I think this would be pretty cool. If the phone is charging, then the bottom 4 haptic buttons would stay lit. Then they would turn off once the charge is at 90% or 100%.
It would be a good indicator for those of us who use CPUStatusLED. Plus I think it would look pretty pimp.
For those who think it would be unnecessarily bright when charging at night, then maybe make this option toggle-able.
Anyone know if it is possible, and if so would it be easy? I can attempt it myself if someone can help guide me, but I have very little knowledge of how something like this works. Just PM me if you're interesting in sharing your knowledge.
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Ooh that would be cool. Or maybe make them pulse periodically(configurable of course).
Well now that you mention pulsing, I got another idea. It would really cool if the buttons can light up in succession, like a LED scroll. Since it seems like the backlights naturally pulse on and off (rather than a quick blink) I think a scrolling pulse would look awesome. Maybe keep each series of pulses a good 5 seconds apart or more so it doesnt look too crazy. Then once the phone is fully charged, the backlights would stay on.
It would definitely make iphone owners jealous too.
denimjunkie82 said:
Well now that you mention pulsing, I got another idea. It would really cool if the buttons can light up in succession, like a LED scroll. Since it seems like the backlights naturally pulse on and off (rather than a quick blink) I think a scrolling pulse would look awesome. Maybe keep each series of pulses a good 5 seconds apart or more so it doesnt look too crazy. Then once the phone is fully charged, the backlights would stay on.
It would definitely make iphone owners jealous too.
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You got a +1 from me. I'm not capable of helping though unfortunately...
I also register my keen interest but total lack of helpful knowledge
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Definitely interested. Hope this is made.
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deffinatly interested in this if a developer/coder would be able to pull this off.
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Yesterday my girlfriend received a txt msg, and I noticed her trackbal on the HTC Hero was glowing.
I remember back in the days someone made a cab that when ever your HD2 screen is on, the button backlight stays on (doesn't go black after 7 sec).
Now my question is, is there a app what lights up the button backlights as notification??
The small notification light sucks on the HD2.
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I would also be interested in something like this...
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Im mos def in!
When I get back home, I'ma try contacting the dev of the previous app, to see if he can make something like this... Or help us out a bit.
Great idea indeed. +1 from me here also.
great idea whould be so nice if aassigned to the mid button or end call button..
Great idea - notifications were so much easier to see on my old touch diamond when the circular pad used to light up around the edge. Hope this one can be done.
It would be nice but I'm almost sure we can just make glow the 5 buttons in the same time (not individually).
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I was thinking bout knight rider... Like Kit!
use all the buttons illumination.
Imagine the light going from left to right, then back again!
So cool!
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We want just the light, sound is always there...
I'll second that i want to see my lights strobing like kit when i have a message !
Ok I've contacted NetRipper.
His big concern was battery life.
I told him people installing these apps are aware that it may infect the battery life.
He is going to make a proof of consept...
ETA etc.. Dunno, he gonna contact me when he has something.
So please don't spam him! The app is on the way.
Light talk about notification ..
still no solution for some HD 2 with new mail notification light. However strange that sms etc.. does, and not mail.
Good idea, xmoo.
The LEDs for the buttons wouldn't have to be illuminated for very long at all. In fact a quick double or triple strobe every few seconds would be enough to alert the user. That would have a minimal effect on battery life.
Major_Sarcasm said:
Good idea, xmoo.
The LEDs for the buttons wouldn't have to be illuminated for very long at all. In fact a quick double or triple strobe every few seconds would be enough to alert the user. That would have a minimal effect on battery life.
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Yeah, the Diamond notification lights would light up every few seconds, not all the time.Besides, I'm running the continuous keypad illumination app on my HD2, and i'm more than happy with battery life.
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Good idea, xmoo.
The LEDs for the buttons wouldn't have to be illuminated for very long at all. In fact a quick double or triple strobe every few seconds would be enough to alert the user. That would have a minimal effect on battery life.
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The problem is, getting the LEDS to work is no deal. But getting the LEDS to work, the device needs to come out of standby (but with LCD off tho, just like playing music).
And that in the Longterm can eat some battery. But then again, when were notified we directly gonna check it.. at least I am
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The problem is, getting the LEDS to work is no deal. But getting the LEDS to work, the device needs to come out of standby (but with LCD off tho, just like playing music).
And that in the Longterm can eat some battery. But then again, when were notified we directly gonna check it.. at least I am
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Yeah but i think the big issue about the battery life is enlighting the screen. When its stays off, its not using power. I don't think such an app will take more battery than the current top-led status listener.
Jealousy said:
Yeah but i think the big issue about the battery life is enlighting the screen. When its stays off, its not using power. I don't think such an app will take more battery than the current top-led status listener.
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Only time will tel
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First tests seem to indicate battery drainage is fair. A small test indicates that the device in unattended mode only takes about 3% battery life in 2 hours (100% -> 97%). The keypad lights have been blinking every 3 seconds during this time.
If I have something ready to test massively, I'll let you guys know.
Since we all know the primary notification light indicator in the top-left corner of the Aria is less than adequate brightness-wise and visibility-wise I would like to propose a new alternative LED indicator: Use the capacitive menu buttons instead!
I was thinking if, at all possible, only one would need to be lit up - which I'd like to use the home button. I'm not sure if each one can be lit up seperately though.
What do you guys think?
Cool idea, but I have a feeling all of the button lights are linked. If you take the back housing off the phone and look at the glass from the edge, it looks like it's just one light...
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Since we all know the primary notification light indicator in the top-left corner of the Aria is less than adequate I would like to propose a new alternative LED indicator: Use the capacitive menu buttons instead!
I was thinking if, at all possible, only one would need to be lit up - which I'd like to use the home button. I'm not sure if each one can be lit up seperately though.
What do you guys think?
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Less than adequate in what way? With CM 6.1 mine flashes when I get an email, text, missed call or voice mail. Its RED while its charging and changes to GREEN when its full charged. Am I missing something?
I don't see how flashing the Home button would be any different than what we have now.
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Less than adequate in what way? With CM 6.1 mine flashes when I get an email, text, missed call or voice mail. Its RED while its charging and changes to GREEN when its full charged. Am I missing something?
I don't see how flashing the Home button would be any different than what we have now.
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I should have been more specific, the brightness and visibility is what is less than adequate!
I have to actually hold the phone up to my face and directly look at it to see the light emitting any "light" - what's the point of that??? Mine as well is turned on and the fact that I don't even notice it is a shame really.
With other devices I've owned (blackberry comes to mind).. I could see the notification light clearly visible from afar.
If you're judging my idea because you think it's stupid, then please keep your comments out of here - it's development, not judging time.
Thank you.
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I should have been more specific, the brightness and visibility is what is less than adequate!
I have to actually hold the phone up to my face and directly look at it to see the light emitting any "light" - what's the point of that??? Mine as well is turned on and the fact that I don't even notice it is a shame really.
With other devices I've owned (blackberry comes to mind).. I could see the notification light clearly visible from afar.
If you're judging my idea because you think it's stupid, then please keep your comments out of here - it's development, not judging time.
Thank you.
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Thanks for the clarification. Yes I would agree that compared to other phones I have had, the LED is not near as obvious, especially with a case on. Using the Home button may be more obvious, but you would lose the color aspect that the LED offers.
Does anyone elses LED stop blinking for notifications shortly after it starts? I was hoping it would continue to blink until i check the message or what not.
Yep. Not sure why but it seems hit or miss on the LED.
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is there anyway to bake this into the a ROM? It would really be nice to have it continue to blink so i dont have to turn my screen on in order to see if i have a missed message/call/etc
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is there anyway to bake this into the a ROM? It would really be nice to have it continue to blink so i dont have to turn my screen on in order to see if i have a missed message/call/etc
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O yeah dude. The source code is out and has been released! We have the POWER!!! Just be patient and stay tuned, for the fun is about to begin.
nice !
sometimes i get LED and other times i dont
Me 2. Generally surprised to see if but I constaly have messages but no led. Cm7, thought it was just not working with the aosp messanger but its been blinking all day on cue today.....
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Yeah it's a little baffling how they setup the LED notifs, I'm hoping someone will fix/update/change that quickly. I've had the phone for two weeks and I still an not sure which blinking LED means what specifically.
Sire note, I'm also getting random vibrates which happen with no notifs at all and it's a little worrisome from a "what in the hell is the phone doing" standpoint but overall I love this phone.
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Yeah it's a little baffling how they setup the LED notifs, I'm hoping someone will fix/update/change that quickly. I've had the phone for two weeks and I still an not sure which blinking LED means what specifically.
Sire note, I'm also getting random vibrates which happen with no notifs at all and it's a little worrisome from a "what in the hell is the phone doing" standpoint but overall I love this phone.
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I have had that before too, thought I was going crazy
Glad to see this is a sought after feature. Maybe I'll work with some devs and see what can happen.
I don't think we can ..... anyone know different? Maybe when there is the keyboard dock, does anyone have that yet?
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Could try something like noled until confirmation on dock leds?
good call, but I'm hoping for real led, like what I have gotten used to on the desire. its probably won't matter as I can't put the thing down.
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iamdarren said:
good call, but I'm hoping for real led, like what I have gotten used to on the desire. its probably won't matter as I can't put the thing down.
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Little O/T but after switching from N1 to NS, the lack of LED notifications was a bit wierd. BUT noLED is great and I actually prefer it over the LED blinking now.
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NoLED wouldn't be good for the Transformer. NoLED was designed around OLED devices, that can have most of the screen off, and only a few pixels on at a time, with very little battery drain.
An LCD on the other hand, would be fully on, and drain the battery like crazy.
I quite liked the vertically long LED on the Xoom. Not something I'll particularly miss, but it felt rather familiar.
This doesn't seem like much of a problem to me really. My N1 makes a noise/LED lights for a notification, I pick up the tablet and check it. I have a different notification tone for both text messages and general notifications, so this system works well for me.
Perhaps when the dock gets released, we can repurpose the caps lock LED to be a notifications LED... I'm not sure how well that would work, or even if it would be neccessary?
so as many users are no doubt aware that samsung has left off a led for notifications i have been thinking of ways around it. i have tried the NoLED app and it works ok but im not crazy about it. I feel like there is a simpler way. Is it possible to just use the backlights on the hard keys at the bottom as a notification light when a user receives a text, gtalk, missed call, etc... ? Anyone have an idea of how difficult it would be or if this is even possible? Im thinking that maybe all 4 lights blink in some sort of pattern, or if it is all one light then i guess you just blink that for 10 seconds or something then let it sleep for 30 seconds maybe? thoughts? I'm, not familiar with android development so the task sounds awfully daunting to me.
Is it really that hard to post in the questions section? And I think it'd be a fantastic idea. A bit of a battery suck, but I'd be willing to give up some juice for a backlight notification system.
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Is it really that hard to post in the questions section? And I think it'd be a fantastic idea. A bit of a battery suck, but I'd be willing to give up some juice for a backlight notification system.
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Well, while I did ask a question, it was about an app so I guess this could have been posted in either thread. Also, I wasn't so much asking for permission or advice for the app as I was hoping that someone with knowledge of the hardware might respond and let me know if my idea is even possible. Is the backlight on the hard keys all one light or could we individually illuminate just one key at a time?
I don't think it would be any worse on battery life than the NoLED application which actually turns your whole screen when you have a notification. There are battery saving options but I would think periodically blinking the backlight would be slightly better than turning on the whole screen, right?
it is possible, there were BLN (backlight notifications) on my Fascinate before I got my Charge... however its quite a bit of work to hack it into the kernel especially without official kernel source for GB yet (which is most likely where you'll get BLN is GB or CM7) and imo is pretty worthless since the lights are so dim
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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it is possible, there were BLN (backlight notifications) on my Fascinate before I got my Charge... however its quite a bit of work to hack it into the kernel especially without official kernel source for GB yet (which is most likely where you'll get BLN is GB or CM7) and imo is pretty worthless since the lights are so dim
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so are you saying that hacking it into the kernel is the only way to go about this? it's not an app that you could just run in the background? i do imagine that it's probably much better in the kernel though. I just checked the CM website and they dont support the charge yet, but I assume they will at some point. I do like the GummyCharged ROM that im running now though. Yes, the lights are dim but at least it's something. that's better than constantly having to turn the screen on to see if I have missed anything.
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so are you saying that hacking it into the kernel is the only way to go about this? it's not an app that you could just run in the background? i do imagine that it's probably much better in the kernel though. I just checked the CM website and they dont support the charge yet, but I assume they will at some point. I do like the GummyCharged ROM that im running now though. Yes, the lights are dim but at least it's something. that's better than constantly having to turn the screen on to see if I have missed anything.
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yes it's only done through hacking kernel/rom scripts, and an awesome developer who goes by jt1134 is hard at work with our other awesome Charge devs to get CM7 going on our phones so hopefully soon