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Very annoying, I like having my bluetooth on at all times incase i wanted to use my headset.. but when I have my BT turned on, it constantly runs a lil service light thing and blinks every 10 seconds it seems.
Any idea?
Try VJEschaton it turns them all off.
M
... or use a registry editor and change
hkey local machine\drivers\builtin\AllLEDmgr
from default 1 to 0 to shut down ALL led activity.
A nice registry collection is combined in tweaks2k2.net program
Cheers
oltp: does VJEschaton turn the leds off?
I'm intending to write in code to enable vibrate etc (or did I already do that, can't remember!), but I thought the Blue led was independant. Be cool if it does.
I don't think the blue led can be activated by normal code AFAIK, think it's at a driver level - I wanted to make a nice red,green, blue, orange flasher, but it got too late in the night to continue
V
V: I thought it did, just tried again with BT on & it keeps flashing blue & green. Then switched BT off & toggled it to orange. Next toggle keeps it orange :-(. But now led off, turns it green.
So the off switches to orange & on to green. Funny but unintended I think. Toggle only turns it orange & that's it.
Btw using v0.11
M
oltp: that's what I thought. My feeling is that the API used to control the LED defines most PDAs as having one or two leds by design. I think this was in the old days with non phone versions. So I think the led being controlled is the default Orange alert led, so we can switch that on and off.
However, I suspect that the Power led and bluetooth led are tied into hardware/drivers. There might be a way to control them, but it would require more digging and might not be compatible with all hardware.
FYI: the second "LED" is actually the vibrator, so it can be controlled by the same code. There are functions to control stepper speed and duration etc, so you could possibly use it as I/O controller for a robot or something, it you're were perversly inclined, like me
V
So the old joke about the mobile phone comes back to a more controlled life ;-)
No good it's mine, it's mine, it's no longer mine :-( back to my old nokia again. First the kids & now...
A truly sad, M
Why you sad oltp? It's Sunday and I'm still in the office, that's sad
What did you want to do? Disable all leds? There's always a way...
V
V: I know I'm @ home teaching NFS Underground to the kids, it could be much worse. Like next week I've to work @ night.
Flighing lessons will probably turn off all leds, but hey it's Yze's question not mine. I keep the leds blinking, so I know it's working even though the screen is off.
So back to the basics: use tweaks2k2.net to turn them of. VJEschaton is still under development.
V: do you implement the BT switcher in VJEschaton or another tool?
Keep it cool, M
oltp: hopefully tonight I'm releasing VJVolubilis for some control of BT. When you say BT Switcher, what do you mean?
I don't have time to finish all of VJVolubilis, but like VJEschaton, it's a good place to start, and continue adding new features over time (hence the low version numbers, 0.11 etc!). I want to investigate the Blue & Gree Led, but this type of coding needs so much hunting and digging
V
V: BT switcher is for me a tool/shortcut to toggle the BT state (not necessarily on an incoming call lol)
M
Oltp: good, I've put that in already. There are other apps to do this, but VJVolubilis will do a few things in one place.
V
V: BT switcher is for me a tool/shortcut to toggle the BT state (not necessarily on an incoming call lol)
M
All LED's(even bluetooth) can be disabled by this program
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=2724
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 do not know if this is just my problem, but the side buttons for picking up or killing connection do not light up, when a call is coming and the device is closed (they do light up, when the display is opened, but i can not reach them and it is pointless that time). I would like to have them light up. How can I get it work? Thanks for answer.
Hi Ya,
I'm glad you have asked this, I keep meaning to and then forget about it until im out and about at night and the phone rings, then I remember.
Its damn annoying not seeing the lights, To anyone who might think so what, you try answering a call at night in the dark with the clam shut, I got a job to even know which way up to hold the phone.
It used to work but hasnt for months now, no idea why or when it stopped, as during the summer it wasnt such an issue.
it seems like these buttons are lit using the backlit of the display.
so the question is: how to override the
"if closed then switch off backlit" logic
with
" if closed then switch off backlit unless ringing"
No these buttons are not lit by the backlight and have LED's of their own. Just completely dim the backlight using the slider in the appropriate setting and you will see no change in the intensity of the button light.
Furthermore it is a stupid design but there is no setting currently available to make them glow when a call comes in and the lid is closed. This is by design, unfortunately.
Regards
Sorry but thats not quite true.
When I first got my phone the lights ALWAYS lit up when a call came in, but for some reason they have stopped doing it now
Interesting thing to point out, I would be interested in a "fix or workaround" too =)
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
So the one thing that is annoying me a lot about my Nexus One is the backlight on the 4 capacitive buttons and the trackball flashing at night when it sites on my nightstand. I guess I could also add the charge light to this case as well. But that is less bothersome at the moment.
Does anyone have anymore information on whether the light for the trackball, capacitive buttons, and charge light can be disabled?
The only bits of information I can find searching is that the phone needs to be rooted to do this. That is great. What would be the next step? Is there a /proc listing for the trackball, capacitive buttons light, charge light that might take input to disable them?
Would love to hear if anyone has more information on this subject as i can't seem to find much info.
I have the same problem because I either have mine on the bed with me or on the night stand and that damn track ball light is bright when its pitch black, and I can't even tell you how many times I've bumped those damn capacitive buttons while typing or just in an app.
I hope the guys building custom roms will add toggles, or some developer will make toggles for rooted phones that would be very awesome and appreciated, I don't think just by me either.
I've never seen mine flash while charging, maybe if you have an alert, but you can clear those before you plop your phone down for the night.
the only light i have on when charging is the little orange light....
I'm guessing, that you need to answer a message or email or something.
You can use LEDs Hack, from the Market, to disable them; you can even configure it to automatically disable them when you plug in your phone, and re-enable them when you un-plug. It's free, from the developer who created Bedside, the (IMHO) best night clock app. (If you like LEDs Hack, you might try Bedside for a mere $1.50 -- a pittance, really.)
My impression is that if you have the built in clock application running before you turn your phone off, trackball and buttons light won't turn on even if you have an alert. I might be wrong though...
danguyf said:
You can use LEDs Hack, from the Market, to disable them; you can even configure it to automatically disable them when you plug in your phone, and re-enable them when you un-plug. It's free, from the developer who created Bedside, the (IMHO) best night clock app. (If you like LEDs Hack, you might try Bedside for a mere $1.50 -- a pittance, really.)
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LEDs Hack looks EXACTLY what I am looking for. Thank you for this tip (doesn't show up in my searches. But found on androlib.com).
IMHO, this functionality SHOULD be native in the phone.
I wonder if this program also covers the trackball light flashing?
Yes, I know the flashing is because I have a message waiting. But the point is, I don't want to be woken up in the middle of the night because of a flashing light just for a silly email or text message!