Htc Universal

[datathief]

I can ping the universal from vista but can't talk to the pc from the universal. I am connected with "limited connectivity" according to windows...

This means Windows is trying to obtain an IP address from the phone  -  this happens if Internet Connection Sharing is off (the "Allow other network users to connect..." option  -  see the wiki page).

I tried connecting to my router quickly but wasn't successful. In what way is the wireless unstable? In that it is hard to maintain a connection?

Yes  -  the connection just stops working after a while.  It seems to be much more stable if you set it to run at 1Mbps.

[ShiroiKuma]

1. In the dialer, the listed names drawn from the VCF file are strangely spaced, i.e. some seem to contain one, two, three spaces in front of them, some none, so that their list is not left justified.

Are there spaces in the vcf file after the ':' in the 'FN' field?  If not, could you post a vcard that exhibits this problem?

I just checked. In the n: field, after the colon I have always one space. In the fn: field, the same. However, not all the records do have a fn: field, could this be the culprit?

[linuxFreq]

I can ping the universal from vista but can't talk to the pc from the universal. I am connected with "limited connectivity" according to windows...

This means Windows is trying to obtain an IP address from the phone  -  this happens if Internet Connection Sharing is off (the "Allow other network users to connect..." option  -  see the wiki page).

I have it set up as per the instructions. It was definitely working before so I'm not sure what's happened. Been playing around with different settings this morning but no luck.

[datathief]

1. In the dialer, the listed names drawn from the VCF file are strangely spaced, i.e. some seem to contain one, two, three spaces in front of them, some none, so that their list is not left justified.

Are there spaces in the vcf file after the ':' in the 'FN' field?  If not, could you post a vcard that exhibits this problem?

I just checked. In the n: field, after the colon I have always one space. In the fn: field, the same. However, not all the records do have a fn: field, could this be the culprit?

If there's a FN field, it uses that (and I didn't add code to strip spaces off the beginning).  If there's no FN field, it uses the N field (and I did add code to strip spaces off the start of the N field).  So that might explain it.

I've made changes and uploaded a new version of titchy-phoneui-shiny.

[ShiroiKuma]

If there's a FN field, it uses that (and I didn't add code to strip spaces off the beginning).  If there's no FN field, it uses the N field (and I did add code to strip spaces off the start of the N field).  So that might explain it.

I've made changes and uploaded a new version of titchy-phoneui-shiny.

Yes, it works fine now.

[linuxFreq]

Hey,

So i got the net working through usb and ubuntu no problem but because i'd made changes without knowing exactly what i'd done i did a fresh install of titchy...mainly because i couldn't get the touch screen calibration thing up ever since it crashed on the first attempt...

So fresh install and all i've done is

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apt-get install xdm icewm-experimental
rebootOn the previous install the logon screen would show up but i had not touch screen. Sometimes it didn't show up at boot up and i just had to do

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xdm
to get it working. Now however nothing happens. Am i missing something? Previously you said to either get xdm or xinit. Should i just forget xdm for now? I'm just slightly confused as to why it doesn't work at the moment?

Cheers

Cheers.

[datathief]

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apt-get install xdm icewm-experimental
reboot

You'll need an X server (xserver-titchy) too.

[linuxFreq]

Ahhh how silly. I assumed that was already there...totally forgot doing it the first time.

Don't suppose you could give me a bit of help with the old wireless. Got the modules loaded and sorted the rate. On my access point i can see that the uni is connected but not got an ip or anything:

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Address                   Rate      Quality      RSSI      State                         Age
00:09:2D:DE:13:37     0                        -82     llAuthenticated     0
Here's what i've got in /etc/network/interfaces

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auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.99
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
broadcast 192.168.1.255
wireless-mode managed
wireless-essid myEssid
I've turned encryption off for the purpose of testing.  Would it work better with dhcp...?

[ShiroiKuma]

but having HiQ video is sorta important I think

I've lost the ability to play HiQ video on the Uni satisfactorily after a cycle of apt upgrades.

My experimentation with it has shown a surprising result: I booted into Windows Mobile, and using TCPMP was able to play any and all mpgs with great viewing quality, no choppiness, even the original ones 640x480, not reencoded for smoother playback.

So the Universal is able to play 640x480 video with no probs.

The problem then lay on the debian decoding end. mplayer, ffmpeg, totem, nothing seems to currently be able to play the original non-reencoded mpgs, even the reencoded ones are not watchable, it's too slow, choppy...

But if Windows Mobile can do it, it surely must be possible under Debian. So far playing with it, and searching the web, hasn't indicated to me any good solution.

[datathief]

Ahhh how silly. I assumed that was already there...totally forgot doing it the first time.

Don't suppose you could give me a bit of help with the old wireless. Got the modules loaded and sorted the rate. On my access point i can see that the uni is connected but not got an ip or anything:

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Address                   Rate      Quality      RSSI      State                         Age
00:09:2D:DE:13:37     0                        -82     llAuthenticated     0
Here's what i've got in /etc/network/interfaces

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auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.99
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
broadcast 192.168.1.255
wireless-mode managed
wireless-essid myEssid
I've turned encryption off for the purpose of testing.  Would it work better with dhcp...?

If you're not using dhcp, your access point may not show an IP address for it.  Can you ping the AP?

(I notice the dhcp-client and iputils-ping packages are missing from my rootfs.  Oops.  I've fixed that now.)

[linuxFreq]

If you're not using dhcp, your access point may not show an IP address for it.  Can you ping the AP?

(I notice the dhcp-client and iputils-ping packages are missing from my rootfs.  Oops.  I've fixed that now.)

Couldn't ping.
I got iputils-ping on my last install but not got round to it this time. I was just playing around last night before i went to bed. I know i couldn't ping the htc from another machine on the network.
Got my last exam in 2 hours so i'm gonna have a real play after that.

Also i installed xserver-titchy again and tscalib came up again, but i touches were not recoginised. I quickly tried cat -v /dev/input/event0 but didn't get any output. I'm guessing i need to change or maybe make some config files...

After tscalib loads the first time it doesn't load again...how do i reset it so i can calibrate again as there doesn't appear to be anywhere to load it...

[datathief]

If you're not using dhcp, your access point may not show an IP address for it.  Can you ping the AP?

(I notice the dhcp-client and iputils-ping packages are missing from my rootfs.  Oops.  I've fixed that now.)

Couldn't ping.
I got iputils-ping on my last install but not got round to it this time. I was just playing around last night before i went to bed. I know i couldn't ping the htc from another machine on the network.
Got my last exam in 2 hours so i'm gonna have a real play after that.

I think busybox is installed  -  try:

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busybox ping xx.xx.xx.xx

Also i installed xserver-titchy again and tscalib came up again, but i touches were not recoginised. I quickly tried cat -v /dev/input/event0 but didn't get any output. I'm guessing i need to change or maybe make some config files...

I've heard of a possible explanation for this  -  if wifi is turned on before you boot linux, the touchscreen doesn't work.

After tscalib loads the first time it doesn't load again...how do i reset it so i can calibrate again as there doesn't appear to be anywhere to load it...

Delete /etc/ts.conf and restart X.

[datathief]

A request for comments:

I'm planning to add the following to the titchy-phoneui-shiny clock screen:

• Battery indicator
• Missed call icon
• Received SMS icon
• PIN lock

The missed call and SMS received screens will be moved "behind" the clock screen (if it's active), and so protected by the PIN lock.

Any comments/requests?

[ShiroiKuma]

The two icons should be touch sensitive, i.e. tapping on them should take you to a missed calls listing, messages listing - or the message directly, alternatively.

Other than that, no criticism intended, I think MMS support is much more necessary than these eye-candy things, but that might be a tough cookie to implement from what I've read in various places so far.

[ShiroiKuma]

On a slightly similar note, a request for comments also:

I've been thinking about things that I consider missing, and how to get them done. What do you think, would a bounty system be good to motivate some skillful hackers to tackle these. From what I've read on the web so far lately, it actually seems bounties are counter productive in motivating the development of Free Software, so I'm not sure.

But I was thinking, I could easily offer, let's say 200 EUR for each of the following:

1. MMS
2. Getting the camera to work for photos, videos, with a suitable X app
3. HiQ video, getting it to play 640x480 movies which I've seen the Uni is capable of on the Windows Mobile side, in debian
4. Bluetooth A2DP support, so that listening to mp3 and the movies via bluetooth headphones would be fixed

Is it worth it? Or not likely that someone will take up the task?