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It was high time for I Charge Cool to be updated, and feedback is welcome from anyone who's got the new version, 1.2.
Key Changes:
- 3D-rendered bouncers & smiley
- Display does not flicker or fade
- Configurable backlight brightness
- Full-screen with no title bar
- Digital clock added
- Low-distraction mode
- Target level and voltage with audible notifications
- Audible overheat warning
- Auto-start and auto-stop configurable
- Can either exit fast or automatically clean memory on exit
- Optional any-key termination
Thank you...
Last edited by mlamagra; 09-18-09 at 06:55 AM. Reason: adding the smiley was just so appropriate :)
09-18-09 06:54 AM - OK it's like this... the smile dial --> <-- was originally going to have a pie-chart-like shadow over it that unveiled the face more as charging progressed, starting with just one eye peeking out, until it was fully revealed at 100%. But when drawing a semitransparent ellipse with a piece missing using the graphics API, it kept adding a line artifact that made it look bad. So now the dial works by unveiling the face from the outside to the inside. I was joking with a user that it starts out like a solar eclipse when the battery's low, then is like a blueberry pie thrown in his face, then finally looks like a wiggling nose toward the end until it disappears. The original concept is better but until I get it to work right, the smiley is Mr. Blueberry-on-his-face
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About the app restarting again and again... if configured to wait for the display timeout, it does just that, so shouldn't interfere with you if you're in the middle of something. You can increase the display timeout if it's too short, or when the app pops up disable it temporarily by selecting "Don't Start Automatically" in the menu. Your idea (leaving a cancellation in effect until the phone is unplugged) is a better solution, I will try to remember to add that for the next update, but I'll bet then some people will be contacting support asking why it's not starting automatically.09-19-09 08:08 AM - Thanks for the update on that . The app stops and starts for me correctly when I place phone in craddle and when I take phone out of craddle but any improvements are all ways good to see as well once again nice job on this app. .
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.comLast edited by DavidNC; 09-19-09 at 08:49 AM.
09-19-09 08:47 AM - I agree with the keyboard light to go out ideal.My berry charges pretty quick with this app with just 2 changed settings I turned on "Smile Dial", and "target level".Also though my battery strenght hardly ever goes below 35% most times lowest battery level get is 55%.
But thats just how it works for me lol.Last edited by DavidNC; 09-19-09 at 09:56 AM.
09-19-09 09:54 AM - I have this app and it's awesome....I love it and the update makes it even better....great job on this one......It was high time for I Charge Cool to be updated, and feedback is welcome from anyone who's got the new version, 1.2.
Key Changes:
- 3D-rendered bouncers & smiley
- Display does not flicker or fade
- Configurable backlight brightness
- Full-screen with no title bar
- Digital clock added
- Low-distraction mode
- Target level and voltage with audible notifications
- Audible overheat warning
- Auto-start and auto-stop configurable
- Can either exit fast or automatically clean memory on exit
- Optional any-key termination
Thank you...09-19-09 10:04 AM - I adjusted the time to 7200 seconds. Whatever I was doing before, reading forum posts or texting I can't honestly remember, but the app kept coming up and it was driving me crazy.OK it's like this... the smile dial --> <-- was originally going to have a pie-chart-like shadow over it that unveiled the face more as charging progressed, starting with just one eye peeking out, until it was fully revealed at 100%. But when drawing a semitransparent ellipse with a piece missing using the graphics API, it kept adding a line artifact that made it look bad. So now the dial works by unveiling the face from the outside to the inside. I was joking with a user that it starts out like a solar eclipse when the battery's low, then is like a blueberry pie thrown in his face, then finally looks like a wiggling nose toward the end until it disappears. The original concept is better but until I get it to work right, the smiley is Mr. Blueberry-on-his-face ...
About the app restarting again and again... if configured to wait for the display timeout, it does just that, so shouldn't interfere with you if you're in the middle of something. You can increase the display timeout if it's too short, or when the app pops up disable it temporarily by selecting "Don't Start Automatically" in the menu. Your idea (leaving a cancellation in effect until the phone is unplugged) is a better solution, I will try to remember to add that for the next update, but I'll bet then some people will be contacting support asking why it's not starting automatically.
Pehaps an option that if automatic starts is set, that first keyboard activity disables automatic restarts until the next plug in of the usb cable?
I love this little app.Last edited by scottmolson; 09-19-09 at 03:24 PM.
09-19-09 03:22 PM
