Android System Monitoring

Hello!

I havent been here for a long time (mostly due to less free time, need to work now ). My overclocking days are over, but I still remember the random lock ups and issues I had when I played around (mostly due to high temperature).

The biggest problem I had is that I could not monitor temperatures/clocks/etc when using applications which required full screen (e.g. games).

Since I was looking to get into Android development, I created a prototype Android app. I made a video of the application and will release this application as open source if there is enough demand. I would also like to get some feedback on the app.

So, here is the video:
‪Android Hardware Monitor‬‏ - YouTube

Would you find such an app useful? Would you be interested in giving it a shot? (The application is split into 2 -> Server side (running on the pc) and client side (running on the android device).

Please let me know and if there is enough interest, I will release the app. There is no point in further spending time on the app if nobody is going to use it.

Thanks for you time

 

Good to see you back up on these forums, Wattos.
I remember you from when you were active on the Alienware forums.

I don't have an android so I don't think this application would be beneficial for me. However, I would not be interested in this because my laptop never runs too hot (Maybe I'm just not a hardcore gamer as I used to be.) I never overclocked my laptop and never plan to. Honestly, I don't see much of a community for this application seeing as you've alienated other phones and since most people's laptops don't run too excessively hot. If its running hot, than chances are, its time to swap out the thermal paste or downclock.

 

I'd definitely use it for my desktop and laptop. It'd be nice if it could handle multiple machines, even if not simultaneously. I like the graphs for inspecting it, but I'd really like a whole system "control panel" that just listed the highest core temperature among all the cores. Not sure if you could do it, but a scaled graph would be more helpful for what you're showing on the GPU frequency graph, too. I'm sure all that's possible and what you're aiming for, but the tech demo is great Shows some real promise. Might also be worthwhile to throw in core voltage monitoring if you want desktop users to use it as well.

You should definitely keep developing it, even if you end up open-sourcing it. Set up a donate app for it. I'd buy one.

EvenlikeSteven: I'd wager that most of the power users who do things like overclocking will be more drawn to Android than iOS, which is the only real competitor, due to it's more open and hackable nature. Just like you said the app wouldn't be useful to you, it's because you're not the type to tweak. Besides, Android has had more of the US marketshare than iOS for the last couple years... it's just good sense to develop for the most appropriate platform.

 

@Pitabred: When did I ever say anything about iOS or specifically called out on Android? Even if I did have an android, this application would not interest me due to the fact that mine has never overheated before. Does not mean I can't tweak my system or am afraid to tweak my system. The fact of the matter is, if yours overheats you can usually use a powerful tool called your hands. If you lay your palm near the right side of the palm rest its obvious to tell weather or not its getting a bit too hot. At least thats with my system in terms of where each component is located.

 

If you consider opening/documenting the spec for communicating with the server, i could consider writing a windows phone 7 version of the app.

 

I understood that like this as well. Maybe I misunderstood something.

I believe in open source, so everything with regards to that application will be open source. It will be placed on github ^^. The integration should not be a big deal, since a really simple Socket layer is used. are used for communications.

But you are not getting any documentation in Swiss German!!!!!!

 

why not? swiss german ROCKS!!

 

Might want to take a look at how bb4 is running these days (even after they went closed source with Quest).

BB4 has a pretty big user community.

 

It's seems very interesting to me, but to be honest I don't think that I would install it on my phone, I'd rather to keep only very useful apps and save space.