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Three issues / questions : AVRCP, Panoramic Shots, Sense Crashes

I've got three questions for this terrific community, hopefully somebody has either noticed them and fixed them as well or might be able to help otherwise. Not rooted. Thanks in advance for your assistance!
1. AVRCP : After initially testing out great, my stereo bluetooth headset's controls no longer seem to control my music. Using a Southwing SA505 headset and the basic Sense music application. Music still plays through the headset fine, I just can't control it using the buttons on it. Has anybody had similar experiences?
2. Panoramic Camera Shots : Not technically a problem, but coming from a Touch Pro, I was just wondering if anybody knew of a way to get this functionality working on the otherwise superior camera app on the EVO. As I recall, it wasn't enabled by default on Winmo either and had to be reg hacked in.
3. Sense Crashes : No huge deal, but worth asking. My presumption is that perhaps I'm using ATK and being too aggressive, I usually get crashes when manually killing processes, but since ATK remembers what I've excluded I don't understand why it just happens sometimes and not others. Any suggestions on processes I should avoid killing in order to avoid this?
Thanks again all!

I'm going to be that guy and tell you to get rid of ATK. It does more bad than good.

Let's kill the ATK deal before it gets started. It works for some, not for others...let him decide. When you have basically no 3rd party apps installed and still see a nice smoothness change when running atk, it's hard to argue against it. But like I said, some people are not seeing any difference, so just let it be.

1. AVRCP: I an using a Motorola T505 with no problems. I can use the controls on the unit to Pause, NextSong, PrevSong, etc.
3. ATK: Sounds like it is killing more than it should. I run ATK several times a day with no crashes ever. I have had my Evo since June 4th.
May want to try to hold off on using ATK for a few days to ensure that something else is not crashing HTC Sense.
Good luck!

I use AVRCP on my Jabra BT3030 and so far it works great. Only really used it with Last.fm but it pauses, and skips fine

Thanks to all for their responses so far!
Re: ATK, yeah...I may be a little too quick with it, I've got it set on 'Safe' auto-kill on screen-off and it rarely if ever crashes Sense there, it seems to be when I do it on my own. I do it out of a desire to save battery life, surprise surprise, but I think I will back off.
Re: the AVRCP, what makes it extra odd is that it worked for me on the first day and not since! I was pumped when it worked, it made that 'out of box experience' extra nice when 'things just worked' lol, now...not so much.
Nobody else notice the missing Panoramic shot ability or care? No deal breaker, but it was kind of cool on the TP and I had hoped with the increased capabilities of the hardware and of Android that it might be even cooler now on the EVO, perhaps HTC just completely did away with it?

I absolutely loved the panoramic mode on my former HTC Diamond. I've been looking for an app that does it as well and have found nothing.... let me know if you do - thanks!

The Andropan app says it can take panoramic pictures.
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@iKimodragon : Thanks for the info! I'm downloading this now, though one of the comments within Market said that it crashed on EVO. I'll give it a try and report back. Re: my question about AVRCP, does anybody have any suggestions on how I might fix this issue even if they aren't having it themselves? Perhaps some kind of cache to clear, drain my headset comepletely, so on and so forth? Thanks again.

Update on Andropan : Unfortunately it appears as if the comment on the market that I read was right on target, the program ran but after taking the first picture froze and I received a 'force-close' message soon thereafter. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Hey, did you get anywhere as far as getting the AVRCP profile to work on your EVO again? Seems like there are a few others (as well as myself) suffering from this on the Beyond Pod forum as well. No answers yet.

One of the things that nagged at me as a plus for the Droid X was panoramic shots. They looked pretty good. My little 3.2 on the Raphael (fuze) could do panoramics and I really liked it. (Ironically my $400 Luminex doesn't do panoramics...ticks me off.) So my phone was the only way.
I'd love to see panoramic pics...not sure if it could ever be pulled out of the droid and set up for the evo. They both have same size cams...no idea if hardware is same.

BmoreBadBoy said:
Hey, did you get anywhere as far as getting the AVRCP profile to work on your EVO again? Seems like there are a few others (as well as myself) suffering from this on the Beyond Pod forum as well. No answers yet.
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Unfortunately I never did figure anything out, and as you can see within this thread, that quickly died, that nobody else ever offered any suggestions on that issue. Perhaps some renewed interest will drum up something, here's to hoping!

kkryter said:
3. Sense Crashes : No huge deal, but worth asking. My presumption is that perhaps I'm using ATK and being too aggressive, I usually get crashes when manually killing processes, but since ATK remembers what I've excluded I don't understand why it just happens sometimes and not others. Any suggestions on processes I should avoid killing in order to avoid this?
Thanks again all!
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(If you're still using ATK)
When I was still using sense, and ATK, I had the HTC calendar widget running on a home screen, and I found that if I scrolled over and it loaded into memory, then I locked my screen (and ATK would auto kill apps) when I came back to the home screen it would have to reload everything.
So if you're using the HTC calendar widget, that's why sense is crashing, it's something with that. If you're not using it then I don't know what the problem is.
A good alternative to the calendar widget is Android Agenda Widget. Very customizable and I found it as a great replacement.

photostitch free works for panoramic pics hun

Rhyter,
Did you ever make progress on this?
I have same issue with 2 different headsets.
Apparently it has to do with the bluetooth controls being intercepted by a different program.
what is strange is that winamp did not have this problem. Winamp apparently set itself as the primary controller of AVRCP.
I have searched for a program that will let me control AVRCP without rooting the phone, but I haven't found any.
Anyone please help!!!
Thanks.
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hotboy8628 said:
photostitch free works for panoramic pics hun
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Another that I have found is called photaf. Im impressed by it
~ I'm a fungi

Only solution that fixed it was to completely reset the device....
Then i installed what I wanted to work correctly first.... This has held and solved the issues.
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CM6 Bluetooth HID... Is it in his rom?

I'm using CM6 stable and want to pair my mighty keyboard (apple) to my Evo for note taking during my 6 hour lectures in microbiology class. I did some google searches and found that it is supposed to be included in CM6 buy when I try to pair and it doesn't work. Can anyone confirm this?
Is there an app that will trick the pairing process and not require a pin?
I really would like this because my Prof. rambles and my hands are getting tired trying to catch up.
By the way I found this link but assuming I comprehend what I read this only works with Android Dev phones. Maybe someone can figure something out by reading this website.
http://i-miss-erin.blogspot.com/2009/09/connect-bluetooth-keyboard-in-android.html
Why would it work on a dev phone and not a release phone? What makes it different. I'm tempted to try it even though it says dev phones only but I don't want to mess up my phone. Any have brass balls?
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I am using a Apple Bluetooth mouse and keyboard no problems On cm6.
My only problem was to disable Bluetooth on my desktop to keep it from auto paring.
Do u see it in the list?

Yes I do but when I click on it it doesn't pair. I've tried 0000, 1111, 1234. They don't work. Are you using CM6 Stable or nightlies?
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I'm also using an Apple Wireless Keyboard. I believe first you type a code on the keyboard, then you type it in CM6. This was the trick to getting mine to pair, at least.
Not sure if you hit enter after typing the code on the keyboard.
/edit: Using CM6 Stable.

That worked! Thanks! Any note taking app you recommend besides Evernote?
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Well, I do use mine for taking notes in class, but they're all for math courses lol. So I use an app called "VerbTeX", which is basically a LaTeX file editor. Pretty great, if that's what you're looking for.
If it were just for text, I'd probably use something like GDocs.

I always used a tape recorder (10 years ago) and sorted it out later. Maybe a voice recorder app or a digital recorder would be better.

Using NFC to unlock device

Hi there,
I'm relatively new to the Andriod scene and am still experimenting. I've looked around but can't seem to find a straight-forward answer to my question. I have the Nexus 7 (unlocked and rooted but still stock JB ROM) and tagsfordriod tags. My goal is to use the tagfordriod keychain dongle to enter my device PIN and/or unlock the screen. I've installed both NFC Task Launcher and Tasker. I don't think Task Launcher can do it by itself but can't seem to find any good scripts for Tasker to unlock the device either.
Suggestions?.. and thnx.

carpediemtor said:
Hi there,
I'm relatively new to the Andriod scene and am still experimenting. I've looked around but can't seem to find a straight-forward answer to my question. I have the Nexus 7 (unlocked and rooted but still stock JB ROM) and tagsfordriod tags. My goal is to use the tagfordriod keychain dongle to enter my device PIN and/or unlock the screen. I've installed both NFC Task Launcher and Tasker. I don't think Task Launcher can do it by itself but can't seem to find any good scripts for Tasker to unlock the device either.
Suggestions?.. and thnx.
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By default, I think the NFC reader only reads when the screen is unlocked
Google is your friend:
http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2012/...-your-android-lock-screen-using-nfc-tags.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1723875

Check what I did
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853721
It works and it's battery drain free (nfc activated for 10s at most)

Thanks, that's really cool. People who write tutorials and how-tos contribute a lot to our community.

I'm glad you liked it !
I was starting to think no one was interested in it since I had no replies ^^
Let everyone know on the post if it worked for you so others might see it and use it

[Q] bt keyboard INC2 with evervolv 3.2

Hey All,
As the title (I hope) indicates, I'm looking to get a bluetooth keyboard to hook up to my INC2. I (suppose) foolishly bought a keyboard already (Motorola Xoom) and I thought no prob- updated software, bluetooth is bluetooth, and I should be good to go. Not so. I can pair them, but I cant get they keyboard to actually work as an input device.
Also, I cant seem to pair that keyboard (successfully) with my PS3. I dont think I'm just bad at pairing things, as I'm able to do it with tons of other stuff, so I'm looking for advice. Did I pair it wrong somehow? Do I need to get a different keyboard? Will the INC2 just not work with keyboards?
Thanks so much!
Sleepraider

nothing?Any thoughts? Is the keyboard crap? Is this a obvious thing that I missed? Any keyboards known to work that are relatively inexpensive?

See if you can find an app on the market that supports bluetooth keyboard support, Most often what you need is a substitute keyboard app, kind of like when people hook up PS3 remotes or wii motes to their phones. Here's a link to an app I just quickly searched up as an example. I can't personally vouch for it though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.mybesttools.btkbservice&feature=search_result

lightninjay said:
See if you can find an app on the market that supports bluetooth keyboard support, Most often what you need is a substitute keyboard app, kind of like when people hook up PS3 remotes or wii motes to their phones. Here's a link to an app I just quickly searched up as an example. I can't personally vouch for it though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.mybesttools.btkbservice&feature=search_result
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Alright.. I'm giving it a quick try right now. Had thought I tried that app, but I tried a ton w/o any success., so I'll try again.
FWIW, this is one of the most important features for me at this point, so I'll do any ROM the INC2 can handle if it means making this work.
Sleep

Tried it.. and pretty much every decent looking app I could find in the app market.
Testing now to see if I can pair my new keyboard to my desktop via bluetooth and if that works. Maybe the keyboard is actually dysfunctional?

sleepraider said:
Tried it.. and pretty much every decent looking app I could find in the app market.
Testing now to see if I can pair my new keyboard to my desktop via bluetooth and if that works. Maybe the keyboard is actually dysfunctional?
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I'm back and I wanted to supply more info. I connected the bt keyboard I just bought with my desktop.. it works great on there.
I connected my desktop BT keyboard to my phone-- same prob; it pairs, never connects. Looking much more like a phone/software issue IMO.
Wondering if this is the phone (shouldnt be, right?) or if this is my ROM. If its the ROM, any ROM that might work? Any solution....at all?

sleepraider said:
I'm back and I wanted to supply more info. I connected the bt keyboard I just bought with my desktop.. it works great on there.
I connected my desktop BT keyboard to my phone-- same prob; it pairs, never connects. Looking much more like a phone/software issue IMO.
Wondering if this is the phone (shouldnt be, right?) or if this is my ROM. If its the ROM, any ROM that might work? Any solution....at all?
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The only way you're going to know if it has any possibility with working is if you can pair it on the stock official (or close to official, ie...andybones stock) software. If it doesn't work there, it's highly unlikely that it will work on any rom. If it does, then you'll probably have to just try each rom one at a time. I don't think that's a highly sought after feature for other people though, so it's unlikely much development has been put into it.

gtdtm said:
The only way you're going to know if it has any possibility with working is if you can pair it on the stock official (or close to official, ie...andybones stock) software. If it doesn't work there, it's highly unlikely that it will work on any rom. If it does, then you'll probably have to just try each rom one at a time. I don't think that's a highly sought after feature for other people though, so it's unlikely much development has been put into it.
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Sadly, I think this is true and I just need to find a different solution. I'm a grad student and where I work blocks my gmail, which was the main reason I wanted the keyboard, so I could type well formed responses while at work when not busy, and not have to wait to do all my "student work" when I get home from work. I guess I'll likely end up finding another solution. Perhaps I can use my netbook with my phone and get a wifi hotspot going to be able to answer emails? I guess I need to toy a bit more.
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sleepraider said:
Sadly, I think this is true and I just need to find a different solution. I'm a grad student and where I work blocks my gmail, which was the main reason I wanted the keyboard, so I could type well formed responses while at work when not busy, and not have to wait to do all my "student work" when I get home from work. I guess I'll likely end up finding another solution. Perhaps I can use my netbook with my phone and get a wifi hotspot going to be able to answer emails? I guess I need to toy a bit more.
Sleep
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It sounds like you are opposed to on-screen keyboards, but have you tried any custom ones? I can type very quickly with swiftkey...

gtdtm said:
It sounds like you are opposed to on-screen keyboards, but have you tried any custom ones? I can type very quickly with swiftkey...
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I've tried all of them.. there's nothing wrong with them.. I just dont like them. I'm an excellent typist with a typical keyboard, but I admit I just suck with touchscreen keyboards...
No worries, I just played around a bit and was able to easily set up my netbook to use for gmail while I use my phone as a hotspot. If anyone has a good app recommendation that will allow me to track how much data that actually uses, I'd love that. Seems like a much easier request than the BT keyboard request.

sleepraider said:
I've tried all of them.. there's nothing wrong with them.. I just dont like them. I'm an excellent typist with a typical keyboard, but I admit I just suck with touchscreen keyboards...
No worries, I just played around a bit and was able to easily set up my netbook to use for gmail while I use my phone as a hotspot. If anyone has a good app recommendation that will allow me to track how much data that actually uses, I'd love that. Seems like a much easier request than the BT keyboard request.
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Now I'm thinking about it.. what if I installed Ubuntu.. which would likely have the drivers for bluetooth. I'm a very experienced linux user and have 5+ years of ubuntu experience. Perhaps using ubuntu on my phone is the workaround I've been looking for! Do we know if you can use USB keyboards (I'd expect this to be true) when you install ubuntu alongside? Anyone done it well on a DINC2?

Don't know if you found a solution yet but i found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30727046
And this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22648870
And its a kernel function not a ROM , its a hid Bluetooth driver , hope it helps
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So long Endomondo!

I have been a heavy ENDOMONDO user since 2012. I really like the software and how it works. That being said, I will be migrating over to Runkeeper because Endomondo is not moving in the direction of wearable stand alone technology.

too sad, I was also using Endomondo for running, biking and other activities. Now i will move to other software also.

As a premium (paying) subscriber, I feel let down. To say they have no plans to support stand alone Android Wear when clearly this is the direction that all devices (and software) will be moving is very disappointing.

They'll come around, remember when Sony said it wouldn't adopt android wear? How long did that last? Lol

jwelch010 said:
I have been a heavy ENDOMONDO user since 2012. I really like the software and how it works. That being said, I will be migrating over to Runkeeper because Endomondo is not moving in the direction of wearable stand alone technology.
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Get Ghostracer beta...works great for strava and is the best app for SW3 running I have found. Runkeeper works, but the display features and customizability of ghostracer is better

gs05 said:
Get Ghostracer beta...works great for strava and is the best app for SW3 running I have found. Runkeeper works, but the display features and customizability of ghostracer is better
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ghosttracer has standalone gps support for android wear? can you direct me to the beta apk?
I believe the OP is talking about is using the smartwatch without the phone present.

mejdam said:
ghosttracer has standalone gps support for android wear? can you direct me to the beta apk?
I believe the OP is talking about is using the smartwatch without the phone present.
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Yes, works great without phone. Go to the android original development thread of XDA under SW3 for details

Just waiting for my Ghosttracer beta download. I'll report back soon!
Thank you for the tip!

Have a chance to test Ghosttracer yet?

Not yet. Next week.
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I am so deep in Endomondo ecosystem I won't leave, at least yet. AW has only been out a very brief time, give it a little. I too was let down they dont do any standalone gps functions yet but it will come. Once everyone else goes standalone they will have no choice. Competition is a good thing kids.

I'm also hoping that Endomondo change their stance on this or I might also be saying goodbye. Wearables are the future, how can they neglect that?? Seems a little bizarre.

I've switch to also using Ghostracer's beta app. Wear stand-alone support (GPS, Bluetooth HR Monitors) and runs great. Developer seems to be very active and receptive to feedback, too. Uploads runs to Strava which you can sync with Runkeeper/Endomondo/MyFitnessPal/Garmin etc.
I have not had any issues. oddly enough the GPS in my SW3 actually is better at getting reception than my Note 4 (which has been having a notorious amount of issues).

There is an Android Wear support in free version of Endomundo Sports Tracker, can not understand why, but I have to have both versions of this app to use it on my Sony SW3

I love Runkeeper, just not for AW right now. I've been on 6 runs with Runkeeper using my Sony SW3. Twice, as I got back into range of my phone, data was lost. Like the time duration was there but the route data was missing. Two other times there were dual entries. One with the correct info and one with 0's. When I tried to delete the 0 entries, it deleted both. So I lost 2 recorded runs.
I'm going to try Google's My Tracks and Ghostracer. Hopefully Runkeeper fixes these issues.

Endomondo has just updated its app. Standalone Mode for the SW3 added!!!!!!
Haven't found any article about it (so no link), but i recived the update this morning

Basch88 said:
Endomondo has just updated its app. Standalone Mode for the SW3 added!!!!!!
Haven't found any article about it (so no link), but i recived the update this morning
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Going to give it a shot now! Thanks for the heads up.
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Just started endomondo at my watch. For me the font size there is too small. Even on ghostracer I set the font to 70. That is perfect for me.

timostr said:
Just started endomondo at my watch. For me the font size there is too small. Even on ghostracer I set the font to 70. That is perfect for me.
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Were you able to get a GPS lock? Just sat on loading screen for me, while ghost racer did lock.
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tu3218 said:
Were you able to get a GPS lock? Just sat on loading screen for me, while ghost racer did lock.
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I only tried starting it, but I got a GPS lock in less than 15 seconds. Haven't had the time to go on a run with it, though. Maybe tomorrow will be kinder.