Andro Seb

Best lag fix ever?

2013-02-04T13:39:00.001+01:00

Disclaimer: this fix does not apply to everybody ;)

I've had several Android devices since Android 2.1 and I've always been bothered with that occasional lag you get way to often!

I've tried many ways to squeeze that tiny little bit of speed from the hardware, with little to no success. Sometimes it would be a bit better yet not perfect; Sometimes the 'better' was just placebo.

My current phone is a galaxy nexus. I'm generally happy with it but it felt laggy. From time to time I would pick up the nexus of a friend and feel it was much more smooth and responsive.

Well, I finally found the reason: my wallpaper.
I am a hobbyist photographer. When I started this hobby I took an oath: "I will never have a wallpaper that I didn't shoot myself.". A good way to keep the motivation to use this awfully expensive gear :)
Now my mistake was to not resize the pictures and use them directly as wallpapers. I'm talking about 18ish MP high quality pictures. Once resized to the desktop size (that's about twice as wide as the device held in portrait mode) lags are gone.

When I discovered this, my phone was running Android 4.1.2 I believe, it is now running Android 4.2.1. Maybe it no longer applies to 4.2, but lags didn't come back.
This is definitively not placebo :)

Christmas Promotion

2011-12-07T23:02:00.001+01:00

The Pro version of the widget is now available on the Android Market for 0.50€ or the lowest price the market let me set in your currency :)

The promotion will continue until christmas, possibly until the new year.

P.S. : The original idea was to set it to 0.10$/€ but unfortunately this is not possible! However, Google did it for some high-quality applications, to celebrate the 10 millionth download on the Android Market. Check-it out here.

Text Battery Widget Free & Pro : new version 1.4.1

2011-05-27T20:28:00.002+02:00

New free & pro versions (1.4.1)

* Added support for Danish

Text Battery Widget Free & Pro : new version 1.4

2011-03-23T15:00:00.001+01:00

New free & pro versions (1.4)

* Added support for Polish

Text Battery Widget Free & Pro : new version 1.3.10

2011-01-21T00:07:00.001+01:00

New free & pro versions (1.3.10)

* Added support for Dutch

Text Battery Widget Free & Pro : new version 1.3.9

2011-01-19T00:21:00.000+01:00

New free & pro versions (1.3.9)

* Added support for Russian (thanks to 200mpx)
* Added percent string below the number (pro version only for now)
* Slightly modified the layout

I've added a small space between the number and what I call the status line ('charging'/'percent') because the text of these two lines was touching sometimes.

Text Battery Widget Pro V1.3.6

2011-01-14T02:46:00.000+01:00

New pro version 1.3.6

Some new features in this version :

* Added possibility to insert a space between numbers
* Added optional "fully charged" text when the battery is full (localized in your language)
* Optimized and reduced apk size

Your opinion matters

2011-01-13T15:26:00.000+01:00

I've added a poll (on the right side of this page).

So, what text do you prefer to see when the battery is full?

Comments are welcome

Text Battery Widget Free & Pro : new version 1.3.4

2011-01-08T16:51:00.001+01:00

Added support for japanese.

Text Battery Widget Free & Pro : new version

2011-01-07T10:03:00.000+01:00

Added support for german.

Again, if you want to see this widget translated to your language and are willing to help, please contact me by mail.

Text Battery Widget Pro V1.3

2011-01-05T02:25:00.000+01:00

Pro version updated.

Adds a global color for text styles. Useful if you want different parts of the text to have the same color.

Text Battery Widget Pro V1.2.2

2011-01-03T09:20:00.001+01:00

New Pro Version released.

This version adds more customization.
You can now change the style of the text (color and size) as well as force it to display uppercase.

Text Battery Widget V1.1

2010-12-31T18:08:00.000+01:00

New version of the widget released.

It adds the possibility to display a colored background behind the widget.

The background can be any color, an can be transparent.
For that matter, it uses mColorPicker.

Text Battery Widget V1.0

2010-12-30T18:53:00.001+01:00

First release of this new android widget.

It displays the remaining battery of your device as text.

I tried to keep it light weight as I'm tired of all those widgets making my phone feel laggy!
Please tell me if you've got any problem and/or suggestions.

Features :

- 4 languages ( English, French, Italian and Spanish )

- tested on android 2.0 to 2.3

it's future?
- more languages (If you want to help me translate it in your language go on!)
- more customization (color, size ...)
- localization of the interface
- any idea?