Frequently asked questions for the 3D Flip clock & weather widget

Q: How do I install the widget?
A: Please refer to the widget's help file. Go to the applications drawer and tap the widget icon.
There are step by step instructions as well as a video on YouTube that explains how to install a widget on your home screen. Here is the link to the video:  3D Flip clock & weather

Q: I have installed the widget on my tablet, it shows in the application drawer but I cannot find it in the widgets listA: Reboot your tablet and check in the widgets list again.

Q: When I tap the hour, the alarm application does not open
A: You have to specify the alarm application. To specify the alarm application do the following:

• Go to the preferences (tap the minutes)
• Tap Advanced settings
• Deselect Default hour action
• Tap on the Select hour click action and wait for the application list to load
• Find your alarm application from the list and select it
• Go back to your home screen and test it by tapping on the hour; it should now open your phone's alarm application

Q: What is the minimum refresh distance setting?
A: It tells the gps system to notify the program when the distance from the last known location changes by more than that amount.  For example, if set to 5 and you are at location A, when you move 5 kilometers away from position A the program will be notified for a location change.

Q: I followed the instructions to add the widget on my Acer Tablet but it doesn't work.
A: To add a widget on an Acer tablet, perform the following::

• Tap the + symbol in the upper right corner of the screen or press and hold your finger on an empty area of the screen for a few seconds.
• Select the item you wish to add and drag it to the desired screen you wish it to display on.
• Tap the Home button when done.

   
Q: How do I add the widget on my Motorolla Xoom tablet?
A: To add/remove widgets on a Motorolla Xoom tablet follow the directions below:

• Tap + in the top right hand side of the screen to open the 3D customisation screen
• at the bottom of the screen, you'll see a list of widgets. At the top, there's your five homescreens.
• To add a widget, drage it from the bottom of the screen onto the screen you want to customise.
• To remove widgets, select one of the homescreens and press and hold the widget and you'll feel a vibration. You can now delete the icon by dragging it to the trash at the top of the screen.
• To move a widget onto another screen, press and hold until you feel the vibration and drag the icon to another homescreen

Q: The weather is not updating. It is noon and it shows a full moon
A; Your phone is probably not connected to the Internet. When connected to the Internet, the weather will update on the next minute change (if the weather refresh period has elapsed). To see when the weather was last updated, go to the weather forecast (tap the weather icon) and look at the Last updated information. To manually refresh the weather tap the big weather icon.

Q: If I select the weather on the widget it first shows the original weather display and then when I scroll to the next screen over it shows the weather of the location I want
A: You have probably specified an additional weather location as your current location and the current location is wrong. Try to reset the widget following the steps below:

• Go to the home screen
• Tap the menu button
• Tap Settings
• Tap Applications
• Tap Manage Applications
• Location the widget in the list and tap it
• Tap Clear data and then OK

Go back to the home screen, remove and add the widget again. Wait for a few seconds until the widget finds your location and refreshes the weather.

More features added in 3d flip clock & weather widget

Over the last 30 days the 3d flip clock & weather widget has been enhanced with lots of new features. Some of the most important ones are the following:

• Added alternate weather forecast server option under Weather & location settings
• Optionally display the location timezone in the detailed weather forecast page
• Added option (under Advanced settings) for adjusting the battery position (if visible)
• Added option (under Time & Date settings) for adjusting the widget date format
• Scroll long location names in weather forecast page
• Display current wallpaper as background when choosing skin
• Added option for displaying location information (press menu on weather forecast page, then tap My location)
• More optimizations (please report any problems)
• Added menu in forecast page (use it to jump to widget preferences)
• Added option to display location details in forecast page menu (use this to see full location details as well as GPS position)
• Added option to specify application to launch when minutes are tapped (Settings, Advanced)
• If alternate application is specified when the minutes are tapped, tap anywhere on the widget to bring up the preferences
• Handle empty GPS based weather data (please report if there are still issues)
• Fixed the time display on high resolution displays

Furthermore, a lot of bugs have been fixed (especially problems with weather updates not working for specific locations).

Big thanks to all users that send bug reports, suggestions and requested new features.

Support for external theme packs added in 3D flip clock & weather widget

The latest version of the widget supports external theme packs. External theme packs may contain additional skins, images, layouts etc. They can be accessed by going to the widget settings screen, Appearance settings, Additional skins. Available theme packs will be listed there, together with an indication of weather they are installed or not. If a theme pack is not installed, you can tap it to visit the Android Market and download it. If it is installed, tap it to activate it or select one of the included skins.

Memory usage optimization for the 3D Flip Clock & World Weather Widget

The latest update of the 3D Flip Clock & World Weather Widget for Android devices includes fixes, additions and changes for more efficient memory management. Some of the most important updates are the following:

• Memory usage optimizations. The widget is now faster and leaner
•  Fixed timezone bug in location based time display
• Tap location name to request location update
• Fixed bug in day/night calculation
• Added option to launch two more applications by tapping the weekday and/or month. To set the applications to be launched go to preferences, select 'Advanced settings' and tap the 'Select weekday action' and/or 'Select month action'
• Fixed bug in 24 hour time display

Coming soon!

The next version of the widget will support external skins/themes packages. You will be able to customize the look of the widget even more by downloading additional skins.

Thanks to all the users who contributed to the new version by sending in suggestions, bug reports and requests. As always, any comments or requests are welcome.

More options in 3D Flip &Clock & World Weather widget

After several requests from users of the widget I have included new skins and added the possibility to customize the widget even more. You can now optionally hide/display the following parts of the widget:

• Background panel
• Date panel
• Background flaps
• Flap knobs (left, middle and right knobs)
• Hi/Lo temperature display

To access these settings tap the minutes, tap Appearance settings and then Advanced options. From there you can select what to display (by default everything is visible).

Another addition is that in the color picker dialog there is now a new color button on the lower right part of the box. This button is set to the last color selected. Tapping it will set the current color to the last color selected. This is useful if you want to set custom colors for two or more components on the widget. For example, if you want to set the location and weather condition to a light blue color, do the following:

• Go to settings, Appearance settings
• Un-check the Use default colors checkbox (if selected)
• Tap the location color
• Select the color you like and tap the OK button
• Tap the Weather condition color
• Tap the right button (it should be set to the color you selected previously) and then tap the OK button

 Let me know if you have any more requests or suggestions!

3D Flip Clock & World Weather Widget for Android phones release

A full featured, size 4x2 fully customizable 3D flip clock and weather forecast widget was released for the Android market.

The widget features the following:

• 16 widget skins to chose from (more skins coming in the future)
• 4 weather icon skins
• 5 Fonts for the time 
• Possibility to specify the colors for the time, am/pm indicator, date, location, current weather condition, current temperature, high and low temperatures
• Possibility to display the current battery level
• Works in portrait or landscape mode
• 12 or 24 hour clock with date
• Current location (city, country) taken automatically from cell/wifi or GPS, or specified by the user
• Weather conditions for current location (condition and temperature, low and high temperatures and weather icon)
• Detailed weather forecast display including the following:
•     Local time
•     Sunrise and sunset time for current location
•     Humidity and wind conditions
•     Current condition, temperature and low and high temperatures
•     Current condition icon
•     Last weather update time
•     4 day weather forecast
• World weather: Chose to display weather information for any number of different locations worldwide. Just select your favorite locations and you will immediately have updated weather and time information.

Let me know if you have any suggestions, problems or requests.

Click here for a demo video on YouTube

Halloween wallpapers for Android

A new wallpaper application for Android devices has been released. The application features over 70 of the best high quality Halloween wallpapers. Set your home screen background, save a wallpaper to your SD card or send it to a friend. The application works just like the rest wallpaper applications - swipe to the left or to the right to browse through the wallpapers, click the Set wallpaper button to set your home screen wallpaper or press the menu button for saving or sending the wallpaper.

Click here for more apps by me on AppBrain!

Digital clock & world weather widget for Android phones

 A full featured, size 4x2 skinnable digital clock and weather forecast widget was released for the Android market.

The widget features the following:

• 6 widget skins to chose from (more skins coming in the future)
• 2 weather icon skins
• Portrait or landscape mode
• 12 or 24 hour clock with date
• Current location (city, country) taken automatically from cell/wifi or GPS, or specified by the user
• Weather conditions for current location (condition and temperature, low and high temperatures and weather icon)
• Detailed weather forecast display including the following:
•     Local time
•     Sunrise and sunset time for current location
•     Humidity and wind conditions
•     Current condition, temperature and low and high temperatures
•     Current condition icon
•     Last weather update time
•     4 day weather forecast
• World weather: Chose to display weather information for any number of different locations worldwide. Just select your favorite locations and you will immediately have updated weather and time information.

Weather information is provided by Google

Furthermore, the widget can be fully customized using the following options:

• Chose the widget and weather icons skin
• Chose the text color of any information displayed on the widget
• Display 12 or 24 hour time with optional AM/PM indicator (if 12 hour format)
• Display long or short weekday and month names
• Beep every hour
• Use current location to display weather info or specify any location you want
• Get location updates from the network (cell/WiFi) or your GPS
• Display temperature values in Celsius or Fahrenheit
• Select automatic weather refresh period (15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 hours)
• Enter your favorite world locations to watch local times, current weather conditions and weather forecast information
• Update weather on WiFi and/or GPRS
• Chose whether you want to update while roaming or not
• Play notification sounds on location and weather changes and updates
• Select what application to launch when tapping the hours
• Optionally display the battery level on the widget
• Specify how to receive location updates (how often and for how much distance)

IMPORTANT!!!

• This is a widget, not an application. To install it please refer to the help displayed when you run it. There is also a link to a video that shows you how to install it.
• If you are using a task killer exclude the widget from it

Please report any issues/suggestions via e-mail.

Battery Power Widget for Android release

Battery power widget is a useful power management widget for Android devices. Its main purpose is to display the status for your phone's battery and at the same time provide simple but effective automatic power management by turning off unnecessary power draining services such as bluetooth, wifi, gps and mobile data. The widget can be setup to turn off the above services a number of minutes (specified by the user) after the screen turns off. It can also turn back on, any services that were active and were shut down, when the phone's screen turns back on again.

The widget also can be configured to notify the user when the battery level drops below a specified percentage by playing a sound. It can also, turn off any services if the battery drops below that level so that it prolongs the phone's battery life
.

A list of most of the features of the battery power widget followes:

- Turn on and off Wifi, Bluetooth, Gps and Mobile data (3G/Gprs)
- Turn on/off silent mode
- Turn on/off vibration mode
- Turn on/off Flight mode
- Turn on/off Auto-sync
- Adjust the screen brightness
- View detailed information of battery status
- Automatically turn off wifi, bluetooth, gps and mobile data services when the phone becomes idle (you can specify the time after the screen turns off to stop these services)
- Automatically restart any services that were stopped on idle mode when screen turns back on
- Get notification when the battery level drops below a specified percentage
- Optionally stop running services such as wifi, bluetooth, gprs and mobile data when the battery drops below specified level

In addition, this widget provides quick access to the following phone settings:
- Volume control
- Screen timeout
- Wifi settings
- Bluetooth settings
- Gps settings
- Mobile data (3G/Gprs) settings

Remember that this is a widget. When you start the widget from the application list it will display instructions on how to add it as a widget on your home screen.

Let me know of any suggestion or problems you may have.

Thank you for your support.

Problems with new version of Fast Dialer.

It seems that after the new version of Fast Dialer (version 0.77) some people are having problems installing and/or running the program (the problem seems to depend on the type/firmware of particular devices). If you are facing similar problems, please follow the steps below to fix any problems.

- Go to your phone's home-screen (press the home button)
- Tap (click) the menu button
- Tap Settings
- Select Applications
- Select Manage Applications
- Locate Fast Dialer and tap it
- Click on Force stop (if available)
- Click on Uninstall
- When the uninstall process is finished go to the Market, find Fast Dialer, download and install it.

If you had a shortcut on the home-screen, delete that as well (long click on it and when the trash can icon appears, drag it and drop it into the trash can). After performing the above steps, you can add the Fast Dialer to your home screen again.

Fast Dialer android application

Fast Dialer is a free application for Android mobile devices that provides fast and easy access to your contacts.You can use this program to call, send SMS messages or manage your contacts quickly and easily.

The application supports the following features:

* Locate any contact with a single tap
* Automatic dialing of a contact by tapping the contact
* Display contacts in a list or a grid view
* Optionally display your favorite contacts on program start up
* Optionally display contact photos
* Works on small, medium or large Android devices, in portrait and landscape orientations
* Quick access buttons to the phone dialer, the call log, your favorite contacts and SMS
* Supports 6 themes and the option to customize the interface with your own colors
* Quick access menu to edit a contact, view a contact's details, call a contact or send an SMS

If you have any suggestions, comments or problems using the application, do not hesitate to contact me.

How to change the application theme:

• Tap the application menu button and select Setup (see image below)
  
• Scroll down to the Dialer Theme section
• Select the desired theme
• To change the button text color scroll down to the Colors (custom theme) section and tap the Button text color and Contact Text color buttons to chose the desired color

If you have any suggestions, comments or problems using the application, please contact us by email of by posting here.

Thank you for using Fast Dialer...

Love quotes android application

Love quotes is an android application that displays some of the best quotes about love told by famous people. The application contains more than 550 love quotes and includes among other the following:

• Possibility to change the application background
• Remembers the last quote displayed
• Swipe functionality - swipe to the left or right for the next/previous love quote
• Display random quotes
• Add quotes you like to your favorite list
• Browse all love quotes or your favorite ones
• Long click on a quote to send it to a friend via email or sms

Using the application is quite easy. Swipe through the quotes or use the buttons on the bottom of the screen. Bring up the application menu for more options.

Ultimate facts collection!

Ultimate facts collection is a collection of around 2000 of the most interesting facts. The interface again is the same with the previous 2 fact applications - Use the toolbar on the bottom and the application menu.

New with this application is the possibility to change the background. Just go to menu, Settings, select one of the 6 available backgrounds and click OK.

Weird and funny facts application

Following the first application, here is another one featuring the most weird and funny facts. The interface is the same as the first application - use the buttons on the bottom to navigate through the facts, click the menu for more options (send facts to friends, etc).

Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions,

Thanks