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Cosmo Communicator - Android / V22 is out.

« on: June 22, 2020, 08:09:48 am »

4th attempt. CODI update turning out to be a nightmare ...
Manual update didn't work . It closes cover display assistant. Tried in airplane mode also. ( without success ). Now disabled wifi, GPS And check do not disturb.Also disabled norton AV.( and cleared cache and storage data of cover display assistant ). And put in airplane mode.
Let 's wait again. Last attempt in the morning. If it fails, I will try only at night. No time now.

Success on the 27th attempt. Aside from Do Not Disturb and Airplane mode, I put it down to patience, perseverance, and ... blind luck.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / V22 is out.

« on: June 22, 2020, 07:02:30 am »

Firmware 22 has arrived.

CODI update turning out to be a nightmare like the last time. Sixth attempt so far. Hopefully it will succeed before the 20th attempt.

FW update installed fine.
Codi first time failed. I am now trying again. Let's wait . Taking a long time...

Again an error. Codi Resources OK, but codi Firmware failed...
Let's try and try again ... ( Now it is installing Codi Resources again ... A pain ... ) . It will took another 30 minutes or more ...

I have failed for the 20th time (tried both automatic and manual), Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode both on. If anyone has succeeded, please share your modus operandi. What does it take beyond infinite patience and stubborn perseverance?

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / V22 is out.

« on: June 22, 2020, 05:33:37 am »

Firmware 22 has arrived.

CODI update turning out to be a nightmare like the last time. Sixth attempt so far. Hopefully it will succeed before the 20th attempt.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / V21 firmware

« on: April 02, 2020, 04:01:23 am »

I think twice bitten is enough. Anyway, my only reason for buying the Gemini and the Cosmo is the Psion5 -like form factor, and that's gone with the slide. Wish I could detach the keyboard from the Cosmo and just stick it on my Note 10+  ....

For me it's the opposite. If I had known about Astroglide coming, I would have stuck with my N900 and skipped the Cosmo. The Astroglide is also slightly smaller, which is all the better.

However, the state of support and product lifecycle *does* concern me. I didn't read it until now but apparently Gemini's security updates (for Android 8 at least) have long since stopped. And the fact that Bluefrag *still* isn't patched for Cosmo is similar. I don't know about Android build process, but as long as you are not touching anything else, shouldn't security update rollouts be more or less automatic - just get update from Google and package the firmware.

I'm not a programmer, but one would think incorporating security updates shouldn't be rocket science. Stopping updates is one thing, but to pull the security level back to July 2019 is quite mind-boggling...

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / V21 firmware

« on: April 02, 2020, 01:40:27 am »

every time  I open the Cosmo after it has gone into sleep mode (closing cover) for a few minutes, I find that the system has either shut down or rebooted.

The same happens to me. But we have Astro Slide announced!

I think twice bitten is enough. Anyway, my only reason for buying the Gemini and the Cosmo is the Psion5 -like form factor, and that's gone with the slide. Wish I could detach the keyboard from the Cosmo and just stick it on my Note 10+  ....

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / V21 firmware

« on: April 01, 2020, 05:04:13 am »

Just updated to V21 following Planet Computer instructions after fingerprints failed to work on V20.

I noticed that Android Security Update is now 5 July 2019. I thought V20 had a more recent security update, but I can't remember now.

Fingerprint error seems to be fixed, but every time  I open the Cosmo after it has gone into sleep mode (closing cover) for a few minutes, I find that the system has either shut down or rebooted.

The spontaneous shutdown/reboot stopped after I disabled CODI, which means fingerprints don't work anyway. So I got nothing from the factory reset, except the grief of the July 2019 Security Backdate.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / V21 firmware

« on: March 31, 2020, 02:52:44 am »

Just updated to V21 following Planet Computer instructions after fingerprints failed to work on V20.

I noticed that Android Security Update is now 5 July 2019. I thought V20 had a more recent security update, but I can't remember now.

Fingerprint error seems to be fixed, but every time  I open the Cosmo after it has gone into sleep mode (closing cover) for a few minutes, I find that the system has either shut down or rebooted.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / BlueFrag patch?

« on: March 31, 2020, 02:44:08 am »

Does anyone know if the latest patch includes fix for Bluefrag? It doesn't seem to, based upon the Android patch level date of 5-Jan.

Just updated to V21. Android Security Update of 5 July 2019.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Getting the Keyboard app back

« on: December 19, 2019, 10:22:57 am »

Many thanks for the advice. Yes, I now see that I am able to access the same keyboard options from the Virtual keyboard menu (axcept to show the app icon again) - which is quite counterintuitive since the options are for the physical keyboard. But it works, and that is good enough for me. Many thanks again.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Getting the Keyboard app back

« on: December 19, 2019, 01:05:33 am »

Many thanks to both for your suggestions. I have already tried both to no avail.

The Planet Keyboard app is not in Google Play. The app still appears in the Settings-Apps list, but the only options are to disable and force-close.

I had also previously tried the "restore to default", but it did not work. Strangely, going back to the menu again, I cannot toggle that option anymore.

Maybe when Linux comes around eventually, I will do a factory reset and hopefully see it back.

[Edit]: The app name in Cosmo is "Planet Keyboard". I also searched for "Gemini Keyboard" in Play Store which turns up, but it says it is already installed, and there is no "Open" button (there is no button at all). Disabling the "Planet Keyboard" app in the Cosmo causes the "Gemini Keyboard" to display the "Enable" button. So it is actually the same app, but it gets me no further.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Getting the Keyboard app back

« on: December 18, 2019, 06:59:49 pm »

I unwittingly toggled the option in the Planet Keyboard not to show on the launcher, mistakenly thinking that it would just disappear from the App Bar. Now it remains on the App Bar but has disappeared from my Apps drawer, and clicking on the Keyboard icon on the App Bar now does nothing. I tried resetting all Planet settings and also cleared the cache/storage of the app from the Settings menu but that did nothing.

Does anyone know how to get the app back?

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Gemini PDA - Android / 8.1 observations

« on: May 11, 2019, 02:13:06 am »

I would disable app bar but I use the force rotate (must work out how to achieve this and map the Planet key to do it   )

New shortcut of FN+Shift+R now forces rotate.

Steve

Ah yes of course, but a 2 handed operation practically so I might still give it a go

Useful to know this shortcut, especially when autorotate does not work anymore even when enabled in Settings. Is that just me or do others face the same issue?

Also, what happened to Miravision? Does it mean all those supposed video enhancements have disappeared?

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Gemini PDA - Android / Planet's Agenda app released

« on: July 12, 2018, 02:55:34 am »

Not sure if it is just me, but it doesn't seem possible to choose 24 hour time format; that's quite a basic localisation function, even within the UK..

I think it follows the Android system setting for time format. Try changing your setting there.

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Gemini PDA - Android / Planet's Agenda app released

« on: July 09, 2018, 11:15:34 am »

You can find it on Google Store...

Is there a way that anyone can see to make this sync with MS Outlook? (needed for work).

Outlook linked to Exchange or Office 365?

I managed to sync this app to three separate calendar accounts: Google for personal stuff, and for work: one Exchange calendar and one office 365 calendar (different employers). Sync to Google and Exchange was automatic since I had the respective email accounts set up already. I could not find a direct way to sync the Office 365 calendar. I could sync Office 365 to Google, but then the synced entries only appear on the web version of Google calendar. Syncing my Office 365 calendar to my Exchange calendar did cause the synced entries to appear on Agenda through the Exchange connection. So, three calendars through two accounts. In other words, if you are referring to Office 365 you probably need an intermediary account like Exchange which can integrate an external calendar.

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Gemini PDA - Android / New Android update available

« on: May 19, 2018, 11:08:22 pm »

I noticed a difference: correct device serial number is shown, not 0123456789ABCDEF

Other changes (on my first-run x25 Gemini):

* Hitting enter (instead of space) after unlocking with PIN now works

* There's a "Gemini settings" submenu in Settings: currently it gives options to show app bar on Open (lid, I assume), go to desktop on open, and answer calls in speakerphone mode.

* Version number is still 7.1.1 and Android security patch level is 5 February 2018.

* Firmware Update still comes up in portrait, but seems (?) to have slightly better localized English text.

Anyone else see anything that's changed?

I just updated mine (x27) through OTA. Hitting Enter after unlocking PIN still does not work for me most of the time.