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Notification LED Multicolor (App to toggle blue+green+amber led included)

I've written an app that can enable and disable the blue led with a toggle. I would like to know for who this works. Please test it and tell me .
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ChaosR said:
For some reason my Desire went buggy and crashed at some point. However something amazing happened.
Contrary to popular believe, there are more colors than red, green and orange. My Desire's LED flashed blue and purple. Now I searched the forums and could not find any topic that confirmed this, nor on google, so just to let you guys know .
Next point on the list is finding an application that can tweak them
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EDIT: Seeing the recent activity in this thread, I want to tell you this app was written a long time ago. It does not function on any recent roms. There are loads of other apps out there that can control your led.

Picture ??

lennshow66 said:
Picture ??
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Gheh, it only showed for like a few seconds, then the phone restarted, I will try to replicate the bug, but I expect I will be unsuccessful .

Interesting. I got my Desire yesterday and installed the Touchdown app for corporate connectivity. In TD's settings you can customise the LED behaviour to select different colours (beyond red, green and amber) for different events. Tried it and it just flashed green, but why have these settings if there's not a way to do this...interesting

I have been able to replicate the bug. This is how I do it:
1. Turn on Bluetooth
2. Receive a text message while charging
3. Disconnect from charger
4. Turn off screen
5. Reconnect to charger
6. My led will glow purply
7. Disconnect the phone from the charger
8. Led starts flashing blue, orange and purple
9. Phone reboots
Taking pictures as we speak

Re: MultiLed Colors
I have been able to replicate the bug. This is how I do it:
1. Turn on Bluetooth
2. Receive a text message while charging
3. Disconnect from charger
4. Turn off screen
5. Reconnect to charger
6. My led will glow purply
7. Disconnect the phone from the charger
8. Led starts flashing blue, orange and purple
9. Phone reboots
Taking pictures as we speak
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Interesting. Get these pics up ASAP lol
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I've added the images. It was too hard to take a picture of the blue color. But at least here is purple.
PS. images are in the first post
EDIT: Also, I should add, I have been unable to duplicate the color for a second time. No idea why it happens. Just happy I was able to get these pictures

i did what you said. no special colors but strange things happens. no reboot

Re: Notification LED Multicolor (Picture of purple included)
Looks like the desire does some how support multi colours :S there must be a way to enable this fully within the codes. I will be donateing if the devs can get this to fully work
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Re: Notification LED Multicolor (Picture of purple included)
I have to say u r pretty legendary to find that bug.
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supasye said:
I have to say u r pretty legendary to find that bug.
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I have tried and tried and I have been unable to replicate this bug from this point on. I'm so happy I was able to take the pictures. I think it's because of a semi-faulty flash that I have this bug. Even though the randomality of it suggests it might be more of a hardware bug. We do however now know it has a blue led too. So cyan and white should be possible as well. I just wonder, why go through the trouble of a adding a full multicolor led, if you are only going to use 3 colors of the possible 7.

there might be something as simple as a voltage problem.
most leds will change color when you increase voltage and/or overload them.
the first few times you won't see any damage, but eventually the changing color might be permanent and then it's just a matter of time before the led just brakes.
so there is a change that it's not multi color, but the phone just overloads the led while crashing.

When I looked down the headphone port I could clearly see the red and blue led burning. I do really think there is a blue led in there.

Re: Notification LED Multicolor (Picture of purple included)
When I looked down the headphone port I could clearly see the red and blue led burning. I do really think there is a blue led in there.
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Legend: D
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Haa nice one mate

Well we know there is a Red and Green led for definite so having a Blue as well means we have multi colour. Now we just need a way to use it
There's no way that type of colour came from overloading the phone as when an LED overloads it just blows, it doesn't change colour to that extent.

Re: Notification LED Multicolor (Picture of purple included)
Well we know there is a Red and Green led for definite so having a Blue as well means we have multi colour. Now we just need a way to use it
There's no way that type of colour came from overloading the phone as when an LED overloads it just blows, it doesn't change colour to that extent.
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Agreed lol. Just need the devs to add the code somewhere to enable this colour
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This should really be moved to the dev section, let the guys play with it, i dont think too many devs trawl through the ****e on the general forum, with questions like "how do i make a call on my phone".. lollol
Start a new thread on the dev section, im sure this will be picked up by one of the wizzes
JD

Heh, I'm sorry guys, but we already know there's a BLUE led inside.
This LED works a bit differently from the other LEDs, however.
Theres no need to do advanced tricks to show the blue LED, you
can easily enable it:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-microp/blue/brightness
From within a terminal emulator.
the blue LED is, however, missing the 'blink' property, as the Green and Amber LEDs do.
And yes, it is also possible to turn other LEDs on at the same time, so you can make purple by enabling the BLUE and Amber LEDs.

ieftm said:
Heh, I'm sorry guys, but we already know there's a BLUE led inside.
This LED works a bit differently from the other LEDs, however.
Theres no need to do advanced tricks to show the blue LED, you
can easily enable it:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-microp/blue/brightness
From within a terminal emulator.
the blue LED is, however, missing the 'blink' property, as the Green and Amber LEDs do.
And yes, it is also possible to turn other LEDs on at the same time, so you can make purple by enabling the BLUE and Amber LEDs.
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Then can we not just simply integrate that command into our applications for use of the blue LED?

LED Control

Just rooted me phone. Thanks to everyone who contributed to it!
With root, do we have control over the led color notifications finally? Or does that require more semantics?
Moto Droid's LED notifier is RGB. DroidINC has to have something similar right, because we get Red, Green, and Orange..unless they someone how have three colors in that tiny hole...

I don't understand... what does the study of words and the meaning herein have to do with LED control? Did I miss something?
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What do you mean LED color? The LED flash is the only LEDs on the phone and they are one color. You can swap it out for a custom color leds and put them in the place of the dual flash LEDs but other than that you can not change the color.

Calibob2001 said:
I don't understand... what does the study of words and the meaning herein have to do with LED control? Did I miss something?
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Oh, let's not argue about semantics
I read somewhere other than XDA that HTC had released the Incredible devices source code which, if true, will lead to all kinds of devices-level mods. I personally would like to see the soft button backlights be dimmeable, or individual controllable for different kinds notifications, or possible a scrolling/marquee style effect so it looks like KITT is in charge ehehe.

Ffej5647 said:
What do you mean LED color? The LED flash is the only LEDs on the phone and they are one color. You can swap it out for a custom color leds and put them in the place of the dual flash LEDs but other than that you can not change the color.
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He's talking about the notification LED on the front of the phone.
and OP there's nothing out that I'm aware of as of now.

I don't think any software modification would allow you to change the color of the notification LED at the top or the LEDs at the bottom (Home, menu, etc). However, I don't know anything about LED technology to argue my thought(s). I assuming that whatever color bulb they put in there is what you get.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have the bottom buttons a red color to match the top speaker/camera areas because the phone would look absolutely badass but I'm not about to pry the screen off or take the phone apart to do it.

Xephik said:
I don't think any software modification would allow you to change the color of the notification LED at the top or the LEDs at the bottom (Home, menu, etc). However, I don't know anything about LED technology to argue my thought(s). I assuming that whatever color bulb they put in there is what you get.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have the bottom buttons a red color to match the top speaker/camera areas because the phone would look absolutely badass but I'm not about to pry the screen off or take the phone apart to do it.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Dinc has at least a green and red LED for notifications. The Moto Droid however has RGB so you can pretty much make any color appear. That is also why there are a lot of options in apps like Handcent and Missed Call.

Sorry for the confusion, all. But yeah, I was referring to the LED notification on the front.
The LED flash on the back- is a bulb which can only push out white. But the one in the front pushes out Red, Green, and Orange. And with the moto droid, you could manipulate color notifications with different programs..
so my question is more of- is it software that locks those colors or hardware that does... thanks for clarifying my question-jrkrush2112

I suspect the notification LED in the Dinc is a tri-color which gives you red, green and a form of brown which looks like amber. It is not a RGB LED like in the Moto Droid.
So you already have the colors that are available.

qmartman711 said:
Sorry for the confusion, all. But yeah, I was referring to the LED notification on the front.
The LED flash on the back- is a bulb which can only push out white. But the one in the front pushes out Red, Green, and Orange. And with the moto droid, you could manipulate color notifications with different programs..
so my question is more of- is it software that locks those colors or hardware that does... thanks for clarifying my question-jrkrush2112
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It's most likely a mix of both. The hardware portion is the fact that we don't have an RGB LED like the droid, and software is just what options are pre-set. We will be able to change the colors for notifications, but we are limited in options.

LED Colours?

Anyone know what colours the LED on the HD2 can produce?

Evostance said:
Anyone know what colours the LED on the HD2 can produce?
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It can make,
Green .
Amber . (more likely red)
I've been looking into this too but,
Sorry, Only two colours : )

Android Native Phones have 3 LED's, RED, BLUE, GREEN, so called native colours. With these colours you can mix every other. The HD2 only has a green and orange LED. If you choose another colour in Android for a LED notification, i could show only green or nothing.

Silberpfeil3110 said:
Android Native Phones have 3 LED's, RED, BLUE, GREEN, so called native colours. With these colours you can mix every other. The HD2 only has a green and orange LED. If you choose another colour in Android for a LED notification, i could show only green or nothing.
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Same on the DHD. Its something to do with drivers. HTC confirmed its a tri-colour led

LED wrong color

Hi
somebody recognized that if you get a WhatsApp Message (group message) and the stock color white is chosen, the first 1,2,3 times the LED blinks Red till it changes its color to white?
is there a fix for it?

You at least get red and white, my led only shines blue no matter what i set lightflow to.

That is a little worrying. On mine it's similar to OP's description. I have read a few other reports. I was/am hoping software issue, but if its different degrees of severity on different phones it sounds like a possible hardware issue.. I wonder how common it is, I have read some reports but not many.

Seems to be a device default beavhiour. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3362364
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Hi guys, I noted another thing. I selected I white led for notifications, but it always blinks with a purple one. Until now I never saw the white color, how is that possible?
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Same here. Instead of White it's an light Blue. I tried an app to test the Led Colors. Even if I choose White in this App, it's light Blue too.

Same here. Very strange.
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Same here. Seems almost like the LED isn't physically capable of true white.
Remember the LED on the old S3? It was awesome!

I wished there was an option in settings to set the LED light for individual apps.

the white color does not exist,the default led is blue..so..the white will be converted to blue

Mehigh101 said:
the white color does not exist,the default led is blue..so..the white will be converted to blue
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No, the LED is capable of generating multiple colours (using something like Light Manager), but you never quite get true white. Mine appears a pale pinkish colour when I select white.

Rabangus said:
No, the LED is capable of generating multiple colours (using something like Light Manager), but you never quite get true white. Mine appears a pale pinkish colour when I select white.
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Exactly. The software is bugged,a led can emit any color.

Led notification colours

Is it only green and orange? How about yellow for Snapchat and blue for fb?

lee88 said:
Is it only green and orange? How about yellow for Snapchat and blue for fb?
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LED Manager works to customise colours, but it's all overridden when you plug in and it's charging, so it's a total waste of time. There's no way to turn off the charging LED. And believe me, I've tried.

TangerineTractor said:
LED Manager works to customise colours, but it's all overridden when you plug in and it's charging, so it's a total waste of time. There's no way to turn off the charging LED. And believe me, I've tried.
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I tried using the app such as flash yellow colour when wifi is connected, but when it flash, it's in green colour

I don't think any of the HTC Phones came with a RGB Led indicator.