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i-Helicopter Works on Android

Hey guys, i recently bought an i-helicopter which is told to be working mostly with iPhones.
I got mine yesterday, i tried it and it is working just fine with our GS2.
For 30 euros, it is a funny thing to have around.
Check it out.
The reason i am posting this, is because i was searching all over the internet for infos, and if this thing was really going to work.... well i didn't, so there you go.
http://www.ihelicopters.net/shop/ihelicopters/ihelicopter-idevice-controlled-rc-helicopter-777-170/
i got it from MiniInTheBox

that looks like fun

cool.. What about controller App and plug in the transmitter??

That looks like fun... D: I wanna get one

looks cool, is there anywhere else for cheaper?

i don't know for cheaper. google it.
as for the app. you need to download i-helicopter from appbrain, in order to work.
And you need to stop any music application - service that might be running.
the only bug with the helicopter is when you receive a call, and suddenly you don't have a remote for the heli , then it goes... MAYDAY!!

Yeah got a couple recently, works awesomely... Infrared transmitter plugs into earphone plug. Very cool to play with... Pity all remote control toys have been banned from my workplace, be fun to buzz the co-workers...
A loophole... They never said anything about phone controlled toys.....
I-helicopter is also available on android market...
Cheers...

I jest ordered 777-173 for about 30€ from ebay
Cant wait to recieve
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Can work these copters for iPod in our Galaxy? There are with IR jack adapter. Others have iPod plug, then cannot work.
Yes, also we need app I-Helicopter from Market..
http://www.miniinthebox.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&inc_subcat=1&search_in_description=0&keyword=helicopter+controlled+by+ipod
I buy other electrononic components in MININTHEBOX without problem.
Frank

Solidly built, but still using IR, so extra transmitter + when the sensor can't "see" the transmitter, the heli drops like a rock.
Had one like this (although not phone controlled), dies on the second day.

gangster429 said:
I jest ordered 777-173 for about 30€ from ebay
Cant wait to recieve
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Iphone's version work on android?

Hahaha this looks great! I want one Santa.

t0m_t0m said:
Iphone's version work on android?
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I hope so
There is application in market
I will try when I recieve it
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gangster429 said:
I hope so
There is application in market
I will try when I recieve it
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let us know if it works
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I bought digicopter of modelco for 39.90€.
It's fun! It's better than angry bird lol
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s_m_a_s_h said:
let us know if it works
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Ok no prob.
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great news, I am buying a helicopter today

Mine is orderd last week at dealextreme, will post a video when i got it
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777-173 can not work on Sharp Sh12C

post back in a couple of weeks time so we know what the durability on these things are, ive considered buying one of these but always figured they were flimsy and id probably end up sending it on a unexpected kamakaze mission LOL

How the hell do you use Google Wallet?

I setup my GW today and went to Sheetz to try to use it. I sat there like an idiot with my phone out as it did nothing and the line backed up behind me. How close do you have to get to the paypass thing?

It shouldn't be difficult, just bring your phone near the pay pass reader and it just works
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i didnt tap it, but i put my phone within like 6 inches. and yea, i have a default card

DroidHam said:
i didnt tap it, but i put my phone within like 6 inches. and yea, i have a default card
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Closer than 6 inches ,they should pretty much touch
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Needs to be more like 1/2 inch

DroidHam said:
i didnt tap it, but i put my phone within like 6 inches. and yea, i have a default card
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lol 6 inches? you gotta almost touch it to the terminal. Ever see how close you have to get 2 phones together for android beam? like that close.
You should be happy that for your own security it doesn't work from 6inches away.

ahhh ok thanks, ill try again tomorrow before work

Bought 2 bags of potatoes today on Google, works pretty slick !
I got it about an inch away and heard a beep, the rest is history.

urgh I gotta wait till it comes to the UK
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I tried at my local CVS today and they found out that their card reader didn't have pay pass activated, even though it supports it. The manager told me they had no idea how to set it up and that they really didn't care - in the past year that they have had it Im the only one that has ever asked about the feature.

rosswaa said:
urgh I gotta wait till it comes to the UK
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Quick question, I am getting my gsm gn tomorrow. Which stores have paypass? like Starbucks , walmart, bestbuy? Tbh I haven't seen any paypass symbols b4. My area, while not a big city at all, is pretty well developed, even has vz lte.
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psycho2097 said:
Quick question, I am getting my gsm gn tomorrow. Which stores have paypass? like Starbucks , walmart, bestbuy? Tbh I haven't seen any paypass symbols b4. My area, while not a big city at all, is pretty well developed, even has vz lte.
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They have a app in the market developed by mastercard to find nearest pay pass
It's called paypass locator
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What are the chances of a double charge via double swipe?

randypurcz said:
Bought 2 bags of potatoes today on Google, works pretty slick !
I got it about an inch away and heard a beep, the rest is history.
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Do you have to turn the phone screen on, or did you just pull it out and touch it to the terminal?
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theboo7 said:
They have a app in the market developed by mastercard to find nearest pay pass
It's called paypass locator
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Thanks for the heads up on the app!

DroidHam said:
I setup my GW today and went to Sheetz to try to use it. I sat there like an idiot with my phone out as it did nothing and the line backed up behind me. How close do you have to get to the paypass thing?
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You live in PA, assuming so since you said Sheetz haha.

Mine is stuck at Initializing your device. Running arhd 2.1.1 help?
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New Google Now Feature?

I saw this pop up on Google Now. I've never seen it before and haven't heard anything about it. I guess it's keeping track of how far you walk kind of like a pedometer. Anyone else seeing this?

Same here. Popped up today. Could not find more info.
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chris157 said:
I saw this pop up on Google Now. I've never seen it before and haven't heard anything about it. I guess it's keeping track of how far you walk kind of like a pedometer. Anyone else seeing this?
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Great find! What's interesting is that Google has been tracking how much you walk since late September. Did you by any chance just get your device/factory reset it then?
Featured it in a post here
Lets hope we get some more details about it soon.

It appears to use latitude to track your location history.
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I had Latitude on for a little while... but I dunno, something just seemed a bit creepy about it so I disabled it a couple months ago. I am not seeing this pop up.

Yeah i also got it since yesterday
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Just saw this.. Google.. your awesome.
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Here's mine. Walking distance may be right, can't say for sure, I walk a lot. But it also says I cycled 11 miles in October. Funny thing is, I don't even own a bike.

No bike here either, still says 1 mile for me
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So you guys turn the gps on all time and let it track you?
Doesn't it drain battery?

I think it just works if you have enabled location history, without keeping GPS on.

chris157 said:
I saw this pop up on Google Now. I've never seen it before and haven't heard anything about it. I guess it's keeping track of how far you walk kind of like a pedometer. Anyone else seeing this?
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Works on my Note 2. Obviously cause its a Google Now thing, still though, it just popped up for me tonight.

Popped up for me as well today! Very strange and weather card is not showing in the notification area any more!
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Ha, I have this today too!

It's not showing up on my phone yet. :thumbup:
But you know Big Brother I'm sure is very interested in this new feature. I'm sure they are already planning how they can use this to monitor, track bad people or even you..?
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At mine it popped up .But i never realized i bike 53 km each month
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Google info on this
http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2839501
Other card info.
http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2839503

QuBe2 said:
At mine it popped up .But i never realized i bike 53 km each month
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Hey! how did you set your "school location"? i can only set up my work location

Dkadr1 said:
Hey! how did you set your "school location"? i can only set up my work location
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I believe you have to place a star on the place and rename it. That's what I did for my work location.

Soldier-2Point0 said:
I believe you have to place a star on the place and rename it. That's what I did for my work location.
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I don't see any option to rename it, even from Pc..

Screen record / multi window / screen record rant

All missing. Really? I will donate to whoever fixes that lameness.
/Rant over
edit....sigh...typo
second screen record was supposed to be Google wallet

But....you already donated to Samsung...
All kidding aside, shoehorning this into the OS that I don't believe (please correct me if I'm wrong) has been officially released (kernel and all) yet will be an ugly endeavor.
I applaud the ROM cooks for their hard work, and agree. I've done my share of donations to the Evo3D gurus, and will continue to for the future the Note2 wizards. I really doubt we'll see these features, at least seamlessly as we'd like, prior to Samsung releasing them.
While I can honestly say I'm disappointed for the same reasons, along with the fact that inductive charging on the Sprint models has been made almost impossible. (I've recently learned you may be able to physically mod the phone)
I also must admit, over all, this is the single best smart phone I've had, the only other phone I've been this excited about was the Palm Pre when it was first released (zomg true [email protected]#)
So, /rant signed, added to, and amended with a pat on the back to Samsung for delivering an awesome phone on it's own standing even with flaws. :good:

Palm pre. I'm a die hard palm lover.
I was on treocentral and pre central most of my days.
Love the palm. Wish it. Had better hardware

What is screen record
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cherylbaker said:
What is screen record
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It would be this:

Well that's cool. Was it suppose to be in our phone
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cherylbaker said:
Well that's cool. Was it suppose to be in our phone
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Yep. Along with multi-screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-G-avtGf0A&feature=g-user-u
And Google wallet (which can now store just about any credit/debit card.
What is so annoying about these features not being on the phone...is that they are SOOOO real world useful in application. I just don't get it.

Well I am sure it will be in an upgrade correct
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cherylbaker said:
Well I am sure it will be in an upgrade correct
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Screen record will probably need to be a hack as some rumors are going around about a patent in the US vs. Europe.
Why Multi-App view is not working is unknown.
Google Wallet is dependent on Sprint allowing it, from what I hear.
Inductive charging has something to do with the outside case contacts with the internal battery contacts. the hardware my be causing this limitation although there is a rumor of a hardware hack for this going around as well.

End of life ideas for dinc2

So, I got my new phone. Yay.
Now I have this old dinc, gonna root, but who has some good ideas for putting this thing to good non phone use?
Thanks!

Dedicated music player comes to mind. I don't know
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I agree with naut. Get you a theme able custom ROM and pimp the hell out that mp3inc. Throw on some Pandora, some games, and a few good camera apps.
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zax10 said:
I agree with naut. Get you a theme able custom ROM and pimp the hell out that mp3inc. Throw on some Pandora, some games, and a few good camera apps.
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I like That. I have aspirations (no motivation) to be a themer and a dedicated device to test on sounds great.
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seejoshplay said:
So, I got my new phone. Yay.
Now I have this old dinc, gonna root, but who has some good ideas for putting this thing to good non phone use?
Thanks!
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You could just send it to me! Haha, some people use it as a VOIP phone in there house. I think an app like GrooveIP will give you that option.

thenaut said:
I like That. I have aspirations (no motivation) to be a themer and a dedicated device to test on sounds great.
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You could just send it to me! Haha, some people use it as a VOIP phone in there house. I think an app like GrooveIP will give you that option.
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I second that. Specifically the send it to me part
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Personally I like having a second phone to quickly and easily show off something cool on the new phone via video. I had a d2g that had a bad esn (I thought I could use it in Europe, but was locked out there too) and I used it a lot for that.
Also I use it when going abroad, as it will work in Europe and the states.
Also, I love using my old phones as alarm clocks. You'd be amazed how many days an old BB Curve will last with all the radios turned off. I'm guessing a Dinc2 would be good that way too.
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Thanks!
Two questions. Could it be a GPS without a data connection?
Also, does anyone know of an app that makes your phone networked attached storage and / or plug it into a hard drive and act as an interface for NAS?

seejoshplay said:
Thanks!
Two questions. Could it be a GPS without a data connection?
Also, does anyone know of an app that makes your phone networked attached storage and / or plug it into a hard drive and act as an interface for NAS?
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I know GPS will work without data, but if you need to pull up directions for navigation, you need to be on WiFi to download the coordinates. After that if you don't make it re-route it will work. As for the 2nd question.....idk
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Always nice to have a backup phone when the new one breaks and you have to wait for Verizon to send you your new refurb **** phone
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ericsdeadinside said:
Always nice to have a backup phone when the new one breaks and you have to wait for Verizon to send you your new refurb **** phone
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+1
really on all these ideas. I still have my Eris (though the trackball still scrolls left) as an emergency backup, mp3/Pandora player for in-house and garage (anywhere WiFi reaches), and white noise machine for sleeping baby.
Sometimes wish it didn't have that trackball issue so I could use it more efficiantly, so a fully operational DInc2 laying around would be an awesome thing to have.
What did you end up getting?

Thanks for the advice. I also like the idea of an experimental unit, now that I do not rely on the device daily, I can check out the jellybean rom and try out google now

TheAtheistReverend said:
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really on all these ideas. I still have my Eris (though the trackball still scrolls left) as an emergency backup, mp3/Pandora player for in-house and garage (anywhere WiFi reaches), and white noise machine for sleeping baby.
Sometimes wish it didn't have that trackball issue so I could use it more efficiantly, so a fully operational DInc2 laying around would be an awesome thing to have.
What did you end up getting?
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I remember I used to get the eris trackball to start working by putting a piece of clean white paper on a table and rolling the trackball over it in a rolling motion. Always did the trick
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Triscuit said:
I remember I used to get the eris trackball to start working by putting a piece of clean white paper on a table and rolling the trackball over it in a rolling motion. Always did the trick
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Yea, I used up all the paper in the house. It only lasts for a short while now, but it does work for a little (usually). I even replaced the trackball with a blackberry one. I was thinking about trying just caking the area around the trackball/circuit board with JB weld to prevent flex which I think is causing the intermittent contact issue caused by the location of the charging port in relation to the trackball.
Ah well, either way it is extra and it wont be the end of the workl if I destroy it!
Yay for extras!

I'll be using mine as a paranormal investigation tool. I have a few apps that actually work, unlike ghost radar.

Navigation now that maps has an offline feature!
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nyccharlie said:
I'll be using mine as a paranormal investigation tool. I have a few apps that actually work, unlike ghost radar.
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Is this for real LOL

Pornphone.
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htc/Verizon asks that you place your inc2 on end of barrel of a 12 gauge, insert 3in slug, make it rain incredible flakes. now your inc2 has been officially updated by Verizon

Like someone else mentioned, the phone could be used as a VOIP home phone. All it requires is a Google Voice account and an app called GrooveIP (there's a free version, but the $5 full-featured version is definitely worth the money in my opinion). I also take it with me when I travel, since most airports and lots of hotels offer free WiFi, which allows me to make as many phone calls as I like without running up my minutes. I've been using my Inc2 for this purpose for awhile now, and it's very nice to have. I keep the phone in a dock and also use it for streaming music when I'm home as well as for my alarm clock. Just because the phone isn't activated on a wireless plan shouldn't mean that it can't serve a purpose.
Only other piece of advice; I would steer clear of ICS/JB based Roms if using it as a VOIP phone. I had nothing but trouble with the audio settings on GrooveIP. But the stock Rom, or any GB-based Rom should work fine. I use MROM (which is CM7 based) and it works exactly as expected.