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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaizokan:
For me the problem happend not always just once or twice when testing it out after mentioned here.. strange because i seem not to be able to repeat the problem again?

anyway I will also try it on the new version a couple of times, but it's not on Play for update yet (at least i can't see it yet) so when i update i will also let u know
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] asg.srtw:
Is it possible for You to add a function that sets brightness of the bar when the screen is ON to auto-brightness?

It would be cool if when I have the screen ON, brightness of the bar is taken from the current screen brightness. An offset possibility would be cool too.

With that, at night the bar wouldn't burn my eyes when on, and it would be visible in bright light :D

Other than that, this app is one of the best apps I've installed so far, cheers :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaizokan:
Ok I got the update, it looks good but i did not really had the problem in the first place (almost never). Well i at least can see that there is no more delay before the light goes out after the screen :o
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] asg.srtw:
I have found that it would be great if we can disable ilumination if several apps are running, for example Clock.apk (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1742973) It would be great if after launching stock xperia desk clock through shortcut or this app the ilumination would go off.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
I'm not sure I understand. Why do you want to disable illuminations when the clock is running?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DeJe63:
The app is working great on my S.

I do have a request. Is it possible to implement some plugin or interface for Tasker? This would be a good addition. :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
Not sure what that looks like, but maybe i'll have a look at it later. Right now its more important to get it working with other notifications
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nixx-X1:
It should already be in tasker, what options do you have under "notifications - set light" ?

For the Xperia U there's a list there for all leds + channels.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DeJe63:
Thanks for this. I did not recognized it's allready there. Yes, seems to be working (Button-backlight). :good:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chochic10:
The last update was really good. Weve asked and the developer delivered. The always on option is working flawlessly on my xperia s. However, i did a 6 full charge test to see if it had a significant effect on battery life and found out that if i had the always on option, upon continuous usage, wifi, net, 30 mins games. I get an average of 3 hours and 15 mins before the battery goes below 5 percent.

While when i leave it off, i get an average of 4 hours and 10 minutes.. So come to think of it, the difference is huge.. So mu next request would be to make an option that the bar will go off in 30 secs but everytime you push the capacitive button or camera button to put on the light back, it still get back at maximum brightness. Thats the only prob we have with the bar light. Boringly dim.. So an option to just set its brightness but not leave it on should be perfect.. Looking forward to this! Thanks so much!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Yezariael:
Yes, with last update works very well, thanks! :good:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Simc13:
Will be twitter supported?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] asg.srtw:
Let's say I have a night stand, with nfc tag, whe I put the phone on the night stand it would start the desk clock app, so I can check time from my bed, in this case I don't want the bar to be iluminated :) Ok, maybe it's an overkill, but it would be nice to have something like "except list" where I can add apps in which I don't want the bar to be illuminated all the time ;) For example while watching movie :)

But I could live without it if You could implement auto-brightness like I described in post #190:D

Again, thanks for great app :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaizokan:
I like the idea of a 'except list' :good: but maybe thats too much work, and should we just disable it temprorarily?

Oh i almost forgot abou the 'Notification Timeout' :good: this is really great! and can also solve the problem above partly

@ rundgong Don't know if you're also checking the illuminatic app thread, it might be interesting. (but KA Xperia SSpeed ROM users can not download that app)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
Yes! That is planned for future update.

I'm currently working on support for 3rd party apps. It will be available soon.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
I haven't really paid attention to the illuminatic thread. Maybe I should do that to keep an eye on the competition :-)

I don't think it is possible to see what app is running, so making an exceptions list is probably not that easy (maybe impossible even)

I will think a bit more about it though. Maybe there are other solutions. The NFC suggestion above is a pretty cool idea i think, but I don't know how that works
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Yezariael:
big problem since last update

Since the last update the bar is blinking with EVERY notification there is, no matter if it's a call, an incoming mail or even an updated app :crying:

Could you please fix this?

thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
That sounds very weird. It does not yet support any notification from other apps. Did you also install illuminatic or any other LED app?

Just to make sure: what version of the app are you using, and what phone model?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Yezariael:
I know, thought the same as I first realized it, but now had at look at it for 2 days and it seems to be an issue on my Xperia S phone... App v1.4.1, ICS ROM with SSpeedKernel latest version... now changed to XSX kernel v2, will have a look at it...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kandros:
Instead of add fixed apps cant you add an activity that allow to check notifications for X app and turn on led light when it occures? An example may be missed it! , wich allow user to set an app and do something if a notification for that app is present in the status bar
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
I have been thinking about something like that. Not sure what I will do in the end. I haven't had time to investigate all the possibilities yet
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jorgestima:
The app also needs Calendar notifications. The MMS notification should have a separated configuration setting as the SMS and Missed Calls. The same for calendar notifications.

Nice work.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
New notifications is coming shortly.

I figured MMS is basically the same as SMS, and usually read by the same program. So I decided to combine the options.

But I have seen some people wanting separate configs for MMS and SMS, so maybe I'll split them in the future
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] amfirbek92:
And what about whatsapp support!?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
It's coming.

I think its the most requested feature, so I will have it done as soon as possible
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] xperiax10.awesome:
WatsApp totally replaced all other messaging apps ;)

sent from seXperia S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jacker60:
Well I really love all the updates you do to the app, I have it since you release it :good:, right now I dont feel that I have the right to demand a new feature, as i dont make any donation, and even with that i know the work that some features require, I hope that the people that demands some new feature at least donate for a cup of coffe for that long nights writing code :silly: and searching info on how-to make it work

Keep that GREAT job you are doing with this app, :fingers-crossed: its pretty cool :highfive:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jitin02:
Feature Request

Its always kind of a problem for me to regularly check the device while charging is it or not , i have to switch on the screen again and again. Is it possible to add an option in ur app that when the device is 100% charged light blink green or what ever color??????
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
I just posted a new version to Google Play.

Version 2.0

* New GUI to better work with the new functionality.

* New icon. Big thanks to mrsatan for that one.

* Support for 3rd party apps. (WhatsApp, Email, Gmail, Google+, Google Talk, Calendar,)

* Add option to stop blinking when screen is turned on instead of when it is unlocked

With this option enabled you can stop the notifications by just pressing the power button to start the screen. No need to completely unlock it just to stop the blink

* Add option to not notify if the screen is on.

Since the 3rd party notifications don't have a natural way to know when it has been handled like SMS has, I added an option to not start the blink if the screen is on. If you get a lot of messages quickly you might not want the light to go off for each one.

I also added an icon in the status bar that shows when the light is active. This can also be used to stop the light if something has gone wrong and the light is on even if it should not be.

More Apps will be supported in the future.

Please let me know how you like the new stuff, since it has been changed quite a lot since the last version.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] niku4uster:
Not showing any update in play store.....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
It takes a while to Play Store to notice the new version.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
Sometimes it takes google a while to show the latest updates. It might depend on where you are also. I guess they need to replicate to a lot of servers or something.

But it's been posted so it should show up shortly...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
New updates look good. Thanks for adding gmail and the others. The app is coming along great. The icon looks sharp!;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] s-X-s:
great update... seems to be nearly there perfect... still need a good icon.. put bar inside a square/round icon... i will make it if u want a good one , with current one inside...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chochic10:
Is there a way to uninstall update? Recent update made ram usage even higher. Xperia s battery life sucks and i dont want to have any more apps that contributes to more battery drain like fb..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
It only uses 5mb of ram and I haven't seen any battery issues. It may be isolated to you.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LitoNi:
call notification still does not work with "widget locker".

it does not flash at all. Would be great if you could fix that little bug :D

suggestions for future integration: Facebook notificationm skype, imo messenger, etc..

and everything else seems to be fine. A well done job, i like you, youre cool lol!

Thanks in advance! :) goodluck!

-lito
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] xperiax10.awesome:
Good going rundgong !!

sent from seXperia S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] damirbusic:
Great app with 3 problems, Xperia S on 4.0.4 stock:

1.) It disables Light Flow app somehow ? I dont get LED blinks when my notification bar blinks ???

2.) When I turn ON "Quick Stop" and I receive first notification everything is ok BUT when I get second mail or missed call I guess that the app thinks that I have turned ON the screen and the bar does not blink anymore and I have 2 notifications missed. So that is the problem when having missed call and SMS at once.

3.) When I tick "Dont notify when the screen is ON" then I dont get any notification from this app but Light Flow LEDs are working ok then. They cannot work together ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Sn1kt:
Great update

But is it possible to remove the notification when the app is active?

sent from my Xperia S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] newdon07:
Gr8 app, some minor bugs but still fantastic!! Waiting 4 futute updates! :)

A suggestion 2 developer: it would b intersting if u can add a feature something like whenever we turn on the music on the device, lights in the bar would start blinking with the music!! I know its useless but can come handy when it comes to showing off our phone to others!! U see this bar is an exclusive feature for Xperia NXT users, why not to take full advantage of it! :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
How much RAM does it use for you?

RAM is probably not a good indicator of battery drain. I think what kills the battery is CPU usage.

1,3: Unfortunately the normal LED does not work when the illumination bar is lit. This is only a problem om Xperia S. It works fine on U and P

Since S is based on a different platform than P & U, it might be a hardware problem or related to the kernel code. Unfortunately there is nothing I can do about it

2: I didn't think about that. Unfortunately I cant tell if the screen was started by the system somehow, or if the user did it manually. But i think it should only be an issue if you do not use the missed calls notification. The missed call will notify so you see that something has happened.

Hmm, I do see there seems to be an issue. It takes a while for the missed calls notification to start sometimes. I will investigate!

When there are items in the status bar I can only see when they get added there. It appears google has missed a big thing in the accesibility API. I can see when a notification is added to the status bar, but not when it gets removed. So unfortunately I cant remove a notification when the app is active.

The illumination api does not have any such capability. It can maybe be done by rooting and writing directly to the LEDs, but that is out of the scope for this app.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
I think I have fixed that now. I just uploaded v2.1. Try it out and see if it fixes your problem.

Version 2.1 also includes Facebook support + an option to not show the icon in the status bar.

A few people have complained about the icon in the status bar and in some cases there is no need to have it, so I added an option to not show it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
Nice good work on the quick updates.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kandros:
As the leds are 3, it is possible to turn only one or two on? When entering xperia u recovery the leds are 3 different colors, may be usefull for multiple notification or a progressive led that use just a led at a time and goes from left to right
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Simc13:
+1

good work rundgong!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] amfirbek92:
Soo satisfied with the last update but still waiting for a fix update :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krkojzla:
How we can't change colors on xperia s?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Kingcool88:
By changing the hardware..

Skickat från min LT26i via Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
It's because of the hardware.

Xperia S and P only have a white LED, but Xperia U have red, green and blue LEDs.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] electrash:
Try to support viber i will consider donate then, also can you revert back so my phone can flash during missing something, not just light :-/

Sent from my LT26i
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Spectre51:
Thanks for the app. Works great on the ion as well.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] electrash:
Ion, wtf?

Sent from my LT26i
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Horse Trader:
Excellent app, very useful, thank you!

I was using an app on my Sony S, that gives different coloured LEDs for certain events, missed call = red, SMS = green, low battery = orange etc., etc., great, after I installed your app, it sort of disabled the LED notifications.

Although,your app is extremely useful, I would have liked both to work, i.e, your app flashing the bar on Sony S, and, having the LEDs notify you of the particular event too.

Is it possible to run both together?

Well done on producing such a useful application............
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] xperiax10.awesome:
ION !!!!!' :banghead:

sent from seXperia S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Spectre51:
Yes ion. The ion doesn't have the clear notification bar but it does have illuminated bars under the symbols for home, menu, back etc. This app allows those bars to flash for notifications and keeps them lit when the screen is off which really helps at night.

So yeh it works with the ion too and helps.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] electrash:
Didnt know that.

Anyone else occurred havily battery drain with new update??

I just turned off app and battery seems to be 20% stronger. :-/

Sent from my LT26i
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LitoNi:
just found a little bug, not sure is it intended or not but im going to post it anyway.

1st) if screen is on (lockscreen) and receives a msg, the bar does not light up.

2nd) if screen is on (lockscreen) and receives a call but missed it, the bar keeps on flashing even when you unlock the phone to the homescreen. only way to stop it is to open up the missed call.

stock XPS btw. :)

thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Simc13:
+1

After update the battery drain is huge!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] vaguin70:
thank you rundgong for the update, we must not forget he/she is doing this for free at least a "thanks" would be good....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
Can you give more details? What changes do you see?

Do you have "hard data"? (numbers in the android battery usage function or something like that)

What is your usage pattern? has it been idle a lot, or very little, etc.? Did your usage pattern change?

I have not seen any increased battery drain, so I will need more info to figure out if my app is up to something...

That depends on your settings. There are settings where that behavior is expected
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LitoNi:
O can understand the first one is intentional, but the second I have the settings correct. Stop light when screen is unlocked. I'm sure the second one is a bug.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] asimx1:
best app i have seen for xperia u

only one concern there should be some support for music players like jet audio and while playing music it blinks in multicolor .

plz next time give some support for music players
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
Weird. I can not reproduce that behavior. It should stop when you unlock the screen. That has never failed for me.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
Blinking to the music is out of the scope of this app.

I don't think it is possible to add that. But it is a fun idea though.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] niku4uster:
The idea is good but battery drain will be huge....!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] niku4uster:
Even I don't get that bug... Working as smooth as silk with me...

Try reinstalling it... Or change the settings a bit to see if it's working on any other setting or not..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tiagodamian:
Just downloaded, testing. great idea for app.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
Working great but has battery drain.

I normally use around 7 or 8 % overnight, but with this running I used almost 30%.

I'm going to test it again tonight just to be certain.

Nice work btw.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] niku4uster:
keep the brightness to 2 or 3...its normally used when dark...and having set the brightness to 7 or 8 is of no use...dat way you can even save battery....;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mangesh hotkar:
it doesn't worked on my xperia s ,i am on ics. i tried everything but no luck........
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] vikirules26:
Thanx

Thanx BRO ...kind of u
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
Set brightness to 1, got an email during the night so notification was active. Still ripping through battery.

I like this app but using around 25% in six hours of standby is not acceptable.

I will check again tonight without it running just to double check it's not something else. I'll probably just wait for the next update and check again.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
I will try to replicate this.

I don't think any of the changes I made in the last update should really change the power usage though.

One way to work around the problem would be to enable the notification timeout, but ideally that should not be necessary of course.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
I did consider this, however as I want to use it to quickly check in the mornings it would be redundant to have the app if I have to check manually because it has switched itself off lol

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaizokan:
maybe a 'OFF time' function could help with the led at night. lets say you have set OFF time to: 23:00 - 08:00 then it will automatically disable the led for the given time. and assuming you wake up somewhere after 08:00 you will still get notified.

but this only if the led is using that much battery
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
I'm not sure how to look into what exactly is using it, but when this app is running alarm manager uses the power. It keeps the phone awake for a long time.

Generally the phone will be in deep sleep for around 7 hours overnight, with around 10 minutes when it's not in deep sleep. With this app running the awake time is over 2 hours.

It would be cool if it could not notify until a set time.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaizokan:
My settings are: Brightness 7, Timeout 1 minute, softkey backlight always on. (no internet at night)

I have since charged (multiple times by USB while using navigation and file transfer on PC):

almost 21 hours 52 minutes deep sleep

3 hours 15 minutes awake

Total active time 1 day 23 hours

But i will look at it after next charge, without charging in between.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] niku4uster:
i also agree with kaizokan's idea....that would a really good feature in the next update...

and tonight m gonna try that battery drainage...and let you know in the morning....:)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
I've just rebuilt my phone, it was starting to act weirdly. Anyway, just done a fresh install. I'll let you know how it goes :)

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
I just did a 12 hour test. Got a notification and let it notify with constant light, max brightness, for 12 hours.

My phone is still at 90% charge, and the battery page says my app used 7% of that.

It is hard to know where the LED power gets counted, but probably "Phone Idle" which is at 21%.

If we assume the LEDs are all of Phone Idle, then this apps power usage would be around 3% of the battery after 12 hours.

Are you on stock rom or is it a custom build?

But others have requested a "night mode", so I will give that some thought anyway.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] niku4uster:
I also did a test of 6 hours... Not much for me... As I slept the battery was at 94 and as I woke up it was at 91... So for me that isn't much of a problem.. :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
It is a standard rom, but I've removed the bloat. Usage seemed ok last night, around 20%, which is higher than normal but not as bad as it was.

I definitely think a night mode would be cool too. :)

I do love this app tho, it's a shame Sony didn't implement this.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] amfirbek92:
Can u add Zello support??:D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaizokan:
From 100% (no internet) in standby for 8,5 hours with LED on

constant

at brightness 7 >> 90% (battery page shows 7% for app)

From 100% (no internet) in standby for ~8/9 hours with

no

LED notification >> ~ 95%

This is with version 1.4.1 has no whatsapp or gmail support...

cant update, because of problem with market, will try to fix it soon
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rundgong:
New version up at google play.

Version 2.2 adds

* twitter support

* option to temporary disable all notifications

Some people have mentioned that sometimes you don't want to be disturbed by notifications, so I added an option that will temporary disable all notifications with one click.