i was wondering if anyone had made an app that would use the evo's dual cam led to trip traffic lights.
i used to have a tool that had 2 high intensity leds that would strobe at diffrent rates in order to trip traffic lights, attached on my motorcycle. it would be nice to be able to do it with my phone so i wouldnt have to get a seprate unit.
i have seen some apps out there that strobe but they use the screen not the leds.
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bishopswar said:
i was wondering if anyone had made an app that would use the evo's dual cam led to trip traffic lights.
i used to have a tool that had 2 high intensity leds that would strobe at diffrent rates in order to trip traffic lights, attached on my motorcycle. it would be nice to be able to do it with my phone so i wouldnt have to get a seprate unit.
i have seen some apps out there that strobe but they use the screen not the leds.
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LOL the ol' high beams trick on a phone. Nice idea!
Strobe App
Have you tried MotoTorch LED? That app has an awesome strobe!!
i havent but i will give it a shot. i seen about a thousand apps that strobe but none that take advantage of the dual leds.
the unit that i had set up on my bike had 2 strobes and it would cycle through all the emergancy cycles
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i havent but i will give it a shot. i seen about a thousand apps that strobe but none that take advantage of the dual leds.
the unit that i had set up on my bike had 2 strobes and it would cycle through all the emergancy cycles
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that will be nice i seen a app that is a torch a uses the both led with the brightest level and it warns you for got where though
Most MIRT receivers are looking for mainly infrared light, not visible light. This also makes it *painfully* obvious to any traffic or security camera in the area when you are using such a device. I doubt the visible-light LEDs in the EVO have the power to trigger MIRT receivers, but even if they did, you're asking for trouble (and also potentially putting other people at risk) by doing so.
**** it, I want one of these for school.
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bishopswar said:
i was wondering if anyone had made an app that would use the evo's dual cam led to trip traffic lights.
i used to have a tool that had 2 high intensity leds that would strobe at diffrent rates in order to trip traffic lights, attached on my motorcycle. it would be nice to be able to do it with my phone so i wouldnt have to get a seprate unit.
i have seen some apps out there that strobe but they use the screen not the leds.
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this sounds illegal, and also a really selfish thing to do- why do you get priority over everyone else sitting in traffic?
Tesla LED does Morse code. Maybe you can set it to flash, "I'm in a bigger hurry than everyone else."
Lol. Seriously though, there was a guy that got in trouble for doing something like that,
http://www.news4jax.com/automotive/8768516/detail.html
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this sounds illegal, and also a really selfish thing to do- why do you get priority over everyone else sitting in traffic?
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If your ride a motorcycle or moped be prepared to sit for a long time at red lights with no traffic around. Most usually run the red light.
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If your ride a motorcycle or moped be prepared to sit for a long time at red lights with no traffic around. Most usually run the red light.
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There is a legal option as well...
There is a unit that attaches to the bottom of the bike and effectively triggers the traffic light sensor, so the light "Knows" there is a vehicle waiting.
http://www.greenlightstuff.com/trigger.html
The Torch app in Cyanogen has a strobe feature that uses both LEDs...
Hell yea!! It does work Ive used it daily for about a month, well worth it might as use all the great extras I get places alot faster specially during rush hour lol!!
The strobe that changes a traffic light is not just a flashing light; The OPTICOM emitter you see on fire equipment and ambulances must emit 3 signals in sync, the visible light frequency tells the light it is an emergency vehicle, otherwise it will only hold a green light green ( this is for rapid transit they are fitted with filters), then it must flash at 16 hrz as well as emit light at a specific infrared frequency; embedded in the infrared is digital data that allows the light to record the agency and unit number activating the light along with a date and time stamp and the status of all lights and the speed when the vehicle passes through.
Also not all traffic lights are fitted with an OPTICOM receiver, or receivers in all directions. And some municipalities may also program the light to go red in all directions instead of green in your direction of travel.
If all this does not match up; the light will not change. A lot of people think that flashing head lights or other lights will work; and may even feel/swear that they do because the light changes, after all it will change eventually ;-) , but it does not.
Is far as I know it is not illegal to use one though. as the light techs are always out there with them testing the lights.
The magnets on the bottom of the bike will work on ground sensor lights though. You should not have any problems with the lights that have a camera looking sensor mounted on them.
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The strobe that changes a traffic light is not just a flashing light; The OPTICOM emitter you see on fire equipment and ambulances must emit 3 signals in sync, the visible light frequency tells the light it is an emergency vehicle, otherwise it will only hold a green light green ( this is for rapid transit they are fitted with filters), then it must flash at 16 hrz as well as emit light at a specific infrared frequency; embedded in the infrared is digital data that allows the light to record the agency and unit number activating the light along with a date and time stamp and the status of all lights and the speed when the vehicle passes through.
Also not all traffic lights are fitted with an OPTICOM receiver, or receivers in all directions. And some municipalities may also program the light to go red in all directions instead of green in your direction of travel.
If all this does not match up; the light will not change. A lot of people think that flashing head lights or other lights will work; and may even feel/swear that they do because the light changes, after all it will change eventually ;-) , but it does not.
Is far as I know it is not illegal to use one though. as the light techs are always out there with them testing the lights.
The magnets on the bottom of the bike will work on ground sensor lights though. You should not have any problems with the lights that have a camera looking sensor mounted on them.
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Exactly. I've been installing Opticoms for the better part of the last 10 years on fire and rescue apparatus. It's so funny to see people that are going down the road flashing their headlights and using retail strobe lights thinking that it changes the lights. What most of those people fail to realize is that the Opticom is primarily Infrared, and usually the strobing light just signifies that the system is operational.
1. Even if you did actually get a unit that works, think about it, the system is logging an emergency vehicle as going through the light, and if it gets back to them as abusing the system, the responders may loose the privilege of having it.
2. Get caught with one in you personal vehicle here in Virginia and it's considered tampering with a traffic signal, which will fetch you a pretty heavy fine and possibly (hopefully, in my opinion) jail time.
I ride a bike too, it suck sitting there, but I do it anyways. Don't take out your impatience on the emergency responders.
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Bluetooth makes the left light on the blueangel come up blue, wifi makes the left light come up light green. Cellular service makes the right light light green, and when charing makes it dark orange, and when fully charged it turns green. I'm wondering if anyone knew about a little hack that could make the cellular service light "blue" like the bluetooth light. I know it has to be possible... somehow.... ;-)
sure... grab a couple of torx screwdrivers. take the phone appart, unsolder the blue led from the left and graft it back onto the right... presto
Question is... have you got the minerals to pull your phone to pieces :?:
The bigger question is are you crazy enough to take a soldering iron to it :?: :shock:
id think twice... if not three time about it
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Question is... have you got the minerals to pull your phone to pieces :?:
The bigger question is are you crazy enough to take a soldering iron to it :?: :shock:
id think twice... if not three time about it
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It's not a very big issue to do such a thing to your phone. I've known people who can take a CPU off a notebook mainboard and afterward put another CPU to that place correctly, all by soldering (by hand, of couse). Can you count how many "legs" the CPU has, and to solder those legs to the mainboard?
No no no, the right service light can make all sorts of colors, I'm just wondering if the other can do the same. Since they are the same lights if I switched them I wouldn't notice a difference because the bluetooth (blue) light can come out Green like the signal light when using wifi, etc.
No i dont think they can produce the same colours. your best chance is to unsolder them and reverse them... or... find somebody that can sell you a replacement with the colours you want. if you do find someone... let me know id be interested!
The Right LED is Tri-Colour and uses Red and Green as its two base colours (Giving Yellow when both on as the third colour). The Left LED uses Blue and Green as it's two base colours but I have never seen them both on a the same time (Which would produce a Cyan colour).
The two LED's are different types containing internally two coloured LED's and the left cannot produce Red and similarly the right cannot produce Blue.
It may be possible to hack when the LED's are illuminated by writing two wrapper DLL's for the BWLEDMgr.dll and the NLEDMgr.dll but this will take some time (I am hoping to get round to this as I am peed off with the right one flashing at night but still need it to indicate missed calls etc)
Did anyone manage to turn off the lights?
EDIT: This is how to turn off the lights: http://forum.xda-developers.com/vie...storder=asc&highlight=flashing+light&start=25
We got two tilt 2's yesterday. First, MINE (ugh) makes a click sound when putting the tilting screen back to flat. Doesnt do it when moving the screen anywhere but just as it gets back to completly flat to the base. A little click or snap noise like a peice of plastic breakage. It keeps doing it every time. The other one doesnt do this.
Secondly, right after we got them and left, i noticed her led was blinking showing power was on. Mine wasnt blinking at all. I just checked and i dont get a blinking blue light with blue tooth enabled either. I am not able to check the other tilt 2, but i suspect hers would be blue if the blue tooth was enabled.
Im thinking about hard resetting. If that doesnt cure it, exchange? Problem is, they were the only 3 the store had and some one else took the other as we did our thing.
I don't know about your other problems, but my phone also makes that noise when closing the screen flat. It doesnt really bother me that much so I don't plan on returning it unless it becomes worse.
How about the Tilted screen? when you touch it tilted, or shake it slightly when tilted, does the screen wobble? I got mine yesterday, and if I hold it at an angle to straight in my hand, when I touch the screen it 'plays' back and forth 3-4 degrees... very annoying
And yes, it clicks too when closed flat...
Me thinks it goes back for another unit.... how do your units behave? Is the screen firm when tilted, or does it wobble?
I've never gotten a blinking light with power on any HTC phones.
Maybe it's a voicemail indicator?
I haven't learned the ins and outs of the LEDs yet. I know with EnergyROM installed I don't see a Bluetooth blinkenlight when BT is on, but currently I'm set as not discoverable and not paired with anything.
duplicate... where's the delete?
This is bothering me too. Lights don't do anything unless it is connected to a charger. My old Tilt would at least flash to let you know you had a signal (and it was on). I also don't get a flash when the GPS is active like I did with the Tilt, nor WiFi. If you go to the notifications section, there are "flash light for ..." options for things like new txt msgs, new voicemail, missed call, etc., but they can't be enabled: they are all grayed out. Someone had a cab out for the old Tilt that would let you customize the behavior of the lights, but I don't think I ever tried it.
As far as the click, mine clicks too, but it doesn't bother me. I'm just glad my screen doesn't wobble (rotate) back and forth like the demo unit in the store did.
We have 4 old tilts and every single one the lights work. If the phone is on, left led blinks every 30 seconds or so indicating power or signal (not sure). Turn on wifi right led flashes (yellow?) every 30 seconds or so, and enable blue tooth and right led blinks blue.
Now with the tilt 2's
Checked my wifes phone. No blinking at all. Then we noticed a left flash when there was an unread anything, think it was text at the time. Both have solid left led for charging.
I had hard reset my phone for nothing, i guess.
Went to att this morning. He was gonna get me another one today or tomorrow. Checked my wifes phone and came to realize the leds just arent doing what i expected them to do.
The tilting back to flat and snapping sound.......
He had a demo and it was doing it to. Ok, so maybe my wifes phone is messed up cause hers aint doing it. He is gonna call me when they get another one in tomorrow and tell me what tht one does ..... off to the mall
Go to att in the mall, find another tilt 2 on display. It makes the snap sound too.
NOW i am thinking my wifes phone isnt right cause all the rest are making that noise. And if you go real real slow, it feels like it is supposed to do that. Indicates that it is closed? I DONT KNOW
To me it almost feels like the hinges are magnetic, but that sounds strange and unlikely.
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We have 4 old tilts and every single one the lights work. If the phone is on, left led blinks every 30 seconds or so indicating power or signal (not sure). Turn on wifi right led flashes (yellow?) every 30 seconds or so, and enable blue tooth and right led blinks blue.
Now with the tilt 2's
Checked my wifes phone. No blinking at all. Then we noticed a left flash when there was an unread anything, think it was text at the time. Both have solid left led for charging.
I had hard reset my phone for nothing, i guess.
Went to att this morning. He was gonna get me another one today or tomorrow. Checked my wifes phone and came to realize the leds just arent doing what i expected them to do.
The tilting back to flat and snapping sound.......
He had a demo and it was doing it to. Ok, so maybe my wifes phone is messed up cause hers aint doing it. He is gonna call me when they get another one in tomorrow and tell me what tht one does ..... off to the mall
Go to att in the mall, find another tilt 2 on display. It makes the snap sound too.
NOW i am thinking my wifes phone isnt right cause all the rest are making that noise. And if you go real real slow, it feels like it is supposed to do that. Indicates that it is closed? I DONT KNOW
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Hello there... just to let you know... clicking sound is completely normal... (mine as well as 3 other I have got in my hands... all do the clicking... so not to worry... (your wife's tilt 2 not doing click... yeap... that's the one with issues not yours) about led... I have Original Tilt and now Tilt 2... just to confirm again... yes... original Tilt flashes left light about every 15 sec... while new Tilt 2 flashes only on new email/text/mms
I wonder if there is a way to remap the blinking lights via registry in order to set them like Original Tilt...
RTFM & search. there is only a green & orange LED. there is no blinking lights for bluetooth/wifi/cell phone signal. there is nothing wrong with your phone. The light only blinks for whatever you set in the Sounds & Notification settings, low battery, & charging.
as for the clicking when you go back to flat: my Tmo TP2 has done this since day 1 as did the first one i had. I just think of it as a auditory confirmation that the screen is back to where it's supposed to be.
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The light only blinks for whatever you set in the Sounds & Notification settings...
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Too bad that's grayed out so we can't set them. Mine appears to be set to only blink for five minutes. That's fine if I happen to look at the phone within five minutes of the event.
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Too bad that's grayed out so we can't set them. Mine appears to be set to only blink for five minutes. That's fine if I happen to look at the phone within five minutes of the event.
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Any fix for this? Ideally I would want to see if I have missed event past the 5 minute cutoff... I wonder if there is a registry setting. any help??
TIA.
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Page 26 of my Manual says;
* The Notification LED shows a:
*Flashing green light when there are new SMS, MMS or email messages, missed calls, or reminders.
*Solid green light when the device is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged.
*Solid amber light when the battery is being charged.
*Flashing amber light when the remaining battery level reaches below 10%.
Hope that helps.
I don't think the clicking noise when the screen seats in the flat position is due to plastic flex. It sounds metallic to me -- as though one of the components of the metal hinge is seating into another -- i.e. sort of a mechanical clickstop when the flat position is reached.
The screen wobble in tilted position is due to the continuously variable tilt angle feature. Doesn't bother me, as long as it doesn't get so loose with wear that the screen doesn't maintain a set angle. The alternatives would be either fixed tilt positions (click stops) instead of a continuously variable tilt; or making the hinge so tight that it would be a pain to tilt it.
I have a buddy that has the Nexus 1 and after he installed 2.2, his LED light would change for different notifications like,
Blue LED = Handcent Message
Purple LED = Craiglist Post
etc.....
Is this something that is implemented inside our version of Froyo?? OR is that even possible on our EVO's
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I have a buddy that has the Nexus 1 and after he installed 2.2, his LED light would change for different notifications like,
Blue LED = Handcent Message
Purple LED = Craiglist Post
etc.....
Is this something that is implemented inside our version of Froyo?? OR is that even possible on our EVO's
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Wouldn't the led's have to be physically changed to have the different colors? AFAIK our evos only have a red and a green led installed. I guess its possible I could be wrong but I don't think so....although it has happened before....hehe
Not necessarily. I would imagine it could be changed, unless there are 7 or so LEDs in the N1.
P.S. John Denks sucks.
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Thats correct. Evo's only LED colors are amber and green.
Also, I believe these sort of questions belong in the Q&A section. Just a heads up for next time
EDIT: See here for details on LED Swap.
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Not necessarily. I would imagine it could be changed, unless there are 7 or so LEDs in the N1.
P.S. John Denks sucks.
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I don't think software or firmware can determine the color of an led....
You only need red,blue, green to make all the colors imaginable...since our phone only has amber and green, then theoretically we can combine those colors to make more...unfortunately, what colors could those be?
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You only need red,blue, green to make all the colors imaginable...since our phone only has amber and green, then theoretically we can combine those colors to make more...unfortunately, what colors could those be?
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theoretically true IF you could realistically vary the intensity of the LEDs, but one LEDs are not generally that readily variable and two, they are most likely connected to digital outputs so they are either Off or On.
Will not work that way. They are individual parts and on the evo the green is angled to the left. And the amber is angled to the right...so even if you could turn them on at the same time they would not be focused to one point to blend into a different color. Give up can't be done! Unless you swap out the leds.
What about varying the duty cycle of the leds, theoretically that whould result in a color blend even though leds are angled.
However, there aren't many colors that could be created by mixing green and amber.
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Interesting
On my nexus the led only blinked white, and many people challenged whether or not it can be done, but eventually there was a mod released allowing to choose between any color I wanted to track ball to glow.
But if the LEDs are in different places like stated above then I think it would be more of a challenge.
from what i have noticed with my evo. the way the LED light is set up is: A electric current flows one way to emit a green light, or it flows the opposite way to emit the amber color. This is something I have learned in a circuits class and seems logical that it would work this way. I dont think with this situation having different colored LEDs will work.
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from what i have noticed with my evo. the way the LED light is set up is: A electric current flows one way to emit a green light, or it flows the opposite way to emit the amber color. This is something I have learned in a circuits class and seems logical that it would work this way. I dont think with this situation having different colored LEDs will work.
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Have you tested this? A typical led is a diode where current can only flow one way, and based on the fact that the leds are displaced, it appears that there are 2 leds.
Additionally, even if only one led could be on at one time, alternating the emission while controlling duty cycle could create an effect of mixed color.
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Most likely it's two leds built together. White leds can be made the same way, with a red, green, and blue diode built together. When all three are on, the color will look white.
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On CyanogenMod 6 (8/4 nightly build), the LED alternates orange and green for text messages and just orange for email and other notifications.
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Have you tested this? A typical led is a diode where current can only flow one way, and based on the fact that the leds are displaced, it appears that there are 2 leds.
Additionally, even if only one led could be on at one time, alternating the emission while controlling duty cycle could create an effect of mixed color.
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There are bi-color LEDs that only have 2 leads. Internally they have 2 LEDs wired in an inverse parallel configuration. You apply power one way, green... Apply power the other, yellow.
A better scenario is if the EVO has a tri-color LED (uses 3 leads), which means one set = Red, other set = Green, both sets = Yellow.
(I posted this first in the Desire Z forum. I didn't realize there was a separate G2 forum. I even looked for it.)
I've had my G2 since the 9/29 and on several occasions I've noticed the trackpad triggering itself when my finger is no where near it.
Once, I was in the market looking at a list of apps. Normally, when you swipe on the trackpad in there it selects an application and highlights it orange. This randomly happened all by itself. If I touch the screen the selection goes away, but then it would suddenly appear again a few seconds later.
In Subsonic it even jumped around between a few controls.
Another time I was playing Wordfeud and it spontaneously highlighted the Pass button. This time I grabbed my old G1 to shoot video of it happening. I must have shot at least 10 minutes of video and it happened twice more, as I recall.
Update: Here's a video of it happening on the home screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9-Yu4DSimw
Anyone else have this problem? I can't reproduce it at will. It seems to happen randomly while I'm holding the phone.
naw, but i've noticed my trackpad will occasionally bring my display back to life when it's timed out - will not do it predictably, but 2-3 times out of 10 tries, it will
have no idea what's going on, but would love to be able to use it to wake the phone up - much easier than using the power button
Hmmm, I have my phone plugged in via USB right now. I have debugging turned on, and "keep screen on" enabled. So it sits there dimly lit after 2 minutes. I was going to leave it alone and see if the trackpad spontaneously moves when I'm not holding the phone.
So far it has not, but just now the screen lit back up to full brightness all by itself. This normally happens when you touch the screen, a button, or the trackpad.
In all previous cases of my bug, I was holding the phone. I heard that the trackpad is capacitive, just like the screen, so maybe holding the phone a certain way can mess with it, but sitting on a desk it won't. If I let the phone sit here long enough, maybe I can refute that idea. If a home screen icon suddenly becomes selected, I'll know that it can happen even when I'm not touching the phone.
In any case, I can't explain why my screen woke back up from being dim.
Yea the touch stuff is set off by heat so maybe it felt some heat from somewhere and thought that you touched it. Thats about all i can think of on that one.
I'm pretty sure it's triggered by electrical capacitance, not by heat. It's either optical or by capacitance (and I heard it's not optical). I don't think any sensors like this use a heat detection mechanism.
To test this, you should be able to hold something cold with a similar capacitance as your skin, like a cold hot dog, and operate the trackpad using it.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_sensing
Yes , I noticed mine doing the same thing. If my finger were to hover anywhere near the trackpad it would flash and move around. It doesnt happen all the time but it has happened. I also have had some issues with the sim card and memory card not being read. The memory card I had to put it on my pc transfer all the data, re format and scan the card then reinstall my data to the card. Which has fixed the issue. I suspect a download from the market may have corrupted my memory card.
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As promised, here's a video of it happening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9-Yu4DSimw
So, at first I thought the trackpad was optical, but someone on reddit assertively said, "no, it's capacitive." So I believed him. But now I think he's wrong.
I believe that if the trackpad is capacitive like the touchscreen, then anything that can interact with the trackpad can also interact with the touchscreen. I used a piece of cloth to interact with the touchpad and it did not interact with the touchscreen.
Here's a video I just made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYaSzwZGlvY
(Shot with my G1) The cloth easily moves the trackpad around, but it's impossible to get it to register a touch on the screen.
Also, the trackpad is perfectly usable even when your finger is completely covering it. Try it with your thumb even. You can completely cover it then still move around your thumb and your selection will move around. I do not believe a capacitive device would detect the difference between full contact on one place on your thumb and full contact on a different part of your thumb, and especially not the direction of change as you move it. Capacitive touch screens rely on moving the point of skin contact, which never happens if you're touching the whole thing at once. An optical sensor on the other hand would be seeing your fingerprint move.
Thirdly, when you look at the trackpad in direct light, it looks like dark, transparent, purple plastic. I believe it's transparent yet purple because the wavelength of light it emits can go through the plastic, but is not visible light. Infrared maybe? Ultraviolet? I think it's very similar to the "black" CDs for the original Playsation gaming console. They were actually very, very dark purple but that was completely transparent to the CD player.
See a photo: http://i.imgur.com/SpIIZ.jpg
Fourth, I can't get this bug to happen if I hold the phone perfectly still. It only seems to happen when I move it around in my hand. I think the sensor is "seeing" movement when I do that.
And here's the proverbial nail in the coffin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOQukQxwajg
Electrical tape doesn't stop a capacitive touch screen, but it renders the trackpad useless.
It's probably a simple IR LED and photodiode operating in much the same way an optical mouse operates. One way you could check is to point an old camcorder at the trackpad. Old camcorders tend to have weak or no IR filters.
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It's probably a simple IR LED and photodiode operating in much the same way an optical mouse operates. One way you could check is to point an old camcorder at the trackpad. Old camcorders tend to have weak or no IR filters.
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My old G1's camera has no problem seeing the IR from my TV's remote, but it detects nothing coming from the trackpad. However, the remote is designed to reach a lot further than the trackpad, so maybe the trackpad's LED is just very dim.
I don't have anything else to test it with.
yes, i have had this problem!!...it did it on my home screen, just starts switch home screens left and right...this was like two days ago...it hasn't done it since,still debating if i should get a new phone
The trackpad is optical/IR. It responds to infrared. If you go out on a sunny day, your trackpad will go wild. The new blackberrys have the same problem. I really do not think there is a fix, and it's pretty annoying. I've owned a Blackberry 9700 since January and I never could find a way around this, no matter what sensitivity setting I had it on or how much I updated the OS.
I've noticed the same thing with the G2.. in sunlight, the cursor goes crazy.
If there were ever any sun in Rochester, NY I would test this. I assume It's only a problem if the phone itself is in direct sunlight. Is the the case? So, if I shield it with my own shadow I'd be ok?
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I just noticed this with my G2, kind of annoying, ha. So I experimented and found that nothing happens while holding the phone still or while it sits on the desk, or with the room's light off. But, if I tilt it around with the light on, it acts up.
I think it's detecting the light behind me.
i think its kinda cool. doesnt bother me cuz it makes my phone feel.... alive in a sense. but it is very light sensitive. im freaking loving this phone. not a single complaint
Has anyone else noticed that the bottom lights on the phone only stay on for 5 seconds and then turn off even when screen is active? Its annoying as hell.
Most (if not all) phones with capacitive backlit buttons do this, to conserve battery life and reduce the amount of needless ambient light when doing things like reading and watching videos. There are only three of them and they're in the same place on every Windows phone handset, so it shouldn't be that hard to get used to, especially compared to an Android device.
Very true, but when a screen is turned sideways when watching said movie or reading, it takes a bit to discover what direction to turn the phone because you can't see the buttons. This is especially true when you have a case on the phone and the physical buttons aren't viewable. Just a comment and was curious if anyone knew how to keep them on while the screen was on. Obviously this is a windows thing but we curious. Like the phone otherwise.
Well actually it's a Nokia thing. My Surround lights always stayed on. They thought it would be good for the battery. Took a few days but I am used to it now.
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jimski said:
Well actually it's a Nokia thing. My Surround lights always stayed on. They thought it would be good for the battery. Took a few days but I am used to it now.
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Correction, its actually a Lumia 900 thing. My lumia 800's lights always lit up when the screen was on (as long as it was in auto mode)
Ok, so mixed reviews. Is it driving anyone else mad? It sounds like my previous comment about it being windows was incorrect. It appears to be a firmware issue.
I have noticed they don't stay on very long. It is sometimes annoying. If they could just have them lit up for a little while longer it would be very helpful.
I don't need them on constantly.
Also, I had a Lumia 800 for a while and those buttons would stay lit for a lot longer until Nokia pushed out an update and one of the things they changed was a shorter time for those buttons to stay lit and I couldn't figure out why because it was so much better before that.
Drives me crazy too. Might as well not have the lights at all - forever missing the spot and hitting the screen multiple times to register. At least make the dead space around the back arrow register as "light up"!
Ok, at least in not the only one. I am probably going to contact Nokia about it. But obviously that will do nothing. ohwell, I guess it's something I will have to deal with.
If anyone would like to vote for this change, you can go here.
http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...ption-to-have-button-backlights-on-while-scre
Drives me nuts too. And I hated it on the Captivate, but a little Root action fixed that. I'm so used to having physical buttons on my Desire, which didnt matter if they lit up or not, I could still feel them.
Only thing I don't like about physical buttons is in very circumstantial situations it is unDesireable (see what I did there?) to apply the required pressure to press the buttons (like whin in a gooseneck car mount for instance)