Description:
G-Trigger is a G-Sensor based shake detector application. It allows to start an application on shaking your Touch Diamond in particular direction. Currently it is in very rough development phase, so please bare the bugs.
Video:
See it in action...
Supported shaking directions:
- Horizontally:
o Left to right.
o Right to left.
- Vertically:
o Top to bottom.
o Bottom to top.
- Front & Back:
o Front to back.
o Back to front.
It will trigger the specified action when phone is forcibly moved from left to right or moved as above mentioned directions. Also you can assign different actions with keeping device face up and shaking device in any of the above action or keeping device face down and shaking device in any of the above action.
Currently supported actions:
- Close/Minimize active window.
- Dial a number.
- Answer/Reject incoming call.
- Launch Program.
- Ringer Loud/Vibrate/Silent.
- Screen orientation.
- Send Keys.*
- Task Switch.
- Turn On/Off screen.
- WiFi/Bluetooth/Phone radio - On/Off/Toggle.
- Media Controls.**
- Volume Control.
- Simulate Power Button - Power Off/Power On/Long Press Power Button.
- Open control panel settings.
- Activate profile.
- Save Screenshot (BMP/JPG/PNG/GIF at predefined location).*
- Change Wallpaper (Today Screen, Manila Home & S2U2).*
- Show/Hide/Toggle On-Screen Keyboard (SIP).*
* Please refer to readme.txt for sending special keys.
** Currently supported media players are: Windows Media Player, S2P, Microfi Nitrogen, Core Player, TCPMP, Pocket Player, Pocket Music and Manila (TF3D) Music Tab.
G-TriggerService will be suspended till the program specified in exceptions list is active.
Known Facts
- OSD is displayed with some delay after event is occurred.
- Sometimes shake actions are not triggered when device is busy processing.
- Action Media Control "Stop" does not work for all players.
- Media controls for "Pocket Player" works till it's window is active or minimized (not working when in notification mode).
Further development:
- Display configured actions as OSD when device is lightly shaked.
- Add more actions like "Navigate Manila Page", "Open Quick Launch" etc on shaking.
It is developed for HTC Touch Diamond. I have not tested it on any other device. Let me know if you try it on other device.
Note:
Although running this application does not seem to make any damage, I take no responsibility for any kind of damage caused to the device or data due to this application.
Supported devices as per user reviews:
- HTC Touch Diamond.
- HTC Touch HD.
- HTC Touch Pro.
- Samsung Omnia (i900/i910).
Usage:
- Transfer .cab file to any location in device.
- Run the .cab file and install application to device storage.
- Run the "G-Trigger" shortcut from programs.
- Click "New" button on "Action" tab.
- Enable the check boxes for the actions you want to activate.
- Assign any action by clicking "..." button on the right side of action text box.
- Click "Save" button on edit profile page, again click "Save" button on main page.
- Click "Start" button to start the service.
- Shake your phone and enjoy!
How to shake the phone?
Hold the mobile phone facing yourself and perform following:
- Left to Right: Quickly move the phone from current position towards right hand side for about 6 inches (Increase speed during motion from slow to fast and suddenly stop at the end to feel the shock).
- Top to Bottom: Quickly move the phone from current position to downwards for about 6 inches (Increase speed during motion from slow to fast and suddenly stop at the end to feel the shock).
- Front to Back: Hold the phone facing yourself and near to you. Quickly move the phone from current position to far away from you for about 6 inches (Increase speed during motion from slow to fast and suddenly stop at the end to feel the shock).
- Back to Front: Hold the phone facing yourself and little far from you. Quickly move the phone from current position to nearer to you for about 6 inches from the last position (Increase speed during motion from slow to fast and suddenly stop at the end to feel the shock).
Quick guide to Auto Trigger:
If you want G-Trigger to behave differently for different active program, it's now possible. For example, you want left to right for playing next track, right to left for playing previous track, only if Windows Media Player is active then create a new profile, assign left to right for next track, right to left for previous track and check "Auto Trigger" with program name as wmplayer.exe. Bingo!!! Its done.
How G-Trigger works:
G-TriggerService.exe application runs all the time and polls the G-Sensor to get current position of the device. It polls G-Sensor for about 10 times a second and observes the positions of the device. It keeps track of last 5 positions and scans all the 5 positions and checks if any shake is detected. If shake is detected it looks for action and triggers an action.
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Screenshots
Update Description:
v0.9.2 beta (10-07-2009):
- Updated: Change Wallpaper Action with next/previous/random support.
- Fixed: Browsing for application files bug for "Launch Program" action.
v0.9.1 beta (10-07-2009):
- Fixed: Null reference bug on fresh installation.
v0.9.0 beta (02-07-2009):
- Added: Actions:
o Save Screenshot (BMP/JPG/PNG/GIF at predefined location).
o Change Wallpaper (Today Screen, Manila Home & S2U2).
o Show/Hide/Toggle On-Screen Keyboard (SIP).
- Added: Added option to enable/disable debug logs.
- Added: Lower threshold value up to 5 for front-back actions.
- Added: Profile priority setting for auto-trigger profile option.
- Added: Included new samsung SDK for G-Sensor in setup.
- Fixed: Unable to detect screen is off on certain devices.
- Fixed: Auto Start Service on device boot up issue (introduced in 0.8.0).
- Fixed: Few minor bugs.
v0.8.1 beta (15-06-2009):
- Fixed: Repeated debug logging like "There is something wrong with g-sensor! Lets refresh the sensor!".
v0.8.0 beta (14-06-2009):
- Added: Different actions for shaking device when FaceDown and shaking device when FaceUp.
- Added: New user interface for organizing profiles with ease.
- Added: Auto-trigger profile option "Manila music is playing".
- Added: Import/Export settings and/or profiles.
- Fixed: Samsung Omnia G-Sensor code to sort out issue of service crash after device is awake.
- Fixed: Auto-resize configuration utility dependent on resolution.
- Fixed: Faster editing of shake actions after opening edit profile once.
- Fixed: Modification to profile actions no more required to hit save button to make it active.
- Updated: Slight modification to shake algorithm to make front-back action more sensitive.
- Updated: new registry location 'HKCU\Software\Kneps\G-Trigger' (you will require to delete older location 'HKCU\Software\G-Trigger' manually, I apologize for this).
