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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] maqwp7developer:
link to zune market place

first of all nice application!

can you please tell me how to get the link to the application in marketplace once the application is uploaded. The only way i thought to view the application is search in zune software.

Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Thanks.

I got that problem too. First thing I did was trying to get something out of the assembly, but right in the middle of it I discovered the appropriate command.

I'm on the wrong computer now and can't remember what it is, but I think it's something that sound like OpenMarketPlacePage. If I remember correctly, you don't need to get the id, call the link, etc.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Version 1.3 with german localization

I've just pushed the update to 1.3 to the testing process. Besides adding localization for our german friends (who apparently couldn't understand what the application does), there are some interface tweaks.

Most importantly, I've found out that connecting the phone to Zune has the effect of resetting the media volume to 100% and keeping it there while connected.

Regarding managing other volumes, at the moment I can't see a way. I guess there are three volumes at least: device (main), in-call, and media volume.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] duydang1709:
thanks....
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
There are some reviews on the market which just say that it won't work. If anyone noticed that it fails to regulate the volume, please indicate which model of phone is tested on and maybe the carrier/nation as well as it's also weird it didn't work for 2 out of 2 australian users...

as of now:

Success on:

2 omnia7

1 dell venue

2 focus

2 hd7

5 unknown

Failed on:

1 surround

2 focus

1 hd7

2 unknown
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] menger:
Do you think you could control ring volume separately ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] mcorrie1121:
Works on my Focus, although resets on reboot.

I like it, but I wish we could simply set the media volume level straight up (0-30) instead of fractions of the system volume. I'm assuming that's much harder to implement, though.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Unfortunately not at the moment. From the looks of it, the sdk only exposes a few stuff to manage that background music volume, probably in order to manage it in-game easily.

Even if with some complex way one could control other volumes, it wouldn't pass certification because it would probably not use standard calls...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Glad you like it. Well, again, it would probably be nice to manage it that way, but at the moment the way media volume is designed completely forbid this. In fact at the beginning I was looking to implement something like this, but my guess is that this is how the volume settings work. After adapting a bit to it, it actually makes sense too.

At the beginning I was longing for an android-like, 6 channel volume mixer, but now I think they were too many and this is an easier way to manage volume.

The fact that it resets at reboot is another technical limitation/feature. The media volume is a 'soft' settings and I can't control what starts when the phone reboots. It's also a feature because if the volume got incorrectly set by some application (muted for example!) then you possibly wouldn't have a way to reset it.

What makes less sense is that it resets to 100% when connected to zune, which also stops the music. I'm sure there might be some explication behind it, it's just a tiny bit annoying...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Forgot to clarify:

in order to open your app marketplace page, you can do this in the code:

MarketPlaceDetailTask task = new MarketPlaceDetailTask();

task.Show();

while otherwise to know the product id or even the link for the application, once published, you can see it in the app hub details page.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] jabtano:
It doesn't work on my HTC HD7. ever try to play a game with sound on this device no volume at all the sound is so ,so low.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
I'm sorry I'm probably misunderstanding you. Do you mean that you are trying to increase the general volume in a game using this application ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] jabtano:
Yes the overall volume on this device is bad in order to listen to tunes you have to use a headset otherwise there is no volume.

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] jabtano:
However this app works great on my wifes focus. HTC HD7 has s volume issue HTC says to download there app that is much like this one it didn't work so I was hoping this one would.

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Well the problem is all this application can do is regulate that internal media volume, but in most cases that volume is already at 100% by default. There are a few applications that can change that volume, then forget to set it back to 100% or you can actually use it to fine tune a lower background music in a game for example.

On my omnia 7 the volume is pretty high, on my dad's it's actually almost too loud...

I'm almost sure you can increase somewhat the device gain from the diagnostic dialog, but I'm not 100% about the values to insert there...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Saste:
first of all nice app

but i think some more options would be nice

because its faster to switch the volume with the hardwarebuttons...

if you can implement some more features it will be a nice app

for example...

system volume, notification volume, phone volume etc.

but thats not possible i think because wp7 itself has no settings like that, isn't it?

but anyways it works great by now.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Thanks, glad you liked it. On which handset are you using it ?

Again, there isn't much more that I can do. No other volume setting is exposed at the moment and this is the only volume setting that can be set programmatically. There might be some setting available from the registry (although I doubt it) but an application which would use similar hacks would never pass certification, even if it worked on all devices...

I had a half mind to implement a live tile with the current media volume value in it, but I would have to build a dedicated webservice for it. At the moment I don't have the time to implement it since I'm also working on two more free applications, one for the italian TV show list (it's been waiting for certification for 4 days now...) and a weather application, again mostly for italian weather, although it has world forecast too at the moment, will see later if we can implement more foreign data.

In the end I use this application mostly when a game has the volume way too high, my handset has a loud speaker and at night is sometimes a tad too loud...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Saste:
i used it on my Trophy works great as i said before...

ok i think it's on MS to implement a better control of volume if they dont i dont think that there will be a chance to edit volume for each action...

but a live tile would be great... cant wait for the next release even if it takes some time ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Eh I was going to implement it right away, then I realized that the way Microsoft thought live tiles are to be used (or created) is a tad different than for a volume setting...it looks more like they are meant to show content which gets sync-ed online. In fact while I think they are an excellent idea and extremely flexible, I think they lack a bit more semplicity for local, immediate tasks.

On the other hand making them works almost like android widget would create the same problem they have: hijacking or loading too much the interface.

So in the end, I will definitely look more into it when I have a second, also because I would like to use my new free azure subscription to host the webservice, but for now I'm a bit deep in other stuff...

Thanks again for the appreciation
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Poll

Please anybody voting in the poll, leave a comment with at least your phone model (and if it works). Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dazza9075:
evening, just brought it, cheers ol boy, worked a treat, ive ben wondering why i couldnt get the sound coming out of this thing right, now it seems to be fine.

ah...an thats an HD2 im using...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Good to hear that it's a success on hd2... by the way, does wp7 work flawlessly now on it ? even marketplace et al ?

I'm still wondering if for those that it doesn't work, it actually doesn't work or it's just a misunderstanding about the capabilities of the program.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dazza9075:
heres the honest, to the point, no fanboyism answer

Does it work, absolutely, its very quick, There is a small bug that seems to hang the marketplace, but i think thats common to WP7 if im not mistaken. but there are a couple of issues...

Camera is a serious issue, HD2 doesnt have a two stage camera button so no focus with the built in camera program, there is however someone on the case and has developed a very good alternative, supporting multiple resolutions and various settings including tap to focus and auto focus.

to be clear though, its no where near complete,photos are not up to scratch and the flash is terrible, its slightly out of time which tints all photos with the flash on in a slightly greenish hue and its has very limited / no intigration in to the OS/Facebook etc.

Live services work fine once you get yourself a code.

To be honest id stay with the original DFT release, its a bit more hassel getting unlocked, but then again, unless your wanting to inject XAPS in to it you dont need to use the unlock once you have made the HD2 look like a HD7 and its not that hard to keep it unlocked yourself. the newer ROMs seem to be slightly to new, many of the "bug" fixes on those seem to be issues they created in the first place, but for ease of use its a no brainer, as its already got all the cracks in it.

Now for the big one, SD cards!

This is by far the single biggest issue for the HD2, there is no way of knowing what cards will work fine, will work with issues, or wont work at all.

There appears to be almost no pattern at all as to whats good to use, but generally speaking classes 2 and 4 seem to be the fastest and less likely to have issues, that is not a 100% answer, some folk sware by their class 10 cards but statistically you have a better chance with a 2 or 4.

A few of us have an idea on this, class 10 cards are rated at sustained sequential reads, one of the ways they achieve this effects the random access speed, which we think is what windows needs. i cant stress this enough BRAND DOESNT MATTER, you could have 2 identical cards from sandisk and one might not work, we think its down to different components within the cards

So to sum it all up

IF you can get a working SD card, and if your not too bothered about camera intigration issue and the odd issue with the market place then the HD2 runs WP7 perfectly

it remains to be seen what the first patch will do to us though

an there you have it...HD2 runs it so well for me, id almost consider it native....Sd and camera issues aside.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
haha that's an in-depth review ! Besides the weird sd card behaviour, it's feasable then, although I suspect omnias do have a class 10 card...

anyway the fact that it works ok on hd2's too makes me think that the 'not working' reports are just misinterpretations of what the application should do or improper usage. Again everybody that reported it doesn't work, please note:

- it doesn't allow to make general volume higher

- it doesn't allow to make media volume higher if some other application didn't lower it

- media volume is used by most application and zune to control background music and sometimes sounds too (so you can fine tune with this)

- there are applications that modify this volume at start. There are many of these that don't set it back when they exits (and that's one of the main uses of the application)

- at boot, you always have 100% media volume

- when connecting to zune or synching wirelessly (I think), it resets media volume to 100%

- while connected to zune, you can't alter volume

- it can't control in-call, notifications, alerts, ringtones, or door bell volume. I'm looking into controlling your dog bark, though
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] izsevinc:
i cant see links to download why dont you put links in first messages
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
There's the zune marketplace link in the first post, if you don't see it, maybe you have something wrong with your browser ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dazza9075:
Aye some class 10s do work, but im guessing they would have been cherry picked for the omnias.

This tool has helped with with bluetooth, ive been zapping my music via bluetooth to an FM transmitter to go to my car radio, before this tool it sounded terrible, but using this ive been able to fine tune what the output levels are to get the correct input level for the radio before it heads off to the amp
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Nice, that's another feature to add in the description for the next version.

I'm noticing most zero star reviews come from the german market (muell they say...). I'm wondering if the choice of wording in the german description is wrong, or if it's just a coincidence. Any german can take a look ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Last time I took a look (about 3 days ago after a new flash) the wording was absolutely correct. If it didn't change since then it's not the description that's mistaken but the people who download the app and expect it to do things WP7 simply doesn't allow or offer.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Thanks, my girlfriend did the translation for me, but then I added some stuff and thought I made a mess...

I was thinking for the next version to add a custom preset button, where you can set an arbitrary % to recall quickly and a button to play some test sound, to evaluate the volume setting... any suggestions ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dazza9075:
a test tone maybe useful, probably help some of the people having issues to hear the difference as they adjust the volume. use a custom button but id get rid of one of the presets, 6 presets including mute would be a bit much, 5 is plenty,

is there any way to control master volume, ie the volume our hardware buttons control at the tile/music screens? A swoosh right to have the same settings but for master volume would be good,

then bouncing some more ideas about how about some kind of master preset buttons to change all changable volumes, for example, in my bluetooth setup with my car i have to have 26 on main and 77 on media.. so presets for ear phones, in car, day to day and night time.... i dunno just some thoughts
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
I think the best idea would probably be to have those 5 presets, but let the use customize the middle 3, or even all 5...

The custom tone is just a random idea, I would have you select a song from your collection, but I'm not sure it's possible...

Lastly, unfortunately I've looked far and wide but didn't find absolutely anything to change any other sort of volume: master, in-call, etc... I actually wanted to give it a shot with the registry, but that would mean it won't work in some phones and will fail certification...

thanks for the feedback
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Custom presets

Version 1.4 with custom presets ready for submission to the marketplace, any suggestions before sending it ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ChrisvS:
yes it works XD
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
ah-ha, glad to see the poll is going the right way... v 1.4 should be certified and in the marketplace by monday, I hope.

Besides custom presets, I've added a Dispatcher that -I'm not so sure- should help in some cases or at least is needed to comply with programming directives...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Updated v 1.4 with custom presets

V 1.4 with custom presets has been published.

Anybody who had problems with previous versions could check again with this one, there are a couple of changes that could help, although I'm more inclined to think that failures are more due to improper usage or misunderstood capabilities...

next update should include a looping test sound with play/stop controls
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] menger:
cool update ! I've noticed you have to uninstall before updating the trial, but I guess it's only how the marketplace works ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Yep, that's something I guess they passed as a 'feature' but maybe they're going to change it with future updates. Probably thought about the standard trial-buy process and forgot about those application that are functional even in trial mode...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
soooo... Negative feedback keeps coming in from Australia, is this a coincidence or what ? Any Australian can confirm ?

Any thoughts on the update ? From the ad tracking I see most people haven't updated yet !!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Alright, just found out there are a few games that either reset volume to 100% or just use a different channel for their sound/music.

That should be the only cause of failure.

Please if you find the app doesn't work for you, post the name of the game you tested it with.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Quick update: an extensive analysis confirmed that it works _on every single phone model_.

Negative feedback is either due to misunderstanding the application capabilities or trying to use it with a game that resets media volume itself.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Coming up on monday (rough guess), the update with test sounds and some fixes
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
update is up. they seem to certify on sundays too now.

Anybody can confirm that the test sound doesn't play at all if the volume is too low (but not at zero) ? It happens on my omnia7 but not in the emulator.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Light theme

Whoops I've left the test sound button in white, even with the light theme (and got a warning for certification).

For those using it, the button is invisible but it's there under the slider on the right.

Please report how this update works for you
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Anybody has problems with the marketplace link ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
NoDo

I'm afraid the system update killed the functionality. I will look into restoring it, in the meantime, can anybody confirm ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Ok, I've just re-read the documentation updated to february and apparently the reason this program doesn't work anymore is because the whole idea behind it has been -partially- fixed.

You can't now alter the volume of zune music playback from another application/game (the change is ignored and reset to 100%). At the same time I've found out that with NoDo, you can mostly change the volume of your own application and that's it. I'm investigating the possibility of altering the volume in other ways, however since this application was born mainly to 'fix' an issue, which is now fixed in the system, I'm happy that way.

That said, I'd like to fine tune volume a tad more, especially on the lower spectrum. Keep you posted if I find anything.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Sorry guys, almost given up for now. There is no way to make it work with NoDo and even when I've tried to update the app on the marketplace with a notice about it, certification failed because IT DOESN'T WORK ON ALL PHONE MODELS ! Ah the irony, the old version has exactly that problem, and I was just going to put a notice about that....

I'll go back to my alchemic reactions for now. See you later !
[HD2 General] 3ammoura:
i have an htc hd2 i tryed yesterday to install android on it but i dint know how to do it :( anyone who wnats to help pleas contact me amro__12 at hotmail thanks guys :)
[HD2 General] stefan.snoop:
you need to download the Android and to extract to your SD Card root folder.that's it
[HD2 General] Archer:
There's a little bit more to it than that.

Have a read here... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=881958
[HD2 General] 3ammoura:
man what the **** is the root folder i tred to extract my androryd froyo supeream but it dint work !!!
[HD2 General] Archer:
When you open your SD card in explorer in Windows, it's there - just don't go into a sub-folder on your SD card.
[HD2 General] stefan.snoop:
what ROM you have or RADIO?maybe you need to upgrade your RADIO read that

(Root is just in SD Card not to make any folders and put it in)
[HD2 General] rikki123s:
First you need to check that you have the a compatible radio version (2.08.50 or above, I use 2.12.50.02_2, and that works perfectly). If you have not got a compatible radio, you need to flash the phone with HARDSPL3, and then flash the phone with a compatible radio.

Both HARDSPL3 and radios (such as 2.12.50.02_2) can be googled easily.

Once you have downloaded the files to your computer. Run HARDSPL3 and then the radio install files from your computer. Follow the instructions that each piece of these phone flash files tell you. It is fairly easy to do & fairly similar to jailbreaking an iPod Touch or iPhone.

Once you have done this. find yourself an Android build. If you're wanting to boot Android from your SD card, avoid NAND roms. If you are wanting to install Android onto the phones main memory (removing windows mobile), go for an NAND rom.

For installing to SD card (non-NAND): extract the Android build on your computer & then copy the folder 'android' to the main directory on your SD card (looking in File Explorer you would copy this to: "My Device/Storage Card", and no where else.

What you then want to do is open File Explorer on your phone (obviously after you have removed your phone from the computer). navigate to your SD card, go into the Android folder and press the CLRCAD.exe file. Nothing will visually happen, but that's ok. This is just getting the audio ready for Android.

Now click on haret.exe. you will then see a window saying 'booting linux kernel' and a load bar. Now let the phone do what it's gotta do for about 10 minutes. The first boot takes a while. After that you should have android running.

As for NAND installation (install in main memory, removing windows mobile): I have never done this so you are best googling this to make sure you do it correctly.

*I MUST WARN YOU THAT INSTALLING HARDSPL3 AND CUSTOM RADIOS MAY VOID YOUR WARRANTY. DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK* although saying so it won't do any harm to the phone. happy androiding :)
[EVO 4G Accessories] kronik420:
I'm thinking about getting the jawbone bluetooth era. I currently have the blueant q2 and have had a lot of different issues with it I've replaced it twice. I'm on my 3rd replacement no now the battery won't even last an hour i'm done with blue ant. But before I go and drop another 130.00 on another headset I wanted to see if anybody has the new jawbone and how god it is does it work great with the evo how dots it compare to the icon. Thank You
[EVO 4G Accessories] jorpe:
also very interested in this... I had the icon also and loved it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] ifly4vamerica:
Got one yesterday, works as good or better than the Icon and the voice caller id kicks butt! I recommend it, Best Buy has em and you have a 30 day return to work with. I say give it a shot you won't be dissapointed.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Brutal-Force:
Unless you have a problem with looks, the best bluetooth hands down is the Plantronic Voyager Pro or Pro Plus. End of story.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Compusmurf:
LOL and fit. Horrible fit for many of us that wear glasses.