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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ap4lifetn:
I am also having the youtube problem described earlier, any update to fix this yet?

i set the backlight as fixed for youtube, and the backlight stays bright as expected in the app, however once you watch a video, the backlight dims again
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] quickxs:
Anyone got g-Light running on the Sony-Ericsson Xperia X1i? I installed it and during the first run the eumination of the screen is always max. I can't edit the light settings in the Windows Mobile settings panel.

What should I do?

I also posted on forum.geye.de but there might be a solution amongst you.

thnx
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] schrecke:
hi,

very good tool :)

when does a version with a (better) light control in ac mode come?

thx :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] benko286:
probably never.... :(
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] TheMostToys:
Great program

ageye,

I just sent you a few cups of coffee.

My settings are:

1) 0,24

2) 25,59

3) 60,140

4) 141,200

5) 201,250

6) 251,300

7) 301,360

8) 361,449

9) 450,600

10) 600,1000

I'll continue to play with my settings as I think they cause the brightness to hunt a little too much.

One observation that I have not seen mentioned yet is that "GLightRunner.exe" is taking 2.5% of the cpu. That is not a lot, but it's little higher than I would expect.

Thank you for your efforts.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] TheMostToys:
Does not work after soft reset

After a soft reset G-Light does not function.

The GLightRunner.exe program is started (the process is running after soft reset) and if I start the GLite configurator the light sensor is responding, but the brightness does not change.

If I try to disable (and press save), the exit soft button no longer responds. I can click on "ok" to close but when I restart it still shows as enabled.

If I Kill the GLightRunner.exe process and restart GLight configuration, it starts working again.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] tnyynt:
Same here!

Killed the process with Task Manager and then ran G-Light, everything is fine now... untill soft reset.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] aBE-One:
I'm getting a solid 0.00 % CPU usage for the "GLightRunner.exe" process. Well, at times it does go up to 0.08 % but that's it. I've set the update interval to 5000 ms, maybe that makes the difference?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] lindalinda:
new idea

is possible to have a costumization for each program like GSen?

when I need to use pLamp in a dark room my display is too dark with the automatic light control
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
this is really strange... I can't even reproduce this error! That makes it pretty difficult for me.

I will see what I can do...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Lycox:
I thought about the same. Some apps needs more light than others. Like pLamp or TomTom (normally connected to AC when running). So, how about an exception list for G-Light or a list where you can specify the backlight level for an app?

THIS IS A FEATURE REQUEST :D :D :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] yoohoo:
Hi guys, if u r upgrading to v0.2, make sure u uninstall the earlier version and do a soft reset to clear the remnants of the prev version.

I encountered the similar prob whereby the metering of the light level was correct but the backlight remained unchange.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Gebgebee:
Hello,

I would like to use this tool but I have an error when I launched G-Light.

The message says that I need an other version of .NET Compact Framework from Microsoft but according to me I have the last version... (no update possible in windows update and when I try to install this file: net-compact-framework_net_cf_2.0_sp2_pocket_pc_smartphone_.cab_anglais_11451.cab, windows says that I have the last version).

Does anyone know the solution? Thanks for help
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
try these links:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6b-356b-4a2c-857c-e62f50ae9a55&displaylang=de

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...49-3C6B-42F1-9FD9-0041345B3385&displaylang=de
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Gebgebee:
Thank you for this quick help. It works fine with the 3.5 version. (I think I have downloaded the 2.0 before).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] del4:
[FR] App-specific settings

I concur, app-specific settings would be a great feature!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] del4:
Still problems with v0.2 not updating

Well, it sounded good, but I uninstalled v0.1 and did a SR before installing v0.2 but the problem remains where G-Light isn't updating on my Touch Pro.

My settings are:

1 [0 15]

2 [16 30]

3 [31 100]

4 [101 200]

5 [201 300]

6 [301 400]

7 [401 500]

8 [501 600]

9 [601 700]

10 [701 1000]

with a refresh rate of 2500ms

Back to the built-in auto-adjustment until v0.3 comes out. :(
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
Try this:

Uninstall G-Light

Delete \Program Files\ageye\G-Light

install G-Light 0.2
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] del4:
[FRs] Alternative display of settings / Make G-Light a Control Panel

In anticipation of ageye fixing the current problem I'm having with G-Light v0.2, here's a feature request for v0.3. ;)

Instead of having to select each backlight level to adjust (and view) the current setting limits, I'd like to see all 10 levels and lower/upper limits at once to make it easier to adjust. Each level could maybe also have a disable checkbox to grey out the limits for that level.

I'd like to have the 'Current backlight level' displayed next to the 'Current light sensor level' so we can verify it's working as desired as well as making it easier to configure the settings and make adjustments as necessary.

Also, having used some of no2chem's utilities, like nueMassStorage (which is thankfully now natively supported on my Touch Pro), I really liked how they were made into Control Panels and therefore resided in the Settings area instead of Programs. Since G-Light is a replacement for the built-in backlight auto-adjustment tool, it seems only natural that G-Light should be a Control Panel in the Settings area too. Not sure what's involved in doing this vs. a standard app, but I thought it might be something to look at.

Looking forward to the next release and also sent you a small donation to show my support...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] del4:
Thanks, but that didn't work either. :(

While the settings.xml file

is

left behind in the G-Light directory after the uninstall, it doesn't seem to matter. I've confirmed that my new settings are being saved (see the attached file), they're just not being used by the program for some reason?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] panosha:
@ ageye

Thanks, very useful application. :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] itoYo:
thanks for developing this app ageye ! its pretty good!

can i make just one reccomendation for the future, please include an window exclusion list so that your back light app stops working, say when the camera is on for eg!

i find the camera in darker ambient light quit hard to use ,its crap any way, but a dim back light in a dim environment just aint working!

once again thanks for your effort

i hope you can incorporate this
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] litchidong:
MOD EDIT: Please use English language, it's a WWE forum.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kirileman:
There is a problem. If the external light changes, therefore the backlight changes as well, the screen cannot be turned off. There is a problem with backlight dim as well. The program doesn't allow it to be turned off. It tries to dim but the program brings it on again instantly (it wont happen if you are in a dark area of course). And the screen stays on for ever after that.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] yoohoo:
This probably is a stupid question...did you unable "Auto adjust backlight" in your settings?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ShadowDrake:
My light settings:

While I liked ageye's brighter-level settings, when it was darker, I often found the screen unnecessarily bright. I also noticed it's pretty much impossible for me to get the light sensor to read below 3.83 or so... Making his level 1 brightness from 0-1 basically useless. The sensor peaked at 988, and really only got that high in direct daylight, so there is a fairly small light difference from the 400 range all the way to 1000... which is why these settings work so well there. Here's the changes I have made and I'm fairly happy with it so far.

level 1 [0 5]

level 2 [16 20]

level 3 [21 40]

level 4 [41 80]

level 5 [81 120]

level 6 [121 200]

level 7 [201 300]

level 8 [301 400]

level 9 [401 600]

level 10 [601 1000]

Update interval: 2500 ms... 5000 ms seemed a little slow when turning the device on, it took too long to have the brightness come down. I don't think this is going to cause too many issues with battery life in the long run.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Brunkage:
nice program... :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] qitt:
Same problem.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
I'm currently working on a solution for all of your problems (with G-Light)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] del4:
Strange, as I don't recall this happening before, but when I uncheck the Enable button in G-Light and click on Save Settings, I am also unable to use the Exit softbutton to close the app. If I close the GLightRunner.exe process and relaunch G-Light, I have the same problem and find that the GLightRunner.exe process has restarted. Apparently ageye doesn't want us using anything but G-Light to adjust the backlight sensor? :p:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] del4:
Yep, both "Auto adjust backlight" and "Backlight is always dim while device is locked" are unchecked.

Pretty sure that the first time I ran G-Light, it unchecked the "Auto adjust backlight" in the display settings, but maybe not. If not, perhaps this could be included as part of the configuration, namely to uncheck this option if it currently is set?

Another question is if the second option, "Backlight is always dim while device is locked", would interfere with G-Light or not?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
New version released: 0.3

Changelog: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=glight/changelog

Download: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=download

If G-Light doesn't work after soft-reset, try to increase the value at "Windows startup delay"

Please report errors...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] peron:
installed! this is a great idea, will report back in a couple of days.

I can already see that my light sensor will report 0.0 even with some light in the room. Probably a dodgy sensor.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
yes, the sensors report 0,0 when it's getting pretty dark. that's why I set the lowest backlight level only from sensor value 0 to 1...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] rigbyrj:
PocketShield Compatibility

Hi,

There appears to be an issue when running G-Light and PocketShield at the same time.

When the device switches on and is locked by pocketshield, if the device is unlocked immediately then the screen brightness no longer changes in relation to the light sensor reading. (until the next time the device wakes up from sleep).

If however you wait a couple of seconds before unlocking then there is no problem.

This is more problematic when the presence of light unlocks the device, which happens immediately, which then stops the screen brightness from changing.

Is this a possible problem with two applications polling the light sensor at the same time?

I realise that this issue is kind of a niche one, but there must be a fair few people who would want to use both apps, and it's a shame to not be able to use one of them because of the issue.

Great app by the way - hopefully the issue isn't a complicated one and can be sorted relatively easily.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] lindalinda:
I've the same problem with S2U2, i must wait before unlok else glight don't function
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] yaneck:
Same here with PocketShield - adding exception to GLight doesn't help,it make GLight doesn't react to light changes event after waiting a while.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Rod65:
Couldn`t get this Prog to work on my HTC Diamond with orignal 1.93 Rom.

When I start the prog i get an unexpected error message.

What am I doing wrong please ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] superpc:
so anyone actually tested if it helps saving battery life?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
I see what I can do

Please provide ERROR DETAILS!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
New version released: 0.4

Changelog: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=glight/changelog

Download: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=download

I hope that everything works now...

Please report errors...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] yaneck:
PocketShield compatibility problem still exists...It seems that waiting time is shorter now but still after immediate unlocking device GLight doesn't react to light changes.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] lando:
Hello,

Thx for all your softwares.

I have a HTC Kaiser, and it doesn't have a light sensor in front (there is one on keyboard).

It would be great if you could use the front cam for light sensor.

For exemple : every 15 or 30 seconds, 1 image can be captured and the average light calculate.

Thank you for all
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] lindalinda:
also the compatibility problem still exists with s2u2
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] itoYo:
good job ! i have no issues with this version! thanks! the exception list works no probs thanks!

not using any of the above mentioned apps (s2u2 or pocket shield)

thanks for making this app
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] rigbyrj:
PocketShield Compatibility Issue - G-Light 0.4

I can also confirm that the PocketShield compatibility issue still appears to be a problem in 0.4 - Better, but not quite sorted.

As stated by yaneck, it's less of a problem when unlocking with a gesture, because the time delay is much shorter now - However when light unlocks the device, or when gestures are used to unlock the device very quickly (which is less of a problem) then the issue still persists.

Thanks for jumping on the problem so quickly ageye - hopefully it won't require much more to completely sort the issue - your efforts are much appreciated.

Nearly there!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] mistertb:
Hey Ageye,

Any change you make the program work on Omnia as well? As far as I know there is still no one who can access the light-sensor, but maybe there is someone here who is willing to find out. (also like the idea of using light sensor in G-alarm)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
that makes me crazy... I use S2U2 and everything works fine. To sum up the details:

when you unlock your device GLight doesn't change the backlight. GLightRunner.exe is running, but it doesn't do anything. If you kill the process and start GLight again, everything works fine. PocketShield uses the light sensor and might interfere with G-Light.

I'll try some new methods if I can fix this problem. S2U2 should work fine...

I'm looking for an access to the Omnia light sensor as well but I can't find anything. I don't have an Omnia that's why I can't take a look at it by myself. I'm so sorry but I'm dependent of someone who can bring light in the Omnia-darkness ;-)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
trying to fix the PocketShield issue #1

New version released: 0.4.1

Please try if it works now...

I also published a todo list: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=glight/todo

Tell me if you have any comments about it...

Download: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=download
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] peterbonge:
What exactly does "AC backlight settings" on the todo list mean? A fixed backlight level if the device is connected to AC? That would really be nice.

And a wish: Maybe a table view could be useful.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kirileman:
This is a must-have program!!! Great job. Some more issues to be solved and it will be perfect! :)

I still believe that if the program keeps changing backlight level (due to external light changes), the screen cannot be turned off automatically, which shouldn't happen cause noone touches the screen or any button.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] yoohoo:
Hi ageye, appreciate that this useful utility has been constantly updated.

Hope you will consider an enhancement to the exceptions handling : allow to enable/disable each exception entry (thru checkbox or color toggle etc).

This allows a program to be temporarily reverted to default handling without the need to delete the entry and hence the hassle of recreating it should it be needed later.

Thanks :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] onlinespending:
is it possible to just show a list of the current ranges and how they map to different brightness levels? This way we can simply change the brightness levels based on the predefined ranges. This would be a simpler way of adjusting the brightness for various ranges without having to know exactly what these ranges even represent.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] yaneck:
Now everything works almost perfect. I could say 90% compatibility with PocketShield because still sometimes immediate unlocking makes GLight stop reacting but in most cases it works fine - It seems that waiting time is shorter now...

Does polling a light sensor drain battery a lot?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] lindalinda:
I've solved the problem with S2U2.. I've try to remove the appointment list and now I must wait only half a second, but there is another bug, when I receive a call the display brightness is set to the top for 2-3 seconds

other request. is possible to set g-ligth for use the standard light sensor with exceptions
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
I don't understand your request... please explain more details
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] mkucuksari:
First of all, many thanks for this great application that I was looking for.

Although is already mentioned before, as a new feature at new version, it will be very nice to see 'Current backlight level' displayed next to the 'Current light sensor level' so we can verify it's working as desired as well as making it easier to configure the settings and make adjustments as necessary.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kirileman:
One more thing. Even if there is some light in the room, the light sensor shows 0 when it should be something between 1-10. Someone elses has already mentioned that. I suppose it has to do with the sensor, not the software.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
If there is some space I'll put it somewhere ;-)

yep, sensor related...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] yaneck:
I did some more testing of new version and still compatibility with PocketShield is not so good. When I take my Diamond out of the pocket and I unlock device with PocketShield first time after it has been in completely darkness GLight stop reacting to light changes BUT any further unlocking (still holding device in my hand) cooperate with GLIght fine just that first (most important) don't work good enough :/ and screen light is set to max...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] lindalinda:
I only want to know the default value of diamond for backlight level and update interval

after many test I've still problem with S2U2

when turn on the device the brightness is too strong and if I unlock too fast the level not change until i restart g-light.

instead if I turn on and wait a couple of seconds before unlock I can see the brightness decrease in S2U2 screen and then it work perfectly
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
Well, I'm not HTC - I don't know how their autoadjustment works and what their default values are...

I see what I can do to fix the bugs with S2U2 and PocketShield...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] rigbyrj:
PocketShield Compatibility Update

Hi Ageye,

Just to let you know - I tried out version 0.41 and there's good news and bad - the PocketShield issue appears to be solved, however every other wake up of the device leaves the brightness of the device unresponsive, regardless of how long you wait to unlock. But each and every time, just sending it to sleep and waking it again a few seconds later sorts it. It's like clockwork - you wake the device up, it works fine, you wake it up again, the backlight doesn't change, you wake it up again, and it's fine, you wake it up again, backlight unresponsive etc etc.

So very close!

Good job Ageye - thanks again for all your hard work and sticking with this problem.

You efforts are much appreciated.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] yaneck:
Exactly like you said - it is changing alternately.

But still..great work!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
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I keep on trying
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Inc:
Great application :-) - thanks!

1 issue only (which actually made me uninstall it - cannot use the program untill fixed) : Screen does NOT turn off automatically if not used, no matter the Power settings.

This is a big problem since my device turns on at midnight, and then the battery is drained in the morning because it has been on all night.

/Inc
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ageye:
do you use the latest version? This issue should be fixed with v0.4
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Inc:
using 4.1. That IS the latest, right ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] patrickrivard:
There is one question I have after installing and playing with your version 4.1

Is there any way to make this setting go lower in backlight level???

The lowest backlight setting is (1) in your app, which I don't know what % it refers to , is Way to high in total darkness, and when I compare it to the lowest backlight setting of the TP in "Setting/System/Power/Backlight" it seems to be at least 20-30%. It should allow it to go to 0%.

This is a really nice app but needs to allow backlight variation in the full range available...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] del4:
Using v0.4.1 on my Touch Pro and it turns off correctly, as per the power/backlight settings...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Prof.Kamil:
can you make it for (Phone) ?

i mean when u put the phone next to ur ear while (in call) the screen goes off

and as u take the phone off ur ear the screen goes on again

if u can do this it will be great

thanx