Sanchit Karve

BunkM - Attendance Manager

Now there's a Lecture Bunking Calculator for your cell phone.
Go Ahead and Bunk 'em!!!

Application Description

This mobile application maintains a record of your attendance at college and helps you ensure that your attendance is above the mandatory attendance percentage. It supports 8 Subjects as well as Lecture Irregularities such as Cancelled and Extra Lectures. You can also backup your attendance data online or transfer it to another phone.

Features

• All Attendance information is stored on your phone. NO PC NEEDED!
• Online Backup and Transfer of Attendance and Settings.
• Maintains data for a maximum of 8 subjects.
• Stores attendance record for Subject-Practicals.
• Generates Statistics on a custom date range to enable you to track your attendance record and verify it with your college attendance list.
• Informs you how many lectures you can afford to bunk or how many you need to attend to stay out of the defaulters list.
• Supports Extra-Lectures. (i.e. 2 lectures of the same subject in a day)
• Built-in Update checker allows you to download the latest version directly from your Phone.
• Comprehensive Help Menu for every feature in the application.

Why did I write this?

My First Semester of Engineering at Mumbai University was a real pain when it came to attendance. The minimum required percentage is 75% in each subject and 100% in practical classes. I thought 75% was more than enough, and so I bunked without realizing how low my attendance was. And what's more, I didn't even know my current Attendance percentage, and it was made known to us every month.

Also, at times the college screws up the attendance list which lowers our attendance even though we did in fact attend them. With this Application, you can check your attendance anywhere and anytime and also verify your records with that of the college.

Who is this for?

This application was designed as per the attendance rules and regulations of Mumbai University for Undergraduate courses as of January 2009.

However, since the minimum required percentage can be customized, this application can be used for any course but attendance conditions unique to your course cannot be checked.

If you want to port this application to include attendance conditions for your course, contact me via email and I'll do the needful.

Screenshots (version 1.60)

Coming Soon.

Minimum System Requirements

• Any phone that supports Java with CLDC 1.0 and MIDP 2.0
• GPRS/3G/Wi-Fi connection required for program update.
• Screen resolution : 172 x 208

Recommended Phone Configuration

• Nokia S60v3 Phones or newer Nokia S40 Phones.
• Phones using Windows Mobile 5 or higher.
• Screen Resolution of 240 x 320 or higher.
• Any J2ME supported phone supporting CLDC 1.1 and MIDP 2.1

BunkM Has Been Tested On

• Nokia N82
• Asus P320
• Nokia E51
• Nokia N73
• Samsung SGH-E250 (Installation Issue, Requires Statistics Override)
• Nokia N72 (Requires Statistics Override)
• Nokia N70 (Requires Statistics Override)

Download BunkM

• Download BunkM v1.60 Beta (JAR File)
• Download BunkM v1.60 Beta (JAD File)
• Download Source Code (Will be released after v1.7 release)

Known Issues

• Updating from any previous version on the phone on an S60v3 device may prevent the phone from starting BunkM.

  • Can't be fixed : I can't do anything about this as it's a bug in the S60-J2ME Integration code.

  • Workaround    : Start BunkM in a J2ME Emulator on the PC and manually copy the attendance records and settings and upload the data online followed by a download operation on your phone.

• Choosing to preserve application data while updating on a Nokia S60v3 device may prevent the phone from starting BunkM.

  • Can't be fixed : Same reason as previous issue.

  • Workaround    : Restart the phone. It usually does the trick but if it doesn't, follow the same instructions as the previous issue workaround.

BunkM-Online! - Backup your Data ^*New*

You can now backup your attendance and settings data online with BunkM version 1.6. This feature comes in handy when you need to transfer the data to another phone or want to restore the data after a phone crash or app uninstall etc.

Create an Account Below and type your username and password in the Settings Menu in your BunkM 1.6 application.

• Sign In ^{*Coming Soon*}
• Create an Account