So I'm going to maintain the latest and greatest version of Blinky in the Captivate forum, but I didn't want other users to miss out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854721
This should work with any ROM that supports neldar's BLN patch, though some ROMs replace the library on boot.
ROM maintainers - Contact me if you want the source to the lights library.
WOW i thought this wasn't possible because our boards don't support it? Anyway thanks, i'll try it
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WOW i thought this wasn't possible because our boards don't support it? Anyway thanks, i'll try it
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I'm very interested in if this doesn't work for a ROM or rev of the phone. Like I said, if neldar's patch works (meaning you have BLN now) this should work.
It says it's found Enhanced BLN, i flashed the zip via Voodoo Recovery, seems like it worked now to test, will report back in 5.
I can confirm that this indeed works on the I9000. I tested it with the ROM in my signature, so my guess is it will work with every Doc ROM and hopefully others. We need more people to test this, so please do and report back here for the benefit of everyone and the dev
Great job here bud! So when the lights pulse (e.g in the Nokia phones - fade in and out) is that also possible in the future?
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It says it's found Enhanced BLN, i flashed the zip via Voodoo Recovery, seems like it worked now to test, will report back in 5.
I can confirm that this indeed works on the I9000. I tested it with the ROM in my signature, so my guess is it will work with every Doc ROM and hopefully others. We need more people to test this, so please do and report back here for the benefit of everyone and the dev
Great job here bud! So when the lights pulse (e.g in the Nokia phones - fade in and out) is that also possible in the future?
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While throbbing is possible, it would require a fair amount of CPU scheduling. If I implement it, it will be only while plugged in.
Just tested it on DOC's 4.0 JPU 2.2.1 froyo rom and it works like charm . Great work !
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While throbbing is possible, it would require a fair amount of CPU scheduling. If I implement it, it will be only while plugged in.
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Ah i see, sounds great anyway pretty amazing how a Nokia 5800 can handle throbbing and our phone can't..
Would it strain the CPU if you kept throbbing on whilst it was charging (i.e to show it's charging)?
MAMBO04 said:
Ah i see, sounds great anyway pretty amazing how a Nokia 5800 can handle throbbing and our phone can't..
Would it strain the CPU if you kept throbbing on whilst it was charging (i.e to show it's charging)?
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So here's the thing, there's an embedded microprocessor controlling the capsense buttons and lights. If we could get a hold of the firmware, then we could do very cool things. But we can't so the light control has to be done by the main CPU.
I'll see how well throbbing works, I may be overestimating the drain.
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So here's the thing, there's an embedded microprocessor controlling the capsense buttons and lights. If we could get a hold of the firmware, then we could do very cool things. But we can't so the light control has to be done by the main CPU.
I'll see how well throbbing works, I may be overestimating the drain.
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Ah i see.. it all makes sense to me now thanks for explaining! Damn, how on earth could one get that firmware
Yeah, it'd be cool to test out and see what happens.
P.S: Last question, would it be possible to change the colour of the lights?
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Ah i see.. it all makes sense to me now thanks for explaining! Damn, how on earth could one get that firmware
Yeah, it'd be cool to test out and see what happens.
P.S: Last question, would it be possible to change the colour of the lights?
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Wow; pulsing will be incredible!
Colour change will only be available via a hardware modification (manually unsoldering and changing the SMD LEDs.
KLoNe1 said:
Wow; pulsing will be incredible!
Colour change will only be available via a hardware modification (manually unsoldering and changing the SMD LEDs.
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Cheers for explaining
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Hey all,
Nothing to test right now... Hopefully we'll have a new kernel to test, I will update when that happens.
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1st run testing
I just tested this by replacing my existing zimage and modules on my att tilt 2 running xdandroid 09.16.10 reference with NRGY Rom and it loads into android ( I get to the lock screen)...then it vibrates and promptly shuts the phone down....I have to power it back up into windows. and it repeats.
Dropped it on over the 9/16 build and it crashed and rebooted on the first boot. Will continue trying.
same here.. getting to the initial lock screen and then it is shutting down automatically. Requires me to hit the power button and then it boots back into Windows.
I have tried to delete my data store, but that is about it. Any ideas?
doesnt sound like its working. I'll make some changes and have a re-release for this.
Thanks so far for the tests
I am seeing the same results as many others. I get to the android lock screen and then it vibrates and seems to lock up.
I have a rhod400 and I am using the 8/30 blazn release.
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I am seeing the same results as many others. I get to the android lock screen and then it vibrates and seems to lock up.
I have a rhod400 and I am using the 8/30 blazn release.
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Same here, with the same hardware. Going to have to wait until I get an updated kernel, it sounds like a patch is in this kernel that isn't supposed to be in there
I'll update the first post when I get a new kernel.
So I seemed to get this kernel working on the NBH testing... at least I'm assuming it's using this kernel!
This is exciting, thanks a lot for the hard work devs, and looking forward to a new kernel to test
RHOD100, After boot animation - landscape lock screen and "no service". After unlock it - i had "rebooting".
Jabader said:
RHOD100, After boot animation - landscape lock screen and "no service". After unlock it - i had "rebooting".
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Yes, read the big bold text on the first post
I will update when I get a new kernel... but I haven't gotten one yet!
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Yes, read the big bold text on the first post
I will update when I get a new kernel... but I haven't gotten one yet!
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tell the devs that most of us are waiting patiently
and that we wait anxiously to test their work
noodles21o2 said:
tell the devs that most of us are waiting patiently
and that we wait anxiously to test their work
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Haha no worries guys. I'm anxiously awaiting a new kernel for the public... in the meantime I've been testing some stuff for the button lights at the bottom of the phone & the ambient light sensor for the screen brightness... it's very promising!
Will the above light control maybe lead to a backlight keyboard? [fingers crossed!]
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Will the above light control maybe lead to a backlight keyboard? [fingers crossed!]
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I haven't heard that talked about yet, but it does seem like a natural progression... there's a guy who has some some coding with Qualcomm chips, seems to really know his stuff. I've been helping him test kernels on my RHOD400.
Same problem as other bootup to lockscreen then vibrate and restarts automatically back into windows.
Rhodium
Touch Pro 2
Energy Rom
Don't mean to necro, but I'm stoked for this fix any updates?
Working with the devs now... I think I'll have another kernel to test soon. Don't hold your breath tho
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Working with the devs now... I think I'll have another kernel to test soon. Don't hold your breath tho
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You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar for conveying this information lol
Ok sweet, sounds good to me!
Keep up the good work
Regards
Smith
Hi Dev's
This is not my code, so credits to the owner 'creams'
I happened to stumble on some code yesterday from somebody who have attempted to integrate BLN to his kernel and done it successfully.
I thought the dev's might like to take a look at this one and implement this on their work.
blog : http://creamsnexus.blogspot.com/
git : git://github.com/creams/SGS2-SC02C-BLN-Kernel.git
His kernel was built for the Jap version of GS2.
Cheers!
AdamG has already implemented this into his AOSP ROM and it's working fantasticly, I know another Dev has already implemented it into a ROM just forgot his name. Thanks for pointing us to the source though!
hope that the devs give credit to the fix/implementation.
Ninpo also has putted it into his GIT so maybe they are already aware of it
oh i gave him a pm about it before i posted this.
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oh i gave him a pm about it before i posted this.
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July 31 in his GIT. You're ahead of him maybe.
I hope we will get it on MIUI and CM7 as well
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I hope we will get it on MIUI and CM7 as well
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Don't know about MIUI but for sure on CM7. It's probably low on their to do list but BLN is something they will most definitely support just as they did with the 2X/G2X
mach0boi said:
July 31 in his GIT. You're ahead of him maybe.
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im from the past
i didnt check his git commit date. thanks for the correction.
Do i also need to install any app from the market to enable it ?
Answer : Yes
Sorry if this is a noob question but what is BLN?
soupiejr said:
Sorry if this is a noob question but what is BLN?
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Back Light Notification
using the led keys for notification.
Yay, my kernel will have BLN support to in the next version, just need to build all the seperate versions
(time to make a "one-for-all" kernel, that goes onto any (stock) ROM.... )
the only downside to this bln "version" is that it uses a kernel wakelock that will be hard on the battery
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the only downside to this bln "version" is that it uses a kernel wakelock that will be hard on the battery
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Yep, people are in for a treat when they realize their battery is being raped. We'll have to wait for CM7 to implement it into the framework like they did with the Optimus 2X/G2X
Nothing can beat the old good trackball lights on N1
It's a pitty all the brands stopped producing trackball,they could just reduce its size
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the only downside to this bln "version" is that it uses a kernel wakelock that will be hard on the battery
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Yep, people are in for a treat when they realize their battery is being raped. We'll have to wait for CM7 to implement it into the framework like they did with the Optimus 2X/G2X
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Yeah.... that is.... so not nice.... but well.... can't have everything.... :-/
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Hm, for one, maybe some things can still be tweaked in the involved kernel code and for the other, how about disabling BLN when not needed? Does that release the wakelock? Haven't checked yet.... should check....
And does the drain/wakelock accour all the time while while activated or only when the lights are actually on - as far as I understood it so far the wakelock ist required to keep the powersupply up for the lights, but when no blinking is needed (due to no notification) the wakelock could/should be released....
Maybe that's something to tweak if that isn't already the case.
If the drain only accours when the lights are on, that's kinda OKish IMO, time to answer the damn phone *lol*
so creams put out an update that is supposed to release wakelock after the led cycle (pro app needed)
That would be an acceptable solution, I am testing to see
ps, btw jlevy he wasn't keen to your battery rape comment
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Yeah.... that is.... so not nice.... but well.... can't have everything.... :-/
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Hm, for one, maybe some things can still be tweaked in the involved kernel code and for the other, how about disabling BLN when not needed? Does that release the wakelock? Haven't checked yet.... should check....
And does the drain/wakelock accour all the time while while activated or only when the lights are actually on - as far as I understood it so far the wakelock ist required to keep the powersupply up for the lights, but when no blinking is needed (due to no notification) the wakelock could/should be released....
Maybe that's something to tweak if that isn't already the case.
If the drain only accours when the lights are on, that's kinda OKish IMO, time to answer the damn phone *lol*
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so creams put out an update that is supposed to release wakelock after the led cycle (pro app needed)
That would be an acceptable solution, I am testing to see
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NICE!
Compiler is already running
ogdobber said:
so creams put out an update that is supposed to release wakelock after the led cycle (pro app needed)
That would be an acceptable solution, I am testing to see
ps, btw jlevy he wasn't keen to your battery rape comment
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It wasn't anything personally directed at him. I'm very grateful for his work in bringing BLN to our devices. I appreciate the update it looks like it will have a helpful impact on battery life.
Searching on the proximity sensor I found these two parameters for the startup.txt:
board-htcrhodium-proximity.on=1 to enable the proximity device (default off)
board-htcrhodium-proximity.wake=1 to wake up the phone on proximity
http://xdandroid.com/wiki/Kernel_boot_command-line_parameters
But I can't get them to work.
Are they really available on FRX07 or NeoFroyo?
Thanks
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Searching on the proximity sensor I found these two parameters for the startup.txt:
board-htcrhodium-proximity.on=1 to enable the proximity device (default off)
board-htcrhodium-proximity.wake=1 to wake up the phone on proximity
http://xdandroid.com/wiki/Kernel_boot_command-line_parameters
But I can't get them to work.
Are they really available on FRX07 or NeoFroyo?
Thanks
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The prox sensor is not enabled on the hardware level (kernel). Perhaps they will be available soon tho, I think ACL was working on them.
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The prox sensor is not enabled on the hardware level (kernel). Perhaps they will be available soon tho, I think ACL was working on them.
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Oh... good. Thanks for letting me know!
Would you mind if I ask you about using the PTT button?
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Oh... good. Thanks for letting me know!
Would you mind if I ask you about using the PTT button?
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What about it? Only the RHOD300 has it... No other RHOD has one.
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What about it? Only the RHOD300 has it... No other RHOD has one.
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Yes and I have one of those. Any chance I can give it some use? I googled a lot and tried a couple things with no success. Thanks!
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Yes and I have one of those. Any chance I can give it some use? I googled a lot and tried a couple things with no success. Thanks!
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I think that if it's enabled kernel-side(I don't think so) you need to edit keymaps in rootfs to use it
But if it's not used kernel-side then you have to mess with the source
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Yes and I have one of those. Any chance I can give it some use? I googled a lot and tried a couple things with no success. Thanks!
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There's some hacking at the rootfs you'd have to do. F22's rootfs allowed you to remap the key to a few different things, but unfortunately he never made a merge request for his code... which wouldn't have been easy, he would've had to change the way he did certain things. His rootfs hasn't been updated in quite some time, so I would not recommend using it. I'm sure you can take his keymap stuff tho and put it into an updated rootfs - with a little bit of manual labor you'll be able to remap the PTT key to a few different things.
See F22's rootfs thread for more info on that.
i should have something to test for the prox sensor this week. Just finished the patch .. To be honest i have no idea when it's actually used or if our userland is ready for it.
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i should have something to test for the prox sensor this week. Just finished the patch .. To be honest i have no idea when it's actually used or if our userland is ready for it.
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I'll be happy to test it
kernel done but turns out we need some userland patches.
Wow you're really Johnny on the spot
i dunno if thats good or bad
I thought it was good, but sometimes when I try to make a reference it goes horribly awry.
Looks like this will be saved for gingerbread. Since userland changes need to be made, its not worth it to make em for froyo.
So next release of GB will have it
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Looks like this will be saved for gingerbread. Since userland changes need to be made, its not worth it to make em for froyo.
So next release of GB will have it
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One more reason to be eagerly awaiting a new GB drop.
Any ETA at all on that?
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One more reason to be eagerly awaiting a new GB drop.
Any ETA at all on that?
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Never ask for eta.
It's better to have a nice surprise than a delayed build..
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Never ask for eta.
It's better to have a nice surprise than a delayed build..
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Pretty much the first rule of any dev work - especially free/OSS - never ask for ETA.
Thanks!
actually prox is only tested on cdma and the gsm portion needs to be checked. Anyone have a recmodded rom ? or know how to pull dlls? PM me please since i need to double check on some stuff
Hiya all,
Well, now that we have CWM and could mess around with the phone with ease, is it possible for someone with the knowledge to try and get someone kind of notification indicator working on this phone? It could either be a Mod or an app, either one will be great, but while we wait for great ROMs coming out, maybe someone can work on this? I know we don't have any indicator LED on the phone, so maybe we can work on using the softkey LEDs to indicate things like missed calls, incoming texts or IMs or emails, etc. It will be great if it's customizable but let's just start with getting it to work with the notifications.
Thanks in advance
What happened to that app you once posted about? any news from the developer?
If someone can compile a custom kernel, it would be fairly easy to integrate BLN
== What is the BLN mod? ==
The BLN mod turns the touchkey backlights into a notification led.
It enables any android application to use the touchkey backlights of your phone as a notification led.
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What happened to that app you once posted about? any news from the developer?
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No news from him. I will reach out to him again and see if he is more interested now that we have made much more progress, but I'm not holding my breath for him to follow up.
KernelPanic, I have no clue what to do with kernels so I'm gonna go n sit on the bench on this lol. Unless u or someone can instruct me on what needs to be done. And yeah, it'll be great if we can intergrate BLN into the Rom.
I'll see what I can do. Maybe I can compile a kernel with a few tweaks and BLN real soon.
Found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424668
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I'll see what I can do. Maybe I can compile a kernel with a few tweaks and BLN real soon.
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Thank you very much for any support you can provide. Really much appreciated.
For now, those who would like to get some kind of notification via the softkey, Xigzil came through with updating his app to support our phone. You can look for the download here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22047422#post22047422
Of course it will always be better if we can have BLN compiled into a kernel, much better to have it running natively rather than via an app, but for now, this can help us all.
lilbluemirage said:
Found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424668
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LOL! Bluemirage, you stole my thunder Haha
aquariuz23 said:
LOL! Bluemirage, you stole my thunder Haha
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Sorry! I read this post and when i jumped to the dev forums, I saw your post and had to share All credits go to you!
lilbluemirage said:
Sorry! I read this post and when i jumped to the dev forums, I saw your post and had to share All credits go to you!
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LOL! Silly u, no credits go to me whatsoever, everyone can spread the good news
Moved to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28393153
Hmmm...feedback coming shortly.
Edit: ran smooth on my S3. Maybe perhaps had optional accelerometer support? In addition, maybe able to make the 'ball' spin?
teh roxxorz said:
Hmmm...feedback coming shortly.
Edit: ran smooth on my S3. Maybe perhaps had optional accelerometer support? In addition, maybe able to make the 'ball' spin?
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Hey! The accelerometer support is already built in. It's inside the Armory > Settings.
Also, the reason we didn't spin the ball is because that allows us more flexibility in terms of character customization.
tjdwowh said:
Hey! The accelerometer support is already built in. It's inside the Armory > Settings.
Also, the reason we didn't spin the ball is because that allows us more flexibility in terms of character customization.
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Ah I missed that.
I was thinking that when I saw the additional charaters, but doesn't mean that's why.
Its pretty good...I got a score of 4170 lol.
I think maybe a warning when a star is coming so you can try to get it... send Mike luck to be in the right side
Sent from my SPH-L710...if some one helps you press the thanks button