Is there anything out there that will enable me to schedule when I have syncing on for certain accounts? I had it on my Atrix with GB and on my SGS3 before I put CM on it. My N4 has never had the capability to my knowledge.
I really like the feature and imagine others feel the same. Is there a technical reason that this isn't implemented in AOSP (assuming it doesn't)? Where should I go to for implementation advice should it not exist?
Thanks!
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I have been looking for a good CM 7.1 based ROM and am having a hard time deciding on one. The main thing I am looking for is the advanced lock screen delay and timeout settings. I cannot tell if this is a difference between CM 7.1 and 7.0.3 or if it is just a setting that some ROMs have and some do not.
Can someone shed some light on this for me? Is there a way to add this functionality? (I care because work enforced a security lock on my phone for email access, but I don't want to have to type i tin EVERY time the screen goes off. iPhones and WinMobile don't. It seems to be a flaw in Android's ActiveSync).
Thanks in advance.
This feature is new in CM 7.1. However, other users have reported success using Delayed Lock + WidgetLocker apps from the market to effect the same functionality, though I am uncertain how well they play with the Exchange server's demands.
Alternately, if you really don't want this security lock feature at all then you can find versions of Email.apk that will just lie to the Exchange server about the phone's configuration. Then you can configure your lock settings however you like. Ah, the classic fallacy of a security model that trusts the client...
I actually like the security of the password. I just wish it behaved like ActiveSyns on every other type of device (Win Mobile, iphone, etc) and let you set a delay (defined by the system administrator) for when the device security locks, not every time the screen goes off.
I wish we had a good CM7.1 ROM. Oh Z, wherefore art thou?
Yeah, running a nightly (or a ROM that pulls from nightly) is currently the only practicable choice to get the feature.
I backported the feature's code to the CM 7.0.3 codebase and built a custom ROM for my own device. I wanted the feature but didn't want to run the unstable nightly on my primary phone. Well, "backport" isn't the correct term, because the feature was developed against 7.0.3 and was rebased to 7.1 for submission to the source repo. But you know what I mean (haha).
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Yeah, running a nightly (or a ROM that pulls from nightly) is currently the only practicable choice to get the feature.
I backported the feature's code to the CM 7.0.3 codebase and built a custom ROM for my own device. I wanted the feature but didn't want to run the unstable nightly on my primary phone. Well, "backport" isn't the correct term, because the feature was developed against 7.0.3 and was rebased to 7.1 for submission to the source repo. But you know what I mean (haha).
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You know, I realized after posting that I probably look like a jerk for not offering. I apologize. There are issues that seem to preclude this, however.
The target of the relatively minor code changes necessarily included one of the fundamental framework jars.
When I was developing the feature, I only compiled CM for the Droid Incredible. Didn't make sense to compile for platforms I can't use/test, especially given the next point.
It takes my machine 90+ minutes to compile a ROM for a platform.
I believe that if I gave you a flashable update.zip to replace the affected jars it would have a high probability of cacking your ROM and would result in bootloops. Not absolutely certain, but fairly concerned about the possibility. I believe you would have better luck running a nightly that people report as "relatively stable" in the forums (some nightlies are better than others).
When the feature was merged, I really thought CM 7.1 would be out soon. RC1 dropped a month *before* the new feature was merged. That sounds odd in retrospect, because most projects freeze feature additions before entering the RC phase of a release (ie. they accept bugfixes only).
I just assumed it was for an X10 since we were in the X10 forums. Since this phone isn't officially CM supported I'm at the mercy of ROM developers to make a nice CM7.1. There are a couple out there, and they all have issues. One is close, but the dev seems to have gone missing. I hope he returns soon.
Is modifying one jar file all that it would take? Which file? If I knew that I could possibly take the jar file from one of the CM7.1 ROMs for my device (which has issues) and put it into a 7.0.3 that works smoothly and be happy.
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Is modifying one jar file all that it would take? Which file? If I knew that I could possibly take the jar file from one of the CM7.1 ROMs for my device (which has issues) and put it into a 7.0.3 that works smoothly and be happy.
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I like your train of thought. Unfortunately, even if that were to work you would be unable to configure the feature, because the UI is in the CM Settings apk (ie. the apk that makes "CyanogenMod Settings" menu option appear in your Android settings). If you were to also grab the CM 7.1 settings APK and install it, then that would replace the old version. The CM 7.1 version has all sorts of changes, controls for other new features, and so forth; therefore, that would break much of your other functionality.
How conversant are you in software development? You may be able to join one of those CM 7-derived ROM projects for your platform. It should be relatively easy for someone with a CM dev environment configured for your platform to grab these patches via git cherry-pick and build a 7.0.3 "Gold Edition" with this feature added. Because it should be easy, you might be able to persuade one of those custom ROM developers to grab this feature and include it.
If you are interested, here are the links to my patchsets that were merged to implement the feature:
Framework Implementation
CM Settings UI
I believe the patches will merge "nearly cleanly" into a CM 7.0.3 derived branch. That is to say, if there are merge conflicts they will not be substantive and will merely involve wholesale cut/paste reordering of methods within the given class files rather than requiring a rewrite of any part of the actual implementation.
I know that this simple reordering is all I changed between my 7.0.3 development version and the 7.1-derived submission. Seems Steve Kondik did a little further rearrangement to accommodate other patches that had been accepted/merged while mine was pending. Same deal there: still should be relatively simple.
I'm not much of a developer, though I'm an IT guy with some unix background. I'll look at it.
I'm thinking of getting a tab, and I'd like separate accounts for myself and my partner. Is it possible to have multiple accounts like you have in windows ?
Not possible as of now
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Not possible as of now
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Not even with a custom rom (sorry I don't know if this is possible)?
Unfortunately, not possible yet. It's been a complaint about android for a long time now. I kind of forgot about it but now I realize I'm unhappy they didn't add it to ICS... Thanks for reminding me...
We just got a transformer tablet at work and we had to tie it to a public gmail account dedicated to this device but multiple users will need to use it and have it tied to their google apps account. This is a problem for us and the apps that 'divide' the tablet just cost too much for what they do. We have at least 4-5 people who would use it. This isn't a situation where we should just have a tablet for each employee. The scientific work we do requires so much equipment that it has to be shared and scheduled. The tablet is just another thing we have to pack up in the morning when we have field work on our project. Multi user android support is badly needed!
I'm working on a JellyBean port of Cornerstone. It is currently building with CM10, but does not work very well at all. I'm not sure if this has to do with the resolution of my tablet, 1900x1200 TF700T, which I tried to account for, but may have screwed up. I could use some help on this, as I have very little time and not much experience with building Android from source. Specifically, any advice on toolchains/testing code without needing to do an entire build would be appreciated. What would be more appreciated is if I could get some help with the project itself to get it to a stable place, and perhaps to include a path for continuous updates with as new releases come out.
https://github.com/emil10001/cornerstone
My current build environment is an Ubuntu VM, just using the commandline. I write the code and try a build. It usually fails and I go in and fix the errors that it gives me. This process means that I spend about 1-10 minutes coding and 2 hours waiting for it to build and fail. At present, it's actually building just fine, but it isn't working very well.
I really like the idea of Cornerstone and would like to see it working on newer builds. I am also reaching out to the Cornerstone Google Group, but they have been fairly silent for months. https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/cornerstone-dev/Gz345pbd-co
Thanks,
John
I did talk with them a while back and the did say they're working on updating the codebase to support jellybean.
I had a quick glance at your fork.
This way its really hard to test, you could better just fork frameworks/base from android and then modify the files instead of the copying the changed files.
That would make it easier to test, view what changed, etc.
You could also use gerrit.
mmm path/to/it will do a quick rebuild.
I've had the apps up on github.com/sgt7 but they haven't been updated since way too long, will update them when I find some time.
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Thanks for the tips!
The reason that I am keeping them separate is mainly for sanity, I wanted to try to keep the cornerstone stuff outside the main android code so that I can keep the android codebase relatively up-to-date, and also very obvious about what's a part of cornerstone for anyone that wants to grab the source from me. I'm also wondering if it's possible to pull part of this, say frameworks/base, into Eclipse (without it taking a day and a half to build the workspace).
Also, with gerrit, I wanted to keep this separate from the CyanogenMod stuff, mainly due to the comments that Dianne Hackborn made on G+ to Steve Kondik. I have a feeling that that's what killed the project.
I'd also really like to see how this works on a 1200x800 device, since that's what Cornerstone was originally designed for. I'm thinking that I screwed up the data in the xml resources, and that that's a big reason as to why it looks so funky on my device.
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Thanks for the tips!
The reason that I am keeping them separate is mainly for sanity, I wanted to try to keep the cornerstone stuff outside the main android code so that I can keep the android codebase relatively up-to-date, and also very obvious about what's a part of cornerstone for anyone that wants to grab the source from me. I'm also wondering if it's possible to pull part of this, say frameworks/base, into Eclipse (without it taking a day and a half to build the workspace).
Also, with gerrit, I wanted to keep this separate from the CyanogenMod stuff, mainly due to the comments that Dianne Hackborn made on G+ to Steve Kondik. I have a feeling that that's what killed the project.
I'd also really like to see how this works on a 1200x800 device, since that's what Cornerstone was originally designed for. I'm thinking that I screwed up the data in the xml resources, and that that's a big reason as to why it looks so funky on my device.
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Just checkout a new branch with the modified code, that's what version control is for.
Also, i believe it should be fine now if there is some sort of a whitelist implementation, and only few apps are supported by it. (*le Samsung Mutli Window)
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Just checkout a new branch with the modified code, that's what version control is for.
Also, i believe it should be fine now if there is some sort of a whitelist implementation, and only few apps are supported by it. (*le Samsung Mutli Window)
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What happens when you try to use an unsupported app anyway? I have Note 2 with the multiview hack and every app I've tried with it has worked, though I've never tried anything like say Angrybirds, just google voice and Trillian and stuff like that.
Is this still something that you are trying to work on? GOD I would love cornerstone on my tf700!!!
Need some help testing/coding ect? I would love to help, not an advanced dev but working on my android chops daily.
I am available to help with testing.
Am a rom developer.
Hi,
I'm really into the functionality of Siri, S-Voice and Google Now. I find it curious that Siri has a couple of advantages over Google Now in as much as it can be accessed and used from the lockscreen of a password protected device (only asking for the password when necessary) and that it also uses Wolfram Alpha's knowledge base.
Now, I'm guessing the lack of Wolfram integration is simply down to negotiation. But I'm confused as to the lack of access on the lock screen. This might seems minor, but it greatly reduces its perceived usefulness and slows down interaction. Any ideas why this hasn't been implemented yet? And will this be coming in future updates?
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MikusP
Hello,
First of all I would like to say that I'm completely new to android (except for the occasional dabblin on a friends phone) so please go easy on me. I am tech savy, but just never had anything to do with this platform, due to my not so nice opinion of google...
I am on blackberry passport and am/was a loyal bb customer with all that follows. But please I do not wish to start android vs bb vs ios etc thread. It is a matter of taste in the end.
So long story short, never had anything to do with IOS or android as I prefered BB for security, productivity and slimeline OS. However due to recent BB swithc to android and priv (which id god awful imho) and apparent abandonment of OS10 i am faced with increasing frustraton over current passport usage as it is more and more laggy problematic every day. So seeming that bb has abandoned os10 I have finnaly decided that perhaps it is a time for a different platform.
I am considering getting the oneplus 3.
So my questions are:
- What kernel and ROM to flash? I explicitly do not want anything to do with google or google services, i do not have gmail and have no intentions to open one. I do not use any service connected to google, no cloud sync, no FB, no instagram etc.... I want my phone google free, bloatware, spyware, ads free, cloud sync free etc. so basically I want as much control over what is installed as possible, with preferably NO personal info shared to any service.
- What is the most open source build? (coming from a viewpoint that google is evil, apple too.. I am putting my trust in the open source community) - replicant project peaked my interest, but the supported phones are too old and too few. I would be extremely pleased tho, if sth like this existed for newer phones.
- Encryption is a must, both of memory and communication (pgp)
- advanced app permission control is a must
- if there exist sth like BB hub or other similar true multitasking option even better
to put it simply, what custom rom and kernel to flash to get the most secure, opensource, google and similar companies free phone with maximum control over os and no to minimum personal info shared.
I would very much appreciate if you could point me in the right direction. As i said no experiance with android, but am quick learner and tech savy. so no need to dumb it down for me.
Thank you !!