crackertc

For those of you that don't know Bedside,

It is a night clock that turns off all notifications while it's opened. However, if somebody calls you, it will ring/vibrate, or whatever ring mode you had before you opened it. For example:

- You set the phone to vibrate
- Open Bedside
- You get any notification, sms, email, other app, etc.. it wont vibrate or sound, nothing.
- You get a call, it will vibrate.


It has features like:

- TTS (Text-to-Speech), long press anywhere on the screen, and Bedside will say the time. You can enable/disable this on the preferences.
- Swipe Up/Down for Brightness Control.
- Battery Status
- Option not to turn off sounds (Clock Only).
- Ability to Keep Screen On, or just let it off along with your Display Timeout setting (Bedside will keep running).
- 24 Hours Format (TTS will say time in 24 hours as well)
- Text Colors
- Text Fonts (only for the time)
- Subtle Background (optional since it doesn't help with Brightness)
- Flashlight (on the menu, or also you can enable the Show Lightbulb option on preferences and a small lightbulb will show up on the top left corner for easy flashlight access)


As you can see, this app is very customizable and useful. It's $1.49 and available in the market right now.

There's a "Lite" version as well but it's missing many features that the regular version has.

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kizer

I use this app when I travel and I fear that the wife might need to get in touch with me while I'm alseep. However its nice to know that all the emails and text messages get muted.

crackertc

Well, If she calls you, it will ring or vibrate, depending what setting you had before opening Bedside. If you don't want Bedside to turn off any notification you can use the "clock only" option in the preferences and it'll only be like a clock.

Thanks for the support

crackertc

Who wants SMS whitelist support????

BLTLSOH

I just wanted to mention how impressed I am with this app, and with the developer. I bought this for my Droid last night, had a small issue, emailed him, and got an answer within 10 minutes This app is the only one I've found that has most of the features offered, and is extremely effective!

Carl C

This app looks good , Think I'll give it a go

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crackertc

I'm really glad this is useful for so many people

fegriffith

Is there any way to get this to turn off the glowing buttons on the Droid. I found the original bedside mode of the OS to be way too bright for sleeping so downloaded this app which I like a lot better (more customized), but the buttons glowing bright white still make it brighter than I really want.

crackertc

Hi, I have already tried looking into this yesterday, no luck, Motorola did this in a very weird way and there's no way for us developers to control that part of the phone, YET.
Soon there will be an update that might allow us to do something about this, and I'll keep looking into it, as soon as they come up with something, or I'll figure it out, I will implement the fix in Bedside.

Thanks

dakoop

Where might I find the lite version. Would love to try before I buy.

crackertc

Oh I'm sorry, the Lite version is not available anymore.
You could get the full version and refund it within 24 hours if you don't like it.

fegriffith

Thank you for the response. At least I'm not crazy...I used it while on a trip over the weekend and thought the buttons weren't on...but they must have been.

Thanks again...great app and the functionality your app gives the phone is really what it should have been. I guess this is why droid is so great, huh? What they leave out can easily be added in.

crackertc

Exactly, that's exactly the whole point of Android's openness! Google made in a way that developers can do almost anything to improve the user experience.

Thank you for the compliments.

astro13rm

Another vote for this app and the developer! Great functionality in the application itself. I had some questions and the developer e-mailed me back within minutes and was willing to exchange some emails back and forth.

Top notch...worth even more than he's charging!

dhendriksen

This was one thing I missed a lot about my Blackberry's...BEDSIDE MODE!

I just bought this app and am looking forward to trying it out tonight!

thecrazing

Whitelists would be very, very nice. I can say that if it were that customizable, I would drop the 1.50 no problem, as opposed to the merely considering it I'm doing now.

Saltwater Hero

I cannot find this in the marketplace.

crackertc

SMS Whitelists are already implemented, and Calls Whitelists are coming soon as well as weather, should be coming up as the next update unless a bug shows up.

thanks

crackertc

Sorry about that, it stopped working in 1.5 due to some APIs that I needed to use from 1.6 so Hero, Moment or Cliq users can't see it in the market.

Saltwater Hero

oh okay well i'll be looking forward to this soon then hopefuly i really like the weather idea. thanks for the quick response back!

Last edited by Saltwater Hero; 11-09-2009 at 11:11 PM.

crackertc

No problem! I really hope you guys get the 2.0 update soon so all you guys can enjoy Bedside

ldougherty

I installed this last night; love it..

brittas

I can't find this on the market for some reason?

Running a G2/Hero on Tmobile in the UK.

crackertc

I'm sorry, after version 3.0 Bedside needed to be updated to use the 1.6 SDK, and it's not backward-compatible since it uses many 1.6-specific APIs.

Hopefully you guys get upgraded to 1.6 or 2.0 soon!

pizzachef

I don't suppose you still have an old less-feature-rich version back in your archives that only needed the 1.5 API's? There's a lot of us that are still stuck with Android 1.5 for the foreseeable future. And I'd really like to try your app!...even if it has to be an older version that doesn't have all the current goodies.

If its not really feasible, I'll just have to wait for Sprint to update me

bjanow

Same here. I need it for the Eris, currently 1.5. I'll pay.

crackertc

Hi, yes version 2.1.3 is actually in the market for users running 1.5, for free. Check it out.

Thanks

bjanow

Link please!

crackertc

market://search/?q=pname:net.geekherd.bedside

bjanow

Link doesn't work for me.

pizzachef

Found it, thanks. Wasn't there earlier. Thanks for posting it.

crackertc

You must click it from your phone. Or go to the market and search "Bedside"

crackertc

Yeah, I unpublished it a few days ago because I was thinking of maybe updating it to version 3.0 for users running 1.5... but I read that HTC was working on the new update so hopefully all phones get updated to 1.6-2.0 soon.

bjanow

Got it, thanks. I'll upgrade once we get 2.0.

crackertc

great thanks

bjanow

Not sure what happened to my last post, but I'll repeat. 3.0 is something I need asap. I didn't realize you, crackertc, were the developer. I like to keep my phone on at night in case my kids call but can't be bothered with the message tones. I would gladly pay a premium to have 3.0 on the Eris if possible. We really aren't sure when 2.0 will be out. Does 3.0 Bedside have an analog clock?

Thanks, Bobby.

crackertc

I know, there are many rumors, and also leaked roms out there proving that HTC has been working on 2.0 - 2.1, so that's why I haven't bothered on writing a whole new Bedside 3.0 for 1.5 users, I'd rather spend that time implementing new features for 3.1.

Bedside 2.1.3 should work just fine for you in the mean time, from what I think, HTC should release an update by late Dec, early Jan. By then, hopefully I'll have 3.1 out.

No, Bedside doesn't have an analog clock, will keep that in mind for later

Thanks!

crackertc

and yes, I know about my username here, I'm not sure why I choose this instead of the usual "velazcod" on every other forum/twitter etc....

bjanow

Yeah, there is something soothing about an analog clock at night. It's like, who needs the exact time? 15 minutes here or there work just fine for me at 3 AM. ; Is there a way in 2.1.3 that will allow phone calls only?

crackertc

2.1.3 already does that,, it only allows phone calls, just make sure you set the desired ring style mode that you'd like phone calls to be when receiving a call while Bedside is open, BEFORE you open bedside.

For example, if you want the phone to only vibrate when getting a call, or ring at a certain volume, put that setting, then open Bedside. It will silent absolutely everything BUT calls.

3.0 has the same features, but it also includes the ability to let SOME SMS to go through using a whitelist.

bjanow

Hmm..odd. When I go into Bedside the phone does not ring. The call comes in but it's silent. My version says Lite, is it correct?

crackertc

That's strange! Can you email me at velazcod+android@gmail.com
I'll help you troubleshoot.

Thanks

bjanow

Thanks, done.

itype2slo

Once the whitelists are out there for calls and SMS this app will be awesome! Great app and keep us posted with your progress.

crackertc

Actually, on version 3.0 the sms whitelists are already implemented, its just that 3.0 only works for users running 1.6 or 2.0 (G1, myTouch, Droid, etc.).

ldougherty

How do I get Bedside to be the default application when connected to the Media Dock?

When I first installed it kept asking me which I wanted to use etc and I choose the default media dock configuration; I'd like to change this to Bedside now..

crackertc

You have to go into Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications
Search for the Dock (or MediaDock), click on it, then scroll down and click on the button that says "Clear Defaults".

This will clear the default dock to be the default action when connected to the dock. Now you can connect the phone to the dock and select Bedside and mark it as default.

Let me know if this worked for you.
Thanks

ldougherty

There is no "dock" or "media dock" under Applications > Manage Applications.

I've gone through every application listed; nothing that has anything to do with the dock.

crackertc

I'm sorry I don't have a Droid with me to tell you which one it is exactly, I just followed generic-Android instructions.

Did you try Motorola Dock? Moto Dock? Home Dock?
I will ask around and see how the Dock application is called, I know the package name is com.motorola.DockApp, it might show up in the list like that, but I'm not sure.

ldougherty

I figured it out; if you choose the menu for Manage Applications > Filter > All this will show all of the applications.

By default this is set to "Downloaded" which is why I did not see the system application before; btw it is under Multimedia Station

Thanks..