How can I replace the lightbulb in my HTC Universal? I didn't really use this feature much unless taking photos (which never turn out anything but grainy and blurry for me), however, I finally discovered VJCandella, and now I have found out that the bulb is broken (I'm just assuming here that it is a xenon flash bulb, or is it an even brighter LED than normal? LEDs usually don't ever die).
I want to replace this bulb to use VJcandella, but I don't know where to start looking, any help would be greatly appreciated.
I wonder if we can replace it with something else, for example a blue color LED, a motor, or something.
Is there anybody who can check the voltage and the current on the place of the flash led?
Blufires said:
How can I replace the lightbulb in my HTC Universal?
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Check out the wiki... see the Service Manual for the Uni
An alternative:
Buy a 1W bright LED from eBay and that should be ok...
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Is there a way/software that will turn on the camera light of the wizard?
It is handy in dark areas to be able to say press and hold the camera button and have the light go on...
...it will drain your batteries and decreases the lifetime of the 'lightbulb' enormously. Try attached plamp instead...
nah, the "flash" is a suface mount LED. LED's have a very long lifespan... it will long out-live the phones operating life.
Handy program, thanks!
...stupid of me, i never looked for it:
in my screen i've got 3 icons to the right: a lightning strike (i thought for autoflashing), working set and folder my pictures.
If you tap lightning strike lightning led stays on...
See, ...still learning by helping eachother...
Krinkiespijer said:
If you tap lightning strike lightning led stays on...
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yeah but then how do you get it to flash right before it takes the picture like all cameras with a flash do? because with the lightning bolt with a line through it doesn't have a flash...
...probably i've got a flash problem. Mine doesn't flash. I only can activate the light. I never noticed this because normally i use a digital camera (4Mpix) for pictures.
I don't believe it is a flash. It is only a light.
well it is the same as a flash, but it just stays on... i guess it is to help the camera so it doesn't have to adjust so much in a little bit. But it is kinda annoying trying to take a picture of youself with the light on.
The LED for the Wizard doesn't flash, it merely stays on.
well... technically it DOES flash...
It stays on to light the area, then when you actually take the picture it gets super bright (flashes) to light up the area for the picture.
Agreed, once the light is on (no slash on the lightning) it will flash (get brighter, not like a real flash but brighter than before) when u take a picture.
A program would be useful anyway to voice-command launch this feature...
Any Ideas?? (VJCandela does not seem to work on wizard T-mo 2.26 ROM)
So....Any programmer willing to help????
I tried looking in the forum for any info on the status LED next to the speaker on the front side but I don't see any posts on this. Is this LED supposed to flash or do something? On my HD it has never worked? Is it supposed to work?
I remember on my Artemis it would flash green for good reception, blue for bluetooth and red if the battery was low.
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I tried looking in the forum for any info on the status LED next to the speaker on the front side but I don't see any posts on this. Is this LED supposed to flash or do something? On my HD it has never worked? Is it supposed to work?
I remember on my Artemis it would flash green for good reception, blue for bluetooth and red if the battery was low.
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I may be wrong but i was under the impresion that this was a sensor rather than a LED.
No, that's entirely correct, it is the light sensor. The LED is in the power button.
the status led is on the power button on the top right hand side of the blackstone...the place u highlighted is a sensor as what scotia has point out..
I think that it is a proximity sensor used to blank screen when you put the phone on your ear to talk.
It's actually the light sensor used for when you have automatic display brightness enabled. When it's dark, it turns down the brightness... And when it's a sunny day it cracks it up. I am not sure whether it's used to blank the screen during a call... This seems to happen after a period of time has elapsed.
Gav
ok thanks for the info.
So does the power LED on the top side flash any color to show the status of the reception or does it only light up orange when it charges?
Thanks.
doesn't do anything for reception..although mine flashes green hen I have a message/email/reminder
pity though, a decent LED to show such things was probably high on everyone's wishlist
No, the HD is perfectly unobtrusive. On my last PDA the LED had to be tweaked to stop flashing.
Too bad this isnt a LED diode Since I got on my Diamond a light notification (on the bottom of device)... when I recieved new sms... now on HD there is no way I can figure do I have new sms or notification unless I turn the screen on. The only hardware flaw by mine opinion
When its lying down, I agree with you. Then I have to turn on the screen. However when its lying next to me I'm usually not in a place were I can't use my phone, so the sound is on anyway.
I actually think its quite good the LED is on the top, it's easelly visible when the phone is in my pocket. I just have to pull the phone up a little and look down to see the LED (no need to get it out and turn the screen on). I like it on the top, nice and discreet, and not anoying me when I'm looking at the device while using it.
Perhaps a combination would be nice? Front and top That would sattisfy most people I guess...
ok i was wondering... why is there two LEDs on HTC maple and only one is being used
I noticed that too. There's got to be an app that allows you to customize how they blink. I used an old one for HTC phones but is not compatible.
I'm pretty sure the "light" on the right side of the phone is the sensor that automatically dims the backlight if you have the option turned on. I don't think it's an LED at all.
I think that there is only one LED diode exactly on the left side on the right side is a light sensor.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=680231
I didn't see anything about the second LED from that link. So does this mean the other LED will not blink?
It's not an LED.
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ok i was wondering... why is there two LEDs on HTC maple and only one is being used
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The left side is a bi-colour LED with (maybe tri-colour) but so far I have only seen green and orange. Red maybe the third colour. Unlike the HTC Hermes 200 (Tytn) that had a second LED that was flashed blue when the bluetooth was active, the HTC Maple does not seem to have it. The right lens is actually a light sensor for the keyboard backlight *IF* you wish to use that feature which quite frankly SUCKS as I can't see anything most of the time because it doesn't switch on the backlight when you really need it.
I would prefer if it actually controls screen brightness. I wonder if there's a patch for that?
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I would prefer if it actually controls screen brightness. I wonder if there's a patch for that?
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Doubtful as it only seems to be a on or off command and not a on at level command. I just wish that it would be adjustable for light level setting as it never comes on in low light conditions when it should unless you cover it with a finger.
Hi guys, i don't know about you, but the only thing that annoys me about our beloved Desire is its tiny-nigh-invisible notification led. Aside from the very short blinking time (which can be tweaked), if the phone is charging it simply doesn't show anything when a new sms/email/whatever is received, as the led is in his fixed orange state. I come from a Hero and used to LOVE the blinking trackball..while i find it pretty darn stupid that HTC did not include a simple led in the Desire trackball, i realized that in theory we could achieve a pretty decent result by using the backlighting of the 4 hard keys, making them blink when necessary...Now my knowledge of linux, android etc is pretty limited, so i'm asking to whomever will listen , can it be done? Since the backlight appears to be triggered by the ambient light sensor, i realize it might not be that easy...any thoughts?
Very Nice Idea!
But is it possible? I also would like to know..............
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I come from a Hero and used to LOVE the blinking trackball..while i find it pretty darn stupid that HTC did not include a simple led in the Desire trackball
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What trackball would that be, because the Desire doesn't have one!
That little "hole" in the optical trackpad *is* the optical trackpad, so they couldn't put an LED in it.
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Would be cool if that backlight for the hardware keys could be configured to change colour for SMS/Mail/Call so it would work even in low light conditions where it is lit white...
Yeah, far fetched, I know. The LED colour notifications is something I miss from my older routine immensely.
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What trackball would that be, because the Desire doesn't have one!
That little "hole" in the optical trackpad *is* the optical trackpad, so they couldn't put an LED in it.
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Dave
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Yeah i meant trackpad but wrote trackball. I guess they could have put a series of leds around it in a circle or whatever, you get the idea, that's not the point
Another similar idea I have is to use the camera flash for notifications.
Any thoughts about that?
Might be possible even for non rooted devices like my own.
So I was playing around with lightflow on my nexus 4 and I noticed that the red LED is kind of prominent when the notification light pulses when I have any color selected with red in it. There's a red glow at the top of the notification light when it pulses, which makes blue half purple, yellow half red-orange, and white pink/purple. The picture is kind of bright, but you can kind of see what I mean (it's supposed to be yellow). It's a lot more visible in real life... Does anyone else have this too?
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So I was playing around with lightflow on my nexus 4 and I noticed that the red LED is kind of prominent when the notification light pulses when I have any color selected with red in it. There's a red glow at the top of the notification light when it pulses, which makes blue half purple, yellow half red-orange, and white pink/purple. The picture is kind of bright, but you can kind of see what I mean (it's supposed to be yellow). It's a lot more visible in real life... Does anyone else have this too?
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Looks yellow to me brotato.
But yes, I think it's normal to get glimpses of other colors. Happened on gnex and gs3 too.
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How do you even configure the LED I couldn't find a way to do this (never had a phone with notification LED before)
In fact I haven't seen the notification LED at all, I can't test SMS messages because my Micro-SIM isn't here yet, but all other kind of notifications had no effect.
Where do I find the LED settings
EDIT: Ok, It seems like there is a notification if I receive a mail (gmail), but not for all notifications. Is this normal?
(If you can tell me how it works I can check if I have a red glow)
Use light flow, download from play.
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Slightly topic related question. (apology for slight double post - question sits better here - not worth another thread)
Q1 : When charging I have no lights/led indicators illuminated (on both stock and aokp) - is this the normal? - intended behavior?
I'm used to HTC/Samsung, that tend charge at one colour (amber/red) and then display another colour when full (green). This would seem sensible to me, so that we ensure that we don't over charge the battery and over heat the phone?
Q2 : Another favour to ask: can someone please post a close up picture, of the two Nexus 4 USB cable plugs, as I've managed to confuse several USB leads and don't know which came with the Nexus, which I may need for an RMA return?
Thanks in advance
An RGB LED is basically 3 LEDs crammed into one housing. It's just like a pixel on your monitor, but larger. If you were to zoom in on your monitor you would notice the three individual colors. It just so happens that the red part of the LED doesn't diffuse throughout the housing as well as the other colors do.
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I see, it's done using an app.
I can see a small red glow at the top (I guess) but it's really small and I wouldn't even have noticed without this thread. (Maybe it's because I am red-green colorblind, but I don't think this has a great effect here)
BTW: Is there a more advanced possibility to control the LED in Cyanogenmod or is it a good idea to pay for light flow (I'm especially interested in support of steam)?
ben_pyett said:
Q1 : When charging I have no lights/led indicators illuminated (on both stock and aokp) - is this the normal? - intended behavior?
I'm used to HTC/Samsung, that tend charge at one colour (amber/red) and then display another colour when full (green). This would seem sensible to me, so that we ensure that we don't over charge the battery and over heat the phone?
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Yes, by default there is no LED notification of the charge status. You can use Light Flow (including the free version) from the Play Store to add this behavior, as well as controlling notifications for all sorts of events (not just LED notifications -- sounds and vibrations, as well).
You don't need to worry about overcharging the battery, though. There is a protection circuit built in that prevents issues of that sort.
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Slightly topic related question. (apology for slight double post - question sits better here - not worth another thread)
Q2 : Another favour to ask: can someone please post a close up picture, of the two Nexus 4 USB cable plugs, as I've managed to confuse several USB leads and don't know which came with the Nexus, which I may need for an RMA return?
Thanks in advance
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Hidden92 said:
BTW: Is there a more advanced possibility to control the LED in Cyanogenmod or is it a good idea to pay for light flow (I'm especially interested in support of steam)?
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CM allows you to set colors and flash rate per app, Lite flow allows this too, Lite flow (paid) allows you to add additional apps beyond the standard ones (Gmail, SMS, Facebook, etc).
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--Here you go--
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thanks, but I wasn't able to see any attachment? *confused*?
EDIT: I can now, XDA/browser issue, seen it now - so resolved and thanks
I'd suggest you try out the lite version of light flow first then decide to buy it or not. It's worth the price AFAIK!
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