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[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] _calum_:
Hey man, looks pretty good.

One thing that popped out at me: The refresh/sync button in the first set of screen shots. It looks like it will be a bit hard to hit (I've got fat fingers ;)). For an end users point of view it would probably be better in the application bar (although it may look a bit lonely there).

just my twocents
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
hello

Thanks for your answer !

it's a good suggestion, we will take care of this tonight

ps: video is (finally) working
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
youtube tag doesn't work?
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] pittphan:
Looks good. I really like the fact you get info on every episode of the show. It would be cool if would add reminders and live tile notifications of upcoming episodes. If that was added I'd pay $1.99 and if not $.99.

It is a nice app either way, but it would be a hard sell for more than 2 bucks.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] professorstotch:
I had one of these types of apps in progress before I just gave up on it due to not really feeling like finishing it. One idea that I wanted to integrate into mine, but never found out if it was possible was something like a calendar sync. You hit the button and bam, it will add it to your calendar to remind you which night a certain show might be premiering or returning to TV.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
thanks yor your answers,

for the calendar, we wanted to do so, but no api is available in WP7, the only possibility was for us to access the users gmail account and send reminders in.

But it implied storing personal connection data, and we don't like that.

If new apis are available in new wp7 updates we will probably check it out

for the live tile, I think it will be in a V2
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Gorki247:
Looking good. Was actually looking for an app like this. I assume it will only show the original airdates in the country of origin? Would it somehow be possible to let the user add a custom day of week, so they can check what shows are on that day?
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Hello

We originally wanted to convert airtime to the users timezone, but we don't have the "original timezone' information on tvdb.

For your other question : I didn't really understand what you mean.

(or maybe?) : you would like to see what airs on tuesdays for example?

or for a specific date?
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Gorki247:
Let's say I've added Big Bang Theory to my watch list. In the UK this show is on a Wednesday, so I'd assign that day to this show. Someone else might be watching the repeat on Fridays, so they pick that day instead.

Then somewhere in the app, I could check what's on each day of the week and if I looked on Wednesday it would list Big Bang Theory and any other shows I've flagged for that day.

It wouldn't have to have to say what episode or anything (no dates or times either), just that the show is on. Like a reminder and personalized TV guide.

I think it would be a great feature considering the fact that most shows air on different days around the world.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] emigrating:
Appologies if this is already covered in the app, I didn't see it in the screenshots or video though.

Protip: Please add a notice in the app saying something along the lines of "All data provided by TheTVDB.com" and "if you enjoy our services and can afford it, please show us by donating" linking to our Donate page.

Also be advised there will be an official TheTVDB client in the future, with interactive functionality - i.e. ratings, personalized recommendations and so on. You've done some good work here though. If there are any API calls you feel could be optimized for mobile, do let me know (some have already been re-written specifically for WP7, although they are still in private testing).
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Hello,

there is already the "about" section containing informations and links to tvdb. (I contacted Scott about this app)

News :

we added the live tile functionality!

If a new episode airs, the live tile will be updated.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] youmeus:
Hey Devs...Can I be a beta tester for this app?
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] NFRCER:
I'd love to be one too!!!

Lol I actually thought the App had been released and searched for it...

Ugh :( I'm liking this app alot (Manga!!!!!) and I'd like to know if you guys have a time frame or any new developments :-)

As for price, most might disagree with me.. But I do value the effort developers put towards their apps, and I am not afraid to go as far as $4-5 depending how fast updates and the application works. It's a service to us and an income to you ;-) Hopefully lol.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Hello,

We are currently tweaking the app to make it as fast as it gets :D and once it's done, it will be sent for validation to microsoft.

thanks for your replies.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] NFRCER:
Thank you very much, I am really looking forward to it. Best wishes sir!!
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] orb3000:
A free/lite version would be nice!
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Hello !

This week end was productive !

Trial / lite version will be available (limited to 3 favorite shows and no time limit)

The last freezes are gone.

Globalization works well ! (French and English for the moment, we should be able to do Spanish and German)

Thanks for your posts !
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Gorki247:
Good news. Thanks for the update. Looking forward to this app. Hope it's out soon.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] pittphan:
What is the marketplace ETA?
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] wheresmybeaver:
Looking forward to this. There are some basic TV show tracking apps on the Marketplace but this one kicks ass; I particularly like the live tile, it reminds me to check the DVR for the new episodes!

Personally, I find €0.99 to be the sweet spot for well-designed apps. However, for reliable live tile features I'd be happy to spend €1.99 as well. IMO, any apps over this price point need to have something exceptional to warrant the cost.

PS some competition
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
the ETA for the marketplace would be around first week of march as we should submit it after some last tests this week end.

Price will be fixed @0.99 as we prefer big sales number (our goal isn't earning a lot but at least refund our 99€ membership)

We have a few ideas for future updates, we will let you know as we start working on them. (and if you have other ideas we are always listening)

This was our first WP7 app so it took us long enough, updates will be easy for us now. Other apps ideas are considered but nothing really clear at the moment. :p
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] goldenpipes:
so whats the name of the app? TV SHOW TRACKER?
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] pencilcase:
looks like a life-saver to me, definitely getting this! :) screenshots look great!
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
hello

sorry for the few updates last times, we submitted our app on tuesday, it came back with a failled certif yesterday: just a ui compliance problem on the back button handling, it's sorted out already.

so next week it should be on the marketplace :cool:

It will be called Daily Series
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] NFRCER:
Looking forward to it :-) Keep us updated please!!
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Certified Yesterday !

:D It's on the marketplace "Daily Series"
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] wheresmybeaver:
Hi guys, app looks good! Trialled it for a while this morning and have since bought it.

Some feedback:

- Spelling mistake (English) in Trial mode when looking into details of more than 3 episodes - "... limited to 3 opennings..." should be "openings", although the grammar isn't ideal ;-)

- Spelling mistake (English) in the Episodes search screen; "saison number" should read "season number" - also visible when viewing specific episode details

- In "My Daily", if you accidently clear an episode, how to bring it back? (And I'm assuming here that pressing the icon that looks like "Download" acts as a reminder that you've downloaded the episode, and then pressing the "Eye" icon is to clear the episode when you've watched it? Am I doing that right!)

- In the Show / Episode details screens, with the TV show background visible, you currently have lighter shaded boxes around items of text; in my opinion I think it would look cleaner / more "Metro" if the bottom two-thirds of the entire screen was completely covered with the lighter shaded box (ie so the background is still visible in the background, just a lot lighter, so that the black text is more readable. Difficult to describe, I might do a mockup after work to demonstrate!

- Maybe it's just me, I can't find the Settings screen anywhere? The usual menu bar at the bottom is small and doesn't seem to have any entries.

- Could there be an option to have a plain background on the main panorama screens? Rather than the grey gradient swishy pattern being used at the moment. I like my metro look! Although you may need to work in support for the light theme as well...

Anyway this is a great version 1 release, and great value at a euro.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Thank you for your feedback !

Thanks, we missed that ! (if you have a better grammar for our message ;) )

(saison is french for season :p)

Yep you do that right !

There is currently no way to bring back an episode, we thought that 2 states were enough?

I think I see what you mean, I'll try to see how it looks this week end.

The settings link is on the small button bar, it will show by clicking on "..."

The background could easily be an option ;)

Light theme is on our minds, but not at first, probably a v1.2 :p

Thanks a lot ! We'll ship a new corrected version on monday (I think monday is our submission day as we mostly work on weekends :D) so it should hit the market by the end of next week
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] nick109:
I think wheresmybeaver summed up most things, but what I think needs changing right away is the sliding options bar (too small and very close to the hardware buttons), and a page to see all the episodes I've seen or haven't yet seen for a series or just a way yo restore cleared episodes

Also, strangely my app closes when i add The Outcasts tv series, so far it only happens with that one, the rest do not give me a problem

anyway great work for a start! I would be willing to pay more if you can eventually add some more features
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Hello

thanks for your feedback,

About the bug on Outcasts... I just mended it... tvdb is a great database, but concerning airtime ... it's a total mess (outcasts for example is set to 9.00 pm bbt is 8:00 PM others are 20:00)

about the lower bar... It seemed like a good idea at first to make a small one but I agree... it wasn't, I think it will be back to a normal appbar on monday's update.

For the list of episodes, we will think about it, but don't expect to see this too soon, it would mean quite a lot of rewriting (and well ... we have lives :D)

Thanks all for your support !
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] wheresmybeaver:
Ah right, you see I never realised that you could maximise the app bar by tapping the "...", I've always "swiped up" in apps to get the app bar to show, which wasn't working in this case (so I've learned something new today!), and like nick109 says it's probably not the best way to do it. But rather than having a full size app bar (taking up space), might it be an idea to have a config / help icon at the top right of one of the panorama screens? Or, you could add an additional "About" panorama screen (alongside My Daily, Manager and Whats New) that essentially has the contents of the About screen, with a spanner icon somewhere to bring you to the settings?

Anyway really getting good use out of the app, I have all our shows setup and it's a great way to keep track of everything and for getting advance warning of shows coming back after their break. Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Hello,

we tried to put back a standard size appbar... and it's too large, I think the best solution is to put a "settings" and "about" icon at the top of the manager

We'll test this tonight.

(I never realized that we could swipe open the appbar :D)
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Hello !

V1.1 is published,

- Full white theme support

- Plain backgrounds option

- better Appbar

- few visual tweaks

- bug fix (outcast works for example)

:D
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Don't hesitate to leave feedback on the marketplace, it's a very useful thing for us
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] wheresmybeaver:
Been using this version 1.1 for a week now, very nice. I'm quite conservative in regards to design so I've been using the plain metro theme and it works well for me! The series details screens are now much more readable and look better. I've been able to add all the shows I watch with no issues. Live tile works as expected, and is very useful as a reminder to download some new shows!

I'm wondering if slightly bigger fonts on the My Daily screen would work a bit better? As it stands, I have a lot of white space between the title and details of each show (on the left) and the Downloaded / Watched icon to the right.

Oh yeah, with the metro style ON, and using the WP7 light theme, the refresh icon on the What's New? page is almost invisible. Just FYI ;-)

Thanks again for all the hard work.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] pencilcase:
HI,

loving the app in general but the air-times of the shows are completely messed up. Shows them as aired even if its a different timezone, shows some as not released that are actually out ... maybe you should switch the database to tvrage.com or something thats more reliable?
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
Hello

Thanks for your replies,

About airtime, tvdb is accurate, but without timezone management :( tvrage has it, but their api isn't really great in my opinion.

As I said before, we will try to cross check informations with both databases :p

A new version containing German and italian should arrive soon ;)

Ps: Is anyone using it on a htc trophy? (we had a rating saying that it didn't work on htc trophy)
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ranucci:
hello!

Good news everyone !

New version has been approved this morning!

V1.3 :

- language bug fixed, you can now look for a show in your native language (if supported by tvdb)

- show posters can now be saved to your picture library (they make excellent lock screens)

- diverse other improvements
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00102:
How do I fix this? I made an EXT partition of 256mb and I even tried formatting the sd card. Using a Patriot 16gb Micro sd Class 10 (don't know if that is relevant)

Also installed the recovery from fastboot. CWM 3.0.0.5
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianmcquinn:
Where are you getting this error? Are you trying to set up Apps2ext? I think currently that only works on Enomther's ROM. If you aren't trying to run Apps2Ext, what is the EXT partition on your SD card for?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00102:
Apps2EXT is the same as Apps2SD right? If that's the case then yeah that's what I'm trying to do. I thought EXT Partition works with CM7? If not then guess I'll stop trying. I get that error in recovery when I wipe Dalvik Cache and when I try to mount SD-EXT Partition or when I try to format it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemm:
Apps2sd and Apps2sd are two diffreant thing apps2sd stores apps on a FAT formatted sdcard (which is what Froyo uses as native apps2sd with apps that allow it and no widgets) , while apps2ext stores apps on a partition on your sd card formatted to EXT file system, which your phone mounts as part of its internal system so it will support widgets and apps that previously could only be supported on internal storage, so it considers it internal storage even though its on the sd card, so no they are not the same thing, right now the only rom that supports apps2ext is Enoms rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianmcquinn:
I think nowawdays Apps2SD is used to refer to the system built-in to Froyo for moving apps to the SD card (does not use ext file system or need special partitioning). This just works out of the box on any Vision ROM.

CM7 uses the ext4 filesystem for all of it's partitions, which is new (not sure if that's what you are talking about). Hadn't heard it supports Apps2Ext, but maybe?

If you aren't using Apps2Ext though, you should expect to see a warning about a missing sd-ext partition when doing that stuff in recovery, so you're okay.
[Droid X General] HHF2:
I have had my X for around 6 months and have wanted to flash a rom but have been scared to say the least! I have a nandroid of my phone which is up to date OTA, rooted, overclocked, and otherwise stock. My question is if I flash this rom and for some reason don't like it, can I restore with my nandroid and get my phone back to the way that it is without any issues? Also, does this rom delete my contacts and other information? I really like the backup assistant for all of my contacts (over 500). Thanks in advance for any answers and advice!
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
As long as you take a nandroid backup you are safe =) I recommend syncing your contacts to google...then no matter what rom you use, you can always pull your contacts back down. So yes, it will wipe out your contacts.

Let me know if you have more questions! =)
[Droid X General] hullie10:
Yeah if you didn't like the liberty rom you could restore your nandroid backup and it will literally be exactly the same when you backed it up... regarding your issue about contacts...when you flash a new rom... once its done installing and boots up its like the first time you turned your phone on so yes everything will be deleted... if you're worried about apps download titanium back up pro and back up your apps and data.. or it will download all yours all from the market...your issue about contacts, personally i used the back up assistant first but ended up just using google contacts because its the easiest way to restore contacts when you flash roms every so often... that's my opinion, i may be wrong...and if you're scared about flashing a rom... i think everyone was on their first time... you just gotta go for it!
[Droid X General] HHF2:
Just wanted to thank you guys for your input. I went ahead and installed the rom, used Titanium to back up my apps and so far I LOVE IT! It is ALOT faster than stock, just have to get used to the new UI. I also took the liberty since I was experimenting with something that I can't live without and did the uncapped data mod. I am hoping that it will make a difference as well. I have alot of new things to test and play with tonight, just hope that I can go to sleep so that I can make it to work tomorrow!

A special thanks to the developers for this rom, it is AWESOME!
[Droid X General] hullie10:
Don't just limit yourself to liberty...i agree when people say roms are a personal choice... so give all of them a chance!
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
If I use titanium to backup my apps can I load my apps into the rom I decide to flash? And how do you go about it?
[Droid X General] hullie10:
Yeah if you back up your apps with titanium pro..you just restore them once you flash the rom...ill make a nandroid of roms i like... but i always stick to apex... i like some blur stuff...
[Droid X General] dwray:
I recently took the leap and flashed my first rom a few days ago too. I ended up going with Apex and like it much better than stock so far. I am thinking of doing like hullie said above and trying out some different ones in the coming weeks like Liberty and GummyJar. It's definitely scary at first, but once that first boot up was complete, the look on my face was like a child on Christmas morning.
[Droid X General] Paradio:
I agree-was scared at first like getting my first xxxxx! Lol-anyway, now its second nature as long as you have your backup. Try darkslide rom. Two versions. Blur and blurless..
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
I'm loving liberty rom, but how do I get Google navigation back?
[Droid X General] hullie10:
Download google maps from the market you should be able to get navigation from that.... i may be wrong tho
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Correct. By default I don't believe any of the custom ROM's (just a guess..can't recall for sure) come with google maps installed. You must pull this down yourself.
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
Thanks guys
[Droid X General] _kast:
Yeah, installing your first ROM can be quite nerve-racking, but once you've done it you say to yourself, 'that's it? i was so worried about that for nothing!".

I'm currently on my first ROM, which is Liberty, and although I love it, I can't use the camcorder for some reason to record movies. I tried installing both the aosp camera and blur camera, but both just FC. :(
[Droid X General] mattmartin77:
the very minute before you install the rom make a nandroid and remember to ALWAYS wipe the phone before installing the rom. if you dont like the rom, reinstall dxbootstrp from the market and recover your nandroid.

as for your contacts: screw backup assistant. sync ALL your contacts with google and they will be automatically on your phone as soon as you sign in with you google account.
[Droid X General] hullie10:
You should prolly do some digging around the web to see if anyone else has had your problems.... i used liberty for about a week and a half and didn't have issues with the camera stuff.....
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Did you update to the 2.3.340 update before installing LIberty? I was running Liberty on top of 2.3.15 and this is due to an incompatible library (.so) file in /system/lib

If you want the files for 2.3.15, let me know. I have them laying around someone :looks around:
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
The latest update I did was the one ota that included Madden. Is that 2.3.15?
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
No you are on 2.3.340. I'm not sure why you are having problems with the camera. If it really bothers you, I would suggest re-flashing liberty.
[Droid X General] _kast:
I'll try that out, do I need to create another nandroid backup before I re-flash Liberty?
[Droid X General] _kast:
weird, camcorder is working now :D i didnt even re-flash Liberty. maybe some phone reboots helped with that.
[Fascinate General] agsded:
Does anyone know if there is a way to force rom manager to bypass its check for cwm. I have red cwm installed, and don't wanna flash green cwm, I just want to use rom manager to pull down themes and such, and extract or manually flash what ( want, but it wont let me past the flash cwm or cancel pop-up....
[Fascinate General] Bawb3:
Well, I still use green cwm, so Im not sure, but if Rom manager still lets you download stuff...

you can still manually install things you download in Rom manager.

They get stored in /sdcard/clockworkmod/download -

So you can download them, cancel the cwm install, then boot into recovery and install manually.
[Fascinate General] agsded:
That's just it, it wont let me use it, unless I relent to let it install, green cwm. I'm on super clean dL09 with adrynalyne's 1230 voodoo kernel, which, if I understand is what red cwm was built for, voodoo I mean...
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
When you reboot into green CWM from Rom Manager, go to Advanced, and select Reboot to recovery, and it will reboot the phone into the red CWM. Either that, or you can power off the phone and old Power + Volume Up + Volume Down to get into red CWM, or use ADB or Terminal Emulator to enter the "reboot recovery" command, which will also have the same effect. Once in red CWM, just choose to install from zip file, and browse to the download folder that Bawb3 pointed you to to find the ROM zips to install.