my Hero - Android

Expense Manager

2011-04-28T00:24:00.000-07:00

just a month ago i installed Expense Manager on my Hero. The application is amazing, suit everything i need. It can have multi account, it has custom currency - since i live in Indonesia and having Rupiah as my currency -, and it has report and filter that can be exported. and it has chart! amazing.

you can set the category of your expense or income. so based on this category you can generate chart like this :)

it come my amazement, that more than half of my expense goes for food.

Tracking your way

2011-02-17T23:41:00.001-08:00

I recently download My Tracks apk. It's from Google Inc. This application require your GPS to be on and locked.
So when you move it able to record your movement on it.

Later when you finish recording your movement, it can show you you the path that you've taken. And report telling you how far was your travel, how long it took, how many minutes you've stopped.

The issue is my HTC Hero sometimes having problem locking the GPS. If you try this My Tracks while the GPS still not locked, you'll get nothing but the drained battery.
It won't record any of your path, and you'll running out of battery.

the application google services framework force close

2010-10-14T07:21:00.001-07:00

Last night, after flashing a new ROM, villandroid, I cannot set my Google account to be use in my phone.

the message "the application google services framework" keep pop up with force close button.

so, I browse the internet to seek what's causing it and how to fix this issue.
there's a search result explaining that the calendar application is the culprit. and he suggest to clear the data of calendar application.

that suggestion is not comply with my HTC Hero. the problem persist.

so, I'm thinking that any application that require to login to google is the culprit. then, I uninstall all application which require logon in to Google.

then I clear data from "google services framework".
setting > aplication > manage application then seek for Google framework. clear the day and stop the application.
voila! it works.

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my first paid application

2010-08-12T09:01:00.001-07:00

never in my gadget life that i bought an application.
usually i've satisfied with it's free version. and later if i want to go further, i'll lookup for any 'key' of that application.

so it reach the moment when i want to do the right thing. i fell on love with PicSay. it's free version is more than enough for my android.

the problem is in indonesia's network there's no paid application on the android market.

after using Market Enabler application, i forge my market as other countries' market. and then i found out PicSay Pro is not expensive, which is still fit with my expenses.

so i buy it.
buying an application in android market requiring you to have a credit card - which i already have.
the next step is set/create your Google Checkout account - that same Google account that you use on your android phone.

after that, just go to the market. search for PicSay Pro and follow the flow and in the end it'll deduct your credit card as much the price of PicsSay Pro.

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Hero custom ROM

2010-04-05T20:44:00.000-07:00

After my Hero root-ed, I have the capability to change the current or original ROM with any custom ROM for Hero.

My first try of custom ROM is using Villain beta 4, it is amazing that a 2.1 ROM actually running on my Hero, which is prevously 1.5 ROM.

Since there are sometimes some application refused to run on 1.5 ROM, e.g: google buzz, new google map, etc.

along with this new joy, comes a new frustation. my Hero are becoming slow each day, especially when it the first time connect to internet. and sometimes the HTC Sense is need to be force close.

Luckily, Android has this system that prevent one collapse application to halt the phone. although i experiencing already 4 times hang :(

HTC Mail

2010-01-05T07:11:00.000-08:00

For Android 1.5, normally it come with HTC Mail e-mail client. you can utilize this application to fetch your e-mail using POP3 or IMAP4 or Outlook Exchange.

I use HTC Mail for several mail which is hosted on gmail domain hosted. so it can have label as it's folder.

too bad, this HTC Mail only able to syncronize the inbox folder/label of those google mail hosted domain. for folders beside inbox, you need to trigger the mail to be fetch using Refresh menu.

there are other things I experienced with this HTC Mail, which it crashed more than i expected.

but alas, even though the application crash, the phone it self still steady.

Bluetooth and DNS

2009-12-29T07:42:00.000-08:00

i checked on the phone, it got no setting to use custom DNS, i've search via google, and the result is not satisfying, so for now all i have to do is rely on my stupid carrier DNS'.

yesterday i want to transfer picture of my sons from my wife's Sony Ericsson K660 via bluetooth. normally if each phone can pair then everything will be ok.

but not with this Android, it cannot send and receive any file via bluetooth. apparently the bluetooth in Android is only for headset / headphone.

I try to download application from Android Market, but unfortunately the application is only for Eclair (Android 2.x) while I'm still using Android 1.5, :(

first time

2009-12-27T00:54:00.000-08:00

my first time touching that Android gadget, i feel i didn't make a foolish decision. I want that phone to be mine. this HTC Hero is really something, although it has funny design on the bottom, but it's ok.

firstly, I test the droid phone to make a call, :D yes, although i think it's funny, but alas, it is a phone, a mobile phone should be able to make a phone call. :)

then i test the bluetooth, wi-fi -- to bad no wi-di signal arround when i tested it.

too bad, i didn't test the wireless connection :D,

in the end, i tell the person who want to sell it, "do you want it in cash, or bank transfer?"

so that night, i didn't do any drastic action. I just plug in my SIM card to it, setting it, and the wireless connection is fine, despite of my carrier is kind of slow that night.

then i sync my contacts and calendar from my google account, and everything ok.