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I wrote an App! I wanted to record my newborn son growing up, so I wrote Photochron. It lets you take a series of photos and then joins them into a time-lapse video. Features include: - Use a simple face outline or the previous frame to help you line up your photos - Set up reminders for every day, week or month - Face detection to help with photo alignment (disabled by default as it can be a bit unreliable) - Edit the alignment for old photos using pinch/zoom/rotate Screenshots:    Whilst I've been developing it I've been taking a photo of my son every week or so and here is the latest video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Nr7pw-I0g . He makes a challenging test subject as keeping him still for more than a few seconds is a difficult job! I think the results are pretty good though and should be even better with a more well behaved subject :-) It's a free download, compatible with Gingerbread upwards, so it would be great if a few Goons tried it out and let me know what they think! Sir Chicken Caesar fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Jul 19, 2012 |
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That's an excellent idea, I wish my family had done something similar. I have no idea what I looked like growing up. You're a cool parent.
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Jul 19, 2012 13:28
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Is there a good automation app that's somewhere between Setting Profiles and Tasker in terms of complexity? SP is lacking a few context options I need but Tasker is way to entailed for the two or three little tasks I need to happen. If SP simply had a orientation sensor for left side/right side I'd probably be able to get away with that.
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Jul 19, 2012 13:37
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Swiftkey was updated for JB. It finally seems to work again. Was close to switching to Google's new JB keyboard, but guess I'll stick with Swiftkey.
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Jul 19, 2012 14:13
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Jewce posted:Swiftkey was updated for JB. It finally seems to work again. Was close to switching to Google's new JB keyboard, but guess I'll stick with Swiftkey. Good to know, I've been using the JB keyboard and it's pretty drat good but Swiftkey still edges out on things like multifunction letter keys.
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Jul 19, 2012 14:31
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I have an extremely unreliable signal at my work, and because of this my phone just gobbles up the battery like crazy searching for a tower, but I leave it on anyway so that I can get texts. Is there an app that can get/send texts over wifi so I can just turn off the antenna?
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Jul 19, 2012 16:21
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Jewce posted:Swiftkey was updated for JB. It finally seems to work again. Was close to switching to Google's new JB keyboard, but guess I'll stick with Swiftkey. I have the same version of Swiftkey 3 on my GN and N7. For some reason the alt function of the Enter key in Talk sends the message instead of selecting emoticons. It doesn't do it on any other app as far as I can tell, and the GN is fine. Kinda bizarre.
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Jul 19, 2012 16:23
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Taffer posted:I have an extremely unreliable signal at my work, and because of this my phone just gobbles up the battery like crazy searching for a tower, but I leave it on anyway so that I can get texts. Is there an app that can get/send texts over wifi so I can just turn off the antenna?
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Jul 19, 2012 16:35
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Taffer posted:I have an extremely unreliable signal at my work, and because of this my phone just gobbles up the battery like crazy searching for a tower, but I leave it on anyway so that I can get texts. Is there an app that can get/send texts over wifi so I can just turn off the antenna? If you port your number to Google Voice, you can use the app to do this. Useful when I had a class in a sub-basement.
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Jul 19, 2012 16:37
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Splizwarf posted:That's an excellent idea, I wish my family had done something similar. I have no idea what I looked like growing up. You're a cool parent. Thanks Splizwarf! I was heavily inspired by the rash of viral videos a year or so ago of various people recording their inevitable aging. I'm hoping to capture the market in narcissistic Android owners who want to do the same 
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Jul 19, 2012 16:54
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Sir Chicken Caesar posted:Thanks Splizwarf! I was heavily inspired by the rash of viral videos a year or so ago of various people recording their inevitable aging. I'm hoping to capture the market in narcissistic Android owners who want to do the same Downloaded and will be using to capture my sons progress from now on. I really like the concept and the reminders are a nice touch. Cheers, mate
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Jul 19, 2012 17:00
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The Merkinman posted:If you have T-Mobile you can use WIFI Calling. If you have something else, see if you can get a Femtocell, I'm sure other people in your office have unreliable signal so would appreciate it too. Sadly, Wifi calling doesn't work when you have the antenna turned off - I have no idea why, but that's just how it is. I thought that only worked for calls, and not texts anyway, though? (I actually don't have the app on my phone at the moment. I just got an unlocked GNex so obviously it wasn't installed, and I can't find an .apk for it, and it's not in the market) Manky posted:If you port your number to Google Voice, you can use the app to do this. Useful when I had a class in a sub-basement. I have to use a different number for this don't I? I'll check it out anyway though, thanks.
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Sir Chicken Caesar posted:Thanks Splizwarf! I was heavily inspired by the rash of viral videos a year or so ago of various people recording their inevitable aging. I'm hoping to capture the market in narcissistic Android owners who want to do the same My friend just became a father, I think he'll love this.
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Jul 19, 2012 17:12
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Sir Chicken Caesar posted:I wrote an App! Nicely done. I'll try it out on my daughter for awhile.
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Taffer posted:I have to use a different number for this don't I? I'll check it out anyway though, thanks. I haven't tried it, but it's possible to port your current number over. http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1065667
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Jul 19, 2012 17:17
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Sir Chicken Caesar posted:I wrote an App! This is sweet. Will it work with the front-facing camera too? I totally want to use this to do a self-take photo series of growing a beard, or take a photo every day for a year.
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Jul 19, 2012 19:02
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LastInLine posted:Just grab it out of a stock ROM on xda, like this one. I hadn't thought of that, so I pulled browser.apk out of a VanirBean zip I had on my phone, but when I tried to install it, it failed. After tapping "install," the phone worked for a bit, then just says "X App not installed". I tried installing the app from inside EStrong's zip browser and also after extracting it,with the same results. What's going wrong? Do I just need to get it from a different ROM?
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Splizwarf posted:That's an excellent idea, I wish my family had done something similar. I have no idea what I looked like growing up. You're a cool parent. Probably about 5 feet tall with embarrassing facial hair at age 3.
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Taffer posted:Sadly, Wifi calling doesn't work when you have the antenna turned off - I have no idea why, but that's just how it is. I thought that only worked for calls, and not texts anyway, though? (I actually don't have the app on my phone at the moment. I just got an unlocked GNex so obviously it wasn't installed, and I can't find an .apk for it, and it's not in the market)
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My wife sends a bunch of video over MMS to family. Now that we have Gs3 its recording in 1080p which is great for us but the MMS app wont let her send that large of a video. Any tips on this?
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stormrider posted:This is sweet. Will it work with the front-facing camera too? I totally want to use this to do a self-take photo series of growing a beard, or take a photo every day for a year. Yes, there is a switch camera option when you are taking photos. in fact I've been capturing myself everyday when I get into the office using this option, here's an example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAUO7iPdJUM - it's a more stable video but definitely less cute  In fact I pushed an update today that makes it support devices with just a front facing camera a la the latest blog post on the android developer blog for getting your app ready for Jelly Bean. I'll have to test it when my shiny new Nexus 7 arrives. Anyway thanks for all the positive feedback everyone, I appreciate it! Let me know if you find any bugs
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Jul 19, 2012 19:37
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Nask26 posted:My wife sends a bunch of video over MMS to family. Now that we have Gs3 its recording in 1080p which is great for us but the MMS app wont let her send that large of a video. Any tips on this? Upload to YouTube and post to Facebook.
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Jul 19, 2012 20:29
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Nask26 posted:My wife sends a bunch of video over MMS to family. Now that we have Gs3 its recording in 1080p which is great for us but the MMS app wont let her send that large of a video. Any tips on this? Upload to youtube or change the quality settings to way low (I think some even have a MMS setting).
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Jul 19, 2012 20:31
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Google Play Music updated to the Jelly Bean version: -Now Playing queue that allows for queuing and reordering of currently playing music. -New UI for navigation with transport controls on the action bar. -New large album art view on Recent. -Playlist art is now constructed from album art of songs in the playlist. -New Playing widget has album art and support for thumbs up. -Harder, better, faster, stronger. (it really says this as a change...someone at Google must've wrote this while listening to Daft Punk) The version number is 4.3.606. The previous version is 4.1.513 and the only change is: -New name, new logo, same great app.
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Jul 19, 2012 21:28
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Yeah it's a nice update, specifically the Now Playing queue, which was one of those incredibly obvious features missing for forever. Actually like the Widget a bit better too, though it's not a huge change.
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Edit: Yeah, it was just google's servers having issues I guess.
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Jul 19, 2012 21:36
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When you flash a ROM and use Google Restore to restore your apps, does it also do app data? If so, I won't have to use Titanium Backup anymore!
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BoyBlunder posted:When you flash a ROM and use Google Restore to restore your apps, does it also do app data?
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Jul 20, 2012 00:25
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I can't get HD Widgets to work in conjunction with Go Launcher. It keeps saying there is no room. Even on a completely blank home screen. Is this a known issue or am I just an idiot?
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Jul 20, 2012 00:31
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hooah posted:I hadn't thought of that, so I pulled browser.apk out of a VanirBean zip I had on my phone, but when I tried to install it, it failed. After tapping "install," the phone worked for a bit, then just says "X App not installed". I tried installing the app from inside EStrong's zip browser and also after extracting it,with the same results. What's going wrong? Do I just need to get it from a different ROM?
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LastInLine posted:I know some custom ROMs alter the browser so that's why I said stock ROM, but probably you're not putting in /system/app like you should be. In any case this is the BrowserGoogle.apk from my stock Jelly Bean. No I didn't know I needed to put it somewhere specific; I thought one would just install it like a normal apk. So I put it in that directory, but it's not showing up in my app drawer, and tapping it in ES gives a "failed to parse" error. What's the problem now?
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Jul 20, 2012 00:55
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hooah posted:No I didn't know I needed to put it somewhere specific; I thought one would just install it like a normal apk. So I put it in that directory, but it's not showing up in my app drawer, and tapping it in ES gives a "failed to parse" error. What's the problem now?
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I'm looking for an option for streaming music from my pc to various devices. I've tried out subsonic which works well, but before buying a license I thought I'd ask if there are any other options that I should also check out. I mainly just need it to be able to stream to a couple of old phones in various rooms in the house.
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oneof3steves posted:I'm looking for an option for streaming music from my pc to various devices. I've tried out subsonic which works well, but before buying a license I thought I'd ask if there are any other options that I should also check out. I mainly just need it to be able to stream to a couple of old phones in various rooms in the house. Audiogalaxy worked fine for me when I used it. I didn't have any problems for a few months.
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Try Google Music. It's not great, but it's streets ahead of Subsonic or Audiogalaxy.
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LastInLine posted:There might be more to Browser than just the apk. Honestly I don't know. I'm assuming you dropped it in /system/app and restarted? I did just that. If I can't get this to work, then I guess I'll just go back to ICS browser+.
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Jul 20, 2012 06:42
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hooah posted:I did just that. If I can't get this to work, then I guess I'll just go back to ICS browser+.
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Nask26 posted:My wife sends a bunch of video over MMS to family. Now that we have Gs3 its recording in 1080p which is great for us but the MMS app wont let her send that large of a video. Any tips on this? Not sure about the S3 but the S2 had a simple video editing suite that I'm pretty sure could scale/crop videos down to various sizes, among other things.
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What do you guys use for a calendar widget? I don't like having to open the calendar app just to view the events for a particular day. The best I've used is the GO calendar widget but I'm not using the GO launcher anymore.
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nexus6 posted:What do you guys use for a calendar widget? I don't like having to open the calendar app just to view the events for a particular day. The best I've used is the GO calendar widget but I'm not using the GO launcher anymore. The Galaxy Note has a really fancy widget for S Note, don't know if there is a version for other devices.
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