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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
hmhm... what I wouldn't do for y... There is new version 02 (on my web at the same place) where u can setup your own sequence. Length of sequence might be from 1 to 10... values are as usual from 0 to 9... But numbers must not repeat (known feature ;) I don't see point to solve it) so u can set something like "bl02.exe 0 5 1 9 3" or whatever else... enjoy ;)

Report any found bugs... I mean it's super simple but it's 4 am so I'm half sleeping...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] ridr:
Awesome! Thanks so much! I've also been looking everywhere for something like this!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] antman68:
Awesome!

Well done! I've been looking for ages for something to do this.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] ridr:
How to use bl02...

Something from lobsterii that helped me:

create link in Total commander (file manager) I think its in options "File -> >>>>> -> Create shortcut" then I have another file bl02.lnk then I open properties of the lnk file, I click tab shortcut and put the text of path into "" and after it I wrote parameters so it looks like

"\Program files\bl\bl02.exe" 1 3 9
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] volleykinginnc:
OK dumb question and first time posting so don't slaughter me.:D If I understand the thread correctly this will put large buttons to adjust from the Backlight screen....correct? Is there a program (other than the PTT button which I'm using) that will allow a button or swipe to adjust the brightness without having to open the brightness display? If you get far enough to open the utility then its not that hard to move the brightness up. Sorry for the dumbness of the question.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
my bl02.exe doesn't put any button anywhere... it's just app which actually toggle brightness. U can try to run it via file explorer it should change brightness...

There is plenty of programs to map this app to buttons, finger swipes and some other crazy stuff like voice commands etc.. For example I'm using FTouchFlo (u can use FTouchSl which is easier to configure) and map backlight change for finger swipes... Most easy way is just copy blXX.exe to /Windows/Start Menu/Programs/blxx.exe and then go to Start->Settings->(tab)Personal->Buttons and link it with some buton...

I'm just now at work so have no time for more explanation... but Once I get home I'll create some FAQ at download page cos... cos it'll be easier for all of us ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] volleykinginnc:
dont sweat it that was a perfect explanation and I now have it helped me to get it running to a button.

One other quick question though....I have S2U2. So the button doesn't work until I have unlocked it (which sometimes is hard to see going out to daylight) is there any way (easy way, Im no programmer)to allow the button to work (that is brighten the display via the button I have it mapped to) while it is still locked?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] holmanm:
I'm sure he won't be able to bypass A_C's S2U2, but (assuming you have a Kaiser, you didn't say) if you enable dpad in S2U2 you can always hold your right dpad button to make sure S2U2 is unlocked, even if you can't see the screen, and then hit the button for the "bl02.exe 9" link.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] volleykinginnc:
Ha ha...you guys are awesome! Right Dpad enabled and now it works like a charm even in the brightest sun!! Thanks for the great application...makes a big difference in usability.

Some of you experts ought to make a list of these application gems (this program/kaeser tweaks etc) to make it easy for the noobs like me. This is good stuff!!:o
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] fluffylad:
Thanks - can confirm also works on my TouchDual

Like many others I have been looking for something like this for ages as is impossible to see screen to adjust brightness when already outside.

I can confirm works perfectly on my TouchDual where I have used the Buttons setting to assign to my VolUp button when held.

Many thanks, lobsterii
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Balrog82:
sweet, gonna try this. will hopefully work superb with my ultimatelaunch setup.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] :
someone help me here....:)

is this correct for creating a command line for backlight?

\Program files\bl\bl02.exe 1 3 9

created a short-cut in the start-menu, then created a folder called bl where the .exe is stored.

all i want is that that backlight to remain on forever until I turn it off.

please assist and thank you,

tvos
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] holmanm:
What you have is correct, but not to do what you want.

\Program files\bl\bl02.exe 1 3 9

will make the screen go full dim "1" on the first run of the shortcut. Then a little brighter "3" on the next run of the shortcut. Then Full brightness "9" on the next run. And the back to full dim "1" on the next run. And so on.

This is the same as going into "Settings", "Backlight", "Brightness" and sliding the sliders.

You want to go under "Settings", "Backlight", "Battery Power" and/or "External Power" and uncheck the "turn off backlight box". This program wont do this.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] :
thanx for the info.

the biggest problem i have noticed is that the dim light, no matter what comes on after ten seconds. now, i did play with the registry for a bit and almost came up with a solution.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Backlight\Locklevel

Set LockLevel = from 0 to 1

Then do a soft reset

also,

\HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\LockLevel

ACTimeout and BatteryTimeout.

change both keys to 3600

this actually does work after reboot.. as long i don't run any apps. after that, ten second dim light triggers.

i am using Rotohammer's rom and it's awesome. I was using Akadonna's but it was unstable, although didn't have problems with the backlight..:)

any ideas?

tvos
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] funem:
Thank you so much, exactly what I needed since my first windows mobile phone some years ago I have had a problem with seeing the screens in direct sunlight. I assigned this to my voice recorder button which I dont use, shame I cant use the button when the phone is locked though to see the unlock screen :-(

... Thank you again anyway
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Biges:
Now my "Start Menu" key has a much better use! 0 2 4 6 9 :)

Thanks a lot!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] kati42:
I think you can turn that off (or change the time) in the *Power* settings of your device. The screen goes dim to save power.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] The Mike:
Is there a way to change the shortcut icon for this?

I use homescreen plus plus with the taskbar at the bottom activated. This utility is perfect as I've added the shortcut for bl02.exe 2 8 to the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. The only problem is that it's an eyesore as the icon isn't customized....just a white block that's the generic shortcut icon. Is there a way to make it look like a tiny lightbulb? Oh, I should add that I'm using the htc-herald (wing). It seems to work but not perfectly... It only works when I use just 2 arguments.. ie: bl02.exe 2 8 .... But if I use more than that it ignores the others and always just will either go from lowest brightness to highest brightness... doesn't even matter what arguments I use.. 5 7 or anything close in increment makes no difference.... So i just figured, oh well, it works nicely even if just dimmest to brightest it's basically what I want out of it. Is this a known bug or since this was created for the kaiser nobody has tried using it on the wing?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] pudifoot:
As far as I know there are two ways you can add a custom icon:

Add an icon to the executable file. If you have an .ico file ready you can use a software such as Resource Hacker to add the icon as a resource in the executable file.

Add an icon to the shortcut (.lnk) file. You can either manually edit the shortcut file or use Shortcut Creator (at least I think so, I haven't tried it myself). You probably have to convert your icon into an icon library (.dll or .icl) first.

I used the first option which worked fine. The downside is that the executable more than tripled in size, but on the other hand the icon's there for every new BackLight shortcut I make.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] The Mike:
Ok, this works with the Wing.. but acceptable values are not 1 - 10 on the Wing. Only 0 1 2 3 and that's it. 25% increments only with 3 being 100%.

"I used the first option which worked fine. The downside is that the executable more than tripled in size, but on the other hand the icon's there for every new BackLight shortcut I make."

@ Pudifoot: Can you post the steps necessary to modify the executable bl02.exe using "res hacker" with the icon that I already have. I tried some variations using the program but I can't seem to get it to work how I want it to.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] pudifoot:
@The Mike: I sent you a PM.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Le Sage:
Thanks for the sources, that's very nice of you. :)

My participation : for .NET users (C#, can easily be translated on VB.NET), here are the calling functions :

[DllImport("HTCUtil.dll")]

private static extern int HTCUtilGetOnPowerBrightnessLevel(ref int pValue);

[DllImport("HTCUtil.dll")]

private static extern int HTCUtilGetOnBatteryBrightnessLevel(ref int pValue);

[DllImport("HTCUtil.dll")]

private static extern int HTCUtilSetOnPowerBrightnessLevel(ref int pValue);

[DllImport("HTCUtil.dll")]

private static extern int HTCUtilSetOnBatteryBrightnessLevel(ref int pValue);

[DllImport("HTCUtil.dll")]

private static extern int HTCUtilGetBacklightMinBrightness(ref int pValue);

[DllImport("HTCUtil.dll")]

private static extern int HTCUtilGetBacklightMaxBrightness(ref int pValue);
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Le Sage:
To HTC Touch Diamond or HTc Touch Pro users, don't forget to disable the auto mode on brightness (registry : HKCU\ControlPane\BackLight\LightDetectOn - values : 0 = disabled or 1 = enabled = auto mode).:D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] hardstylz:
hi how are you? my ptt button is already maped to my voice commmand. any idea if thif this could be mapped to the "ok" button and work the same way. 2n
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] tdusen:
I just assigned it to the "OK" button using AE Button plus. It works great.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] tdusen:
ok, revised statement. It works, but not so great. The ok button still returns to the Today screen and pops up the start menu. I think it works better bound to a double click of the PTT button.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] mfrazzz:
You could use HButton (http://hbutton.dyndns.org/index.jsp) to map it to a button. HButton lets you map things so that any button can have a long hold (or multiple long holds) on them. Very handy (for instance, Map Opera to the IE button, and IE to the same button when you hold it longer). So you could map your screen brightness to holding down the start key, or Ok key longer.

Enjoy!

Oh, and thanks for this app! This is perfect for what I was looking for to change brightness.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
New release 03

Hello,

New release BackLight 03

Changes>

- I got report that some devices has actuall backlight parameter value from 0 to 10 instead of my Kaiser which has 1 to 10. So it was no possible for those devices set up minimum value 0. In new version is possible set values from 0 to 99 so I hope that it's suitale for most devices out there... Also there is check of sequence so if your device support values from 0 to 10 and u run "bl 0 2 9 20 30" it'll run as if u call it as "bl 0 2 9 10" (20 goest to max [=10] and 30 is ommited).

Enjoy ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] frifox:
wow, exactly what i was looking for... now my HTC Touch Pro modding is complete :)

>> "bt03.exe 1 4 10" mapped to double-click of "End Call" button

now, a suggestion... it would be a big plus if the program would take "x" argument such as "bt03.exe x 4 10", where x would mean 'completely turn off screen+keyboard backlight'
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Bouloama:
You can't map it to the useless OK button underneath the scroll wheel?

This function doesn't work at this moment;

bl*.exe b [0..99] // set only battery brightness level [0..99]

bl*.exe p [0..99] // set only power brightness level [0..99]

Probably a nice feature to add, i need the battery brightness level feature :D

Thx for this nice little app!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
What exactly would be benefit of such feature? I've on my Kaiser turn off button which is doing exactly 'x' parameter stuff so I expect that other devices have also dedicated button for that. + I think that there might happend more operation than just display turn off... I would expect some underclock CPU and sleep down some other modules... Anyway functions I'm exploiting probably doesn't allow to turn off display completelly so I'm not sure if I'm able to do that... definitelly not in 5 minutes...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
I've released new version 04 where it's working again! I'm terribly sorry that I messed it up in version 03. That's cos I'm not really windowz programmer and some BS like wchar_t never interested me. In my opinion all the f**king world should speak one language and then it would perfectly fit into old good ASCII... And I'm not native English speaker (as u can read :) ). And guys from UK should learn to drive on right right side. But it's out of scope of this forum... sry for my dummy comments... and keep me posted if something else is wrong or worthy to change.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Bouloama:
WEhwehhe thx for the fix, let me change my shortcut on my TyTN to test your modification!

For now.. i don't have more feature requests.. and i'm not from the UK.. i'm from the Netherlands.. we drive on the the right side of the road :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] frifox:
oh no, i didnt mean turn off screen and then turn off backlight... i meant, keep the screen on but turn off its backlight, as well as keyboard backlight and hardware-button backlight... i had this feature on my old ppc6800 and it saved some serious battery life.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Bouloama:
@Frifox... whats the use of it.. since you almost can't see your screen properly without the backlight on?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] frifox:
you have a valid point, some people might not want to do that... but in my case, i use my ppc a lot in the evenings where there is lighting. i can see the screen perfectly without any backlight and i can see the keyboard keys without any backlight just as good. keyboard/hw-button backlight is quite bright and is just useless in those situation. so i spend about 3 to 4 hours with those keyboard/button led's draining the battery, where i would have been much better off without them.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] joe mboule:
I like the program a lot but it doesnt work when phone is blocked with pin. Pin input in bright day light is often problematic when backlight is set to low. Also advanced config tool doesnt do the job.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
I would say that this is rather issue of application which u r using to run blXX.exe. They simply don’t start bfr u set up the code and therefore they won’t run my program at the very beginning after power up. But if the device is just locked it’s working on my Kaiser using FtouchFlo as a trigger for bl04.exe.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
I c your point now. But I'm not sure if it's even technically possible. As I'm just now looking on wiki there r 2 types of LCD the one with backlight and the one with reflective layer. I'm not sure if someone is making some hybrid (it would be great though!) but I'm not sure if u would be able to c anything when the backlight is completelly off. I'm calling some genuine internal HTC function and I' setting there minimum possible value for brightness. I'm not sure if it can be somehow put lower than that. Can u set it up in menu somewhere somehow? I really would be interested to see how it look like completelly without backlight...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Bouloama:
Heya could you tell me how to use this specific b / p command with bl.exe?

I've got this in my shortcut; "\Storage Card\bl.exe" b [4 5 9]

I also tried this method: "\Storage Card\bl.exe" b 4 5 9

This still does not work, it only pics the character 4. It changes the status of the battery brightness to 4. Could you tell me how to activate the 5 and 9 settings also?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
Eh yup I know. I meant it for only one parameter from beginning. But I will extend it to take a queue of parameters.... I think it shouldn't be a prob. I think I'll release it on weekend... So far I would use it as bl.exe 4 5 9. It will toggle with both brightness levels...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Bouloama:
Thx for the feedback! and bigg ups for the upcomming fix ;-)

I'm using now the settings to change both parameters, to fix this minor bug indeed!

I'll keep track of the update!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Bouloama:
Jow bro..is it fixed? ;p
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] dancj:
This app is almost just what I'm after. The only problem is that it's a stand alone executable rather than an installable so I can't (as far as I can tell) make it one of the icons on the launcher tab of the Manilla 2d today screen.

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks

Dan
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] dancj:
Scratch that I was being an idiot. Putting it in Manilla is not a problem. Does anyone have a good icon for this app? My searches for Windows Mobile icons haven't turned up anything for under $150
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Bouloama:
It looks like the developerment has stopped... his orriginal website is also unavailible now
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
it's just paused for now

Hey sry guys for my site being down... My free web host provider decide to not willing hosting my page for free anymore... and I didn't yet choose to who I'll pay for web hosting...

So far the app can be downloaded from my basement server (see my first post for exact address)

It's old Duron 900 so be patient... Also my IP is not static so it might change over time... I'll repost it as soon as I'll find out or when I finally choose me web hosting. Send me pls email if the link is down (bernatikv[at]gmail[dot]com)

Now I have very little time for future development cos I'm finishing my diploma thesis and preparing for my final exam which consist of like 20 of my past exams so it's gonna be crazy... Nxt month I’ll hopefully have more time for BackLight app...

Happy new year 2 u all!!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] shanokee:
Works on HTC Artemis with Win Mob 6.1 as well. Thanks a lot!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] polywave:
Asus P565

I have search for this program for a while and it is happy to find that. However, it doesn't work in my Asus P565. Is it only can work in HTC device or is there any change, so that can work in my device? Thanks for help.

I check the blacklight.log, it show

ERROR: unable to load DLL

so I guess the DLL to control blacklight in Asus is different.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
Yes I'm afraid that it’ll work only on HTC devices... As is written in documentation it loads HTCUtil.dll and then call some of it functions to change the backlight. U can try to just download that dll and try it. But it might do alot of mess, cos I haven’t found any documentation about that dll... It might be changing HW registers and then it most likely wouldn’t work on your device and possibly can make some damage... Or it just can be using standard Windows API calls and then it should work on every Windows 6.1... If I were u I would try to find out if someone wrote similar application based on Win API calls.

Otherwise u can try to download that dll file from here http://94.112.86.222/vita/bl/HTCUtil.dll and save it in “\Windows” directory. But I think it’s 50/50 that it would work... So u have been warned...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
new version

Hey, I’ve finally made a new version. Now it’s possible to toggle also separately on battery and on power brightness. Enjoy ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] 3hpv9w9m8E:
Hi, lobsterii. Thats a great work, thanks alot. I've got a question about a link to bl...exe. Can you add some icon, or how can we do it? The reason is then we adding it for example to touchflo or just program files in windows - people only can see standart icon... May be some kind of link with icon will be nice?

Sory for my english )
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
Hey,

I'm using it with FTouchFlo so I needn't an icon, but the guys were solving icon in this tread bfr (starting with post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2563064&postcount=30).
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] basha:
Many thanks lobsterii

This is usefull app to me as well

I was looking for months for this type of app

Our great chefs must include this on their ROMs
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] lobsterii:
new url

Hello, I've finally find some free web provider which suits my needs. New address is http://lobster.ic.cz/?page=bl .
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Tallon:
Great little app. Thanks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] 2672iv6:
thanks a lot! it's more convenient to adjust the backlight now!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] ~DrDoom~:
Thank you so much, exactly what I needed. :)

I have put this nice app on my "Start Menu" key and it has now a much better use! 0 2 4 6 9 these are my tested favorite Parameters.

Very very nice thing, it works great.

Best regards DrDoom
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] z3120:
it's working with Athena too

Hi, thanks for this great app.

My device is HTC Athena and using WM 6.5.3 (cooked ROM AGB 3.0).

And.. this app just work... no conflicts up to now :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Lakva:
EXCELENT!!!

This is EXACTLY what I need to control backlight under running Primo on my Touch HD!!!

EXACTLY!!! :D

THIS is possible i.e. in MortScript this way:

You can write it to display with Message( ReturnValue ) or process the value any oher way.

I use it, so THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH, Lobsterii!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alice131:
It is really strange because the (Mod Edit: link removed) is working great with the Android and Mac but when i am trying to install it on my windows pc, it is blocked by the Anti Virus software.

Why is this happening?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 1890170:
:confused: What has this to do with Android?

My POV:

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