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Evo LEDs Flashlight application found

I've been looking since yesterday, and I finally found an app that lets you use your dual LEDs on the back of your Evo to use it as a flashlight[like many apps on the market for Droids and Nexus Ones]
They're are two apps that we know work for sure:
I personally recommend the first one because it includes brightness settings...
1) thorpe24 has found an App that allows you too adjust the brightness; it also includes a widget, but IMO its not very attractive.. but its functional!
thorpe24 said:
Led Desire Light lets you adjust brightness and has morse code it's what I use.
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2) The other one is LED Light [Includes Sense-like toggle Widget for quick on/off, but no brightness control]
Enjoy!

Thanks was looking for that earlier too many different choices in the market

Awesome! The widget is an instant toggle!

Thanks just what I was looking for.

WIN! *downloads* Oooooooh shiiiiiiiney

I was just looking for this earlier. Awesome find, thank you!

Awesome find! I was looking for something like this. Thanks!

Cool! I wonder why they didn't put this on it stock?

It also works or the video recorder so you can now record at night so long as you're within like 3 feet of what you're recording.

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does anybody know of one thats let you adjust the brightness. this one compared to the one i had on my nexus is very dim

Led desire light lets you adjust brightness and has morse code it's what I use.
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thanks thorpe thats exactly what i was looking for, the highest brightness is what i was looking for!

sweet!! thank you!

obnockshus1 said:
thanks thorpe thats exactly what i was looking for, the highest brightness is what i was looking for!
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No problem glad to help. Works great with camera wonder how bad it kills battery though.
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I like the adjustablility of LED Desire Light, but it's still not as bright as the "Flash" setting of FlashApp. The widget included with LED Light is super handy as well, so now I have three different flashlight apps installed. If only one of them could combine the features of all three...

big thanks to the OP and also Thorpe, both apps are great like the desire app better for the brightness incase I really need the extra light and the morse and SOS are cool

good find guys! i still have my HD2 laying around and those LEDs are firebright! still a good bit brighter than the evo's, but who cares! lol

Nice! Thanks!

i use switch pro...it has an led light too.

bedoig said:
I like the adjustablility of LED Desire Light, but it's still not as bright as the "Flash" setting of FlashApp. The widget included with LED Light is super handy as well, so now I have three different flashlight apps installed. If only one of them could combine the features of all three...
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This......

Reduce screen battery usage

I was looking at my battery stats, after 12.5 hours my display has used 58% of my battery. Is this abnormally high for this phone?
I am using automatic brightness.
If this is not normal how can this be helped/fixed?
Thanks
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asb123 said:
I was looking at my battery stats, after 12.5 hours my display has used 58% of my battery. Is this abnormally high for this phone?
I am using automatic brightness.
If this is not normal how can this be helped/fixed?
Thanks
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use a pure black wallpaper, turn off auto brightness, and set it at a lower brightness manually.

Also an app called "screen filter" works great. I have 2 widgets with these settings with the app
1) 48.6% (indoors, just to darken it a bit)
2) 25.5% (at night, dark rooms)
Of course mess with it and find what works best for you

NYYFan325 said:
Also an app called "screen filter" works great. I have 2 widgets with these settings with the app
1) 48.6% (indoors, just to darken it a bit)
2) 25.5% (at night, dark rooms)
Of course mess with it and find what works best for you
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the widgets themselves use up more battery.
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Really don't agree w/ you there. All they do is turn the app on/off at the selected setting. If the app isn't running they aren't doing any damage.

Screen filter seems good but it gets too dark at 48 for me, ill try a bit higher. As for the black wallpaper. That looks pretty bad IMO. Is it really worth it?
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Screen filter seems good but it gets too dark at 48 for me, ill try a bit higher. As for the black wallpaper. That looks pretty bad IMO. Is it really worth it?
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It doesn't have to be completely black. Basically dark colors helps out. Try and stay away from whites as much as possible

I am using the original honeycomb background, pretty dark but with neon blue.
Im going to try 52% filter with auto brightness. Should be good.
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Good stuff... just gotta mess and see whats best. Glad you like it though

ropodope said:
the widgets themselves use up more battery.
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any widget uses more battery than creating an app shortcut. Theres nothing to disagree on.
ropodope
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NYYFan325 said:
It doesn't have to be completely black. Basically dark colors helps out. Try and stay away from whites as much as possible
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What about screen color options I currently have it on standard will vivid be better or something in custom?

[Q] Making a notification light

can anyone either make me a app that makes the camera flash a notification light or point me in the right direction on how to make it myself? I am not very good at coding but I'm willing to try to learn. I know a little java and html, although it's been a while for both so i doubt they will be much good to me. Thanks!

you try noled yet? its pretty nice and almost (almost!!) makes me not miss having a notification light.

Or just maybe make the lights on the buttons below the screen go off......
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+1 for NoLED.

Joebroni said:
+1 for NoLED.
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I wasn't happy with NoLED. I see iphone got a tweak that allows the camera flash as a notification LED. I want 1 too! too bad i only no a little java which i havent used in 4 yearss ;-p

theReDkoolAiD said:
Or just maybe make the lights on the buttons below the screen go off......
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this would be awesome however I think its only doable through some custom kernel work which isn't possible as of yet since imnuts and other kernel devs have no source code
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G

How is Noled on the battery though? I tried it on my fascinate and it seemed to eat through the battery. This has been almost a year ago though.

NoLED will slightly lower your battery life, but it's the only option we have right now. We just can't get true BLN without the source code.

ellisz said:
How is Noled on the battery though? I tried it on my fascinate and it seemed to eat through the battery. This has been almost a year ago though.
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It does eat your battery because it unlocks your phone. That said, it does have the option to stop itself after a set time frame. I'm never away from my phone for more than five minutes, so that works for me.

I have the proximity sensor setting on for NoLED and it saves the battery a ton! The screen stays off when it's in your pocket or holster and shows the notification as soon as you take it out. NoLED is honestly the best app I have on my charge. I love seeing the icon of the notification rather than having to remember what app was yellow or blue!

BLN seems pointless on this phone. The back light on the buttons is too weak to even notice it during the day. Which I did enjoy BLN on my fascinate, but seems like it wouldn't work very well on the charge.
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syaoran12 said:
BLN seems pointless on this phone. The back light on the buttons is too weak to even notice it during the day.
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That's not at all true if you're indoors. The button backlight is plenty noticeable even under fluorescent lights, and would be even moreso flashing.

I could be wrong but I believe this (BLN or back LED flash) is only possible through some custom kernel work, and since we have no kernel source code yet it can't be done... your best bet now, at the cost of battery life, would be noLED
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Ya it is a custom mod for a kernel. Could be cherry picked into the froyo kernel source from neldar's github.
Fyi I am having IMoseyOn take a look into it since the people have spoken
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Thanks. Currently I switched back to froyo so if I could cherry pick it in there, that would be awesome
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[Q] Which Flashlight App for MT4GS?

I am using Undead's ICS splashed 3.0 which comes with Nexus Torch installed. The "bright" setting is incredibly bright, but doesn't stay on steadily. I have tried a good number of flashlight apps from Market (including the HTC 3 setting clone - or is it the original?) but all seem about as bright as regular setting in Nexus Torch. It seems that they all use the video light setting as opposed to the camera flash.
Has anyone found anything, if not as bright as Nexus Torch on "bright", at least brighter then the rest?

Try teslaLED I think its called, I used it on other devices idk if it works with our phone, states its the brightest flashlight app for android..
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I did try it (I have it on my phone right now) and it doesn't seem brighter then the others (I also tried Brightest Flashlight, AOI Flashlight, Maxflash, Tiny, HTC clone and others) and I think it is because they use the video light. I think I even came across that point somewhere that they actually run your camera/video. The nexus one (N1 torch) is way brighter, but doesn't stay on steadily. If you run the video light while taking a video you'll see it's no where near as bright as the flash for a picture.
I also wonder how the standard HTC app has 3 different settings, and no other app does.
Lastly, I find the color of the LEDs interesting, they're not as bright white as on my HD2, does anyone have any info on them?

I've been using tesla led for years. Stable. The widget is good and it has an ics theme button which looks nice
ICS Splashed Mt4gs 3.0

I don't use it much but when I do, n1 torch works fine.
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infernodemon2005 said:
I don't use it much but when I do, n1 torch works fine.
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It doesn't blink at all on the "bright" setting?

ymmp said:
It doesn't blink at all on the "bright" setting?
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Saw what you were saying about blinking bright... There is a warning saying that it might blink because bright is still imperfect. I haven't needed bright so that never bothered me.
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There is a very good reason why the super bright feature won't stay lit up steadily on the ICS Rom using Nexus Torch light.... Hint, it's way too bright and long term exposure will burn out our LED lights. Sooooo leave bright enough alone or fry your phone....the choice it's yours my friend
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dmarco said:
There is a very good reason why the super bright feature won't stay lit up steadily on the ICS Rom using Nexus Torch light.... Hint, it's way too bright and long term exposure will burn out our LED lights. Sooooo leave bright enough alone or fry your phone....the choice it's yours my friend
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From my experience the led being set on bright has never given me trouble on other devices. As far as I know from my various dozen or so Android phones the brightest by far has been the G2. I've kept that thing running on bright for a minimum of an hour without it giving me trouble while I had to drop the tank in my truck to change the fuel pump on the side of the road......

Frying leds is almost as fun as burning up a dry clutch hehe.
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dmarco said:
There is a very good reason why the super bright feature won't stay lit up steadily on the ICS Rom using Nexus Torch light.... Hint, it's way too bright and long term exposure will burn out our LED lights. Sooooo leave bright enough alone or fry your phone....the choice it's yours my friend
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I'm pretty sure our led light has 50 - 100 thousand hours, basically 5 to 10 years of use
ICS Splashed Mt4gs 3.0

ymmp said:
It doesn't blink at all on the "bright" setting?
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He might be one of the few....mine blinks like a freakin' strobe lol. On the other hand I'm one of the few that run my phone oc'd at 1782mhz all day long and have NEVER had a random reboot so I still feel more special

jsyi84 said:
He might be one of the few....mine blinks like a freakin' strobe lol. On the other hand I'm one of the few that run my phone oc'd at 1782mhz all day long and have NEVER had a random reboot so I still feel more special
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I also run mine on 1782mhz using antutu cpu app. I tried using set cpu with the same Rom and can only max at 586mhz...... Don't understand why that its though.lol
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ymmp said:
I am using Undead's ICS splashed 3.0 which comes with Nexus Torch installed. The "bright" setting is incredibly bright, but doesn't stay on steadily. I have tried a good number of flashlight apps from Market (including the HTC 3 setting clone - or is it the original?) but all seem about as bright as regular setting in Nexus Torch. It seems that they all use the video light setting as opposed to the camera flash.
Has anyone found anything, if not as bright as Nexus Torch on "bright", at least brighter then the rest?
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i have not encountered this problem. i will look into this...

Bumping thread.
Wondering if anyone has a flashlight able to keep the bright setting of the N1Torch on steady?

[GUIDE] CM9 Auto Brightness Values

*These values also work for CM7*
I personally take no credit for this as i was searching how to set proper settings for my auto brightness using Team DIRT v1.7, so i searched all over Google and came across these settings that were recommended by the user "brkshr" over at rootzwiki, so all credit goes to him as i'm only basically copying and pasting what he has over there, hopefully it's not a big deal, if so, we can always remove this. They seem to be working just fine for me, but if any of you would like to give it a go, go ahead. I'm not responsible if your phone blows up, make a nandroid backup before you ever play with your phone settings. Shout outs to Team DIRT, CM Team for everything they've provided to us for our beloved Evil (Evo) OG (4G). If you don't find it too much to ask for, please thank the guy i bit this off of. "brkshr"
Menu > System Settings > Display > Automatic Backlight
jrollercoasters said:
For anyone that wants haptic lights on in the dark I put the first 3 levels to 50 and it works perfect
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*This would be under "Buttons" near the top.*
Light Sensor Filter - Enabled
Window Length - 5 sec
Reset threshold - disabled
Sample Interval - 5 sec
Light Levels - Use custom checked
Screen dim level - 1
Edit other levels - See attachments (Scroll to the bottom and select "Set number of levels, and type in 20)
Allow light decrease - Checked
Decrease hysteresis - 50%
Once done, click on "Save and Apply" and you should be good to go!
(Hope i didn't violate any rules, i gave credit where i could)

thanks for the guide want to use it but dont quite get the attachment.. im on CM7 reloaded rom and thought it would be the same had all the same stuff... just not as much values.. in other levels.. :/

jrollercoasters said:
thanks for the guide want to use it but dont quite get the attachment.. im on CM7 reloaded rom and thought it would be the same had all the same stuff... just not as much values.. in other levels.. :/
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First, I think you mean Deck's Reloaded ROM. Second, if you want to emulate the number of levels in the OP, just hit the button at the bottom that says "set number of levels."
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shinesthru said:
First, I think you mean Deck's Reloaded ROM. Second, if you want to emulate the number of levels in the OP, just hit the button at the bottom that says "set number of levels."
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^what he said^

They didn't change to those values tho..
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Oh nvm >.> I'm an idiot srry, will 10secs work for window length? You can't change it to 5 on cm7 appearntly ..
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Excellent find Great way to lower the display usage of CM and save some battery!

For anyone that wants haptic lights on in the dark I put the first 3 levels to 50 and it works perfect
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jrollercoasters said:
For anyone that wants haptic lights on in the dark I put the first 3 levels to 50 and it works perfect
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cool, ill put that in the OP

madunix said:
cool, ill put that in the OP
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I feel special haha
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This should be stickied in general section cause this comes in handy in any cm based Rom.. which a lot ppl use and it works very fluent, productive, smooth, and gets the perfect ammount of brightness
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Sorry for the noob question here but I've been away from aosp for awhile. Does this thread mean auto brightness is finally working properly in cm9 roms? And the compass works too? Did I miss when this bug got fixed?

mertin said:
Sorry for the noob question here but I've been away from aosp for awhile. Does this thread mean auto brightness is finally working properly in cm9 roms? And the compass works too? Did I miss when this bug got fixed?
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It means you can perfect your brightness so its not so bright all the time.. you can customize with lux auto brightness (app) also
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mertin said:
Sorry for the noob question here but I've been away from aosp for awhile. Does this thread mean auto brightness is finally working properly in cm9 roms? And the compass works too? Did I miss when this bug got fixed?
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i haven't heard anything new on the compass so I'm assuming it's working just fine, i use googles maps without any issues so i would say yes it's fixed. as far as the auto brightness features, if you follow this guide, it will set your values up in a sense that it covers all types of lighting situations. i tried it out yesterday in doors and out, i'd have to say i was quite happy with the results. very responsive as well.

Am I doing something wrong? I tried following the steps here but my screen was so dim that I could barely see it indoors.
I am on Deck's Reloaded and I changed the number of levels to 20 and tried to mimic the settings but didn't have any luck. When I change the number of levels the "upper" value (that can't be changed) are all 0...Do I need to do something to change that? I tried just going through and setting it like in the attachments but maybe I did something wrong.

Dannyman23 said:
Am I doing something wrong? I tried following the steps here but my screen was so dim that I could barely see it indoors.
I am on Deck's Reloaded and I changed the number of levels to 20 and tried to mimic the settings but didn't have any luck. When I change the number of levels the "upper" value (that can't be changed) are all 0...Do I need to do something to change that? I tried just going through and setting it like in the attachments but maybe I did something wrong.
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Change the entries under "screen" to something higher until it looks good to u. I like mine a little brighter, so I started with "0,80,0" as the first line, and then increased as I went down the list. Hope this makes sense.

drtwrk127 said:
Change the entries under "screen" to something higher until it looks good to u. I like mine a little brighter, so I started with "0,80,0" as the first line, and then increased as I went down the list. Hope this makes sense.
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I ended up raising my values up a tad bit as well.. it has definetely been helping me get my screen brightness adjusted accordingly, which is great.
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I think you guys misunderstood my question earlier. Last time I tried cm9 (about two weeks ago) the custom auto brightness settings could not be changed, they would revert as soon as you exit the menu even after hitting save and apply. Also the time it took to adjust to changing light conditions was +10 seconds and basically unusable. (I saw in the changelog it was this way because they werent able to get custom auto brightness and the compass working at the same time). So am I to believe this is not the case anymore?

mertin said:
I think you guys misunderstood my question earlier. Last time I tried cm9 (about two weeks ago) the custom auto brightness settings could not be changed, they would revert as soon as you exit the menu even after hitting save and apply. Also the time it took to adjust to changing light conditions was +10 seconds and basically unusable. (I saw in the changelog it was this way because they werent able to get custom auto brightness and the compass working at the same time). So am I to believe this is not the case anymore?
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no longer the case. make sure your auto brightness is actually checked.. i was having issues until i realized it wasn't checked to begin with.

Works well on CM7 as well :thumbup:
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