Hi team/users,
Any one more then me that want to turn off the led lights between the front buttons? I wish i had the skills to do that but i dont. Do you? Or is there a x10 fix that might work on the arc to? I do love everything about the Arc, everything except the led.
Ty and BR
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Thread on the front LEDs running over here Led notifications
Ok, i guess that if we are able to manage the front LEDS for notification in the future we also are able to get a "turn them off" function.
I thought that at least some members should confirm that this is a necessary function!?
At daylight this is no issue, but it is in a low light condition... almost hurt my eyes.
Anyone found a way yet? I am desperate too. I might use coloured wax and melt a but on those two lights to reduce brightness
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Enter this command in ADB, you can control the LEDs immediately:
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
echo 0 : turns off.
echo 255: turns on with max brightness.
With the simple command, maybe you can write a application to control them.
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Anyone found a way yet? I am desperate too. I might use coloured wax and melt a but on those two lights to reduce brightness
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.haxor
Works on x10 like a charm.. so i suopose it should work on arc..
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anybody working on or considering making notification light using the capacitive buttons on the bottom? is it possible to use those leds as a notification?
That would be an awesome solution...
To use as notifications OnLY the capasitive buttons and not all Screen as "NoLED" app...
+1 from me...
+1 I also agree
and maybe a stretch and maybe you guys dont agree but you could also have each button be a different notification, ie:
text message the back button would light up, email the menu button so on and so fourth
+2 for this idea
It's already been done for the galaxy s's, BLN requires a custom kernel though.
I prefer NoLed, in the market, works great for notifications. NoLed
Im thinking about getting a Nexus S.
The only thing stopping me is the lack of notification LED.
It would be pretty good if this could work.
And being able to tell if its sms or email etc from which button lights would be very cool. But i would think the backlight is just one big light.
I've had a look at NoLed, but it doesnt seem ideal. If i get a notification while im asleep, the screens going to stay on for up to 8 hours non stop? That doesnt sound good.
Also it seems to mess with the lock screen and wake up of the phone.
So i just noticed today when pressing the capacitive button, it turns off. that likely means each one is lit independently from a separate LED correct? so if thats the case, theoretically each led should be able to flash independently?
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Im thinking about getting a Nexus S.
The only thing stopping me is the lack of notification LED.
It would be pretty good if this could work.
And being able to tell if its sms or email etc from which button lights would be very cool. But i would think the backlight is just one big light.
I've had a look at NoLed, but it doesnt seem ideal. If i get a notification while im asleep, the screens going to stay on for up to 8 hours non stop? That doesnt sound good.
Also it seems to mess with the lock screen and wake up of the phone.
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From what I read... the NOLED app works well with the AMOLED screens because blacks dont use power. It basically turns on for that single notification or something like that.
You should read more about it from the vibrant sub forum.... with both having AMOLED screens.
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From what I read... the NOLED app works well with the AMOLED screens because blacks dont use power. It basically turns on for that single notification or something like that.
You should read more about it from the vibrant sub forum.... with both having AMOLED screens.
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Correct, in amoled screens the only pixels drawing power are the ones that are being lit for the notification. You can also set the notifications to timeout after a certain amount of minutes, and can also set a "sleep time" so there no notification while you're sleeping at night. Another awesome feature is the use of the proximity sensor, so that if the phone is in your pocket it doesn't turn on the notification but once you take your phone out of your pocket the notification shows up on the screen.
Check the devs thread for more info:
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So i just noticed today when pressing the capacitive button, it turns off. that likely means each one is lit independently from a separate LED correct? so if thats the case, theoretically each led should be able to flash independently?
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This is EXACTLY what I hoped was going to be possible.
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So i just noticed today when pressing the capacitive button, it turns off. that likely means each one is lit independently from a separate LED correct? so if thats the case, theoretically each led should be able to flash independently?
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You would think this would've the case but not exactly. The galaxy s does this also but it is not possible to activate the leds separately
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You would think this would've the case but not exactly. The galaxy s does this also but it is not possible to activate the leds separately
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Yes, I was also thinking this too but could there be some sort of app written making it believe all other buttons were "pressed" so their lights were off once a notification came in? I strongly believe ANYTHING can be changed with a few smart edits I mean people here on XDA bring multi-touch and FM radio's to devices that shouldn't have those features!
Even if you could have each notification have a different light dimmed as if it were being "pressed"
As in: Text message= all lights lit BUT the home
Voicemail=all lights lit BUT the back button ETC...
If they could be seperate that would be great but honestly even if it's all of them it's good enough for me, I just wanna see SOMETHING if my phone is just sitting there
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It's already been done for the galaxy s's, BLN requires a custom kernel though.
I prefer NoLed, in the market, works great for notifications. NoLed
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NoLED is ok except for 2 things for me.
1 - I don't like the dots/icons hopping around the screen. I would rather they were just lined up across the top or the side.
2 - It plays around a bit much with turning the screen on and off.
Looking at NoLED there is NO reason why he couldn't make it act exactly like the Notification LED for the Ball on the Nexus One. Just have different colors for different notifications and rotate them on the same cluster of 4 LEDS on the top right of the phone.
Boom you have rotating colored notifications simple and effective
I wish I was better at coding stuff...haha
I'm glad there is a thread going about this!
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You couldn't be anymore on point man. The jumping about is slightly unprofessional.
hopefully well see some work towards this once some custom roms start coming out
The reason the notifications move around the screen is so that it doesn't burn out those pixels.
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You couldn't be anymore on point man. The jumping about is slightly unprofessional.
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Yes I agree, it would be amazing if they just slid around your screen or drifted all over. OR a pulsing light pops up on the screen just like a virtual trackball like the nexus one!
sassyness77 said:
Yes I agree, it would be amazing if they just slid around your screen or drifted all over. OR a pulsing light pops up on the screen just like a virtual trackball like the nexus one!
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clearly you guys do not understand why it jumps around so unprofessionally
do you want burned out pixel?
I noticed a dim red light in the trackpad when booting. It goes away quickly though. I am on CM7 if that matters. Just wondering if others have noticed it. Thinking it may be part of the movement detection sensor.
Also, did they remove the battery percentage display in the battery icon in CM7? I can not find it in the options any more.
The red light is normal. It's how the trackpad works. I think it's Infrared-based.
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The red light is normal. It's how the trackpad works. I think it's Infrared-based.
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Thats what I was thinking. Its the IR LED kicking on to max output before the kernel starts regulating power to it.
It would be sweet if there were options to leave it on while the screen is on
my first impression when i saw this when turning my phone on in the dark was it was taking a picture of me in infrared night shot mode to send to Google servers...
At least it isn't followed by a "warning, this device will self destruct in 10 seconds."
It is a infared sensor. So its there Any way to use this as a universal remote at all?
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WORK FOR ME on X10 2.3.2
Is this Android native or only SE?
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Is this Android native or only SE?
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Only SE i think all the SE phones had this menu, i know it from my k750
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting! My Arc reports an ambient light sensor. If I hold over the top of the phone I get a value of 1, then it increases to 9 if exposed to light. So the phone knows how bright it is around it but there is no "automatic" setting for the backlight!
Also, the side LED can show red, green and blue, and also yellow if the phone is on while charging. If the led is RGB it can be used as the trackball on the Nexus One, great for notifications, even if the placement of the led itself is a bit off.
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Interesting! My Arc reports an ambient light sensor. If I hold over the top of the phone I get a value of 1, then it increases to 9 if exposed to light. So the phone knows how bright it is around it but there is no "automatic" setting for the backlight!
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I think the autobrightness is always on... and we can't disable it.
If it does it needs some serious software tweaking...
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If it does it needs some serious software tweaking...
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Auto brightness isn't fast, it's really slowly changing the backlight. Outside is goes brightest and everything is clear. maybe we will get a option for it in the next software updates or custom rom
But there are also quick brightness settings in the widget, so you can make max and minimum. We should be able to control it though.
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But there are also quick brightness settings in the widget, so you can make max and minimum. We should be able to control it though.
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Yeah. It also seems to work in a very narrow band. Say you set brightness at 50%, then it only seems to adjust a little bit down and a little bit up.
With my N1 set at auto it went from full 100% super-bright in direct sunlight (you still couldn't read the screen in sunlight, damn 1. gen AMOLED) to very dark in a pitch black room. It worked very very well.
The good news is that the Arc indeed has a light sensor, it then down to software tweaks to get it to perform like Google intended. An "unlock" for "automatic brightness" in the display settings menu would be excellent. Also, it isn't that slow. The service-menu changes values quite quick so the lag in brightness adjustment must a "feature" in the SE software.
A display of the Arc sensor uselessness: You're outside in bright sunlight with the display at 100%, works great. Then you go in to take a nap. When setting the alarm in your dark bedroom the phone will not be very dim at all and burn your eyes out.
what do you see when you press this? is this the control where you can do all service tests and see total call time etc?
It's in the service-menu, yes.
i can test! but service setting was no item...
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Hi, I type in the secuence as said, but my Sony Experia Arc S doesn't enter the service menu:crying:been trying for quite some time!
nothing happens when trying on xperia arc
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nothing happens when trying on xperia arc
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You need to be on stock ROM for it to work.
It really annoys me , is there anyone that have a real solution ? I tried every widget on earth to configure it to disable the "auto" and the brightness keeps playin up and down that is really getting on my nerves I sometimes want to throw it throught the window
I want the brightness to be fix from a level I choose, is that too much to ask ? instead of that the screen brightness keeps playing once up the other time shaking
please someone give me a true solution if there is one
Extended Controls??? Works fine for me
You may also try OneClick Widget.
Does anyone else find this autobrightness makes your screen flicker quite badly? Happens at low brightness kind of where it cant settle this does my nut in
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Dont think mine has auto brightness, no tick box in the settings just a slider, and it stays where it tell it to, currently on 30% and it sticks
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Does anyone else find this autobrightness makes your screen flicker quite badly? Happens at low brightness kind of where it cant settle this does my nut in
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Nope the only thing I have noticed about the screen is that the sensors at the back of the screen are quite noticeable in sunlight on the Arc.
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Does anyone else find this autobrightness makes your screen flicker quite badly? Happens at low brightness kind of where it cant settle this does my nut in
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Yes.. when the brightness is set to abt 50% and when the screen is displaying mostly white (Facebook etc). Currently, i managed to reduce the flicker by setting the brightness to abt 70%. Kinda annoying.
Hopefully SE will fix this in the next update or let us just disable autobrightness.
Does the front LED allow you to choose any color (like the Nexus 4, Galaxy Nexus, etc)?
Does the rear LED allow this too?
Do apps like Light Flow allow you to properly set different colors for different apps? Can you use both front AND rear LED's? Thanks!
whittikins said:
Does the front LED allow you to choose any color (like the Nexus 4, Galaxy Nexus, etc)?
Does the rear LED allow this too?
Do apps like Light Flow allow you to properly set different colors for different apps? Can you use both front AND rear LED's? Thanks!
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I can only speak for stock:
You cannot choose the colors for each event, but you can choose which event you want to blink. The colors for each are preset, most are green.
The rear seems to be one color, but only works for:
Incoming Call
Alarm
Ongoing Call
I believe Light Manager (nonRoot) allows you to change the colors to anything you want (on the front). The back I believe is only hyper white. It has a very nice looking pulse to it. I believe people trying light flow could not get the app to detect the rear LED. Someone else can confirm.
using light flow i got the rear led to light up but it does not flash like the front so like when you get a message the front led is flashing and the rear led stays lit up and its only color is the hyper white
Front is full RGB color. Back is just white. You cannot globally change the color for specific notification types. You can however change the color for notifications from specific contacts to colors like purple, yellow and pink (and more). It boggles my mind though that you can't change the color globally. Hopefully a custom ROM will add that.
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Front is full RGB color. Back is just white. You cannot globally change the color for specific notification types. You can however change the color for notifications from specific contacts to colors like purple, yellow and pink (and more). It boggles my mind though that you can't change the color globally. Hopefully a custom ROM will add that.
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Light flow should do the trick.
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Light flow should do the trick.
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Some have reported inconsistent results with Lightflow. Also, I'm a battery nut and hate having extra apps running for such specific things like controlling the LED, not to mention a persistent Lightflow notification when it's running gets under my skin. Yeah I've got a bit of OCD when it comes to my gadgets heh.
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Light Manager is working 100% accurate for me. And I'm not even rooted yet.
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Can anyone confirm that the rear LED flashes only once then stops? I couldn't find a setting to make it flash more than once.
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Light Manager is working 100% accurate for me. And I'm not even rooted yet.
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This is working perfectly for me as well. you have to disable the built in notifications in settings but after that it works like a charm. No constant notification and no battery hog
For the time being looks like Light Manager is the answer.
For a few versions now the custom ROMs for my Gnex have had their own LED notification setup built in. You can set any color for any installed app, and it was always ultra reliable. So once the development really kicks in for the G2, I dont think we'll need any external app for it anymore.
This is all good info. I don't like stock SMS apps because I have more options with third party like GoSMS but sadly I couldn't get it to access the notification light. Very weird considering every other phone I've owned had no issues there.
jtseals said:
using light flow i got the rear led to light up but it does not flash like the front so like when you get a message the front led is flashing and the rear led stays lit up and its only color is the hyper white
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How you set the Light Flow to use the Rear LED in way you describe?
Front LED works perfect on my LG G2, but i can't set the rear to light up using Light Flow.
flakones said:
How you set the Light Flow to use the Rear LED in way you describe?
Front LED works perfect on my LG G2, but i can't set the rear to light up using Light Flow.
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Bump, light flow detects other LED's which one is the back one?
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Bump, light flow detects other LED's which one is the back one?
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This; I'd like to twiddle the rear LED too, although I know it's limited.
Also, has anyone gotten the Camera Flash to work? So far I haven't gotten it to work, but the front LED is working fine.
Can anyone please tell me how to configure rear LED in Lightflow ?
I am not saying step by step but please tell briefly. Thanks
Backlight control on the LG G2 (root users only) with their dynamic file paths. Select button-backlight1 and button-backlight2 in the settings menu to enable each part of it
this is from the lightflow change log found here: http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1693