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Gemini PDA - Android / New firmware update released

« on: June 14, 2018, 03:22:02 pm »

I only have Macs

Do we know if there's going to be a Mac version of the flash tool? It's pretty frustrating to me that there isn't Mac support at present, since it's also my choice of platform and I don't own a PC.

I guess I could try using either the Windows or the Linux tool in a VM under Parallels Desktop... but frankly I'd MUCH rather have a native Mac version of the tool for obvious reasons.

So, is it known whether Planet (or anyone else) is working on a Mac version of the tool?

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Gemini PDA - Android / Restoring the default wallpaper

« on: June 14, 2018, 10:29:34 am »

I posted the following query on the Gemini XDA forum right after I got my Gemini, and although someone confirmed the issue, there have been no actual solutions/answers. So I'm going to raise it again here. This does appear to be a bug.

OK, so I was playing with customisation options for my home screen, and although I actually really like the default dark blue starfield background that comes preset on the machine, I decided to swap it for an 'early morning sky' photo that I typically use on all my mobile devices. (It's a photo I took myself years ago, and works really well as a backdrop.)

After touching 'Set wallpaper', I elected to set my new background for both home screen AND lock screen. Fine; that worked OK and looks good. But I subsequently changed my mind and wished I'd stuck with the standard starfield for the lock screen. So I went back to the wallpaper options to change the lock screen only.

At this point I discovered the problem/bug. The thumbnail of the starfield picture is still there to be selected, and if I touch it, it covers the screen like it did before, so everything appears OK. However, when I click on 'Set wallpaper' and choose the option, regardless of what I choose (home screen, lock screen or both), there's a pause and then the starfield vanishes, leaving me with a completely black background. I can set the background image to any new photo that I supply myself without problems, but any attempt to reapply the original starfield graphic fails, which is rather a shame. UPDATE: I've just updated to the latest firmware (issued 13-06-2018), and there's no longer the pause and the black screen when trying to set the starfield; i.e. setting the starfield APPEARS to work. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY WORK! The final outcome is still the same – i.e. the lock screen ends up with a totally black background (no graphic at all).

Can anyone tell me where I can locate the starfield graphic on the system? I've tried browsing the file system (with hidden files visible) but haven't found it. Or can anyone perhaps supply the file so that I can copy it back to the device if perhaps it only now exists in a cache or some such problem? I'd really like to get the image back.

Thank for any help.

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Gemini PDA - Android / Agenda app

« on: June 13, 2018, 05:51:33 am »

I've used the Psion calendar app before and while I thought it was nice, what are you missing about it?

The one stand-out feature of Psion Agenda, which I've never seen since in any other calendar app (but which appears to be in the Planet Computers Gemini Agenda app, judging by the screenshots I've seen), is the year-planner-style Year view.

Here, one year is shown in its entirety, presented as 12 rows with one month per row, showing every day of the month as adjacent cells. The rows are staggered sideways so that the days of the week align correctly in columns. Each cell is big enough to have a coloured spot to indicate one or more calendar events for that day (or a birthday etc.), and multi-day events could be shown by a bar extending across days. (Of course, given its high-res colour display, the Gemini could do this much better than the Psions were able to.)

Anyway, this is the one major feature that I've missed in every single calendar app I've ever used since having the Psion. It's what I'd call a 'year planner' view and it's unbelievably useful. I just cannot understand why no other software has ever implemented this since Psion did it so well and made it clear how extremely useful it is.

The aCalendar app does indeed look quite nice, as yet another pretty standard calendar app… but it doesn't offer the Psion-style year-planner view that I really want. So I'll continue to wait for Planet's Gemini Agenda app and hope it's good.