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SeePU

SeePU shows the current CPU utilization and free RAM in the notification area.
You can easily see whether your processor is being heavily taxed - and for example let it finish its job without burdening it further - or is sitting happily idle, ready for action.
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JuicePlotter FAQ

A list of not-really-frequently asked questions about JuicePlotter.

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JuicePlotter Changelog

v0.8.1beta:
- minor fix in network events

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JuiceDefender Changelog

v0.8.5beta
- fixed disable APN for weird carriers (e.g. O2 DE - thanks Stephan!)
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Paperdroid Pro now available for all non-Market folks around the world!

That's right! Head over to andappstore now!
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JuicePlotter

JuicePlotter is a battery usage graph that combines full at-a-glance information about your battery consumption with sheer beauty.

The coloured bands along the graph show your screen brightness, radio usage, charging status and battery temperature. Just scroll around to find precise information and make sense of the different colours.

Drag the graph up and down to zoom in/out!

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JuiceDefender

JuiceDefender saves battery power (lots of it!) by controlling the device data connection and/or WiFi.

You can schedule regular APN/WiFi activation to let background data sync occur and have APN/WiFi enabled while the screen is on. It also helps in minimizing distractions ;)

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All your juice are belong to us

JuiceDefender is in the Market! (Android-only link)

Now I can finally enjoy some relaxing reading.
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Paperdroid FAQ

We've got answers!

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Who wants some spare juice? Or monkeys? Tears of blood? Anyone?

I'm finally back from exile, not without a new app almost ready to hit the market!

It's called JuiceDefender (ain't it kickass), it saves your battery (well now, what a remarkable coincidence!), it's free (as in "Free Valpreda"), and it's in superquickbeta mode - you have 24 hours to grab it from andappstore, test it and report back! Execute! Dismissed!

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Is the Android Market headed for disaster?

A fellow developer informed me that he doesn't see Paperdroid Pro in the Market app. I had no clue on why this would happen, so he sent me this very informative link.

The picture that emerges from reading that thread and the ones linked within it is grim. Briefly:

  • Paid apps are a no-go (in theory) on rooted devices
  • Carriers have the ultimate power in deciding what's in your Market and what's not
On the former: my rooted Magic shows me everything (in Italy, with any carrier; and Market Enabler works just as expected). This just proves even more that there's a lot of confusion out there. 

The important point is the latter. Although carriers are just starting to implement it, it is clear that this is where the Market is headed. This poses some problems.


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On Paperdroid Pro without the (Google) Android Market

UPDATE: Paperdroid Pro is now available at andappstore!

I've spent already too much time trying to figure out a way to get Paperdroid Pro to people without access to the Android Market (or its paid apps section). The alternative markets out there all require some sort of added infrastructure (and code), which would force me to maintain a separate Paperdroid Pro codebase for them. This doesn't seem worth the hassle, given the current and predictable amount of Pro customers (one day I'll share the laughs).


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I'm really, really bad at writing changelogs

The thing is: many updates went through; Paperdroid/Pro is now at v1.1.1 v1.1.4.
The other thing is: I patently lack the willpower that is necessary in order to consistently write proper changelogs.
On these grounds, I ask for forgiveness about the following pathetic attempt:
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Paperdroid Pro & free 1.0.5

The amount and quality of help and feedback I received after 1.0.3 is astonishing. Thanks to the relentless help of Mario C., ggrell, Micah C. and probably somebody else I forgot (sorry, it's been quite an intense day email-wise), the problems with random and semi-random force closes should be fixed. What's even better, with the new catchin' 'n' loggin' infrastructure in place, and - more importantly - these fantastic users/testers I'm so lucky to have, any similar problems in the future should be fixed much more quickly.

Thank you everybody for the incredible support!

...time to code some long-overdue new features!

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On the mechanics of the net society and apparently misleading headings.

Pushed a quick 1.0.3 Paperdroid update, that seems to be able to intercept FC-causing errors and give the user a chance to send the log. I really hope it'll work this time.
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Paperdroid force closing: a battle is lost, but the war continues

There's an uncaught exception that is wrecking havoc (or, less dramatically, semi-randomly causing the dreaded Force Close dialog) among many Paperdroid installations. It seems to affect some G1s as well as many Droids; unfortunately my data on the matter is scarce.
In an effort to solve the mystery, I published Paperdroid 1.0.2 - which, besides a minor bug fix, didn't have any new features but for an attempt in getting these errors properly logged.
Now, after some days in which I had unrelated events to take care of, it is clear that the attempt failed miseramente - I'm getting exactly nothing.

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