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[App Idea/Request] GPS Video Overlay / Data Logger

Hey, might be a very limited market, but I was wondering if anyone knew, or could code an app that overlays the video camera (or is its own video camera) with GPS information.
In theory it shouldn't be too hard to do, poll the GPS for speed, the compass for direction and stick them at the bottom of a video overlay along with the system date and time on top of the camera, then record the total image/video to the SD card.
I got thinking about this after picking up my car dock and having a play around with it (inadvertently managing to record a drivers eye view of my journey home!). It would be a great app for trackdays etc, you could even output the GPS NMEA data to a KMZ file and import it into google earth, or given some fine tuning make it into a very basic GPS data logger...
Anyways, thinking out loud here If anyone can do it let me know, I can code basic stuff, but something like that is way out of my league...
Cheers

Sounds like a nice application. To take it even further: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgXzdUb_fug I think this is an even greater use of camera + gps.

The only thing about making it into an augmented reality nav system is that it will still require mapping information, and the prob with that is that the free ones have pretty mad amounts of errors, and the paid ones need megabux spending (and they still have loads of errors).
With my idea, it's not an A/R system - it's simply a video overlay of info that's already in the phone. The major problem I see would be polling it, interpreting it, and writing it to the video at 30fps or whatever the unit captures at.
I do like that app tho, but it's not really what I envisaged with this

So you want to record a video similar to this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdAIaIOySoA for afterwards playback only? If so, I think this is possible only to store video + gps information in seperate files. The recorded video will be recorded as a normal video. The gps data can be stored using a kmz file with a sort of timestamp. Afterwards these 2 files can be played back with a application on the android device which reads these two files and overlays the video playback with the data from the kmz file.
I guess it will be to hard to create an application that records video and embeds the recorded gps data into the recorded video. Maybe someone with more knowledge of the android API can say something about this?

yep, got it in one... Although it would be for playback on the PC rather than on the phone.
The standard format is .3GPP, which is nice and small (comparitively speaking) and good quality too, and plays on a PC through Quicktime / VLC no problem.
I honestly think it would be perfectly doable... I just can't do it!!!

It sounds cool, but is it useful? Will anyone actually read the data/time/lat/long on the bottom of the screen during playback?
On top of that it will make the cpu work extra hard putting the text on every video frame.
Another idea is to use the timed-text stream (subtitles) in the mp4 file. (more)
Dont know how much work is involved.

It is a pretty specialist app, however I reckon people would use it for timing laps etc.
Look at how many in-car videos there are of trackdays on YouTube, and the ProVida system that is in use in the video above... there is a definite use for it imho - even if it's just used to show off people's VMAX on the autobahns etc!!
Must admit, I wouldn't see a point in the lat/long info - all I was guessing at was a simple overlay on the video with speed and direction bottom left, date & time bottom right so as not to distract from the actual video.

Hep hep hep
Don't put this idea underground (please). This app could be REALLY interesting for a bunch of freak I know (I'm one of them too :-D)
I'm in a very big forum of EV and there, such video is really really researched. The fact that it has to be processed afterward made by a separate soft is no problem...our main target is to upload a video with speed, altitude...etc for comparison or simple burning thing like "Yeah I've the freakiest e-bike..ever" X-)))
This is interesting for e-bike but also for EVERY (on the road, in the wood...etc) people which are searching performances and want to share them
Hope someone like the idea. If not I make a thread on the endless-sphere forum that the guys come "show their motiviation" here
Cheeeeers and do it ;-)
Grüß,
H.

A lot of people have been waiting for this for a long time, but I don't think its possible on android yet.
Lets hope it will be on 3.0.
A friend said that one guy will release a update to his track logging app, for the iphone 4 within a few days that will add this functionality.

B1ny said:
A lot of people have been waiting for this for a long time, but I don't think its possible on android yet.
Lets hope it will be on 3.0.
A friend said that one guy will release a update to his track logging app, for the iphone 4 within a few days that will add this functionality.
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Well, I'd love to be updated if something is released ^_^
I installed something along that line for my Jeep-carputer using Xport and what not...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdB7FksRd68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRzWAWOjnH0
More info on minicam project: http://www.curioustech.net/minicam.html
screen shot: http://www.curioustech.net/images/front.jpg
But I would love to see something like this for android. (would love this on my evo)

0okami said:
Well, I'd love to be updated if something is released ^_^
I installed something along that line for my Jeep-carputer using Xport and what not...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdB7FksRd68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRzWAWOjnH0
More info on minicam project: http://www.curioustech.net/minicam.html
screen shot: http://www.curioustech.net/images/front.jpg
But I would love to see something like this for android. (would love this on my evo)
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Looks like there is something out there and its FREE! :
http://www.dailyroads.com/voyager.php
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Important setting removed with 2.2

I was just informed that Froyo 2.2 has removed an important setting from our phones, the ability to turn off geotagging of pictures taken with the Captivate. Read about the dangers here:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/10/07/gps-on-cell-phone-photos-can-put-you-in-danger/
This basically renders the camera useless for posting pics to social networking sites like facebook without making those pics vulnerable to disclosing personal info. This is unacceptable and Samsung should immediately release an update to fix this. I suggest we contact Samsung and let them know about this potentially dangerous issue and insist they rectify it ASAP. Start by going here:
https://contactus.samsung.com/customer/contactus/formmail/mail/MailQuestionProduct.jsp?SITE_ID=1
Here's the message I sent them, you can copy and paste it.
The recent update of the Captivate to Froyo 2.2 has apparently removed the ability to stop photos taken with the device from being geotagged. This option is important for those of us who upload photos taken with the phone to social networking sites from being vulnerable to giving out personal information. This is a very real danger and Samsung should immediately provide an update that will restore this ability to Captivate users.
Link to modified camera.apk for rooted and custom ROM users:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949566

In the meantime, how about turning off the GPS as a workaround when about to take a pic

fldude99 said:
In the meantime, how about turning off the GPS as a workaround when about to take a pic
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You would have to turn off GPS and location services and then remember to turn them both back on, which is a pain. I found a solution for those of us on custom Froyo ROMs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949566
I'm going to try it, but this does not help those on unrooted stock Froyo. Samsung needs to fix this.
EDIT: Installed the zip from the above link and it works fine. Still, Samsung should not have removed this feature.

BTW, airplane mode does not, in my experience, disable geotagging for some reason. My only thought is that the phone is storing the last known location. The only thing that stopped the geotag was disabling location services.
I installed the modded camera.apk and it's working great on my rooted stock 2.2.
One thing I've found is that my battery is happier with location services turned off. I'd love to figure out how to use Tasker to turn location services on when I'm in Maps or Navigation or at some regular interval so my weather widget can update.

lactardjosh said:
BTW, airplane mode does not, in my experience, disable geotagging for some reason. My only thought is that the phone is storing the last known location. The only thing that stopped the geotag was disabling location services.
I installed the modded camera.apk and it's working great on my rooted stock 2.2.
One thing I've found is that my battery is happier with location services turned off. I'd love to figure out how to use Tasker to turn location services on when I'm in Maps or Navigation or at some regular interval so my weather widget can update.
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Can u post the camera apk here please.
Found it

now that is some useful info. thank you

Sometimes I like to geotag..however the other day I took a picture and the correct location showed up.....later on when I looked at the picture the geotag info changed.....any ideas why this would happen?
I kill coneys, not phones.

Thanks for the heads up, I never noticed this either... I gotta give this info to a few friends who are still using the official Froyo rom on their Captivates... I hope Samsung pushes out a fix for this ASAP (yea, I'm not holding my breath), it really is a huge privacy concern.

Miami_Son said:
You would have to turn off GPS and location services and then remember to turn them both back on, which is a pain. I found a solution for those of us on custom Froyo ROMs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949566
I'm going to try it, but this does not help those on unrooted stock Froyo. Samsung needs to fix this.
EDIT: Installed the zip from the above link and it works fine. Still, Samsung should not have removed this feature.
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Maybe add this link to the OP, too, so it's right there when people start reading the thread?

Facebook in share option is still there in camera app. I dont need that geotagging thing.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Well, ya installed that camera - now we need to remove Flash option

nice catch

BTW, GPS is not the only way the Captivate geolocates the pics. Mine is almost always turned off and all the pics I took lately were indoors; still, they were geotaged. It appears to be using cell towers as the position on the map was a bit off and exactly located where the towers are in my neighborhood.

Yes the only way to turn off geotagging is if all location settings (gps and wireless networks) are turned off. Wonder why this hasn't made news sites like phandroid etc...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

I was looking through a few pictures in my gallery, and for a phone with a non-functional GPS system, the geotags are surprisingly accurate. In the gallery there is an option to view each picture on the map, and Google translates the latitude and longitude into street addresses. A picture taken in my office (no possibility of GPS location, and tower location is only accurate to 1700m) shows a tag right in front of my building. A picture taken in my friend's house (a house apparently made of lead, as no one can get cellular service there) has the next door neighbor's address on it.
However, pictures taken at a time when I had the app Bluetooth GPS Provider running show no coordinate information at all, instead displaying "location unavailable" or something to that effect. I use an external GPS receiver with my phone, and Bluetooth GPS Provider feeds the data from the receiver to the Captivate. Apparently, this service prevents the camera from geotagging whatsoever. If anyone is incredibly concerned about geotagging, toggling this app on could be a workaround.
Unfortunately, I can't read the pages linked in the OP right at the moment, and it's possible this question is answered somewhere in one of those articles. But I'm guessing the geotag coordinates are saved in a picture's EXIF information. Does all of that really persist through Facebook's image conversion process? When you upload a file, it's resized, recompressed, and renamed. I'm surprised that the EXIF metadata is saved after all that. I really had no idea!
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Ikonomi said:
Unfortunately, I can't read the pages linked in the OP right at the moment, and it's possible this question is answered somewhere in one of those articles. But I'm guessing the geotag coordinates are saved in a picture's EXIF information. Does all of that really persist through Facebook's image conversion process? When you upload a file, it's resized, recompressed, and renamed. I'm surprised that the EXIF metadata is saved after all that. I really had no idea!
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Generally it does. I use 'picsay pro', and find that the location info is preserved when I change the image size.

The EXIF data is preserved, in most cases, and not just on facebook. It happens with Photobucket, Flickr, Kodak and almost all photo sharing sites. I saw a news report where Adam Savage of the TV show Mythbusters had innocently posted a pic of his vehicle onto a social networking site. Unbeknownst to him it had GPS info in it, which turned out to be right in front of his house where the pic was taken. A fan drew his attention to it and he was astonished to realize that he could have had some deranged stalker show up on his doorstep (ala My Sister Sam actress Rebecca Schaefer) because of an innocent photo he posted on a website. While this is not being reported much in the mainstream news, it is not a secret. The DOD is so concerned that it requires that servicemen on active duty not use these phone features while deployed or while on base due to the risk of giving away confidential information. Check out the pdf file at this website to see how our military is being informed about this.
http://redcloud.korea.army.mil/Web-Security/Downloads

Miami_Son said:
The EXIF data is preserved, in most cases, and not just on facebook.
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This is not true. No facebook photo has metadata in it, it's stripped out in the upload process. I am using firefox right now and I have an add-on called EXIF Viewer, and I have tested this. Same goes for photobucket and Imgur. Most photo upload sites like photobucket and flickr(the feature is optional here) scramble the metadata when they are uploaded. The lady in the story used twitpic, which clearly doesn't erase exif data on upload, but there are some nice little bits of software that do. If you save a photo in photoshop, for example, you have the opportunity to set the metadata setting to 'none'. Then when you save it, it does not contain any of the identifying tags.
The point is to be responsible for your own data and information that you share on the net or in any pseudo-public setting. Ignorance is no excuse.

I have several pictures taken over the last few weeks. I keep GPS off, but locations using WiFi or Wireless Networks on, and all of my pictures show location unknown.
Also, I installed the modified camera.apk from SGSTools, can anyone confirm which version it is?

clemmie said:
This is not true. No facebook photo has metadata in it, it's stripped out in the upload process. I am using firefox right now and I have an add-on called EXIF Viewer, and I have tested this. Same goes for photobucket and Imgur. Most photo upload sites like photobucket and flickr(the feature is optional here) scramble the metadata when they are uploaded. The lady in the story used twitpic, which clearly doesn't erase exif data on upload, but there are some nice little bits of software that do. If you save a photo in photoshop, for example, you have the opportunity to set the metadata setting to 'none'. Then when you save it, it does not contain any of the identifying tags.
The point is to be responsible for your own data and information that you share on the net or in any pseudo-public setting. Ignorance is no excuse.
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+1. Most responsible photo sharing sites strip out the location data. But you are responsible for the content you share. So even if the Captivate no longer supports the option, there are likely other ways to keep your data safe. Also, sounds like an opportunity for someone to make an app that automatically cleanses EXIF data according to your preferences.

[Q] Android devices require data plan to use phone's camera?

I have a HTC Evo 4g on the Sprint network and I was going to change my plan to a cheaper one and just add on unlimited data but they have 2 different data plans.
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Email
Take your email along for instant access virtually wherever you go. Enjoy the freedom and flexibility to access multiple accounts on your phone AOL, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and more so you'll never miss the latest news, info, invitations and alerts.
Music
Take your personal soundtrack to the office, to the gym or on the road for 24/7 access to your favorite tracks.
Pictures
Capture memorable moments with your camera-enabled phone.
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I want the 15$ a month data pack, but will I really lose the ability to take pictures and video with my phone? Or is just refering to the ability to share the pictures/videos via internet? The pictures/videos get saved to the SD card, so why would I need a data plan to use my camera? I would be knocking 15$ off my bill per month, so choosing the 30$ data plan is pointless.
I have search the market place for a possible camera app that may by pass this, but I couldn't find anything. I do have a rooted Evo running Cm7 Rc2, so any info on a camera app would be great! Thanks for reading .

1st time i heard this issue.dont know that need data plan to use camera.
but u already got custom rom.sure can use camera without data plan.
maybe the pro data plan is for uploading pic and video to web/hosting as it will take more data.

under18 said:
1st time i heard this issue.dont know that need data plan to use camera.
but u already got custom rom.sure can use camera without data plan.
maybe the pro data plan is for uploading pic and video to web/hosting as it will take more data.
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That's what I'm thinking, I just wasn't sure since it's not very clear in the description, and I couldn't find much info on it. I was just hoping someone knows a little bit more on this topic to clear up things up before I lose my camera haha. Thanks for the quick reply, appreciate it ^.^

Yeah, if it made you lose your camera then that would mean you would also lose it if you had bad signal or had data turned off.
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Obviously he didn't flash cm7 himself. I don't like to insult people looking for advice on here but there's no way someone that is that big of an idiot installed a custom rom himself. Take out your sim card boot up your phone. See camera works just fine. I'm surprised you don't have to ask for help everytime you want to turn it on.

dforce10 said:
Obviously he didn't flash cm7 himself. I don't like to insult people looking for advice on here but there's no way someone that is that big of an idiot installed a custom rom himself. Take out your sim card boot up your phone. See camera works just fine. I'm surprised you don't have to ask for help everytime you want to turn it on.
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Wow, that was nice of you.
First of all, the Evo doesn't have a sim card. Good try, though.
Second, while I agree it seems like a dumb question, the differences are there in the description. I'm fairly certain it's only the sharing part, or a ruse on Sprint's end to get people to get the larger package.
OP, call Sprint and ask them...but not from your Evo. They'll check your phone's info when you call & see the ROM version.
Also, Sprint requires at least the $69.99 plan for the Evo + the $10 premium data charge, so you shouldn't need a data package. If you bought your phone off contract I believe this isn't the case.

Kaymor said:
I have a HTC Evo 4g on the Sprint network and I was going to change my plan to a cheaper one and just add on unlimited data but they have 2 different data plans.
Data Pack - $15/mo./line
Includes:
Email
Take your email along for instant access virtually wherever you go. Enjoy the freedom and flexibility to access multiple accounts on your phone AOL, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and more so you'll never miss the latest news, info, invitations and alerts.
Music
Take your personal soundtrack to the office, to the gym or on the road for 24/7 access to your favorite tracks.
Sprint TV®
Sprint TV®Sprint continues to provide a wide variety of programming including full-length episodes of hit shows from ABC, NBC, and CBS as well as news, weather, sports and exclusive content.
Web surfing
Web surfingTake the Internet with you - in the car, around town or across the country.
and
Pro Pack - $30/mo./line
Includes:
Email
Take your email along for instant access virtually wherever you go. Enjoy the freedom and flexibility to access multiple accounts on your phone AOL, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and more so you'll never miss the latest news, info, invitations and alerts.
Music
Take your personal soundtrack to the office, to the gym or on the road for 24/7 access to your favorite tracks.
Pictures
Capture memorable moments with your camera-enabled phone.
Sprint TV®
Sprint TV®Sprint continues to provide a wide variety of programming including full-length episodes of hit shows from ABC, NBC, and CBS as well as news, weather, sports and exclusive content.
Text
Need to schedule plans in a flash? Have a quick question and no time to waste? Or, do you need to reach someone when you know they can't talk?
Video
Interesting things happen when you least expect them. You can capture these unexpected moments with short video clips that you can view, store and send to friends and family.
Web surfing
Web surfingTake the Internet with you - in the car, around town or across the country.
I want the 15$ a month data pack, but will I really lose the ability to take pictures and video with my phone? Or is just refering to the ability to share the pictures/videos via internet? The pictures/videos get saved to the SD card, so why would I need a data plan to use my camera? I would be knocking 15$ off my bill per month, so choosing the 30$ data plan is pointless.
I have search the market place for a possible camera app that may by pass this, but I couldn't find anything. I do have a rooted Evo running Cm7 Rc2, so any info on a camera app would be great! Thanks for reading .
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SUCH A BULL****! WHO TOLD YOU THIS? DID YOUR PHONE COMPANY REALLY DO THIS? You can use the camera without simcard and everything the only thing i see is that the camera enables the Geotag feature but i don't think so!
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[APP REQUEST] Tablet-to-Phone integration (see post)

There's been similar App requests before but mine is a little different.
I want my phone to seemlessly with one app (ideally):
- Tether my phone's 3g with my tablet
- Allow me to browse my phones files with my tablet:
- See photos in the gallery off my phone​- Listen to music files on my phone's SD card on my tablet​- Be able to make phone calls off my tablet through my phone including contacts integration​- Have documents written on my phone or tablet be saved on both, so if I only have my phone on me I still have all my important documents/homework with me.​
I could go on and on, but I think this tight integration with smartphone and tablet is the future, especially with the Transformer since its more of workhorse and the phone is more of a personal organizer.

I want my phone to seemlessly with one app (ideally):
- Tether my phone's 3g with my tablet​
Enable Wifi Tethering on your phone. Easy.
- See photos in the gallery off my phone​
Easy, make sure you sync/upload all your camera pictures to Picasa Web Albums (All Google account come with it) And it'll show up on the Transformer in the stock Gallery app. You can use a program like Pixelpipe to auto upload every picture you take on your phone to upload to Picasa. Or you can do it yourself, check mark all your photos, share, select Picasa.
- Listen to music files on my phone's SD card on my tablet​
Why store music to your sd card? Get Amazon Cloud Drive (Free 2 gigs, buy an album and you get 20gigs free), upload your music to Cloud Drive, and use the Amazon MP3 app to listen to your music! Or, run AudioGalaxy on your computer, point it to your mp3 folder, and use AudioGalaxy to listen to your computer's music on your tablet/phone.
- Be able to make phone calls off my tablet through my phone including contacts integration​
Contacts integration is already done with Google Contacts, auto syncs as long as your Google account is logged in. Making phone calls on your tablet? Seriously? Just grab your phone. This is sorry, but a stupid request
- Have documents written on my phone or tablet be saved on both, so if I only have my phone on me I still have all my important documents/homework with me.​
Keep your documents on Google Docs. Download the Google Docs app on your phone/tablet and you can have it on both.
Or better yet, Get DropBox also free. works on phone/tablet/pc/mac/everything. Modify one, and it comes across EVERYWHERE.
I could go on and on, but I think this tight integration with smartphone and tablet is the future, especially with the Transformer since its more of workhorse and the phone is more of a personal organizer.
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All the stuff you want to do is already doable and easy to do. Most important thing is moving away from local storage to cloud storage, that's the future and we're seeing already with Amazon/Google/DropBox.

What I'd like is to be able to control the tablet with my phone. Especially now that I have Plex, as being able to link my tablet to the tv and stream video with plex but sit on the sofa with my phone as a remote would be awesome.

AFK_Matrix said:
What I'd like is to be able to control the tablet with my phone. Especially now that I have Pled, as being able to link my tablet to the tv and stream video with plex but sit on the sofa with my phone as a remote would be awesome.
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This would be a very useful function...

What I'd like is an application to send/receive SMS/MMS from my tablet through my phone.
YES, I have Google Voice, but using that sends from your GV number. I'd actually like the sending and receiving to be done by my Droid X, but have a client application on the tablet that can interface with the SMS client on my phone.

FrayAdjacent said:
What I'd like is an application to send/receive SMS/MMS from my tablet through my phone.
YES, I have Google Voice, but using that sends from your GV number. I'd actually like the sending and receiving to be done by my Droid X, but have a client application on the tablet that can interface with the SMS client on my phone.
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Port your number to Google Voice. I did, love it. Also no contract line with T-Mobile.

I suggest that you might have more luck posting this request in the general Android apps forum here.
You might also give an indication of how much you'd be prepared to pay for such an application!
Regards,
Dave

nxt said:
Port your number to Google Voice. I did, love it. Also no contract line with T-Mobile.
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Those of us not in the US have issues with that though :-(
It should be easy for Google to do though, as they could route all SMS as data to a phone on your Google account, then send it as SMS from there using the phone's regular contract.
An SMS app for the tablet that meant I could recieve texts on it and reply whilst keeping the phone in sync with what's being sent and received would easily be worth a fiver. And that's Stirling, too

nxt said:
All the stuff you want to do is already doable and easy to do. Most important thing is moving away from local storage to cloud storage, that's the future and we're seeing already with Amazon/Google/DropBox.​
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The thing with your suggestions is that its a ton of different apps and lots of hoops to jump through.
I want one. single. app.​

nxt said:
Port your number to Google Voice. I did, love it. Also no contract line with T-Mobile.
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That only circumvents the problem partially... then if I want everyone who has my (current) cell number to txt me directly to my phone (I can't hear the notifications I set in GV on my DX worth a crap!), I'd need to give them another number.
I think a client/server type thing that would let me interact remotely with the SMS app on my phone would be ideal.

FrayAdjacent said:
I think a client/server type thing that would let me interact remotely with the SMS app on my phone would be ideal.
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Try this out.
I think what the OP wants is definitely coming. But, read all of the posts by the OP on the thread I posted for the Sync SMS app and you will see some of the difficulties placed on the devs for such a project. Add in the large number of device manufacturers(custom software implementation b/c they refuse to use vanilla android)/different hardware (DroidX for example doesn't support infrastructure Wifi - only ad hoc) and types of connectivity (BT/WiFi/Cellular/USB) and it will become a very complicated project. I'm not saying it won't be done... I think it will be done. But, it is just a little ways farther off from happening. It'll take awhile for the software devs to work out the kinks and with Android/Honeycomb constantly evolving/constant hardware changes.... It makes this a daunting project for a single dev/small group.
Also, when it does come battery drain (constant polling for change in data) and data usage (carriers moving to tiered data plans) issues will have to be addressed. Many of the push API's are being figured out by devs so that will decrease the polling - but, data usage is only going to go up. I only had my TF for one day and I was having to watch my data over 3G because I knew if I continued to use it without worrying about getting onto Wifi I would go over my 2GB cap.....
The Sync SMS app dev has some good ideas and has been hard at work. I suggest reading his posts to better understand the difficulties.
@OP - it'll come with a little patience. In the meanwhile you can do what the second post suggested and use multiple solutions.

Application Data Sync or Share between 2 devices

Good day to all
Well, just as the title says, that's what I am hoping to do. This is for my church I am doing this btw.
Scenario is this: my pastor has a tablet with an app he generally uses every now and then for certain quotes as he preaches. I'm the I.T guy there, so i have a setup where he can display his tablet on our projector for the congregation to follow. The projector is used, well to display lyrics and scripture throughout the service. The new aim is now to have the song leader view lyrics displayed through the projector that he may not know, especially newly written songs for example plus other things. So now I have a dedicated tablet for use at the pulpit and I have gotten apps setup for displaying purposes, in addition to the app my pastor uses.
Thing is now, he has some bookmarks in it (the app) that he uses to save time when looking for his desired quote. During the song service, he prepares the quotes which he won't be able to do with the new tablet while the song leader has it. The tablet he uses, his personal device, is a samsung galaxy tab 3 and what i got is the fire hd 8 (which is faster and doesn't lock up like that samsung does with apps open).
So I am wondering and hoping if it is possible, to share the data of the app on the samsung with that of the fire hd 8. I came across some things but the device must be rooted which the fire hd 8 is not and I am not sure if it can. What I have not tried yet is the google app sync, came across it some minutes ago (which I am hoping it will do) but I am looking for the best solution for this, without root. My main desire is for the data to be shared speedily. And in case you are wondering, I do have a wifi network setup.
ALSO: Something else that I would like some input on. I want an app that I can use to say, send notes with requests (prayer request for example) or just a note to the tablet at the pulpit. We tend to have it written down and someone will walk to the pulpit to deliver it but I am looking for an app for that. Would like the app to be really fast as far as updating itself with new notes. I am trying evernote but I find it takes too long (at least my from stand point) to resync and what not. There is a notification alert which I don't find efficient especially if the song leader is using the app i setup to view the projector.
Hope my comment isn't too long but I tend to be detailed in things like this. Thanks

In desperate need here x_x

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In desperate need here x_x
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SmartSwitch will help out because it's used to share backups between galaxy device's and other devices also
good luck