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[Android Apps and Games] Dave the Knave:
Just found another bug. Not sure of the cause though. Got a message pop-up from handcent, sent my reply, went back to the homescreen, and the hamster and clock arms were gone. Included should be a screenshot. If it isn't there I'll attach it when I get home.

Edit: the picture appears blurry from the XDA app, hope it isn't the same from a computer.

Sent from my Captivate
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
v0.008 Coming very soon BIG UPDATE!!!

Well some people can do some backflips for me or something, put it on a video and post it !

I ported Timester to fit on 320x480 mdpi screens.

I also Removed the ad and so in turn the Permissions.

Follow me on Twitter to have mini updates on Timester

Don't forget to visit the site: timester.info too.

Won't mind some donations too (hint, hint)
[Android Apps and Games] nikolo98:
I tried looking the app on market again but still can't find it. I guess maybe its because my phone doesn't have live wallpaper enabled? I could run the original release as a program. Any stock aria users out there with the same problem?
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Do you have any other live wallpapers on your device that are working? If you don't, timester cannot run your clocks because Htc decided to disable live wallpapers on less capable devices, and I think your is one of them.

You could run the original timester as a program because it was also coded as a program for testing purposes.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
The thing with the market was a mishap or a glitch. It should be ok now.

If you downloaded 005 from the market you should also be set. Try and clear cache for the market application (maybe even a reboot). Btw, timester is not even in your downloads list?

Thank YOU for your support. :)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Thank you for your report. Can you replicate the problem? if you repeat the steps you get the same result? We have not been able get the same result.

008 will come soon, update and let us know.
[Android Apps and Games] Dunc001:
Working brilliantly on my HD2, thanks! Would really love to see it as a placeable clock widget though! Still until that comes along I'll leave it as a wallpaper and laugh every time I unlock my phone! Thanks for bringing a genuine touch of humour to my phone! :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Thank you for your support. Right now we are focusing on the Live wallpaper. And lately i've come to see that LW is better than tw widget if we do it right. Because you can place icons around the clock, you can't do that if it's a (pretty big) widget. Also, we want to implement a setting where the clock goes away like a widget would when u change screens. Furthermore, the widget api as i understand is not suitable for such complex animations.

May I suggest a great complement to your signature? :D (see bottom of OP) :D
[Android Apps and Games] dswta:
I've tried clearing the market cache and a reboot. still same problem. I can see timester in my downloads list, but when I click it, it doesn't offer me an update (only uninstall and open). So I think, the market can't see the latest 007 version.

I've also attempted another trick: Uninstalled timester. searched the market for it. couldn't find it at all (search gives "trimester" suggestions!). so I installed the apk of 001 alpha version posted somewhere here. tried to use the market to update, but it only offers the update to 005 and not 007. so now I'm back where I started, with ver 005 running fine but no ver 007 available.

:eek: I'm dying to see how the hamster sleeps/slacks when the screen goes off/on in the new version! :o . Thanks guys for the awesome work.
[Android Apps and Games] nikolo98:
Well that's unfortunate. Looks like I won't be getting timester on my phone unless I flash my ROM to CM or something. Well good work guys, even though I can't use it, I still think its an awesome idea. Hope to be able to use it once I get brave enough to flash my phone.
[Android Apps and Games] AverageJane:
I've been following this from the idea stages and absolutely love the result! So far the little guy appears to be running just fine on my Captivate. Love the expression when he wakes up! Awesome work to all involved!

-Tara
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
v0.008 is OUT!

v0.008 is out and about. Go get it :D

Smaller mdpi 320x480 screens are now supported, so

report any position glitches, etc here please (if you find any ;))
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Try again now, v 008 is out, maybe that will help.
[Android Apps and Games] nutweevil:
idea:

when we make it loop maybe the clock should go crazy as well! =)

then after a few seconds the clock would reset to correct hour ;)

another thing:

i'm not big expert of clocks but i thing that not all the chainwheel move at same speed or all "so fast". There should be some really slow to control the hour and another REAAAAAAALLY slow to control the day.
[Android Apps and Games] dreamstryder:
I am waiting for the Zio to upgrade to 2.1 or whatever and one of the big reasons is just for this clock....... been following the thread and this thing is just friggen great
[Android Apps and Games] Yorgul:
I want to try v 0.0008, but it doesn't show up in the market. Is there an alternative for downloading it?
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Naah, the clock should be a clock and show time all the time. Timester runs so yous has good times! :)

Ok, I'll link here some options, hope they do the trick.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/timester/za.co.bash.lwp

http://www.androidzoom.com/android_themes/themes/timester_npnx.html?nav=googleDownload

http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.za-co-bash-lwp-qAAtz.aspx

http://www.androidblip.com/android-themes/timester-79011-download.html
[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
Sooooo nice.. Ehen he spins around in the clock...
[Android Apps and Games] elburna:
Funny bug: I chose a wallpaper, then changed the position of the clock. This is what happened. The inner part of the clock rotated around the whole screen :)

BTW LeeDroid 2.2f
[Android Apps and Games] dswta:
Still nothing. but you'd expect that anyway, since all links direct you to the market, which can't see the app.

Any chance of posting the apk file at all. I don't think it would harm your wish of directing people towards the market and encouraging them to leave feedback there, since that's what most people would do. But thanks for the support anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] projectDz:
I'm having trouble finding this on the market as well. Tried everything in this thread, nothing helped. If possible, I would also like the apk

HTC Aria - Liberated Eclair
[Android Apps and Games] FFXTDS:
Thanks for this cool clock.

I don't know if its been ask but

Could you add the ability to change the color of the hampster?

I found it under timester
[Android Apps and Games] spiderx_mm:
Finally Timerster is running on my XT720 but there seems to be a little problem.

Yes, the clock is dismantled. all parts are scattered on the screen and clock location setting is not working. it's always on top.

I switched back to normal wallpaper but the Timester thread is not killed and it killed my phone. :D the phone crashed after 3 mins (possibly of stack overflow)

see the attached pics. :)
[Android Apps and Games] raduque:
Love it!

.005 was a bit unstable for me. Just updated to .008, so lets see how well that runs.

Edit: Oh yeah, it runs good, if a little slow, on my G1.

Edit2: I'm seeing the same behavior as sipderx_mm. It happens whenever I switch from landscape to portrait mode. Going into the app configuration and changing an option (even if it's just tapping an already-set setting) fixes it.

Strangely, it doesn't happen at all on the G1.
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
I added the stuff for the smaller screen and it seems to bug out on the

bigger ones sometimes or vice versa., my bad :(

I didn't know Android would be so different, yet be the same OS.

To solve, (just for now sorry), just go into config and press back key.

I will fix this in the new version for next week, :p
[Android Apps and Games] spiderx_mm:
surely we'll wait.

It's really a good job man, cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] linkazoid:
Has anyone noticed the weird graphic glitch that happens when a perticular section of the spinning part goes past the minute hand? It always happens when the same part passes.
[Android Apps and Games] thecircuitbox:
Awesome downloaded.

Yeah, I do.
[Android Apps and Games] dadewy:
For me the animation is fine (and funny :D) but the background seems to be doing weird things. I haven't figured out what triggers it yet but I think at least twice now it has taken the top left corner of the background image and stretched it so it covers the whole screen, but pixelated.

Hitting "reset to defaults" from prefs fixes it so background returns to normal.

Not a biggie, just FYI.

This is on a G2, rooted, stock ROM.
[Android Apps and Games] ak1297:
Hey buddy, well thankx for giving is such a wonderful app that too free, but gotta tell u something as read from others too, before 0.008 version, all was fine, but when switched to .008 version the clock dismantled and shatters all over screen and then it crashes the phone. So looking forward to new updates.

And yea just another idea, why not drop a pendulum like block or hang in side like the watch crown for date, by add-on instead for date widget....., and is it possible to have it whole as an widget on screen.

But still thankx for giving us timester.
[Android Apps and Games] Physic:
Haha this is so awesome. Thanks a lot
[Android Apps and Games] spiderx_mm:
Yay! It's working! Think i'm the first one to install the update. :-D look at the screenshot
[Android Apps and Games] spiderx_mm:
Ok mate, Timester is really nice. :-D wanna request one thing. When choosing wallpaper, i can only open Media Gallery. Is there any way to choose wallpapers from Home wallpaper Gallery or LauncherPro wallpaper Gallery?

Thanks a lot and Happy Thanksgiving to you. Have a nice turkey. :-D
[Android Apps and Games] bioan:
Can't find it on market. Where can I download it ? I use Samsung i7500 running 2.2.1 GAOSP. Congratulations on your work !
[Android Apps and Games] dswta:
+1. Same here (sgs i9000). been trying for a few days now. shame we're not able to download such an amazing work when we know our phones support it.
[Android Apps and Games] Yorgul:
I've asked before, and will ask again: can we have an alternative site for download? Maybe upload Timester here on XDA?

It's frustating to see other people's screenshots and not being able to try it...
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
Are you not able to access the market?
[Android Apps and Games] fatino:
I can see other live wallpaper but cant see this one :/ I have Samsung Spica with Samdroid 2.1 and LW support of course.
[Android Apps and Games] misticjeff:
I sure would like to see this for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Any chance?
[Android Apps and Games] MacaronyMax:
BEST.CLOCK.EVER

Hehe :p Its really awesome dude :D

(Htc Hero)
[Android Apps and Games] Rabadabadingdongable:
This is a really cute live wallpaper. But unfortunately the hamster rotates a bit too often, since I switch between home screens very often. Hence I only see a rotating hamster instead of a running one :-).

It would be nice to have the opportunity to deactivate the rotating animation, so that the hamster only sleeps and runs, but not rotates in the clock.
[Android Apps and Games] drive2droad:
Is it possible to add an animated background instead of the stale green background currently ? Please think about the same.
[Android Apps and Games] bioan:
Can anyone please share the .apk ? I wrote a few pages before but nobody helped me. I cannot find it in the market.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
It is a nice idea, however there are some issues. Timester is pretty cpu intensive (although well optimised) because of all the animation. Dunno if adding another one across the screen will go down well. But it's an idea to consider. In the mean time, you can change the background "as many timeses as u likes!"

Right now we don't have implemented a system of management for timester actions (more of them to come too). But once that will be up, timester should be a bit more surprising :)

To all people not seeing timester on the market. We are actively looking into the problem. It seems that random "no shows" on the market is a problem shared by many other developers as well. I feel so sad when reading about people wanting to enjoy timester and not being able to find it. I can only apologize and promise we are doing everything we can to make sure everyone is able to access timester.

We have not considered that option yet, but we will and get back to ya.
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
Small bug... Bit annoying, whenever I do a backup with CWM and reboot (not after a restore, just after a backup) Timester FC's and I have to change the wallpaper then change back to Timester... Any idea why? O.o

EDIT: It does it after every reboot now.
[Android Apps and Games] Dimfiniti:
Love the idea

I'm definitely going to download this! Great look and design....

Check out my own application iFiftyFifty.

Regards,

2pensmedia Inc.

Dimfiniti
[Android Apps and Games] ransz28:
I love this wallpaper!
[Android Apps and Games] urfavoritemazn:
best livewallpaper out there. well made. good job dev :)
[Android Apps and Games] Sk17z0:
I just downloaded this. LMAO!!! Right now I have my winter live wallpaper up. I wish I could just use this as a clock without the wallpaper. Great work on this wallpaper clock.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Ok so I spoke to Blou_Aap today. He is in a dark period of his professional life right now where sleep or free time is a luxury he does not afford. I'm also involved in more work than usual. Thus it will be a while before we will see improvements on Timester.

Also there seems to be more movement going on backstage on the market and this appears to be the reason timester and other apps do or do not appear in searches.

However, www.timester.info is up and running, if nothing else, for donations. A feature no one used so far.

Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
That's alright man, you've both made a great central piece of my Android :D

Once I have money (I'm 17, don't have a job yet so money is scarse) I will be donating towards this. :D
[Android Apps and Games] SIAS87:
Real nice app - thanks for sharing!
[Android Apps and Games] ealexispr:
lol, now thats funny!
[Android Apps and Games] britoso:
This made me think of timester :p
[Android Apps and Games] iammichel:
One requirement is that there must already be live wallpapers installed on the phone. Apparently my Galaxy S with Launcher Pro doesn't have live wallpapers. How to solve this?
[Android Apps and Games] chopke:
alvast bedankt
[Android Apps and Games] bra1nDeaD:
"Thanks in advance"
[Android Apps and Games] Dave the Knave:
Go back to TouchWiz and select it from there.
[Android Apps and Games] Croptop:
I'd be more than happy to donate. But unfortunately, I'm yet another member of the group of people for whom the app does not appear in the market. So I can't even try it.
[Android Apps and Games] aznzzboi:
I Want a Widget version of this!!!
[Android Apps and Games] futureshock:
please make a HD version of it!

when using it on my HD2 the graphics looks a bit rastered :)

but nice!

when a proper version is released i will put it in my HD2 MIUI builds if i'm allowed to :)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Haha, great ideas get immortal only after they get copied :D

Good for you! As I've said before, we are focusing on the live wallpaper right now, not sure the timester we all run and love would be technically achievable in a widget. Haven't seen any changes in this regard in gingerbread either. Anyone care to prove me wrong?

HD 2 is 480x800 right? Can't imagine why it would look rastered.

Can you post a screenshot?

Proper version? what do you mean? timester is not the utmost/truest/coolest/bad ass live wall ever? :))

Will chat with Blow_Aap.
[Android Apps and Games] futureshock:
Hello,

HD2 Resolution is correct.

Screenshot is here:

as you can see the whole wallpaper looks a bit pixel'd for my guess!`? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
If you look at the outer ring of the clock you will notice that the graphics is smooth and silky. In fact, anything not moving is ok.

However. All the moving parts have jagged edges. Because they are moving and because all the imagery is raster and because screens are made of square pixels :) . Don't know if vector graphics are possible or would improve on this. will have to check into that. Also, the fact that pixel size is bigger on 4 + inch screens is not helping here :)

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] futureshock:
sounds logical so far ... but... now the great but...

all other livewallpapers have silk and smooth edges even on moving parts of the livewallpaper...

like the normal gras livewp... or the water...

so its not an complaint, see it as an improvement if got this to haven't the sharp edges :D

btw: IT IS! the funniest thing i ever have seen :D
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
true, true. I understand you're trying to help, so thank you for that.

I know the graphics can be improved, either by going all vector with the graphics, and/or going 3d. Bear in mind though that this is our first android project so we may have to work a bit harder to find the best solution :D
[Android Apps and Games] V.I.T.R.I.O.L.:
Hi!

Thank you for this :)

Really a nice and funny bunny ;)

I can only say that the animation is not "smooth" enough. I mean, it's like it runs with few fps.

Is it right?

Again, really funny!

(oh please, make a widget of this!) :D
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
The animation for me is fine. It's really smooth, maybe it's the phone?

Sent from ADeadlyGalaxy...S
[Android Apps and Games] chl0409:
I love the idea of this live wallpaper and would like to use it, but somehow the wallpaper doesn't work on my 240 x 320 phone. The parts get all messed up and overlapped. Can you try to fix it so that it works on 240x320 phones too?
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/screens.html

-2.3% of Android phones are 240x320, so no, sorry to say we won't support that size.

-It's not moving parts that are aliased, it's because they are rotating.

Anyway,

Lots of changes coming before Christmas and added features, like proper background cropping, etc.

Current market version will be removed completely as we are going to launch it as version 1.0 so updates won't notify you, it will be a new package name as well that will be more in the likes of 'za.co.timester'.

We are basically starting fresh with better settings, etc.

There will be a Paypal Donation button as well, which will in future version unlock even more features, but that is not concrete yet.

Glad everyone still likes Timester :)

Will reply here as soon as v 1.0 is out.
[Android Apps and Games] spirellilein:
Relly nice idea, looks so pretty :>
[Android Apps and Games] grzekol:
Do you know what the problem is? I'm in a group of people who can't see timester in the market :(
[Android Apps and Games] thor2002ro:
has big issues on X10 with 180 density the wheel is moving around the rat :) its kid of funny :)
[Android Apps and Games] chl0409:
Aww, so sorry to hear that...maybe you can consider supporting it when the wallpaper is more developed? :p

Anyway, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Adevem:
cutest. thing. evar.
[Android Apps and Games] nikolo98:
Finally the 2.2 official update is out for my Aria (not AT&T) and it supports LWP. The first thing I downloaded from Market right after was Timester.

Awesome awesome LWP. Everything worked so well. Really, congratulations to the development team for creating such an awesome LWP.

GREAT WORK!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] burntwolf735:
What also would be cool is a Battery widget that looked like this, you can call it Battster.
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
I quite like that idea... Or even have it incorporated into the LWP? :D

Something I do wish to request would be the date and the day to be put somewhere on this, as the only time I see what day it is is on the phone lock screen which isn't useful if I'm using the phone. (:
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
We did everything we could from our end. The only thing left to do is remove the current timester from market and add it again. Which we will soon.

can you make a picture of it when it happens, or a screenshot?

Will think about it.

Yes, could be great with battery status incorporated. Will get back on that. About the date, it's tricky. It has to fit in neatly and visually and functionally machine wise.
[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
Any news ??
[Android Apps and Games] coolkiid29:
when will it be on the market?? :)
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
Yes, just have some problems with the stupid preview mode and me and zamo were a little bit away on holiday, away from computers etc.

Don't worry, Timester is still on It's way and soon too ...
[Android Apps and Games] ArabianRATA:
I got it on the market last night. Very funny wallpaper. Great job!!!
[Android Apps and Games] bmszabo:
It's beautiful!! Just a question (as my wife could not install it on her HTC Hero, not supporting live wallpapers): is there any chance to make a widget-edition, as well, for the poor people not living wallpapering?
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
We've written about this before, a widget is technically improbable if not impossible with all the animations and stuff.

Instead, why don't you try and update your Hero? I have a friend with a Hero and he did install timester on his. Don't remember though if he was on stock 2.1 or a hacked rom but anyhow, it worked :)
[Android Apps and Games] Kawaiius:
This is by far one of the most awesome live wallpapers i have seen..currently using it and loving it.
[Android Apps and Games] dh4645:
can't find it on the market. can you post the .apk like you did for version .001??

did you mean "trimester"?

um no.
[Android Apps and Games] Symondo:
i got the same :( i was hoping to put this on my tablet as it looks awesome
[Android Apps and Games] dh4645:
why don't they just put the .apk on here so we can install it without using the messed up market?

same thing happened to me with the lite beta versions of angry birds....where many could see it on the market, but i couldnt
[Android Apps and Games] cefolar:
I want - please post the .apk, looks awesome...
[Android Apps and Games] dh4645:
ahhh POST IT!!!

stupid trimester
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
To everyone requesting the apk, please read this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=900923
[Android Apps and Games] revenge50:
thats right dude but ppl like me dont got internet on their android phone ;(
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
Unfortunately, not to be an asshole, that is YOUR problem.
[Android Apps and Games] rosswaa:
LMAO! told, nice project btw looks good
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
We will however with the new version, upload Timester to additional 3rd party Markets, like

SlideME, Handango, AndSpot, etc.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Great news

So let me tell you a bit about the next version of Timester.

Some of the new features were expected and the others will be bursting with mind-rocking hamster running awsomeness. In fact, all of them will be bursting with awsomeness:)

We will have wallpaper support on all screens. You will be able to set the clock to swipe with the screen or to stay proudly on center of screen on all screens. Also, you will be able to swap and crop your background image as you see fit.

You will be able to move the clock to ANY position you like. Not just up down, but anywhere.

You will enjoy more timester actions, but we will not describe them here :D

Last bun not least, we will have TABLET support.

So now you can tell us how awesome timester is so we make it even more so faster :)
[Android Apps and Games] dh4645:
how about u make it so we can find it in the f'ing store!!!!!!