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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mdv53:
im using docrom 9.1.3 and speedmod k12q-t7 kernel. I have buy bln control pro 0.9.4 and later the 0.9.6 but the are not working for me. I use handcent sms, the last time that the app was working: xxjpy version of doc rom.

The bln light doesn't work wenn i receice a message. I unstall the programm, delete bln control in the dbdate->database. I wipe darvik cache, but nothing will help

I don't know why the program not working anymore
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Does the test notification work?

If yes, the problem is handcent, mostly you just need to set a color for the led notification in handcent.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mdv53:
the test notification works, but strange is that i use handcent all the time. At the beginning it works great.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Kh_Shad:
Sorry but I did not find. Can this app turn off led because its disturb me, when i read.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Davith:
I still have the wake up issue even with the latest update.

I'm on Speedmod K12Q with JS3, scheduler on at night.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] oswade:
It seems that this app does not have the option, however I'm guessing it's possible to completely disable them.

Neldar, is it possible to add the functionality into future versions? Thank you for your great app!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
any update on what you need to get the freezing issue at night fixed...

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] garfield_cz:
Schedule BLN is not working when phone is off for some reason during scheduled on or off time. Maybe some scheduler state check during BLN app startup would fix it.

Also I would really appreciate more options under BLNs by stock apps menu. Having possibility to switch only 'call notification' is not enough. For instance in NoLED app you can switch notification on and off for almost whatever you want.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
At the moment i am trying to figure out what android component is causing the freezing and if that was introduced by the update from android 2.2 to 2.2.1 or by an control app update.

I will modify the scheduler to take care of that.

Well, at least the calendar notification will be added in one of the next updates.

But it is not possible to switch off an led notification from an application by bln control, android lacks that feature for security reasons.

That means if an application sends an led notification but does not offer an option to disable the led notification, you are bound to the led notification handling of that app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
more info on the freezing/sleep issue.. i dont think it is the incomming messages. as i got up in the middle of the night and phone was fine and deleted my messages.. still frozen till i use the power button this morning.. so think it must have something to do with how the scheduler code re-enables bln flashing... cause if i dont use the scheduler it is fine in the morning..

hope this helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] D@niel0s:
Yep, it's the same with me. I haven't got any message and in the middle of the night I wanted to check sth and couldnt wake it up with the middle button. Only power button worked.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tiwag:
Same with me ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] volodyan:
Bought the app today and noticed that when the leds are on and you press one of the buttons, it turns off leaving the other on. Can you simulate "touch" event?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
I am testing a fix for that problem at the moment, but it will take some additional days to verify that this is really fixed because i still dont know what android component causes the freezes.

That is controlled by the touchkey controller and it is not possible to inject a "button-pressed" into the touchkey controller.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tiwag:
maybe it's of any help for you when i tell you, that i'm using the ADW free launcher.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] D@niel0s:
Well, I doubt that. I'm using LP but it has no connection with these freezes.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] afritchen:
Facebook Chat

Doesn't seem to support Facebook Chat notification on my Samsung Mesmerize. Everything else that shows up in the notification bar seems to trigger it.

**EDIT**

Sorry, I just read the Support page - guess this should be a feature request...

Can this be added? Facebook was, I think a Samsung installed app, but Chat was in an updated version.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
If an app, beside the stock apps, does not incorporate led notifications than i can not do much about that. You may ask the author of that app if he/she wants to include led notifications.

By the way, there is a new bln control pro version available:

v0.9.8:

modified/fixed: blink handling

fixed: call notification is not active on second missed call

fixed: wakelag after scheduler has enabled bln
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] doccrow:
hi neldar i bought the pro version twice but i noticed that it doesnt seem to work for me .the free version that comes default wid darky rom on speedmod used to work fine however whenever i installed the pro version it stopped working
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ExilHh:
Sorry if this is a stupid question...:o

Just have flown over the thread, am i right that the free version only shows notifications for Gmail and SMS...for calls i have to buy the Pro Version?

If yes...no Problem for me, then I like to buy it. Just want to be sure that i did´nt made any mistakes in handling the free version. ;)

Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
What stopped working?

Does your problem persist if you remove the free version?

Yes, the free version does not have the ability to detect missed calls - only the pro version has this feature.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ExilHh:
Thank you for your quick reply...i´ll buy the pro-version in a few minutes.

Mike
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] doccrow:
i mean the backlight dint glow whenever i received a notification even a sms.even the test key dint work.switching off the phone turning it on again helped for few notifications initially but later again backlight does not glow for any notification

ya it persists after removing the free version it happened on all of darky rom i tried currently i have unistalled the pro version .the free version is working crisp
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
happy to report i think the new app has fixed the freezing problem with the scheduler.. first morning the phone responded after using bln scheduler without having to resort to the power button..

thank
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ExilHh:
Hmm...strange, but the pro-version does'nt show the calls. Only Gmail and SMS. BLN is enabled in CWM and the test was ok. Any idea?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
What happens if you uncheck and re-check the enable bln in the pro version?

Good, to hear that. :)

Did you enable call notification in "BLNs by stock apps" ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ExilHh:
Yepp...i did!

Any other idea? It does´nt work with or with out Schedule...i´ve tested every possible setting-combination.

Edit: After Deleting and Re-Installation everything works fine...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
Found a bug in latest version of app. Blinking is not turning off. I have it set to turn off after 10 minutes. I think it is in conjunction with the scheduler. For instance I have scheduler set to enable blinking at 7am. Msgs come it at 4am and when I looked at the phone at 8:30 am it was still blinking. Hypothesis is that the flag to turn off blinking was set ten minutes after original msgs came in so when it reenabled blinking at 7am it didn't turn it off again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] doccrow:


Buddy I ve tried that also I think ill give another try wid the latest version. Will report back.otherwise even free version rocks.very useful
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
The overall blinking duration begins in the moment the blinking starts, that means if the scheduler enables bln and a notification is waiting the duration will begin with the scheduler event. So if the overall blink duration is set to 10 minutes and the scheduler enables at 7 am it should stop the blinking at 7:10 am.

Did you set the blinking duration to more than 1,5 hours ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
no as i said blinking duration is set to 10 minutes.. it is not turning off.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Ok, does anyone else face this problem?

Because i can not reproduce that behavior with 0.9.8.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] PrimeDeluxe:
I made a test and the notification works correct
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ExilHh:
The same here...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] integrasaurus:
I'm having trouble with handscent as well. Chose LED colour and BLN test works fine, any ideas?

Running speedmod k12t jk4 modem if that helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
With the latest handcent you have also to change the "LED flash frequency" from "default" to "normal".

In summary there are two steps for handcent:

1. change "Color of LED" (to red, for example)

2. change "LED flash frequency" to "normal"
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] integrasaurus:
Unfortunately, I'm still experiencing the same issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] cds:
Hi there !

Bought the Pro version and like it a lot. The only thing whicht I'm missing is a way to disable beeing informed by Googlemail .....
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] zs0mby:
Thanks.....now it works great....good job....:D:D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] integrasaurus:
neldar, any more suggestions? Handscent doesn't seem to want to work, it's driving me insane!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Adam_84:
Is it possible to make your application work well with GO SMS? At this time, the notification does not work and the LEDs are off.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] PrimeDeluxe:
It works with gosms. I'm using it and my led are blinking. Maybe you have wrong settings

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Adam_84:
Yes, you're right. Turned off the application "WidgetLocker" and started to work fine. GoSMS itself has a function of blinking LEDs.

I'm sorry for possible language errors, I use Google Translator.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
In the samsung googlemail app you can only turn off the led notification if you turn off all notifications (sound, vibration).

Well, I tested the notification with the latest handcent:

Settings -> Notification settings -> Notification settings

There you check "Blink LED", select a different color under "Color of LED" and you have to change the "LED flash frequency" to "normal".

After that you may want to try it by pressing the "Test notification" in the same menu.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Enhanced:
Neldar:

I read through the 13 pages of this thread and I noticed that you said the blink feature would drain the battery a lot more than the normal function would because it required a wakelock. You did say, however, that you were going to try to implement another method to control the blinking which may improve battery life.

Has that been implemented? On average, can you, or anyone else here, estimate how much more battery life is consumed by blinking?

Also, would the Blinky app by Guardian_Bob cause more of a battery drain than just using the blink feature in BLN Control - Pro? The reason I ask this is cause I assume that it may considering it's 3rd party.

Finally, is there an option to turn off the LED lights after a certain time? Like for example, after 2 hours of the lights being on (blinking or not), it just turns off? I looked but I may be missing it somewhere unless it's in the Pro version?

Awesome app by the way. Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] integrasaurus:
Thank you neldar! For some reason, checking the "Blink LED" didn't work for me before until now. Strange.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
The more energy saving method is already implemented, since a few weeks (i think since last christmas).

The energy consumption depends on the length of the on/off intervals.

Short intervals use more energy, because the cpu is more frequently utilized.

You could abuse the blinking feature to disable the led after a certain time, just select a very long on interval (30 minutes), a very short off interval (500ms) and that the led should be disabled after the blinking.

But i consider to add this feature in the next update of the pro version.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
I have just uploaded an update for the free version:

v1.0.0:

modified: updated ui

fixed: app init is slow sometimes

If you are using a Fascinate: Please be patient and wait until froyo is an official release via ota and the kernel source code is published.

The Fascinate will also get blinking support by the pro app with froyo. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mattb3:
Do you have any sense for how the battery saving component of blinking (lights off) compares to the battery using component (increased CPU usage)? For instance, a blink setup that feels about right to me for notification is on for 5 and off for 3. Would you guess that this is better/worse/doesn't matter when compared to just keeping the backlights on all the time.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
The energy saving part is the interval between the state changes.

The difference between lights on and off is nothing compared to the the state change, because that wakes up the phone, changes the led state and the phones will fall again into sleep. And in that process the led state change does not require the most energy but rather the wakeup and the falling into sleep requires the significant part of energy.

In short: 5 and 3 seconds are longer than the default value (1 second) that means these settings will use less energy. But how much that is, i can tell you that, because that requires time consuming tests.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tomasitoc:
BLN pro stopped working

Hello ,

I bought the pro version a few days ago,

Now it stopped functioning.

I uninstalled , installed the pro again, clear the data, cleared dalvik cache.

None fix the problem.

I am running dragon kernel 3.6 / bionix V 1.2.1

any suggestion how to fix this?

thanks,
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Make shure that you have an internet connection while you start the app to ensure that the licence could be checked succesfully.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] NunxPT:
Just updated and the enable / disable function works fine :) thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] crypta:
"dimmed" lights - dim up & down .

don't know if this even if possible or more BLN kernel related, but would be really neat.

another option: simple blinking. on and off, without fading in and out :).

maybe with a setable frequenzy.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] NunxPT:
That would be but I'm afraid it's not possible, check out the fist post:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] KLoNe1:
I'm sure neldar said; when he first started BLN, not Flashing/Blinking would not be possible WITHOUT a LOT of work and coding...

...So... it COULD be done, right neldar? :rolleyes: :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] onesun43:
If you have low-level control over the soft-key backlights, would it be possible to change their behavior of automatically turning off after 2 seconds. I would like for them to stay on for as long as the screen is on. Having the option to just turn the backlight off altogether would be nice too. I'll donate if there's any chance of this happening.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] stephengoo:
I use Doc's Rom JPO v7.6.2 and it's not compatible with BLN app v0.6.6. Any advice?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Ya, i said that it is not impossible, but effort/cost and use are not in any good relation. beside that the chance is very high (>30%) that the touchkeys controller of your phone is not compatible with the modified touchkey controller firmware.

And i discussed that with somebody (professional) who could modify the touchkey firmwares, but only for i9000.

And he said, it may cost somebody to employ him for this more than 10k euros, and additionally 2 or more phones for tests. i could do that too, but i know hundred things to be more important than this feature. ;)

With little hackery in the touchkey driver that is possible, but the keys then wont turn off once they are enabled and the screen is on.

Doc's kernel is the universal-lagfix kernel. Reboot into cwm recovery find the "BLN options" menu and turn bln on.

If 0.6.6 still says not compatible, then DOC is using the old (and deprecated) sysfs of bln - use the v0.5 of this app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] BronzedDroid:
More specific info on the Doc Froyo ROM issue.

It uses, by default, hardcore's speedmod kernel, which in turn is indeed based on the universal lagfix kernel.

When trying to use the v0.6.6 application, it says that I have the most recent kernel, but outdated BLN liblights.

Edit: Tested not with the "default" version of hardcore's speedmod kernel, but rather with the latest K1. I suppose it's the same with I1 and I1_1
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
I think hardcore included the new liblights, but he forgot to add the script for copying the new liblights, or:

He wants you to manually enable the new liblights.

I think he suggest to boot into cwm recovery and to select turn bln off and then on again in "bln options" menu.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] BronzedDroid:
Yes, this worked. I was actively following his thread and this popped up after I asked you (I'm pretty sure). Thanks for your time, good sir.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jonirrings:
blinking / fading backlights is my most desired features,oh how could that be
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
A lot of people have already downloaded the v0.6.6 alpha and I would like to get some feedback, bug reports, etc.

I can not improve the app, if nobody reports problems or gives feedback...

Btw:

If you find an issue, please report it here:

https://github.com/neldar/backlightnotification/issues

or here in this thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] NunxPT:
I've been using the enable / disable funcion everyday to disable BLN during night, and I never had any problems with it. It always works like a charm :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Spc_xsat:
Hello,

Ideally it would be able to turn it off every night at a certain time and wake in the morning automatically to another time.

++
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] brunes:
Integration with Tasker

Neldar - have you considered integration with tasker/ The API is pretty simple

http://tasker.dinglisch.net/developers.html

If you exposed BLN ON / BLN OFF via Tasker API, then you would not have to invest time in schedules, events, etc. to enable and disable it since Tasker already has all those functions.

Basically I already have a tasker task for "overnight" that changes some settings and would liek to enable / disable BLN as well. I could do it via a plugin script to Tasker but having the nice "plugin" integration is nice.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Protonus:
Hey thanks for making this! I just donated to you. The feature that I would like to see (and I'm sure many others who haven't read this thread) is the ability to shut off the BLN's while you're on a call (to get rid of the buzzing noise they make). I figure this is why you have the prox sensor mentioned. Not sure if Prox sensor is the best way to go because the Buzzing happens on Speakerphone too. Perhaps you can find a way to disable BLN's while on a call, via sensing if the phone app is in foreground? Something like that? :shrugs: I'm no dev.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
I will have a look at the tasker plugin api.

Thanks for the donation. :)

I will also take look at that issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] woeds:
neldar, have you made any progress on the scheduler? I saw in the latest app that it's still to be implemented.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Is still in development. ;)

You may have noticed, that the name of this app has changed from "BLN settings app" to "BLN control - Free" (and Pro).

And secondly you may have received an update notice from the app.

That update notification will point you to the market. There you can get the latest Free release.

And there are now two versions:

* Free: enables/disables the BLN function and can test BLN, but nothing else

* Pro: under further development, this version will incorporate all the features listed in OP (and costs 0,5 € ~ 0,7 $ - a fair tribute for my work)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Main Target:
Blinking on certain buttons for specific notifications would be awesome.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] NunxPT:
Hi neldar,

has version 1.0.0 hit the market yet? I still see 0.9.8 alpha on the Market.

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
The versioning of free and pro version is independent.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Zatta:
Same happened to me. Since I am at sea a lot without internet acces to my phone, but with internet acces to one (1!!) pc to download Rom's I wonder if it is possible to turn the check the other way around: give the check standard a "okay", until an internet connection has been established and the check can be done?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
That is the way how it should work under all circumstances, i dont know why it failed for some legit users. :( I will have a look at that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] runal:
I've just bought this application and I love it, thank you for all your work.

One quick question, I'm using Handcent and blinking has been working without even changing any settings but should expect the led color to be other than white. Meaning when I set the Handcent to color red, should the blinking be red ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Zatta:
Then, I don't know what happened. Now Iam at home so with constant wifi thus internet. But.. BLN was not working until I restarted Launcher Pro, maybe a little conflict with this? Anyway, thanks for your time and efford.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Vampiro2000:
Is it possible to add notification for tweetdeck? Thanks

I've bought your app. It's very cool!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] berndEEEE:
Hi neldar. Thanks for BLN. I badly miss it under CM7. Maybe you'll port it? I'm willing to test and help debugging it. ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
The leds of the sgs can not change their color, selecting a different color does only circumvent some undocumented "features" of android 2.2 and 2.2.1. (In 2.1 and 2.3 this is not necessary.)

Just activate the led for notifications in tweetdeck.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Vampiro2000:
You mean light in column settings?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dhostetter:
Love the app. Just purchased Pro.

I'm using a captivate and sometimes have the phone in my pocket, can't see LED's. Is there anyway to enable vibration if needed?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] loganno:
News for Nexus S?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Polarfuchs:
When does this app notify me?

Which type of events?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Yes - that is a bit confusing but that was the design decision of the tweetdeck author.

Doesn't the app that triggers the led notification have vibration?

Obviously bln control is about led notifications and i dont want to interfere with other apps to avoid bugs and confusion.

no comment from me on wip, unless you are a kernel dev for the sns. ;)

This particular app can only notifiy you about missed calls, because the samsung call app does not support led notifications.

But the bln mod enables the led notificcation api for any android app that includes led notification support.