Saturday, June 19, 2010

Android / Droid Gmail App Hangs on Sending - The Cause & The Solution

This Android / Gmail App bug, as documented here in this forum thread (as well as many other forum threads on the net) http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-applications/26952-gmail-app-wont-send.html ...still exists.

The Solution:  The method of clearing the data for both the Gmail and the Gmail Data apps, described is the thread above, works every time.  Just go to Home --> Menu --> Settings --> Applications --> Manage Applications --> Menu --> Filter --> Show ALL Applications --> select Gmail --> Clear Data --> Back --> select Gmail Data --> Clear Data.   That fixes it.   After a few moments, Gmail Synch will have restored everything from the internet.... down to your phone, and all will be in synch again.


The Cause:  I believe I may have discovered the cause.  Someone somewhere mentioned that they suspected it might be a file locking issue.  In my case, I use an app called TapeMachine Recorder.  I record a voice message, then select Share, then via Gmail.  I now believe the cause of the problem was that the app still remains open with a copy of the same file open. And I get the "hung on Sending forever" situation.

Now, I follow the same steps, but....  as soon as I send the file via Gmail, I immediately open a new blank document (select New Recording) - effectively closing the current recording file - and bingo!  I haven't had the problem again since.

Conclusion:  Whenever you send something out as a Gmail attachment, be careful to then immediately close that document -- or make sure that any apps that may have it open, close it.   Remember, on Android, apps don't close.... so exiting the app is not enough to close the document (file) that the app has open.  You must explicitly close the file within the app... or open a new file within the app.

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Friday, June 18, 2010

Send a voicemail from an airplane or subway at 4am without ringing his phone!

  
Download now or listen on posterous
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I love this new app! I can send a voicemail to you from a subway at 4am without ringing your phone!

Play the attached audio file...

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Android vs iPhone 4

There's a graph of phone sales trends somewhere that tells the entire picture clearly.

Market share is NOT Sales..... obviously.

iPhone and RIM are both declining like a fast rollercoaster downhill.

Meanwhile, Android is storming straight upward.

HTC Evo has been out 4 days now.... and it's breaking all sales records for Sprint.

The days of Blackberry and iPhone dominating the US market are behind us.

Android Linux has won.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Having an issue with the Bredtech business model.


Having an issue with the Bredtech business model. We provide unlimited support. But....

The support issues we're getting are all in 1 of 2 categories: (1) What is copy & paste? ...or (2) Hardware issues with old hardware.

Not sure how to deal with these issues...

Tell them in advance: Basic computer training costs extra? Old hardware (6-12 yrs old) is not guaranteed to work?

How should I deal with this?

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