No one else is reporting this, so it does not seem like a ROM bug.
I'm using AOKP build 35. For some reason the touch buttons do not light up ever. On CM7 they would only light up on low light conditions, but on this they just stay off.
Any suggestions for a possible solution other then re-flashing?
Mine don't light up but its not such a big deal for me...why?
1) I know where they are and what they do
2) it's an unofficial build, so there's bound to be issues
3) doesn't interfere with anything else
I figured they were turned off due to the nav bar.
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Personally, I want a way to permanently turn them off and disable their functions. >_>
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I would use the nav bar instead, but I don't like that it takes my screen space.
I guess its not that bad since I already know where each button is. I just liked it better with the lights.
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I have tried LED Flash, Moment Flash, Falaxy Flash, and more from the market than I can count or remember and so far none work.
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List of apps that work
WINNER: Tiny flashight + LED
The best option IMO
This is the real deal here. Works perfect and adds some other neat features. Thanks doink123 for developing this great app and for making it free for all of us,
The only single, tiny little complaint (or rather, suggestion) is a widget to toggle the LED on/off, but other than that, amazing.
Runner Up 1) Power Control Plus - $1.99 In The Market)
It works as a widget to toggle the LED on and off. And it works great, only down side is it is $1.99. For me, I use the flashlight on a daily basis so it is worth it for me until a free alternative is found or developed. it does have a lot of other great feaures to but you can read those in the market.
Runner Up 2) Instant Heart Read - Free In The Market
An app to check your hearbeat, but instantly turns the LED on so it works as a flashlight app. Kind of a cool app anyways, I am leaving this on my phone just for fun.
Dunno about the Epic... hard to say. But on my EVO I use "LED Desire light" which gets very bright when turned up all the way (probably because the EVO has 2 LEDs). And it has a widget.
Hopefully they make a compatible app/widget for the Epic flash soon. EpicFlash would be a nice sequal to MomentFlash (love this)
Well I found an app that works... sort of.
It is called Flashligh LED
The app itself is very basic. It does not turn the light on/off like a toggle. Rather, there is a timer and when you hit the button, it turns on the light for X amount of time.
Now, the app will turn on the light, but only for about 1 second or so, no matter what you change the time setting to.
Still not what I am looking for, but getting closed. Woot!
Nexus One Torch was my favorite on my Nexus! The widget matched perfectly with the Galaxy TW theme!
I surprisingly use the flashlight ALOT.
chris5h said:
Well I found an app that works... sort of.
It is called Flashligh LED
The app itself is very basic. It does not turn the light on/off like a toggle. Rather, there is a timer and when you hit the button, it turns on the light for X amount of time.
Now, the app will turn on the light, but only for about 1 second or so, no matter what you change the time setting to.
Still not what I am looking for, but getting closed. Woot!
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This is a very good sign. I'm sure trrobert(might be a bit off on the spelling) who did momentflash could peek at this to adopt what does work and get his working for us.
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Bump. Hopefully now that this device is released someone can take a stab at this. Woot.
I'm using Power Control Plus from the Market & when you add flashlight as one of your buttons it works! It turns on & off the light with no problems. It is a slight delay when turning the light on.
^Awsome tried it and it worked. Thanks!!
I can confirm it Power control plus works, such an elegant solution, better than some cheesy flash light picture taking up the whole screen.
Thanks journeyman73!
Just so you can fix it OP, its Power Control Plus is $1.99.
Instant heart rate app
Instant heart rate automatically turns on the flash, so thats one way to do it.
morlocx said:
Instant heart rate automatically turns on the flash, so thats one way to do it.
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Right, it's what I'm using at the moment. As an addendum, you can turn the flash on and off with the icon in the top right.
Hi guys,
I've just released Tiny Flashlight + LED v2.2. I tried to make it work on Epic 4G by guessing the right parameters (because I don't have an Epic 4G device).
Can you check it and tell me if it works?
Sorry great app but led did not light up
Confirmed, Tiny Flashlight does not light up the LED on my epic.
I reorganised the first post with the new apps that have been found to work.
chris5h said:
Confirmed, Tiny Flashlight does not light up the LED on my epic.
I reorganised the first post with the new apps that have been found to work.
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When you tap on the light sources button (the white button in the upper right corner), how many items do you see? 4 or 5?
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When you tap on the light sources button (the white button in the upper right corner), how many items do you see? 4 or 5?
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Four sources, LED is not one of them.
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DEinspanjer said:
Four sources, LED is not one of them.
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OK, I've released v2.2.1. Can you check it?
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OK, I've released v2.2.1. Can you check it?
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My goodness that thing is bright...
So LED shows up now, and clicking the power turns it on, w00t!
There is a little red label above the power button that always says 0%, what controls that?
Also, the power button doesn't turn the light off, but exiting the app does so this is much better than what we had before!
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Is there a way i can have the keyboard light always on the minute i access the keyboard? currently it's running on the light sensor which turn the keyboard light on and off depending on the brightness of the area. I would like to keep it on...anyway to do that?
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Is there a way i can have the keyboard light always on the minute i access the keyboard? currently it's running on the light sensor which turn the keyboard light on and off depending on the brightness of the area. I would like to keep it on...anyway to do that?
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Yup....i'm using the Z as a spare phone and would also like to have this option. Seems like it's not something doable
Scann69 said:
Is there a way i can have the keyboard light always on the minute i access the keyboard? currently it's running on the light sensor which turn the keyboard light on and off depending on the brightness of the area. I would like to keep it on...anyway to do that?
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i can't understand your mean exactly(my english is bad )anyway if you want light's of keyboard be allways on you should use other rom like CM 9 or ...
That depends.. are you rooted atm ? And if so what ROM?
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Yes, that depends on rom.
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I would like to know what flash light app you guys use for your GS2?? I would also like a widget shortcut if possible.
I use
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i418/kikbuttcheerleader/SC20111027-221624.png
They have a bunch of different lighting options as well as a widget
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I use Tesla LED. Works great, has a widget and few different modes.
the one i use
https://market.android.com/details?...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldC5jYWN0aWkuZmxhc2giXQ..
I use Brightest Flashlight. From the market. Lets u use either the front screen or flash as light. And even has a cool little startup and shutdown sound.
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I just use the basic Flashlight app, its plain and simple and gets the job done.....and it was the first one that came up when i was looking
Tesla LED is as basic as it gets and works perfectly. I use that.
Tiny Flashlight + LED from the market.
Nexus Torch anyone? The strobe feature is awesome if you need to thwart an attacker or host a rave, or both at the same time.
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I use Tesla LED. Works great, has a widget and few different modes.
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Using the same here as well and like it. The only thing I haven't figured out is how to have it stay lit once the screen is off, and I'm not referring to the screen staying lit I'm referring to the camera LED....hmmmm.
TeslaLED is definitely the best. Compare the permissions it needs versus every other flashlight app on the market.
Another vote for Tesla LED.
The widget I put on my home screen times out after one minute just in case I activate it accidentally.
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Greetings all. This is actually a question that does not require a specific answer but rather your personal opinion.
1.) In the ICS Ports for your EVO 4G, do you think the Soft-buttons docked at the bottom of the screen (Home, menu, back) are redundant considering the phone already has these buttons (Home, Menu, Back, Search) on a dedicated space right below the screen?
To me it's as if we are wasting a good peace of screen real estate having these buttons overlaying everything once more since we already have the space phsyically set apart for them. I sometimes hit the dedicated 'buttons' on accident when my fingers are wondering in the lower screen area in certain apps, I can imagine that this would happen even more so with the second set of soft buttons.
I've stayed with CM7 (7.2 RC0) because of this...
Thanks
-RM
totally agree with you bro, just a waste of our evo space
Most if not all ics roms have the on-screen navigation bar either disabled or optional in settings, so I'm not sure what your complaint is. If you don't want them turn them off, or use a rom with them removed
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Most if not all ics roms have the on-screen navigation bar either disabled or optional in settings, so I'm not sure what your complaint is. If you don't want them turn them off, or use a rom with them removed
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Aja! That's all I needed to hear... Going to try it. I figured it was on by default since most (would love to say all) screenshots show the extra-soft buttons "on", therefore never actually made an attempt to try.
Yeah, I agree, I never enable them. Seems like a waste to to me.
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On my evo I don't use em on my et4g I do use them they are nice on the et4g and still plenty of room I have them set at 36dpi height instead of 48 and my LCD density set to 200 instead of 240 was at 190 but it was a tad small font wise for my eyes
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Preface: I've asked about how to disable capacitive backlights on stock TW ROMs, and now I independently found half of the answer.
By looking inside EpicParts.apk from CM-based ROMs, I obtained the position of soft key "device": /sys/devices/virtual/sec/t_key , and by modding the file "brightness" under it, capacitive key backlight turn off.
However, on TW ROMs this never persists no matter how I set the permission / owner, while on Incredible S, after modding I can mod the permission to r--r----- to prevent system from reverting this setting.
Plus, on pre-CM10 era ROMs, "Epic 4G Settings" is there but even if I disable the backlight, it always light on for a wee second every time I unlock, which is pretty annoying as I use onscreen keys heavily.
Digging further into CM10's EpicParts (which can totally turn backlight off, regardless of unlock), it seems that it creates two files under the folder, "touchleds_disable" and "touchleds_voltage", but I don't know how this behaves, nor can I imitate the behaviour.
So... it'll be appreciated if anyone can explain to me how EpicParts (of JB) works and how I can reproduce its effects. Thanks all
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I don't really have an answer to your question but I have a question for you lol. What you did disabled the lights completely? Like even the little flash they give when they are pressed on? They're just completely off?
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I don't really have an answer to your question but I have a question for you lol. What you did disabled the lights completely? Like even the little flash they give when they are pressed on? They're just completely off?
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Yes, that's the effect I'm looking for, and by now only CM10 and PA 2.5+ can do that; however, if I choose to disable them completely, the "Recent Apps" view will automatically pop up randomly, and I dunno why
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