Root Secret LED on the right side of the earpiece grill?

[novox77]

You must be rooted, i do not have that option, to my knowledge at least.

I'm on 2.2 and rooted. and that doesn't happen to me. The poster's avatar shows he/she is running Fresh. So maybe it's a feature of Fresh.

 

[dgrobe2112]

i am not rooted.. it does flash notification when its being charged..

 

[AHWagner]

So how did you get it working then?

 

[novox77]

i am not rooted.. it does flash notification when its being charged..

i want a refund

 

[dgrobe2112]

i did confirm just now.. its only for text messages.. not for email.. i use handcent..

 

[dgrobe2112]

solid orange light.. while charging.. get a message.. green blink, while on charger still.. im lookin to see if there is a setting somewhere.. i cant seem to find it..

 

[dgrobe2112]

BTW.. i was using the hero with fresh.. i havent updated.. i dont have the hero anymore.. i use the evo..

 

[dgrobe2112]

here you go..

YouTube - HTC EVO Text Notification While Charging

 

[tracerit]

It'll blink while charging if you're using hand cent but not the stock sms app

 

[ep3n3wp]

Yeah just confirmed this does not work on stock text messaging program
I'm running stock 2.2 charging right now and sent a text from wifes phone and still have amber solid light.. Didn't even change for a millisecond...
Sad face

 

[dgrobe2112]

is there a setting in the handcent that you turn on?

 

[cvam1985]

This proof of concept app is so promising and exciting, I'm surprised there's not more interest or dev's taking note of it.

This LED appears brighter and has the option to customize colors. It's a piece of the hardware no one seemed to know about. I wish I had the skills to help develop implementation of it for notifications.

 

[staticlipse]

here is the thread
[App Project][Update 08/11/10] WiMax Notifier - xda-developers

im the one the one that made that video and yes its a proof of concept and it does work

Anyone here test this app???

 

[Blitzpwnage]

This proof of concept app is so promising and exciting, I'm surprised there's not more interest or dev's taking note of it.

This LED appears brighter and has the option to customize colors. It's a piece of the hardware no one seemed to know about. I wish I had the skills to help develop implementation of it for notifications.

Wait it can display different colors?

 

[newnoise]

I'm stock 2.2, using Handcent. The LED light does not blink when getting a notification while charging. Wish it would, though. That would come in handy.

 

[kaw900r]

Gr8 app got the red/green flash going and will be gr8 in meetings so i can see i have a msg. t/u

 

[djdisturbed]

I'm stock 2.2, using Handcent. The LED light does not blink when getting a notification while charging. Wish it would, though. That would come in handy.

Wrong thread for this BUT you can change that in the settings handcent recommends chaning it from defalt to normal in the handcent settings to get it to work right for right now on the evo.

 

[ep3n3wp]

Anyone here test this app???

I tried it.. Couldn't figure it out...un-installed.. there is a trick to get it to work

 

[kaw900r]

Yeh, but yet to see it light up when i receive one. ????? Anyone else have it working? Not sure but this might just be the test for it before they release it with functionality tied to it. Just a thought.

 

[dcdttu]

No. Cameras and video cameras have an IR filter in front of the sensor chip to block near-light IR transmissions. This is why photographers with dSLRs no longer need IR screw-on filters in front of their lenses.

Easy to test. Record the front of your remote control and see if you see any pulsing lights. You won't.

The proximity sensor is in the black area under the normal left-side LED.

I show friends all the time that phone cameras, camcorders and digital point and shoots can easily pick up IR light. new DSLRs, however, are getting better and better at blocking IR.

I'm almost 100% confident that's the proximity sensor.

 

[newnoise]

Wrong thread for this BUT you can change that in the settings handcent recommends chaning it from defalt to normal in the handcent settings to get it to work right for right now on the evo.

I'll try this.

 

[xefe]

maybe if they dig even further, they'll find the actuator that transforms the phone into a fkin jet.

lmao

 

[PyroSporker]

Just read that the newest version released (10.09.06) DOES NOT require root access! It has me very excited since I am not rooted and have been waiting around for this app to be ready for non-root. The problem is that XDA is currently down, (I don't have an account there anyway). I wondered if anyone here has it available.

 

[bigrob8181]

Because XDA is down, here is the file. It works great. FC every so often, but still in development...

 

[Drew5150]

for those who want the led to flash when charging try always flash.
you need to be rooted