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21Jul2010
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JuiceDefender Changelog
Evolution v1.8.5
- Setup should now detect correctly if the kernel supports CPU throttling
- 3G/2G toggling is back for non-CM (still AOSP-derived-only) ROMs
Experimental v1.8.4
- fixed widget and other minor stuff
Experimental v1.8.3 - Canal dea Giudecca edition
- fixed a number of bugs (especially about the new screen on/unlock/off detection)
- tweaked the Apps trigger as per suggestions
- UI tweaks
- much better management of service/UI interaction, now fully automatic
Experimental v1.8.2 - Blue roof edition
- let's see... Apps trigger!! ;)
- new 'training progress' indicator (in 'View known locations') and other improvements for Location
- UI improvements
- many fixes here and there
Experimental v1.8.1
- fixed a FC
- improvements in Location
- temporary workaround for outdated-UJ-compatibility
Experimental v1.8.0
- new Location algorithm (again!)
- toggle data widget is now tri-state (force disable, force enable, default)
- fixed 'send feedback' stopping service bug
- minor UI tweaks
- AOSP helper only enabled for CyanogenMod
- spanish translation
Experimental v1.7.9 - This is no hotel edition
- new location algorithm!
- fixed rare FC
- fixed Toggle mobile data widget bug
- debug logging now optional
Evolution v1.7.7 - Steam engine edition
- added Toggle mobile data widget confirmation dialog and visual feedback
- task killer detection
- 2G/3G toggling is back (needs AOSP helper + running Setup again manually)
Evolution v1.7.6 - Hurry up! edition
- Setup fixes
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- Setup should now detect correctly if the kernel supports CPU throttling
- 3G/2G toggling is back for non-CM (still AOSP-derived-only) ROMs
Experimental v1.8.4
- fixed widget and other minor stuff
Experimental v1.8.3 - Canal dea Giudecca edition
- fixed a number of bugs (especially about the new screen on/unlock/off detection)
- tweaked the Apps trigger as per suggestions
- UI tweaks
- much better management of service/UI interaction, now fully automatic
Experimental v1.8.2 - Blue roof edition
- let's see... Apps trigger!! ;)
- new 'training progress' indicator (in 'View known locations') and other improvements for Location
- UI improvements
- many fixes here and there
Experimental v1.8.1
- fixed a FC
- improvements in Location
- temporary workaround for outdated-UJ-compatibility
Experimental v1.8.0
- new Location algorithm (again!)
- toggle data widget is now tri-state (force disable, force enable, default)
- fixed 'send feedback' stopping service bug
- minor UI tweaks
- AOSP helper only enabled for CyanogenMod
- spanish translation
Experimental v1.7.9 - This is no hotel edition
- new location algorithm!
- fixed rare FC
- fixed Toggle mobile data widget bug
- debug logging now optional
Evolution v1.7.7 - Steam engine edition
- added Toggle mobile data widget confirmation dialog and visual feedback
- task killer detection
- 2G/3G toggling is back (needs AOSP helper + running Setup again manually)
Evolution v1.7.6 - Hurry up! edition
- Setup fixes
07Jul2010
Developers! Integrate your app with JuiceDefender
We Android developers strive to help our users become more and more awesome - they deserve the best tools! We have the privilege of working on this amazing platform that allows apps, among other neat things, to talk to each other and work in synergy, and of course many apps working together can do so much more than any single app could ever hope to accomplish - ladies and gentlemen, the network effect!
So if you're developing an app to keep mobile data usage quota under control, or to automate common operations, or to help users manage the complexity of their phones, or to do something entirely different that I cannot even imagine, why not add JuiceDefender's capabilities to your feature list?
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So if you're developing an app to keep mobile data usage quota under control, or to automate common operations, or to help users manage the complexity of their phones, or to do something entirely different that I cannot even imagine, why not add JuiceDefender's capabilities to your feature list?
Verizon/Sprint folks: welcome back to the land of abundant juice!
As most of you probably already know, JuiceDefender (since v1.7.2) now fully supports CDMA phones (with any ROM/Android version).
It's been a while, and I collected a decent amount of feedback; the new mobile data control method seems to be working reasonably well on the great majority of devices. I'm improving the code to get as close to 100% reliability as possible - making it leaner and faster in the process by trimming away all the legacy stuff.
In case you're seeing any kind of odd behaviour, it's worth mentioning once again that most problems will be fixed by a simple uninstall/reboot/reinstall.
It's been a while, and I collected a decent amount of feedback; the new mobile data control method seems to be working reasonably well on the great majority of devices. I'm improving the code to get as close to 100% reliability as possible - making it leaner and faster in the process by trimming away all the legacy stuff.
In case you're seeing any kind of odd behaviour, it's worth mentioning once again that most problems will be fixed by a simple uninstall/reboot/reinstall.
28Jun2010
SeePU Changelog
v0.8.6beta:
- workaround for stupid Cupcake incompatibility
- support all screen sizes
v0.8.5beta:
- tentative Cupcake-FC fix
v0.8.4beta:
- moved the service to its own low-priority thread
- fix FC in CM5.0.x (and possibly others)
v0.8.3beta:
- the 'system' process is now filtered in the History Graph
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- workaround for stupid Cupcake incompatibility
- support all screen sizes
v0.8.5beta:
- tentative Cupcake-FC fix
v0.8.4beta:
- moved the service to its own low-priority thread
- fix FC in CM5.0.x (and possibly others)
v0.8.3beta:
- the 'system' process is now filtered in the History Graph
14Jun2010
JuicePlotter Changelog
v1.1.6 Naming builds just for the sake of it is lame edition:
- cached plot images now stored on the SD card
- better screen status recognition
- dragging the plot now either scrolls or zooms
- performance improvements
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- cached plot images now stored on the SD card
- better screen status recognition
- dragging the plot now either scrolls or zooms
- performance improvements
07Jun2010
JuiceDefender: almost there!
Since the whole Droid 2.1 debacle became apparent, I've been working very hard on trying to bring back some functionality to CDMA devices. Having no access to any such device, I set up a private betatesting group where I released a (long) series of experimental builds.
In the meanwhile the "public" (i.e. Market) release branch inevitably got much less attention - to the point that I eventually decided to just shift all new development to the experimental branch (there's been only one bugfix release on the Market since).
So, what's the situation like now?
Good news first, as we all are (or should be) impatient optimists: I eventually found a way of controlling the data connection on the Droid - it can actually be used on some GSM devices too, with the benefit of being more reliable than old-skool APN mangling (it also allows for automatic 3G/2G-only toggling).
Moreover in the course of the last couple of months JuiceDefender grew quite a lot:
JuiceDefender should also work reliably on all devices out there - it now sports a neat Setup screen that autodetects your handset's capabilities and configures JuiceDefender accordingly.
Now, the catch: some of these new features don't work on all devices. More specifically, some require root access, and the new data control mechanism additionally requires using an AOSP-derived ROM (to date, stock Nexus One, CyanogenMod and at least some flavours of MoDaCo are confirmed to work). If a particular feature isn't supported, Setup will disable it (and you won't even see it in the UI).
Anyway, the latest builds work reasonably well on most devices, so I've decided to open up the "experimental" branch for everyone to try - and, hopefully, provide precious feedback on the kinks that still need to be ironed out (there are some).
So if you like experimenting, want to see the new features, or just feel like lending a helping hand (yay!), please give it a try! Just download the most recent build from this page and install it on your phone (you'll have to "Allow unknown sources" in your system preferences first). If you want to provide feedback, please do so via the Group (I'm desperately trying to at least keep some unadulterated memories of long gone inbox sanity).
I also updated the official changelog with all the experimental builds released so far, so you can get an idea of what's new.
If everything goes well, the new JuiceDefender will be ready for release on the Market soon, and I'll finally have time for some awesome updates on JuicePlotter, SeePU and Paperdroid - fingers crossed!
In the meanwhile the "public" (i.e. Market) release branch inevitably got much less attention - to the point that I eventually decided to just shift all new development to the experimental branch (there's been only one bugfix release on the Market since).
So, what's the situation like now?
Good news first, as we all are (or should be) impatient optimists: I eventually found a way of controlling the data connection on the Droid - it can actually be used on some GSM devices too, with the benefit of being more reliable than old-skool APN mangling (it also allows for automatic 3G/2G-only toggling).
Moreover in the course of the last couple of months JuiceDefender grew quite a lot:
- refreshed UI
- many bug fixes
- improved performance
- several new, interesting features
JuiceDefender should also work reliably on all devices out there - it now sports a neat Setup screen that autodetects your handset's capabilities and configures JuiceDefender accordingly.
Now, the catch: some of these new features don't work on all devices. More specifically, some require root access, and the new data control mechanism additionally requires using an AOSP-derived ROM (to date, stock Nexus One, CyanogenMod and at least some flavours of MoDaCo are confirmed to work). If a particular feature isn't supported, Setup will disable it (and you won't even see it in the UI).
Anyway, the latest builds work reasonably well on most devices, so I've decided to open up the "experimental" branch for everyone to try - and, hopefully, provide precious feedback on the kinks that still need to be ironed out (there are some).
So if you like experimenting, want to see the new features, or just feel like lending a helping hand (yay!), please give it a try! Just download the most recent build from this page and install it on your phone (you'll have to "Allow unknown sources" in your system preferences first). If you want to provide feedback, please do so via the Group (I'm desperately trying to at least keep some unadulterated memories of long gone inbox sanity).
I also updated the official changelog with all the experimental builds released so far, so you can get an idea of what's new.
If everything goes well, the new JuiceDefender will be ready for release on the Market soon, and I'll finally have time for some awesome updates on JuicePlotter, SeePU and Paperdroid - fingers crossed!
09May2010
So I got a Nexus One
Sometimes the reckless pace of modern life is just unbearable. No time to ponder on the meaning of things, no time to enjoy the wonders around us, no time for anything that really matters!
Remember how it used to be? Before the internet, before all this nonsense. When people actually took the time to write letters - on paper...
Ah, if I only I could say 'no' to this modern craze, and live my life at a more leisurely speed.
As it turns out, almost nobody can, but apparently Brightpoint Netherlands begs to differ, as they made a point of taking 6 full weeks to ship me a Nexus One - a mean speed of 1.37 km/h. That's probably slow enough to warrant some significant relativistic effects. I should have checked the phone clock - I'm sure it was several minutes ahead the rest of the world.
Anyway: here's the live blog (lies, it happened days ago) of the Big Event as it unfolds, with my impressions and unadulterated thoughts. Let's pretend it was exactly midnight (it almost was) when I first opened the courier box...
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Remember how it used to be? Before the internet, before all this nonsense. When people actually took the time to write letters - on paper...
Ah, if I only I could say 'no' to this modern craze, and live my life at a more leisurely speed.
As it turns out, almost nobody can, but apparently Brightpoint Netherlands begs to differ, as they made a point of taking 6 full weeks to ship me a Nexus One - a mean speed of 1.37 km/h. That's probably slow enough to warrant some significant relativistic effects. I should have checked the phone clock - I'm sure it was several minutes ahead the rest of the world.
Anyway: here's the live blog (lies, it happened days ago) of the Big Event as it unfolds, with my impressions and unadulterated thoughts. Let's pretend it was exactly midnight (it almost was) when I first opened the courier box...
28Mar2010
Status update, and an announcement
Let's shoot the good news right away: largely thanks to the LifeHacker review of JuiceDefender (a never redundant thank you is in order for Kevin), rent for March is more than covered!
Of course, it's too early to tell if this is going to be sustainable in the long (or medium) term - but I guess that's mostly up to me now.
More good news: Latedroid has been selected (probably per il rotto della cuffia) for the DSPfTAMD (by the way, why does AndroidAndMe only review the big shots?) - meaning Google should send me a Nexus One to aid my development efforts.
Not only this is great because it's free - it's the only way I could ever get a N1 in Italy. But I've been forced to temporarily move out in the middle of nowhere to patiently wait for the phone - never have stuff sent to Venice, it'll just get lost.
The downside is that I've been suffering from a bad case of email overload that greatly reduced the amount of time that I can spend on coding. Which is too bad, as there are so many things to do! Moreover the quality of my support inevitably suffered; I still manage to respond to every email, but sometimes it takes a couple of days. No good.
For these two excellent reasons, I decided to semi-branch the development of JuiceDefender (and later the other apps) and to institute a "private beta" test group - this will hopefully allow me to focus more on a fast release/feedback cycle and take some load off my suffering inbox.
So if you're interested in helping the development effort join the brand new JuiceDefender Google Group:
Now let me profusely thank the many people who are or have been in contact with me via email or in the various comments threads - reporting bugs, suggesting solutions and new features, or just discussing this or that. You guys have been immensely helpful, but more importantly it's a real pleasure to have these interesting conversations with you - let's keep it on on the group! (And, I'm sure you'll be happy to get to know each other)
Of course, it's too early to tell if this is going to be sustainable in the long (or medium) term - but I guess that's mostly up to me now.
More good news: Latedroid has been selected (probably per il rotto della cuffia) for the DSPfTAMD (by the way, why does AndroidAndMe only review the big shots?) - meaning Google should send me a Nexus One to aid my development efforts.
Not only this is great because it's free - it's the only way I could ever get a N1 in Italy. But I've been forced to temporarily move out in the middle of nowhere to patiently wait for the phone - never have stuff sent to Venice, it'll just get lost.
The downside is that I've been suffering from a bad case of email overload that greatly reduced the amount of time that I can spend on coding. Which is too bad, as there are so many things to do! Moreover the quality of my support inevitably suffered; I still manage to respond to every email, but sometimes it takes a couple of days. No good.
For these two excellent reasons, I decided to semi-branch the development of JuiceDefender (and later the other apps) and to institute a "private beta" test group - this will hopefully allow me to focus more on a fast release/feedback cycle and take some load off my suffering inbox.
So if you're interested in helping the development effort join the brand new JuiceDefender Google Group:
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Now let me profusely thank the many people who are or have been in contact with me via email or in the various comments threads - reporting bugs, suggesting solutions and new features, or just discussing this or that. You guys have been immensely helpful, but more importantly it's a real pleasure to have these interesting conversations with you - let's keep it on on the group! (And, I'm sure you'll be happy to get to know each other)
14Mar2010
JuicePlotter
JuicePlotter is a battery usage graph that combines full at-a-glance information about your battery consumption with sheer beauty.
The coloured bands along the graph show your screen brightness, radio usage, charging status and battery temperature. Just scroll around to find precise information and make sense of the different colours.
JuicePlotter includes a Home screen widget that shows an accurate estimate of how long it will take to fully discharge/recharge your battery.
05Mar2010
UltimateJuice promo sale!
Tomorrow I'll be releasing JuiceDefender/UltimateJuice v1.0 temporarily-out-of-beta-edition.
For the occasion, UltimateJuice will be on sale at the promotional price of 0.99€ for the weekend - make sure to grab it on time!
(the exact times are yet to be disclosed, but an anonymous source says the promo will last "from when I publish the update on Saturday to when I change the price again on Sunday - times are in Central European Time")
For those of you who are beta aficionados: don't worry, next week I'll start working on some new, radically useful features. Back to beta business as usual!
An even better reason to celebrate is that Sunday or Monday will hopefully see the last snow of the season in Venice - it's so incredibly romantic that I'll be walking aroundwatching chick flicks on my Magic in tears hand-in-hand with my girlfriend (that's the backup plan given that OpenEclair doesn't yet support video as of v1.2.2).
For the occasion, UltimateJuice will be on sale at the promotional price of 0.99€ for the weekend - make sure to grab it on time!
(the exact times are yet to be disclosed, but an anonymous source says the promo will last "from when I publish the update on Saturday to when I change the price again on Sunday - times are in Central European Time")
For those of you who are beta aficionados: don't worry, next week I'll start working on some new, radically useful features. Back to beta business as usual!
An even better reason to celebrate is that Sunday or Monday will hopefully see the last snow of the season in Venice - it's so incredibly romantic that I'll be walking around
02Mar2010
SeePU++ in the Market(s)
I just published the paid addon for SeePU (SeePU++) on the Android Market and on AndAppStore.
If you grabbed it for free during the promo, just keep it installed. It will keep working through updates to SeePU - at least until my well-laid future-proofing plan will face some unforeseen circumstance.
If you grabbed it for free during the promo, just keep it installed. It will keep working through updates to SeePU - at least until my well-laid future-proofing plan will face some unforeseen circumstance.
28Feb2010
Call for action
In the last weeks I occasionally hinted at the revenue I get from this Android adventure - I finally decided to share some thoughts about the matter.
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20Feb2010
UltimateJuice
UltimateJuice is an add-on to JuiceDefender that enables some advanced features:
- WiFi control (with location-based AutoWiFi)
- 5 minutes, 1 hour and 2 hours schedule interval
- night schedule with optional silent mode
- MMS APN control
Please note that it doesn't do anything on its own (doesn't even have a UI) - the extra features will be available from the JuiceDefender UI.
Find it on the Android Market or AndAppStore - if you have problems with the purchase process please see the JuiceDefender FAQ
12Feb2010
JuicePlotter 1.0 - unlimited! (ooooh)
That's right! Since I'm feeling somewhat happy about the tourist situation in Venice, I decided to remove the (admittedly arbitrary) limitations in JuicePlotter. Enjoy unlimited (and themed) plotting!
09Feb2010
JuiceDefender FAQ
Known issues and a list of questions about JuiceDefender (and UltimateJuice), asked for a period of 8 minutes every 30 minutes. Now comes with answers too!
Jump to: Known Issues - Download/Install/Purchase - FAQs - Compatibility Matrix
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Jump to: Known Issues - Download/Install/Purchase - FAQs - Compatibility Matrix
08Feb2010
SeePU
You can easily see whether your processor is being heavily taxed - and for example let it finish its job without burdening it further - or is sitting happily idle, ready for action; or the download speed of that large podcast...
02Feb2010
Paperdroid Pro now available for all non-Market folks around the world!
That's right! Head over to andappstore now!
16Jan2010
JuiceDefender
JuiceDefender saves battery power (lots of it!) by controlling the mobile data connection, WiFi, Background data, Auto Sync and other battery-hungry components.
You can schedule regular activation to let background synchronization occur, have connectivity always enabled while the screen is on, and much more! It also helps in minimizing distractions ;)
All your juice are belong to us
Who wants some spare juice? Or monkeys? Tears of blood? Anyone?
I'm finally back from exile, not without a new app almost ready to hit the market!
It's called JuiceDefender (ain't it kickass), it saves your battery (well now, what a remarkable coincidence!), it's free (as in "Free Valpreda"), and it's in superquickbeta mode - you have 24 hours to grab it from andappstore, test it and report back! Execute! Dismissed!
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It's called JuiceDefender (ain't it kickass), it saves your battery (well now, what a remarkable coincidence!), it's free (as in "Free Valpreda"), and it's in superquickbeta mode - you have 24 hours to grab it from andappstore, test it and report back! Execute! Dismissed!
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