2Playme 3.6 is out

[tosbsas]

Hey get this new version - loads of changes of a tremendous app.

http://palmaddict.typepad.com/palmaddicts/2007/03/2playme_36_is_o.html

Ruben

[PinCushionQueen]

Sweet! I didn't think it needed anything else - it's pretty darn powerfull as it is. But THANX!!!

[holvoetn]

Funny that registered users where not informed about change from 3.4 to 3.5 and now again to 3.6 ...

[MetaView]

Well, I rather work on new stuff then sending out mass emails. At least for what I know, pdassi.de does it for its costumers. And tosbsas has the kindness to send notices to some bigger discussion forums. Well, if one want to stay in touch, he might need to check the sites or even my homepage for a notice.

Ok, 3.6 is just released and new stuff for 3.7 i already added:
3.7 ()
* "security on/off" added
* "easy time" added, will be shown in the lower right corner for easier time reading :-)


Greetings
Henk

[holvoetn]

Your homepage did not mention 3.6 ;)

[MetaView]

Ok, ok, you're right :-) But now, I added it at least in the history section on the bottom of the main page. Well, I forgot to mention Shadow Warrior ;-)

[potter]

Any chance of adding: Select the default WiFi hub on a daily scheduleIn addition to the existing functions: Start or stop WiFi
Select the default network connection on a daily schedule

[MetaView]

Ok, sounds good. I will add it soon.

[cyberdude]

The only thing I find a little problematic in this otherwise wonderful app is the need to find button IDs. Is there any way to implement the way Alex Pruss does it in mykbd macros (tap button)?

[MetaView]

At least I will find a way to call mykbd macros from 2PlayMe.

[cyberdude]

At least I will find a way to call mykbd macros from 2PlayMe.
That would be fantastic!!!!

BTW, Why did you get rid of the collapsing screen on exit effect - I really liked that?

[holvoetn]

That would be fantastic!!!!

BTW, Why did you get rid of the collapsing screen on exit effect - I really liked that?Related to that, I noticed it is not possible anymore to NOT have a jpeg or clock or whatever displayed when leaving the setup screen ?

[cyberdude]

Related to that, I noticed it is not possible anymore to NOT have a jpeg or clock or whatever displayed when leaving the setup screen ?
I thought I just missed the setting somewhere, and I haven't had a lot of time to search through the new version. I had it set up before to just show a picture without the clock.

[MetaView]

Skin: "Fade Out" for the collapsing screen
Skin: "Clock: Skip" for just exit or "Clock: None" for just the picture

[cyberdude]

Skin: "Fade Out" for the collapsing screen
Skin: "Clock: Skip" for just exit or "Clock: None" for just the picture
Thanks again! :)

[MetaView]

You're welcome :-)

[donx]

Is it just me or is anyone else having problems with v3.6? I had been using v3.4a for a while without any problems. I had been playing with the various dbcache flushing applications as well. I had a soft reset that caused me to lose several MB of stuff from RAM. When I restored from backup I discovered that I had a huge MultiMail_Attachments.PDB file (over 30MB). I cleaned that up and thought all was well.

Since the weekend I've had other soft reset crashes where stuff was missing. When the TX restarted it was showing the same information as if I just completed the initial 3 hour battery charge with asking me to set the digitizer, choose my language, confirm that I loaded the software from CD, and asked me if I want to take the QuickTour. Even so, most of my applications were still installed. Some applications, specifically Uninstall and 2PlayMe would lose my registration information.

I had backups, so I reverted to one at the beginning of the weekend. After several of these type of crashes and after removing all new applications and turning off all dbcache flushing applications, I still had the same resets. After lunch yesterday, I decided to revert 2PlayMe back to v3.4a. Since noon yesterday, I haven't had the crashes which were happening almost every time the TX reset itself whether it was because of a crash or from me manually causing one.

I'm not blaming version 3.6. I'm just trying to find out if anyone else is having problems with it.

[cyberdude]

Sorry to hear of your troubles. So far I seem to be stable in v 3.6. The only abnormality I've seen is a few Fatal exception resets reported by Reset Doctor. For some reason they occur at 12:42 am each morning. I don't have anything scheduled at that time. I have the following scheduled in 2PlayMe near that time:

11:58pm soft reset
11:59pm decrease in brightness to 1%
3:20 am return to previous brightness setting

I have backups scheduled:

12:00 am resco backup
12:30 am BackupMan
1:00 am NVBackup

[PinCushionQueen]

Yeah... Sorry to hear of your troubles too! Sounds like some things have gone really wonky for you - I bet some of your prefs got flushed or something similar. If you have old backups before you started messing with flushing applications - I'd be tempted to Hard Reset and restore from an old known stable backup.

2PlayMe v3.6 is stable here on my TX. I too flush but only with OffFlush v2.0 and I use 2PlayMe to schedule backlight dimming and a soft reset using mReset between my 2 backups (Resco & NVB). And the occasional alarm when I need to get up early.

[FerdFerd]

I use 2PlayMe to schedule ... a soft reset using mReset between my 2 backups (Resco & NVB).Just a comment for those who wish to to do the same without these two applications. Both NVBackup and Resco Backup have options to select that perform a soft reset after an automatic backup. It's easy then to get a soft reset between the two without additional software. Resco Backup can also do a cache flush after a scheduled back up.

[cyberdude]

Yeah... Sorry to hear of your troubles too! Sounds like some things have gone really wonky for you - I bet some of your prefs got flushed or something similar. If you have old backups before you started messing with flushing applications - I'd be tempted to Hard Reset and restore from an old known stable backup.

2PlayMe v3.6 is stable here on my TX. I too flush but only with OffFlush v2.0 and I use 2PlayMe to schedule backlight dimming and a soft reset using mReset between my 2 backups (Resco & NVB). And the occasional alarm when I need to get up early.
Jsut curious why you still use mReset after Henk added soft reset to the special functions?

Just a comment for those who wish to to do the same without these two applications. Both NVBackup and Resco Backup have options to select that perform a soft reset after an automatic backup. It's easy then to get a soft reset between the two without additional software. Resco Backup can also do a cache flush after a scheduled back up.
Yes, but it's a one or the other deal there. If you you chose reset and flush it will flush then resetwhich really negates the value of the flush. So if you really want a reset then a flush (Alex has said that most of the time a flush will take place during a backup so flushing beforehand is really rather useless), that is not the way to do it.

I prefer to check reset after a backup since this is cleaner than a flush. I do schedule a flush with 2PlayMe at 8:58 am so my device will be nice and clean when I take it out of my pocket at 9:00am and start work. :)

[FerdFerd]

I reset after NVBackup and flush (only, not reset) after Resco Backup, in that order. I wake up to a cleaned out cache.

[cyberdude]

I reset after NVBackup and flush (only, not reset) after Resco Backup, in that order. I wake up to a cleaned out cache.
I have "Prevent DBCache fragmentation" and "Reset after backup" checked in Resco Backup (12:00am nightly), BackupMan executes at 12:30am (nightly) and has "Power off after backup" checked - this may or may not start a flush depending on how it is implemented - , I have NVB scheduled at 1:00am (nightly) "screen off when scheduled" is checked and "reset after scheduled backup" is checked (along with just about all other options).

I suppose if I reversed RB and NVB I could end my sequence with a flush and therefore negate having to schedule one with 2PlayMe. I may do so ...

[donx]

Yeah... Sorry to hear of your troubles too! Sounds like some things have gone really wonky for you - I bet some of your prefs got flushed or something similar. If you have old backups before you started messing with flushing applications - I'd be tempted to Hard Reset and restore from an old known stable backup.
I do have a stable backup from February 19 which I made prior to switching from TomTom 5 to TomTom 6. As far as I can tell, I've got a stable TX now. If it doesn't stay that way then I'll have to use the old backup. For the time being I'll keep things as they are until I can pinpoint what's going on. I was trying to get rid of some of my old applications that I thought were causing resets when I used dbcache flushing applications. For example, I'm replacing BankBook4 (which is no longer being supported as far as I can tell) with SplashMoney. I was also looking into a replacement from CurrCalc which hasn't been updated since 1999. It's a great application, but I don't want to use it if it causes resets.

[FerdFerd]

I suppose if I reversed RB and NVB I could end my sequence with a flush and therefore negate having to schedule one with 2PlayMe. I may do so ...That was my logic.

[PinCushionQueen]

@CD & FF - I still use mReset because if I use any of the built in Reset options in RB or 2PM, I get errors in my 3rd party launcher that it was "abnormally terminated" (I know, I know I use an odd launcher -iSpin - but I like it!) The same holds true for a myKbd triggered reset. There's just something different about the way that mReset triggers it - maybe because you're actually using the app itself to trigger the reset as opposed to the others are simulating a "pin poke" reset. I don't know. But I don't get the abnormal termination errors when I use it.

@ Donx - have you tried locking your older app with Resco Locker? I have an old countdown timer app that I love and use all the time (both in the lab at school and at home while cooking dinner)and I looked and looked and couldn't find an new NVFS app that was as good. Anyways, I was having some crashes from time to time and I decided to try and lock it and it seems to have worked. At least it's worth a shot ;-) RescoLocker is free...

[MetaView]

PCQ: seems to be an issue, if iSpin is exits before the reset is called or not. You could check it with 2PlayMe: launch a different app before let it make a reset. This should work, but isn't better then just calling mReset :-)

[donx]

@ Donx - have you tried locking your older app with Resco Locker? I have an old countdown timer app that I love and use all the time (both in the lab at school and at home while cooking dinner)and I looked and looked and couldn't find an new NVFS app that was as good. Anyways, I was having some crashes from time to time and I decided to try and lock it and it seems to have worked. At least it's worth a shot ;-) RescoLocker is free...
I have Resco Locker but I haven't used it. I don't actually have any resets as far as I can tell when I use CurrCalc its just that it is so old that I'm sure it isn't designed for NVFS. I'll go ahead and lock it and see how things go.

[PinCushionQueen]

PCQ: seems to be an issue, if iSpin is exits before the reset is called or not. You could check it with 2PlayMe: launch a different app before let it make a reset. This should work, but isn't better then just calling mReset :-)

You are completely correct Henk! That is the problem. iSpin wants to be exited before the reset which mReset takes care of by launching itself first then resetting. Thanks for the insight :)

[donx]

@ Donx - have you tried locking your older app with Resco Locker? I have an old countdown timer app that I love and use all the time (both in the lab at school and at home while cooking dinner)and I looked and looked and couldn't find an new NVFS app that was as good. Anyways, I was having some crashes from time to time and I decided to try and lock it and it seems to have worked. At least it's worth a shot ;-) RescoLocker is free...
PinCushionQueen, I followed your advice and I've locked my older app with Resco Locker. I've even reverted back to using OffFlush instead of FlushIt and I haven't had any crashes like I saw before locking down my old app. My TX has been stable for a week now. Using Reset Doctor for crash logging I only get resets during the night when 2PlayMe forces them or the few times I manually reset when switching GPS units using TomTom N6. Now that everything is stable, I will go ahead and install 2PlayMe 3.6 soon and see whether everything remains stable.

cyberdude, do you still see those few fatal exception resets reported by Reset Doctor at 12:42 am?

[cyberdude]

I've seen fewer Fatal resets in Reset Doctor. Sometimes Crash Pro does a better job of logging the reset. I currently have a problem with Palm Internals causing a reset (Fatal) everytime I tap the notif button. I may have to take those beta apps off my device temporarily:

Universe (the best browser available for the TX - even in beta)
Backoff!
Event Launcher (constantly use)
Showbattery (don't want to lose this one either)
Accessorizer (indispensible)
DAKey
Neeews! (like this - but could do without)
Chronmemo ( a necessity)
OffFlush 2.0 (another necessity)