Saturday, June 30, 2012

Lunch @ Fisherman's Wharf Bangalore

Recently heard about "The Fisherman's Wharf" and thought of trying it today. After the usual Saturday shopping went to the restaurant for Launch buffet.

For me the initial and most important perception points when visiting any restaurant are :

  • Car Parking
  • Time to get seated
  • Time to take the first order

Car parking was well organized and assistant was also available. Front desk staff was really quick and got a good table with in minutes. The restaurant was crowded. Luckily I thought of calling in advance otherwise wait for the table could have been long.

There was a Kannada star in the adjacent table (I think it was Sudeep). luckily he, staff and other guests were acting normally.

Rating : The ambiance is very good
9/10

Food is good. Options for Welcome drink was beer or mock-tail. Only Fosters was available, I hope they will add more varieties.
8/10

http://thefishermanswharf.in


Monday, June 25, 2012

TwLauncher 'Force Stop' issue

Yesterday I realized that the desktops in my Samsung Galaxy S is full and for most of the applications there are 3 to 4 links in the desktop (thanks to my daughter). So started a cleanup work by moving the unnecessary links to the recycle bin.
I was hoping that the phone may be faster once I finish the cleanup, but to my surprise phone stopped responding !!

'Force Close' error message for the TwLauncher started coming continuously. It was not possible to access any applications, settings etc but phone functionality/ contacts was ok. The smartphone almost became a brick.

From Android experience I knew that some how if I reset data for the TwLauncher things should work but the problem was that it was not possible to go to the 'Manage Applications' link.

But finally after couple of painful hours I managed to make my phone work again.
Following are the steps (for other urfortunate guys using TwLauncher)
  1. Try to invoke google search box. This can be done by pressing and holding the context menu button.
    But you will have to really fight with the 'Force Close' messages as they will be repeatedly appearing.
    Keep on trying this , if you are lucky after sometime the search box will appear.

  2. Ensure that the mode of the search box is 'Apps' (mode can be changed by clicking the button to the left of search box ).

  3. Search for "setting ", this will launch the Settings

  4. In Settings, go to 'Applications' -> 'Manage Applications' -> 'All' tab

  5. Select TwLauncher app from the list and click 'Clear Data', this will recover the phone.

Other options considered are
i. Install another launcher like 'GO Launcher'
   This may not help if the issue already occured, but it will be a good idea to install such alternate launcher to help in future.
'Go Launcher' is available for free from Google Play 

ii. Cleaning the TwLauncher data in USB mode
Try connecting the phone to Laptop in USB mode, if this works then the Launcher data can be cleared.

iii. Factory reset
This is the last option if nothing else works.

Note: Your custom screens may be lost once you clear the TwLauncher data.

Are you looking for good free Android educational application for Preschoolers?
Try this - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fortytwo.mathapps.kidsnumberlearning.activity
Review is available here - http://crashingnhanging.blogspot.in/2013/08/android-free-preschooler-number.html


Saturday, June 23, 2012

g|days in India

Finally google days event in India !
Venues are Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi and Mumbai

Since the space is limited , register today itself.
For details visit : https://sites.google.com/site/gindia12/