Hi,
Anyone know how to create a script that sets the backlight to always on, and the sleep option to not to sleep?
I need this because I, as many of you, have a bluetooth gps. Everytime I want to use it I need to go to settings and manually set these settings in order to have the screen always on so I can see the maps while I'm driving.
Many thanks
Chris
have a read through this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289197&page=2
AWESOME!
Many thanks!
FYI, I did search the forum.. but it seems that not enough...
Since a lot of people suggest disabling the g-sensor to prevent the screen freezes I thought I'd try something.
I don't want to have my rotation disabled as it's very handy to have. So what I do is use an app called Tasker. It's not free, but there is a 7-day trial available.
Basically I have it set to disable screen rotation every time the screen is off..and so far I haven't had any screen freezes. It may be coincidence, it may not be. I'm not exactly sure if the app does disable the g-sensor or does something else, but so far so good.
For those that don't know about Tasker...it's probably the best app that will ever be made for Android. You can make your phone do almost anything.
For example, I use it to:
When I get home, Wifi turns on and 3G is turned off. When I leave home, Wifi turns off and 3G turns on....same for work.
I have it disable wifi, 3g and screen rotation at night when I'm in bed.
It enables GPS when I launch maps or navigation, and disables GPS when I close the app.
And those are very basic ones...
The Tasker wiki has many more advanced "profiles" you can use:
Code:
Lock An Application
Start the Day with a Particular Application
Battery Full Alert
Launch Music App When Headset Inserted
Launch Menu of Music Apps When Headset Inserted
Keep screen awake when using the keyboard
Speaking Clock for Android 1.5
Control Keyguard (scroll to unlock) when Power is Connected/Disconnected
Keep Multiple Backups of Tasker Config
Change Ringtone on Every New Call
Mute in Meetings
Hold Ringer Volume Down
Auto-Respond To SMSs At Night
Change Volume Levels during Different Times of the Day
Check Data/SMS/Minute Usage With Carrier While Sleeping
Temporarily max brightness of screen during Incoming Call
Auto (Silent) Sleep Mode with Exceptions
Intermediate
Power Plug In - Choose Car/Home/Night Mode
Generic Toggle Widget
Open the keyboard and start texting
Set volume then Launch menu of music apps
Alarmclock without Snooze
Alarms with Snooze and Vibrate
Geburtstagserinnerung (German)
Car Locator
Notification Reminder Pulse
Locate your phone using SMS and google maps
Lock your phone and locate it by SMS and sound
A full talking clock
Act like a docking station when plugged into USB
Auto answer calls when your bluetooth headset is connected
Extended phone profile changer with Notification and Widget
Turn your cell phone into a Voip phone
Advanced
Periodic Data Check (Juicedefender Replacement)
Creates profiles similar to S60 devices and changes them depending on variety of factors
U.S. Navy Ships Bells (Using Tasker's OR '/' feature) * Pattern Matching *
Changing background image depending on current weather (Using HTTPGet)
Or you can simply create your own...there is a learning curve, but once you get a feel for it, it's VERY powerful! It can control almost every part of your Android phone.
There's a decent thread with more examples on xda in this thread.
I realise this is a software post, but it's main aim was to point out a way of disabling rotation to help with screen freezes
Hey,
thanks for this thread, i have downloaded tasker now.
Can you post your code for disabling gsensor when screen is off?
//EDIT: Sorry, its very easy.. i think i can create it by myself
HTC_HDD said:
Hey,
thanks for this thread, i have downloaded tasker now.
Can you post your code for disabling gsensor when screen is off?
//EDIT: Sorry, its very easy.. i think i can create it by myself
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Hehe yep, it's an easy one.
New Event profile > Display off is the Event. Action is disable rotation
I have done it like you and added a task which enables the rotation if screen is on, is this correct?
I have used the phone now and i got freezes again, but not so much.. i think.
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HTC_HDD said:
I have done it like you and added a task which enables the rotation if screen is on, is this correct?
I have used the phone now and i got freezes again, but not so much.. i think.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Yep, you also have to create another to say disable screen rotation when the screen is off.
@the_scotsman
Thanks for the suggestion, I've seen a few people mention this app before but now I finally downloaded it. I'll play around a bit to figure out some combos, but one quick question..
Is this going to be something running in the background sucking up battery and memory or is it just like running scripts? What do you think? I'll run current widget once I get some tasks going to see happens, just wondering if you've found anything out yet.
tgtoys said:
@the_scotsman
Thanks for the suggestion, I've seen a few people mention this app before but now I finally downloaded it. I'll play around a bit to figure out some combos, but one quick question..
Is this going to be something running in the background sucking up battery and memory or is it just like running scripts? What do you think? I'll run current widget once I get some tasks going to see happens, just wondering if you've found anything out yet.
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It depends on what profiles you set up...if they involve wireless, it will enable wireless every so often to check access points etc....or if you are using a location profile, it will enable gps every so often to check your location. You can change how often everything polls in the settings.
I have mine as per the first post, so it does scan for wireless every so often, and I havent seen any change in battery usage.
the_scotsman said:
Yep, you also have to create another to say disable screen rotation when the screen is off.
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Can you go step by step what you do to set up display off and rotation off?
Hi,
the last NetRipper Kernel has no freezes!!
Is not overclocked, is not undervolted, has no axi and has no freezes.
with friendly greet
starbase64
starbase64 said:
Hi,
the last NetRipper Kernel has no freezes!!
Is not overclocked, is not undervolted, has no axi and has no freezes.
with friendly greet
starbase64
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Thanks, but i prefer to have axi and undervolt
And I have no freezes
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Hehe yep, it's an easy one.
New Event profile > Display off is the Event. Action is disable rotation
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I can find everything else exept "disable rotation" in Actions. I only found "display rotation" in settings. Any help?
tzic said:
I can find everything else exept "disable rotation" in Actions. I only found "display rotation" in settings. Any help?
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Yea, thats the one..just choose that one and set it to "off" in the settings for it
ty for the quick reply scotsman, I ll report back in a day or two.
Tried this, but didnt work
I tried many different versions of kernels but in all if I keep my phone on standby (screen off) for a long time, say 20 mins, my phone freezes, My hardware buttons still glow on press, but phone never wakes up, any Ideas??
Even you disable display rotation, the sensor is still active, just use Gscript and disable sensor, you won't get any more freeze.
justwonder said:
Even you disable display rotation, the sensor is still active, just use Gscript and disable sensor, you won't get any more freeze.
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I was just about to write exactly the same words!
Scotsman - can you tell if Tasker can run a custom written script, upon some event? Then we can use it to turn off the gsensor!
Finally seems to be workin!!I made 2 changes:
1) Upgraded my radio from 2.08 to 2.12 (I recommend this one)
2) Stopped GSensor with Gscript
Another issue,
After I restart the sensor via script, photos in album wont rotate anymore!!
I did a `ps -ef|grep akmd` and the process is running, any thoughts??
edit: it works after restart!!
did you use the free gscript? cause mine says needs su:true
Your solution is great thanks... i did something slightly different : using tasker, autorotation is enabled only for apps that I want too, like gallery. Rest of the time, its off and working great that way too.
Is there any app or any mod that can control the backlight given to the Android softkeys (home, menu, back, search)? I think there was one a little ways back, but several searches have found me nothing....
Also is there anyway to set them to a profile where say all day backlight would be forced off until say 12am then they turn on for a few hours? thanks!
There's one in the market called LEDs Hack. Works well, and requires root of course. As far as the second part, you might could set a profile in tasker to control it, not sure though.
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.deskangel.adjbrightness
LEDs Hack indeed works.
There's also Screen Filter
Both will integrate with Tasker (which would take care of your time-of-day needs, or any other context profiles)
For those running CM7, the backlights can also be controlled through the Auto-Brightness settings
Leds hack works, I've experienced some bugs renabling the lights, sometimes a reboot being necessary.
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http://market.android.com/details?id=com.deskangel.adjbrightness
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Any info on setting it up to keep the softkey lights off after turning the screen back on? Me Lazy
^Yes it can lock that.
Here is a couple of scripts of everyone, this will make your roms ANYROM for the eris turn on or off your trackball lights, and or softkey lights
I noticed a few roms that have problems with lights so I figured I would put these here to fix this problem.
If you just want to be able to turn on or off your softkey lights or trackball just download the script and put then in /sdcard/gscript
now download gscript app from the market and load a script file from sdcard
save the script and run threw gscript.
http://www.multiupload.com/1EWEV8MK48
If your a rom developer you can easily make these changes to the init.post-boot.sh and have the settings started at boot just add what ever script you want to init.post-boot.sh like this
open init.post-boot.sh add to file at the very top second line
Code:
# Initialize lights at boot to enable softkey lights noti$
echo 1 > sys/class/leds/vtkey-backlight/brightness
sleep 1
save and reboot.
So, to be clear, these scripts switch on or off the softkey lights and only switch on the trackball light, right? They do not enable or turn on the ability of the ROM to control these, right? For that you would have to incorporate some system components (or a 3rd-party app like Light Flow, which seems to be able to do the same thing). I'm not trying to give a hard time, just trying to understand how this works. I've tried doing similar things on evervolv and GST with no luck.
Oh, and one other thing, in your readme you mention
Notice, if you make trackball on run at boot your phone will lag, and after a while reboot this is a known issue to do with memory loss. Just run from gscript and you will be ok, it doesnt do anything to memory, just uses up all the ram/buffer so your phone reboots. if run at startup if it is just run through gscript everything will work fine.
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What is the "known issue to do with memory loss?" I'm working on a navigation-related reboot problem at the moment and wondering about the ROM using up the RAM/buffer and if it is related. Mil gracias!
klobkelosh said:
So, to be clear, these scripts switch on or off the softkey lights and only switch on the trackball light, right? They do not enable or turn on the ability of the ROM to control these, right? For that you would have to incorporate some system components (or a 3rd-party app like Light Flow, which seems to be able to do the same thing). I'm not trying to give a hard time, just trying to understand how this works. I've tried doing similar things on evervolv and GST with no luck.
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the lights on works but need to find out how to make them go off,, i add them to the rom but lights jjust stay on even with the phone sleeping , i sent a pm just waitin on a answer
Ok, you can use Light Flow from the market to control the lights but yes, this is only to enable and disable the light. for some reason roms are haveing a problem turning on the lights there just doesnt seem to be any one or off switch. I also have found that in alot of the roms a few that i have flashed that have been ported from the hero are missing a few of these lines
chown system system /sys/class/leds/vtkey-backlight/brightness
chown system system /sys/class/leds/amber/brightness
chown system system /sys/class/leds/jogball-backlight/brightness
chown system system /sys/class/leds/green/brightness
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and few others like trigger,uevent if you want the full list ill pm it
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Ok, you can use Light Flow from the market to control the lights but yes, this is only to enable and disable the light. for some reason roms are haveing a problem turning on the lights there just doesnt seem to be any one or off switch. I also have found that in alot of the roms a few that i have flashed that have been ported from the hero are missing a few of these lines
and few others like trigger,uevent if you want the full list ill pm it
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im looking in my boot img and i see all those lines u mentioned
pming.....
ok ,, and btw i linked them to ur thread in the op
I got some 4.0 ROMs which do not have a option switch to turn off the backlight of the BACK and MENU button, including the "Liquid Smooth BETA2" and "MIUI by pri..".
However i found them brilliant execpt this tiny bug so I would really appreciate it if any one knows
HOW TO TURN OFF THE BACKLIGHT OF THE BUTTONS?
My device is Galaxy Note.
Thank you.
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On ICS Stunner its Settings>Galaxy Note Setting>Sensors>untick the bottom option.
RudiRulez said:
On ICS Stunner its Settings>Galaxy Note Setting>Sensors>untick the bottom option.
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I think the op is stating that some have the option and we are trying to figure out what they are changing to accomplish such feat so that we may use that option on other roms e.g liquid beta and miui....
Well it requires decompiling the framework-res.apk and editing an xml file called arrays.xml for the disabling to work, and even then it might not work and might also need a change to a hardware lib file called lights.exynos4.so
So unfortunately, it's not an easy task