hello to all members of XDA ,
from what I have seen lately have come out super- smartphone which S5 , one M8 ... with lots of goodies both hardware and software . going to the point, I do not have the technical knowledge to do this thing, then I ask you, and anyone interested, in to help . I would like to create a useful app for all Android smartphone , allowing you to use both the S5 mode risparmiio energy that makes the screen black and white, grayscale , and together with this ultra power saving mode to one m8 , what opens one app at a time.
Now with regard to the energy saving mode of one m8 , there are some things I would like to emphasize :
- When this mode is active , you can open one app at a time
- If you already have one open , it will automatically close the task manager without having to do everything manually .
this would allow anyone with old Android smartphone to have enough energy , so much as to meet the requirement " means that arrival time at the end of the day no ifs , ands or buts ."
I repeat that my knowledge can not meet this demand , being a complicated app to fill out ( for me). I ask anyone interested to post everything here so as to avoid too many threads . if I posted in the wrong section , I apologize . Thank you all in advance!
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I am so curious about my first android toy (X10), I am very excited, so I'm ready to be flamed and bashed for my noob Qs (search is not working properly )
Oh yes ! I'm a noob again
My Qs:
1- How do I sort my contacts list in last/first name instead of fist/last ??
2- Is it possible to auto-sync contacts avatars to their corresponding facebook profile pic ??
Thanks for being kind
If you've come from WM then you will know we all have to be a noob at some point.
On the contact front, don't think the stock phone book works that way. I use a freebie app called Gesture Search, you use it to draw with your finger the first letter of your contact, be it first or last name. You can add more letters if you need to narrow your selection down. There are probably other phone book/contact apps out there on the market and others can point you in the direction of their favorite.
There is another app called Sync my pix which lets you bring over Facebook contact pics but I think that the 2.1 update due very soon gives you a better Facebook for Android app that lets you sync Facebook and your phone.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Android!
these are small issues, but somehow dissapointing
will I be able to sort my contacts with the OS upgrade ??
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gtrab said:
these are small issues, but somehow dissapointing
will I be able to sort my contacts with the OS upgrade ??
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I must admit, the flavour of this post is a little better than the one asking us to read the user manual for you
You're going to go through a big disappointment phase, noticing Android just isn't anywhere near as customisable as WM. This will soon turn into elation when you realise Android isn't anywhere near as buggy, ugly, or downright crap as WM.
Android 'works', WM doesn't - it's kina the between WM and Apple - you sacrifice some customisation but you get something nice in return that doesn't need quite so much anyway...
I don't think you'll ba able to sort your contacts - google "Android releases" or something to find out a little more about that... there's also a thread in here somewhere that lists a whole lot of changes.
also, think outside the square on this one - maybe just re-write them lastname, firstname and there you have it. of course that's a pain, but it's a method.
I think syncing with Facebook is part of 2.1 (not sure though).
My advice is to let go, and embrace the new platform for what it is - I went through a ton of pain moving from WM, but it was worth it!
Enjoy!
thank you k1sr
Soon there will be less Qs and more collaborations
Great to see u on here gtrab and I'm stoked for what's to come.
Imho once u get familiarized with android u will like it way more than winmo
(I am brand new to android)
can any one tell me , how to move to new screen on clicking on list view row?
Thanx in advance
Wrong forum buddy. This is for ROM development. Regarding your question, you should learn a little more about activities and views.. and switching between activities.
is there a way to get rooted by holding certain burtons on startup
I used get. Root whenever I want on a pc loaded with a unix program.
Then I has a minor stroke that zapped my memory only like I can't remember my pet name and since then I call my wife
mom.so ya see I got problems and all I want is root on mt evo
Tuehy
correction
Pets I mean I have like 9 of em
Hello there !
As a first time user of Android coming from an iPhone 4 with iOS 5.x I was amazed by the SGS III that I own.
So far, so good.
However I have a huge issue that is really starting to get on my nerve : why the hell I cannot keep my apps running in the background ?
I had friends trying to convince me to go to android, saying how it's rocking, how it's multitasking is awesome ... WHAT MULTITASKING ?
Many of you may know, but iOS finally brought multitasking with iOS 4, something people said that was really lacking to iOS when Android had it for a long time - let me laugh.
Well, let's be honest. Yes there is some sort of multitasking thanks to services that are not killed by the system, but I do not use them, I only need them to perform to do wahtever they are supposed to do.
And also between your recently launched apps as long as you keep switching between them in a very short amount of time.
And that is all.
So iOS 4 brought multitasking on a phone with only 256Mb of RAM (iPhone 4) and with only that much, I managed to keep running three games : Lords & Knights MMO, Wolrd War and iMob. They are not 3D games so they do not use too much RAM as would do a 3D game such as NOVA. And, the cool stuff is that the multitasking on iOS keep the apps as long as there is free RAM (I even managed to go as down as 17Mb, and then the system killed some (not all !) of my apps !)
That was really nice. Before iOS 4, I had to relaunch them each time a notification brought me back to them (they are internet dependant games). And with iOS 4 and then 5 and today 6, I can enjoy switching between them without lag, without relaunching as long there is free RAM.
With android, I CANNOT DO SUCH ACTIONS. Even if ICS is nice, fast on the SGS III, when it comes to multitasking I feel like I have been brought back to iOS3 on my iPhone 3 and 3Gs (thank God, SGS III is fast enough to relaunch the apps in not time, but stil...)
As I said, I launch my game, go back to home screen, lock the phone, unlock it minutes after and the games are gone. ALL OF THEM.
Here is what I found out in order to solve this situation :
- based on the kernel version and model, android will keep killing apps that are not services after a few minutes in the background ;
- my games that I want to keep running do not offer the possibility to keep them alive in the background ;
- I tried many apps (ram manager pro, auto memory etc...) none of them helpt me although they did offer features that would be the answer I as been looking for.
- I heard scripts would solve this situation, but I dot not know any of them.
So what is next ?
It is simple : I would like to have an app, or a tweak or script or anything else, but easy to use, that will help me keeping some of my apps alive in the background.
Thanks to anyone who could help me out with this.
PS: I have an international SGS III wit CM 9 running on it.
CM Version is : 9-20120909-NIGHTLY-i9300
Kernel version is : 3.0.15-CM-g026d5ce [email protected] #1
Build version is : cm:i9300-userdebug 4.04 IMM76L eng. .20120909.083444 test-keys
Android version is : 4.0.4
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Is there anyone who can help ? I am totally lost here ...
Mackovich said:
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Is there anyone who can help ? I am totally lost here ...
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Lost and breaking rules by bumping posts .
jje
I am sorry. I did not really know that I was "bumping" my thread when it was on second page.
Who comes check on second page to answer, anyway ? I think most people do not ... unless people here are very generous ! ^^
If it is the rule, I will let go my thread further back in this forum in hope I will get an answer somehow to a matter that has been troubling me for months.
It can not be done as far as I know.
A few hacks/apps try to lower the oom value of apps, but it only last for a limited timeperiod.
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It can not be done as far as I know.
A few hacks/apps try to lower the oom value of apps, but it only last for a limited timeperiod.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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Is this some sort of a joke ? Are you saying that even though I have plenty of free RAM I cannot use them to run apps in the background ?
This is ridiculous to say the least. Where is the multi-tasking ?
Anyway, thanks for replying.
hello to all members of XDA ,
from what I have seen lately have come out super- smartphone which S5 , one M8 ... with lots of goodies both hardware and software . going to the point, I do not have the technical knowledge to do this thing, then I ask you, and anyone interested, in to help . I would like to create a useful app for all Android smartphone , allowing you to use both the S5 mode risparmiio energy that makes the screen black and white, grayscale , and together with this ultra power saving mode to one m8 , what opens one app at a time.
Now with regard to the energy saving mode of one m8 , there are some things I would like to emphasize :
- When this mode is active , you can open one app at a time
- If you already have one open , it will automatically close the task manager without having to do everything manually .
this would allow anyone with old Android smartphone to have enough energy , so much as to meet the requirement " means that arrival time at the end of the day no ifs , ands or buts ."
I repeat that my knowledge can not meet this demand , being a complicated app to fill out ( for me). I ask anyone interested to post everything here so as to avoid too many threads . if I posted in the wrong section , I apologize . Thank you all in advance!
I need help and clarifications about my app idea.
I am trying to develop a app which can tag images dynamically. However , issue is as below:
Guys I wanted to tag images dynamically using smartphones but the problem is I need to find location coordinates of phones besides each other so that the phones can be tagged ultimately giving the owners names!!! The issue I'm facing is that I can't use GPS for it as it is giving inaccurate results. So is there any other method to do it? Like by using the radiations our phone emits or something like that!!! Please reply ASAP...Thank you so much!!
P.S. : In a scenario , suppose 4 users are in a pic and want to be automatically tagged and android phones in their pockets, so in India , gps doesn't change at such short distance !!!
I explored a lot but just cannot find a way out so posted it here