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LIGHTS - Trackball, bottom home keys, etc

Search "Covedesign Dev" in the market.
I know since 2.1 has been out, led lights on our phones have been a problem with most roms. Even with new roms, the lights work but they dont shut of during movies and so on. And if using a overclocked rom, you dont have trackball/home key lights at all.
Well I found a program on the Market that lets you disable them or turn them on. I tested them all and they actually work.
Im using Fresh toast v1.1 and I clicked the trackball check mark and the ball lite up.

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EDIT>> i see the new sections.. Moving thread.
Someone can delete :/
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yeah man the kernel drivers are creating the nods. its just the lights.msm7k.so isnt using the same nods as the kernel driver produces

toastcfh said:
yeah man the kernel drivers are creating the nods. its just the lights.msm7k.so isnt using the same nods as the kernel driver produces
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I updated the post above.. Thats what i had typed there... It wasnt directed to the .27 kernel

Does work BUT obviously backlights and trackball will stay lit while screen is on but i guess they don't draw that much extra current. Just a drag to need a program running to have lights but hey it's all part of the fun of getting closer to a perfect cooked rom

Visionikz03 said:
Does work BUT obviously backlights and trackball will stay lit while screen is on but i guess they don't draw that much extra current. Just a drag to need a program running to have lights but hey it's all part of the fun of getting closer to a perfect cooked rom
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It says will stay lit until you disable. But im sure someone could make a quick widget on the desktop that would disable/enable a certain light on the phone. So if you need it, it would just be a click away.
The main reason why i shared, because back when DC got the leak and the lights started working. There was no way to disable the lights in the dark and during movies the ball would stay lit.

speaking of the trackball, ive been looking for a program that will make my trackball flash when i have a new sms/mms.
any help?

keyofhappy said:
speaking of the trackball, ive been looking for a program that will make my trackball flash when i have a new sms/mms.
any help?
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The dev of the app has is source code for everyone to get.
Im sure someone could create the app that simply says
if messages received
then flash the ball till button pressed or certain amount of time.
by using the same thing this app does to turn it on
Ask one of the higher devs here.. Flipz, toast, damage, darch, treve, maybe avalanche, regaw.. Im sure there is more

+1 for interest in trackball notifications.

Agreed would love to see flash lights for notification built in not 3rd party i am sure we could intergarte it

Turn Off Button LEDs

With the Netflix Apk working on gingerbread now, I've noticed that the LEDs don't turn off and it's quite annoying. Is there anyway to manipulate the LEDs, also, besides the noled app, wouldn't it be cool if buttons could double as notification lights?. Some awesome devs on here. Any hope?
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When we get a kernel that supports BLN like Dr Honks Bali kernel then we can use them for notifications
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I think the LEDs being on is supposed to be a Gingerbread feature requested by users frustrated by the short timeout they had in prior releases.
It would be nice if they had thought to make it a setting we could easily access.

Hello Guys is this happening on all Galaxy 4G ROMS? I just installed the Bionix Frost and thought that caused the backbutton LEDs to stay on, because I just realized it's happening. Also thought the Bali kernel 2.1 is supposed to support BLN (I even copied the update library file and installed the BLN app from the Market, nothing seems to turn those pesky LEDs off like they used to (after a few secs). This is quite annoying while reading books and watching videos for an extended time. Does anyone have a clue, a script or an app to fix this?
UPDATE: Actually, I forgot to reboot, and now after rebooting the SGS4G it seems the BLB pay app works as described, using the Bali kernel 2.1 that comes with bionix Frost. It's actually pretty cool, if anyone wants to get it... you can set the button LEDs to go off after a preset time and to blink in whatever intervals for however long when a notification comes in. Just make sure you copy the updated library as described on the ROM or Kernel page for the BLN control app to work.

[Q] Change color of LED notifications

Hi,
I'm trying to set up my phone to be able to change the color of my led notifications depending on the event (or at least, get a solid light instead of the flashing green).
I've tried to google it, and search this forum as well, but every thread i've found seemed to be before we were able to S-OFF (and thus, if i understand right, permanently root our devices), so I thought that maybe the situation has changed...
My phone is quite new, and not rooted yet, since i don't seem to be needing anything requiring root, but would rooting it let me use other colors for my notifications ?
I really don't understand why HTC doesn't make more use of its led system, I've had both HTC Magic and Desire, and it's the first time I have this much trouble for my led notifications color (though i had to root my desire right away, to get rid of the bloated Orange rom, so it might have been the same thing)
Thanks to everyone who will be able to bring me a little... light on the subject

Two things that you can do.
1. Root... Cause its Awsome and you always have more options with it.
2. Install an a called Yala stands for yet another led ap
You could also try android assistant the allows you to mess with led lights. However requires root access for most of its functions (not sure if this is one of them)

I am rooted and even that does not give you more led colors. I simply use noled now. Uses the screen to notify you in what notification you have. Good app for what it is and has sleep mode so that the wife won't kill me lol....
https://market.android.com/details?...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sZWQubm90aWZ5Il0.

Bear in mind the only colours you'll get on the Sensation are green and orange.

kpjimmy said:
I am rooted and even that does not give you more led colors. I simply use noled now. Uses the screen to notify you in what notification you have. Good app for what it is and has sleep mode so that the wife won't kill me lol...
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Thanks a lot for this, i've been using this app for a day or two now, and it is just perfect. I was afraid it would be battery consuming, but the use of the proximity sensor to turn off notifications is an awesome feature. It was really the only thing my sensation lacked, and it really feels perfect now.
the_scotsman said:
Bear in mind the only colours you'll get on the Sensation are green and orange.
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Thanks for the info, it's a weird policy though, you would think that a 450€ phone would include a quality led for notifications... Especially since older models like the magic or the desire did.
rddocke said:
Two things that you can do.
1. Root... Cause its Awsome and you always have more options with it.
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I do intend to root, if only to mess a little bit with roms using rom manager, which is always fun (and from my experiences with the desire, the community here have the most awesome roms available), but as I said i am content with my device right now, and since it is still quite new, I'd like to keep that "working out of the box" feeling as long as possible.

the_scotsman said:
Bear in mind the only colours you'll get on the Sensation are green and orange.
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I believe it is the same LED as the previous HTC phones the colors are just a Hex decimal for the colors combos just like the missed call apk provided.

Azrielem said:
Thanks a lot for this, i've been using this app for a day or two now, and it is just perfect. I was afraid it would be battery consuming, but the use of the proximity sensor to turn off notifications is an awesome feature. It was really the only thing my sensation lacked, and it really feels perfect now.
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No probs. Also a fyi, you can download a few themes for those icons. I currently use big spender. There are different sizes due to your preference. I currently use the 64x64 one attached, but you can use whichever you want.
To use the theme, download and extract the theme. If your SD card has the NoLed folder, just drag/paste the folder and its contents into the theme folder IIRC. Go to the NoLED app and pic the theme, go to the colors and edit all the notification icons you use to white and hit apply. These icons are already in color so no need to add any.

[Q] Make soft button lights stay on

Hi,
Is there anyway to make the soft keys stay on all the time when the screen is on? I searched all over for this answer and I found a bunch of apps and tweaks that work on other phones but none for ours.
My Light/Proximity sensor don't work , as I confirmed with androsensor. So my button lights never turn on. When I flash a new rom sometimes they work for a few hours or till I restart then never turn on again. They also work when im in recovery. I also just now tried a CM9 rom and found out if I adjust the brightness they lights turn on until I turn off the screen then they go off.
Only tweak I could find for our build.prop is
"ro.mot.buttonlight.timeout=0"
Which didnt help me.
Thanks in advanced

as i know you can control it with kernel file.but i dont know to edit it.ask it from a kernel developer (flaux, or sebestian)
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Thanks I'll shoot them a message

Guess I'll bump this thread with a little update.
Sent a PM to every kernel dev for the sensation.
1 is busy working on his first android app
1 is willing to research it and if he figures it out will compile something
1 is confident he could do it but is busy and its something he wouldn't want in his kernel.
Will update it if anyone succeeds and I know there are a few people looking for this feature.
I'm glad the community is responsive

HeXDeMoN said:
Hi,
Is there anyway to make the soft keys stay on all the time when the screen is on? I searched all over for this answer and I found a bunch of apps and tweaks that work on other phones but none for ours.
My Light/Proximity sensor don't work , as I confirmed with androsensor. So my button lights never turn on. When I flash a new rom sometimes they work for a few hours or till I restart then never turn on again. They also work when im in recovery. I also just now tried a CM9 rom and found out if I adjust the brightness they lights turn on until I turn off the screen then they go off.
Only tweak I could find for our build.prop is
"ro.mot.buttonlight.timeout=0"
Which didnt help me.
Thanks in advanced
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@HexDemon:
Did you try this app? I've been running it and it fixes it perfectly (link below). My lights don't work at all otherwise. LeeDroid Tweaks will either turn them ON or OFF, not let them be controlled automatically. The newest versions of LD Tweaks (4.2/4.3) don't let them turn on AT ALL and the Devs are not interested in answering my questions there either. Other users have gotten involved though thank God, but no answers really.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5kZXNrYW5nZWwua2JsaWdodCJd
My Proximity and Light Sensors are also ****ed......and no fixes that work to date.
I'm willing to pay $$$ to whoever can find a fix that will STICK! (I am dead serious!)

Touch key brightness

Hey all, I'm trying to figure out how to get some brightness settings for the touch key brightness to stick. I've used LG 2x Notifications and O2x Touch Key Brightness, and they both work up until the point where i put the phone to sleep by tapping the power button. As soon as I wake it up, the brightness goes straight to zero unless i head back to the app and raise it up again. And if i uninstall the apps, the brightness on my keys stay off until i re-flash or reinstall the app again. Help!

My issue is a little different but similar. It worked fine for me on every basic gingerbread rom, but when I switched to a cm7 based rom the lights change with the brightness of the screen. I turned off all the light notifications but it did not help.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.

What rom?
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redmonke255 said:
What rom?
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On SinghUI but it doesn't have built-in LED notifications, if that's what you're getting at.

If the setting from one of those apps doesn't stick, then it's most likely being set by your ROM or Kernel. Have you tried checking if you get the same issue with other ROMs?
@jcbofkc That's a built-in setting that can't really be changed unless you get a custom ROM or Kernel cooked up to remove the link between the brightnesses.

xBIGREDDx said:
If the setting from one of those apps doesn't stick, then it's most likely being set by your ROM or Kernel. Have you tried checking if you get the same issue with other ROMs?
@jcbofkc That's a built-in setting that can't really be changed unless you get a custom ROM or Kernel cooked up to remove the link between the brightnesses.
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90% sure the ROM doesn't have built in notifications. I'm noticing now that very rarely the settings do stick. Perhaps there is a way to force the app to stay in memory?

rrroach said:
90% sure the ROM doesn't have built in notifications. I'm noticing now that very rarely the settings do stick. Perhaps there is a way to force the app to stay in memory?
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That wouldn't work. All that those apps do is write a number from 0-20 to the text file:
/sys/devices/platform/star_touch_led/wled
in your root file system.
When you read the file, it shows you the current output to the LEDs (from 0uA to 2000uA).
When you write to the file, it interacts with the Kernel and sets the brightness.
The Touch Key Lights type apps, all they do is when you move the slider they write a value to that file, and that's it. The only reason it wouldn't stick is if your ROM or Kernel is changing the value in the background. For example it will set it to 0 when you turn the screen off, and then it should set it back to wherever it was before when you turn the screen on again.
The closest you could get is to take the source for LG Touch LED Notifications and modify it to set the brightness every few seconds or something, but that probably wouldn't be too good for your battery life.
Based on your symptoms it appears that either your ROM or your phone doesn't really handle the modifying of the brightness very well. It looks like SinghUI does use a kernel from CM7, so I don't think your kernel is the problem. I'd suggest flashing the most recent CM7.2 RC, and seeing if you have the same problem there. CyanogenMod will change your LED brightness based on your screen brightness though.
EDIT: Ignore all that for a moment, try this first. It is a post from January 21st in the SinghUI thread, so it might not work now, but go ahead and try it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21652744&postcount=293
Also I'd suggest posting in the SinghUI thread as everyone there is using your ROM, so they might be able to help better.

xBIGREDDx said:
That wouldn't work. All that those apps do is write a number from 0-20 to the text file:
/sys/devices/platform/star_touch_led/wled
in your root file system.
When you read the file, it shows you the current output to the LEDs (from 0uA to 2000uA).
When you write to the file, it interacts with the Kernel and sets the brightness.
The Touch Key Lights type apps, all they do is when you move the slider they write a value to that file, and that's it. The only reason it wouldn't stick is if your ROM or Kernel is changing the value in the background. For example it will set it to 0 when you turn the screen off, and then it should set it back to wherever it was before when you turn the screen on again.
The closest you could get is to take the source for LG Touch LED Notifications and modify it to set the brightness every few seconds or something, but that probably wouldn't be too good for your battery life.
Based on your symptoms it appears that either your ROM or your phone doesn't really handle the modifying of the brightness very well. It looks like SinghUI does use a kernel from CM7, so I don't think your kernel is the problem. I'd suggest flashing the most recent CM7.2 RC, and seeing if you have the same problem there. CyanogenMod will change your LED brightness based on your screen brightness though.
EDIT: Ignore all that for a moment, try this first. It is a post from January 21st in the SinghUI thread, so it might not work now, but go ahead and try it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21652744&postcount=293
Also I'd suggest posting in the SinghUI thread as everyone there is using your ROM, so they might be able to help better.
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Thanks for the link. It turns out that the ROM does have led notifications. However, disabling them didn't help the problem. :/ the g2x has just been an awful experience for me! :/