Signal Boosting Beta App

[fcorralesh]

I wonder what will happen tomorrow with this little app.

[STBXXL]

Does anyone out there know anything about mobile radio/network technology?

I'm wondering if you can shed any more light on what the

Fixed Origin Originator Linkup

function might actually be doing?

So were all FOOLs ?

Well done I have to say.      

[ConfusedVorlon]

It really does increase the number of bars you see (at least on my test devices).

It does it by meddling with the gadget library and changing the images around. The image for 1 bar becomes the image for 3, etc.

Of course, Initate and Butler were never fooled! They display their gadget themselves.

Personal bugbear of mine how people sometimes confuse bars with signal (my Nokia has 3 bars - your Treo has 2 bars). Bars mean nothing - and this app proves it 

Hope you enjoyed it   

oh, I left a couple of clues:
-Fixed Origin Originator Linkup
-The first letters of the paragraphs of the intro text
-The creator id
-Posting a few mins into the 1st April 

[rjuhl]

well done!

I don't fall for too many, but gotta say ... YA GOT ME!   

[aj48198]

OWNED  

[aquarian021]

Good one .. really fooled me..  )
Regards, Tripti.

[John Markley]

  A consolation prize for those of us who bit (and those who didn't for that matter) -  a lot more of us know about the #*#debug# function than before.

~ John
vzw755p/pEditTool

[professor69]

ouch! Well I will leave it on there as proof of my gullibility

[midiwall]

Treolauncher already does this.

I dunno how reliable it is though... Here at my desk at work, I'm showing 2 bars, but TreoLauncher is showing a signal strength of "99" (it maps the dBf reference to 0-100, so 100 is strongest).

[phil12210]

I bow to you Rob.  I don't know if any of us other developers could ever top this.  Though you sure have me thinking for next year!  Good work buddy.

- Phil -
BoraWare

[chckhbrt]

BWAHAHA....

By my count, 11 Newbies, 14 Wannabies, 13 Juniors, 5 Seniors and 7 Full members bit, or posted in this thread....

No Uber members bit. Are you slipping Rob? 

Chuck 

[sassiebrat]

first one I've fallen for in a long time!!!  I just figured it wasn't doing anything on my phone... and it's been uninstalled..... but good one Rob...... hats off!

[MiDoJo]

 

Damn rob that's  a Nice one!!!! Could a malicious person use the gadget vulin to change other images (showing a Non roaming sig for roaming etc showing a vm symbol that links to a malicious site (Developers I'm look at you to pwn palm)

I think I'll post this little joke to G4 and have them larf at us


P.s

By my count, 11 Newbies, 14 Wannabies, 13 Juniors, 5 Seniors and 7 Full members bit, or posted in this thread

Are you counting those of us who posted and did not get the prog???

[levmic]

I download the app this afternoon and have been trying it all over town.  So far I am getting ATLEAST a two bar improvement in what used to be problem areas!!!   Extra power usage seems to be minimal.  I have the Seidio High Cap battery in a Treo 650p.  So far so good!  Thanks

[babywayne]

I download the app this afternoon and have been trying it all over town.  So far I am getting ATLEAST a two bar improvement in what used to be problem areas!!!   Extra power usage seems to be minimal.  I have the Seidio High Cap battery in a Treo 650p.  So far so good!  Thanks

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