Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Monday, 21 November 2011
MobiHand - a huge rip-off
MobiHand Inc., a Californian company, does not pay royalties for EasyTether. They owe me a huge sum of money - $163976
Here is a detailed debt breakdown:
July royatlies: $50,645.70
August royalties: $69,759.51
September royaltes: $43,570.81
The guys at MobiHand admitted the debt and said they were in financial difficulties. But they refused to work out a payment schedule. And later stopped replying to my emails at all.
They still run their business, so they obviously have some money.
Here is a detailed debt breakdown:
July royatlies: $50,645.70
August royalties: $69,759.51
September royaltes: $43,570.81
The guys at MobiHand admitted the debt and said they were in financial difficulties. But they refused to work out a payment schedule. And later stopped replying to my emails at all.
They still run their business, so they obviously have some money.
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Latest EasyTether updates
EasyTether 1.1.1 update fixes a rare force-close issue on connecting.
EasyTether Linux client 0.7.2 fixes a rare lock-up issue in Linux clients.
EasyTether Linux client 0.7.2 fixes a rare lock-up issue in Linux clients.
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
EasyTether notification icon
We enabled the protection against the built-in system task killer in the latest update. There is a special API for this in Android 2.0+. This API always implies the icon on the status bar (by Google's intention).
This is a Google API limitation. They made it this way intentionally: if an app is important for the user (and EasyTether is important while it is enabled, otherwise the built-in task killer will stop it unexpectedly), the only way to protect against this is to use this special API.
You can disable the EasyTether service to hide the icon by using the USB checkbox in the application. Use the option select to disable, then uncheck USB when you're not using the app. You will need to re-enable it to be able to connect of course.
This is a Google API limitation. They made it this way intentionally: if an app is important for the user (and EasyTether is important while it is enabled, otherwise the built-in task killer will stop it unexpectedly), the only way to protect against this is to use this special API.
You can disable the EasyTether service to hide the icon by using the USB checkbox in the application. Use the option select to disable, then uncheck USB when you're not using the app. You will need to re-enable it to be able to connect of course.
Friday, 11 March 2011
EasyTether updated to 1.0
The updated EasyTether 1.0 should fix the "Smartphone side requested connection shutdown" problem.
The updated version can be downloaded for free from Android Market.
As for the notification icon, unfortunately this ongoing notification (well, the underlying
mechanics) is the only way to protect against a very aggressive built-in
task killer (the common reason for connection drops) in the latest
Android OS versions. This feature solved many customers' issues with the "Connection dropped" message.
To remove the icon, slide-down, touch "Select to disable", then uncheck the USB setting in the EasyTether screen. Don't forget to check it again when you'll need the app.
The updated version can be downloaded for free from Android Market.
As for the notification icon, unfortunately this ongoing notification (well, the underlying
mechanics) is the only way to protect against a very aggressive built-in
task killer (the common reason for connection drops) in the latest
Android OS versions. This feature solved many customers' issues with the "Connection dropped" message.
To remove the icon, slide-down, touch "Select to disable", then uncheck the USB setting in the EasyTether screen. Don't forget to check it again when you'll need the app.
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