nDroid v1.3.x (Beta) support thread

[bgowland]

I'll put together a version which logs the DB import stuff to a text file on the SD card and post it ASAP. The zip files you sent me are working fine here so I'm not sure what's failing at your end.

[pwrmac7100]

I am getting the same error as agerdin. I never had a previous version of nDroid, so there was nothing to uninstall. I ran you command and got the below result:

C:\Documents and Settings\Winston>sc qc "nDroid Service"
[SC] GetServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: nDroid Service
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\Program Files\Beetec Services\nDroid Service\nDr
oidService.exe
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP :
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : nDroid Service
DEPENDENCIES :
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

[bgowland]

I am getting the same error as agerdin.

I might have an angle on this...

Check to see if you have a file/folder called Program on your C: drive. If you have and it isn't important then delete it then try starting the nDroid Service.

[pwrmac7100]

Sorry for the delay. I did have a file called 'Program' on C:. I deleted the file and the service started. Care to offer an explanation?

[bgowland]

Sorry for the delay. I did have a file called 'Program' on C:. I deleted the file and the service started. Care to offer an explanation?

Good news on the service starting.

As for an explanation, if you're a teccy this sort of explains it...Weird but solved!

Basically a bug/feature (call it what you like) which allows registering a service without quotes for the path. Example, your sc qc output...

Code:

BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\Program Files\Beetec Services\nDroid Service\nDroidService.exe

No quotes but a space after the C:\Program part of the path. It appears this is allowable and doesn't cause problems unless there really is a file/folder called 'C:\Program' at which point Windows thinks that's the service and tries to start it. If it was installed to C:\Some Folder\ndroidService.exe it would be fine unless there was a file called 'C:\Some'.

Nice huh?...or not as the case may be, especially as I was using the native 'sc create' command to register it...way to go MS! Sigh!

I've just been working on a new version of the installer which uses my original service installer approach and puts quotes where they're needed. Hopefully it will prevent future problems.

Cheers,
Brian

[pwrmac7100]

very interesting...and somewhat funny

[bgowland]

very interesting...and somewhat funny

Funny in the bizarre sense of the word. The more I think about it, the more my mind boggles as to how they could let such partial functionality exist. Oh well.

[fuzzweed]

Feedback:
1) Most importantly, it installed and worked first time - great stuff!
2) If the server address is set wrong on the initial settings page there's no way (that I could see) to correct with out un/reinstalling the app as it launches into an error page. Could be a problem with dynamically signed IP addresses.
3) Would swipe left/ right to change channel (app page, not the tv!) be a possibility for a future release?
Thanks for coming up with the idea for this and making it work, I can see it being quite a useful little addon for gbpvr.

Server Win7
Droid Zte Blade, 2.2 Froyo rooted

[bgowland]

1) Most importantly, it installed and worked first time - great stuff!

Great!

2) If the server address is set wrong on the initial settings page there's no way (that I could see) to correct with out un/reinstalling the app as it launches into an error page. Could be a problem with dynamically signed IP addresses.

If you press the MENU button there's an option for 'Network Settings'...or are you unable to get that far before it crashes?

BTW, you should be able to reset everything without un-installing by simply using Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications then select nDroid and use the 'Clear data' button. That should take it back to a 'first run' state next time you launch it.

3) Would swipe left/ right to change channel (app page, not the tv!) be a possibility for a future release?

I've thought about this (I think somebody may have mentioned it previously but can't remember). It may be of some use to navigate between channels close together but only in addition to the current pop-up channel selector - swiping lots of channels would be slow (obviously). It's on a 'possibly maybe' list.

Thanks for coming up with the idea for this and making it work, I can see it being quite a useful little addon for gbpvr.

Thanks for the feedback.

It's been on a back-burner for a while as it was beginning to get over complex (from a code point of view). I've started work on another version which initially won't have much more functionality but should be a lot more stable and solve a few major issues I'd identified behind the scenes.

Cheers,
Brian

[txinga]

Nifty looking app. I cannot see any program data though. The install seemed to go smoothly. My DroidX downloaded the content from the server over wifi just fine, but no program data. I do see the channels. The client will connect via wifi or 3g.

Here are my log files.

Thanks,

txinga