I was wondering if anyone knows if it will be possible to have all the OEM marketplaces on a given phone so we can make our choices based on hardware \ network availability (going for AWS which has fewer devices) and enjoy all the niceties such as HTC's dialer and LG's voice as SIP applications?
Thanks!
OEM's are not allowed to modify the Dialer or SIP. Carriers can have their own section on the marketplace for their phones. I know AT&T has one but haven't heard if any others do or will.
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OEM's are not allowed to modify the Dialer or SIP. Carriers can have their own section on the marketplace for their phones. I know AT&T has one but haven't heard if any others do or will.
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it seems LG got its own
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they don't have their own marketplace, but MS has allowed for manufacturers and carriers to have their own section within the marketplace. The idea is that companies such as LG can get exclusive content to help them push their phones. This also means that those with an LG phone will still be able to access the general market place, which is a great idea.
Let me draw a comparison... I've heard that Amazon are looking into starting their own market place for Android, meaning that all phones sold through Amazon will have the Amazon market place instead of Google's. What does this mean? Only apps submitted to the Amazon market place will come up on those phones, not the ones in Google's. This is the downfall of separate market places is that developers have to spend more time making sure their applications meet all the different market place conditions, unlike WP where they submit to one place, but don't neglect individuality for the manufacturers/carriers.
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Thank you, this is quite a good clarification!
So do you know if it will be possible to get into the marketplace sections from other companies so we can get the special programs? Or will I actually have to make a choice (Also there is a lack of Samsung and LG phones for T-mobile\windmobile\mobilicity )
most likely if you can't find it in the general market place, but you know a particular manufacturer has made it, it's because they have access to some of the phone's features which we as general developers do not yet (as in the Silverlight APIs haven't been created for them yet). Give it time and apps of that type will become available and all the exclusiveness should hopefully be redundant.
Not with all the live stuff (would be nice though) but when I flip something up it goes into trash or closes it (think it is nice interaction) also with only pages/programs open shows up in screen slides with this interaction. Could possibly make winmo perform a little better. Sorry for bad wording and such but pressed for time at work Hope someone takes interest in this .
A really good simple app idea for Windows Phone 7
Its funny how one always has a great app idea after the event (read; http://www.windowsphone7.com/ineedt...2526pmodex253D1x2526gridviewx253D0#pbbh21054p),
An app I thought that would be really cool is a supermarket price comparison. The 'story' is that you visit you local store with your shopping list on your phone; the phone checks off the items on the list when you scan their respective barcodes, also as you scan the barcode it brings up the price for the product and the price from the competitor supermarket chains. I think this app would really sell well, and people will buy it because they know they will make their money back in their first shop
What do you guys think?
i would definitely use it
+1 !
but the problem is: who will update the price and the product list?
I believe there already is an API available (for the web -UK supermarkets) which does this for you...all a coder/dev needs to do is build the app.
an API for worldwide would be perfect... i think google provide such api for US/europe?
otherwise, maybe somebody can find an agreement with online stores to provide prices and models ...
really the idea is interesting and someone should start coding it (personnaly i don't currently have enough time )
I remember hearing of the Iphone porting of apps a while back
I was just wandering is anyone actually doing this? I know there is an windows equivalent every now and then but sometimes the apple app works better. I know I am a 6'4 guy that 270, and I love the Lose it App (my fiance has) and I know about vita one (no were near the build in database). And other things that help communicate with others and such. I am not going to apple been there 2x and always perferred windows mobile for the last 6+ years just wanted to ask this. If someone took it up to port apps I am pretty sure there would be hundreds or thousands of people willing to donate/pay for your hard work. Just a thought.
Problem with porting certain apps, is it requires you to actually have a iPhone
If you got some links to apps you would like ported, with screenshots and so on, I'd love to check it out, as porting apps is a good challenge to get familiar with the development environment.
Thanks I meant to put this in the development and hacking section in general not just windows 7 , here is a link to one of them I thought about creating a bounty or reward system for people to request apps and pay developers here to port them? Here is the link for one http://www.loseit.com/
really nice app because the database is constantly updated with nutrition facts from most of places we eat. I will have more later when I repo my girls phone for a while.
I would totally use this. I have the Shopaid app and it is okay, but doesn't update the price and such
The thing is with applications like that, is it depends more on the data that's available. Duplicating the interface into a Metro styled hub for weight-loss and exercise could be done in a day or two, but getting the actual data setup is a completely other story.
Beyond that, you can be totally sure people will duplicate that type of app.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_A4TdEV3Sk
Looks like someones already getting the ball rolling.
Someone is already developing that app actually, just go to Youtube and type "windows phone price check app" and you'll see. I can't post the link because I'm new here! The app looks amazing so far.
My company, with decades of experience with Windows development, is looking to break into mobile development in a big way with the launch of WP7. We have a couple of original ideas we are working on, but we would also like to officially port a successful iPhone app or game for some additional credibility.
I've approached a couple of different iPhone app developers with this proposal:
>>Let us port your app at our expense and we split the proceeds 50/50.
>>You retain all ownership and have quality assurance approval before launch.
I have tried every phrasing I can think of to convince them I am legitimate and that I want to create an arrangement where I take on 100% of the risk, but we share equally in the reward.
So far, not even a reply.
Any ideas?
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Jason
ebook readers
I curently have an HD2 and will probable end up with a WP7 device at some point when they come out. However I'm a big ebook fan and at the moment i'm tempted to get an android phone so that I can use he Kindle app. I'm waiting to see what developers come up with for WP7.
Do you think there's a good chance of a kinde app or something like it being made for WP7?
Cheers
Steve
I think so. I think the amount of sales will be suprising, and that there will be more hardware with WP7 on it than critics give it credit for. There are alot of peopl ethat HAVE an iPhone that want out. My father just got the AT&T Galaxy S (Captivate) and loves it, diching his iPhone 3G.
I think they would be silly not to. I'd prefer a Nook app on WP7 myself, but something to start would be nice!
Brandon Watson said they were worknig with developers who already had WM apps - that means B&N for sure. MS also has an eboo reader but it's unclear if they are going to bundle it with the phone (not likely). Based on the ease of writing WP7 apps I'd suspect all of the large developers to write a WP7 app and they are permitted to have their ebook stores.
Let's hope that you guys are right and there is a strong enough uptake to make all the big players developer readers for WP7. competition is a good thing after all!
Cheers
Steve
I relay like your idea…
After all because I had nearly the same
But I would give it more features…
X Online Service for the markets where they can register the products with barcode and price
-„POI“ Database with geodata of the markets
-Markets can enter special offers
X Online „Community“ section
-Users can Post reviews and vote for products
-Users can vote for markets / stores
-Users can enter alternate products
X Private section for Users
-You can make your grocery list an search for alternate products
-You can enter an amount of saving and a distance you would go for
So the system could give you a shopping tour
Now to the Phone App
X The App can download your grocery
X You can make a Live price comparison with the barcode
-The app could give you a market / store, it would consider your amount of saving and a distance you would go for
X You can do a live vote for Products and Stores
X You can enter a grocery list
X You can search for alternate products
X The app would use the geodata and GPS
SHOP NAV!
I thought of an app years ago called shop nav.
You type in your shopping list and your phone guides you around the store in the correct route.If your in your local then you know where everything is.but how many times have you shopped in a different store one only to find everything is in a different place.You spend most of your time doubling back on your self and walking up the same flaming isle 3 times!.Supermakets are getting bigger and if an app like this was possible it would save everyone time and ease shop congestion.
There have been some indications the Galaxy Nexus would include an FM radio. Is there any conclusive evidence of FM ?
If Google ships the Nexus with an FM app, that would be a departure from previous practice.
The Nexus One shipped with the HTC Desire FM hardware intact, but no app.
The Nexus S did not have the Silicon Labs Si4709 FM chip that the Galaxy S did, and the Broadcom BCM4329 BT/WiFi/FM combination chip was not wired to allow FM.
This Galaxy Nexus apparently has a Broadcom BCM4330 BT/WiFi/FM combination chip like the Galaxy S2 has. But the S2 uses a dedicated Silicon Labs FM chip like the original "S1".
I doubt the BCM4330 will be wired for FM, so I'd guess there must be a Silicon Labs FM chip if the Galaxy Nexus supports FM.
I doubt Google would have created their own FM app, but who knows ? Would it be incorporated into the music app ? Would they use Samsung's FM app, perhaps modified ? Or have they decided their new music store sales will be improved if they neglect FM ?
And if there is an FM app in Google's Galaxy Nexus, can we presume that the source code will be open ?
Kess78 pointed me to Supercurio's doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a6808W2GwBkBX8x1YwaW3tYm3JSzkp87uQBNWY3TFmE/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1 .
He says : "FM Radio app is not present."
The only other FM reference there is for the Audio Codec:
Linux ALSA driver source code and its register definitions, describing basic audio hardware features available.
Main input/output type supported:
* Headphone
* Speaker
* Microphone
* Bluetooth
* Voice
* FM - digital
* SPDIF over HDMI
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But IMO that doesn't prove anything. First, I don't think he has the exact source code for the kernel on the phone. I've heard the source code is expected to be released in about a month. But maybe I'm wrong, for the kernel code at least.
Second, there are "phantom" FM definitions for a number of Samsung Galaxy devices that don't have the FM chip: The Galaxy Tab, I think the Nexus S and the Galaxy S2 devices with no FM chip, such as AT&T and T-Mobile variants.
So my thinking now is that Google won't be releasing an FM app. Whether or not there's a Silicon Labs FM chip remains to be seen, but I suspect Google went cheap as with the Nexus S and there is no usable FM chip. But I'm just guessing for now.
I believe the Samsung Note spec states that it has an FM radio with RDS. It may be that they use similar chipset in the Galaxy Nexus and there is hope for FM Radio down the road sometime.
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I believe the Samsung Note spec states that it has an FM radio with RDS. It may be that they use similar chipset in the Galaxy Nexus and there is hope for FM Radio down the road sometime.
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A lot of Android phones, I'd say most of them, have bluetooth chips that include support for both sending and receiving FM.
The problem is just that Android lacks a framework and API for it. ST-Ericsson submitted a framework and example app for it to AOSP that has been worked on openly in Gerrit for months with input from several Google people. Unfortunately Gerrit is still down so we don't know the latest progress but it will hopefully be officially supported in the future. Until then, we will probably see FM support for it in CM like many other phones currently enjoy.
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I believe the Samsung Note spec states that it has an FM radio with RDS. It may be that they use similar chipset in the Galaxy Nexus and there is hope for FM Radio down the road sometime.
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MAYBE.
But the Galaxy S and Nexus S are almost the same phone. Yet the Galaxy S has the Silicon Labs FM chip, while the Nexus S does not.
The same is true for some variants of the Galaxy S2. The "canonical" Samsung Galaxy S2 has the Silicon Labs FM chip, while the AT&T and T-Mobile variants appear to have omitted it.
IMO, at least 2 reasons: (1) The phone is a bit cheaper if they don't install the FM chip, and (2) Carriers want us to use their expensive data plans for streaming.
I think Google also has some interest in keeping cheap, "old fashioned" airwave radio from us. Same for Apple.
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A lot of Android phones, I'd say most of them, have bluetooth chips that include support for both sending and receiving FM.
The problem is just that Android lacks a framework and API for it. ST-Ericsson submitted a framework and example app for it to AOSP that has been worked on openly in Gerrit for months with input from several Google people. Unfortunately Gerrit is still down so we don't know the latest progress but it will hopefully be officially supported in the future. Until then, we will probably see FM support for it in CM like many other phones currently enjoy.
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I've spent most of this year developing an FM app for various Android devices. See my sig.
My impression is that the ST-Ericsson Android FM API is doomed. Nobody but them has committed to it. Broadcom is the biggest provider of FM combo chips and has said nothing, and continues to keep their specs secret.
Except for some Japan market Sharp models, can you show me ANY Android phone that supports FM transmit ? Stock or with developer mods ? I tried this on my TI based HTC Legend and it won't work. It needs the proper antenna (and perhaps power) connections, and I've found no phone that has that, likely because they were never designed to transmit, and were even designed to prevent transmit.
Even with a theoretically usable Bluetooth/WiFi/ FM combo chip (Broadcom or TI), if the power, antenna and audio connections are not in place, FM receive is impossible. There are several phones in my app incompatible list that never had an FM app, and that I and nobody else has ever been able to FM enable. IMO nobody will ever FM enable these without impractical hardware modifications.
so this does have an fm radio ! i seen where some say it doesn't and then I seen some that say it does, The unlocked version of the SGS2 has one but the AT&T didn't so this seems too
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Camera - 5MP
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Weight - 135g
External Memory - No
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Bluetooth - Yes
Vibration - Yes
3G - Yes
GPS - Yes
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EDGE Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE
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Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
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Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- NFC support
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YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
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The specs you have listed are from GSMArena and "may" be wrong. The two people afaik who have the GN have said that there is no native FM radio app. At present we dont even know if the FM chip is even correctly wired inside to receive signals. If it is, then CM7 (or 8) will be able to support it.
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I've spent most of this year developing an FM app for various Android devices. See my sig.
My impression is that the ST-Ericsson Android FM API is doomed. Nobody but them has committed to it. Broadcom is the biggest provider of FM combo chips and has said nothing, and continues to keep their specs secret.
Except for some Japan market Sharp models, can you show me ANY Android phone that supports FM transmit ? Stock or with developer mods ? I tried this on my TI based HTC Legend and it won't work. It needs the proper antenna (and perhaps power) connections, and I've found no phone that has that, likely because they were never designed to transmit, and were even designed to prevent transmit.
Even with a theoretically usable Bluetooth/WiFi/ FM combo chip (Broadcom or TI), if the power, antenna and audio connections are not in place, FM receive is impossible. There are several phones in my app incompatible list that never had an FM app, and that I and nobody else has ever been able to FM enable. IMO nobody will ever FM enable these without impractical hardware modifications.
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I think the API has potential still. A reason for not seeing any commits from other manufacturers for it is that it's still not finished and polished enough to be approved by Google. If it is, I think that we will see some more action by the other manufacturers. Also, in theory the Broadcom plugin could be developed by the community since it seems one of the MIUI guys have access to confidential information about commands etc. The basic functionality could probably be implemented by information from what is currently used in MIUI and CM.
I have not seen a phone that supports FM transmit, no. That would just be a bonus though. Why do you say they are specifically designed not to transmit FM? FM transmitting with limited power (to allow close range music transfer) is legal now in many countries. Also, I know for a fact that receiving works fine in many phones in CM so at least that functionality should be possible.
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I think the API has potential still. A reason for not seeing any commits from other manufacturers for it is that it's still not finished and polished enough to be approved by Google. If it is, I think that we will see some more action by the other manufacturers.
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I went searching for this API last night. I couldn't find ANY sign of it except for the original posts and documentation from a year or so ago. Where is this Gerrit code ? Or any evidence of recent activity ?
AFAICT, Google has nothing to do with the SE FM API. Do you have any evidence otherwise ? NONE of the chip manufacturers has said ANYTHING about it either, AFAIK.
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Also, in theory the Broadcom plugin could be developed by the community since it seems one of the MIUI guys have access to confidential information about commands etc. The basic functionality could probably be implemented by information from what is currently used in MIUI and CM.
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In theory ? Probably ? I really don't want to sound harsh, but I will speculate that you are just speculating about these things. And I think you are being too hopeful.
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Why do you say they are specifically designed not to transmit FM? FM transmitting with limited power (to allow close range music transfer) is legal now in many countries.
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Yes, sure it's legal, with the proper FCC or whatever certifications. Those cost money, as does the engineering. The chip connections are specifically made to disable transmit. Thus, no software can enable FM transmit.
I'd be happy to learn I am wrong about any of the above. But until I see evidence, these are my current opinions based on my knowledge and experience.
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I went searching for this API last night. I couldn't find ANY sign of it except for the original posts and documentation from a year or so ago. Where is this Gerrit code ? Or any evidence of recent activity ?
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When the kernel.org servers were taken down recently it also meant that AOSP and Gerrit that were both hosted there got taken down too. When Gerrit comes up again and if they keep all the history (that's not decided yet according to jbqueru) you can see for yourself. It used to be available on the following links.
https://review.source.android.com//#change,20506
https://review.source.android.com//#change,20507
https://review.source.android.com//#change,20508
https://review.source.android.com//#change,20509
I do have a limited part of the history from 20507 on gmail but I unsubscribed after a while because it was spamming my inbox. Here is a PDF of the parts I have. Some of it is missing though.
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AFAICT, Google has nothing to do with the SE FM API. Do you have any evidence otherwise ? NONE of the chip manufacturers has said ANYTHING about it either, AFAIK.
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Google is involved as in being actively commenting and reviewing it in Gerrit at the time. They provided details of changes they wanted to see etc. and seemed to show some interest in the API. You are right though in that it was written entirely by ST-Ericsson. Also, it's not made by SE (meaning Sony Ericsson) but by ST-Ericsson, a partnership between ST-Microelectronics and Erocsson. No Sony involded.
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In theory ? Probably ? I really don't want to sound harsh, but I will speculate that you are just speculating about these things. And I think you are being too hopeful.
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This part was speculation, yes. A third party plugin would not make it into any official builds at least. What I said about someone close to MIUI having some inside knowledge about what commands to send to the chip using hci_tool to enable FM receiving, RDS etc. was based on a claim they made themselves. That claim was send to me indirectly by a researcher from this group. It started with me submitting some comments on Gerrit. It started with me being approached by ST-Ericsson (Andreas Gustafsson specifically) asking if I could provide some more information and if I wanted to help them test it. I was later forwarded a message from the mentioned research group. After some emails back and forth it turned out they needed RDS which is currently not supported for the broadcom chip drivers used in CM. I therefor suggested that he should contact the MIUI guys to find out where they got the basis for the drivers they had written. That's when he told me a that a friend of xinyu had the datasheet for it but wouldn't share it.
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Yes, sure it's legal, with the proper FCC or whatever certifications. Those cost money, as does the engineering. The chip connections are specifically made to disable transmit. Thus, no software can enable FM transmit.
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You might be right about it not being wired up for transmission of FM. Receiving works on most phones with compatible chips though as shown by it actually working in CM and MIUI.
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I'd be happy to learn I am wrong about any of the above. But until I see evidence, these are my current opinions based on my knowledge and experience.
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Now you at least know what I base my opinions on. Too bad Gerrit isn't up.
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When the kernel.org servers were taken down recently it also meant that AOSP and Gerrit that were both hosted there got taken down too. When Gerrit comes up again and if they keep all the history (that's not decided yet according to jbqueru) you can see for yourself.
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Thanks ! You are more familiar with this than I thought, so my apologies for assuming otherwise.
I'm surprised that 20 minutes of Google searching didn't reveal anything but a few year old documents and posts. Gerrit is still down ? Sheesh ! And that was the only place for somewhat open discussion ?
I've been working 60+ hour weeks on my Android FM app since February, and am trying to earn a meagre income from this project to keep it going indefinitely.
The reverse engineering I continue to do is VERY time consuming, generally has problems, and my app only runs on a fraction of the Android devices out there. So I am EXTREMELY interested in this API, if it has success.
I vaguely recall checking up on this API around August, probably via Gerritt. I had the impression it wasn't going anywhere very fast.
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Google is involved as in being actively commenting and reviewing it in Gerrit at the time. They provided details of changes they wanted to see etc. and seemed to show some interest in the API.
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OK, from your PDF I see one Google email address (Dave Sparks), as well as Broadcom and TI. Interesting...
See my next post for more...
I had an interesting email from someone working for an org with interest in enabling OTA radio on more smartphones.
I posted the Q's and A's on my app thread for anyone interested: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19242542&postcount=1601
I think he and I agree that the biggest obstacles include the lack of usable, open APIs, the secrecy of the chip documents, and the manufacturers that specifically disable FM on many devices.
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This part was speculation, yes. A third party plugin would not make it into any official builds at least. What I said about someone close to MIUI having some inside knowledge about what commands to send to the chip using hci_tool to enable FM receiving, RDS etc. was based on a claim they made themselves. That claim was send to me indirectly by a researcher from this group
It started with me submitting some comments on Gerrit. It started with me being approached by ST-Ericsson (Andreas Gustafsson specifically) asking if I could provide some more information and if I wanted to help them test it. I was later forwarded a message from the mentioned research group. After some emails back and forth it turned out they needed RDS which is currently not supported for the broadcom chip drivers used in CM. I therefor suggested that he should contact the MIUI guys to find out where they got the basis for the drivers they had written. That's when he told me a that a friend of xinyu had the datasheet for it but wouldn't share it.
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Yes, as soon as I read the Broadcom chip header file for the MIUI/CM FM app, I was convinced the MIUI folk had some inside info. You don't get register defines like BC_REG_SPARE0 by reverse engineering alone.
My app runs on Broadcom and TI chips using what I've learned through hard rev eng work and what I've found on the net, including that header file. I support Samsung Silicon Labs and V4L too, but those "specs" are more open.
My app also supports RDS. AFAIK, neither the CM FM app, nor the MIUI app support RDS, so I think mine is the only 3rd party Android app that does on these chips. FMTwoo works w/ RDS on Galaxy S/Silicon Labs (as does mine).
And I think my app is the only one that communicates directly through the HCI UART. I had to do that because so many devices use Broadcom proprietary Bluetooth which doesn't support normal HCI access, AFAICT.
BTW, AFAIC, the MIUI and CM FM apps are now distinct. Some call the CM app MIUI, and About still says so. The MIUI FM app for Droid X is using Motorola and TI specific libraries. OTOH, the CM TI support is based on work that I did, via hcitool and (for my app direct access to HCI).
Last I looked the ST Ericsson API was VERY rich (IMO) with a lot of potential features, including handling Audio routing, which is a big problem I deal with regularly.
And yet the only multi-chip opensource Android FM code is the CM code, which is still pretty basic. Until not that long ago it only sent commands blindly, and couldn't get values such as the end frequency from a seek command.
So I feel that unless some individual or company "champions" it, I don't see much prospect for a community API implementation that goes beyond basics anytime soon. And it's not just the FM chips, it's the audio routing system for the phone, and sometimes other things, like antenna switches.
I don't think anybody is going to retrofit current phones with this API, except perhaps on specific aftermarket ROMs like MIUI and CM. There MAY be manufacturer support for this API on future phones.
I've considered writing some plugins myself, given my codebase and info. But for now I'm just waiting to see if this API goes anywhere, and if so I will support another API in my app, in addition to the 5 current APIs, possibly with a 6th (Broadcom proprietary) in the next several months.
I'd be very interested if you could give a name of someone who might be able to share more recent info on the progress of this API.
Thanks !
mikereidis said:
Thanks ! You are more familiar with this than I thought, so my apologies for assuming otherwise.
I'm surprised that 20 minutes of Google searching didn't reveal anything but a few year old documents and posts. Gerrit is still down ? Sheesh ! And that was the only place for somewhat open discussion ?
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OK, from your PDF I see one Google email address (Dave Sparks), as well as Broadcom and TI. Interesting...
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I understand. There are a lot of uninformed posts on XDA so it can serve to be sceptical sometimes.
Gerrit seems to be relatively poorly indexed on Google, if it's indexed at all. Yes, it's still down unfortunately. It makes me kind of sad since that was the only place I've found that you see and participate in open discussions between Google and the submitter. They usually respond if you make an informed comment or ask a relevant question. Unfortunately it's very hard to get in touch with developers to discuss improvements or report mistakes made in the non-open souce apps.
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[...] I've considered writing some plugins myself, given my codebase and info. But for now I'm just waiting to see if this API goes anywhere, and if so I will support another API in my app, in addition to the 5 current APIs, possibly with a 6th (Broadcom proprietary) in the next several months.
I'd be very interested if you could give a name of someone who might be able to share more recent info on the progress of this API.
Thanks !
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I contacted both people I've spoken to at ST-Ericsson about this to ask if there has been any progress as well as if I should refer you to them. I described your interest in this and how you can potentially help out. Unfortunately one of the addresses returned a "no such user" error but one of them seems to work fine still.
EDIT: I should also once again point out after reading the Q&A post you linked to that ST-Ericsson is entirely separate from Sony Ericsson and is therefor not affected by any Sony buy out as far as I know. The thing they have in common is that they both were spawned by Ericsson and then fusioned with competitors and that they are partly owned by Ericsson.
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EDIT: I should also once again point out after reading the Q&A post you linked to that ST-Ericsson is entirely separate from Sony Ericsson and is therefor not affected by any Sony buy out as far as I know. The thing they have in common is that they both were spawned by Ericsson and then fusioned with competitors and that they are partly owned by Ericsson.
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Thanks ! Yes I sent an email to the one shown for Andreas Gustafsson and got that "550 No such user" bounceback. I hope that's just a spam issue and not a sign this API development is dead or struggling,
Yes the names and shifting ownerships etc. is confusing. I had thought that Sony-Ericcson was the only phone manufacturer to have committed to supporting this API.
So was it ST-Ericsson that made this commitment ? And they are a chip company, so how could they make such a commitment unless they have FM chips and were supporting the FM portion of the API, or the same for audio chips.
Basically I'm wondering if any hardware company has made any commitment to producing plugins for their hardware. Or is it all experimental at this point ? I can understand though that various Linux driver standards (such as V4L which also has a radio portion) have had little commitment from HW manufacturers, yet the "community" created drivers and apps for them.
"Geritt" naming is confusing too. CyanogenMod uses "Geritt" and they are up on their servers. So it's "Android Geritt" ?
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And yes, I could in theory help out. I could create plugins using my existing code. I guess this only makes sense if I open source the code.
Should I ? I don't know; There are pros and cons. It doesn't make much sense to me that I would do this for FM chips, while "rich" companies like Broadcom do nothing.
I could also do the app side, but there again, drivers are still needed. And it seems a bit more logical that the open source CM FM app be modified to use this API, or even the Qualcomm Code Aurora app.
Open source is great, but doesn't pay the bills unless some corporate sponsorship is involved.
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Thanks ! Yes I sent an email to the one shown for Andreas Gustafsson and got that "550 No such user" bounceback. I hope that's just a spam issue and not a sign this API development is dead or struggling,
Yes the names and shifting ownerships etc. is confusing. I had thought that Sony-Ericcson was the only phone manufacturer to have committed to supporting this API.
So was it ST-Ericsson that made this commitment ? And they are a chip company, so how could they make such a commitment unless they have FM chips and were supporting the FM portion of the API, or the same for audio chips.
Basically I'm wondering if any hardware company has made any commitment to producing plugins for their hardware. Or is it all experimental at this point ? I can understand though that various Linux driver standards (such as V4L which also has a radio portion) have had little commitment from HW manufacturers, yet the "community" created drivers and apps for them.
"Geritt" naming is confusing too. CyanogenMod uses "Geritt" and they are up on their servers. So it's "Android Geritt" ?
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And yes, I could in theory help out. I could create plugins using my existing code. I guess this only makes sense if I open source the code.
Should I ? I don't know; There are pros and cons. It doesn't make much sense to me that I would do this for FM chips, while "rich" companies like Broadcom do nothing.
I could also do the app side, but there again, drivers are still needed. And it seems a bit more logical that the open source CM FM app be modified to use this API, or even the Qualcomm Code Aurora app.
Open source is great, but doesn't pay the bills unless some corporate sponsorship is involved.
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ST-Ericsson have chips with FM, as well as complete SoCs. I think Andreas might have either changed address or company but I spoke with a guy named Ulf as well and his address worked.
Gerrit is actually the name of the review system that is written by Google and released open source. CM started using it to improve the quality of the code in the project. Usually when people refer to Gerrit it should be fairly obvious which one they are talking about based on context. I was talking about AOSP Gerrit though.
I think the plan was to get other chip manufacturers interested in writing the plugins for it as that would allow them to market yet another feature of the chip to Android phone manufacturers. The chance of a phone manufacturer including functionality that requires them to write a whole new Android hardware API is highly unlikely, unless it's something like 3D screens that is very compelling for the marketing department. For that reason it's important to get the APIs implemented.
I did not mean that you should have to do an official implementation but rather that you might help them make it easier developers to test it. As you said, the manufacturers should not expect the users to implement these plugins. I just let them know you were interested about this and might have some valuable input.
I got an update from Ulf at ST-Ericsson. Work on the API has been moved to their branch in India. I should receive contact information for that team. Not that much has happened with it since AOSP Gerrit went down except for a few bugfixes.
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I got an update from Ulf at ST-Ericsson. Work on the API has been moved to their branch in India. I should receive contact information for that team. Not that much has happened with it since AOSP Gerrit went down except for a few bugfixes.
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Thanks ! Yes, please let me/us know of any developments.
My first impression is that moving a project to a different country is not a good sign.
My second impression is that "not a good sign" is an understatement.
IMO, Life goes on with proprietary APIs and minor roles for ALSA and V4L.
Hi, any news about GN fm radio possibility?
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Idk if this helps or is already out there but got this email yesterday.
Dear LG Developers,
We are pleased to inform you that LG Electronics has released new Android
based SDK, LG QRemote SDK.
LG QRemote SDK provides Open API, Documentation and Samples necessary
to develop IR (Infrared) Remote Control Applications for LG smartphones.
LG QRemote SDK provides the following key features:
● Configuring devices through LG QRemote.
● Getting the device list configured by LG QRemote.
● Getting the brand, name, model, and category of configured devices.
● Getting functions supported by configured devices.
● Sending IR signals for processing the functions.
For more information, please refer to the following link:
LG Developer Site.
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Idk if this helps or is already out there but got this email yesterday.
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Might be a good idea to get this in the hands of @madmack or @Shelnutt2. It might be useful to get the IR blaster working on CM (though I'm not sure if CM has IR support).
I have been tring to help but life called and said I had to work 65 hrs a week lol. I been getting hammered up here. Soon as I catch up a lil I plain on putting my hands back in.. Let me know if this helps.
Gotroot said:
I have been tring to help but life called and said I had to work 65 hrs a week lol. I been getting hammered up here. Soon as I catch up a lil I plain on putting my hands back in.. Let me know if this helps.
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Ouch man, well hopefully things level off for you. I've had those 70 hour work weeks and they're not fun!
Looking forward to ir working in CM.
Ok so i have send a mai to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=remote.home.squid this guys.Maybe the are going to make an app for our lg too.So they answered me Hi Vlad,
Thanks for alerting us to this. We weren't aware that they had released this.
That being said, I've just looked it over, and I'm not sure we'll end up porting our app over. The LG QRemote works much the same way that Sony does their IR. Their IR code library is hardwired in and third party developers are limited to using what LG already has in their database.
We did port our app over to the Sony, only 6 people bought it (of the two dozen that were asking us to port it over for them). It cost us about $2000 in development work, introduced bugs to our app (leading to additional work), and 4 of the 6 who bought complained because the only reason they wanted to use our app was because our database included devices not in Sony's database.
The LG protocols are not similar enough to Sony's to re-use any of that code, so we would likely be putting a similar amount of development work. Only 8 or 9 people have asked us to port over to LG devices, so unless the demand increases substantially, it likely won't make it to the top of our priority list (all of our development work for our remote control apps is done by just one person).
In conclusion send mail to them [email protected] to make the app work for us too.
Sent them mail
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Sent them mail
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I try install it on Android Studio and compile the sample, it give me the FC .
On documentation stated that it only support Optimus G2 :crying:
Any updates on the QuickRemote app? I really need it have a learning mode like G2
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Any updates on the QuickRemote app? I really need it have a learning mode like G2
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I think OGP's is one way communication... Could be wrong though.
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Hey everyone,
There is so much work on windows mobile 10 from all the users of XDA, and all the people we don't know about... does anyone have any idea's as to the following, or new ideas, to get a few more years out of windows mobile or even the possibility to revive it?:
Possible petition ideas:
a) a petition from x number of people to make Project Astoria available to all phones/select phone builds in the current windows phone 10 so that we can use Android apps (at least get continued app updates for a while longer using android apk's)
b) a petition from x number of people to make windows 10 updates for set devices through a product key purchase... we pay $$-$$$ for windows 10, 8, 7 licences... why not get a key for wm10 and then wm11 when it comes out and so on? if microsoft supports all the current phones hardware and manufacture a few new models... maybe this way we could revive it?
c) a petition from x number of people to continue updates for x time frame so that we can at least get a bit more out of it, maybe enough time to get some app developers to launch a single update or two for applications we really want using another petition from us.
[edit] One other idea I have thought of is maybe microsoft could release the code for astoria and windows 10 mobile... maybe for open source?
would be nice if the incredible people out there wanting to keep this alive had the tools to do so... could we petition this or approach them another way? [/edit]
Maybe a combination of all ideas into a petition and see what they decide to do. I personally have little money but if we all pledged $30+ to an update, had 1000 people willing to do it, I think microsoft would consider $30000 as an incentive?
Microsoft dropped this because of only having a tiny % of the market and the costs involved on maintaining it, so is there a way we can increase the percentage of devices if we get this working?
As I said above, if we could buy product keys for our phones to enable continued support, and also if we used a petition or other method to encourage and get results from Microsoft, then we could probably get other app developers of our choosing to follow suit (like Whatsapp, Waze, Viber, etc).
A petition is the only thing I can think of right now that just needs names and details, but we may have a legal stand point with newer devices getting continued support based on how long the expected support is for other devices from microsoft (what is the newest windows phone released with wm10?), google, apple etc... all ideas welcome
Example: in Australia all devices are warranted for a year, if sold here or manufactured and sold here... and that year is extended and often because someone will argue it to a tribunal (part of the fair trading route to take up matters with a manufacturer or seller) and say something along the lines of "TV sets used to last 10-15 years, my $2000 TV broke after the 2nd year, and the manufacturer/shop wont replace it" usually I get replacements after the 1 year warranty and I hear about entire Cars etc getting replaced entirely... Maybe if hardware has to work for an expected time, does software (that cannot be changed) that comes with a device? what about 3rd party applications for that software?
Any lawyers in the US, UK, Australia or another country reading this?.. Could you get us a few years continued updates with a similar clause?
Any route that works may even lead to reviving Windows Mobile
I would love some serious feedback guys, but please, don't just comment "No, why would Microsoft bother" or "I see no reason to try and revive"
What I hope to see is ideas, us working together... let's see if we can do this, anyone who wants to try or contribute please just say "yes" if you have little time
[edit] By the way for people needing instagram, pandora/spotify, facebook etc, I have a list of applications and links to .appx's that run (not always without a crash) currently (24th June 2019) and cost nothing. [/edit]
I wouldn't mind this. Still use a Lumia 640. I guess were it to fail, there's always trying to put WoA on Android phones...
Hi OP
I read your post and this can be a fantastic idea, but i didnt see soo much interest from the guys here in WM10.
Im still with the doubt about Whatsapp working beyond 31-12-2019 and nobody answer anything about that in my post. So i think, if people dont get "moved" about the posibility of having phones without whatsapp since 1-1-2020.... i really think that people just doesnt care about this OS.