: 9 days

HARDWARE

Screen:

3.5" WVGA (480x800) AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, with MultiTouch support

Memory:

Internal: 150 MB

External: up to 32GB Micro SD Card Supported

Processor:

600Mhz CPU ARMv6

CPU Core: ARM1136EJ-S

Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset

Embedded 320MHz DSP

400MHz modem processor

Camera:

3MP with AutoFocus

Networking :

GSM, Tri band

GPRS/EGPRS Multislot Class 12

EDGE

UMTS Release 6

7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 3G+

HSUPA 5.76 Mbps

----

GPS

WiFi 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP support

Connectivity:

Micro USB port

Multimedia:

MP3 player

Music Player

FM radio

Video Messaging

SOFTWARE

Factory Operating System:

Android

Version:

Eclair v2.1
[Blade General] mirotis:
First Vote from me... Absolutely!
[Blade General] dredmond:
Yes please... +1
[Blade General] Rhamsterman:
Hopefully, as an affordable alternative to the more expensive android phones, this phone (San Francisco/Blade) will have a large following. I for one, as an ex HTC Hero owner, have been impressed so far by it's capabilities, and would like to find out more and more and more.
[Blade General] Foka002:
I hope some day we will have our sub forum for SF/blade. Praying to god ;)
[Blade General] tocixxx:
As Future Owner i say Yes..
[Blade General] neologan:
I say yes too!

Has 512MB RAM, too.
[Blade General] evogav:
I talked my daughter into buying one and she's really impressed - Screen looks as impressive as my Desire (only 0.2" smaller but still OLED) The phone works well. A little laggy and you have to turn down the FPS on most live wallpapers (mario especially). Its a cracking little phone - £99 and you get gps, wifi, hsdpa, OLED, Android 2.1, proximity sensor, g sensors and a light sensor!

Another well known forum has already released custom firmware for it too and it only costs $4 to unlock to any network too....

As a budget phone - theres nothing out there that comes even close at that price... I imagine the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco to be one of the better selling phones of Q4 2010...

Heck - I'm tempted to get one for my youngest daughter but the wife says she's too young for a phone (she's 6)...
[Blade General] evogav:
Oh - the internal memory - although its quoted as 150mb, my daughter kills all apps and gets 238mb available - and she's still got loads of orange junk on hers (until i flash it for her)

It is reported elsewhere as having 512mb internal memory...
[Blade General] martinml:
If I can get my hands on one - hell yes :)
[Blade General] tigger69:
Please make a section for this, i think its going to be a big seller and very popular.
[Blade General] philmein:
great phone +1
[Blade General] jimsie33:
I'm also thinking about purchasing one of these in the future. A forum for this phone would be great, especially if people start cooking new roms. May be time to switch from WM6.5. Old wizard and Hermes are getting a bit tired.
[Blade General] dohouch:
Please

Where do u get it unlocked for $4?

Thanks
[Blade General] martinml:
Here: nckcodes.co.uk/product.php?id_product=37 (I can't add real links, I'm a n00b :))

It says it's for a Bluebelt but the code is the same for the ZTE Blade. It has been tested succesfully by dozens of people at MoDaCo.
[Blade General] bradmax57:
Yes i would say it deserves its own space as ive just bought one today for my wife (cheaper than desire (which I have ;) ) smaller and will do everything she needs
[Blade General] faren.faren:
Yes Absolutely.

This is a budget phone. whoever want to custom or learn to custom ROM android could start from here.

I think it should has own space.
[Blade General] harmohn:
Oh the Blade so deserves its own forum on XDA ...please!
[Blade General] casimir007:
Oh yes please. The Blade provides such an excellent upgrade path from the G1...
[Blade General] speakeasy:
Yes to its own forum.

Also, unlock codes now £0.99 on fleabay - see item 190453023058
[Blade General] Knedjo:
Bunch of pointless or re-named phones have their own space here, but not Blade/San Francisco...

On the other hand none of those phones disrupt position of HTC or Samsung, or represent pointles/overcharged/renamed devices of those two manufacturers!

The best thing we can do is keep on collecting votes for "non-HTC phone of the year"!

They can't ignore that no matter how hard they try!!
[Blade General] xenopod:
i stand proud in the face of the exspensive giants

for i am a warrior of technology and have proclaimed the Blade as a true android phone

proclaim that ZTE have been forward and brave to take on HTC and Samsung and now they should bow at the feet of the blade for you are worthy to stand as tall and as proud as they do.

XDA it is now time you took the stance and proclaim this a worthy phone, give it a section, for this is its true worth anomg the giants.

So it only cost £100 but it has the muscle and worthyness of £500 phones. dont be shy, please dont cry, accept it woth open arms and rejoice that ZTE brings android to the worthy masses.

all my love

Xenopod
[Blade General] johannes140:
Is there an actual reason why the ZTE Blade is beeing ignored by the XDA-mods/admins?
[Blade General] AnttiV:
Actually, I've been thinking about this. There almost HAS to be some real reason, since phones/gadgets with a LOT smaller userbase has been granted their own forum (I'm lookin' at ya, Nook!). I don't know WHAT it is, or WHY it's like this, but like it or not, someone at xda doesn't like ZTE/Blade.

EDIT: Here in Finland, Saunalahti published a datasheet that said that ZTE Blade actually oversold every other device except iPhone for November. The thing is, the Blade was only available for the last two weeks of November. So it sold more in two weeks than every other (save iPhone) device did in the whole month - and that's when HTC's Desire HD and Desire Z launched...
[Blade General] GeorgiUzunov1990:
This is madness... 781 votes and growing fast... I guess ZTE is not paying to XDA forums to have their own page ? At least that is what I'm starting to think, that XDA Dev. forums admins & stuff are getting paid to support SE Nokia and other "famous" phone brands... I know.. I should get a ban for such a post, but at least that's what it looks like to me...

Regards

George
[Blade General] xenopod:
MOD EDIT: NO need to draw your own conclusions. Please refrain from such posts.
[Blade General] mercianary:
ooo a conspiricy theory :)

we'll get a blade forum, just be patient, i cant wait to see cyanogenmod on this device. I dont think this place is that corrupt ;P
[Blade General] Kelvino9:
I posted a request in this thread named "New Forums on XDA?" started be an admin with the hope to get an official statement.

I really hope XDA is not completely ignoring us, just unaware of our posts and threads.

Here is my post maybe some of you might want to put your own request in there.
[Blade General] cyclothunder:
Yes to ZTE Blade!!

Hi all,

One more "Yes" to ZTE Blade :D

Here in Portugal has been released a rebranded of ZTE Blade,(A5 Sapo). Altough with some differences like, camera 5Mp. However the srcreen is no amoled :(

I'm really considering buying this phone, (wich will be my first smartphone ever :D), because of its price and specs wich are not that bad.

So it would be great that this phone had a space dedicated :D
[Blade General] AnttiV:
Okay... Now it just HAS to be a real reason of sorts, they just added a forum for the notion ink adam tablet and that product doesn't even exist yet really... So even would-be devices that are (as of yet) nothing more than technical demos out proof-of-concepts get their own forum, but not the Blade?
[Blade General] xenopod:
why wuold you give a device that no one owns a forum, is this now further proof of industrial esponage at work, XDA you should be ashamed you have yet again shown contempt for your users, and bowed to the industrial might of payments for favours no doubt, i truely believe that XDA is now funded by theses firms.

MOD EDIT: NO need to draw your own conclusions. Please refrain from such posts.
[Blade General] xenopod:
i have now pm'ed the user experience admin with a direct plea for a section for the blade
[Blade General] jamiemmorrison:
San Francisco mobile has # Processor 600MHz ,# Android 2.1 OS which gives superb performance.

Source :- Prepaymania.co.uk
[Blade General] totalundone:
Just checked this phone out, seems like a really cool, open?, cheap phone

Does anyone know of any sites in Europe that would be willing to ship internationally to the usa?
[Blade General] Izanagii:
if there ignoring us here, then post there too:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=616206&page=115

this is XDA main requests forum, they cant ignore us all!
[Blade General] mrwadim:
Just heard that it's power button is not the highest quality :) otherwise looks pretty decent!

My vote is YES!
[Blade General] panteraz:
ZTE Blade need a forum...

+1 for Blade!
[Blade General] harmohn:
Think xda are probably aren't seeing a ZTE 'donation' ;)

MOD EDIT: NO need to draw your own conclusions. Please refrain from such posts.
[Blade General] Kelvino9:
It's amazing how the XDA admins and moderators are ignoring their users with such a persistence. It can't be more obvious.

Very poor behavior.

MOD EDIT: NO need to draw your own conclusions. Please refrain from such posts.
[Blade General] xenopod:
well its been 3 days and the user exsperience mod has not been back in touch, what anyone derives from this can only add to worries on just what does and does not qualify for a section, and sets a benchmark that users should remember.
[Blade General] madnish30:
Please learn to be patient, we are reviewing the plea. No need to draw your own conclusions. XDA Moderators and Administrators are people who take time out of their busy to the keep the forum in good health and it's voluntary work. You must realize that if our User-Experience Administrator has not replied, there must be a good reason behind that. And not a hidden conspiracy or ignorance.

I ask you to be patient and maintain your cool. Consider this a warning. One more post drawing baseless conclusions about what the device has not been given it's section till now may ear you a ban and or infraction.
[Blade General] madnish30:
We have noted the poll results and also the opinions of the XDA members. I have informed the administration.

They shall be taking a decision soon.

Till then this thread is being closed.

Any issues/suggestion please PM them to me.

I thank you all for the feedback and also request you all to be patient.

madnish30.
[Blade General] svetius:
We are going to add a ZTE Blade section.

In the future, please post forum requests in the About section of the forums, as I don't often check here for new forum requests.

Sorry about the delay.
[Blade General] mark2410:
+1 from me
[Blade General] apprentice:
Very hackable phone

This phone is extremely easy to root and upgrade ROM and also can be unlocked from Orange network for pennies!

There is so much potential for development it simply must have its own section on these forums.
[Blade General] Prufrock:
Absolutely, as this phone will be a lot of people's first tentative steps into the world of Android.
[Blade General] ptdborth:
Yes..brilliant starter android phone!
[Blade General] peterdrew:
YES

Got one for my Daugther and got it unlocked for 99p

Great we phone and simular to my Desire