HI,
I know that they probably consume some battery time but I was wondering if anyone saw something like this ?
Thanks in advance,
Bright S
Isn't such a programm really useless?
Why not turning of the device?
Stefan
i to am looking for some software like this. I would love my magician to be more like my old sony ericsson mobile in this sense. It would be great to have a screen saver that completely turns of the backlight of the device and just display a very faint image of the time. And also it will display a faint symbol to indicate a missed call or txt message so i can glance at the phone and kno if i have recieved a message without turning of the screen saver. Would also be helpful if the screen saver locked the device so tht none of the buttons work work and the screen doesnt reactivate if a message is displayed.
How much would this affect battery life? as the screen itself is basically still turned off the whole time the only difference is that i would like it so that the device never actually turns off so this faint clock and message warning is ALWAYS on and never turns off.
something like this would be fantastic!
Tom
Why not go to the today screen, switch off the backlight (hold down power switch) and then use a keylock program (many freeware ones around).
That way, you've got you whole today screen as a screensaver.
If the icons are too small, make a phonealarm skin with HUGE icons, font size 50, and you'll be laughing.
A more integrated standalone screensaver would be straightforward to program tho. analog clock, sms/call notification etc, date etc.
V
Pocket Candy was always quite good. Bit old now tho.
welshtom said:
i to am looking for some software like this. I would love my magician to be more like my old sony ericsson mobile in this sense. It would be great to have a screen saver that completely turns of the backlight of the device and just display a very faint image of the time. And also it will display a faint symbol to indicate a missed call or txt message so i can glance at the phone and kno if i have recieved a message without turning of the screen saver. Would also be helpful if the screen saver locked the device so tht none of the buttons work work and the screen doesnt reactivate if a message is displayed.
How much would this affect battery life? as the screen itself is basically still turned off the whole time the only difference is that i would like it so that the device never actually turns off so this faint clock and message warning is ALWAYS on and never turns off.
something like this would be fantastic!
Tom
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Mortsaver (www.sto-helit.de) freeware does this! All you have to do is hit a button and it displays a clock, missed calls/messages and signal strength. After 5 secs of not unlocking it, it locks the phone again and backlight goes off. There are reports of battery drainage, but I use ot for over 5 months now and have no negative experiences with it.
Yes, MortSaver exactly does this. You can also configure it in a way that it turns off the device when activated, so there's no additional battery drain at all. Once you switch on your Magician, it shows the saver with time, battery and message popups. When you're not deactivating it via the assigned hardware button, it turns off the device again.
What I was looking for is a replacement for the simple TPEnable/TPDisable, since it deactivates the hardware buttons as well in new ROM revisions. I prefered that solution over MortSaver since I prefer the today screen as information screen and this solution was faster on deactiviation as well. Does anyone know such a simple tool (only deactivating the touchscreen - nothing else)?
Is there some registryhack or anything else, to change the color or frequenz of the LEDs?
e.g. I would like to have a red notification instead of the damned amber one (which looks hardly like the green one, in some situations)
I also would prefer a higher blink rate when notificated and a lesser one, for normal status.
I hate blinklights just for annoying net connect or bt connect "notification".
please, doese someone knows some way?
You can change ANY notification in the Sounds and notifications settings, or through a program such as PocketZenPhone.
Search the forums and you will find what you need!!
Re the lights themselves, you won't be able to change them without changing the diode itself. Though perhaps there's a setting that changes which one (ie green or amber) is used for different styles of notification. Given the options between those two, however, I don't see why you'd want to change them.
Ant
sure you can say: notificate me via light/sound/vibra - but it is the color I want to change (standart green. amber, red are ok, if I just could choose them as I like)
i want to change the "organge/amber" notification, cuz I find it hard to see the differenz between the green one, especially in daylight.
if there would be some setting to change the standart notification to red, this would be pretty pretty usefull.
even the frequenzy would help me, to realize faster whats going on.
AND I didn't found a way to cancel blinking e.g. for BT on oder Netconnect.
in night, it is a pain in the neck, and I do have to find something i can cover the lights with, if I just want a dark night .
there muste be a possible of changing it, it is just a damned OS and so its a software thing.
Someone like Buzz is probably better than most to advise re changing which LED is used and the frequency of blinking.
There is an app that allows you to turn off LEDs during the night. I used to have it on my PC but never installed it on the phone cos I turn my phone off at night. The posts linking to it were on X-D so a quick search should find it.
Cheers
Ant
maybe buzz knows some way?
I hate resurrecting old threads, but has anyone yet discovered where the LED blink rate is controlled? Is it something that can be modified? It simply blinks too much, in my opinion.
Thanks in advance.
You've got two multicolour led's, at least one is multi colour, green blinking for network, orange when charging and green when fully charged.
Blue for bluetooth, obvious .
Now i wonder, how do i turn them off?
Is there a tool to do that ?
Im intrigued! Why?
When i'm watching divx with tcmp, i hate those blinking led's in front of me.
That's it
BYM said:
When i'm watching divx with tcmp, i hate those blinking led's in front of me.
That's it
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how about just putting it flight mode? oh and turning bluetooth off?
Search is your friend
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270283
BYM said:
You've got two multicolour led's, at least one is multi colour, green blinking for network, orange when charging and green when fully charged.
Blue for bluetooth, obvious .
Now i wonder, how do i turn them off?
Is there a tool to do that ?
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Try
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\AllLEDMgr\Index
change the value to 0
Gavin01 said:
how about just putting it flight mode? oh and turning bluetooth off?
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Buuuuuhhhhhtttttttt, how about JUSt turning the LED's off?
That was my original question, to turn off the LED's.
All other functions must remain available.
(Logitech Bluetooth Stereo )Headset, and when the phone rings i must pickup when on standby duty ......
PReDiToR said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270283
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But this is not a functional solutionas far as i read the article.
Searched and found that topic myself already by the way.....
For ur this simple prob u can simply paste a small piece of matching dark coloured tape so that they dont disturb u nemore. lol........
LOL, no that's covering up, not shuttung down
So anyone any ideas jet ?
They bother me a lot when traveling at night time, and it's in the holder, i want to be able to shut them down please.
Tape is no option.
They can be controlled and disabled, but it'll be messy to disable them. There are various drivers scattered around that want control of the leds.
V
vijay555 said:
They can be controlled and disabled, but it'll be messy to disable them. There are various drivers scattered around that want control of the leds.
V
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Network, Charge and of course Bluetooth traffic are the ones i guess ?
How does one control these things, have you got any idea ?
The thing is, it's distracting me a lot when driving the car in the dark, that's why i ask. Also when watching divx it's distracting
The method I could write would be messy, inelegant. Easiest way is to disable allledmgr.
V
vijay555 said:
The method I could write would be messy, inelegant. Easiest way is to disable allledmgr.
V
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Sounds like a solution to me?
I have no idea to enable or disable allledmgr, can i do that in the Registry perhaps ? Would you like to teach me how to do that ?
Grtzzz from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
You could always open the case up and try removing the LEDs.
pug said:
You could always open the case up and try removing the LEDs.
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Yeah, or buy a Nokia 8210 ....
Come on get serious
OK then, I'll be serious.
I have looked into this quite extensively in the past, tried hacking all sorts of settings in the registry and all I have managed to do in the past is turn off the network LED.
As far as I'm aware and have been able to work out, the Bluetooth and the WiFi are controlled by either the drivers or the hardware itself rather than registry settings and modifying the drivers is beyond my capabilities. Of course, if it's hardware then there's nothing that can be done.
Come on Vijay, I know you of all people can do it, good luck.
Pug.
Here you go - VJImpoto, alpha release.
This will disable the LED driver (ie, battery charging leds, bluetooth, notification led, wifi led(?))
Note - by disabling the LED driver, the PDA won't be able to disable any currently activate leds, so eg if you're charging up (orange led active), and then run VJImpoto, the orange led will stay on until you soft reset whether you're charging or not.
So run it when you've got no LEDs on, and they'll stay off.
However: this is alpha, because I noticed that the "heartbeat" flash of the phone radio (green flash of led every few seconds) continues despite the LED driver being disabled: clearly that action is activated elsewhere on the system, so it'll need further investigation. However, this app merely disables AllLedMgr, so any flaws with that strategy carry here too.
Command line options:
-showinfo shows info on usage/donations
-debug shows feedback on whether it worked.
-killall killall will first attempt to switch off any active leds, so as discussed above, running VJImpoto -killall will first switch off the orange led, and then disable AllLEDMgr. However, this has the peculiar side effect of making the heartbeat flash now flash on the left green led on the Hermes. I recommend using -killall.
Please give feedback on if it worked for you. I'll make a cab later, .exe only for now.
VJImpoto
V
vijay555 said:
Here you go - VJImpoto, alpha release.
This will disable the LED driver (ie, battery charging leds, bluetooth, notification led, wifi led(?))
Note - by disabling the LED driver, the PDA won't be able to disable any currently activate leds, so eg if you're charging up (orange led active), and then run VJImpoto, the orange led will stay on until you soft reset whether you're charging or not.
So run it when you've got no LEDs on, and they'll stay off.
However: this is alpha, because I noticed that the "heartbeat" flash of the phone radio (green flash of led every few seconds) continues despite the LED driver being disabled: clearly that action is activated elsewhere on the system, so it'll need further investigation. However, this app merely disables AllLedMgr, so any flaws with that strategy carry here too.
Command line options:
-showinfo shows info on usage/donations
-debug shows feedback on whether it worked.
-killall killall will first attempt to switch off any active leds, so as discussed above, running VJImpoto -killall will first switch off the orange led, and then disable AllLEDMgr. However, this has the peculiar side effect of making the heartbeat flash now flash on the left green led on the Hermes. I recommend using -killall.
Please give feedback on if it worked for you. I'll make a cab later, .exe only for now.
VJImpoto
V
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First and atmost :
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for taking the time investigating and writing a possible solution for my little problem, however how small the problem seems, i have many thanks for you!
Don't have the time right now, but when arriving home it's on the top of my priority list, right below eating
AND WHOW IT WORKS!
For 5 to 10 minutes, then they all start blinking again.....
Here are my findings :
When i shut down all communications, and run the program from pocket-explorer, it works like a charm, even the Phone heartbeat won't blink.
After a period of 5 to 10 minutes however, they start blinking again.
The funny thing is, when i shut down all comunications, they keep blinking!
After a soft reset the situation is like before, as it seems to me, and they blink how they are supposed to, and stop blinking when turned off all communication devices.
I will look for a command line tool, and try it that way, for further examination, and ofcourse for finding the donation part
(by Paypal i assume ?)
Hi
I use my trinity as an alarm clock (as well as the 101 othering things including a phone!)
problem is the flashing lights annoy the hell out of me at night and i have to hide the phone under something to stop the green light acting like a beacon for every one wanting to pass on the right.
the hack turns off the lights but also the vibrate, which I use when in meetings.
Has anyone got or seen a simple tool to turn on or off the lights as required.
thanks in advance.
I lay my phone upside down on my bedside table then you don't see the lights!
Go kill the AllLEDMgr driver in the registry.
All LED will be gone - including normal notification LEDs like missed call or BT
You can couple it with say Mortscript to make a good toggle, only if you don't mind the reboot required.
hacking the reg
Disable flashing service LEDs
[HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\AllLEDMgr]"Index"=0
Note! Disables vibrating.As i said the hack stops the vibrate from working and I don't realy want to reboot after modifying the reg.
The FD said:
I lay my phone upside down on my bedside table then you don't see the lights!
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This is also my method
But I agred with you, it's f***ing annoying that beacons
disabling the vibro don't surprise me at all - circuit wise a vibrator is just like an led so its natural to have turf up with it in the driver.
that said I heard vj was developing a led manipulation tool for the hermes. tyou may want to do a search yourself.
Could someone please advise whether the HD has different LEDs for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth? I can only see the red LED for charging at the top.
I would like to see blue LEd when Bleutooth is on and Green when WiFi is On, just like on previous HTC models
Thank you,
Unfortunately, there are no other LEDs for BT and Wlan. If you turn that on, it is not signaled by an Led.
Thank you!
lamajstro said:
Unfortunately, there are no other LEDs for BT and Wlan. If you turn that on, it is not signaled by an Led.
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Many thanks for the confirmation....!
There is also no flashing green LED showing that the Phone is on as there was in the other HTC devices. I miss it because I could find my phone in a dark room.
maybe someone can create settings for it? a little program? especially for the status of the phone being on... would be nice!
tyronne1126 said:
maybe someone can create settings for it? a little program? especially for the status of the phone being on... would be nice!
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I think it might be possible. I remember reading something a long time ago that someone disabled the flashing green light on another HTC device so maybe it can be switched on too.
You're right
Matterhorn said:
There is also no flashing green LED showing that the Phone is on as there was in the other HTC devices. I miss it because I could find my phone in a dark room.
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LOL...I listen to music using A2DP and the LE light was crucial for me. I used phoneAlarm to try to activate each individual lED to ascertain, to no avail!
I see no point in removing all sort of LEDs; even using the virtual button; I would like to see the green and red lights for the telephone-related buttons when pressed to start and terminate a call. Haptic feedback is not always the best solution.
I guess the battery was so underpowered for the device that HTC opted to remove all lights/LED.
anyone that sees this.. can i make a request and ask if a program can be made or some sort of settings added to the phone to have the led flash to let you know the phone is on? or any other clever things you can come up with. !
thankss