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[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] p50kombi:
TAEL Sense ROM

Using the latest TAEL Sense ROM and can't for the life of me get Lumos to work.

Any idea what's going on there?

I did use the troubleshooting guise and can confirm when I use the slider, the light doesn't change.

I asked this question in the TAEL Rom thread, but no reply so far.

Is there a fix to add the HTC backlight back in after a rom flash without cooking?

I really love this little app, it's always the first one on my Raph after a flash..

Any help would be greatly appreciated...tnx a bunch...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Lumos needs \Windows\HTCUtil.dll in order to change backlight level, make sure you have it (use file manager that can show ROM files).

If you don't have it, you can probably find it somewhere and add it to the windows folder without reflashing. If you do have it, something's got to be very wrong with it.

I was unable to export my HTCUtil.dll from phone, because it's locked, I'll try to google a workaround if you need the file.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] p50kombi:
I've got the htcutil.dll...probably something wrong with it then...

Darn... hope we can get this fixed... :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Maybe it has to be properly registered, like in desktop Windows, but I have no idea how to do that. Solution might be to copy the file directly to Lumos folder, but I can't even copy mine xD

Try to ask your chef about this file in PM and suggest it's probably not registered in system. Use an eye catching subject to get response faster like "[BUG][ROMbuild] Possibly unregistered DLL HTCUtil.dll" ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] p50kombi:
Maybe you're o to something as I can freely copy the HTCUTIL.dll..

So it is probably not signed...

If I copy it in LUMOS directory, still no go.. no effect on Lumos unfortunately..

Asked TAEL, see how hee responds..
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] p50kombi:
htcutil question..

Hi nik3r....

Last question, if I do a search for htcutil.dll in my registry, it does not show up anywhere.

Does it in your device?

If so, what is the key, maybe I can add it and make it work properly..

Only one that pops up in a registry search for me is backlight.dll in HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\Frontlight\ DLL
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
ok, here's a thought

the registry search got nothing on htcutil.dll and I can't copy mine out of the device.

But you can :)

PM me your htcutil.dll and I'll try to make an installer that will register it. If that helps I'll post it here as a workaround for unsupported ROMs.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] p50kombi:
DOn't know how to pm..but here she is :)

Just rename to htcutil.dll and that's my htcutil.dll..

Thanks for all your help... :D

so this is NOT a zip, just needed to rename it to enable upload :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
never mind the PM lol

your htcutil.dll seems to be different size than mine and Lumos backlight control stopped working after I installed it. So what we really need is to somehow extract mine from EnergyROM and make an installer for it...

Well after readng this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2007/12/29/why-can-t-i-copy-programs-out-of-windows.aspx

I think we're out of luck and only a skilled chef can help us
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] p50kombi:
How about your own backlighthotfix that you posted in march..

Found it somewhere in my extensive search..

Will that do the trick?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
hmm I have no idea, don't remember the problem well, do you have a link so I can check it out?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] p50kombi:
It works...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3480825&postcount=1461

And it does fix the problem..

Can I post a link to this in the ROM thread of TAEL?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
wow, I am sooo good...

I fixed the bug BEFORE there even was one and I don't even remember it

LOL :p

Make sure the windows power settings work as well as lumos before you post it there. :)

I'll attach it to the first post here as well.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
First post and Troubleshooting Guide is updated.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] p50kombi:
how do I check if it is working without LUMOS?

when I terminate the LUMOS process, the backlight sliders don't work...

But they never did anyways in this ROM..

Think I'll post it for the LUMOS users there :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Yeah it's safely uninstallable anyways.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] yusky03:
I can't get this to work with the Imagio. Do i not have a light sensor?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Almost There:
HTC HD2 autolock crap

Just installed this on my HTC HD2 (Leo) running the default HTC Sense UI.

Works perfect (just what I was looking for to dim the backlight in the dark) but when the device autolocks itself it gets into a loop:

backlight off -> backlight on -> etc. I'm not able to unlock anymore since the unlock slider "freezes" and the only way is softreset.

So I needed to uninstall it :(

Any suggestion? I really like the features..

===================

UPDATE

This only seems to happen when the device autolocks itself when the LumosWizard screen is left opened (tested with "detail" tab only..).

Great tool.. Will test it for 2 more days and if I decide to keep it I will donate to support your work :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
it's a known WM6.5 bug. There are a few possible solutions:

1) there's a registry hack to switch from the new "fancy" lockscreen to the WM6.1 default one, which *might* fix this.

2) if you really like to slide lock, use 3rd party lock screen like S2U2, because WM6.5 default loads slow and ... honest it just totally sucks IMO :p

I can provide a pre-set config file for S2U2 if the number of options in the configuration is a little overwhelming.

3) Lumos itself has no capability to wake up a dimmed display, so make sure there isn't another 3rd party app interfering just in case.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Almost There:
Don't know if you read my update but it works OK with standard wm6.5 autolock + slider screen.

The bug only happens when the config screen is open..

Fix is not really needed because it works in normal use; just make sure to close the config screen before autolock kicks in.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Right, the LumosWizard has a backlight keep-alive, it's probably battleing with the lock screen. Seems you left out that tiny detail.

Thanks for the update.

I still think the WM lock screen is ****e though ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] hikouka71:
just to make sure, i had lumos on my diamond with an older 6.1 based rom i burnt to it and loved it, i have a 6.5 based rom now but i don't use any of that screen locking malarkey, so i shouldn't have any issues like some are with 6.5 compatibility?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
I use Lumos on WM 6.5.3 Energy ROM with no issues whatsoever. Even if it wouldn't work, there's a troubleshooting guide in the first post, that will resolve 99% of issues :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] tyguy:
@nik3r and all others.

Just took the jump to flash to NRG 2.5 with Max's 2.6 extension and would like to mention that Lumos works without any issues AND, that's so ultracool, at the top left corner it shows the actual light meter reading while open which is very helpful if you do a custom setup! nik3r you ROCK (OK you application but ...)!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] P4d0uch:
it is awesome app thank.

you are awsesome man :-D

my battery like you

but I would appreciate more applicable degrees because it makes app more sensitive on the light. best to do it after 0.1 or 0.2 degress maybe it is impossible but great:-D

sorry for my bad english and thanks for answer
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] cgendreau:
Sorry if this is already answered in the long list of replies, but I didn't find it...

Is there a way to reduce the sampling rate time? For example, when indoors and using my Pro2 the screen constantly gets brighter and dimmer during use. The problem is that it is doing this like every second. I would like to know if the sampling rate can be slowed down or averaged? It's a bit annoying that the screen changes brightness so quickly while using it. This is the main reason why I wanted to try Lumos over the built in auto adjust.

Thanks!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
That's what "Threshold" settings is for. It's the minimum change that will be applied. For 0, every change is applied. For 1, backlight must change at least by 2 to be applied etc. That is meant to reduce the jitter in situations when the backlight changes rapidly between two levels.

Sampling rate is actually polling interval, but increasing it would decrease the backlight responsiveness and wouldn't solve your problem.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] cgendreau:
Got ya, thanks for the explanation.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] prattleon:
i have an embarrassing question: how do i install a CAB file on my android phone? i looked all over the internet and couldn't find anything helpful. i'm sure it's quite simple. thanks.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] snark_be:
It's simple: CAB files are for devices running Windows Mobile, not for Android phones. So basically, you cannot !
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] prattleon:
alright, more embarrassing than i thought. thanks. so lumos does not exist for android?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
It's C# code, so it might work if you use mono. The problem is it relies on HTC Utility DLL and HTC sensor SDK and I doubt they will be the same on android. Also I have no way to port it without actually having/using an android phone, sorry.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] papik.i:
GREAT!

Výborná aplikace mistře, mnohem propracovanějši než u konkurence;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Díky, už bych se měl pomalu vrhnout na další verzi, hned jak budu mít po zkouškách :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] leobox1:
nik3r.. from the users of HD2.. can you kindly update your great program to work on HD2 well?

HD2 suffers from battery drain .. am hoping your program can help..
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
It doesn't work? Did you try the troubleshooting guide in first post? I see no reason why wouldn't it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] tcchuin:
hi,i can't use your lumos because it says htcsensorsdk missing,i was able to use it..but not anymore after flashin a new rom.is there a cab for it?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] str0g:
Awsome application and working great with htc hd2 :-)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Mutiny32:
nik3r, first off, thanks so much for this excellent program. It is totally awesome.

Secondly, I have a question/bug. This is regarding a Rhodium W (Sprint TP2) with 6.5. The program functions perfectly except for one thing, which is the backlight minimum step in the calibration wizard. It seems that either the HTC sensor SDK automatically reports "0" when first polled for a backlight reading or you have a dummy value of "0" set for the minimum. I can tell because the reading will always register as "6" on my phone as the darkest value. Oddly, sometimes it will read a few higher like "8" when the sensor is covered and the maximum is offset exactly the same the positive variance from 6, but it is almost always 6 for my phone. I have to manually set this after calibration.

Now as you can see, my sensor never reads 0, but the calibration always sticks to 0. Is this because of a dummy value or some behavior the sensor does when first polled that could cause this?

I also have a question regarding you mentioning the checkbox for "Excl. for active window" and 6.5. Should this be checked? I'm not clear on what this does exactly. Could you explain a little better?

Again, thanks a lot and I hope you don't stop at RC2, because as other users have said, the sensor values on newer devices seem to go much higher than you originally designed the program to expect.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Thanks for reporting, I already know about this issue, the problem lies in the sensor drivers, because they return 0 when the sensor is not yet inicialized. It's on my todo list... which is quite long ATM :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Mutiny32:
Ah, I understand. Couldn't you simply put in a function to wait 1-2 seconds before taking a minimum reading? Just a suggestion. :)

As for the Excl. for active window, should that be checked or not? I think it should remain unchecked judging by the day I had it checked. It seemed to break proper functionality and performance took a hit, so I un-checked it and all was well again.

Again, thanks for the great program and keep it up! I'll send a few bucks your way. :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] zarn:
Backlight Off

Hi,

I'm sorry if this has already been asked,I have spent a fair while digging through the thread but couldn't find it and its painfully slow on gprs...

I very much like Lumos but for me there is one feature missing (using a touch Pro/6.5) and that is a backlight/screen off timeout option.

Most of the time I don't want my phone to go into standby or many applications stop running. At the moment I have to use an application to manually switch off the backlight but that means if I miss a call, an email comes in or its in my pocket and I change track via the remote the backlight comes back on and kills the battery even faster.

Any Chance?

Many thanks

Jay
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] tyguy:
Jay, not sure if what you want would make Lumos a very complex battery sucking piece of software zombie.

For my part I have my phone set to backlight off after 1 minute and off after 3 minutes. I'm also used to lock my phone every single time with long press end key (to prevent butt dialing AND to preserve battery). Perhaps these two tricks do it for you as well since Lumos is designed to preserve battery while USING the phone at any given moment by balancing the battery sucking backlight level to an optimum.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] zarn:
Hi,

my problem is stopping the phone going into standby, as I am sure you know for some reason HTC in there infinite wisdom decided to make the backlight off feature simply a backlight dim on the touch pro. Then when the phone turns itself off many applications stop working if they don't force the phone to run them eg most im apps. I simply want to find an application that will time out the backlight but not standby the phone as all smartphones do.

I wouldn't have thought it would be difficult to implement and there are many posts on the net asking to be able to do this. Yes the phone will use quite a bit more power if not in standby but by no means as much as not in standby with the backlight on. I have a home brew 6000mah battery so power isnt a problem, but I would just like to maximise what I have. And at the end of the day if you don't need the feature you could always switch it of. It would then mean I can actually use my touch pro rather than it staying on my desk and me using the old s710, it may be slow but at least it does what I need it to.

An interesting article on smartphone and PPC power management here (http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/08/16/702833.aspx)

Cheers

Jay
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] kamikaze458:
-Working flawlessly here: HTC Fuze + Win 6.5.3 (thick bottom bar).

-It improved my battery life.

-Thanks nik3r! Great piece of software.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] sifaan:
Acer Neotouch?

Hi!

I would really love to try this out!

Any chance of getting this to work on the Acer Neotouch?

I get an error message (no HTCSensorSDK), and I tried downloading a copy to the Windows folder, and the error message disappeared (which doesn't necessarily mean it's working, just that the DLL was found?)

Anyway, when I try to run the wizard, a language selection dialog box appears, and then disappears...

Thanks

/Sifaan
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Perhaps if you can point me to a sensor SDK that works for your device I could make it compatible, no chance otherwise.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] ronald_delgeano:
Hi,

I'm trying your lumos V10RC2, but i don't know if is it running or not ?

my stupid questions are :)

1. How do i know my lumos is running ?

2. On the 1st step it said that i have to close the sensor light, Where is sensor light ? :)

thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Lumos is working once you tap save&apply or after soft reset, you don't see anything other than it doing its job on external light change. You can also see it in task manager that shows running processes.

The sensor looks like a little LED and it's usually placed around the front phone speaker. However current Lumos version has a bug in calibration that renders the first step useless, it always shows 0.

And yes, I will fix it.. eventually :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] ronald_delgeano:
I can't see lumos in my task manager :(

but, when i click lumos.exe from program files,it said " do you want to stop lumos?" something like that, is it mean my lumos has run ?

thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] tyguy:
You wont see Lumos in the task manager as a "running" program. Look at the processes, there you'll find it taking almost zero ressources and just a few bytes in memory. Great app until day one it was released.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] ronald_delgeano:
After i installed sTaskmanager, now i can see lumos :)

so

And now it's time to wait the patch :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] kilrah:
Seems there's an issue with Lumos and the G-sensor on the HD2. When Lumos is running, it makes any app that uses the G-sensor hang for a moment everytime it reads the light sensor. On an app like Caver (ageye.de), it locks about 500ms at every sensor read, making the game unplayable. It's less noticeable in the built-in Teeter game, but still visible.

I'm on the official 1.66 ROM, but others have reported it too.

Would it be possible to disable auto backlight control by Lumos, but just keep the exceptions?

I'm OK with the built-in auto backlight control, but would just want the backlight to be forced to full in selected applications (photo and video viewer). Could Lumos have a mode that only monitors the active window, if an exception is found it forces backight to the set level like now, and otherwise just activates the device's default auto backlight function? That would be a workaround until a sensor read fix is found.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] camillelfg:
Scale in HTC auto mode ?

Hello

I'm experiencing some little lags due to Lumos in a lot of applications on my HTC HD2. Therefore, I'd prefer to avoid using it, even if it works fine in term of efficiency.

The only thing that was annoying me before is the range of possible brightness in the automatic mode, which seems to be only from 30% to about 80%.

It's a to small range, especially in the dark areas!

Does somebody know how to change this range with a simple regkey?

The only ones I found are in Current_user\ControlPanel\Backlight :

MaxBrightnessScale and MinBrightnessScale, but they only seem to concern the range in the manual mode...

Where to find the same in auto mode? That would be a simple change...

Thanks for your help
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bartveld:
Not working on HD2 ROM 1.66

On my HD2, ROM 1.48, with NetCF 3.5 Lumos worked perfectly. Now I have upgraded to ROM 1.66 and Lumos asks for a newer version of NetCF. But when I install the NetCF with which Lumos used to work, I'm told this is already present in ROM. So I shouldn't need to install it, right? But how to get it to work?

Help would be appreciated, since I dearly love this app.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] stm555:
+1

Would it be possible to add option to disable Lumos activity for some apps in exception list?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
I've added .NET CF 3.5 installation cab to the first post for those who need it.

As for the HD2 problems, I'm currently looking into it but my dev machine needs some convincing before I will be able to compile :rolleyes:
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Hotfix for HD2

Ok,

I made this hotfix for your HD2 issues, it's only a quick fix and it's only Lumos.exe without installer.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] stm555:
still having g-sensor lags :(
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bartveld:
Sorry, the issue remains. Still asking for newer version of .Net CF.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bartveld:
Whoa, who was the hotfix for? The G sensor problem or the NET CF problem?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
bartveld: did you try to install the .NET CF3.5 cab in first post?

stm555: I forgot to mention you need to create exceptions for the apps that use G-Sensor. Once there is an exception in effect, Lumos won't even touch the light sensor, it may not be perfect yet but it should work.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bartveld:
Yes, and the device tells me tat this version is already in ROM.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
This is apparently problem in the ROM itself, the .NET must be somehow damaged. Last idea - try the tool in attachment, it allows you to switch device's primary .NET version between .NET 2.0 and 3.5.

If that doesn't help, I suggest asking your cook about the problem. Or you could PM me the entire error message if there is any.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] stm555:
Exception EXCPRG: Resco Bubbles, 2

==> MessageWindow everytime it checks active app.

"0: Resco Bubbles" (when RB not active)

"208097988: Resco Bubbles" (when RB is active)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
What the frack??

LMAO, it does for me too... apparently some debug remnant in the exception module.

Congratulations - you officially found a bug!

MessageBox.Show(appActive(app.Key).ToString() + " : " + app.Key);

.. for a laugh :p
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] stm555:
:) ..........
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nik3r:
Hotfix for HD2 (now rly)

Ok, let's pretend I never posted the last hotfix. Here's a new one :)

How to use it:

1) go to \Program files\Lumos\ using your favorite filemanager

2) tap Lumos.exe and then YES to disable it

3) copy this hotfix Lumos.exe to the folder and overwrite the old one

4) test general functionality and exceptions to the best of your abilities

- you need to create an exception for every G-Sensor app that gives you trouble

5) report back :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] stm555:
Now it's working fine :).

thnx!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] el_kamilus:
Great application. I’m searching exactly something like this. It’s working perfectly on my HD2. Thanks a lot.

One notice for calibration. I use two different torch light and max value I was achieved is 1058. Probable is nothing but I decided to write about this :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] _LeCiel_:
Lumos Icon for HTC Touch Pro2 / Rhodium

I didn't really like the icon for Lumos so I created a new one for my Touch Pro2 (you can replace it with JWMD Icon Changer http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=567080)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] xebozone:
Thanks for your program. Unfortunately for me, I can't seem to get it to work on my HD2 at all.

I'm running ROM 1.49.841.1 which shipped with my device from Telstra (Australia).

Calibration seems fine: The backlight dims when I adjust the levels and it reads the sensor fine...

but when lumos is started, the screen still remains at one brightness level (even in the dark) this level is that which is set in the display settings on the device

Also, The process is there in the task manager, so it IS starting. Your latest hotfix didn't help the issue.

I would like to try avoiding a ROM flash if possible.