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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] teddy_ballgame3:
the beta version is not working for me. the alpha version of trackball notification worked alright (with very few minor bugs). i turned off the notifications on messaging and popup sms and i get one white flash and nothing else. i turned off popup sms entirely and still got the same issue. im currently running cyanogen's beta4 if that matters.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
I'll pm you for logcat info.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] drrogern:
Cant wait for widget!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MintyFloss:
Very cool. I'll send ya some green :3
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] theslam08:
Just sucks I need to be rooted :(.

But, besides that completely, amazing job! I was waiting for someone to do this, and you did it!!! :D :D. I will be rooting very soon, I cant be missing these 'important fixes'.

Thanks again (will donate down the road definitely)!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] alextripp:
Are you going to implement a way to flash different colors for different contacts SMSing you? If you do this i will definitely buy you a beer! :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] alextripp:
When I recieve texts now, my notification bar shows two of the smilie face text notifications and when i pull the bar down it shows the same texts twice. Only started after I installed this.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MontAlbert:
donated- thanks mate- sorry its not heaps as this work deserves more.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Customizable Colours and Flash speed for:

Gmail

Inbuilt SMS

Inbuilt Email

Missed Calls

Twidroid

-- virtually any app can be customized.

will require CM5 and ChainsDD lights library.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] qvert:
and or "or" ?

because i am running MCR and not CM but with ChainsDD library
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
AND because its built on cm5 framework, but I'm going to get it integrated into CM5 and MCR.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bre:
hi

great job thanks a lot

just wondering : is it possible to make something like :

missed call : green

sms : red

email : blue

that would be AWESOME
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
That is exactly what you can do, a different customizable color and flash rate for each app. Plus RGB sliders with preview.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruslanriad:
SweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeT. KEEP a great job
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] swordfishunter:
can we get a privacy notification option? i.e. no message content?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] DaveKid:
keep up the great work man. i think your app is one of the most useful i've seen so far.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
TCN2 does not deal with the notification at all, it intercepts the flash at a lower level. So privacy will have to be implemented via the app, so recommend something other than the inbuilt sms/mms app.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bre:
sorry but it is because i tried (and still have the problem)

in settings menu from your app i really don't undestand how to proceed i have

vibrate alert

show message count

ringstone

flash color

custom flash color

set flash rate

flash rate

i'm on the modecao desire rom is it the problem?

and i don't understand where should i explain all this for each happening
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
You are currently using TCN1 which only handles SMS/MMS. TCN2 which is currently in development handles all apps.

Hope this makes more sense.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bre:
ok sorry i didn't understand well your message i though it was working with this version

thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] denimjunkie82:
Not sure when you say "virtually any app" meaning any app out of the box will be customizable, or any app as long as you program for it beforehand, but if it's the latter, then here's a shameless plug for Seesmic! :)

People are using Gmail Notifier, SMS popup, Missed Reminder, among other apps to try to customize the color of every single notification with ChainsDD mod. It would be great if all of of these different notification LED colors could be all controlled from 1 central app (TCN ftw). And also allow for default and/or customized notification icons as well, so that everything would run through this app and we can complete disable the default notifications. And ability to "test" each notification as well within the app would also be a great addon. This would definitely make for a kickass app.

lilHermit, I think this is already what you have in mind, but I'm just repeating it because I'm super excited thinking about it! This would quickly become one of my fav must-have apps.

I'd definitely donate to something like this!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] danimar1:
I'm thinking of something in the style of Autostarts, that intercepts every app running after a certain event and all I can say if you can do this (if I understood correctly) for the trackball light that would be awesome!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] swordfishunter:
I tested this with the default messenger with notification off and no TCN.. there was no pop-up. With the same settings and TCN on, the popup in the notification area included the "sms" text... uninstalled TCn and everything was back to normal. In all cases, sms notifications on the default messenger was set to off...

am I doing something wrong here? Can I just enable an "envelope" icon notification with no text?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Ok people are getting confused with TCN1 and TCN2. You are currently using TCN1 which does handle the SMS notification in full but has no privacy options.

TCN2 is the new app which is currently in development.

Swordfishunter: What you are seeing with the notification is default behavour for TCN1.

Hope this makes it clearer.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
So TCN2 will have a dependency on the ChainsDD modified lights.mahimahi.so; are you going to do a check for this upon install/run and if not found, install it to the appropriate localtion (/system/lib/hw) or simply assume that whomever is attempting to use TCN2 knows that this is a prereq? Are you going to have a cut-off version of his modified .so for which TCN2 will/will not work?

IIRC, someone mentioned that ChainsDD's mod may wind up in a CM build once stable. This can make your life quite a bit easier depending on if the base version of the modified lights file is what your app relies on :)

Personally I am quite excited to see what comes from TCN2. The ability to have a central control point for all apps that have the ability to modify the LED notification is something I would gladly pay for. Perhaps toss this up on market once all is at a 1.0-stable release? Perhaps a free version which only allows sms/mms customization and then a full version for 2 bucks or 3 bucks which allows global control?

Keep up the great work!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] swordfishunter:
how long is it supposed to continue blinking for if i don't clear the notification?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
unlimited.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MontAlbert:
just a word here to tell everyone to watch this space- TCN2 is in testing phase at the moment and works awesomely (i hear it works great with the succession hack from metalhead). i can choose any colour for those apps it supports atm.....

so far so good- working well.

Keep up the good work lilH3rmit.. this is why i got a nexus- the development is awesome.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] martin0285:
how can we get our hands on this test?? PM me!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bobtentpeg:
Sadly the TCN2 directory on his website is empty. Really want to get my hands on this
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
It is only for selected alpha testers. I will try the alpha it in around 1 hour when I'm home
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
So far so good with the alpha1 release.

Here are my findings thus far...

Base: CM 5.0.4.1 with gapps and stock kernel

Install: two file install with one reboot between the two

Setup: same as the previous TCN

Controls:

-Missesd Calls

-Incoming SMS/MMS (from stock messaging app only)

-Incoming Email (Gmail, stock email app, K9mail)

-New Tweet (Twidroid/Twidroid Pro)

This simply works. For an alpha I am quite impressed.

Asks:

For a future release, add a layer for contact control. What I mean is this. In sms popup, you can control a generic notification for every incoming sms/mms. Beyond that, you are able to establish a per contact setting. My generic notification is to popup and blink red but when my girlfriend texts me for instance, I get a popup, it blinks 255/165/0 and vibrates once. A roommate gets a blue blink...and so on.

The more functionality TCN has, the less we will need to install additional apps for this support :)

I will keep tinkering but the above is my only real ask at this point for an alpha1 drop.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] qvert:
different google talk notifcation could be great
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
That can be done, although we can't do different flash for different people. Because that info does not get that low down in the system.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] martin0285:
need more testers???
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Yeah nearly called it a beta because it has been extremely stable.

This can not be done because the app is working at framework level and this kind of information is not getting passed down. I believe handcent does this already

Thanks for your help testing.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Name change

I'm considering changing the name from the mouthfull that is Trackball Color Notify version 2.

What do people think to Trackball Alert?

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] martin0285:
sounds fine, TrackballColors/TrackballControl anything man!! Apologize for XDA stocking this thread, just really excited for this!!:D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bball:
v2 sounds awesome, can't wait.

Has anyone had a chance to test this (v2) with the Desire ROM?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
TCN has a nice ring to it as an acronym but as an expanded TLA (three letter acronym :)) it truly is a mouthful. Trackball Alert is short, to the point and describes what the app does. I vote yes.

In response to your response to my response (heh), I hadn't thought about that limitation but it makes perfect sense.

Further testing:

Note: This behaviour makes perfect sense from a framework point of view.

With the stock messaging app set to not display any notifications (status bar and LED is off), no lights show. With notifications set to do all but LED (status icon and sound), there is a light (the one set by TCN).

Stock messaging has all notifications disabled and sms popup is fully configured. TCN takes full control of the LED applying the colour for the stock sms/mms set before and overriding the colour selected in sms popup. This holds true for all customized colours set in sms popup as well.

So if you want to use a 3rd party app for messaging and employ the customized contact notification lights, this app will not allow it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
Nah, don't like "alert", TCNv2 sounds great, xO

Don't think anyone is ever going to speak out "TrackballColorNotify", I say Trackballcolornotifications app :P

Trying v2a1 now, looks/works great so far.

You just missed one ")" after Twidroid on the first screen ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
CamelCase...for the love of ease-on-the-eyes...CamelCase! :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
It should because it only intercept the inbuilt sms, sms popup flashes will be ignored and not translated by TCN2.

When you say TCN i assume you are not still running TCN-v1.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Another reason for the name change TrackballColorNotify will be impossible to find on marketplace.

Trackball Alert and Trackball Alert Pro can be found easily

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] qvert:
is there an ETA when the first version will be avialable?

and what's the difference between pro and nonpro?

i buy apps if i like them but i bought a few where the pro features are rellay bad :-)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
Hmm, true.

Btw someone might ask why "TCN" is still needed since CM 5.0.4.1 got this new trackballcolor patch.

Am I right with saying TCN also supports apps which doesnt have inbuilt trackballcolor settings?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
I am referring to alpha1 and it does not allow 3rd party (sms popup in this case) sms/mms applications to control the LED. No matter what I set my notifications to, they appear blue if set to blue in v2.0alpha1.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
Twidroid Pro does nothing beyond establishing if the LED will flash on new tweets or not. TCN2a1 allows you to set a custom colour for this app.

So it seems yes is the answer to your question. :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
it was more an info for others than a question^^
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
ETA, is difficult to say, because it needs integrating into CM5. I'm in discussion now with Cyanogen.

pro and nonpro: Pro will allow you to enter apps and be unrestricted. (Free) will be limited to x number of apps which will be hardcoded.

Yes that should be the case, TCNv2 allows us to change what is hardcoded in these apps;

That should not be the case! Can you provide me with a logcat as detailed in the README.1st.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] qvert:
is it still planned to release it with MCR ? because MCR is more stable than CM :-)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
MCR's DESIRE Rom?

Has ChainsDD library been ported to the DESIRE ROM?

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
I enabled debug to get a logcat, sent a test message from both a custom and non custom contact...now it works. Seems toggling debug fixed it. Now with debug off, it works fine.

Odd but that's part of the life of an alpha product :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Hmmm. I'll pm you something to test.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
i think he doesnt mean the desire rom
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] qvert:
not the desire rom, the normal nexus one rom base on ERE36B
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
+1 on MCR ROM. :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bobtentpeg:
MCR = Modaco Custom Rom.

As in Paul/Mocado's custom 2.1 N1 ROM (android.modaco.com/content/google-nexus-one-nexusone-modaco-com/301777/24-feb-1-7-modaco-custom-rom-for-nexus-one-with-online-kitchen-based-on-ere36b-now-with-htc-ime/)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kep0ne:
I say get it working on the current N1 roms first, then port it over to other roms (if preferred).
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
I can test this on Paul's latest just to see if it works. Since his releases are based off of CM's releases I would assume this would work.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] metalhead8816:
Where can I find the new version? What's it called in the market or where can I download it?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
It's not on the market yet. A handful of us are doing testing while in the alpha stage.

Personally, I think you two should get together on making an all-powerful trackball notification solution :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] redmongoose:
If you need anyone else to test this PM me :)

Running CM 5.0.4.1 & Trackball Notifications in Succession.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] nDrg:
Yep same here, I love the ease of getting this to work for sms....so with the alpha supporting other notifications i'll be elated :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] K69:
Me too! :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
Trackball Alert (new fancy name...nice) Alpha2...

Base:

ROM-Cyan 5.0.4.1

Google Apps: ERE36B

Kernel: http://iq0.org/story/nexus-one-1113mhz-stable (zImage-cm_2633-oc-uv-xtra)

apps2sd: on a 2gb ext3 partition (no reason this should affect a single thing but since this is different from a vanilla setup, I may as well mention it)

I am also using trackball notification in succession (.03) in parallel: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=640179

So far so good. The issues I was seeing before are no longer present (not overriding sms popup). If I come across any oddities, they will be reported.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] martin0285:
hook us up!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Please don't ask alpha testers for copies, it puts them in a difficult position.

Once the framework modifications are in CM5, I will release an open beta and final release quickly after if all goes well.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
Since I reported this was working in parallel with .03, I may as well report that this still work quite nicely with Trackball Notifications in Succession [v 0.4].
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Yes metalhead was kind enough to add some changes in 0.4. This was for better compatibility with the RGB sliders after some unexpected results to changes made in alpha2.

thx metalhead.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
Oh nice.

Here is an oddity...I just wiped my phone and reflashed 5.0.4.1. Upon the first boot (sitting at the touch android to start), the ball is already blinking green for who-knows-what reason why. Obviously there can't be any notifications yet as my phone has not been configured for any accounts. As soon as I wake the screen the ball stops but when it blacks out, the ball goes green again.

Nothing to do with this app, but I thought I'd share :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
The system sends notifications, for example plugging USB cable produces 2 notification calls. The Framework debug setting in my app will tell you what produced the notification but you dont have the framework file installed yet. ;)

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
That's what is strange to me...why it is blinking green, I have no idea. Perhaps something was toggled? Not possible to stick though, I wiped in recovery.

I've got some time before a bug triage meeting so maybe flashing the stock img files to see if that resolves my issue is worth a shot. Can't hurt :)

EDIT: That did the trick
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] metalhead8816:
No problem. I like seeing things work seemlessly together.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
ignore.....
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
Flashing alpha 2 right now, 1 worked like a charm, didn't notice any bugs
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
Ready for a release?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
There will be an open beta of the free version once the framework code is in CM5. Then it will be release on Marketplace.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
Great news, thanks.

Any chance to get it to MCR Rom, too?

Paul O'Brien is open for those great changes.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Absolutely yes, I'll put the wheels in motion now.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] qvert:
Paul released version 1.8 today

just as info ;)

so we only need your trackball app to change the colors and everything is wondefull :-)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] nDrg:
Is there an ETA on this bud? Can't wait :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Paul O'Brien and I have been working on a framework solution for his Desire rom, we have finalised the framework for his MoDaCo Custom ROM for Nexus One.

Have forwarded framework files to Cyanogen for inclusion in the next CM5 but have not heard anything. I believe he is working on other ROMs at the moment.

Then there will be an open beta for the free version.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] nDrg:
Cheers bud :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Just wanted to update folks. Will release an open beta within the next day or 2.

Hope there is still interest.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bmcclure937:
I am interested, just hoping Cyanogen will reply to you and integrate it into CM ROM ;)

(this and notifications in succession v4)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Trackball Alert v1.0beta1

Just released this in Marketplace, see the new thread here

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] indiearmy:
Can we expect continued support and updates for a version that doesn't require a custom ROM. I love the stock ROM but want all the features that are being added to this project as well.

Also, is there any rhyme or reason as to why some color combinations don't work and just go back to white?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
This project has been discontinued. Please see the Trackball Alert thread.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Bump!

Trackball Alert and Trackball Alert Pro both available via market.

Trackball Alert (Free) thread

Trackball Alert Pro thread

Shameless self promotion over!

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bobtentpeg:
Someone forgot to read the directions :p

You need to disable notifications within the messages app (Settings>>Notifications, uncheck it)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] alextripp:
Doh! I feel stupid!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Thanks, received! Just glad you find it useful!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xManMythLegend:
Sorry to repost. Just want to be clear as to whats going on behind the scenes.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bfspider:
wow, pretty sweet :)

Is this a step towards to controlling all notifications that flashes the track ball? (email, gchat/im, sms/mms/, phone calls and etc?)

My favorite app today!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xxlikquidxx:
Great app!! Thanks a lot!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Paraglider1982:
Works pretty good now, keep your brilliant work up!

This is one of my favorite apps :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] stian230:
Thanks .

love this app. kep up the god work
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruslanriad:
thanx allot

GORGEOUS!!! I love it thanx man..

If possible to make notification for missed call or Incoming call DISCO...:p

thanx anyway.. its awesome
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BoostedSR20:
This is awesome as hell! Green FTW!

Can't wait to see this grow. Donating now...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BoostedSR20:
Ok, I just noticed after installing, my email notification isn't playing the sound anymore. And instead of the normal white ball flash, its flashing white every 2 seconds. (which is what I set the sms to do)

Not worried about the 2 second flash, but not playing the sound kinda sux.

Just noticed all notifications are flashing the ball every 2 seconds. Just got one from twitter. But it played the sound fine.

Ideas?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BoostedSR20:
After a reboot, all is working again.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
There is nothing it does to email notification sound so maybe an android glitch.

Leaving the last at 2 seconds is a side effect, I have considered setting back to slow pulse when turning off the trackball but most people like the 2second flash.

lilHermit
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BoostedSR20:
Yeah, the 2 second flash is a good thing.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] r0adki111:
Subscribing to this. Great work!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
Oh, you got your own thread!

Well, again: Really great app and keep up the great work!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djn541:
OK...I may be an idiot, but I've tried everyway possible to install this and can't figure it out:confused:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bobtentpeg:
transfer it to your sdcard (I use adb, so its adb push file/path/file.apk /sdcard)

Now go to market and download, say, ASTRO file browser. Find the trackballsolornotifybeta1.apk and click on it.

It should pop up an install prompt

Install the sucker
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djn541:
OK...so...Turns out I am an idiot. All I had to do was change the .zip to .apk. Thanks for your suggestion. Got me thinking right:D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Not sure how you ended up with a zip because the download is a apk, however glad you got it installed.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Jason Syn:
Anyone have a mirror for this? The download link isn't working for me.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Download seems ok for me, but here you go!

TrackballColorNotify-1.0beta1.apk
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bball:
Thanks for this, really appreciated.

However, as I don't get that many texts, I am mainly using it for thefaster email notification.

One thing I noticed:

It looks like I won't get the faster email notification before an SMS has been received, is this correct? And if so, is there a way to implement a manual initial notification so email and the other faster notifications work before a text has been received?