Most new features introduced with this release improve Hash It!’s usability, such as (optionally) caching the entered master key for a configurable amount of time, so that you don’t have to type it again and again as you hash passwords for multiple web sites. Another usability improvement causes Hash It! to automatically return to your web browser once you have hashed the password without the need to manually hit the back button. Of course, this is also configurable.

While previous Hash It! releases covered the functionality of the original Password Hasher Firefox extension, the Password Hasher Plus extension for Google Chrome introduced a new feature to improve the password strength using a private key. Hash It! 1.3.0 puts in support for this feature and should now again be fully compatible with Password Hasher Plus.

Last, but not least a few bugs fell by the wayside. Sorry, guys…

Hash It! 1.3.0 is available via the Android Market. Details are also available at: http://android.ginkel.com/

Merry Christmas & have fun using Hash It!, your friendly password memorization brain extension!

Anyway, a new version (1.2.1) is out now, which should hopefully solve these issues. If any force closes remain, please drop me a mail.

While you can conveniently use Hash It! from your preferred mobile web browser via its “Share” feature, some people prefer starting Hash It! from the launcher, which requires manual entry of the site tag. So far, Hash It! did not remember these manually entered site tags, which required repeated re-entry of the respective tag over time. To close this usability gap, Hash It! will remember the site tag in a history from this release on. Just type the first few characters of the desired tag and the history of matching tags will be shown. Users concerned with the privacy implications of this feature can easily disable it in the settings.

Furthermore, Hash It! did not support FroYo’s (Android 2.2) Apps2SD feature. While Hash It! is pretty small (< 100 kB) compared to other Android applications (so this feature is probably not vital), I would still like to leave this decision to the end-user, which is why starting with Hash It! 1.2.0 you can move it to your SD card (given that your phone is running Android 2.2).

Hash It! 1.2.0 is available via the Android Market. Details are also available at: http://android.ginkel.com/

Have fun!

dumpsys power

from an adb shell.

So, I just rolled an update, Hash It! 1.1.0, which adds support for the most common ccSLDs (country code second-level domains), such as .co.uk, .ac.uk or .com.sg.

Hash It! 1.1.0 is available via the Android Market. Details are also available at: http://android.ginkel.com/

Enjoy!

The history so far:

Me (April 3rd, 2010):

Dear HTC support,

I would hereby like to request the Linux Kernel source code for my HTC Desire phone according to section 3 of the GNU General Public License v2 under which the Linux kernel the Desire is based on is licensed. A download URL will be fine.

Thanks,
Thilo

HTC (April 3rd, 2010):

Dear Thilo-Alexander

Thank you for your enquiry about linux.

Sorry we don’t support Linux, even though linux and android have similarities they’re not made for eachother. But here is the link for our kernals http://developer.htc.com/, happy Easter!

Best regards,

xxxx x
HTC Tech Support
www.htc.com
Tel: +44 8458900xxx

Me (April 3rd, 2010):

Well, it surprises me that you are not aware of the fact that all your Android phones have a Linux operating system running on them. Anyway, the URL you pointed me to does not contain a link to the Desire’s Kernel sources, so I am again requesting access to the Desire’s Kernel source code in compliance with the GNU Public License (GPL) that applies to the Linux Kernel built into the Desire’s ROM.

If you are uncertain about the implications of this source code request or not familiar with the GPL, please forward my inquiry to the next level.

HTC (April 3rd, 2010):

Dear Thilo-Alexander

Thank you for your enquiry about linux kernel.

When it comes to the the Desire, it hasn’t been releast fully yet. But keep following that site it will be there, but we’re aware of the kernel being used but we don’t support linux specifically. Sorry i can’t issue any other information at this time, but still have a happy easter..

Best regards,

xxxxx x
HTC Tech Support
www.htc.com
Tel: +44 8458900xxx

Me (April 10th, 2010):

Dear xxxxx,

unfortunately, the GPL does not leave HTC with this freedom of choice. As soon as the binary code has been published (which it has by means of the HTC desire device I bought) HTC is obliged to instantly release the source code (including any custom modifications) on request.

Please escalate this issue to your head office in Taiwan.

Thanks,
Thilo

HTC (April 12th, 2010):

Dear Thilo

Thank you for your enquiry about escalation.

This case has already been escalated, but i’ve escalated your care personally again. And your answer should be on our site in the form of the kernal, since the device is so new it could take a while. But i give my word that your case is escalated!
Thank you for your time, and have a nice day!

Best regards,

xxxxx x
HTC Tech Support
www.htc.com
Tel: +44 8458900xxx

HTC (April 16th, 2010):

Dear Thilo

Thank you for your enquiry about escalation

May have some news for you soon, but please what build number is on your device?

Best regards,

xxxxx x
HTC Tech Support
www.htc.com

Me (April 16th, 2010):

Dear xxxxx,

thank you for your reply. The build number of my HTC Desire is “1.15.405.4 CL155070 release-keys”.

Kind regards,
Thilo

Since then, nothing happened…

While this probably does not matter at all to the average user of their phones, it just turns out to be a major annoyance for me while I am trying to track down a nasty bug in their Android kernel, which prevents applications from working correctly while the device’s screen is turned off…

gpl-violations.org, anyone?

P.S.: Seems, I am not the only one facing that issue.

http://asm.ow2.org/doc/faq.html#Q7

P.S.: This would not even have been an issue if HTC would open-source their proprietary code for the HTC Desire…

Hash It! is licensed under the GPLv3 and as such comes with full source code for your entertainment.

Further details on how to download it to your mobile phone as well as the changelog are available at: http://android.ginkel.com/

Get it while it is still hot!

As it seems, the Android ADT Eclipse plug-in also comes with an undocumented “feature”: If no “Custom debug keystore” is set in the Android Build Preferences, it will apparently use a different key to sign the APK when deploying it to a phone connected via USB than when deploying it to the Emulator. So, all your Maps applications will suddenly start to fail displaying map data once they are deployed on a real device for testing purposes.

To work around this issue, set the “Custom debug keystore” setting (empty by default) to the same value as the “Default debug keystore”.