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accelerometer(Incite) method signatures

I am trying to create a managed wrapper(.net) for the CT810(incite) accelerometer, just hit the wall--
I have dumped my ROM, and extracted the accelsensor.dll
but am unable to extract any signatures
I though I get lucky and just be able to tlbimp it, no such luck
next tried dumpbin /EXPORTS accelsensor.dll
Dump of file accelsensor.dll
File Type: DLL
Section contains the following exports for ACCELSENSOR.dll
00000000 characteristics
2C05A62B time date stamp Thu May 27 22:42:03 1993
0.00 version
1 ordinal base
11 number of functions
11 number of names
ordinal hint RVA name
1 0 000015E0 ACC_Close
2 1 0000141C ACC_Deinit
3 2 000021CC ACC_IOControl
4 3 00001F40 ACC_Init
5 4 000015DC ACC_Open
6 5 00001520 ACC_PowerDown
7 6 00001574 ACC_PowerUp
8 7 000015E8 ACC_Read
9 8 00001618 ACC_Seek
10 9 00001600 ACC_Write
11 A 00001620 DllEntry
Summary
1000 .CRT
1000 .data
1000 .pdata
1000 .reloc
4000 .text
But this does not show any vector data I could subscribe to
Does PEBrowse work with ARM?
Any advice on what to do next?
Regards
_Eric

could you please post the dll for others to work with?in no dev but have been looking forapps that will work with the incite accelerometer but most are made for HTC. you have a step up on most you the fist ive seen in past 4mo of looking who even trying hopefullu little team work with some guys who developed few apps that work with htc g sensor.if you could repost this with included dll. thanks

I now own a LG GM750 (WM6.5) and it also uses the accelsensor.dll.
Some MS applications like IE6 and picture viewer use it when turning the phone but all the nice HTC apps are not working.
There is HTCEmu for Samsung which probably could be adapted for LG.
Anybody trying to do this ?

Hmm.. since this old thread was bumped, I just wanted to link this for reference if it's helpful:
http://www.lg-incite.com/index.php?topic=2791.0
dll & mbn are at 3rd post

Hi
first sry 4 my englisch im german.
Im very interested to get the motion/g-sensor to work with htc apps. I got my lg last week and have the same problem that no apps work on it exepting ie and some windows apps.
If i can help to post some detail or if somehone has a conclusion how to use plz help.
i testet the samsung emu but it do not work also.
THX much

attached the.dll of the lg gm750 in case they serve of something

solution for LG GM750
First take a look at the Unified Sensor Api at codeplex.
My solution is based on the Samsung sensor class, modified to meet the peculiarities of the LG GM750.
First of all, the import of the DeviceIoControl in NativeMethods.cs must be modified such way dwIoControlCode is type uint, and the buffers are byte:
Code:
[DllImport("coredll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool DeviceIoControl(IntPtr hDevice, uint dwIoControlCode, [In] byte[] inBuffer, int nInBufferSize, [Out] byte[] outBuffer, int nOutBufferSize, ref int pBytesReturned, IntPtr lpOverlapped);
After a long time dissassembling the accelsensor.dll and and a lot of trial and error testing I came to this conclusion that works:
The constant that starts/stops data output becomes:
Code:
const uint ACCOnRot = 0x1014EE8;
const uint ACCOffRot = 0x1014EE8;
and for reading values:
Code:
const uint ACCReadValues = 0x1014F10;
The difference between start and stop comes from the input given in DeviceIoControl method as follows:
Code:
public static LGAccSensor Create()
{
DeviceIoControl(ACCOnRot, new byte[1] {1}, new byte[4] );
return new LGAccSensor();
}
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
base.Dispose(disposing);
DeviceIoControl(ACCOffRot, new byte[1] {0}, new byte[1] );
}
The DeviceIoControl inside the accelerometer class becomes
Code:
public static void DeviceIoControl(uint controlCode, byte[] inBuffer, byte[] outBuffer)
{
IntPtr file = NativeMethods.CreateFile("ACC1:", 0, 0, IntPtr.Zero, ECreationDisposition.OpenExisting, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
if (file == (IntPtr)(-1))
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to Create File");
try
{
int bytesReturned = 0;
int inSize = sizeof(byte) * inBuffer.Length;
int outSize = sizeof(byte) * outBuffer.Length;
if (!NativeMethods.DeviceIoControl(file, controlCode, inBuffer, inSize, outBuffer, outSize, ref bytesReturned, IntPtr.Zero))
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to perform operation.");
}
finally
{
NativeMethods.CloseHandle(file);
}
}
Note that the accelerometer device is called ACC1:.
Further the method that returns the three component vector becomes
Code:
public override GVector GetGVector()
{
byte[] outBuffer = new byte[4];
DeviceIoControl(ACCReadValues, new byte[1] {1}, outBuffer);
GVector ret = new GVector();
int accx = outBuffer[2];
if (accx <=31)
ret.X = accx/2.17;
else
ret.X = (accx-64)*0.47;
ret.X = -ret.X;
int accy = outBuffer[1] ;
if (accy <=31)
ret.Y = accy/2.17;
else
ret.Y = (accy - 64) * 0.47;
int accz = outBuffer[0] ;
if (accz <=31)
ret.Z = accz/2.17;
else
ret.Z = (accz - 64) * 0.47;
double somefactor = 1; return ret.Scale(somefactor);
}
Note that the when called with AccReadValues parameter, the DeviceIoControl returns three bytes each of them containing a signed 6 bit 2's complement value.Basicly there are values on 6 bit ranging from -32 to +31. In the docs below there are tables that put in correspondence these values with acceleration in range -1.5g +1.5g which are the limits of the device. The code I wrote returns acceleration in meters/second2 where 1g=9.8 m/s2. That information I extracted from the technical specifications of the MMA7660FC accelerometer, as found at(try a google search). Also, the type of the accelerometer circuit is found in the service manual (I only found the service manual for LG GM730 which is pretty close).The same thing I also posted at codeplex.

All that means that you are in a good way to make the gm750 sensor act like samsung' s, even htc's, sensor???
Oh, iamspv, please make it work, I begging you!

jowl_tnt said:
All that means that you are in a good way to make the gm750 sensor act like samsung' s, even htc's, sensor???
Oh, iamspv, please make it work, I begging you!
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It already works! There is nothing more to do about it than use the code in your applications (I speak as a programmer and for programmers). I only showed everyone interested in developing for LG GM750 the steps to modify the SamsungGSensor class from "Unified Sensor Api" at codeplex to work with a LG. Just get the rest of the code from there and put it toghether.
Now there are two directions:
Direction #1
If you want to develop applications that aim to be portable between HTC, Samsung, LG, Toshiba, etc, and you want to use Unified Sensor Api then..
the person responsible for the unified api project at codeplex should make the update to the library as soon as possible such way the library should keep compatibility with the adressed devices. I'm just contributing with some results. That's because the initial code was not very general (ie. the initial parameter types to deviceiocontrol invoked from coredll didn't work with this solution) I had to make some modifications to the code that work with the LG but affect other devices' sensor classes. Now, if the update doesn't come up soon, no problem, anyone just gets the code from codeplex, adds a new class for LG, copies code from Samsung, renames Samsung with LG, adds my modifications, corrects syntax errors, compiles, et voila . . the library is updated to support LG GM750.
Direction #2
If you develop only for LG, just write a LG class as presented above and don't care about other devices.
If you don't know how to use your new class, the project at codeplex has some examples and you'll easily see inside the code how to instantiate sensors, how to read data at certain moments using a timer, and how to capture screen rotation events.
And for your long awaited joy to see it working, I attached the sensor test program along with a version of sensors.dll compiled by me, that works for GM750.
Now get your fingers toghether on the keyboard and start developing for LG

Thanks a lot for this! I can now play sensory-overload on the LG750
I downloaded the game and replaced the sensor.dll with your version.
Now I'll need to find out how to use this with SPB Mobile Shell...

Thanks for your help but I'm not a programmer and I don't understand much of these.
I think the solution is to make a modified HTCSensorSDK.dll for gm750. Then all gsensor apps for htc will work on our lg. Is that right;

That is what so many users have been waiting for.
It works for LG GM735 as well.
much appreciated !. Well done!.

roolku said:
Thanks a lot for this! I can now play sensory-overload on the LG750
I downloaded the game and replaced the sensor.dll with your version.
Now I'll need to find out how to use this with SPB Mobile Shell...
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roolku, please confirm that when playing sensory-overload the Y axis is reversed. It is an issue of the Sensor API I encountered while testing.
The theory says,
"The positive X axis is from the center of the screen to the right.
The positive Y axis is from the center of the screen to the top.
The positive Z axis is from the front of the screen towards the viewer."
but this isn't the case in sensor api.
I respected this theory when I returned the acceleration values, as you can see in my sensor test program. But also you will see the api considers Portrait as Reverse Portrait.
Developers should be aware of these issues and make the appropiate changes to the library when writing code.

iamspv said:
roolku, please confirm that when playing sensory-overload the Y axis is reversed. It is an issue of the Sensor API I encountered while testing.
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Yes, you are right. I couldn't quite put my finger on what was strange when playing it.
iamspv said:
I respected this theory when I returned the acceleration values, as you can see in my sensor test program. But also you will see the api considers Portrait as Reverse Portrait.
Developers should be aware of these issues and make the appropiate changes to the library when writing code.
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Hm, I wonder if it is more sensible to conform to the established convention rather than expect everybody else to change their ways. Unless I misunderstood you?
Would you mind supplying a version of sensor.dll that is compatible with the Samsung one (i.e. reversed y-axis)?

thank you, clublgmobile you thanks, expect that works with all applications

I don't understand how that works. How can i play RescoBubbles for example;

this is excellent news. now if we could just get the GW820 (expo,IQ) accelsensor.dll dissasembled we'd be cookin with gas

killerskincanoe said:
this is excellent news. now if we could just get the GW820 (expo,IQ) accelsensor.dll dissasembled we'd be cookin with gas
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Yes, it would be very much appreciated! Ive been looking for a htc wrapper for our sensor since i got the phone.
I attached the accelsensor.dll from the eXpo in case that will help at all. I wish i had the knowledge to do more myself..
edit:
Also, theres a game that comes stock on At&t's model gw820 called Ferrari GT Evolution that uses the gsensor. Its made by gameloft so maybe its not as hard to get to as the incites?

to roolku:
Here is a modified version of sensors.dll with reversed Y axis that will a allow you to normally play sensory overload on your GM750. Using the GSensorTest you will see Portrait is now detected correctly.
Also, this version of sensors.dll works on HTC and Samsung as the original one , I managed to separate code. See the attachement.
to theyllib
I dissassembled the gw820 accelsensor.dll you provided. Looks like the interesting part is here
this is some data
Code:
.text:100027CC dword_100027CC DCD 0x32100C ; DATA XREF: ACC_IOControl+25Cr
.text:100027D0 dword_100027D0 DCD 0x321008 ; DATA XREF: ACC_IOControl+250r
.text:100027D4 dword_100027D4 DCD 0x321004 ; DATA XREF: ACC_IOControl:loc_1000263Cr
.text:100027D8 off_100027D8 DCD unk_10005650 ; DATA XREF: ACC_IOControl+8Cr
.text:100027D8 ; ACC_IOControl+138r ...
.text:100027DC dword_100027DC DCD 0x22200C ; DATA XREF: ACC_IOControl+80r
.text:100027E0 dword_100027E0 DCD 0x222008 ; DATA XREF: ACC_IOControl+74r
.text:100027E4 dword_100027E4 DCD 0x222004 ; DATA XREF: ACC_IOControl+68r
.text:100027E8 dword_100027E8 DCD 0x222010 ; DATA XREF: ACC_IOControl+48r
.text:100027EC off_100027EC DCD aAcc_iocontrol0 ; DATA XREF: ACC_IOControl+30r
.text:100027EC ; "ACC_IOControl(%08x)"
and this is where they are adressed
Code:
.text:10002440 LDR R3, =0x222010
.text:10002444 CMP R6, R3
.text:10002448 BHI loc_100025D4
.text:1000244C BEQ loc_10002588
.text:10002450 MOV R3, 0x222000
.text:10002458 CMP R6, R3
.text:1000245C BEQ loc_100025C0
.text:10002460 LDR R3, =0x222004
.text:10002464 CMP R6, R3
.text:10002468 BEQ loc_10002540
.text:1000246C LDR R3, =0x222008
.text:10002470 CMP R6, R3
.text:10002474 BEQ loc_10002518
.text:10002478 LDR R3, =0x22200C
.text:1000247C CMP R6, R3
.text:10002480 BNE loc_10002660
.text:10002484 LDR R3, =unk_10005650
.text:10002488 LDR R3, [R3]
.text:1000248C CMP R3, #1
.text:10002490 MOVNE R3, #0
The codes that must be sent to DeviceIoControl in coredll.dll are probably the 0x22200C, 0x222008 and stuff. The 0x321008 and stuff are some power get/set codes. But you need a programmer with an actual gw820 device to make it work as it need lots of testing. Hope this information helps and someone with such device will make it work.

Can anyone check if the Incite comes with ACCAPI.DLL, and if so can it be posted ?

accelerometer(lg gm750) method signatures

attached the.dll of the lg gm750 in case they serve of something
USER iamspv
First take a look at the Unified Sensor Api at codeplex.
My solution is based on the Samsung sensor class, modified to meet the peculiarities of the LG GM750.
First of all, the import of the DeviceIoControl in NativeMethods.cs must be modified such way dwIoControlCode is type uint, and the buffers are byte:
Code:
[DllImport("coredll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool DeviceIoControl(IntPtr hDevice, uint dwIoControlCode, [In] byte[] inBuffer, int nInBufferSize, [Out] byte[] outBuffer, int nOutBufferSize, ref int pBytesReturned, IntPtr lpOverlapped);
After a long time dissassembling the accelsensor.dll and and a lot of trial and error testing I came to this conclusion that works:
The constant that starts/stops data output becomes:
Code:
const uint ACCOnRot = 0x1014EE8;
const uint ACCOffRot = 0x1014EE8;
and for reading values:
Code:
const uint ACCReadValues = 0x1014F10;
The difference between start and stop comes from the input given in DeviceIoControl method as follows:
Code:
Code:
public static LGAccSensor Create()
{
DeviceIoControl(ACCOnRot, new byte[1] {1}, new byte[4] );
return new LGAccSensor();
}
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
base.Dispose(disposing);
DeviceIoControl(ACCOffRot, new byte[1] {0}, new byte[1] );
}
The DeviceIoControl inside the accelerometer class becomes
Code:
Code:
public static void DeviceIoControl(uint controlCode, byte[] inBuffer, byte[] outBuffer)
{
IntPtr file = NativeMethods.CreateFile("ACC1:", 0, 0, IntPtr.Zero, ECreationDisposition.OpenExisting, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
if (file == (IntPtr)(-1))
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to Create File");
try
{
int bytesReturned = 0;
int inSize = sizeof(byte) * inBuffer.Length;
int outSize = sizeof(byte) * outBuffer.Length;
if (!NativeMethods.DeviceIoControl(file, controlCode, inBuffer, inSize, outBuffer, outSize, ref bytesReturned, IntPtr.Zero))
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to perform operation.");
}
finally
{
NativeMethods.CloseHandle(file);
}
}
Note that the accelerometer device is called ACC1:.
Further the method that returns the three component vector becomes
Code:
Code:
public override GVector GetGVector()
{
byte[] outBuffer = new byte[4];
DeviceIoControl(ACCReadValues, new byte[1] {1}, outBuffer);
GVector ret = new GVector();
int accx = outBuffer[2];
if (accx <=31)
ret.X = accx/2.17;
else
ret.X = (accx-64)*0.47;
ret.X = -ret.X;
int accy = outBuffer[1] ;
if (accy <=31)
ret.Y = accy/2.17;
else
ret.Y = (accy - 64) * 0.47;
int accz = outBuffer[0] ;
if (accz <=31)
ret.Z = accz/2.17;
else
ret.Z = (accz - 64) * 0.47;
double somefactor = 1; return ret.Scale(somefactor);
}
Note that the when called with AccReadValues parameter, the DeviceIoControl returns three bytes each of them containing a signed 6 bit 2's complement value.Basicly there are values on 6 bit ranging from -32 to +31. In the docs below there are tables that put in correspondence these values with acceleration in range -1.5g +1.5g which are the limits of the device. The code I wrote returns acceleration in meters/second2 where 1g=9.8 m/s2. That information I extracted from the technical specifications of the MMA7660FC accelerometer, as found at(try a google search). Also, the type of the accelerometer circuit is found in the service manual (I only found the service manual for LG GM730 which is pretty close).The same thing I also posted at codeplex.
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It already works! There is nothing more to do about it than use the code in your applications (I speak as a programmer and for programmers). I only showed everyone interested in developing for LG GM750 the steps to modify the SamsungGSensor class from "Unified Sensor Api" at codeplex to work with a LG. Just get the rest of the code from there and put it toghether.
Now there are two directions:
Direction #1
If you want to develop applications that aim to be portable between HTC, Samsung, LG, Toshiba, etc, and you want to use Unified Sensor Api then..
the person responsible for the unified api project at codeplex should make the update to the library as soon as possible such way the library should keep compatibility with the adressed devices. I'm just contributing with some results. That's because the initial code was not very general (ie. the initial parameter types to deviceiocontrol invoked from coredll didn't work with this solution) I had to make some modifications to the code that work with the LG but affect other devices' sensor classes. Now, if the update doesn't come up soon, no problem, anyone just gets the code from codeplex, adds a new class for LG, copies code from Samsung, renames Samsung with LG, adds my modifications, corrects syntax errors, compiles, et voila . . the library is updated to support LG GM750.
Direction #2
If you develop only for LG, just write a LG class as presented above and don't care about other devices.
If you don't know how to use your new class, the project at codeplex has some examples and you'll easily see inside the code how to instantiate sensors, how to read data at certain moments using a timer, and how to capture screen rotation events.
And for your long awaited joy to see it working, I attached the sensor test program along with a version of sensors.dll compiled by me, that works for GM750.
Now get your fingers toghether on the keyboard and start developing for LG
now should work in an emulator as that one of htc in omnia splitting of what we arrange

great work!
thanks much!

htcemu v0.91 /sensors.dll Problems
Hello all,
when I last November asked for a htcemu for LG750, I have not expected that there will be a emu dll so soon.
Thanks to iamspv and others, we now can use g-sensor apps as normal.
Nearly - some apps does not work or crash.
So my favorite alarm clock, klaxon crashes when alarm is activated. Waterlevel also does not work. It looks that both apps use the managed code dll sensors.dll. Even if I exchange the original dll with the one posted here from beginning of february, it does not work. Does anybody has a solution for this ?
For using landscape mode in app I now got best results with changescreen which works almost perfect. It is also possible to exclude some programs like some LG apps which do not support landscape mode.

how did you make other apps work? on my layla only test works and nothing else

creative232 said:
attached the.dll of the lg gm750 in case they serve of something
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Did you create a running VS 2008 solution for this?. I'm interested.
Will this work on other LG's?

Calculations At Lower Level?

Is there any way to force certain calculations to be done out of the VM? Basically I have algorithms (math) in a program that are slow as balls in Java and would really like if it went faster. I optimized it the best that's really possible, plus Java does some optimizations, but it's still way too slow.
Any way I can kick these calculations off to C land and get things done quicker? I mean my phone's not the fastest (1Ghz Hummingbird), but it should be pretty quick. The JVM is slowing it down by leaps and bounds.
Anybody know anything?
TIA

You can use the NDK to write C code.
Can you provide an example of your problems, though?

hrk said:
You can use the NDK to write C code.
Can you provide an example of your problems, though?
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Ah, NDK looks like it is exactly what I'm looking for. Looks like the C aspect has to be kind of jammed in there, but I kind of need the performance, so I don't really mind.
As for an example, the program is an image manipulator, so there's many loops. While not a direct pull from my code, an example could be something like this:
Code:
int i, j;
int height = bmp.getHeight();
int width = bmp.getWidth();
int color = 0xFFFF0000;
int count = 0;
for (i = 0 ; i < width ; ++i) {
for (j = 0 ; j < height ; ++j) {
bmp.setPixel(i, j, color);
switch(count % 3) {
case 0:
color = 0xFF00FF00; break;
case 1:
color = 0xFF0000FF; break;
case 2:
color = 0xFFFF0000; break;
}
count++;
}
}
So I do still need access to things (the bitmap) up in Java land.
I see that NDK passes some environment stuff (a pointer to a JNIEnv struct/class, and a copy of a jobject come with each function call, aside from any additional parameters somebody wishes to use). Do you know what those are? I mean I get that one's a pointer to the Java native interface environment, and I'm assuming the object copy is a copy of the object called on it? And types in C land are prefixed with a 'j'?
Thanks for your time and help!

I haven't used JNI in the last... ten?... years, so my memory is a bit dusty there.
In JNI you don't use C-types, but those "J prefixed types" which internally handle all the compiler-platform-java specific differences (simple example: how big is a "long" on an ARM, ia32 and ia64 computer? A jlong has the same size on all of them).
I recommend you these two links: Java programming with JNI (IBM developer network) and Wikipedia: Java Native Interface. I'm not joking, Wikipedia has some basic examples and links to useful informations!
Having said that... can't you go for a different approach, like...
Code:
int[][] rawData = new int[bmp.getWidth(), bmp.getHeight()];
...
for (int i ...) {
for (int j ...) {
// color from switch
// ...
rawData[i][j] = color;
}
}
bmp.somehowSetRawDataInOneCall(rawData);
I don't know which image manipulating class you're using (and I don't know how specific your code was!), but I clearly remember using "mass"-setting methods in one of my projects to speed things up after trying myself your setColor(i, j, color) approach.

hrk said:
I haven't used JNI in the last... ten?... years, so my memory is a bit dusty there.
In JNI you don't use C-types, but those "J prefixed types" which internally handle all the compiler-platform-java specific differences (simple example: how big is a "long" on an ARM, ia32 and ia64 computer? A jlong has the same size on all of them).
I recommend you these two links: Java programming with JNI (IBM developer network) and Wikipedia: Java Native Interface. I'm not joking, Wikipedia has some basic examples and links to useful informations!
Having said that... can't you go for a different approach, like...
Code:
int[][] rawData = new int[bmp.getWidth(), bmp.getHeight()];
...
for (int i ...) {
for (int j ...) {
// color from switch
// ...
rawData[i][j] = color;
}
}
bmp.somehowSetRawDataInOneCall(rawData);
I don't know which image manipulating class you're using (and I don't know how specific your code was!), but I clearly remember using "mass"-setting methods in one of my projects to speed things up after trying myself your setColor(i, j, color) approach.
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Yeah, using a raw buffer will definitely alleviate some of the overhead simply by removing function calls from the task loop. I'm using the Bitmap class, it has a setPixel method. I'm sure there's a way to dump a new buffer in there. That would definitely speed things up.
Good to know the types are standard sizes, unlike C/C++.
I'll look into the links above, and yes, I trust Wikipedia for all things factual. Not like I'm looking up political stuff there, math and CS is pretty set in stone.
That being said, while it will definitely remove some of the overhead to modify a primitive data structure, that was a fairly simplistic example. The problem is that some of the filters do multiple passes, multiple filter applications, and are in general more complex. I don't believe Java will prove quick enough.
I'll give it a whirl, though, I'll see what happens, maybe I can get some times. I'll post back at some point (few days) when I get time to test it (too busy atm).
Thanks for your time, I'll get back to ya.

[Q] Multi-Touch support on Nook Simple Touch?

Ok, I rooted my Nook Simple Touch (Running 1.1) using:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351719
Many things aren't working as expected (e.g. The Android Market doesn't work), but in reading the thread it sounds like that might be a common problem. I do have root access, and can connect via ADB and side-load apps.
I'm looking to do pinch-zoom on PDF documents, but I can't seem to get it to work in Aldiko, and I'm not sure if that's because pinch-zoom isn't supported, or I'm doing something wrong.
There appears to be conflicting information on multi-touch support on the Nook Simple Touch on the forums.
Can anyone clarify whether this support is present, and if so, maybe suggest a good PDF app that enables it?

Well, on version 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 there was no support for multitouch. When we read the announcement for 1.1.0, we saw that multitouch would be enabled, but nobody has seen a trace of that yet.
I talked to some guys in here, and asked for info on where it can be enabled (it is disabled when rooting).

I downloaded a midi controller(an app that shows a bunch of sliders on the screen and communicates its position to a pc) and I noticed I could move a vertical slider and another horizontal one at the same time... but then google maps didnt react to my pinching

I have tried with Multitouch Test ( https://market.android.com/details?...DEsImRlLmdyZWVucm9ib3QubXVsdGl0b3VjaHRlc3QiXQ..) and it looks like the hw is capable of multitouch!
I don't know how to enable it, though

I've tried to enable it by using this http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Enable_MultiTouch
but Multitouch tester only detects one input....
Although if I used two fingers the second registered movement intermittently, jumping from on to another instead of two solid points.

You can try this:
Unpack this file to where adb is (unless you have adb in your path)
Then in cmd:
Code:
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
adb push android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct.xml /system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct.xml
A reboot is probably needed

Thanks, going to try it right now.
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Same behaviour, mmmmmm, are we sure they enabled multitouch?
Anyway thanks for the help

eded333 said:
Thanks, going to try it right now.
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Same behaviour, mmmmmm, are we sure they enabled multitouch?
Anyway thanks for the help
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Well:
Code:
include/linux/zforce.h:#define ZF_NUM_FINGER_SUPPORT 2
..
drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce.c: #define ZF_SETCONFIG_DUALTOUCH 0x00000001
I'd say yes

ros87 said:
Well:
Code:
include/linux/zforce.h:#define ZF_NUM_FINGER_SUPPORT 2
..
drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce.c: #define ZF_SETCONFIG_DUALTOUCH 0x00000001
I'd say yes
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Then something else is missing

eded333 said:
Then something else is missing
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Very likely.
Maybe some kernel flag .. I dunno .. but I'm sure Google can tell you how that chain is supposed to be set up

eded333 said:
I've tried to enable it by using this http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Enable_MultiTouch
but Multitouch tester only detects one input....
Although if I used two fingers the second registered movement intermittently, jumping from on to another instead of two solid points.
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Which Tester did you use? I could see it work only with the one I linked, from greenrobot...
I have also tried to enable moultitouch per Nookdevs instruction, but had no effect

met67 said:
Which Tester did you use? I could see it work only with the one I linked, from greenrobot...
I have also tried to enable moultitouch per Nookdevs instruction, but had no effect
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I used multitouch tester, but that one gives the same output as the one I used, it dosnt really show two points, it goes intermitently but fast fom one to another, if you check the number of pointers, its allways 1.

I tried both XML's and I'm getting the same results as everyone else.
The multitest app doesn't detect the multitouch (not even periodically) for me.
Arg, I was hoping this was going to be an easy question :-(.

Well, what is 100% certain is that the driver is building the data needed for dualtouch.
Code:
int touchdata_collect( u8* payload )
{
u8 i;
reported_finger_count = payload[0];
framecounter++;
if( reported_finger_count > ZF_NUM_FINGER_SUPPORT )
{
zforce_error("Detected (%d) more fingers the max(%d) number supported\n",
reported_finger_count, ZF_NUM_FINGER_SUPPORT );
return -EINVAL ;
}
for( i=0; i< reported_finger_count; i++ )
{
tinfo[i].x = (u16)((payload[2+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]<<8)|
payload[1+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]);
tinfo[i].y = (u16)((payload[4+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]<<8)|
payload[3+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]);
tinfo[i].id = (u8)((payload[5+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]&0x3C)>>2);
tinfo[i].state = (u8)((payload[5+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]&0xC0)>>6);
tinfo[i].rsvrd = (u8)( payload[6+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE] );
tinfo[i].prblty = (u8)( payload[7+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE] );
tinfo[i].valid = 1;
tinfo[i].z = reported_finger_count == 0 ? 0 : 20;
}
return reported_finger_count;
}
How that data is used further on in the chain is beyond my knowledge, but the data is there.
This is a somewhat absurd situation as usually the lack of dual/multitouch are on hardware/driver level

ros87 said:
Well, what is 100% certain is that the driver is building the data needed for dualtouch.
Code:
int touchdata_collect( u8* payload )
{
u8 i;
reported_finger_count = payload[0];
framecounter++;
if( reported_finger_count > ZF_NUM_FINGER_SUPPORT )
{
zforce_error("Detected (%d) more fingers the max(%d) number supported\n",
reported_finger_count, ZF_NUM_FINGER_SUPPORT );
return -EINVAL ;
}
for( i=0; i< reported_finger_count; i++ )
{
tinfo[i].x = (u16)((payload[2+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]<<8)|
payload[1+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]);
tinfo[i].y = (u16)((payload[4+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]<<8)|
payload[3+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]);
tinfo[i].id = (u8)((payload[5+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]&0x3C)>>2);
tinfo[i].state = (u8)((payload[5+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE]&0xC0)>>6);
tinfo[i].rsvrd = (u8)( payload[6+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE] );
tinfo[i].prblty = (u8)( payload[7+i*ZF_COORDATA_SIZE] );
tinfo[i].valid = 1;
tinfo[i].z = reported_finger_count == 0 ? 0 : 20;
}
return reported_finger_count;
}
How that data is used further on in the chain is beyond my knowledge, but the data is there.
This is a somewhat absurd situation as usually the lack of dual/multitouch are on hardware/driver level
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That is VERY interesting.
Is it possible that its something simple like the permissions XML file has a different name with the Simple Touch?

I'm monitoring this thread. Sure hope some multi-touch function can be gotten out of the NST

I tried the xml file from the Sony PRS-T1 as well (which apparently has multitouch), but still no luck.
Did not look so much different, though.
I uploaded the files from the Sony reader here, in case someone wants to look into them: mediafire.com/?vuv6v4y4yd44o97
(Won't let me post a clickable link, sorry)

i hope to see Multitouch working well on nst

Market
Install the "SearchMarket" app. And the Android Market will work just fine!

I may be wrong, but isn't touch screen tech infrared on Nst? if so multitouch is not possible.

File transfer over TCP sockets

I've been trying to get a simple file transfer between desktop app and phone app. The transfer works up to a point, when it simply ...stops dead.
The server(aka desktop client) enters the listening state, and the phone goes idle.
Anyone has any samples on transfers of large file (bigger than 1 MB)?

mcosmin222 said:
I've been trying to get a simple file transfer between desktop app and phone app. The transfer works up to a point, when it simply ...stops dead.
The server(aka desktop client) enters the listening state, and the phone goes idle.
Anyone has any samples on transfers of large file (bigger than 1 MB)?
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Have you looked through GoodDayToDie's source code for the File Server? I wonder if he has anything in there that could make that work.

snickler said:
Have you looked through GoodDayToDie's source code for the File Server? I wonder if he has anything in there that could make that work.
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lalz.
Completely forgot about that one xD
Meh he has it written in C++
Apparently, he didn't do anything that I didn't.

mcosmin222 said:
lalz.
Completely forgot about that one xD
Meh he has it written in C++
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You can still utilize the transfer portion . I was thinking of seeing what I could do with sockets on the phone. I know it could come in handy somehow

snickler said:
You can still utilize the transfer portion . I was thinking of seeing what I could do with sockets on the phone. I know it could come in handy somehow
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It's a pain in the ***.
It stops transfer at random points.

mcosmin222 said:
It's a pain in the ***.
It stops transfer at random points.
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That doesn't surprise me at all for some reason.

Did you double-check your socket multithreading code?
I recently had problems with sockets and it turned out that I had the muti-threading thing wrong.
I think you shouldn't use only one connection and fail if it drops ...

ScRePt said:
Did you double-check your socket multithreading code?
I recently had problems with sockets and it turned out that I had the muti-threading thing wrong.
I think you shouldn't use only one connection and fail if it drops ...
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What do you mean by socket multthreading code? You mean the use of async methods? or having the thread work on background, using the socket?

Take a look to the Tim Laverty's networking samples.

sensboston said:
Take a look to the Tim Laverty's networking samples.
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That's what im doing (more or less)

@mcosmin222: The most common reason I saw for why that happened was the thread doing the transfer would crash. There's a lot of things that could cause such a crash, but because it's not the main thread or a UI thread, you don't see it. It just stops. In fact, even the debugger usually doesn't catch it (annoying as hell...)
There are a few common things that non-UI threads aren't allowed to do which you might be trying. For example, attempting to show a MessageBox on a non-UI thread will crash the thread (you can do it by adding a lambda or function to the dispatcher for the UI). In any case, feel free to use or adapt my code, or share yours here and if there's an obvious issue I'll point it out. Incidentally, you can set a larger buffer on the socket if you want the operation to complete without looping.
By the way, the only portion of my webserver that's written in C++ is the file I/O code, which I chose to do in C++ rather than .NET because the phone's stunted .NET framework makes it more difficult than I like to access arbitrary file paths. That code is all fairly clean wrappers around the Win32 calls; I suppose I could comment it more but it's very straightforward to read even if you aren't familiar with managed C++. The actual network code is entirely written in C# 4.5. You could actually simplify it a bit for a direct transfer app, too; I wrote it with a lot of multithreading in case I wanted to re-use the code somewhere that might be expected to have more than one client connecting at a time.

GoodDayToDie said:
@mcosmin222: The most common reason I saw for why that happened was the thread doing the transfer would crash. There's a lot of things that could cause such a crash, but because it's not the main thread or a UI thread, you don't see it. It just stops. In fact, even the debugger usually doesn't catch it (annoying as hell...)
There are a few common things that non-UI threads aren't allowed to do which you might be trying. For example, attempting to show a MessageBox on a non-UI thread will crash the thread (you can do it by adding a lambda or function to the dispatcher for the UI). In any case, feel free to use or adapt my code, or share yours here and if there's an obvious issue I'll point it out. Incidentally, you can set a larger buffer on the socket if you want the operation to complete without looping.
By the way, the only portion of my webserver that's written in C++ is the file I/O code, which I chose to do in C++ rather than .NET because the phone's stunted .NET framework makes it more difficult than I like to access arbitrary file paths. That code is all fairly clean wrappers around the Win32 calls; I suppose I could comment it more but it's very straightforward to read even if you aren't familiar with managed C++. The actual network code is entirely written in C# 4.5. You could actually simplify it a bit for a direct transfer app, too; I wrote it with a lot of multithreading in case I wanted to re-use the code somewhere that might be expected to have more than one client connecting at a time.
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I am aware that some calls from background threads are not allowed, especially those that have to do with the UI thread.
This is the code for the server. It would seem this one is the problem, somewhere...I just can't see where...
I tried limiting the number of packages sent (that's what the timer is all about).
Code:
public class StateObject
{
// Client socket.
public Socket workSocket = null;
// Size of receive buffer.
public const int BufferSize = 1024;
// Receive buffer.
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
// Received data string.
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
}
public class AsynchronousSocketListener
{
// Thread signal.
public static ManualResetEvent allDone = new ManualResetEvent(false);
public static string[] TransferStages = new string[] { "sendmetadataz-length", "sendmetadataz", "file-length", "file" };
public static int Index = -1;
public static List<string> FilePaths = new List<string>();
public static long CurrentStreamPosition = 0;
public static FileStream ifs;
static int pocketspersecond = 0;
static bool LimitExceded = false;
DispatcherTimer timer = new DispatcherTimer();
public static int CurrentArraySize = 0;
public static int FileIndex = 0;
public AsynchronousSocketListener()
{
timer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
timer.Tick += timer_Tick;
}
void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
LimitExceded = false;
}
public static void StartListening()
{
// Data buffer for incoming data.
byte[] bytes = new Byte[StateObject.BufferSize];
// Establish the local endpoint for the socket.
// Note: remember to keep the portnumber updated if you change
// it on here, or on the client
IPEndPoint localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 13001);
// Create a TCP/IP socket.
Socket listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
// Bind the socket to the local endpoint and listen for incoming connections.
try
{
listener.Bind(localEndPoint);
listener.Listen(10);
while (true)
{
// Set the event to nonsignaled state.
allDone.Reset();
// Start an asynchronous socket to listen for connections.
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for a connection...");
listener.BeginAccept(
new AsyncCallback(AcceptCallback),
listener);
// Wait until a connection is made before continuing.
allDone.WaitOne();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("\nPress ENTER to continue...");
Console.Read();
}
public static void AcceptCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
// Signal the main thread to continue.
allDone.Set();
// Get the socket that handles the client request.
Socket listener = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = listener.EndAccept(ar);
// Create the state object.
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = handler;
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
public static void ReadCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
String content = String.Empty;
// Retrieve the state object and the handler socket
// from the asynchronous state object.
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = state.workSocket;
// Read data from the client socket.
int bytesRead = handler.EndReceive(ar);
if (bytesRead > 0)
{
// There might be more data, so store the data received so far.
state.sb.Append(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(
state.buffer, 0, bytesRead));
// Check for end-of-file tag. If it is not there, read
// more data.
content = state.sb.ToString();
if (content.IndexOf("<EOF>") > -1)
{
// All the data has been read from the
// client. Display it on the console.
Console.WriteLine("Read {0} bytes from socket. \n Data : {1}",
content.Length, content);
// Respond to the client
Send(handler, content);
}
else
{
// Not all data received. Get more.
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
}
}
public static void Send(Socket handler, String data)
{
//handler.SendBufferSize = File.ReadAllBytes(@"D:\MUZICA\Activ - Visez.mp3").Length;
// handler.BeginSendFile(@"D:\MUZICA\Activ - Visez.mp3", new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
#region cotobatura
data = data.Replace("<EOF>", "");
if (data.Contains("sendmetadataz") && data.Contains("length")==false)
{
data = MainWindow.DataContextModel.Files.ElementAt(FileIndex).ToString()+"<EOF>";
byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
// Begin sending the data to the remote device.
handler.BeginSend(byteData, 0, byteData.Length, 0,
new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
}
else if (data.Contains("sendmetadataz-length"))
{
Index++;
if (Index >= MainWindow.DataContextModel.Files.Count)
{
//FileIndex++;
data = "TransfersComplete<EOF>";
}
data = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount((MainWindow.DataContextModel.Files.ElementAt(FileIndex).ToString() + "<EOF>").ToString()).ToString();
byte[] MetaDataLength = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
handler.SendBufferSize = MetaDataLength.Length;
handler.BeginSend(MetaDataLength, 0, MetaDataLength.Length, 0, new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
}
else if (data.Contains("file-length"))
{
ifs = File.Open(MainWindow.DataContextModel.Files.ElementAt(FileIndex).Location, FileMode.Open);
byte[] gugu = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(ifs.Length.ToString());
handler.SendBufferSize = gugu.Length;
handler.BeginSend(gugu, 0, gugu.Length, 0, new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
}
else if (data.Contains("file") && data.Contains("length") == false)
{
//byte[] filedata = File.ReadAllBytes(MainWindow.DataContextModel.Files.ElementAt(FileIndex).Location);
//handler.BeginSend(filedata, 0, filedata.Length, 0,
//new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
byte[] filedata = new byte[150];
for (int i = 0; i < 150; i++)
{
if (CurrentStreamPosition < ifs.Length)
{
filedata[i] = (byte)ifs.ReadByte();
CurrentStreamPosition++;
CurrentArraySize++;
}
else
{
Array.Resize(ref filedata, CurrentArraySize);
break;
}
CurrentArraySize = 0;
}
// if (pocketspersecond == 25) LimitExceded = true;
//Thread.Sleep(1000);
handler.BeginSend(filedata, 0, filedata.Length, 0, new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
}
//handler.BeginSendFile(MainWindow.DataContextModel.Files.ElementAt(FileIndex).Location, filedata, null, TransmitFileOptions.ReuseSocket, new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler );
// What we want to send back in this application is a game move based on what
// has been received. So we call Play on the GameLogic to give us a move to send back
// data = GameLogic.Play(data);
// Convert the string data to byte data using ASCII encoding.
//byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
// Begin sending the data to the remote device.
//handler.BeginSend(byteData, 0, byteData.Length, 0,
// new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
#endregion
}
public static void SendCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
// Retrieve the socket from the state object.
Socket handler = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
// Complete sending the data to the remote device.
int bytesSent = handler.EndSend(ar);
Console.WriteLine("Sent {0} bytes to client.", bytesSent);
handler.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
handler.Close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
}
This is basically modified from the tick tak toe over sockets sample from MSDN.
The only possible call that would affect the UI is the call to the Console, but the code works fine for a while, after it just crashes.
I tried running the whole thing synchronously on the UI thread, the result appears to be the same.
In the Send method, the first 3 stages work (file-legth, metadata, metadata-length) and a few steps in the file stage (which actually sends the file).
AT some point, I assumed the thread was guilty somehow, but I just can't prove it. Running the thing directly on UI thread does not seem to change anything.
If the async method finishes and the socket gets disposed, the thread would "die".
PS: the entire thing is hosted by a WPF application.

Hmm... OK, there are several bugs here. I'm not sure which, if any, are responsible for the problem. I'd be tempted to overuse try-catch-log (for example, on the Send() function) and debug-print statements, but here are some things I can see that could cause a crash or other unexpected failure:
There is no guarantee that "ifs" is instantiated before use. If you for some reason skip the file-length step, the file step will crash with a null pointer exception.
The entire send function is hugely thread-unsafe. For example, if a second request arrives before you're done servicing the first one (which is entirely possible due to where the event gets signaled) then the values of "ifs" and "CurrentStreamPosition" and so on will be unpredictable at any given time. Since CurrentStreamPosition seems to be monotonically increasing, that's probably not going to cause an out-of-bounds exception, but it could cause you to enter a state where the test "if (CurrentStreamPosition < ifs.Length)" always fails.
The line "data = "TransfersComplete<EOF>";" never does anything; the next line (immediately following it) overwrites that variable. If you cared about that string, too bad.
FileIndex never changes; I hope you're only ever sending one file here...
You don't actually check that the number of bytes sent is the number you meant to send (admittedly, it *should* be, but there are cases where it won't be).
The last 150-byte chunk of every file transfer is truncated to the first byte. This is because "CurrentArraySize" is reset to 0 on every iteration of the byte-read loop (why use a byte-read loop?) so whenever "CurrentStreamPosition < ifs.Length" tests false, the "filedata" array will be resized to one byte (or zero if the file is an exact multiple of 150 bytes, which presumeably be correct).
There are probably more, but that's what jumped out at me (well, and some technically correct stylistic issues, like the "... == false" test). Given that your protocol seems to rely on end-of-message flags, I'm guessing that your problem is that since the last part of the file is almost always truncated, that marker is never getting sent. This probably leads to the client concluding that the server will be sending it more data, which it does by sending another "file" request. The server attempts to respond and immedately hits the CurrentStreamPosition < ifs.Length check, fails, goes to the else case, and tries to send a 1-byte packet containing a NULL byte.
Incidentally, does your file transfer protocol really require that the client request each 150-byte chunk one at a time, using a new TCP connection each time? That's... awfully inefficient.

GoodDayToDie said:
Hmm... OK, there are several bugs here. I'm not sure which, if any, are responsible for the problem. I'd be tempted to overuse try-catch-log (for example, on the Send() function) and debug-print statements, but here are some things I can see that could cause a crash or other unexpected failure:
There is no guarantee that "ifs" is instantiated before use. If you for some reason skip the file-length step, the file step will crash with a null pointer exception.
The entire send function is hugely thread-unsafe. For example, if a second request arrives before you're done servicing the first one (which is entirely possible due to where the event gets signaled) then the values of "ifs" and "CurrentStreamPosition" and so on will be unpredictable at any given time. Since CurrentStreamPosition seems to be monotonically increasing, that's probably not going to cause an out-of-bounds exception, but it could cause you to enter a state where the test "if (CurrentStreamPosition < ifs.Length)" always fails.
The line "data = "TransfersComplete<EOF>";" never does anything; the next line (immediately following it) overwrites that variable. If you cared about that string, too bad.
FileIndex never changes; I hope you're only ever sending one file here...
You don't actually check that the number of bytes sent is the number you meant to send (admittedly, it *should* be, but there are cases where it won't be).
The last 150-byte chunk of every file transfer is truncated to the first byte. This is because "CurrentArraySize" is reset to 0 on every iteration of the byte-read loop (why use a byte-read loop?) so whenever "CurrentStreamPosition < ifs.Length" tests false, the "filedata" array will be resized to one byte (or zero if the file is an exact multiple of 150 bytes, which presumeably be correct).
There are probably more, but that's what jumped out at me (well, and some technically correct stylistic issues, like the "... == false" test). Given that your protocol seems to rely on end-of-message flags, I'm guessing that your problem is that since the last part of the file is almost always truncated, that marker is never getting sent. This probably leads to the client concluding that the server will be sending it more data, which it does by sending another "file" request. The server attempts to respond and immedately hits the CurrentStreamPosition < ifs.Length check, fails, goes to the else case, and tries to send a 1-byte packet containing a NULL byte.
Incidentally, does your file transfer protocol really require that the client request each 150-byte chunk one at a time, using a new TCP connection each time? That's... awfully inefficient.
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I know it is inefficient, but I'm rather new to sockets. I just want it to get working in a "beta stage" then ill optimize it (hance the FileIndex never increasing, the blatant lack of try-catch blocks).
On the client side, once the bytes in the buffer are processed, the server gets another send that to send the following 150 bytes (i use 150 just for the lulz).
So basically, the workfow is as follows:
ask metadata length >server gives the length >client adjusts buffer>ask metadata
ask metdata >server gives metdata>client processes the data>asks file length
ask file length>server gives file length>client adjusts a huge array of bytes in which the file will reside (i know this is horribly inefficient, but at some point i will write directly to a file stream)>asks for the first 150 bytes in the file.
server gets the request, sends 150 bytes to client>client copies the 150 bytes in the array created earlier, the asks for the next 150.
I am using 150 just to make sure the data never splits in more than one buffer.
When the file transfer occurs, a different message is used to signal the end of transfer. Client side counts the bytes it gets, and when it is equal to the file length, it no longer asks 150 bytes.
The whole thing seems to be safe from crashing until it gets to the part where it sends the file. I am aware that in the code i gave you there's some file streams not getting closed, but i've fixed that and the problem still occurs.
Since The debugger won't help me at all, I decided to use a WCF service instead.

mcosmin222 said:
What do you mean by socket multthreading code? You mean the use of async methods? or having the thread work on background, using the socket?
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I mean worker threads not async.You will always have to have a thread in the background to "accept". once you accept you "read" in a new thread and the parent thread "accepts" again. Accept will freeze the thread.
On the other side, you simply "connect" and "write" in the same thread.
Read and Write is done in a loop via pre-defined buffers syncronously.
But if you want the server to give a response, the above flow is the other way around, and it is then when things get complicated. (server needs to "connect" and client needs to "accept" over a different set of ports and different threads)
Probably if you want to have reliable connection you will need the server to come back with a response "give me more" or sth.
So, trying to assist, it was my guess that drops or stalls could be because the above flow is not implemented properly.
Edit Oh ho, missed a whole new page so I am sorry if the reply is irrelevant now.
I would suggest you use the sync methods of sockets and not callbacks because is super easier to debug. ThreadPool.QueueSth (ctr + space I dont remember how it's called is your friend to handle threads yourself.
And try to separate pure socket handling from domain handling (lengths, metadata, etc). Send some bytes back and forth, clean-up and then move to domain specific things!

Moving the line that resets CurrentArraySize to outside of the for loop may well sove your problem. I'd try that first.
Optimization involves, among other things, removing try blocks. Unoptimized code, when you're trying to just make thigns work, ought to be full of them.
Don't forget that exceptions will not bubble up the call stack across threads. In addition to threads you create yourself, any async callback will happen on a different thread than the one that called the async function. If an uncaught exception occurs, the thread will die. If enough threads die, the program may crash (or at least hang) due to threadpool exhaustion.

GoodDayToDie said:
Moving the line that resets CurrentArraySize to outside of the for loop may well sove your problem. I'd try that first.
Optimization involves, among other things, removing try blocks. Unoptimized code, when you're trying to just make thigns work, ought to be full of them.
Don't forget that exceptions will not bubble up the call stack across threads. In addition to threads you create yourself, any async callback will happen on a different thread than the one that called the async function. If an uncaught exception occurs, the thread will die. If enough threads die, the program may crash (or at least hang) due to threadpool exhaustion.
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I avoid try-catch in unoptimized code to see where actual exceptions occur (sometime the debugger doesn't break on exception).
Nop still not working.
The thread still appears to be crashing, even wrapped with try catch.

Do you at least know *which* function it's crashing in? Try putting a breakpoint on each function header and then, when one of them is hit, step through the execution until the thread dies. Work backward from there to find the problem.

GoodDayToDie said:
Do you at least know *which* function it's crashing in? Try putting a breakpoint on each function header and then, when one of them is hit, step through the execution until the thread dies. Work backward from there to find the problem.
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The send function (the one with the case switch) appears to be crashing.
It executes the function then enters the listening stage (does not execute the callback).