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[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
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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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New ROM Ideas?

Hey guys FatalityBoyZahy Mister Hat(??? is that it sorry) and I are going to be developing a new ROM for our beloved G2x and we need some ideas on what you guys would like to see so post em here and we will try to incorporate everything that gets a lot of votes.
Alright guys have fun and well see what happens.
Votes:
Theme for ICS: 1

Should make a theme from the leaked pictures of ics.
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Bump
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fully working o2x lockscreen

Sense 3.0
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Keep it clean and smooth. Don't need all the junks.

Usable
-GPS Lock
-A2DP
-Good Camera
-low battery drain
-A good, fast launcher that's fully customizable
-I love notification toggles
Make it all work and you'll get the devotion of the entire community!

Notification toggles are a must. I can't use a rom without them.
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-HDMI output control
-Ability to use both Netflix and HBO Go.
-Colorized theme
-Toggle controls (sound, wifi, data, gps, etc) in drop down.

Battery life is the most important aspect for my daily needs. Not of big fan of CM7. I would prefer a Rom setup similar to stock regarding internal and external storage.
Add lots of color but keep the fonts stock. Theming the black and white icons found on stock would be great.
+1 on the NetFlix comment.
Thank you for your efforts.

jcbofkc said:
Battery life is the most important aspect for my daily needs. Not of big fan of CM7. I would prefer a Rom setup similar to stock regarding internal and external storage.
Add lots of color but keep the fonts stock. Theming the black and white icons found on stock would be great.
+1 on the NetFlix comment.
Thank you for your efforts.
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Plus a million on adding some color.
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Personally I would like to see a pure Gingerbread rom with OC'ed kernel and just adding the Theme Chooser. I don't need notification toggles because I can just use the power control widget on a homescreen in order to toggle. I'm more interested in speed and stability myself and don't worry about battery life like others. Though I can see how battery life would be important. I OC right now to 1.55/1.55 with performance governor, so my personal battery life is crap, lol.

Just something simple, stable Kernel (but without sacrificing performance and battery life), and definitely gotta have the LG camera.

So, I'm guessing most of you would like a 2.3.3 based ROM?
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FatalityBoyZahy said:
So, I'm guessing most of you would like a 2.3.3 based ROM?
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Would be nice if it were 2.3.5, lol.

2.2.2 has Enables for Background sync, and Auto-sync. I'd like to have a timed sync - like while "screen off", every n minutes allow background and auto syncing, then disable syncing.
It appears that when WiFi calling is active, the cell radio is enabled or occasionally enabled? I'd like to see the cell radio totally disabled when WiFi calling is active.
Maybe the wrong thread, but it'd be good to be able to "nice" individual processes.
I suppose some of these are already do-able, I just hadn't found it yet.
Thanks.

gpmartinson said:
-GPS Lock
-A2DP
-Good Camera
-low battery drain
-A good, fast launcher that's fully customizable
-I love notification toggles
Make it all work and you'll get the devotion of the entire community!
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But Weapon G2x has been out for quite some time now.

C0dy said:
But Weapon G2x has been out for quite some time now.
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That's what I was thinking, they're giving features that ROMs already have.
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FatalityBoyZahy said:
That's what I was thinking, they're giving features that ROMs already have.
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Weapons does not have the ability to play Netflix. CM7 does, but HBO Go doesn't work; plus CM7 doesn't allow you to adjust HDMI output.

C0dy said:
But Weapon G2x has been out for quite some time now.
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Here's the problem...Weapon was serious buggy. GPS wouldn't lock, battery drain and it would freeze up on me. After the last Black screen of doom I had to wish it goodbye.

Screen is way too bright

My biggest complaint with this phone is that the screen is far too bright on its lowest setting, which I feel is a huge reason the battery life isn't as good as it could be. My iPhone can be turned down way dimmer than my Captivate. Is there anything I can do about this? Any apps or hacks that will allow me to dim the screen further than the OS allows?
--Thanks.
PS. It's rooted and all that goodness.

Trysome of the widgets from the market. I like the one from curvefish. Don't know if it will make it darker, but you definitely have better control over the brightness.

mrhaley30705 said:
Trysome of the widgets from the market. I like the one from curvefish. Don't know if it will make it darker, but you definitely have better control over the brightness.
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Thanks, I definitely like the added control with that app but it's still frying my retinas sadly.

You could look for a kernel with voodoo color. But you would have to use a custom ROM, I don't think the kernels that support it are compatible with a stock ROM.
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You could also use darker, if not completely black, wallpaper and themes.

Screen filter app in the market works well for me
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I too like Screen Filter. You should be able to find a setting that save your eyesight.
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+1 for Screen Filter!

mrhaley30705 said:
You could look for a kernel with voodoo color. But you would have to use a custom ROM, I don't think the kernels that support it are compatible with a stock ROM.
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You could also use darker, if not completely black, wallpaper and themes.
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Switched over to the Talon Kernel, which seems to have a dimmer screen by default, but I don't see any options in the voodoo app for adjusting the brightness of the screen (just RGB and gamma).

Benjamindaines said:
Switched over to the Talon Kernel, which seems to have a dimmer screen by default, but I don't see any options in the voodoo app for adjusting the brightness of the screen (just RGB and gamma).
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Lower the gamma hack value. If they are at 0, 0, 0 now, try it at -30,-30,-30. It wrong change the color perception, just brightness. Play around with it and find what you like.

Sunglasses work also or you could get an iPhone.
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Screen filter, it solves your problem.

mbc663 said:
Screen filter, it solves your problem.
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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?

[app] brightness apps

Been several posts in Q&A, and in general about best methods for adjusting brightness. Personally I like the slider in the notification tray, but the app Q Bright is by far the best app I've used for this purpose. Full slider, 4 customizable presets, full app customizations, fast acting, oh yeah, it's free.
Thought I'd share.
It's actually Qbright one word
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I like screen filter. It's free as well. It can make the screen go dimmer than with the notification slider. Q bright is pretty cool too. Wish I had a search key to long press to bring it up though haha
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I've been using Lux for awhile now and it's been working great.

I also use lux, but everytime i reboot i have to open the dash to get it to work. I have the notification icon active, which always says for some reason 50% after boot until I click it. Lux works with tasker and i like that for profiling.

<quick hijack>I've been on the hunt for a widget I can pop in my homescreen that will jump between preset brightness levels. I generally keep my phone around 5% or so but when I'm outside I can't see that. I can pull down the notifications and adjust the slider but a button on my homescreen is much easier.
This one works pretty well but the icon doesn't center properly and my ocd brain can't take it. Plus sometimes it will just jump between 30%-100%...No idea why.
Sorry for derailing the thread
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Saw that too, I couldn't deal with the off center widget either. I mean seriously, wtf? Who wants that on their screen?
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the best app I have ever used for adjusting screen brightness and saving your battery would be LUX. It is in the Market for free but the paid options are far worth it.

Auto brightness from google store... i like that app... useful and great
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Lux is wonderful

I've been using Brightness Level by Curvefish for over 2 years. The widget is perfect.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curvefish.widgets.brightnesslevel

McDastardly said:
I've been using Lux for awhile now and it's been working great.
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I agree. This is what I've been using for.months and love it! It allows you to set custom presets based on the current luxury, which you can use the default reader or even use the camera to detect. I use default, and set customs by long pressing the link button on the luxury widget.
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