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X1 Illumination control

HI guys.
Does anyone have any idea how to make control of the X1 illumination LEDs in normal state ?
Because to see the phone while it's in the dark or at night.
My last phone before Xperia X1 is SE W900i. The small LED at the side of it make me easily to identify my phone when it's in the dark especialy at night.
In summary, I need to keep the X1 illumination LED blink every time when the phone is ON.
This is just a small thing.
I've found something in registry editor at :HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SonyEricsson\Illumination\Patterns
Buy I dont know how to deal with it.

use XperiaTweak in options it has a possibility to manage leds

Xperiatweak will not give him the ability to have the LEDS always on.
What I suggest is you send yourself a text message or something and never open it.

I turned my whole ullumination off because I hated it at night. ^^

i find it usfull at night as i keep my phones volume low and just have to look at it to see if i have a missed anything or if its still charging

I'd love to see some registry entries which controls the leds. =)

it would be nice to make own patterns. why didn't they make the all the side en not at the top en end i like the leds and find them usefull.

I would absolutely love a function to stop power waste when your battery is low. Yes, i responded to the 'low battery' message already. No, i don't need flashing lights, buzzes or beeps to remind me and further waste the power. Request for Xperia Tweak to have a "disabled" setting in the LED lighting menus!

menay said:
HI guys.
Does anyone have any idea how to make control of the X1 illumination LEDs in normal state ?
Because to see the phone while it's in the dark or at night.
My last phone before Xperia X1 is SE W900i. The small LED at the side of it make me easily to identify my phone when it's in the dark especialy at night.
In summary, I need to keep the X1 illumination LED blink every time when the phone is ON.
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Great request men!!
I WANT IT TOO!!

pimpmydragon said:
I would absolutely love a function to stop power waste when your battery is low. Yes, i responded to the 'low battery' message already. No, i don't need flashing lights, buzzes or beeps to remind me and further waste the power. Request for Xperia Tweak to have a "disabled" setting in the LED lighting menus!
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You can already do this via the built-in functions (no need for a tweak program at all)
Settings > System Tab > Illumination ... uncheck the "Enable illumination" box

Concentrate said:
Xperiatweak will not give him the ability to have the LEDS always on.
What I suggest is you send yourself a text message or something and never open it.
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I already done it, But the LED is disapear for no reason even when set at Sounds & Notifications to put it on for no limited time.

Also, it would be really cool if:
- The leds are creating ambi-light for your movies.
- The leds as a visualizer for my music..

i would looooveeee to have my LEDs read out my sms using morse code.....

Hmm.. But seriously.. I'd love if I could have the leds pulsate like "low battery" but in purple or green color when idle.

I'm also interested in this, just wish i knew where to start lol

jcsxda said:
You can already do this via the built-in functions (no need for a tweak program at all)
Settings > System Tab > Illumination ... uncheck the "Enable illumination" box
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Oh snap, you are awesome. Thanks!!!

pimpmydragon said:
Oh snap, you are awesome. Thanks!!!
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Most welcome

well would there be a way of making the led's act as a service light? like on the 8925 and 8525 they both would have a led light that blinks when you had service.

I'm also looking for a way of changing led colors in the registry

Trackball Light?

I just got my Google Ion yesterday. The trackball has a light inside of it that blinks when the phone is ringing, but doesn't seem to light up for anything else. Is there any way to get it to blink for other types of notifications like SMS or Email? It's much easier to see than the little LED on the speaker.

my trackball does blink when getting a sms, and then it blinks sometimes afterwards.

Well damn. I've scoured the options and I can't find mention of it anywhere. Is it possible that the Google Ion version of the firmware omits this ability for some reason?

I also would like an utility like for the led to assign colors to events....

For the LED you should try "Missed Call" app in the market.
Cheers.

Hotas said:
For the LED you should try "Missed Call" app in the market.
Cheers.
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Thanks but I was saying that i would like and application LIKE that one for the LED but for the trackball
Bye

Ahm..yes, you are right. Should have read every word you wrote...

Reminder led blinks for only 5 minutes!

Hi,
The led in htc hero blinks for only 5 minutes after a e-mail is received (and not checked). This is awfully, since the whole point is check thru the led if any event was missed. The ppc has a registry hack to make the led blinks to infinite (or till you check the message), so, any workaround for hero?
Thanks.
PS: We already don't have colored leds, and now this, very disappointed with HTC.

Sell your phone then.

tsekh501 said:
Sell your phone then.
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This is a help forum, not ebay.
Why answer like this!? aff

Download Missed Reminder and your problem is solve.

Connecter said:
Download Missed Reminder and your problem is solve.
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This doesn't quite resolve the issue, as this program doesn't use the trackball LED, but instead uses the green LED in the speaker. Also, it doesn't have settings for emails, which it seems andreofgyn would like.
When I get some time, I will do some digging around and see if I can find the trackball settings in the system. There's a good chance it will require a rooted phone to adjust the setting. I'm working on a custom bootscreen atm, once, I've got that sorted out, I'll look into this.
EDIT: Alright, maybe andreofgyn wasn't referring to the trackball LED. I just realized that when the Hero gets an email, the speaker-LED is actually the one that blinks, and not the trackball like all our other notifications.
Myself, I'm more concerned with the trackball LED for missed calls and text messages only lasting 5 minutes, so that's probably what I'll look into first. If people want to provide feedback about specific LED's (eg. would you like the trackball LED for emails, or is the speaker LED ok?) then I can see what I can find.

Okay E-Mail isn´t supportet but SMS and call. Is it difficult to make a option more for E-Mail?
The trackball isn´t support from any programm. By example Handcent SMS has got a option, but it doesn´t work. HTC release a developer kit, but nothing work yet. So when you will make it, I say thank you!

craig0r said:
This doesn't quite resolve the issue, as this program doesn't use the trackball LED, but instead uses the green LED in the speaker. Also, it doesn't have settings for emails, which it seems andreofgyn would like.
When I get some time, I will do some digging around and see if I can find the trackball settings in the system. There's a good chance it will require a rooted phone to adjust the setting. I'm working on a custom bootscreen atm, once, I've got that sorted out, I'll look into this.
EDIT: Alright, maybe andreofgyn wasn't referring to the trackball LED. I just realized that when the Hero gets an email, the speaker-LED is actually the one that blinks, and not the trackball like all our other notifications.
Myself, I'm more concerned with the trackball LED for missed calls and text messages only lasting 5 minutes, so that's probably what I'll look into first. If people want to provide feedback about specific LED's (eg. would you like the trackball LED for emails, or is the speaker LED ok?) then I can see what I can find.
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Yeah, I was refering to "speaker-LED", but if you can do unlimited flash with the trackball LED, it's good too. Missed Reminder is a good app, but like craig0r said, no e-mail reminders.
I have a rooted phone and can test anything. Thanks for all good will answers

My trackball LED blinks forever until I clear a notification.

pauliusba said:
My trackball LED blinks forever until I clear a notification.
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What ROM are you using?

craig0r said:
What ROM are you using?
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Official updated rom.

pauliusba said:
Official updated rom.
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Hm... maybe this will automatically get fixed in Modaco when they move to a newer base ROM.

I also have a telus htc hero with the modaco rom and the blinking LED/trackball only blinks for about 5m than stops

pauliusba said:
My trackball LED blinks forever until I clear a notification.
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This occurs with the top green led notification for e-mails too?

andreofgyn said:
This occurs with the top green led notification for e-mails too?
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Green led does not blink at all.

is there any solution to this other than using a third party app?

[Q] What? No LED notification?

Doesn't this phone have a LED notification feature??

Why should it have?

Isn't that obvious..?: To notify the user of missed calls and new text/email messages...
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Why should it have?
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The lock screen does a pretty good job of keeping you up to date on whats been happening. I didn't even realise any new smart phones had LED notifications.

That response is hilariously absurd. I have to actually pick my phone up and look to see if something is happening?
SWYPED from my SUPASONIC

I have to say - I had the HTC Diamond before my Omnia and this is the one feature I miss.
The Phone is a million times better in every other aspect, so I will oversee this flaw

zyborg said:
Doesn't this phone have a LED notification feature??
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No, it doesn't. Unfortunately, this is one of the features I miss from my HD2.
But there are dozens of things that are better, so I'll get along with it

Just noticed that. I've been adapting to the icons and never checked.
I like the icons it seems, with Txt, E-mail, Multiple accounts and apps with their own notifications. Wouldn't want to have to memorise each beep. dash. dot for what i missed in this day and age, the icon tells me in one glance what I've missed with a symbol, maybe coloured dots would be the same but, i did wonder how do you not look at the phone to see the LED notification?
That i wanna learn

Point explained
We're talking hardware design here. As far as I can see from inspecting the device, it DOES have LEDs under the buttons, which means that it is INDEED possible to implement a LED notification hack of some sort... like it's been done on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, for instance (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830782)!
The advantage: A slow-blinking LED will enable the user to become notified of a new text/email message/missed call by just glancing at the phone from afar, ergo not having to pick the phone up AND turn on the screen.
It's an epic fail, in my opinion, that this cannot be found in the otherwise great hardware design of the Omnia 7, as all well-crafted smartphones these days incorporate such functionality (e.g. the HTC Hero).
mwako said:
Just noticed that. I've been adapting to the icons and never checked.
I like the icons it seems, with Txt, E-mail, Multiple accounts and apps with their own notifications. Wouldn't want to have to memorise each beep. dash. dot for what i missed in this day and age, the icon tells me in one glance what I've missed with a symbol, maybe coloured dots would be the same but, i did wonder how do you not look at the phone to see the LED notification?
That i wanna learn
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I get ya, Makes a nice feature for some phone users i guess, But i needed this as smart phone to keep on me at all times *my reason anyway*, if i miss a call/e-mail i have to call back asap anyway

zyborg said:
We're talking hardware design here. As far as I can see from inspecting the device, it DOES have LEDs under the buttons, which means that it is INDEED possible to implement a LED notification hack of some sort... like it's been done on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, for instance (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830782)!
The advantage: A slow-blinking LED will enable the user to become notified of a new text/email message/missed call by just glancing at the phone from afar, ergo not having to pick the phone up AND turn on the screen.
It's an epic fail, in my opinion, that this cannot be found in the otherwise great hardware design of the Omnia 7, as all well-crafted smartphones these days incorporate such functionality (e.g. the HTC Hero).
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If someone writes such an app, and it does not consume much more power, it would be a reason for me to do the unlock...
I guess there is no chance that this app would be approved via the official way?

Just realized: Someone's actually made an app for submitting and voting for already submitted ideas for improvements to WP7. It's called "My WP7 Idea", and yes, it already contains my idea. USE IT! (and please, please, please VOTE for this)

Does anyone know if there's a LED under the middle touch navigation button (the one with the Windows logo)? Would be cool, if this could light up with notifications, wouldn't it...?

Theres not a LED. Only the other 2 buttons lighten up. I don't think that's a problem tough.
You could think of a procedure like back button enlightened when a new sms is there, search button when you have a missed call or something.

Close to the light sensor i saw another something,i dont know what is it for..but on a video on youtube..i saw it blinking in blue..when the user used bluetooth for calling...anyone noticed that?

we got 4" led display !
can notification led just be emulated by a small blinking square right in the center of the screen ?

conqu1stador said:
I have to actually pick my phone up and look to see if something is happening?
SWYPED from my SUPASONIC
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Yes. Ludicrous, isn't it.

I don't understand how this could bother you so much, unless you like people to notice that you are popular. You should have looked at the specs before you bought it - seems to be an ongoing problem people have with phones.

Spookidoodles said:
I don't understand how this could bother you so much, unless you like people to notice that you are popular. You should have looked at the specs before you bought it - seems to be an ongoing problem people have with phones.
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you can't be serious? since the dawn of man (ok,mobile), a phone has had a visual indicator that you have missed an event. This is like having an alarm clock with no alarm. you just have to keep waking up and switching the screen on!
I've recently got my hands on an Omnia 7 and today I realised I was missing emails,sms etc because there was no led flashing. I thought it was broken. Turns out it isn't... the logic of samsung is.

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you can't be serious? since the dawn of man (ok,mobile), a phone has had a visual indicator that you have missed an event. This is like having an alarm clock with no alarm. you just have to keep waking up and switching the screen on!
I've recently got my hands on an Omnia 7 and today I realised I was missing emails,sms etc because there was no led flashing. I thought it was broken. Turns out it isn't... the logic of samsung is.
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You could go to settings and set a sound for new emails (not set by default) and see if it's better, it vibrates too
just my 5 cent

[REQ] Notification Light

*Hope this is a right tag*
Anyway what the Galaxy S2 is missing is notification for missed calls, email. sms etc. Many of you might know of lilHermit who made the awesome Trackball Alert Pro for the Nexus One. https://market.android.com/details?...droid.TrackballAlertPro&feature=search_result
Well he has made a similar app for the LG Optimus 2X which flashes the led buttons for notification and he is willing to bring it to the Galaxy S2
Once its done and working on the LG2X I'll work on adding SGS2 support. I've written it modular so adding support for extra phones will not mean a major rewrite.
Although I don't think the SGS2 will be easy looking at the kernel.
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I'm looking to get ROM "chefs" to include my mod. So if you want to get the "chef" to contact me I'll happy provide them with the smali code.
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Well Rom devs, please contact him to add this
His profile: http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1753833

Cool stuff although there is an app called 'Flashnotify' on the market which does this already and works with SGS2.

But what is he going to work on ? I mean there is no led or track ball in G S2 for him to work on.
Or am i missing something big

touch key backlight

bilboa1 said:
touch key backlight
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Damn forgot about it.
there was an app for dell streak.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.StreakLEDFREE&feature=search_result
Update : tested . does not work for s gs2

good to hear and nice to know

Since the screen is AMOLED and since you can turn on red/blue pixels individually and they take very little power. A better idea might be to actually put something on the screen instead.

That would be NoLED
More promising imho would be to change the management of the capacitive buttons to be lit while phone is sleeping. Lighting them when phone is on is easy so patterns could be used for notifications.

I'm a fan of the NoLED app for notifications but I would certainly like to see a capacitive button notification like on the LG2X (I had one a couple of months back but sent it back as faulty and got my SGS2)

You want BLN, which was being worked on by neldar.
Akent started putting it to SGS2, but it's not fully (at all?) working.
https://github.com/akent/samsung-kernel-galaxysii

some stuff is disabled when the phone is not connected to usb thus the led don't turn on when the phone is off / stuff don't work (did check in that git and it doesnt fix it)
til someone has time to figure it out, no bln. i think neldar has been busy, and so am i, these days at least

englefield said:
Cool stuff although there is an app called 'Flashnotify' on the market which does this already and works with SGS2.
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that's only for display backlight, not for button backlight, isn't it?

chalid said:
that's only for display backlight, not for button backlight, isn't it?
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Lights up the back light and both hardware buttons. Check it out on the market, its free.

englefield said:
Lights up the back light and both hardware buttons. Check it out on the market, its free.
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Turns on the whole screen. Utterly useless also.

Still nothing? I really miss this and we're waiting for ages – is anyone still working on BLN or are there any problems/is it impossible?
I'd be more than happy to donate a beer or coffee to whoever gets BLN working on the SGS2

Too bad the central hardware button doesn't have a light, it would have been like the N1 TB, but hey it will be sufficiant to have the left and right lights working already

are you working on it?? I will buy it with pleasure from market, donate your work would be pleasure for this notification light!!! I'm waiting for the result....??????????????