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I have been trying to work on something that will enable some sort of Haptic feed back on my XV6800. The Haptic feed back is a feature that enables vibration to the screen when you press on the screen. Such as the Voyager.

I dont intend to try and make this just to work with the XV6800 but for ALL HTC Touch Screen Devices and if it can others too.

There is a feature on my phone and on many others that allows our phones to play a sound when the screen is taped. I thought of an idea of why not replace the sound with vibration?

There is already a CAB out there that changes the dial tone into a vibration feedback ( when you press the dial buttons ) but it doesnt do much for the rest of the applications or screen.

So far I have been working on this for a couple of days but havent had much time to put much effort into it.

I was hoping that some developers / hackers can help out the cause and help develope or create a feature that enables this on ALL HTC Touch Screen Devices.

If I do find a way to do this I'll post my findings here and as many places to inform users of this find, but any help to make this a reality would be gladly appreciated

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I'm not a developer, however, I am very curious as what would be gained from this? I guess my question is, why would someone want their device to vibrate every time the screen is tapped?

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The reason I find this useful and others too is that sometimes when you press the screen it usually doesn't input what ever you pressed. (you might need to press down harder) this will get acknowledgment that you did press the screen correctly with out having to pound the screen.

I know HTC Touch users might like this or need this. Many Touch Screen users complain that the buttons on things aren't BIG enough or that it is not friendly to their fingers.

Well now any HTC Device or any Touch screen device will be finger friendly if we combine the use of software that enlarges the buttons or start menus with the use of Haptic feed back. With out having to pull out a stylus all the time. :mrgreen:

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that would help the fact of getting ackknowledgement but what happens to battery life ?? it might kill battery life

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I have thought about that already. This feauture might drain down your battery if used extensively but I thought of a way to turn it on or off that way you can use it when you want or when you don't.

There is a function on our phones in the sounds and notifications area that enables sounds when we tap the screen. I was thinking of just finding a way to replace sound reproduction with a slightly vibration.

And with this option you can always go to the sounds and notifications area and turn it off and on from the Screen Taps section if you want to preserve your battery or for other reasons.

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This sounds like a project that needs to be "done" to see if in fact it is feasible... i turn off the sound because it is annoying and in fact there are times when it, the sound would be helpful. Something on the HTC Touch today screen or sitting in the system tray for ease of use might be handy...

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yeah, i've noticed the flaw with touchscreens too, the touch sound isn't the best notificatin for a tap, but shoot, touchscreens barely recognize the fingertip, so i always end up using my fingernail.

i'm looking forward to this.

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well hell, i'm not a developer, but if you create it, i'd be glad to test it.

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My dad has the voyager and I like the little vibrate that it does. For those of you that haven't had the experience of playing with the Voyager, it vibrates about half the strength as when the Mogul vibrates when you touch the screen.

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I disabled the screen tap sounds on my mogul b/c there was a delay while it accessed the sound driver. Now the phone keeps up with my dialing.
the vibrate might be a good idea as it may not have a delay like the sound.

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haptic feedback is the type of screen technology used, not just something that can be added. If you wanted to add vibration to the screen, it would be called something different than haptic. Haptic feedback uses electrical currents in your hands to detect touch.

--James

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Kirvin's 3.5 ROM had this feature. Is there a cab file I could find? I'm on a Mogul now, but have the old ROM.

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what`s the status of this? i`m trying to fnd the vibrate dial tone cab. but the whole device would be great if it could do that.

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This was one of the first things I looked for when I got my touch, glad to see someone is finally working on it. Yeah if it ends up working like it does on the Voyager that would be cool. Cause it calls what it does Haptic also, but it's nothing more than a slight vibration when it recognizes touch. So I would think that this would perfectly mimic that kind of response.

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wherever can I download

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i had that samething on my mogul thats when i installed phone alarm which is a good app cause you can use mp3 files for any setting under sounds and notification.

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Have not tried but, Post #15

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...=354890&page=2

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i have this cab i found called phone_pad_vibrate.cab somewhere. it makes the number pad vibrate a little when dialing numbers, doesnt work with texting but its a start, it could be some reg edit to enable vibration at the text input level.

EDIT: if anyone is interested in developing this PM me ill send the file.

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in regards to csquared's link:

it works... barely

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i think this thread needs some more research the only app that i found works every other touch on my Vogue and the Mogul. could we possibly get more information on this from some Developers here?

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It would certainly be funny if you let someone use your phone... may freak them out, like one of those little novelty shocking cameras. The downside would be a dropped phone..