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Hello, I wonder if it's possible to show the cell broadcast info (channel 050 for the actual location) in Manila 2.5 just like in Nokia mad phones...I know that exist an old old today plugin but it doesn't work well and of course it's not Manila "compliant".
Alternatively is there a way (an app) to get the location name from GPS and show it in Manila (near the operator name)?
Thanks and regards
Andrea
any chance to find a solution for this issue?
Have a look at CHTS Loco - location based on cell information and narrowed down further by proximity to remembered wireless hubs (so it can even pinpoint which room you are in in your house!). Keep watching it because the dev is working on GPS integration, but GPS use brings with it serious battery drain so current way is excellent. Should be pretty easy to produce a simple widget to display cell based location - I'll look into it.
Dunc001 said:
Have a look at CHTS Loco - location based on cell information and narrowed down further by proximity to remembered wireless hubs (so it can even pinpoint which room you are in in your house!). Keep watching it because the dev is working on GPS integration, but GPS use brings with it serious battery drain so current way is excellent. Should be pretty easy to produce a simple widget to display cell based location - I'll look into it.
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Unfortunaltey CHTS Loco doesn't "show" the location in the home screen, it "just" allows to perform a location change triggered event if I didn't missunderstand....
just the name of your location? why you don't use the location based service from htc? shows you the current location in/around the clock and weather animation?
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just the name of your location? why you don't use the location based service from htc? shows you the current location in/around the clock and weather animation?
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Yes, buy it updates the data minimun every 15 minutes....
Hello,
I recently bought a LG Optimus 7 and I have all the latest updates (NoDo) and I also developer unlocked my phone.
Anyway, when I tried to use apps with live tiles from the marketplace (Wheather Bug, The weather channel etc.), none of them were updating.
The MS ones (Contacts, Pictures, Hotmail, SMS and Xbox Live) are working fine.
I already searched on the internet and I did the following thins to get them working again:
- Reinstalled the apps
- Turned the push service on and off (Weather Bug)
- Un- and repinned the apps
- Restarted the phone
- Used a registry editor to empty two folders
- Waited
However, nothing seems to help.
I really don't want to have to do a hard reset. Is there anything else one could try?
EDIT: Also I live in Germany and my phone is set to German etc. I have WiFi and in the bar at the top it always says "H" but I don't know what this stands for (HSDPA?)
Well it seems to work now after I pinned the Messenger app to the start screen (which is also a live tile).
However, I still have a little problem with Weather Bug.
When I installed the app I searched for my city and it found a weather station not very near to where I live. However, I clicked "save" and was then given the ability to name the weather station and also to change the weather station. I changed this to a weather station that is nearer to my home and I also changed the name of this city.
Within the app, it now says the name of my city like it should. However, the live tile still shows the name of the original weather station (which is not saved in the app anymore), but the weather info (the icon and the temperature) match the data for my city within the app.
Is there any way to change the name that is displayed on the live tile?
same problem here (HTC HD7) !!
Yeah my Live Tiles stopped working again. That means all but the MS ones. The Messenger app also does not update the live tile.
EDIT: well now it works again. I guess I'll never understand how this works.
Also I now use WeatherDuck instead of Weather Bug. Weather Duck correctly displays my current city name although I think the current temperature is not as correct as in the weatherbug app.
Hi, same problem here HTC Hub tile not updating and so as other 3rd party application's tiles.
any suggestion what weather applicaiton is good?
cheers...
I tried the same registry trick witk LG optimus 7 but live tiles never start...
Hello everyone.
Free GPS signal monitoring tool.
The application is called GPS Monitor Free by Illyrium & can be found and downloaded freely from the market.
GPS Monitor Free
The application is also available with a BUNCH OF EXTRA FEATURES as Premium, GPS Monitor Premium
What the app does - it activates itself as soon as GPS is in use and deactivates when GPS is no longer in use.
While GPS is in use, the app shows a notification icon that can be customized to show sats in view, sats in fix The app can be configured to show more types of location details in the notification, including a complete custom mode showing lon,lat,speed,accuracy,gps time, sats in view/ sats in fix.
UP TO 3 NOTIFICATION ICONS visible in the same time showing satellites in view/fix, accuracy of the fix, current speed.
Premium features: customize various audio notifications on events like gps on, gps off, fix, lost fix;
GPS Keepalive function for a period of time after GPS receiver is no longer in use.
A list with active applications currently using the GPS receiver.
Ability to choose and change the NTP server to help the GPS get a faster fix (root needed).
Full list of internation NTP server added.
Pro version supports now external plugins.
New GPS tools added in premium version - user can do a full reset of the GPS:
* Reset GPS - clean XTRA data
* Inject GPS Time from NTP server
* Re-download XTRA data and inject it
Widget allowing to quickly Reset GPS,Inject NTP time and download & inject XTRA.
Quickly resetting the GPS without launching an external app comes handy to a lot of users when the GPS receiver takes too long to lock on satellites.
&& a lot more features in development right now.
If you have any ideas, you are more than welcome to share them with me and I'll try to implement them as soon as possible.
IMPORTANT
I need volunteers for translations in Spanish, Italian, German & any other possible language. In exchange I offer the GPS Monitor Premium for free, and access to all beta versions of the app and Plugins
Project can be translated here:
http://crowdin.net/project/gps-monitor
(link is expired - crowdin is nice but too expensive for a project that small, please contact me directly if you would like to help with translations)
In progress
GPS Plugins in development
Normal/Conservative feature development abandoned since disabling GPS is not possible on all ROMs.
Update
1.1.0.38 premium
- Increased stability
- Keepalive can be activated up to 24 Hours
- Keepalive notification can be toggled from the menu
1.1.0.30 premium & free
- increased notification icon precision (5,10,15,20,25, 50, 100)
- Custom notification (Dashboard) is visible on both white and black android theme
1.1.0.28 premium
- MULTIPLE NOTIFICATION ICONS SUPPORT (1 main + 2 extra)
- Options to customise second and third notification icon
- Extra notification icon can show
* satelittes
* accuracy
* speed
- Icons optimised - smaller apk
1.1.0.27 free & premium changes
- increased stability of the service
- fixed crashes of the service on some devices
- added Share by mail, social networks, etc.. in the main application menu
1.0.9 free
- Notification icon can now show speed and accuracy
- Address is resolved in idle mode (if internet connection available)
- French translation added.
- bug-fixes
1.1.0.24 premium
- Fixed BusyBox detection - no more FC on GPS Tools tab
- Improved gps config file editing method
- Added new GPS Tools
* Reset GPS Data (Clear XTRA)
* Inject GPS Time from NTP server
* Download XTRA data
- Added Widget allowing the user to quickly reset GPS Data, Injecting NTP time and re-downloading XTRA data if available
1.0.9 premium
- Increased stability
- Tools GPS tab added
Ability to configure custom GPS NTP server (root required)
Full international NTP servers list added into the app
- Notification icon can now show SPEED
- Address is resolved in idle mode (if internet connection available)
- French translation added.
- External plugin support added (plugins coming soon)
- bug-fixes
1.0.7 Internal engine completely rewritten - increased stability;List preferences selection bug fix.
Pro: Experimental GPS Keepalive functionality added.
1.0.6 Major Update. All icons changes. Bugs fixed.
1.0.5 FIXED looping GPS interfacing bug on some devices (hopefully this applies or all or most of the existing devices)
Fixed latitude/longitude conversion.
1.0.4 Stabilized passive location info functions.
Getting location data (lat/lng, accuracy, addr) is faster & optimized. Fixed crashes/GPS restarting bug on some devices.
1.0.3 App updated.
Now functions on android >=1.6;
A bunch of new features added & preferences. Use can choose what the notification icon displays.
Latitude & longitude are correctly displayed now.
1.0.2 Application updated.
All notification icons changed, only locked satellites are now displayed, and latitude/longitude as soon as they are available.
1.0.1 I have updated the application and fixed some bugs.
Fixed GPS left in use bug after closing on some devices. GPS Icon reaction improved.
The application uses now a lot less resources.
Cheers,
Adrian (Illyrium)
Here the link: GPS Monitor Free
So you don't have to look at +50 pages
Sorry it does'nt activate the GPS on my Desire. GPS was still on
dragonro said:
Hello everyone.
Free GPS signal monitoring tool.
The application is called GPS Monitor Free by Illyrium & can be found and downloaded freely from the market.
What the app does - it activates itself as soon as GPS is in use and deactivates when GPS is no longer in use. While GPS is in use, the app shows a notification icon with the satellites in view. For the moment this is all that the app does, but I am working to add some other features to it.
The app is free for the moment - and will be free (even the pro version) for everyone that helps me my sending me bugs/features.
If you have any ideas, you are more than welcome to send them to me an I will try to implement them as soon as possible.
Cheers,
Adrian (Illyrium)
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Nice app, nice to be able to see how many sattelites I'm connected to right in the status bar, beats having to open a seperate app to check
Working on HD2 with TyphooN_CM7_v3.3.7.
reef2009 said:
Sorry it does'nt activate the GPS on my Desire. GPS was still on
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U have to open a third party app like GPS Status or Google Maps.
icke said:
U have to open a third party app like GPS Status or Google Maps.
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I tested with google Maps but no GPS activation.
Maps keeps asking to activate GPS in settings... So I did...
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What the app does - it activates itself as soon as GPS is in use and deactivates when GPS is no longer in use.
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The service itself is activating...but the service doesn't aktivate GPS.
Nice App! Is it possible to change the color according to the status searching for sats = yellow / fix = green?
Hi,
Installed on my DHD with CM7 and it works perfectly. I really like the little notification telling you that service is actually switched on and off when you open and close apps, does this show that my GPS unit is actively seeking sats or just your service? I need to have a test on the open road as i am sat in the office at the moment and can only see 1 sat. I'll have a look and see if i am getting much drain.
Personally, my suggestion would be to have a option to have a timeout on the notification icon and keep the info in the drag down drawer as it is at the moment. I don't really need to know that GPS is active but i often find myself wondering if i have a good fix when Maps has me driving in the sea.
On Garmin-Asus A50 it works ok, exept u get a notice "GPS position changed" wich notice will not go away.
number of fixed sats instead of sats i can see
Hi,
I think that number of fixed Sats gives better information than number of sats i can see. I am currently using GPS Status program to see how many sats are fixed when i am using GPS program without feature that can show fixed sats. Your program with notification in the bar will be definitively better alternative.
Nice little program OP, can't see the PRO version in the Market though
I just installed the app and so far it's working ok... I like knowing how many satellites are locked in.. I believe this is an app that has been needed for some time.. I'll be interested to see how much battery it uses.. I'll be looking forward to more updates..
Edit: my phone info.. Droid X running Liberty v .8
Hi,
nice app. Thanks.
But logo in taskbar ist hard to read (grey/green). Not enough contrast.
Maybee you can change logo for better readability.
Thanks schrej
schrej said:
Hi,
nice app. Thanks.
But logo in taskbar ist hard to read (grey/green). Not enough contrast.
Maybee you can change logo for better readability.
Thanks schrej
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+1 for better icons
certainly do like this app
working fine on both Samsung Galxy S II, HTC Desire and HD2!
thanks!
schrej said:
Hi,
nice app. Thanks.
But logo in taskbar ist hard to read (grey/green). Not enough contrast.
Maybee you can change logo for better readability.
Thanks schrej
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agree, was going to get on and suggest this exactly...
little hard to read/see.
maybe just a black background?
however, a great utility! THANKS!
works great on samsung captivate running cm7 nightly. Shows all the sats that im connected to.. Great app thx
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If you have any ideas...
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Please add a 1x1 widget that allows me to clear GPS data and redownload with a single tap. I'd tap it before entering Maps so that I can have some super fast precise location results.
reef2009 said:
Here the link:
Sorry it does'nt activate the GPS on my Desire. GPS was still on
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Thanks for the link
The application is supposed to be passive, the notification icon won't be visible unless the GPS is in use actively by an application (eg. Google Maps)
Description
Get speed information and speeding alerts for your Google Navigation!
Trial features:
- Display overlay with speed information on your screen
- Display last two digits of your speed in notification area
- Choose between km/h and mph
- Starts automatically when connected to car dock
Pro features:
- Speeding alerts
- Smart alert volume adjusting to background noise
- Configurable speed overlay behaviour (hide, show only if Navigation is running)
- Trial notice removal
- And you will support independent developer and encourage me to add new awesome features!
This is a beta version supported via xda-developers forums, but e-mail communication is also available, especially for Pro users customer support.
Download
gMapsSpeed (Google Play)
gMapsSpeed Pro (Google Play)
Changelog
Code:
0.5:
- Since new version of Google Maps does not allow me to detect if navigation is running, the feature was replaced with "Only show speed overlay if Maps are running"
0.4:
- Due to new Google Play policies, PayPal payment option had to be removed
- Holo theme implemented
0.3:
- Fixed performance issues
- Option to hide notification icon
0.2:
- Market license support
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Description
- Speeding alerts
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What data are those based on? There's no speed data available in Google Maps so you do need some source to determine the allowed speed, what is that source?
Currently, it is the simple user-defined threshold system that is also used by some HUD-style applications, but I'm trying to implement something smarter for later releases .
hm, too bad, makes it pretty much useless
We will see what I'll figure out - having database of speeds is impossible with my budget, but I have some ideas how to make it better. But I personally use the threshold system, and it is actually not bad and it saved me from some unmeant speeding situations. And do not forget, that car's speedometer shows about 5% lower speeds compared to reality, so you know by sound when you reached the actual speed.
where i live there's no general speed limit but limits are different all the time (30,50,60,70,80,90,100,110,120,130) so manual tresholds just won't do it :-(
Oh, I see :-(
Just a small update today. The speed alerts will be improved later.
Changelog
0.2:
- Market license support
Like the app, just what I need. After minor update the app freezes however.
In what situation?
No exception. The first version worked flawlessly. This version gets stuck as soon as you open it.
Is there a way to revert to the first version? That one worked.
HTC Incredible S. Standard OS Android 2.3.5
Oh, I see it. Will resolve it ASAP.
Got a solution! I will implement one little feature and publish the update later today. Thanks for reporting!
Hey OP...
Quick question...I purchased the app in the market and on my phone i opened the beta app and registered it, now my question is why does the app in my app drawer still say beta? Did I not register correctly? Please help
The app is still in beta stage, but your purchase authorized you to use the Pro features. As it makes it to final version, you will get all the new features with no extra charge .
The update is here!
Changelog
0.3:
- Fixed performance issues
- Option to hide notification icon
App works again, performance issue fixed. Thank you for the swift response.
Found this app on the market and I have a question about the pro version. The main feature I like about pro is only showing the overlay when navigation is running. The only major problem is that it keeps the GPS active even if navigation isn't being used.
Are there any future plans for implementing a feature that will auto start this app when the navigation app is opened, along with closing it when navigation ends? This will prevent from having to manually open and close an additional app each time.
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This is not easy to handle since Android does not tell you when app has been started. Only way I can think of is some service, but it might cause serious battery drain. But I can turn off the GPS if not visible. It might help.
I'd imagine, if it's possible it would only be for root users. I'm not a dev, just brainstorming really. The overlay looks great and it's 2nd to none right now.
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AmberHome Weather is a weather app that will show weather forecast data from the yr.no weather feed.
Release version now available in PlayStoreAmberHome Weather Free
Pro Version: AmberHome Weather Plus
Additional Iconsets: AmberHome Weather IconSets
I would be glad if you can test this app and tell me how you like it.
If you want to help to translate the app please register at GetLocalization.com and then go to this URL: AHWeather at GetLocalization
Translating the app should be very easy with this great community web tool. Thanks for your help.
If you like you can visit the AmberHome blog where I will add some news from time to time and follow me on Google+ if you like.
Unlike other weather apps AHWeather does not depend on cities. Every location in the world can be used, just search for it. The location search is the standard Android geolocation search and it is very powerful. You can edit some data for a location like name and country name. Additionally there is a field for the altitude of the location. Normally you can leave this to 0 which means the weather site will choose the altitude itself. Maybe this field will be removed for the release version since for most cases it is not needed.
About the weather data:
The weather data comes from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. Yr.no is one of the last weather sites that provide weather data for free even for commercial use. Unlike some other weather feeds yr.no only has forecast data and no current condition! This means that everywhere in the app where current conditions are displayed (like in the widget) this is calculated from forecast data and may be several hours old. Most time this is not as accurate as in other apps which request weather data from nearby weather stations.
The weather forecast is very accurate in Europe but I have no idea how good it is in other regions of the world. Some tests I have made like requesting weather data in israel etc. looks quite good. Please tell me how accurate the weather forecast is in your region.
In some locations (mainly northern europe) there is hourly forcast data for the next 48 hours. In all other regions of the world there is 3 hour forecast instead.
Planned features for later versions:
tablet layouts
more widgets
weather chart
location based weather
...
Known bugs:
If you permanently rotate the screen, after some time (about 25 rotations on my device) the app will FC with an out of memory error. I think this is a general Android problem and can't be fixed easily.
On some devices if you rotate your home screen, the widget will not update immediately. This is because I hit a Android widget limitation with bitmaps. I hope to fix this in the next release.
Version history:
2.3.2 Release
- sliedemenu replaced by overflow menu
- uses system default margins for widget with Android 4.0+. Icons appear smaller in the widget because of this
- FIX: added workaround for (sometimes) missing symbol in XML data. May take one day until it shows in the app
- FIX: Android 1.6 support fixed
- removed the blue theme
- Some theme changes (more Holo style)
- hardware acceleration on Android 4.0+
- tap on current condition or 6 hour forecast list for hourly/3hour forecast
- minor changes
- Better "Holo style" for 10 day Overview page
2.3.1 Release
- fixed precipitation amount in widget
- fixed problem widget not refreshing with new data
- fixed high cpu load with missing data connection
2.3.0 Release
- Configurable widget transparency (Android 2.2 and above)
- fixed bug with widget sometimes not updating
- better support for bigger fonts
- some bugfixes
- french translation
- italian translation
2.2.1 Beta
- changed license checking code
- fixed problem with widget sometimes not updating
- added widget transparency setting (only Android >= 2.2)
- Precipitation shown as range in all lists
- Better UI adaption to larger font settings (Android 4.0 and above)
- fixed check for internet connection
- fixed some minor bugs
2.1.0 Release
- Added support for additional IconSets
- Better "Holo style" for 10 day Overview page
2.0.0 Release
- Added fallback for geocoding service if it is not implemented on the device. Will then use google maps to find locations.
- fixed a force close in forcast activity when no location is available
- finally fixed CPU load problem with admob
- some minor fixes
2.0 Beta5:
- Redesidned widget. It should scale better now and should work better on >=ICS versions.
2.0 Beta4:
- Updated AdMob Sdk to latest version. This should fix or at least reduce high CPU load problem
- Added german translation
- Some minor fixes
2.0 Beta3:
- first version released to XDA Developers
Reserver for later use2
Great start, but the layout seem quite of somehow. I doesn't like the background color and I would like to have it more simple a less cluttered. Like the choice of weather service, the Norwegians knows the weather in Sweden better than we do our self .
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Giving it a shot
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Well doesn't work in the US
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Freddan80 said:
Great start, but the layout seem quite of somehow. I doesn't like the background color and I would like to have it more simple a less cluttered. Like the choice of weather service, the Norwegians knows the weather in Sweden better than we do our self
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You can choose the dark theme in settings to set the background color to black.
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Well doesn't work in the US
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What do you mean with "doesn't work in the US"? It should work everywhere in the world. Do you get an error, no weather data, wrong weather data? Can you please give some more information?
Thanks.
Nice app. Thanks. Only one wish widgets but already planned. Thank you. Works perfect for Germany.
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corwin42 said:
You can choose the dark theme in settings to set the background color to black.
What do you mean with "doesn't work in the US"? It should work everywhere in the world. Do you get an error, no weather data, wrong weather data? Can you please give some more information?
Thanks.
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Yeah sorry, It couldn't find my location. I tried both my zip code and manually typing in my city. No go though . For future releases you should have set by cell site location
Copkiller2010 said:
Nice app. Thanks. Only one wish widgets but already planned. Thank you. Works perfect for Germany.
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One 4x1 widget is already available in the app. Have you seen it?
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Yeah sorry, It couldn't find my location. I tried both my zip code and manually typing in my city. No go though . For future releases you should have set by cell site location
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Normally it should work. Try to search for "<cityname> usa" or something. It should even find small villages with a few houses.
Location based weather is planned for a later release.
I live in the Boonies and it finds me just fine. My town doesn't have stop lights.
The barometer could be in inches though. That's the only gripe I have.
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Well doesn't work in the US
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Added Beta 4 version to the first post.
This version adds german translations to the app. If you want to help me translate this app to other languages, please contact me.
I think this one is close to a release candidate.
Thank you all for testing.
Great app, thank you. Will test it.
Very good app! running fine on CM9
Added 2.0 Beta5 to first post.
This version has a complete redesign of the widget. It is still not perfect but should scale better on different resolutions and should work better on ICS and up.
Couple feature suggestion
1. Re-sizable widget for touchwiz (or 5x1 widget )
2. Transparent widget
Works pretty fast on galaxy note,
1st version released to play store
The first version is now released to play store.
Additionally I added the release version to the first post.
Thanks to all testers and stay tuned. If new beta versions are available I will post them here.
Very nice. Only suggestion I have is to offer different weather icons.
Net me try the apps
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Only suggestion I have is to offer different weather icons.
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This is planned for a future version.