I am looking for a way to add more advanced blend modes to my program (ones that I could define myself). How would you suggest going about this with Android?
Setting pixels individually is too slow to be a viable solution.
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Like me, many of you are switching to the Incredible from another, older, less awesome phone. Some of you may even be moving to the Inc because you've had it with your current phone. But before you consider taking out your frustrations on your old phone by answering the age-old question, "Will it blend?", consider donating your phone. There are many organizations that will put your old phone to good use. Here in Raleigh, NC, an organization called Interact helps victims of domestic violence and will accept donations of used cell phones. You can also donate your phone to be used by troops overseas. So before you think of just throwing away a piece of technology, consider how it may benefit someone else.
View 17 Replies View RelatedCan someone explain the diiference in these two apps. It looks to me that the App Killer is included in the Advanced Task Cleaner.
View 17 Replies View RelatedAndroid boot modes.I have searched but couldn't get concrete reference.
1) What are the different boot modes of Android?
a) Normal Power up.
b) Recovery Mode
c) Download Mode
i) Fastboot
ii) AP Fastboot
iii) BP SBF Flash
iv) BP Only
v) BP HW Diag & Boot AP
vi) BP Tools
2) What is the difference between these modes?
I think "recovery mode" clears cache, takes "update" from sdcard.But in "Download mode", we can use fastboot protocol to "Flash" the device.
I know several of you wrote your apps and games before 1.6 was out or before you had a trusty N1 or Droid to test on. This led to many apps that rely on compatibility mode, that is, a width (when portrait) that is always 320 to make things work out. For 3D games, this made our games continue to work because when the games are run full resolution, our 1.5-compliant textures get scaled up automatically and become non power-of-two, causing white or black wherever a texture should be drawn (and then users complain that our games are nothing but white!)Well I wasn't very worried about it and I still have a few games in compatibility mode but recently a user contacted me, telling me that one of my games (Light Racer 3D) and a few other 3D games were all white on his Droid. I asked him if he had ever run any kind of tweak utility and he said that when he first got his phone, he installed an app called "Spare Parts" and played with some settings on it. Apparently one of the settings disabled compatibility mode and runs everything full-res, breaking many of our apps and games. Of course users don't know that's what they are doing. They think they are somehow unlocking their phone's potential that their evil carriers didn't give them access to. If only they understood!First of all, if you're the author of "Spare Parts", that's a bad idea. Please don't give users that option. Nothing good can come of it.Second, since there will probably always be some kind of tweak app out there that allows for disabling compatibility mode, it's in your best interest as a developer to update your old apps and make them work at every resolution. Counting on compatibility mode in the long term is a bad idea I think.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've had my brand new Droid Incredible for less than a day. It replaced a BlackBerry Curve that I had for several years and really liked. One nice feature the BB had was that it would shift from ringing mode to vibrate mode by simply slipping it into its case. Absolutely nothing had to be done to the device itself, other than configuring it to do this. Given that Android phones don't have this feature, what is the simplest and quickest way to move around among ring, vibrate, and silent modes of operation? Any way to do it with a single tap or two?
View 8 Replies View Relatedne0fhyk has created an app (root required) that will allow you to choose which keyboard you want to use in each orientation. i've always felt the stock keyboard was far superior in landscape mode, while swype was ideal for portrait.
View 3 Replies View RelatedJust wondering if any of the ROMs re-added the old 2.1 feature where you could switch from Volume on, to Vibrate only, to Silent mode on the phone. Since 2.2 it's either Vibrate with sound or vibrate in silent, and you have to edit the settings menu itself to get "just" silent or "just vibrate. Do any ROMs add this functionality?
View 6 Replies View RelatedMy fathers phone got the OTA update to version 8 ever since his vibrate functions in games ringers etc has just vanished. The phone has been reset via settings>privacy>factory data reset twice. And i still cant get the vibrate functions from haptatic keyboard or ringers to work. He needs the vibration stuff back for work. If i cant figure it out it will have to be returned as nonfunctioning so unless im totally missing something
this is all of our first android phones my 2 sisters and my mothers ota worked fine i have the v9 update from the updater but my father ota just messed up i guess
Here are the settings I am trying out as my "Power Saver Mode" for my HTC Magic (Rogers). Not sure yet how much of a difference this whole set up will actually make, but I'll try to make it a scientific study. Please take a look, I am interested in comments on the setup in general, and on individual settings (ie. will a particular setting really make that much of a difference to the over-all power usage?).As of the moment I changed all these settings, my battery is at 97% (After I turned on my phone this morning, all these settings were previously opposite so i could get my email, etc).
1. Screen Brightness 15%
2. WiFi = OFF
3. GPS = OFF
4. Auto-sync = OFF
5. "Enable always on mobile" = OFF
6. Background Data Usage = OFF
7. Use only 2G Networks = YES
I am also using these apps:
"TasKiller" to kill BG apps
"Useful Switchers" to modify settings.
It would be nice if there were an app that could work like the power setup in the system tray of Windows where you can choose different power modes for your laptop. A simple app with a Power Saver Mode, Balanced Mode, and Power User Mode that could all be set by the user.It would be nice to be able to run the app, choose the "Power Saver" mode and have it automatically change all the settings as I've listed them above, and then be able to choose "Power User" to reverse them easily so I don't have to go through all the separate steps to do it myself.
I got my samsung galaxy S today and when i wanted to put some movies and music to my phone internal memory (because i do not have micro sd card yet) and when i connect it to PC it doesn't show USB modes it looks like it has only one selection to KIES ant it shows that black screen with big usb plug in the middle of the display, so where is all Internet and mass storage selections ?
View 1 Replies View RelatedCan someone explain a couple of very simple concepts to me - I'm interested in mobile devices running android and how they are identified over networks. Some scenarios: Device is connected over WiFi - presumably the device has a standard IP address as with any host and can communicate with any other android host over TCP/IP (assuming it knows the participating device's IP? device is connected over bluetooth - how are devices identified in this case? device is connected over mobile operator's network - this is the one I'm interested in and confused by - is there anyway for two or more devices to discover each other and communicate via the mobile operator's network? How does a device communicate with a backend server in this scenario? In other words, how do apps and devices communicate when not connected to a WiFi network?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am finding it hard to understand the exact circumstances in which each the various launch modes would be used in Android.
View 1 Replies View Relatedadvanced task killer? or the other one called task killer? and what else is out there to see whats running as far as apps and services?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI see a lot of people recommending the Advanced Task Killer app and I was wondering what benefits there are to be had from installing it? The only widget I have running is the Calendar and all I have on my "home" screen is HTC People, Messages, Gmail, Market, Internet and email. Is this really necessary in my case?
View 13 Replies View RelatedWhat I want to do, is to make a software to resolve the following Android issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1215
2009/5/31 kankunb...@gmail.com <kankunb...@gmail.com>
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So i just got the app and it is worth the money but im having issues with the fact that wen it automatically ends the tasks it ends my voice and data services as well so wen it does this i dont get calls or texts or anything. Does anyone have some kind of list of what apps and processes should be on the excluded no matter wat? I could really use this. Help please!
View 9 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know if there is built in support for more advanced camera functionality within the Android API? I am speaking specifically about settings such as: Pseudo ISO Shutter Speed Aperture
Since the image is raw I have been planning on doing it in a post processing step as that is the common approach with digital imaging, yet I do not want to waste time recreating something which already exists. If anyone knows of a built in functionality in the Android 2 API.
I'm writing a small program, it can show and manager all files and folder in the android mobile. Now I get a problem need to help, when I click to a file icon, example a audio, i want the audio player can run and play it.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to create a gradient drawable to depict a ratio of something. As a general example, lets say you were looking at a listview containing a fleet of cars. The background could be a fuel gauge - I don't want a smooth, wide transition. I want a very tight transition, and I want to be able to set where that transition takes place.
Here's what I'm staring with, but I'm not getting very far.
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I enabled my task killer on my Droid 2, and now cannot for the life of me get it turned off.
View 2 Replies View RelatedNot sure how to use it. When I tick a selected app such as broswer does that mean I'm saving battery or osmthing? The more you tick the more battery you save? Or is it the opposite?
View 6 Replies View RelatedHow often do you run Advanced Task Killer when you use your phone? And why don't they just make android where you can just exit an application and not need to run ATK?
View 14 Replies View RelatedI'm fed up with the stock player on my Samsung Captivate, and I have tried both doubleTwist and Cubed (now called Rockon?) and neither has impressed me much. Thus, I am looking for something with more functionality.I have two main requirements (requests?):
1. Need some way to rescan my library without restarting my phone.
If I add music from somewhere on the internet or from an app, I want the app to be able to see that something has changed, scan my music again, and update my library.Now, all I can do is either restart my phone (sometimes works) or connect it to my computer and do it manually.
2. ID3 tag editor
Sometimes you notice an error and want to change it. I have a separate program to do this as of now, and I would love to do it within my music app. It just makes sense.Now I've read about MixZing, as it satisfies #2 and everyone seems to like it, but I'm worried about #1.Anyone have any personal experience with MixZing or another player that would implement these two things?
First post, just registered, thought it'd be a great idea since I have the Droid. Have had the Advanced Task Manager and I love it, but it seems as though when I end all tasks(which I usually do to save time from individually picking which ones should be ended), it might mess with my network/system processes. I recently did a factory reset because my GPS wasn't tracking my location well. I tried to just power off the phone and see if my GPS could locate me, but it couldn't. When I first got the phone the GPS would pick me up and track me if I was moving just like that. I was afraid the task manager could have messed something up with my network processes. Any ideas?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI downloaded Advanced Task Manager and read this article and it didn't really explain how to use the auto-kill function. Of the five tabs, I can't figure out how to take advantage of it. I've been using ATK, but I'd rather stick to just one app. Which one has worked better for you? And how do I take advantage of ATM's auto-kill?
View 31 Replies View RelatedI wonder how you can make an advanced Android User interface where you can add for example a drag drop and more graphics options? is that by using OpenGl ?!
this is example of UI in iPhone Apps.
example 1
example 2
I just FR my Incredible to try to improve the battery life, and the battery widget I used to have by HTC Corporation is no longer in the Market! Does anyone else have suggestions for the best widget they've found? I liked the HTC widget because you could see more details when you clicked the icon as well as the relatively small icon size. Also, is it really better to not install Advanced Task Killer??
View 12 Replies View RelatedWhen I kill tasks in ATC and then hold the home button, it still shows apps running. What's up with that?
View 10 Replies View RelatedI just want to know how detect that the activity or service has been killed by the advanced task killer? I was expecting the onDestroy method to be called, but it doesnt!
My app starts the background service on boot. The activity is not started except from menu. But its name appears in the advanced task killer list. When I try to kill it, it doesnt call the onDestroy method neither the service's.