Configurable trackball

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Shake the phone while in remote control mode.
2. Jumps in the movie.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Configurable trackball sensivity or something like that.

What version of XBMC Remote are you using?
v0.6.3 signed r461

Which Android device are you using (and which ROM, if custom)?
HTC Magic with CyanogenMod-4.2.14

Which XBMC revision are you running running and on on which platform?
XBMC 9.11 on Windows 7

Please provide any additional information below.
http://xbmc.org/forum/showpost.php?p=498644&postcount=1009

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mix...@gmail.com on 2 Feb 2010 at 1:16

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Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2010 at 9:11

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Agreed. The trackball is way too sensitive. Even the act of clicking it almost 
always causes a scroll event. 
I have to use the touchpad in the remote to click without scrolling.

Lower sensitivity would fix this problem.

Original comment by jackerhack on 3 Mar 2010 at 4:38

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Mikkle you've fixed that, right?

Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2010 at 8:28

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no.
I think I can, though.
Do we want to make these sorts of tweaks configurable? - might save us a lot of 
hazzle, since every single device out there seems to behave slightly different 
form 
all others...

:O) Mikkle

Original comment by mukkenb...@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2010 at 8:41

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making it more configureable seems the most logical choice to me, as the device 
could
have anywhere between buttons and a super sensitive scroll ball.

Original comment by JordanMR...@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2010 at 8:46

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Original comment by mukkenb...@gmail.com on 25 Apr 2010 at 9:37

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Status on this? Otherwise I'll move it to post-1.0...

Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 24 May 2010 at 3:07

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Well, It will have to go post-1.0, unfortunately.
There is no way at all to actually control the sensitivity of the trackball :(

The devices I have access to (including the emulator) always move the trackball 
in 
position offsets of 0.17, and no way to change that behaviour.

Only current option is to always throw away the first trackball event in a 
series, 
and that would be truly crappy.

I'm currently researching an alternative means - something involving the 
accelerometer. This approach should be able to stop the "flick the phone and 
the 
movie jumps"-scenario. not too sure about the click-also-scrolls-a-bit scenario 
though.

Original comment by mukkenb...@gmail.com on 31 May 2010 at 9:09

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Thanks for the heads-up!

Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 31 May 2010 at 6:27

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Thanks for looking this up! A simple fix (maybe temporary) would be to make a 
on/off 
switch in the settings menu.

Original comment by mix...@gmail.com on 31 May 2010 at 6:31

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Is this still relevant?
Anyone still out there with trackball devices?
Personally, I haven't used a trackball since my magic 2 phone generations ago...
What do y'all say?

:O) Mikkle

Original comment by mukkenb...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2011 at 9:30

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Many phones still have an optical "trackball" on them, but i don't think these 
are susceptible to the same issues.

Original comment by JordanMR...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2011 at 10:12

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Exactly my point. The original issue was purely mechanical.

Original comment by mukkenb...@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2011 at 12:40

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I use my old G1 phone purely as a remote control for my HTPC with XBMC (the G1 
has a mechanical trackball).  I only have an issue with the 
"click-also-scrolls-a-bit scenario."  So a calibration setting or an option to 
ignore the first trackball event in a series would be helpful. 

Original comment by SteveBil...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2011 at 6:50