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New Google Maps Mobile

Haven't seen this posted here yet.
Looks like Google released a new version of GMM. No longer do I get those pesky wininetread errors.
The new version is 1.2.0.2
I'm running Shadow as well.
Here's the link I used from pocket ie: http://www.google.com/gmm
The file is called: googlemaps_compressed
PM

Do you have a linky at all?
Matt

Link to new Google Maps
http://www.google.com/gmm/GoogleMaps.CAB

...or just go to google.com on your phone and you should get a link to if from there on the home page...
Smiffy.

Sadlybrokeboy said:
Do you have a linky at all?
Matt
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Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.

Plays nice in WM6
This new version seems to work better in WM6 ... I can now drag my screen to move the map without the annoying data/refresh errors I used to get in the last version.

Good catch.
The initial version of the program was pretty unuseable due to the error messages.
Hope this version is better!

agovinoveritas said:
Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.
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OK - I'm not taking it personally, I just thought it common sense to post a link when talking about a new peice of software - that's all
Cheers
Matt

looks very nice... now if only in canada we had unlimted data plans

weinson said:
This new version seems to work better in WM6 ... I can now drag my screen to move the map without the annoying data/refresh errors I used to get in the last version.
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amen to that. the only thing that would make this version crap all over live search is.....
street view

hiimcliff said:
amen to that. the only thing that would make this version crap all over live search is.....
street view
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Street view is so rediculously stupid. In fact I was talking to a director at Google a couple of weeks ago and told him to stop focusing on that poc street view and fix gmm. GMM, after their search engine and maps is probably the most useful thing they have going.
I then proceeded to show him how gmm was incapable of finding the party we were trying to go to because of all the errors. We eventually got there. This new gmm came so quick after that incident... hmm I wonder...
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?

agovinoveritas said:
Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.
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They also make Total Commander for PPC!!! get facts fight if your going to have a go at someone!!!

You dont have unlimited plans?
What a shame.......if you only signed up with fido previously! HA.
aximfan said:
looks very nice... now if only in canada we had unlimted data plans
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But no new features
Yes, the new GMM is nice, in that the wininet error is gone. I haven't played with it too much yet, but the one thing I DID notice is that there is still no hybrid view, with streets superimposed over a sat view.
Again, haven't played with it too much yet, but I haven't seen anything new, outside of the error fix. Has anyone noticed any new functionality?
-pvs
[EDIT] Well, I clicked around with it a bit, and while I AM happy they fixed the glitch, I'm saddened that they couldn't add a few new features, for instance:
1) Hybrid view, as mentioned above
2) The ability to move it's cache to a storage card
3) The ability to preserve my historical locations, searches and directions between upgrades
But again, I'm happy they fixed the wininet glitch. And I guess ... what do I want for free, right?
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kinggofg;1310852 said:
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?
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Ok, heres just one easy one to explain..say youre disabled, and you arent able to get around much for certain reasons etc..would give you a chance to kinda go exploring, and see things, which you otherwise wouldnt be able to....Im sure I can come up with a few more, thats just the easiest/quickest to explain.
btw, Sorry to wander offtopic.

ChaoticDruid said:
Ok, heres just one easy one to explain..say youre disabled, and you arent able to get around much for certain reasons etc..would give you a chance to kinda go exploring, and see things, which you otherwise wouldnt be able to....Im sure I can come up with a few more, thats just the easiest/quickest to explain.
btw, Sorry to wander offtopic.
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Agreed, sorry to wander...
I'm just excited to try the new GMM.
How about a legitimate use for an average person. Everyone needs GMM, very few need street views. Street view is the kind of thing that seems cool and you can talk about at cocktail parties, but you will never use. I use mapping software nearly everyday. And if they get traffic working, could increase productivity in this country by millions if not billions of dollars.

kinggofg said:
Street view is so rediculously stupid. In fact I was talking to a director at Google a couple of weeks ago and told him to stop focusing on that poc street view and fix gmm. GMM, after their search engine and maps is probably the most useful thing they have going.
I then proceeded to show him how gmm was incapable of finding the party we were trying to go to because of all the errors. We eventually got there. This new gmm came so quick after that incident... hmm I wonder...
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?
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yes. i love it. i live in nyc. now when i go somewhere that is unfamiliar i check it out on street view first so i know exactly what im looking for when i get there. i love it.

I will agree that the street view is not that important. It's more like a 'wow, this is cool' kind of feature.
All in all, this new release appears to be very stable. No annoying errors.
I think this is the future of GPS programs. It is much easier to distribute new maps when available, and add new features.
I envision a program similar to this which simply caches the maps you use most often on the device, and updates them via your data plan whenever an update is needed. If you go to a new city or state, the device starts caching the new area.

GPS works better. yey! You can now configure the GPS, so there's actually a chance of it working

new option in GMM
DTX is corrrect, there is now an option to specify which serial port your GPS is on unlike the previous version. I didnt find this useful because I always set my GPS up under Start-Settings-GPS but you do have an option now to over ride this setting.
I drove around all day yesterday trying out the new GMM to see if the WINNET error would reveal its ugly head and it didnt. I was even out in BFE yesterday and when I would loose cell coverage and then come back in the GMM went to work to catch me back up.
My only wish list thing would be to orient the map depending on which direction you are heading. This was a feature in Pocket Streets that I found very handy instead of playing a guessing game as to which direction to turn...
Enjoy!

[REQ] Train Time Application

I don't know about anyone else in the UK but I could really do with an app that allows me to search for train times.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk just about works in Opera but it's slow to render and fiddly to have to fill in the boxes as it doesn't scale very well onto the WVGA screen. What I reckon would be great would be an app that can do the searching for you, with nice big boxes making it easier to type your start and end points.
I've searched around and not found anything out there that seems to do the job. I came across a .jar programme here (http://www.getjar.com/products/903/LiveUKTrainTimes) but It's not very user friendly and only does live departures/arrivals rather than a search of the National Rail Enquiries database.
Anyone know of anything out there that would do something like this? Or does anyone want to take a stab at developing it? I've seen the thread for the Australian train times but haven't tried it out as yet.

dom_mitchell1 said:
I don't know about anyone else in the UK but I could really do with an app that allows me to search for train times.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk just about works in Opera but it's slow to render and fiddly to have to fill in the boxes as it doesn't scale very well onto the WVGA screen. What I reckon would be great would be an app that can do the searching for you, with nice big boxes making it easier to type your start and end points.
I've searched around and not found anything out there that seems to do the job. I came across a .jar programme here (http://www.getjar.com/products/903/LiveUKTrainTimes) but It's not very user friendly and only does live departures/arrivals rather than a search of the National Rail Enquiries database.
Anyone know of anything out there that would do something like this? Or does anyone want to take a stab at developing it? I've seen the thread for the Australian train times but haven't tried it out as yet.
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If you find anything, I'd also be interested.
What I've done is downloaded the timetable in pdf format and use adobe viewer to view this on the phone. Obviously there is more trainlines in the UK than there are in Ireland so this maybe wouldn't work for you. (Only 4 lines in Northern Ireland)

I would definitely use that! I love the national rail site because it lets you set favourite journeys. An app like that would be indispensable to me.

Have you tried the show directions option in google maps?
This uses the application Transit on the "Public Transport" tab and seems to work well for me in Switzerland. But, I don't know about UK - give it a go.

Have you seen this amazing application?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479216

Looks good, I am also interested, especially since I use Chiltern, Virgin and TFL a lot. Being able to get train times in a minute on my phone would be great.

jolas said:
Have you seen this amazing application?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479216
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Testing this now!

Cheesy Dave said:
Have you tried the show directions option in google maps?
This uses the application Transit on the "Public Transport" tab and seems to work well for me in Switzerland. But, I don't know about UK - give it a go.
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Annoyingly I don't think it does work in the UK (at least it doesn't for me). I can only use walking and driving. Mass Transit is a no-go.
jolas said:
Have you seen this amazing application?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479216
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Am I right in thinking this app lets you know how to get from a to b on underground systems? I'll have a look but I don't think it does the kind of thing I'm hoping for. I'd like to have an app that pulls data from the National Rail Enquiries website. Even better would be a push of any issues with 'Favourite' lines esepcially at rush-hour.
I'll have a look at that app; even a solid knowledge of the London Underground sometimes fails when meeting a friend at a pub in a random part of Town I seldom visit!
O and O said:
Looks good, I am also interested, especially since I use Chiltern, Virgin and TFL a lot. Being able to get train times in a minute on my phone would be great.
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That is the dream my friend! I use a mixture of Southern, South Eastern and TFL. No so fussed about tube times; is there every such a thing as a timetable down there in reality? Certainly doesn't seem to be the case on the Northern Line coming out of London Bridge in the morning!

Use National Rail's WAP site which looks nice and big in WVGA -
http://wap.nationalrail.co.uk/
or you can text the station you're going from and too and it will tell you the next 3 train times - all the info is here:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/info_on_the_move/

Or try:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/mobile
It is a bit more user friendly

baconsarni said:
Or try:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/mobile
It is a bit more user friendly
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There must be something missing as this comes up as a Page Not Found.

Jus saw this thread.
I have uploaded a vey basic UK rail departures application the the following url:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=620076
You can see the screenshots there.
Soon there will be a new version with advanced functionality and a new interface.
Hope it helps

national rail has a mobile site
http://pda.ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/
works pretty well for me anyway

personalized data?

where is it and how do i disable it?

Tregrad said:
where is it and how do i disable it?
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someones got to know, I did the system update and when i went to text someone it had this thing pop up that said the key board can remember your crap etc etc. if you would like to diasble it go to settings/personalized data and disable it. I CANT FIND IT AT ALL and the crap is pissing me off. im a bout to just root this freakin thing, dont want to tho because it takes me forever.

Tregrad said:
where is it and how do i disable it?
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Could you help us understand what you mean by "personalized data?"
From your post, I have to assume a lot in order to answer your question. I think you mean you don't want google to use personal results in searches or even keep track of anything you do on your phone.
The easiest (and most extreme) way would be to have a google account associated with your device. This is extreme and not really recommended, as you won't be able to purchase anything from the play store and you'll really limit yourself on the phone.
The other (and recommended) option would be to turn off a couple of things:
Under Accounts, click on your google account. Choose the "search" under privacy. There are a bunch of options here, turn off the ones you don't want. The options shown on my phone (CarbonROM) are:
Manage Location History
Google Location Settings
Web History
Manage Web History
Personal Results
Safesearch filters
I'd say that the first five are the ones that'll turn off most of the "personalized data" that you're looking for.
Let me know if you were asking something completely different.
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Tregrad said:
someones got to know, I did the system update and when i went to text someone it had this thing pop up that said the key board can remember your crap etc etc. if you would like to diasble it go to settings/personalized data and disable it. I CANT FIND IT AT ALL and the crap is pissing me off. im a bout to just root this freakin thing, dont want to tho because it takes me forever.
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Ok, saw your update. It sounds like it's an option within whichever keyboard you have installed (I'm assuming the stock keyboard). You can go into settings -> Language & Input. In here, there are a couple of options. One is for the "Personal Dictionary" you can check that one out. Otherwise, click on the settings icon of whichever keyboard you use. The option might be in there.
Let me know if this works for ya!

topherk said:
Could you help us understand what you mean by "personalized data?"
From your post, I have to assume a lot in order to answer your question. I think you mean you don't want google to use personal results in searches or even keep track of anything you do on your phone.
The easiest (and most extreme) way would be to have a google account associated with your device. This is extreme and not really recommended, as you won't be able to purchase anything from the play store and you'll really limit yourself on the phone.
The other (and recommended) option would be to turn off a couple of things:
Under Accounts, click on your google account. Choose the "search" under privacy. There are a bunch of options here, turn off the ones you don't want. The options shown on my phone (CarbonROM) are:
Manage Location History
Google Location Settings
Web History
Manage Web History
Personal Results
Safesearch filters
I'd say that the first five are the ones that'll turn off most of the "personalized data" that you're looking for.
Let me know if you were asking something completely different.
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Ok, saw your update. It sounds like it's an option within whichever keyboard you have installed (I'm assuming the stock keyboard). You can go into settings -> Language & Input. In here, there are a couple of options. One is for the "Personal Dictionary" you can check that one out. Otherwise, click on the settings icon of whichever keyboard you use. The option might be in there.
Let me know if this works for ya!
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I am sorry i am being vague, i just dont know how to explain, your solution was pretty close but didnt work, let me see if i can better say what i want to convey.
before the update, when i would send a text i would start typing and a suggested word would come up in the box above the keyboard....thats fine with me, i would then tap the word and then in the box above the keyboard there would be a (- @ ' ! ? and a ,) displayed. now when i tap the suggested word, there is another suggested word immediate and not the punctuation marks as above. when i did teh update it said i could change all that by doing teh settings/disable personalized setings thing. i hope that helped cause this is driving me crazy.
one more things that is going on here is that I have all keyboard sounds turned off as well as the haptic vibrations with key taps but yet it still happens

Tregrad said:
I am sorry i am being vague, i just dont know how to explain, your solution was pretty close but didnt work, let me see if i can better say what i want to convey.
before the update, when i would send a text i would start typing and a suggested word would come up in the box above the keyboard....thats fine with me, i would then tap the word and then in the box above the keyboard there would be a (- @ ' ! ? and a ,) displayed. now when i tap the suggested word, there is another suggested word immediate and not the punctuation marks as above. when i did teh update it said i could change all that by doing teh settings/disable personalized setings thing. i hope that helped cause this is driving me crazy.
one more things that is going on here is that I have all keyboard sounds turned off as well as the haptic vibrations with key taps but yet it still happens
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Hmmm, I haven't been on a stock ROM for quite a while, so I'm not sure the settings layout... I'll flash one quickly and see if I can find any settings that might help you out. Give me an hour or two (I'm at work and while flashing a new ROM doesn't take too long, I have to still do stuff here, haha)

topherk said:
Hmmm, I haven't been on a stock ROM for quite a while, so I'm not sure the settings layout... I'll flash one quickly and see if I can find any settings that might help you out. Give me an hour or two (I'm at work and while flashing a new ROM doesn't take too long, I have to still do stuff here, haha)
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no worries no need to go through all that, i do appreciate it tho. I got it kinda figured out, i have to go into the samsung keyboard settings to get rid of the sounds so i got all that worked out. now to get the punctuation visible I have to long press the UP arrow. I guess i can deal with that.
thanks again.

Tregrad said:
no worries no need to go through all that, i do appreciate it tho. I got it kinda figured out, i have to go into the samsung keyboard settings to get rid of the sounds so i got all that worked out. now to get the punctuation visible I have to long press the UP arrow. I guess i can deal with that.
thanks again.
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I know a lot of "advice" on this thread turns out to be people saying "you shouldn't use that, this app is much better at what you want to do!" I don't particularly like that, as it rarely helps the person with the specific problem. But alas, I'll be doing that exact same thing below:
As far as keyboards go, I personally use Swype Beta. Others use swiftkey flow and really enjoy them. A lot of people are amazed at how fast they can type once they get used to the swype interface. I'm consistently beating my most able-fingered friends who are tapping away on their iPhones (although I don't mean this thread to turn into an apple-bashing party... I hate those as well).
Anyways, it's worth it to just try out Swype Beta... it's free and if you don't like it, you can uninstall it. No Root required.
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FOUND IT!!!
Ok, here you go...
Settings -> Language and Input -> Samsung Keyboard -> Predictive Text -> Personalized Data
In fact, you might want to just turn off predictive text (it'll automatically turn off personalized data). I think that's the feature that you don't like.
Here's what it looks like on my screen.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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[Q] What ever happened to the design face-off watch face?

So it appears that the 360 didn't ship with this design that won the design face off. I know they said it might not actually appear on the device, but I was kinda excited for it. I assume it's because Android Wear doesn't yet have the capability to have all those widgets/icons within the watch face.
http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2014/06/and-winner-of-moto-360-design-face-off.html

mattpayne92 said:
So it appears that the 360 didn't ship with this design that won the design face off. I know they said it might not actually appear on the device, but I was kinda excited for it. I assume it's because Android Wear doesn't yet have the capability to have all those widgets/icons within the watch face.
http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2014/06/and-winner-of-moto-360-design-face-off.html
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LOL...this was obvious. Only devs here are smart enough to dig deeper into the coding to create software that shows notifications like this. When have you ever seen anyone pull notifications like this off for any previous watches from a manufacturer? NONE. It's always been devs that create apps to allow such functions. If Motorola even tried to create something like this by themselves, they wouldn't have released it for another 2-4 months if that.

What about even simpler things like showing the date or weather? The watch faces included are pretty, but why dumb down such a smart device?
Who the [email protected]#$ wants to look for a card to see the weather forecast or say ok google each time to get it. Luckily developers can create such watch faces, but why can't an expensive device come with basic features like that?

etc6849 said:
What about even simpler things like showing the date or weather? The watch faces included are pretty, but why dumb down such a smart device?
Who the [email protected]#$ wants to look for a card to see the weather forecast or say ok google each time to get it. Luckily developers can create such watch faces, but why can't an expensive device come with basic features like that?
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I agree with everything you're saying. It really is annoying that these important yet simple features don't come stock.

etc6849 said:
What about even simpler things like showing the date or weather? The watch faces included are pretty, but why dumb down such a smart device?
Who the [email protected]#$ wants to look for a card to see the weather forecast or say ok google each time to get it. Luckily developers can create such watch faces, but why can't an expensive device come with basic features like that?
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opasha said:
I agree with everything you're saying. It really is annoying that these important yet simple features don't come stock.
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I made an app "Facer" it's a piad app, allows you to create custom wathfaces using a ton of different things (similar to zooper for widgets). Anyways, Buy it, PM me with an order # and I'll refund you so you can play around with it.

fodawim said:
I made an app "Facer" it's a piad app, allows you to create custom wathfaces using a ton of different things (similar to zooper for widgets). Anyways, Buy it, PM me with an order # and I'll refund you so you can play around with it.
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Thank you, I appreciate that . I'll download it once I get my watch in 2 weeks. I missed the chance to order in time, unfortunately.

fodawim said:
I made an app "Facer" it's a piad app, allows you to create custom wathfaces using a ton of different things (similar to zooper for widgets). Anyways, Buy it, PM me with an order # and I'll refund you so you can play around with it.
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I really like the app. Works like a charm. Going to make some watch faces in a bit here.

fodawim said:
I made an app "Facer" it's a piad app, allows you to create custom wathfaces using a ton of different things (similar to zooper for widgets). Anyways, Buy it, PM me with an order # and I'll refund you so you can play around with it.
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Purchased the App, looks pretty cool and will definitely use when my Moto360 comes in in about 2 weeks.

Thanks. I'll try it out! Does it display weather too?
fodawim said:
I made an app "Facer" it's a piad app, allows you to create custom wathfaces using a ton of different things (similar to zooper for widgets). Anyways, Buy it, PM me with an order # and I'll refund you so you can play around with it.
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fodawim said:
I made an app "Facer" it's a piad app, allows you to create custom wathfaces using a ton of different things (similar to zooper for widgets). Anyways, Buy it, PM me with an order # and I'll refund you so you can play around with it.
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I also downloaded it. Looks pretty good. Time to fire up Illustrator!

fodawim said:
I made an app "Facer" it's a piad app, allows you to create custom wathfaces using a ton of different things (similar to zooper for widgets). Anyways, Buy it, PM me with an order # and I'll refund you so you can play around with it.
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I have my 360... Just got your app. Will play around and let you know what I think.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using XDA Free mobile app

etc6849 said:
Thanks. I'll try it out! Does it display weather too?
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Right now it doesn't, but I have a dev version working with weather! Should be finished within the next week!

fodawim said:
Right now it doesn't, but I have a dev version working with weather! Should be finished within the next week!
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Thanks for the app, dont have my m360 yet to try it, but I want to know if I design a face in photoshop or illustrator, can it be imported into the app? and the elements like the needles?

2fastkuztoms said:
Thanks for the app, dont have my m360 yet to try it, but I want to know if I design a face in photoshop or illustrator, can it be imported into the app? and the elements like the needles?
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Answer is yes. I've been using Photoshop to design some things. Note to Dev: One minor fix that would be nice is the fact that the face for the 360 isn't centered in the app. If you center it in the app then it won't look right on the watch.

fodawim said:
I made an app "Facer" it's a piad app, allows you to create custom wathfaces using a ton of different things (similar to zooper for widgets). Anyways, Buy it, PM me with an order # and I'll refund you so you can play around with it.
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Just bought your app. Going to play around with it too. Looks promising

Ichibahn SLC said:
Answer is yes. I've been using Photoshop to design some things. Note to Dev: One minor fix that would be nice is the fact that the face for the 360 isn't centered in the app. If you center it in the app then it won't look right on the watch.
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Yeah, in-app it renders at 320x290 (moto 360 res), but it doesn't account for the "black bar" section on the moto 360. I could change it to where it shows the black bar as well if you think that would be better.

fodawim said:
Yeah, in-app it renders at 320x290 (moto 360 res), but it doesn't account for the "black bar" section on the moto 360. I could change it to where it shows the black bar as well if you think that would be better.
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No i mean the in app doesn't display correctly. I'll post a pic. Hold on.
Here it is:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Weird. Just installed Android L and now it shows it fine.

fodawim said:
I made an app "Facer" it's a piad app, allows you to create custom wathfaces using a ton of different things (similar to zooper for widgets). Anyways, Buy it, PM me with an order # and I'll refund you so you can play around with it.
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I just bought this app... my watch is on its way to me. I have been looking for apps to buy since I have a lot of promotional credit that is expiring in a couple months... Thanks! I'll give it a try later (don't refund me! lol)

How customizable is the facer app? Is it basically just putting a background, and setting font on text with a pre determined location? Or can I move stuff around, needles, add dials, change text position, size, etc? The google play description makes it sound like it's basic, background and text font.

Bug: "Oops! We broke the matrix. Someone call Neo!" error while posting content

Hi,
So today i made several posts and topics, and i noticed that when it's not a small amount of text, it cannot be posted without a workaround.
This error will appear: "Oops! We broke the matrix. Someone call Neo!" and it tells me to look in the console for more details. If i look there, it turns out to be an 403 Forbidden without any other useful details provided
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The above meaning of this (403) makes me think it's a misconfiguration on XDA's end, therefore a site bug. It is very annoying, as it makes you unable to just post what you wrote, if it's not a small amount of text. So it will consume your time for the workaround or even prevent people from posting & throw their effort in the bin, if they don't know about the workaround
Workaround
First make a smaller post (so you cut down your text, and save the rest that is 'too long' according to the bug) and then once posted, edit it. Add the missed text while editing, and click Save.. that will work without errors.

Maybe i should do what the error message asks? Call Neo?
@Neo

There is no post...

mxz55 said:
Hi,
So today i made several posts and topics, and i noticed that when it's not a small amount of text, it cannot be posted without a workaround.
This error will appear: "Oops! We broke the matrix. Someone call Neo!" and it tells me to look in the console for more details. If i look there, it turns out to be an 403 Forbidden without any other useful details provided
The above meaning of this (403) makes me think it's a misconfiguration on XDA's end, therefore a site bug. It is very annoying, as it makes you unable to just post what you wrote, if it's not a small amount of text. So it will consume your time for the workaround or even prevent people from posting & throw their effort in the bin, if they don't know about the workaround
Workaround
First make a smaller post (so you cut down your text, and save the rest that is 'too long' according to the bug) and then once posted, edit it. Add the missed text while editing, and click Save.. that will work without errors.
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What I usually do is write all my stuff out before hand on a text file, then copy pasta. It is much more efficient!

Neo said:
There is no post...
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what do you mean? I used the workaround that i described, so i could still make the posts that first gave me this "Matrix" error
So if you need a reference, those are:
Topic 1
Topic 2
Yes, now they exist, because i used the workaround of first shortening it, and later editing back in the text i cut from it, to avoid the error while initially posting it. And certainly i had all text in my editor and then respectively the "Post thread" and "Post reply" buttons gave me the error, if that's what you meant.
The issue really looks like a 'character limit', but in a way of a bug. It's not like it says "Too many characters" or anything, lol. But still, 403 means the server refuses it.

mxz55 said:
what do you mean?
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In order to address your concern, I must first have you understand an undeniable truth, although I'm afraid it may be difficult to accept... This truth is that there is no post. It never existed. It never was and never will be. This is the reason for the error. An anomaly to a mathematical equation inherent to the program which can never be solved. The challenge you face going forward, is that you can either embrace this truth, or run from it.
The choice is up to you.

Neo said:
In order to address your concern, I must first have you understand an undeniable truth, although I'm afraid it may be difficult to accept... This truth is that there is no post. It never existed. It never was and never will be. This is the reason for the error. An anomaly to a mathematical equation inherent to the program which can never be solved. The challenge you face going forward, is that you can either embrace this truth, or run from it.
The choice is up to you.
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You don't believe me, i also said it replying to the PM: im sure about my case, my eyes dont lie haha. I mean, the text editor was filled with content that i intended to post, and it just refused to post it (with that error) unless i made it shorter, and then i could edit it in later.
So, to hopefully make you believe me, i just recorded a video for proving the bug:
https://streamable.com/owu2u3
I think your error logs are giving you the wrong impression, like the bug causes them to be limited as well? So it like indicates there was no content, as the bug make the content non-transmittable in the first place?
Did anyone else face this issue, when making posts & topics that aren't small? Like the size of my example topics that required the workaround to post
Edit: Neo informed me that he was making a joke about a glitch in the matrix, and i didnt watch the movies so i was clueless, heh. But now i finally laughed.

mxz55 said:
Edit: Neo informed me that he was making a joke about a glitch in the matrix, and i didnt watch the movies so i was clueless, heh. But now i finally laughed.
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So if I say take the Red pill it won't make much sense either.... LoL
I'll do some experimenting with the problem you've had. I'm not sure if it's a character limit or maybe the range of mixed content you have (links, code etc).
I've not had reports of this from other people though.
Did you say you type it up in another app then copy paste to XDA?
Mike

MikeChannon said:
Did you say you type it up in another app then copy paste to XDA?
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It wasn't me who mentioned typing it up in another app.. that was jenneh. I don't know if maybe he faces the same issue (or various), so that he resorted to that
I wrote the content entirely in XDA's text editor.. when it comes to mixed content, all i did was:
- Have cursive and non-cursive text combined
- Have links (added through the XDA editor link button)
- Have varying text sizes, with size selected through the XDA editor
But when it comes to the last point, yes i did copypaste content from other locations in my text/other posts on XDA forums.. not to use it at all, but to work around a font size bug that also exists: see Issue: cannot select original font size, after changing it once in the editor purely for it to inherit the size of the copied text (which was original size). So it was to use the workaround, and then remove the copied text again. I doubt this step was involved though
Also, if it's content, it's weird that you can edit it in afterwards, but not post it right away. I'd figure that guide writers & release topic starters are the first ones to run into this (if the issue is triggered by an invisible, non intended character limit through a bug). Maybe no one reported it because large posts aren't so common, and then if they want to, they will simply spend half a minute to perform the "Editing it in" workaround rather than reporting it. It's a simple workaround because editing in lets you preserve the layout & style if you're copying it directly from another tab, the tab in which you failed to submit the post. So i figure people duplicate the tab once they run into the issue, post it in the new tab with only like 30% of content size, and then edit it in from the original tab. Thanks for investigating the issue!

mxz55 said:
It wasn't me who mentioned typing it up in another app.. that was jenneh. I don't know if maybe he faces the same issue (or various), so that he resorted to that
I wrote the content entirely in XDA's text editor.. when it comes to mixed content, all i did was:
- Have cursive and non-cursive text combined
- Have links (added through the XDA editor link button)
- Have varying text sizes, with size selected through the XDA editor
But when it comes to the last point, yes i did copypaste content from other locations in my text/other posts on XDA forums.. not to use it at all, but to work around a font size bug that also exists: see Issue: cannot select original font size, after changing it once in the editor purely for it to inherit the size of the copied text (which was original size). So it was to use the workaround, and then remove the copied text again. I doubt this step was involved though
Also, if it's content, it's weird that you can edit it in afterwards, but not post it right away. I'd figure that guide writers & release topic starters are the first ones to run into this (if the issue is triggered by an invisible, non intended character limit through a bug). Maybe no one reported it because large posts aren't so common, and then if they want to, they will simply spend half a minute to perform the "Editing it in" workaround rather than reporting it. It's a simple workaround because editing in lets you preserve the layout & style if you're copying it directly from another tab, the tab in which you failed to submit the post. So i figure people duplicate the tab once they run into the issue, post it in the new tab with only like 30% of content size, and then edit it in from the original tab. Thanks for investigating the issue!
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Ok, well there could be several possibilities.
I have increased the Character limit from 60000 to 80000
There are several other things that can prevent posting.
Minimum 3 minutes between discussion posts
min 30 seconds between regular posts
max 20 messages per page
40 images per page
and it was 5 media embeds per page now 10.
There is also a screening for certain words and phrases and repetitions of some words/phrases.
The reason splitting posts sometimes works is because the system screens the part you are just about to post not the combination of the existing part plus the new part. So for things like repeated text, links etc., it can sometimes circumvent the standard limits.
On the character limit above (which I've increased), it does count unseen background code as characters. Sometimes if text is copied from other Apps it copies huge amounts of invisible and unused code which can gobble up the character limit.
Mike

Guys im logged in XDA forum BUT if im try to go to "https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/xposed-general.3094/" im not logged anymore and if i try to log in i recive this error:
"Oops! We broke the matrix. Someone call Neo!"
Security error occurred. Please press back, refresh the page, and try again.
Whats wrong??? anyone can help me pls?

Neo said:
In order to address your concern, I must first have you understand an undeniable truth, although I'm afraid it may be difficult to accept... This truth is that there is no post. It never existed. It never was and never will be. This is the reason for the error. An anomaly to a mathematical equation inherent to the program which can never be solved. The challenge you face going forward, is that you can either embrace this truth, or run from it.
The choice is up to you.
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Load the jump test program...

roberto_1986 said:
Guys im logged in XDA forum BUT if im try to go to "https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/xposed-general.3094/" im not logged anymore and if i try to log in i recive this error:
"Oops! We broke the matrix. Someone call Neo!"
Security error occurred. Please press back, refresh the page, and try again.
Whats wrong??? anyone can help me pls?
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It's working for me, could have been just a temp bug

sd_shadow said:
It's working for me, could have been just a temp bug
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Same here.
The site glitch's or freezes occasionally. Lol, I attribute it to the relentless site maintenance being preformed.
The old problem of losing an entire post while composing it is gone, yay!
But the blue...

I have this error too. How can I solve this?

robuser007 said:
I have this error too. How can I solve this?
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Site maintenance happens very often, of late. I don't know why but it is being looked into.
Quite probably, the issue is not on your side. When you have the issue, just wait for a couple of minutes and refresh the page. You should be good to go.

TNSMANI said:
Site maintenance happens very often, of late. I don't know why but it is being looked into.
Quite probably, the issue is not on your side. When you have the issue, just wait for a couple of minutes and refresh the page. You should be good to go.
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Thanks for the information. I was going crazy with this It happens often but usually it gets fixed in few minutes as you said, sometimes the site is accessible from different browser.

TNSMANI said:
Site maintenance happens very often, of late. I don't know why but it is being looked into.
Quite probably, the issue is not on your side. When you have the issue, just wait for a couple of minutes and refresh the page. You should be good to go.
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Pretty obvious. No big deal unless you are punching the post button, then bad things sometimes happen
That's annoying, but the site is better then before about losing data while writing a post; auto backup seems to work but it's a bit twitchy.
Lol, so the mod gods can't work seamlessly in the background? I'm appalled

I'm looking into it, thanks all.

bitpushr said:
I'm looking into it, thanks all.
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Thank you for the effort. Whatever magic you did, it has resolved the issues including the site maintenance issues. Yesterday and today it has been trouble-free.