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Trying to Customise LEDs

Hi,
I have an orange spv m3100 unlocked to virgin (t-mobile). I was under the impression that the service led (constant, flashing, green) could be customised somehow to reflect events like new voicemail, missed call, new text message etc. Start / Settings / Sounds and Notifications / Notifications seems to back up this theory but all I ever get is a constantly flashing green light all the time other than when charging. Then, the light is solid amber.
I've witnessed an unlocked m700 do what I'd like, which is to change the colour of the led under the circumstances outlined above. I've tried nueLED without success and was wondering if there is a simple way to achieve what I'd like. Obviously a free solution would be preferable, but I'd consider paying as this is an important feature for me.
Thanks.

I honestly don't know if its possible, could be a registry edit or then again it may be something you can't play around with... NueLED lets you change the LEDs colour that flashes for different functions but I don't believe it lets you change the timing...
Sorry...

In which case I wonder why the phone gives me the option to "flash light" when e.g. I get a voice mail or a text. Surely this refers to changing the properties of the LED ?

not sure
I might be missing what your asking, but I have the official wm6 att rom on my phone and it switches to yellow flashing when I have a text/missed call etc.....
which rom are you using?

I'm running CRC's rom but it would be a pretty standard function I would think.
Apologies if I'm telling you how to suck eggs, but are you setting the events up?
On mine, I set the events I want to see the flashing light for in
Settings - Sounds & Notifications - Notifications
Then I need to choose the event (EG: Phone: Missed Call) and choose the various settings.
IIRC none of them had the setting for 'Flash light for' set to on when I first flashed the ROM.

lewnetoons said:
I might be missing what your asking, but I have the official wm6 att rom on my phone and it switches to yellow flashing when I have a text/missed call etc.....
which rom are you using?
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I'm using this one
http://www.orange.co.uk/business/downloads/SPV_M3100_ROMUpdate_1007.exe
I'm kind of interested in giving WM6 a go - could you provide a link ?

fatboy_1999 said:
I'm running CRC's rom but it would be a pretty standard function I would think.
Apologies if I'm telling you how to suck eggs, but are you setting the events up?
On mine, I set the events I want to see the flashing light for in
Settings - Sounds & Notifications - Notifications
Then I need to choose the event (EG: Phone: Missed Call) and choose the various settings.
IIRC none of them had the setting for 'Flash light for' set to on when I first flashed the ROM.
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No apology necessary, I'm a super noob at all this smartphone malarkey.
But...I've set this up for all the notifications I require and still no joy.

Am currently trialling a combination of led killer and phonealarm apps to solve this. Appears to work reasonably well, but sledgehammers and nuts spring to mind.

I think.... is not posible
Is too much settings for the led! hahahaha but it would be interesant to shut off the hang on and call led buttons off cause it makes me sense it tooks much battery... dont you think so...?

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?

Features lost or worsened in 2.1

Lost or removed features:
- Automatic brightness
- Green Led notification for unread SMS
Worsened features:
- GPS settings
- GPS popup warning each time GPS is enabled
New bugs:
- Low resolution contact pictures
Replaced functionalities:
- Dedicated SMS backup to SD card, superseded by Backup&Restore application, which is unable to restore old backup format.

I would like to collect and discuss all the features removed or lost in the 2.1 update, as well as the new bugs, annoyances, and the features that have somehow worsened.
Please post you list, I will update accordingly the opening post.
This should also be the place where to discuss these issues or post workarounds.
For me a big problem is GPS. The additional setting is gone, and now every time you activate GPS via the widget, you get the confirmation popup
But even worst, the confirmation popup appears even if an application enables GPS in background!

I read auto bright is still there, seems it is on the widget now

Lost Features :
No more Green Led notification when you receive a sms

gtrab said:
I read auto bright is still there, seems it is on the widget now
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No, it's a three state: minimum bright; settings bright; maximum bright

Shadback said:
Lost Features :
No more Green Led notification when you receive a sms
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Supposedly works just fine if the screen is off.
Feature Worsened:
The signal-to-noise ratio on these forums is far far too low.

iead1 said:
Supposedly works just fine if the screen is off.
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Just done a test. With the screen off, I sent me an SMS. I got the new message sound, and then the green led remained off.

You can use BLINK for your LED thing.
I been using it but not sure if you can use it for SMS...

lornova said:
Just done a test. With the screen off, I sent me an SMS. I got the new message sound, and then the green led remained off.
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Weird. I've found my phone not blinking for other notifications too, on 1.6.
Have you tried another SMS app?

zm4 said:
You can use BLINK for your LED thing.
I been using it but not sure if you can use it for SMS...
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But it just worked on 1.6.... so definitely wither a new bug or a removed feature!

lornova said:
But it just worked on 1.6.... so definitely wither a new bug or a removed feature!
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I'm gonna go with bug.

flashing green light every 5 seconds on sms recieved using stock message app.
was it a constant light on 1.6 i cant remember now has it been that long lol

Auto brightness is not removed it's on the widget as the middle click!

lornova said:
Just done a test. With the screen off, I sent me an SMS. I got the new message sound, and then the green led remained off.
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are u guys sure ive left mine unread for the last 5 mins and its still flashing every 5 seconds till read it.

you know what else downgraded? when using the default browser and you are trying to look at all your windows open it shows them in a list not in a screenshot

Sorry for the Led Light bug,apprently,it seems to works. Sorry for my mistake.

Shadback said:
Sorry for the Led Light bug,apprently,it seems to works. Sorry for my mistake.
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its one less thing to worry about .
I had a total freeze on stock browser last night couldnt close it down properley had to restart. got used to that though from nokia 5800/x6. thought id seen the last of it.
Luckily it has not happened since so ill give it the benefit of the doubt this time.

worsened: The exchange native support is removed from Android 2.1 and they still got Moxier in there

I am going to use my root to remove all default Google apps so I can install the cyanogenmod versions... see if i can't get exchange back in the mail app and remove bloat.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

The new sms is really anoying. There r no auto bookmark to the newest message like before
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

[Q] HTC Hero G2 Trackball light

Hello can anyone please tell me if there any Android OS maybe custom that can turn trackball light on when screen is on,or any app i am now on 2.3.7 elelinux-7.s-hero-v3.7.
Tnx for answers.

I'm currently using a sense rom, not CM... and i'm not sure where exactly are those preferences for trackball lights... but, search trough the settings menus, and you'll find what you are looking for With CM you can setup a lot of things...
Maybe someone who is using CM rom, can tell you where are those settings in the CMSettings menu

Trackball light is for notifications (missd calls, sms..etc) it flashes wen you have a notification and in my experience it only works on 2.1 roms or stock roms.

moby_test said:
Trackball light is for notifications (missd calls, sms..etc) it flashes wen you have a notification and in my experience it only works on 2.1 roms or stock roms.
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Yes it blink if i have some notification,like missed call etc,but i am wonderig if it can light up when screen is light up,is there any custom rom who can that?

I've never met such setting so I'm definitely sure it's no way to do what you want. At least on existing roms, technically it's probably possible.

zaibatsuhelping said:
I've never met such setting so I'm definitely sure it's no way to do what you want. At least on existing roms, technically it's probably possible.
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the closest thing to enabling the trackball light is Covedesign, it requires root and only works if the trackball has lit up once since phone has booted up, also it wont go off unless you turn off using app