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how to increase frequency of blinking light?

I've noticed that the notification light for new emails and the like doesn't blink as frequently as the g1. Is there anyway to to reduce the time gap between blinks?

+1. You have to be staring at it otherwise you miss the blink.

lol +2 I catch myself stopping in my tracks and waiting a good 6 seconds to see if there's going to be a blink.

If you use the new CM build + Trackball SMS, the notification light will continue flashing every second until you activate the phone

The worst is when I "think" I see a blink in the corner of my eye and then I have to debate whether I should expend the energy to wake up my phone and check for a new message. Most of the time I hallucinate and think I saw a blink when really I didn't.

bobtentpeg said:
If you use the new CM build + Trackball SMS, the notification light will continue flashing every second until you activate the phone
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Where can I find trackball sms? I looked in the market and didn't find it.

bobtentpeg said:
If you use the new CM build + Trackball SMS, the notification light will continue flashing every second until you activate the phone
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Does this work with email too (gmail, non-gmail email) or just text messaging?

cupOjo said:
Where can I find trackball sms? I looked in the market and didn't find it.
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I don't see it either.

booloobunny said:
lol +2 I catch myself stopping in my tracks and waiting a good 6 seconds to see if there's going to be a blink.
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+3
Way too damn slow.
I also can't find trackball sms.

Its in this forum guys. Just search.

Mi|enko said:
Its in this forum guys. Just search.
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No results for Trackball SMS.
Is it "TrackballColoursConcept.zip"?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613868&highlight=trackball+sms

Trackball SMS's link is in post 134 of the thread linked in Paul22000's post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5399764&postcount=134

Alpha code released:
[Here]
Please read carefully, no warranties provided.
lilHermit

From what I gather from your post, is that this alpha build doesn't play nice with what is current built into the phone. Is this a color changing thing, or a frequency thing? Would it be more feasible to write a program that just changes the frequency of the blinking?

[App] TrackballFlashRate
Ok you can change the flash rate from 1-9seconds, no colour changes take place. As the Stock ROM Notification system does not issue any period/rate changes this should work without problems.
It will also load your setting on phone reboot.
Download here
Change List:
- 1.0beta1 (30/01/2010)
Initial Release​Known Issues:
- 1second might not work, needs more testing​
Todo:
Add check for Nexus One​
Requirements:
Su/Rooted phone
Nexus One​
Use at your own risk, I cannot be held responsible for loss or damage etc etc yada yada yada.
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lilHermit

Does this work for missed call and email notifications?

scrappyabs2 said:
Does this work for missed call and email notifications?
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It should work for any notification where the trackball flashes until acknowledged.
lilHermit

Sweet. Please add to CyanogenMod.

Thanks a bunch lilHermit.

Thanks a lot for this mod!
However, it seems to be a little unreliable as sometimes it just stops working.
Also, if I reboot it will always stop to work and I will have to kill both SU and the mod itself and then restart the app for it to come back to life.
Any plans on further improving this mod or making it more reliable? Would really love to use this as the default for notifications.
Using Cyanogen Beta 4.

[REQ]Unlock with Trackball and Trachball Light Notiffication in FROYO

I dont know if this is the right place to put this so move the thread willingly.
I was wondering if there is any way to get the Trackball Light notifications and the Trackball wake mod working in froyo. I know the source hasnt been released but maybe it is still possible... maybe

Patience my young grasshopper

Paul from Modaco says that he'll get right on it as soon as the source is released. He himself wants it quite badly (follow him on his Twitter if you want to know ASAP when it's released).

nephron said:
I dont know if this is the right place to put this so move the thread willingly.
I was wondering if there is any way to get the Trackball Light notifications and the Trackball wake mod working in froyo. I know the source hasnt been released but maybe it is still possible... maybe
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trackball notifications are built in to froyo.
TEXT(Google voice)=green
IM=blue
email=white
thats about all the ones i know

solidmac said:
trackball notifications are built in to froyo.
TEXT(Google voice)=green
IM=blue
email=white
thats about all the ones i know
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Then how do you enable them? We're you able to enable them? They don't work on my phone. Its back to the old white pulse every 5 seconds for everything.

hmm i have "Light" checked in google voice,ebuddy, and Gmail doesnt have an option in their app but i have "Pulse notification lights" enabled in the default menu.
Im guessing its up the app developer to select the color notification light.

Yep, really missing trackball wake.
As for the color notifications, they just seem to work here out of the box...

I dont think you need to open a new thread for this topic. Everyone waiting for it, cant you learn how to wait? Dont just ask for something, learn how to understand something. At least understand the situation, source is not release yet. So be patient!

DL screenmode from the app market and set it to screen lock off. Trackball wake up should work. Just found out about this yesterday lol

kingofthebraves said:
DL screenmode from the app market and set it to screen lock off. Trackball wake up should work. Just found out about this yesterday lol
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nice! just have to make sure you remember to turn the screen off when you're not using it...

I think trackball is much more useful. I got so used to it by now that its really annoying to use the unlock button at the top. Also its annoying that the Email light and the SMS light are both white....
Sitting by for further development i guess haha

Since HandcentSMS & ChompSMS no longer work - I've reverted back to 'SMS Popup' and the stock messaging app.
SMS Popup has 'LED colour' in the notification settings - so you can set to red, just like CM...

nephron said:
I think trackball is much more useful. I got so used to it by now that its really annoying to use the unlock button at the top. Also its annoying that the Email light and the SMS light are both white....
Sitting by for further development i guess haha
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Umm ...
I bought LockBot Pro for Froyo for switching on with trackball, and it works great
(as long as you install or move it to internal memory)
The ChompSMS beta works great on Froyo too, and it makes the LED flash Green for me.

ahfunaki said:
nice! just have to make sure you remember to turn the screen off when you're not using it...
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why? phone will sleep in 1 min anyway.. with or without screenlock..
never really understood who needs that locking feature.. doesnt the screen only respond to the fingers?
im using app called No lock. it removes that sliding locking AND enables trackballwake on froyo.. at least worked for me..

AndiTails said:
Since HandcentSMS & ChompSMS no longer work - I've reverted back to 'SMS Popup' and the stock messaging app.
SMS Popup has 'LED colour' in the notification settings - so you can set to red, just like CM...
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Handcent already releeased 3.0 that works with froyo. Been using it with no problems for a day now.

Most lock screen apps will allow trackball wake. Lock Bot works as well

There is an app on the market called no lock that let's you wake up your phone with trackball.

Hancent and ChompSMS both work now, and allow custom colors for your trackball alerts.

Google HAS enabeld the color trackball notif for the nexus one. See link below for use:
developer.android.com/intl/fr/reference/android/app/Notification. html
Now anny app can use those notifications, no need to be root. You can now just start having some fun!!!

I've noticed some of my trackballs notifications are different colors now but has anyone found a way to speed up the blinking?

idea for led notification.

Hi all i just had an idea for all the people that want a led notification when they miss a call or get and email, fb notification , twit anything really.
You could have the two led back and menu buttons flash when the phone is in standby, letting you know there is a notification waiting that you have not seen since the last your phone was on.
Now i don't know how to do this but i put the idea out there for devs could be some thing useful for some people?

What you are looking for is bln (backlight notification) which needs to be baked into the kernal. There was a thread about it in the dev forum. Seems to have died though.
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Hi,
with the Omnia 2 we had the same problem. Somebody solved it this way!
Perhaps something like this is possible on S2, too?
Rgds

Agreed..Only needs to be a soft pulse to notify the end user

NIK516 said:
Hi all i just had an idea for all the people that want a led notification when they miss a call or get and email, fb notification , twit anything really.
You could have the two led back and menu buttons flash when the phone is in standby, letting you know there is a notification waiting that you have not seen since the last your phone was on.
Now i don't know how to do this but i put the idea out there for devs could be some thing useful for some people?
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what is you need is noled application. check it on market.

karakemal said:
what is you need is noled application. check it on market.
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Yep, that's what the OP needed, a battery-draining solution NOTHING like what s/he had suggested...

karakemal said:
what is you need is noled application. check it on market.
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+1.. Use NoLed , its an awesome app , but I always check my phone so I dont need any of these apps xD

Since noled keeps phone cpu in awake state, its non comparable to button light kernel hack (which causes almost no battery usage change at all, like on phones with dedicated notification leds)
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Yeh that's why i made the suggestion so that your screen is not on awake.
Having the menu button and back button to be personalized "like missed call for menu and back for sms " . This would be good i think
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Funny because I was thinking of the lack of notification today, but want something different. I would like the led to light up like a heart beat when connected to usb charger. I simply hate that I can't see if my device is charging in the car.. how does this sound?

Active display gets updated today

It seems to be just some bug fixing: http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-updates-active-display-bugfixes-renames-motorola-care-help

freeintruth said:
It seems to be just some bug fixing: http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-updates-active-display-bugfixes-renames-motorola-care-help
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Yeah, there were quite a few bugs with 1.2.8. I had to send a full bug report to Motorola, as did others.
Some issues included:
Notifications not working with certain apps
AN failing to wake the screen when device was moved
AN failing to wake the screen when a notification arrived
AN failing to open an app from the AN screen

Active display STILL doesn't show any notifications for me.

trevorftard said:
Active display STILL doesn't show any notifications for me.
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Same here. It was showing notifications for a few days then stopped.

The Tallest said:
Same here. It was showing notifications for a few days then stopped.
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I turned off active display because any movement and it would turn on the clock and catch my eye which is very distracting and annoying, anyway to disable that without disabling the whole feature?

Mine was working perfect, did a factory reset to try and fix the high android OS usage and now it's not working. This is very annoying.

evilp8ntballer7 said:
I turned off active display because any movement and it would turn on the clock and catch my eye which is very distracting and annoying, anyway to disable that without disabling the whole feature?
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If you go into the Apps side of the Activity Display you should be able to un-check the Clock and it won't show it anymore.
tu3218 said:
Mine was working perfect, did a factory reset to try and fix the high android OS usage and now it's not working. This is very annoying.
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I did that. Then remembered I took the Navigation buttons out via the Build.prop and had a hell of a time trying to reinstall everything without them. :laugh: I use LMT Pie Controls so I had to reinstall them through the Play Store before I could reinstall all my other apps. I then took LMT Pie Controls and made them flashable so that the next time I do a factory reset I can just reinstall them via recovery.
What irks me most is that half my notifications aren't working a week after buying the phone. When they worked the day I got it. Gmail doesn't show up, 1Weather doesn't show up, the battery no longer shows up. Outlook does and Messaging does. I know Motorola said there was a problem with 1Weather not working properly but the day I set my phone up a little over a week ago it worked. Now all of a sudden it doesn't, and Gmail should work but doesn't.
Also, does the image verification thing for the forum ever go away? It's kind of a PITA to remember it's there when I post. Guys, I'm not a robot. Seriously.

I turned off the sleep function of active display and now my notifications are working. I haven't tried turning it back on to see if it would work but just something to try for those who are having an issue.

trevorftard said:
Active display STILL doesn't show any notifications for me.
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Did you reboot the phone after updating? It's a highly integrated system function. It should require a reboot after updating. I noticed it acted the same as 1.2.8 until I restarted the phone.
evilp8ntballer7 said:
I turned off active display because any movement and it would turn on the clock and catch my eye which is very distracting and annoying, anyway to disable that without disabling the whole feature?
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Turn the phone face down or cover the proximity sensor face-up.

Just a suggestion. When some apps get updated like line app and some other apps, they get unchecked in that active notification select apps menu/setting. I have to go back and manually check them again to show up on active display.
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tu3218 said:
I turned off the sleep function of active display and now my notifications are working. I haven't tried turning it back on to see if it would work but just something to try for those who are having an issue.
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I'll have to try this.

Notifications Problem

I'm not sure if this is only me or not.
I got my phone for abour 3-4 days now and I noticed that some app notifications don't come through. For instance game notifications that something is happening in the game that I was getting on my previous phone don't appear at all. I also have a Series Guide app on my phone that notifies me with new episodes of the series that I watch daily but now I don't get these notification unless I open the app and then all them come together.
Sometimes viber doesn't pop up at all. E-mail (using Inbox Google) seems to be fine.
I checked all settings (wifi is on Always on) apps permissions etc. Nothings seems to be out of place.
Does anyone else have this problem?

Check in settings - clear background app
And add your app to the white list.
This is the most useless and annoying 'feature' on this phone. Hope elephone removes it or allows us to turn it off.

FunkiBluDawg said:
Check in settings - clear background app
And add your app to the white list.
This is the most useless and annoying 'feature' on this phone. Hope elephone removes it or allows us to turn it off.
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Thank you so much!
Somehow i missed this option when I was messing with phone! Hopefully this fixes my problem :fingers-crossed:
You are awesome! :victory:

Screen on ?
Hi
About notification problem. - Is it possible in some way to get the screen turn on when receiving sms/mms/ notification ?
Normally, on other phones, the screen turns on, or a pop-up turns on, but on this phone nothings happens...
/Ole

OleRas1 said:
Hi
About notification problem. - Is it possible in some way to get the screen turn on when receiving sms/mms/ notification ?
Normally, on other phones, the screen turns on, or a pop-up turns on, but on this phone nothings happens...
/Ole
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Use this app to screen on,works fine.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silverfinger.wake&hl=el

Notifcation
Hi
Ok, Thanks, it works !
/Ole