Cal.4Pros
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
Have you ever dropped your iPhone?
The glass is not damaged, COOL! But those tiny, sensitive accelerometers inside (that measure orientation and movement) are a different story.
Cal4Pros allows a heavily used, dropped, shaken, stirred, rattled and flat out abused iPhone to be:
1. measured and
2. restored to beyond its out-of-the-box level of precision when used in conjunction with other applications. (Note: Even the degree of out-of-the-box precision varies from phone to phone!)
The former, anyone can do by simply using this app. Restoring the level of precision requires the pro responsible for your favorite app to incorporate some basic code and distribute an update. Read on. We have made it easy to do.
Accelerometers are highly sensitive micro-devices that quickly lose accuracy when used "in the wild." Yet, thousands of iPhone apps depend on accelerometer data for game control, measurement, or movement sensing while not offering users the ability keep their apps in tune with the ever changing accuracy of accelerometers. Cal4Pros allows for both measurement and tuning.
DOES 0 = 0? YOUR PHONE ASSUMES SO:
Place the phone face up on a flat, relatively level surface and hit calibrate. Voila. Within seconds, you are presented with the calibration factors needed to bring the accelerometers in your phone back to--and in some cases beyond--their original level of precision. These factors are presented in their raw form, which are percentages of 1 g-force (g-Force is the stuff you and your phone feel when taking off in an airplane or turning a corner in your car). Note: This alone does NOT automatically calibrate your phone, it simply allows any concerned or zealous (okay, overly concerned or zealous?) user to get more acquainted with their iPhone. However, programmers can easily access Cal4Pros output stored in a local SQLite database and pull the calibration values into their applications:
MAKE 0=0!
Visit our website for instructions on how to access the Cal4Pros output from your app: www. http://www.wi-design.com/iphone_apps/cal4pros/
If you are not a programmer and your favorite applications could benefit from a precisely calibrated device, write your app providers today!
While we have found this app to be very useful and oddly fun in-house, we are interested in your feedback and how useful this app is for you, either as a more informed user (who is now more in tune with their iPhone) or a programmer. Write us at: Cal4Pros@Wi-Design.com
The glass is not damaged, COOL! But those tiny, sensitive accelerometers inside (that measure orientation and movement) are a different story.
Cal4Pros allows a heavily used, dropped, shaken, stirred, rattled and flat out abused iPhone to be:
1. measured and
2. restored to beyond its out-of-the-box level of precision when used in conjunction with other applications. (Note: Even the degree of out-of-the-box precision varies from phone to phone!)
The former, anyone can do by simply using this app. Restoring the level of precision requires the pro responsible for your favorite app to incorporate some basic code and distribute an update. Read on. We have made it easy to do.
Accelerometers are highly sensitive micro-devices that quickly lose accuracy when used "in the wild." Yet, thousands of iPhone apps depend on accelerometer data for game control, measurement, or movement sensing while not offering users the ability keep their apps in tune with the ever changing accuracy of accelerometers. Cal4Pros allows for both measurement and tuning.
DOES 0 = 0? YOUR PHONE ASSUMES SO:
Place the phone face up on a flat, relatively level surface and hit calibrate. Voila. Within seconds, you are presented with the calibration factors needed to bring the accelerometers in your phone back to--and in some cases beyond--their original level of precision. These factors are presented in their raw form, which are percentages of 1 g-force (g-Force is the stuff you and your phone feel when taking off in an airplane or turning a corner in your car). Note: This alone does NOT automatically calibrate your phone, it simply allows any concerned or zealous (okay, overly concerned or zealous?) user to get more acquainted with their iPhone. However, programmers can easily access Cal4Pros output stored in a local SQLite database and pull the calibration values into their applications:
MAKE 0=0!
Visit our website for instructions on how to access the Cal4Pros output from your app: www. http://www.wi-design.com/iphone_apps/cal4pros/
If you are not a programmer and your favorite applications could benefit from a precisely calibrated device, write your app providers today!
While we have found this app to be very useful and oddly fun in-house, we are interested in your feedback and how useful this app is for you, either as a more informed user (who is now more in tune with their iPhone) or a programmer. Write us at: Cal4Pros@Wi-Design.com
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 50.33 KB of space to download and install Cal.4Pros app. Cal.4Pros is available on iTunes for $0.00
If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Wi-Design, Inc. at http://www.wi-design.com/iphone_apps/cal4pros/.
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