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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
It will set the speed on the first text received. If you just want to change the speed on flash try this, app i wrote.

TrackballFlashRate

I will be updating TrackballFlashRate to beta2 hopefully tomorrow, to use the more core code.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bball:
Thanks for your reply.

I have already tried the other app (and replied in the other thread) but it seemed to be rather unstable.

You think you can implement an option to manually trigger the first text so people like me (who don't receive many texts) can still use it for other notifiations?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] usmc2k:
Jus checkn in lilhermit kant wait for beta 2
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruslanriad:
were is beta 2? :(
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] awdlexusis:
absolutely love it,one of my favorite mods..will be looking for future updates on this for sure,thanks!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] tomsan84:
nice! now I can finally differentiate between mail and sms
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Immorten:
When I get a text message, the trackball first blinks white one or two times, before the coloured blinking kicks in. Is this normal? =S
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] tomsan84:
Yes read the forum
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] seanowns:
Would be nice to get some better integration with SMS-popup type stuff. In my case, Handscent... I generally just used the pop-up for shorter messages, but even after turning on screen and such it does not seem to turn off the notification.

Maybe impossible fix, but would be nice to have it turn off when the screen is officially unlocked when sms-popup is enabled.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] AC!D:
if've got handcent too and no problems with my popup

i use the smal one (without the trash icon and so on)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
Using handcent too and I have no problems.

Maybe you just disabled the popup, too?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] dcplaya:
any chance this works for the Google Voice app?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Iman07:
would love to see this! great job tho, it does what it says it does. this can be expanded to do so much!!! just image, phone calls, calendar notification or just any notifications really! hopefully ull put it on the market when ready. thanks!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] andonnguyen:
got two force closes while inside the native messaging application and received the notification.

here is the pastebin (edited, pending pastebin due to sensitive information inside log)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
I got the pastebin in my email notification, so no need to re-post.

beta2 will have logcat/debugging via email option.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruslanriad:
when is beta 2 coming?:(
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Hopefully today, only managed to spend a couple of hours on it since beta1. Damn those other projects :)

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
waiting for this :D

I checked your "site" twice every day for a new update :P
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] legolas.w:
Hi,

Can you give us a glimpse of what will be included in the second beta :D

Thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruslanriad:
Yes please.. I am so exited..

I just wana make my N1 better than My BlackBerry.

Blackberry got a led to notify. But N1 is a trackball glowing it. on your beta i applied Magenta color its sooo sexy...

Thank you lilHermit :D

lilHermit is it possible to make a trackball glow Disco colors while receiving a call it would be GORGEOUS..

"disco"- glow different colors fast like every 0.5 second

I will be the first one taking you out to fancy restaurant... coz i don't drink :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] awdlexusis:
also check daily lol..would love for gmail and phone calls.. great work for sure thanks!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Sim-1:
Gotta love this app! Kudos to the developer :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] omgz:
thats NOT a typo... ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Quick update.

Sorry for the lack of information, I'm been trying to bury my head into this.

I'm currently fighting with these damn RGB sliders, I really want them to work and look good. So hopefully I'll get crack them tomorrow.

Believe me its coming.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
Good things take good times.

No worry, we know that you did a great job.

Thank you for that!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] 3bs:
Great app. The only reason I can't use it yet is because of my complete addiction to Handcent and it's notifications. I LOVE the trackball lights though. I'll certainly be keeping my eye on the updates for this one. If it can integrate just a little better it'll quickly become a must-have.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] AC!D:
whats your problem with handcent?

i use handcent to show me a popup of my sms and to quickly answer direct in this popup.

and to shout out a sound, vibration and flashing the trackall, i use this TrackballColorNotify.

So i dont understand what notification else you need
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] RedBull1985:
I have the latest modacocustomrom 1.51 and when i tried to install this app, it shows "No signature" or similar error.Any help?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] AndyCr15:
Is Beta 2 still immenent? I've not bothered installing yet as I understand Beta 2 is due today?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] 3bs:
The notification reminders (which I rely heavily on) weren't working
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Yes, definitely today most probably within the next 2 hours.

Mostly done just running some more tests.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] AC!D:
omg, i'm using this too, but i didn't think of it, you are right!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Beta2 uploaded

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] AndyCr15:
At this point does this only work for SMS notifications?

Can it be set to flash a different colour for e-mail or missed calls?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
This started out as a proof of concept, to do another notification colors we need to integrate at a lower level.

Please see this post for more info

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] frankzua77:
!!

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Hey lilHermit I'm a graphic designer, if you need an incon for your app hit me up... ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Consider yourself "hit up", I've PM'ed you.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ralexand:
Like most others, I think this will be a most have app. If we could just get Gmail and Google voice trackball integration.

Thanks for your hard work!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] littlejob:
stuck..

i cannot get mine to work...i have reloaded several times. I launch app pick a color, disabled my notifications in default sms app. the trackball flashes white, then thats it.

i have tried all the colors still with no luck.

any ideas?

-Brandon
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
I assume you have a rooted phone, if so please use the "Email Debug info" option.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kep0ne:
VERY nice work lilHermit. Have my trackball flashing a nice cyan color now.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BoostedSR20:
While texting with someone just now, I got a message saying the app had an error and had to FC. It happend twice in a row. I did the e-mail debug info, I guess the error will be in there?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
This is a Runtime Error from the android tether app, it seems it failed to load its Native method. Which is what my app is failing on.

See the Failed to load native.so, it seems it the same problem as Android Tether.

Out of interest does the Tether app work?

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xManMythLegend:
I really want to punch Google in the crotch for not enabling this by default.

Fantastic work so far.

Any luck getting this to work with Handcent ?

i.e using icon notifications from Handcent instead ?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
I have never used handcent, what does not work with it?

Also are you having problems with Beta2?

Can people report working or not?

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MintyFloss:
This is Nexus one only right? or will it work on Magic/mytouch3g
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xombe:
This is working flawlessly on Cyan Beta 5. Well done!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Does the Magic/mytouch3g actually have a rgb Trackball/Jogball. Don't want sound rude, I'm simply not familiar with it.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Lanze:
lil hermit, this is pro. I got it working perfect with cm5b, LOVE the orange trackball i have now :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Slimgym20:
Needs settings for a custom vibrate pattern. Or am I just missing this?

Otherwise, great job.

Edit: Initial flash is white than goes to color.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] RedBull1985:
How can i install? I have latest modaco and when flashing from RECOVERY, it shows a No Signature error and wont install.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] thisiskyleadams:
just upload it to your SDcard via USB or bluetooth and open the package and you're set.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MintyFloss:
actually I have no idea. =P I was simply inquiring for a friend of mine. I can't seem to find any info on the mytouch trackball LED.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] RedBull1985:
Hey, thanx a lot mate....the file was getting saved as zip and hence the problem.just renamed to .apk and installed fine.

and brilliant work OP.this is a stunning app.

Regards

RB
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] awdlexusis:
Yeah I second that.I keep missing texts LOL...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xManMythLegend:
Its working technically.

But Handcent notifications are unique. You can assign different icons to different people , and you can choose whether or not some people get notifications in the bar at all.

Your app seems to shoot up its own notification Icon in the taskbar regardless of what I set handcent to do.

Is there anyway to just let Handcent use its notification and have the App recognize whether or not a message has been read by clearing it in handcent in a different way ?

I would love your app to just change the trackball color not shoot up a notification Icon.

Even if its not for this i would HIGHLY recommend Handcent sms. Its by far and away the best SMS app and certainly the most popular. Options galor including sms popups.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
The tether app works perfectly. I have removed the wireless tethering as that would fail religiously but wired has worked without a hitch...

Tough call if I have to make a decision between the two apps :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
You should not have to choose, they should both work together. I was just curious why the native library was failing on both apps.

I'll release beta3 today which will have some more debugging.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
beta3 uploaded - nothing new just bug fixes and extra debug

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
Oh I know; I was being facetious :)

So you worked your magic and all is well. Tethering also works. Now, everything in my notification bar causes a white ball notification until cleared...something I can live with..no biggie.

**EDIT**

ignore that. After a reboot (bootanimation.zip) the white ball for all notifications has vanished.

Stock messaging with sms popup and your solution seems to be a great combo...and something that should have been completely stock from day one.

Cheers.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Just to be clear TrackballColorNotify is work ok for you! You are getting colored Flash?

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
Yup. All is well. Big thanks!!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
Your App is real great. Thank you.

But now I had the first problem.

I was writing an sms and in this time I get a new sms. TrackballColorNotify gets the Trackball flashing, but:

After reading of the new sms, the trackball don't stop to flash.

Only when I get to the App and take the test, it stopped.

I think it is because that I was in the sms app and don't have to open it to read.

The Notification in statusbar was deleted after reading, only the trackball don't stop flashing.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djn541:
Not real sure either, but tried downloading it multiple times and kept coming as a .zip. Anyway, awesome work!!:D Enjoying very much and downloading beta 3 now. Haven't kept up as much as I'd like. Do I need to do beta 2 first or just install beta 3?

NM, just installed beta 3 and all is well!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xManMythLegend:
Same problem.

Had to force stop several times today. If im in handcent it wont go away no matter what I do.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
I understand this issue when inside the sms/mms app and I'm looking into it, however you say "it wont go away no matter what I do", does force stop not work? I know its a pain but I'm looking at it.

It was never intended to be used with any other sms app, hence disabling built app notifications.

I won't be releasing anymore versions (maybe just bug fixes) as I want to work at a lower level and get this working properly.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jabreu203:
Ive been following all your work on this and I have to say you are the man. You have done awesome work on this as no other has. I wish I could do what you do. I will follow you and this devlopement as far as it goes. Keep up the great work!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xManMythLegend:
On two occasions force stop didnt work.

The other times where this issue arose Force stop did work. It was just nothing else leading up to it worked even deleting the message.

Im not complaining BTW.

Just giving feedback and asking questions.:D

This cant be easy considering they restricted the damn thing.:rolleyes:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
If it don't stop:

Go to the TrackballcolourNotifiy App, press menü and take the test.

The flashing stops. Force close I didn't test.

This is a very great app and the problems are only, if you are in the sms app and don't go to the notification bar to open the sms app.

Not a big deal.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Strange next time can you try force stop number of times. Would also like to know if Formel-LMS suggestion of Test Notification worked.

Don't worry i did not think you were.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
Happy Birthday, lilHermit? :P

Do you have any ideas for the next beta? I'd like to see a preview of the custom color at the top of the window with the sliders.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] r8zer:
when i run this it keeps freezing and asking for su request what does this mean.

i am rooted, as the torch app works fine on mine.

thankyou
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
The App needs root and if it needs root then it means that it needs su (super user) access.

Just tic the remember box and press ok.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] thor486:
Sorry for the double post...Yesterday I noticed a strange thing. The trackball of my nexus one is always lighted on in red color (sometimes in yellow). I don't know how to light off it, I installed the trackball notification program, I don't know if it depends on it. I tried to remove the program, but nothing changed. Is the only solution a deep reset? Thank you
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] martin0285:
Great app!! Been looking for something this easy since the N1 came out!! Anxiously awaiting the "Low-level" project so that we can control ALL notifications....Once this happens, Donation will be coming!! Keep up your awesome work man, we all appreciate it a bunch!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BoostedSR20:
Just had 2 FC's in a row with beta 3. I e-mailed you the debug info already. This was my very first problem since I installed beta 3.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] awdlexusis:
love this mod..any eta on next beta and what might be changed?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
If there are new versions they will be only bug fixes, like sorting the FCs some people are experiencing. I will be PMing people who have reported FCs with a test version hopefully tomorrow.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mgorman:
has the topic of having the trackball flash different colors on incoming call been discussed?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] qvert:
would be great to see different colors for different notifications

for example

gmail

twidroid

missed calls

but the app is great for what it does at the moment, but supporting all the other notifications would make it epic
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Domskibus:
Yeah...would be awesom to implement the function for Gmail, too.

......Great app!!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
Yes we are fully aware that it would be nice to configure different colors for all notifications. However I think gmail one will be difficult as the Gmail source is closed.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] sputnik99:
everybody is asking for features...

first of all: thank you!

and now my dreams

sms (different senders, handcent already supports different ringtones)

email (including touchdown from nitrodesk)

calls

missed calls

appointments / reminders
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] qvert:
the app "gmail unread count" could read how much unread emails are inside my gmail account without polling means it get the status somewhere out of the phone

i think it must be possible to do it for gmail somehow, so that we could change the notification led for this?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
Hey,

lilhermit.

Your App is absolutely cool.

Do you like to change the statusbar icon?

I' make some tweaks to the statusbar, changed some statusbar icons and it is very nice. Most of the owners love that.

Is this something for you, or would you have it stock?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Mayday_XL:
@awdlexusis

Where can i find the "Smoked Glass Theme" ?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
That is possible but would eat battery life, we may have to look at something like that for gmail.

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] darkstar38:
Nice app! Only had a couple problems on beta3. If you are in the middle of typing a text to someone and they send a text to you the trackball light doesnt turn off unless you go into the app itself and push menu> test notification. I got a couple FC's also while typing a text and a different person replied, probably due to that problem above.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BoostedSR20:
+1 All this applies to me as well.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
For all who wants to try some different colours with HexCode, I've found a webpage for you:

http://www.6webmaster.com/homepagetools/farbcodes.php
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] fuz1987:
is there any development for this to work on the htc hero?

Regards
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Ogglord:
Wonderful app! Gotta love that beeming light! :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
Hero LED only can support white lights.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SylencedOne:
It was so great to see the alternate colors! I can't tell you how many times I pick up my phone to see that I only got an email and not a text. This will save me time everyday.

Looking forward to what you are going to achieve at the ROM level. But for now, the colored SMS notification is excellent.

Thanks lilHermit for the hard work and dedication on this project!! :D

S1
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] r8zer:
hi, would just like to ask a question, there is an app call sms pop up, and it allows u to chage colour of led for different contacts, does this mean i no longer need this app, or is this built in to sms pop up.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SylencedOne:
I don't think SMS Popup is being supported any longer. Also, on my N1, I don't have the option to set color and blink rate using SMS Popup. Most apps like this won't work correctly on the Nexus One due to how it handles notifications.

lilHermit's app is your only option at the moment for setting SMS trackball notify color, but currently you can only set one color for SMS (all contacts).

You need root for this BTW.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
The way I have it setup...

stock messaging app - set to not delete old messages, auto retrieve messages

SMS Popup - handles only popups.

trackballColorNotify - handles the notifications (I enable message count, blue led, set a notification sound).

So far it works great this way.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] brandenk:
TrackballColorNotify 1.0beta3 Kspec Edition

Here is my Kspec mod with permission from the OP. All I did was change the sms notification icon to the one I use with my black status bar and created my own app icon with the help of google. I themed it for hdpi, mdpi, and ldpi.

Download it Here

Status Bar Notification Icon:

New App Icon:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] akvilla1:
blue light stays on

for me when I get and SMS the blue light stays flashing even after i read it. I have SMS pop up installed as well don't know if that makes a difference.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] dnar56:
Works great except for it flashes white for the the first 2 times
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] awdlexusis:
yeah thats how it is for now!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] PISSANDVINEGAR:
Your app just rebooted my phone. ~_~
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
It's really nice with the new icon. Now it's far better than with the original stupid black notification.

Thanks for the work.

I think, this is a must have app on Nexus!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] fuz1987:
could someone post a video on youtube showing this in action please?

regards
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bobtentpeg:
What is there to show that isn't self-evident?? It flashes the trackball different colors. Thats all
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kelddaug:
2 sms in notification

I have noticed that when i get a sms it shows 2 incoming in the notification curtain, but in the box is only one.

Does anyone have the same issue.?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
Disable the notification of the default SMS App
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kelddaug:
I taught I disabled, I did !, but in the wrong place.!

Danke
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] creepinshadow:
anyone mind posting some pics/video of the trackball goin' beserk? :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mudrock1000:
So just curious since it is a RGB (thats what you call it right?) trackball...have we successfully begun mixing the colors to create any color? Or is it just presets?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] r8zer:
no, there is also a RGB slider, to make ur own colors, pretty cool app, been running it since day one of ownership of nexus one works perfectly!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] fuz1987:
I'd just like to see it. And since I don't own a Nexus One I can't try it out for myself. People make videos showing other stuff working, this isn't any different. IF someone's willing to make a video to show it, great. If not, then that's fine.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] DaveKid:
absolutely awesome app....one of the best i've seen so far. question though. I could have sworn you said I can flash a specific color based on the contact that just texted me. I don't see a way to do that though. Did i just misunderstand? if I did, that would be a great future feature.

thanks again
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] DaveKid:
one more thing. i'm trying to use this with Handcent. any special instructions to make it work better with it. i've disabled the notifications, etc. but it doesn't seem to respond very quick (ie. slower than you've already previously warned us of). it seems like it takes a good 6-7 seconds before anything happens.

anywho....great freaking app. i love the RGB slider so i can make my own colors. can't wait to see what you do with it over time.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Jackasaur:
It's like my dream come true. :] now if only it doesn't flash white before the color of choice.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilHermit:
No you've done what is needed (disable handcent notifications), is it slow without handcent?

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] denimjunkie82:
Just want to chime in and say this is a great app and i'm looking forward to future updates. Thanks lilHermit.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] DocSnyd3r:
Great App is it planned to include flash on new email with different color setting?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] m00moo:
@Hermit

As you may or may not have noticed, ChainDD has allowed the NexusOne to have what is now native led flashes. I really do hope you continue your work and allow us to config the colors of each app with your color wheel :)

Thanks!!