Hello all,
I am often in a hurry when I need to note a new appointment, and the default time picker on the HD2 is nice and flashy but you sometimes need to scroll the weel of the minutes quite a lot in order to pick the correct time.
My questions:
1) Does anyone know a solution in order to replace or disable this default time picker completely? To input the numbers with the virtual keyboard would be ok.
2) Is there a trick or a .cab that could at least show only every 5 minutes on the time picker wheel instead of every minutes? Showing 05, 10, 15, ... on the wheel of the minutes would be more than enough and would help to scroll much less (who needs to take an appointment at 10:02?).
Best regards,
Krakken77
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Another question..!
Second to the top bar, I have phoneAlarm running. Is it possible to 'freeze' this (or any other) plugin whilst the rest scroll as normal?
Something similar to 'freeze panes'; 'split window' in MS Excel/Word
Thanks
Generally no. But check out OdeeanRDeathshead's plugin. It's a genius solution for his plugin.
Others - I have other solutions in mind, but not for release yet
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It could probably be done. I think the easiest way would be to keep track of scrolling of the today window and force an order change in the items to keep the one of interest on top. The work would come when trying to avoid sudden movements after the change and automaticly scrolling the window back to the position you had it when the today screen resets.
Or perhaps someone could find out how the date stays stationary?
personaly I think that microsoft did the wrong thing allowing scrolling. The purpose of the today screen is to have something always visible not to let it go out of sight.
Yes, I was thinking of something like how the date line was acheived to be static...
In fact, for me, having a particular today plugin static would be because I have to scroll to view my full Today screen. Stuff like appointments and tasks are unpredictable in size- therefore changing the length of that particular plugin and of course shifting anything underneath out of site.
Where is the setting that sets the lockscreen timeout to 15 seconds? I still have a huge issue with pocket dialing and would love to adjust it down to 2 seconds (improve battery life as well). I know that it's not in the apk since the default android timeout is the same with the htclockscreen deleted.
Is this a kernel issue that can't be addressed until the source is released?
Thanks for your time.
tstack77 said:
Where is the setting that sets the lockscreen timeout to 15 seconds? I still have a huge issue with pocket dialing and would love to adjust it down to 2 seconds (improve battery life as well). I know that it's not in the apk since the default android timeout is the same with the htclockscreen deleted.
Is this a kernel issue that can't be addressed until the source is released?
Thanks for your time.
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The timeout should be in the display section of settings.
It actually most likely is part of the apk. HTC modified the settings apk to add the scenes feature in there. Most likely they either modified that part too or, even more likely, they just read the settings for the lock screen in their lock screen apk. Either way, this is what would need to be modified to allow for adjusting of the timeout. Now, that said, there may be a plethor of other places that need to be modified to allow for this change to actually work. Right now this would be a lower priority.
There is already a 15sec lockout option. Go Menu>Sound & Display>Screen Timeout (will be at the bottom of the page).
chuckhriczko said:
The timeout should be in the display section of settings.
It actually most likely is part of the apk. HTC modified the settings apk to add the scenes feature in there. Most likely they either modified that part too or, even more likely, they just read the settings for the lock screen in their lock screen apk. Either way, this is what would need to be modified to allow for adjusting of the timeout. Now, that said, there may be a plethor of other places that need to be modified to allow for this change to actually work. Right now this would be a lower priority.
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So you're saying that on a vanilla build of android there is a setting for the lockscreen timeout, and that the default android lockscreen is part of the settings.apk?
There is already a 15sec lockout option. Go Menu>Sound & Display>Screen Timeout (will be at the bottom of the page).
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Not the screen timeout, the lockscreen timeout. In my pocket the menu button can be pressed, then pressed again within a 15 second window to wake the device and magically start dialing. I would like to cut that 15 seconds down to a realistic 2-3 seconds.
That's a good idea and I'm interested to hear if it's possible.
tstack77 said:
Not the screen timeout, the lockscreen timeout. In my pocket the menu button can be pressed, then pressed again within a 15 second window to wake the device and magically start dialing. I would like to cut that 15 seconds down to a realistic 2-3 seconds.
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Why not just setup a unlock pattern?
gu1dry said:
Why not just setup a unlock pattern?
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Have you actually tried using one for even just a day...what a giant PITA
tstack77 said:
Have you actually tried using one for even just a day...what a giant PITA
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I've used the unlock pattern since I purchased the phone, which I got my phone 9 Oct 09...
gu1dry said:
I've used the unlock pattern since I purchased the phone, which I got my phone 9 Oct 09...
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I commend you then, I didn't last an hour inputting the damn thing every few minutes just to read a text message...but of course I don't need my phone to be that secure so the annoyance > necessity
That said, the lockscreen should be able to accommodate the both of us, and I'm just looking for a solution that works for me.
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I commend you then, I didn't last an hour inputting the damn thing every few minutes just to read a text message...but of course I don't need my phone to be that secure so the annoyance > necessity
That said, the lockscreen should be able to accommodate the both of us, and I'm just looking for a solution that works for me.
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And I was simply suggestion a possible solution. Also I have my lockscreen timeout set to 1min.
My personal recommendation: follow the directions in the thread on deleting unwanted apps to root your Hero, remount the filesystem so you can delete HtcLockScreen.apk, then buy LockbotPro & install it instead. The current version is a little buggy in the way it handles reboots (after you reboot, the Android non-HTC lockscreen becomes re-enabled and "first in line"), but it's not too hard to fix when it happens, and it works wonderfully the rest of the time.
To fix it after rebooting, you basically swat away the default Android lockscreen (menu-menu), launch Lockbot, launch its settings menu, un-check "enable lockbot", return to home, relaunch Lockbot, launch its settings menu, re-check "enable lockbot", and you're done. Looking at the changelog, it appears that the bug I just described is a fairly recent new bug, and it looks like the author is releasing updates every couple of days trying to fix it.
Note that Lockbot will "kind of" work if you don't root & delete HTC's lockscreen... but it won't work well because HTC's lockscreen is pretty aggressive about defending its turf. It's a night & day difference. (Sorry if I sound like a broken record, but as they say... there's no zealot like the reformed sinner. If I'd known how easy it would be to fix the #1 thing I hated about my Hero, I'd have done it the afternoon the first "how to root the CDMA Hero" hit the net
I can definitely say that my overall happiness & satisfaction increased dramatically after I did it. It sounds petty, but HTC's dysfunctional/useless lock screen (backed up by Android1.5's annoying & tedious default) really did annoy me to the point where I was starting to dislike my Hero. Rooting & replacing them with Lockbot really made a difference.
Thanks for the recommendation, nice to see I'm not the only one annoyed with the default lockscreen issue.
I tried out LockBot all day yesterday but it still has one major flaw, any/every button will wake the device (not just 'menu' and 'power'). Each time I pulled the phone out of my pocket the screen was on, pretty sure it's the trackball constantly getting tapped in my pocket.
Had to delete it due to battery drain. Still looking for a solution
I find some alatm/clock but it is so complicate with many options or they dont have option that I need.
Alarm/reminder need to be simple and have options to repeat alarm (yearly,month,weekly...), and auto repeat alert when is not see and off alarm.
And need to have list of all appointments.
thanks.
ptravelalarm is the one i've been using for a few years now
Moved as not software release.
I just want a reminder thing that actually reminds me. Any suggestions? The installed calendar fails miserably in this respect. I added Calendar Event to the phone, and that doesn't fit the bill either. I downloaded COL reminder, but it seems I need to load them all into the program, instead of it reading my calendar reminders. My WM6.1 phone did just fine with this; add an appointment or reminder, even make it repeat every other day, and it actually reminded me! At the selected time! Even Palm had this figured out.
I have tried setting different ring tones, setting it to vibrate all the time, setting test reminders between 2-30 minutes from when I type in the reminder. No consistent success. I have a cyclic reminder set for 0755 every morning to show me a Bible verse. I get pretty task saturated by then, so it's a good opportunity to stop and breathe. However, I don't see the reminder until hours later, usually when a second reminder for the day has popped up. What gives? Has anyone tried Nudnik?
Annoying isn't it? It's another one of those things that any Nokia brick from ten years ago did better. Makes you wonder if we're going forward or backwards.
isn't android already have an alarm in the clock application??
Hi, I'm using Energy Cookie Rom, I'd like to postpone the reminder for a time period which I choose when its popped up, but I can't see any option at the reminder window, just "snooze" and "dissmiss" . Before TD2 I used to use Jam with WM 6.1 and when I press to snooze button, it used to give me a time table to snooze so that I could pick one of them. I couldnt find anything about it in calendar settings too. Any idea to help me to do it ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5089457&postcount=274
Thank you very much Fighter, thats exactly was what I've been looking for.
MX Player is awesome and I really need this feature. I would legit pay 100 bucks for this.
I would like to be able to set a seek interval (5 seconds) for any swipe length I do. Basically i just want to be able to swipe left or right and know that its going to FF or REW 5 seconds without having to worry about whether I was precise enough to get 5 seconds.
I do a lot of match reviews for a game me and my friends play, and I constantly have to rewind 5 seconds to review how a situation came about. Having to constantly swipe and make sure i didnt swipe too hard so i went back 15 seconds or I didnt swipe hard enough and only went back 1 seconds is a huge frustration.
I know you have the seek arrows, but they are small and actually difficult to hit every single time (bad dexterirty). Also the interface buttons obscure the match as I'm trying to watch it, so I really can't use it at all.
If you could just give an option that any swipe left = 5 seconds and any swipe right = 5 seconds I would be extremely happy.
Can you do this please?
If anyone else knows how to already accomplish what I'm after in some way, I'll gladly paypal you $100 for the help.
Thanks!
Adam.a.ray said:
MX Player is awesome and I really need this feature. I would legit pay 100 bucks for this.
I would like to be able to set a seek interval (5 seconds) for any swipe length I do. Basically i just want to be able to swipe left or right and know that its going to FF or REW 5 seconds without having to worry about whether I was precise enough to get 5 seconds.
I do a lot of match reviews for a game me and my friends play, and I constantly have to rewind 5 seconds to review how a situation came about. Having to constantly swipe and make sure i didnt swipe too hard so i went back 15 seconds or I didnt swipe hard enough and only went back 1 seconds is a huge frustration.
I know you have the seek arrows, but they are small and actually difficult to hit every single time (bad dexterirty). Also the interface buttons obscure the match as I'm trying to watch it, so I really can't use it at all.
If you could just give an option that any swipe left = 5 seconds and any swipe right = 5 seconds I would be extremely happy.
Can you do this please?
If anyone else knows how to already accomplish what I'm after in some way, I'll gladly paypal you $100 for the help.
Thanks!
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Hi,
MX player already has the option to control seeking speed. Kindly go do settings > Player > Navigation & Set the seek speed to a lower value like 2sec/cm.
Thirumalai.K said:
Hi,
MX player already has the option to control seeking speed. Kindly go do settings > Player > Navigation & Set the seek speed to a lower value like 2sec/cm.
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I understand what you are saying and i agree, you can set the seek speed per cm.
What I am asking for is an option to remove the per cm portion. I want to be able to swipe and know for a fact that my swipe will result in a set interval rewind. I dont want to have to swipe precisely and verify how far I'm swiping. I just want to be able to quickly perform the swipe and know it's going to go back 5 seconds.
I rewind constantly to review specific parts of the video I'm watching and it is such a pain to not be able to very quickly swipe and go back 5 seconds. I just need an option to go back 5 seconds regardless of how far I swipe. If it detects a swipe to the left, it goes back X number of seconds.
I know there is a setting like this for the rewind button, but that forces you to keep the button overlay on the video (obscures the video if you want to keep it up at all times) and its actually hard to hit consistently when you are rewinding over and over.
Please allow me to go back 5 seconds by swiping regardless of how far i drag my finger.