Hopefully somebody can make an app that will make the button lights light up or flash when you get a notification, also different colors would be awesome if possible. Thanks!
I think only one color would be possible but it would be cool as hell nonetheless!
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Some sort of flashing pattern would be awesome. Like, left to right, right to left, over and over. Think of KITT from Knight Rider.
Zilliano said:
Some sort of flashing pattern would be awesome. Like, left to right, right to left, over and over. Think of KITT from Knight Rider.
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Michael you have an incoming call...that would be pretty cool. That's a good idea too.
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Some sort of flashing pattern would be awesome. Like, left to right, right to left, over and over. Think of KITT from Knight Rider.
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Well i think there are two differnt lights, they are physically two different buttons (the right two are connected, same with left two) so you could prob just do 2 different ones.
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Well i think there are two differnt lights, they are physically two different buttons (the right two are connected, same with left two) so you could prob just do 2 different ones.
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If you tilt the buttons back and try to peek under the screen you can see 4 illuminated spots rather that 2. That leads me to believe its 4 lights under the 2 buttons
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Alright, I hope i don't sound like an a$$hole, but I, for one, am SICK and TIRED of my MyTouch not making use of the THREE (R,B,G to make white, correct?) LED's under it's trackball. Now i have a few questions,
1. Why hasn't it CM included trackball lighting/changing colors in his ROM? If it was done for the N1, how hard would it be to do it on the MyTouch?
2. HOW was it done for the Nexus? I noticed that "Trackball Alert Pro" just changed the LED color (top of phone, in the ear speaker slot), therefore, shouldn't it be as simple as to "tell" the app to use the MyTouch's trackball instead of the Nexus' trackball?
Now, the lights on some Motorola's (the Razr series, the Z3, V360), (the BT LED's, charging LED's, flashlights, etc.) were controlled by FLP files (basically .txt files) that you could edit manually or an FLP editor, so HOW is the Nexus' trackball light controlled? Is it a script, file, is it the kernel? Couldn't the same concept be applied to the MyTouch?
Also, i remember on the T-Mobile forums, a user called "BreakTheCycle2" (here's on XDA too, i think), developed a "script" to change the trackball light colors, and i sent him a PM, but he never replied.
Now, PLEASE don't be hatin' (lol), but I'm a n00b and these are just IDEAS that are running through my head.
A white led is a white led, I strongly doubt there is any way to get primary colors out of it.
N1 trackball's led is a multicolor led, it's just different.
Do you really think someone would put three leds to mimic the action of one?
I've seen a picture of a MyTouch motherboard, there are three LEDs under the trackball.
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jdyates said:
Alright, I hope i don't sound like an a$$hole, but I, for one, am SICK and TIRED of my MyTouch not making use of the THREE (R,B,G to make white, correct?) LED's under it's trackball. Now i have a few questions,
1. Why hasn't it CM included trackball lighting/changing colors in his ROM? If it was done for the N1, how hard would it be to do it on the MyTouch?
2. HOW was it done for the Nexus? I noticed that "Trackball Alert Pro" just changed the LED color (top of phone, in the ear speaker slot), therefore, shouldn't it be as simple as to "tell" the app to use the MyTouch's trackball instead of the Nexus' trackball?
Now, the lights on some Motorola's (the Razr series, the Z3, V360), (the BT LED's, charging LED's, flashlights, etc.) were controlled by FLP files (basically .txt files) that you could edit manually or an FLP editor, so HOW is the Nexus' trackball light controlled? Is it a script, file, is it the kernel? Couldn't the same concept be applied to the MyTouch?
Also, i remember on the T-Mobile forums, a user called "BreakTheCycle2" (here's on XDA too, i think), developed a "script" to change the trackball light colors, and i sent him a PM, but he never replied.
Now, PLEASE don't be hatin' (lol), but I'm a n00b and these are just IDEAS that are running through my head.
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This is barely related to development. I am hoping that you are looking to develop a resolution to getting multiple colors. But if this is just a thread to complain about the lack thereof then I'll move it. Please explain what you are hoping to accomplish for posting this in a section dedication to the advancement of our devices other than complaining about the lack of because that could have been posted in General.
On another note since I haven't seen the three led's that you've mentioned I cannot speculate on whether this is or not a possibility. Ask yourself this... have you ever seen a color other than white on your trackball? So I'm inclined to say that it's not without modification of the hardware... yet I've been wrong before. But the MT3G has been out for a long time and it's popped in everyone's mind at least once. I'm sure that someone has looked into it and if the possibility was there we would be using it by now. Kind of like the getting bluetooth to work issue for Sapphire 32b Hero rom's. Until recently it was considered impossible. Yet it was discovered that you only need the 32A radio and kernel (compatible rom) to make it work. It took time, research, trial/error, patience and a few bricked phones to make such progress. This was for functionality. What you're wanting is only cosmetic. Not a real high priority.
here ya go ..............see post #12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709107&page=2
Ma5t3r89 said:
A white led is a white led, I strongly doubt there is any way to get primary colors out of it.
N1 trackball's led is a multicolor led, it's just different.
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Well mines is orange and I literally mean orange whether it's lit up or not.
manufacturer's defect I guess.
Yours is orange because the thin film they use to protect the board from dust in that area is orange and it probably wasnt placed properly and its covering one of your led's or touching the trackball. Which also means different color trackball led's are very possible. If we can code the led's to work seperately from each other then we can have multiple color led's if we use a different color film on each of them!!!!!! If we cant seperate them then pick a color film u want and place it over the led's and there ya go. I will try to replicate yours tonight and try the one color led as mentioned above
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HOW TO>change trackball colors
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7857742#post7857742
Me and shawn1224 may have accidentaly uncoverd the age old mytouch mystery. I am posting this here because I am not a developer and we need a dev. to try and seperate the 3 led's under the trackball from each other for seperate use. Below is a cut from the thread posted above. I will post an in depth later tonight of how to change the color under the trackball as described below but we still need a dev for the coding if possible of the led's. Thanks
Yours is orange because the thin film they use to protect the board from dust in that area is orange and it probably wasnt placed properly and its covering one of your led's or touching the trackball. Which also means different color trackball led's are very possible. If we can code the led's to work seperately from each other then we can have multiple color led's if we use a different color film on each of them!!!!!! If we cant seperate them then pick a color film u want and place it over the led's and there ya go. I will try to replicate yours tonight and try the one color led as mentioned above
ok finished and it works great. Bought red transparent film, removed trackball, placed film under trackball, replaced trackball...........bam done
heres a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUfIx6L5ns
I went ahead and researched the led by the ear speaker. It is 1 l.e.d with 3 diodes inside of it. Each diode is a different color. The varying colors come from changing the amount of power sent to each diode. Pretty much just like mixing paint in a bucket. Giving a diode more power will increase the color emitted. Lower power to another diode to change the end color of 3 combined l.e.d.'s and still equal the same amount of light emitted by all 3.
Ex.
Red diode wattage=.3333333 of 1
Green diode wattage = .3333333 of 1
Blue diode wattage=.3333333 of 1
1 being the total light emitted/or power sent to whole l.e.d. lower one and raise another but always equal to the max amount of power the led can handle.
Or just buy a new trackball - I got myself a red one.
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This is barely related to development. I am hoping that you are looking to develop a resolution to getting multiple colors. But if this is just a thread to complain about the lack thereof then I'll move it. Please explain what you are hoping to accomplish for posting this in a section dedication to the advancement of our devices other than complaining about the lack of because that could have been posted in General.
On another note since I haven't seen the three led's that you've mentioned I cannot speculate on whether this is or not a possibility. Ask yourself this... have you ever seen a color other than white on your trackball? So I'm inclined to say that it's not without modification of the hardware... yet I've been wrong before. But the MT3G has been out for a long time and it's popped in everyone's mind at least once. I'm sure that someone has looked into it and if the possibility was there we would be using it by now. Kind of like the getting bluetooth to work issue for Sapphire 32b Hero rom's. Until recently it was considered impossible. Yet it was discovered that you only need the 32A radio and kernel (compatible rom) to make it work. It took time, research, trial/error, patience and a few bricked phones to make such progress. This was for functionality. What you're wanting is only cosmetic. Not a real high priority.
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What i should have mentioned in my first post, is that i would like this to be the end-all, be-all MT trackball thread, and what i meant by starting it, is if ANYONE has any ideas or apps to test, i would be happy to test them. And contrary to your post, it WOULD be very functional, because Cyanogen doesn't have trackball lighting for notification like the stock ROM does, and it would REALLY help in my eyes. Imagine yourself in MY position. I usually have my phone in my lap during school, and i hardly ever see my notification LED blink when i have a (maybe) important message waiting. I mean, the trackball LEDs are SO much brighter, it would catch my attention immediately, and I'm sure people other than me (maybe even yourself, sir) can agree.
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here ya go ..............see post #12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709107&page=2
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Thats where i saw the MT MoBo pic .
eyegor said:
Or just buy a new trackball - I got myself a red one.
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I (and hopefully other people other than me, apparently i could use some support) would like a free alternative to the trackball color, as well as i NEED insurance/warranty on my phone, because i simply don't have the money for a new phone if i break it while taking it apart.
Also, you guys seem very focused on color, that is just a MINOR thing to me, i want to be able to set different lighting patterns, how long it blinks, the interval for waiting notifications, i personally don;t care if its white, red, orange, purple or PINK for god's sake.
THE ONLY WAY KNOWN TO MANKIND (i think)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=766016
Like i said, i want it to be software related, in other words, if i f*ck something up, i want to simply be able to wipe, and re-flash .
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The thing about CM not having the same trackball notification is due to it (the glowing/flashing/breathing) being HTC framework.
If HTC can set light patterns and make them trigger on certain events, so can we.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7857742#post7857742
Me and shawn1224 may have accidentaly uncoverd the age old mytouch mystery. I am posting this here because I am not a developer and we need a dev. to try and seperate the 3 led's under the trackball from each other for seperate use. Below is a cut from the thread posted above. I will post an in depth later tonight of how to change the color under the trackball as described below but we still need a dev for the coding if possible of the led's. Thanks
Yours is orange because the thin film they use to protect the board from dust in that area is orange and it probably wasnt placed properly and its covering one of your led's or touching the trackball. Which also means different color trackball led's are very possible. If we can code the led's to work seperately from each other then we can have multiple color led's if we use a different color film on each of them!!!!!! If we cant seperate them then pick a color film u want and place it over the led's and there ya go. I will try to replicate yours tonight and try the one color led as mentioned above
ok finished and it works great. Bought red transparent film, removed trackball, placed film under trackball, replaced trackball...........bam done
heres a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUfIx6L5ns
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I think that the whole point of his thread was to change the LED color from the settings... not by removing the trackball and replacing the colored film beneath it. I'm all about development for this... but we don't need two threads about it. Let's pick one and I'll combine the other one with it.
not a problem. I just posted in here so a dev could answer the question about splitting the 3 led's up. Im not sure if they are all on the same circuit or can be flashed seperately. I know we will never get anything but white out of them. I guess keep this one open cuz the other one isnt gonna get anything accomplished. thanks binary
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The thing about CM not having the same trackball notification is due to it (the glowing/flashing/breathing) being HTC framework.
If HTC can set light patterns and make them trigger on certain events, so can we.
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Exactly.
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call me crazy but i thought atleast a cpl ppl would jump on this. Theres been a billion complaints and post's about the damn trackball led. This can be done in under 10 minutes by pretty much anyone. I would say u have a 50% more chance of bricking your phone doing other things, than u do by doing hardware damage doing this. Grow some balls ppl
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I'm merging two posts into one here and keeping it in DEVELOPMENT.
It's better than having to decide on which one to move to General.
Thanks a ton, Binary...so anybody have any ideas SOFTWARE-wise? Maybe taking "HeroLED" or "Trackball Alert Pro" apart and "pointing" it to the MyTouch trackball? How would we go about doing something like that, maybe talking to the dev of TAP?
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Was having problems with my keys not having back lighting and found a fix for the Droid 2. If I put ro.com.motorola.smartsensor=true in system build could this work for the gtab?
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No, because there are no lights behind the keys on the Gtablet.
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Was having problems with my keys not having back lighting and found a fix for the Droid 2. If I put ro.com.motorola.smartsensor=true in system build could this work for the gtab?
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Darn I was hoping.
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are the keys such that an led or other light source placed behind the keys indeed the case would shine through?
SlateDroid has an in depth walkthrough for this mod. Soon as I get the time, planning on trying it out. Hope this helps.
http://www.mod-button-illumination-.com/
Nice mod, though for a novice like myself quite a daring project to take on. I've been opting to just buy some long lasting glow in the dark paint & carefully using that to draw on each specific tab icon. There's some paint online that will illuminate for up to 12 hrs, more than enough to suit my needs without the risk of tearing my pad apart.
There's some paint online that will illuminate for up to 12 hrs
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what, where, how ?
albright said:
what, where, how ?
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http://glowinc.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=2
Seems like 4 dots on the side would do it. Then again, four dots of anything you could feel would do it too.
schettj said:
http://glowinc.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=2
Seems like 4 dots on the side would do it. Then again, four dots of anything you could feel would do it too.
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I've been thinking about cutting some narrow strips of black electrical tape and sticking them on right under the buttons. Should be able to feel those easily. In fact, I'm going to try that tonight!
I agree, anything would be better for the buttons. It is one of the only drawbacks of the Gtab that I have found, but I can deal with it.
While making/receiving/in call....there is a flashing red light. Did anyone else notice this besides me? It's towards the bottom left of the FC.
Is there a purpose for this?
Haha yeah dude that's the proximity sensor that cuts the screen off when you put it to your face. I noticed that last night. Pretty funny that you can actually see it.
Dude Its The Government....... Their Watching Us!
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Haha yeah dude that's the proximity sensor that cuts the screen off when you put it to your face. I noticed that last night. Pretty funny that you can actually see it.
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Take any camera and film your different remotes while you press their buttons and the camera will upconvert the infrared spectrum into the visible spectrum.
But I have never heard of any human able to actually see the infrared spectrum although there exists animals that can detect it.
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Take any camera and film your different remotes while you press their buttons and the camera will upconvert the infrared spectrum into the visible spectrum.
But I have never heard of any human able to actually see the infrared spectrum although there exists animals that can detect it.
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Indeed. My first thought when I saw it was "why am I seeing infrared light....what the hell?????". But anyways, no biggie. Can't really see it unless you're looking for it in the dark or something. Certainly isn't an issue or problem.
i too can see it
does that mean we are superhuman ?
Im off to try and blow stuff up with my mind. Ill report back later
azzledazzle said:
i too can see it
does that mean we are superhuman ?
Im off to try and blow stuff up with my mind. Ill report back later
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OK I thought REALLY hard and was able to levitate the One S. I'll see what else we can do with it. I think the next step is using it as a heat ray weapon.
Lol, pmsl!
I know I had nothing constructive to add to the op's post but it was very funny along with the comments, made me giggle while having my lunch
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Dude Its The Government....... Their Watching Us!
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Whose "watching us" is it? lol
Yeah, make a call in a dark room, you'll see it. But its def. the prox. sensor.
smart butts!!!
Lol, sorry I didn't mean to put inferred, I put inferred because it was red. But you guys knew what was getting at.
Thanks for the answer nickmv.
I just tested it myself and what do you know... the LED has a dim glowing red... very faint but it's there... so no... it's not really in the infrared spectrum but quite close to it nonetheless... but then again it could be a dual colored LED; one with the infrared light and one with the visible light... I don't know...
It is so freaky! But true. Only visible in a dark environment for me.
I was killing time with my one s camera and my remote control, never know u can see the inferred light from a camera, Feels like science class
It's the proximity sensor...you know, the thing that turns your screen on and off when you put the phone to your face during a phone call then move it away from your face...
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Well I'm stock T-Mobile us and the light is on when I am using Bluetooth is that suppose to happen?
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darn this thread got me excited, thought maybe the One s had another notification light that we could use for stuff! I really hate the placement of the LED on this phone, but I guess its good enough that it even has one. I wish it would glow at least, not just flash. would be a lot more noticable
I noticed it today in bright sunlight. And there is another thingy next to it. Nevertheless I find that red flickering light pretty annoying. It makes me nervous, it flickers like a ethernet status LED. Hope theres a way to turn it off...
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Did anyone solve this?
I have a problem with the sensor; If i use my headset, it won't stop blinking after I make a call. If I make a new call and immediately end the call, the sensor stops blinking.
I contacted HTC and they told me that I should send it for repairs...
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I just tested it myself and what do you know... the LED has a dim glowing red... very faint but it's there... so no... it's not really in the infrared spectrum but quite close to it nonetheless... but then again it could be a dual colored LED; one with the infrared light and one with the visible light... I don't know...
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I remember this red glow of the LED from the good old IRDA transmitters that we had in phones and laptops years ago.
If you look at the light spectrum you'll notice that Infrared is very close to red
http://www.learnmyshot.com/photos/030-infrared/infrared-spectrum-post.jpg
+1... I noticed the same "effect" on my phone last night - H/W malfunction? Does it drain a little bit a battery by "sensing" continuously? Or just a "cosmetic" matter?...
Any feedback from HTC or another source? Any way to disable it?
EDIT : "I contacted HTC and they told me that I should send it for repairs..." <- I hope it could be solved without that option ...
I know you have the ability to change to on-screen buttons. My question is related to the Compasitive Buttons, do they light up for better visibility at night? All the videos I've watched I've yet to see them light up.
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Vinny
Waiting on the 64gb model. Love this phone. Must have it.
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vinnyjr said:
I know you have the ability to change to on-screen buttons. My question is related to the Compasitive Buttons, do they light up for better visibility at night? All the videos I've watched I've yet to see them light up.
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You can change the light duration on them. I believe 6 seconds on is default. There are a few different options, and you can disable the light entirely. When you change to on-screen, the capacitive buttons get disabled, including the backlight for them.
You can find video of them lit up. They are darker than on something like the find 7 because they are more heavily tinted so they disappear better when you turn on the onscreen buttons.
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The Jack of Clubs said:
You can find video of them lit up. They are darker than on something like the find 7 because they are more heavily tinted so they disappear better when you turn on the onscreen buttons.
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Yeah, but the lights are actually pretty bright when they're on! :highfive:
Still thinking why the capasitive buttons were added on this phone. They just make it bigger.
nano_ said:
Still thinking why the capasitive buttons were added on this phone. They just make it bigger.
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Exactly. More expensive to squish stuff into a smaller phone.
mitchilin said:
Exactly. More expensive to squish stuff into a smaller phone.
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Yeah but IMO it would have been better idea to make it less thin then.
I prefer off-screen buttons over on-screen ones myself, but I guess on a 5.5" screen it's not like I could complain too much about a bit of screen space being "wasted" with buttons. I'll more-than-likely use the capacitive buttons on the 1+1. All 3 of the Androids I've owned have the "back" button on the right, "home" in the middle, and "menu" on the left, and I was ecstatic to learn that the 1+1's capacitive buttons keep this arrangement, bucking the (non-Samsung) trend putting the "back" button on the left (which would drive me bonkers), and the "recent apps" button on the right. Although I'm sure CM11s would let you change them to do whatever you wanted anyway...
Like colored leds on the top left to flash for different events?
Yes it does. On the top left of the front.
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Like colored leds on the top left to flash for different events?
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Light manager pro works great to customize it too.
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It's quite bright and prominent, too.