Author Topic: Android Phones - Apps and stuff (Read 71771 times)

Jimmy Two Times · « **Reply #1160 on:** April 15, 2012, 11:07:16 AM »

Right - noob question.

I want to know if there's any way to stop apps from being chucked out of memory/closed when receiving a call?

Specifically FMH2012

... when I'm playing it and I get a call, it exits and I have to load the last save again. Annoying as fuck. ANy suggestions?

tucker1984 · « **Reply #1161 on:** April 15, 2012, 02:03:03 PM »

Quote from: Jimmy Two Times on April 15, 2012, 11:07:16 AM

Right - noob question.

I want to know if there's any way to stop apps from being chucked out of memory/closed when receiving a call?

Specifically FMH2012 ... when I'm playing it and I get a call, it exits and I have to load the last save again. Annoying as fuck. ANy suggestions?

i have mine automatically saving on a weekly basis, dont even notice it as its so quick at saving so its not a hindrance, so if someone rings or whatever the most ill have lost is 1 week, that might help

danwms · « **Reply #1162 on:** April 16, 2012, 10:31:42 PM »

LFCHistory v 2.1.0 has been released.

buzzing · « **Reply #1163 on:** April 20, 2012, 11:25:01 PM »

Can you get faceunlock on any ICS phone or is it only the Nexus?

iSmiff · « **Reply #1164 on:** April 20, 2012, 11:32:21 PM »

i have face unlock on my SGS2

buzzing · « **Reply #1165 on:** April 20, 2012, 11:38:11 PM »

But yours is rooted, right?

If i have a "normal" phone I assume I can't get it?

* that's the main thing i wanted to fuck around with on ICS...all that for nothing then, eh

plasterered · « **Reply #1166 on:** April 20, 2012, 11:51:36 PM »

Quote from: wacko on April 5, 2012, 11:14:08 PM

Or for anyone who doesn't have free texts ...

Pisses me off that Apple have their iMessage (or whatever it's called), and then there's WhatsApp and and and.

It'd be bloody brilliant if smartphone makers would just get together around a common standard. There's no reason why they shouldn't: there's no money in it for them anyway (unlike SMS-charge-happy carriers), and there's no sense in letting a 3rd party like WhatsApp cover the market in free cross-platform messaging.

No iPhone user wants to think about whether they can use iMessage to text a certain user or whether they should use WhatsApp or send an SMS.

Bunch of balls, to be honest, but there's no way mobile vendors (especially Apple) will make their phones compatible with each other.

Ah but they do its only APPLE that are uncompatible. of course the messenger things most have but that aside Android is android - were all brothers.

iSmiff · « **Reply #1167 on:** April 21, 2012, 12:58:13 AM »

Quote from: buzzing on April 20, 2012, 11:38:11 PM

But yours is rooted, right?

If i have a "normal" phone I assume I can't get it?

* that's the main thing i wanted to fuck around with on ICS...all that for nothing then, eh

i thought it was built into ICS, if you go into security and screen lock?

Terry_Tibbs · « **Reply #1168 on:** April 21, 2012, 09:53:14 AM »

Quote from: iSmiff on April 21, 2012, 12:58:13 AM

i thought it was built into ICS, if you go into security and screen lock?

Correct it is.

dave 5516 · « **Reply #1169 on:** April 21, 2012, 10:08:20 AM »

I'm thinking of buying an Experia Arc S.Anybody else have have one?

Sr Harvest Fiields · « **Reply #1170 on:** April 21, 2012, 10:36:23 AM »

http://www.wizdommusic.com/MorphWiz/

Oh yea.........

buzzing · « **Reply #1171 on:** April 21, 2012, 03:17:14 PM »

Quote from: iSmiff on April 21, 2012, 12:58:13 AM

i thought it was built into ICS, if you go into security and screen lock?

FFS..I swear it wasn't there before

*sneaks away*

iSmiff · « **Reply #1172 on:** April 21, 2012, 04:50:29 PM »

*smug*

Liamski-la · « **Reply #1173 on:** April 22, 2012, 11:37:09 AM »

On a phone it was designed to work on, such as the galaxy nexus, is face unlock actually practical or just a useless gadget?

Flashed my galaxy s with ics and while the face unlock worked, it was a pain in the arse lol

smithy · « **Reply #1174 on:** April 22, 2012, 06:25:54 PM »

Quote from: Liamski-la on April 22, 2012, 11:37:09 AM

On a phone it was designed to work on, such as the galaxy nexus, is face unlock actually practical or just a useless gadget?

Flashed my galaxy s with ics and while the face unlock worked, it was a pain in the arse lol

Bit of a ball ache, need to get the light and angle right. But then again I didn't set multiple pics of myself.

Turned it off after a day. Looks like your checking yourself out every time you unlock your phone.

Surprise me. · « **Reply #1175 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:11:44 PM »

Anyone know of a good sync app to sync music to my phone? It's already synced at the moment but I want it to automatically update my phone with new music every time I plug it in. As in if anything new is added to my music folder on my PC. Using WMP is useless for this, I have to find the new songs myself.

Liamski-la · « **Reply #1176 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:24:22 PM »

Quote from: smithy on April 22, 2012, 06:25:54 PM

Bit of a ball ache, need to get the light and angle right. But then again I didn't set multiple pics of myself.

Turned it off after a day. Looks like your checking yourself out every time you unlock your phone.

Thought as such.

buzzing · « **Reply #1177 on:** April 24, 2012, 10:42:47 PM »

Yeah, and takes a bit of time for it to kick in...still impressive though. Knows it's me with and without a beard/glasses

Mr Kipling · « **Reply #1178 on:** April 26, 2012, 11:54:48 AM »

Will be getting this bad boy in just over 3 months

T-mobile better make me a good offer on it though, been with them for over 10 years now (including my time being on One to One, before buying them out)

Il Conte · « **Reply #1179 on:** April 26, 2012, 01:10:23 PM »

Xperia S is ace, had it for two-ish months and no complaints whatsoever.

Mr Kipling · « **Reply #1180 on:** April 26, 2012, 01:46:13 PM »

Quote from: Il Conte on April 26, 2012, 01:10:23 PM

Xperia S is ace, had it for two-ish months and no complaints whatsoever.

Nice

courty61 · « **Reply #1181 on:** April 29, 2012, 02:59:12 PM »

For anyone with Samsung phones (if not mentioned already):

you can now get samsung kies air on the market - allows you to move photos from your phone via wireless internet and move songs/movies from your pc to your phone

SportBilly · « **Reply #1182 on:** April 29, 2012, 08:08:58 PM »

Quote from: courty61 on April 29, 2012, 02:59:12 PM

For anyone with Samsung phones (if not mentioned already):

you can now get samsung kies air on the market - allows you to move photos from your phone via wireless internet and move songs/movies from your pc to your phone

Didn't Kies do that anyway? I got my Galaxy S2 in January and was able to do all that from day one

jason42 · « **Reply #1183 on:** April 29, 2012, 08:32:10 PM »

Does anyone know how to get the led light to illuminate on a Desire S when using Handcent?

I did it with my Desire but can't seem to get it to work on the S

courty61 · « **Reply #1184 on:** April 29, 2012, 08:39:58 PM »

Quote from: SportBilly on April 29, 2012, 08:08:58 PM

Didn't Kies do that anyway? I got my Galaxy S2 in January and was able to do all that from day one

Maybe then- im on Galaxy S

SportBilly · « **Reply #1185 on:** April 30, 2012, 01:18:47 AM »

Quote from: courty61 on April 29, 2012, 08:39:58 PM

Maybe then- im on Galaxy S

Ah, that might be it.

Joga · « **Reply #1186 on:** April 30, 2012, 12:20:03 PM »

Can anyone help with this...I smashed my Galaxy S screen and it is completely kaput. Is there any way of connecting the phone to my laptop to get the data off it? I'm sure you have to press the screen to activate the connection, but that obviously won't work. Is there anything I can do?!

LOKKO · « **Reply #1187 on:** May 9, 2012, 01:18:42 PM »

Flipboard

http://droid-den.com/android-news/get-flipboard-for-android-here/

Outlaw · « **Reply #1188 on:** May 9, 2012, 08:23:45 PM »

How would one go about 'rooting' one's phone? And, in the event that the Queen doesn't have an HTC, how would I go about it?

wz4jc3 · « **Reply #1189 on:** May 9, 2012, 09:44:29 PM »

Quote from: LOKKO on May 9, 2012, 01:18:42 PM

Flipboard

http://droid-den.com/android-news/get-flipboard-for-android-here/

I am very pleased this has come to Android = immense app!

Surprise me. · « **Reply #1190 on:** May 9, 2012, 10:59:18 PM »

Quote from: Joga on April 30, 2012, 12:20:03 PM

Can anyone help with this...I smashed my Galaxy S screen and it is completely kaput. Is there any way of connecting the phone to my laptop to get the data off it? I'm sure you have to press the screen to activate the connection, but that obviously won't work. Is there anything I can do?!

As long as the phone is on it will register as connected. You could always pull out the SD card and put it into another phone, phone memory would be lost though. That just tends to be apps though, you can find that list at play.google.com and maybe contacts but they're backed up to gmail anyway.

Quote from: LOKKO on May 9, 2012, 01:18:42 PM

Flipboard

http://droid-den.com/android-news/get-flipboard-for-android-here/

Pretty sure there is something very similar already on the market. Maybe Google Currents. I can't be bothered looking for it again, I used it for a while but it just seems inefficient. Might be great on a tablet though.

wz4jc3 · « **Reply #1191 on:** May 10, 2012, 06:26:31 PM »

You're correct, Google Currents is similar, but not quite as good at the moment imo.

wz4jc3 · « **Reply #1192 on:** May 10, 2012, 07:31:20 PM »

I know of at least one member of RAWK who has developed an Android app. Does anybody have any advice on where to start? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

danwms · « **Reply #1193 on:** May 10, 2012, 11:32:31 PM »

I developed the lfchistory app. If you are familiar with Java take a look at the android developers website. There are some really good tutorials and resources on there.

Any questions, just give us a shout.

danwms · « **Reply #1194 on:** May 11, 2012, 10:07:50 AM »

If you are a Liverpool fan and are rocking CM9 (Which now supports themes).

You will want this.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cerqueira.theme.Red

Jimmy Two Times · « **Reply #1195 on:** May 13, 2012, 12:37:47 PM »

Quote from: LOKKO on May 9, 2012, 01:18:42 PM

Flipboard

http://droid-den.com/android-news/get-flipboard-for-android-here/

Wow this is such a fantastic app. Just superb. Addicted to it now.

buzzing · « **Reply #1196 on:** May 13, 2012, 01:25:40 PM »

Quote from: Mr Kipling on April 26, 2012, 11:54:48 AM

Nice looking phones them

Surprise me. · « **Reply #1197 on:** May 14, 2012, 03:41:54 PM »

Ok, Android programming - does everyone put all their buttons/shapes/textviews whatever in main.xml? Or is it better putting everything in individual .xml layout files? I was using a tutorial a while back that had a drawable shape in a different xml within the layouts folder. I still don't understand why you would need to do that since everything can go in one file. Is it just to make things easier to see?

danwms · « **Reply #1198 on:** May 15, 2012, 01:22:14 PM »

I split them up so that they are reusable if you are using multiple activities.

red_mark1980 · « **Reply #1199 on:** May 16, 2012, 12:37:46 PM »

Software update woke me up this morning.

Thanks alot. Can see/notice NO difference