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Had some more free time and decided to make a brightness bar with QBW like No!No!No!Yes! suggested.
Now you can select just the brightness you need from 2 - 255 NOTE: since PR 1.3 brightness 2 is now lowest setting since 1 turns off LED, was 0 in PR 1.2 now the install is even more simplified. just extract, Terminal, gain root, goto folder, sh install, add widget "Brightness Bar" and restart and it works Updated custom brightness is at Page #1, Post #2 NOTE: reflashed my phone yesterday and tested this |
Re: Custom Brightness for N900 - no ALS is now ready for install
Just wanted to bump this thread and hear from users that have tried this mod/script.
I cannot just be me and a few others that dislikes the normal brightness settings and that SLOW reacting light sensor. and now with the new brightness bar it's even easier than my previous settings, they are still in the package though. |
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Just installed. Works like a charm so far. Thanks!
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and are you using brightness meter or buttons? |
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Installed the one with the brightness bar.
Install process was quite easy. Referred to your second post at the first page. Just downloaded, extracted via p7zip, executed the script, added QBW and imported the settings. You may only should mention to import " Brightness bar" in QBW. Otherwise people may be confused with the import<->buffer<->import thing. ;) Thanks again! Wonderful widget! No more ALS... :) |
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i will add that, meanwhile im making more widgets like:
The buttons but in one bar so only need to add one widget instead of 6x, the new bar will still have 6 buttons which should be "brightness -" "brightness 1" "brightness 2" "brightness 3" "brightness 4" "brightness +" & little display to show current value, then you can just edit this one widget to change the 4 values. Making some graphics to the brightness bar. |
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Nice! Looking forward to it. :)
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just finished brightness bar 2.
to install if you allready have custom brightness install copy "brightness-bar.png" (from new zip at Post #2) to "/home/user/MyDocs/.images/queen_beecon_dir" add QBW "Brightness bar 2" if you have not install Custom Brightness you only need to install custom brightness normally (See Post #2) and just add QBW "Brightness bar 2" to change the 4 values, goto setting for the widget, go advanced like you would when you added the widget, here you can change: level1=10 - change to what you need level2=70 - change to what you need level3=160 - change to what you need level4=255 - change to what you need Attachment 17518 SIDE NOTE: sorry for the dull gray colors..... but you can edit the "brightness-bar.png" to change the color yourself, unless you want more colors i could include like gray, blue, green & red etc. in the zip If you want more then 4 levels then i can make brightness bar 3 :D, it requires a new "picture" and editing the widget for the QBW_WIDTH_X parameters |
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hey, thanks for this... i'm going to install it straight away. As a left-hander the ALS proved to be more than pain in the ...
it just changes the brightness everytime I reach for the touchscreen and so I had to use full brightness at all times. It felt like stroboscope otherwise. I'll let you know how it works. |
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has corrected an error
just updated the zip, was missing the cp brightness-bar.png in the install file Tinukedaya you need to copy the "brightness.bar.png" to your MyDocs/.images/queen_beecon_dir |
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Saw that, did that.
It works like a charm. Install is pretty straightforward and easy for anyone who can read. Thanks a bunch. .. tomorrow it'll receive new coat to suit my theme. :) Cheers *EDIT* On a sidenote. One thing I noticed. With the ALS off, the backlight on keyboard is on all the time. Might be nice to add one more button to the widged to switch it on/off. |
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+1 for the button to switch keyboard backlight on/off, if possible! |
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The button you want is that for "its sunny i don't need backlight on my keyboard :D"? And a side note: What do you guys think of the design? if you have any custom design for this mod i can make it so that it will work, you just submit the design/look im not the best designer at all..... |
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nah. I was really thinking about another full button on the bar for the light switch.
As for the design. Pretty basic and functional, but for me it is just tooooo big. I'm gonna do a design to suit my theme. I looked into the code and it should be pretty easy to rewrite to fit smaller bar Question is though: how complicated is to make it different shape? I'd kinda like to have a circle, where in the middle there would be the actuall brightness shown and the buttons will be around it. see attachment, (sorry about that crapy pic, I'm at work on my n900 and it's done in the sketch, but i guess you'll get the idea.) Also, how does QBW work with transparency? I guess it just takes the selected area as button even when there is no graphic, right? |
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im still learning QBW.my design is made to be low profile so it doesn't take up much space.
to do a circle will require some math an such, or just make some square points for the QBW_CLICK_ X & Y and that should work fine. for more info on QBW look to the official thread or wiki. else user No!No!No!Yes! is the man :) |
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thats actually more discreet then my gray design, now im going to use it :) don't mind if i include it in the zip??? hmm didn't you reverse + & - ???? |
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is there anyway for you to make this status menu but instead of something like simple brightness its like a scroll like what you did on the widget... so we can choose from 2-225
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Here's a screenshot of NightShift79's design in use, it is really nice
NOTE: have change position of - & + Attachment 17538 Still waiting for confirm to put it in the zip... |
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long answer: not that good at programming but if anybody wants to make this to such an widget you have my blessing :) |
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ooops.
... I reversed + and - Here's the fixed design. http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6...ghtnessbar.png ...and sure you can use it in your zip. |
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just made a draft on the circle version
it works but i need someone to edit the image and make the "background" transparent the off button is not in effect but the code is included as the last "if then" variable where when pressed now it just does "x=$x" the image is in the attached zip. install is done with copying the image to /MyDocs/.images/queen_beecon_dir and import the "circle" with QBW Attachment 17551 making this was pretty easy, just had to put in QBW_CLICK_Y and make "boxes", but my skills isn't great ether with image editing and i can't seem to make the background transparent so that the circle is all you see. |
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Hey,
I quickly set up 2 pics at home, before going to work again. I applied the circle one to yours and it kinda fits, even that mine is smaller than the one you did. but it works. I also removed the middle down button for now. On the sketch it was meant for the keyb backlight switch, but as that isn't working yet... Then there is this smallish bar. I didn't test that one yet. Cheers. PS: Those are colored to fit my theme. If you want I can make them in black or grey, to be more neutral for your usage... |
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i will rework the programming today and accommodate for your designs, will post when ready
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Actually I just tried the small bar of mine and updated the code for myself. I kinda love it for the small size.
And. I just tried how would the circle look like even smaller (love multitasking on this "phone").. Think you can amend it for 100x100 size as well? I would have hard time deciding which of them to use, but would love to see it work in that size and can't really update that one here.... btw: to easen your work, this is the updated code for the small bar Code:
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i use kolour paint since thats my advancement in paint, use to use mspaint... |
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hehe, I can't really reduce the size now, but might be able to sort that, hang on.
in the mean time check this possible for use as Keyboard backlight swich? I'm not really into coding, so I let others decide if it's applicable :) Cheers! |
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here's a zip with the circle and widget to go with it.
let me know if it works alright. |
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Works perfect. Now the small one. I manage to get the smaller version, so please, check it up for the code. Thanks!
Btw: did you check the link about the keyb backlight? |
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awaiting next version :)
...ready for testing. |
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Me too! :)
Thanks again! |
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Small version ready
a bit to small for my taste, need to use stylus to use it :D NOTE: have updated post #2, with all the mods so far :) Quote:
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That's it!
And, exactly as I thought, now I dunno which one to use :) Thanks a lot. btw: do you want black/gray versions of the designs of mine? |
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but i like the bottom on with NightShift79's design so im using that Other designs are welcome also from everbody |
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So after the few days I decided to stuck with the 100X100 circle desing. I love. So once again big THANKS!
btw: Did you check up the keyboard backlight scripts i posted earlier? I guess that might be what I was talking about, but can't manage to make it run to try it. :D |
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no but i have been looking at the code that i got from JonWW and tweeked it so now the fade out works as i would normally.
will post when i update the zip to include new init.d script and an uninstall command |
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ok zip has been updated
for everybody with custom brightness installed you can either: copy custom_brightness_init.d to /etc/init.d (from the new zip) or run install again, new install have a prompt if mce.ini.backup exist then you will be asked to overwrite, just say no also added an uninstall if needed. oh, and again please post feedback on how it works |
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going to install it staright away... tho' I would still vote for an on-demand swich added to the widget *grin*
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Ok. It works just fine. One small thing only. It seems like the fade in/out is done in two steps.. would it be possible to do in more, to feel more fluent? Just a thought...
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no don't think that will be possible, then we are talking about the main brightness system, and if i could do that, this QBW/init.d mod, then i could just disable ALS and mod/change the 5 normal steps to what ever is needed, and then instead maybe make an app to change & customize the 5 levels.
but for now this is the only way to get proper light levels. and heres some Q for you: how is the fade working precisely, does it react good enough? and how good are the colors at level 140 - 200? i really like how the screen just "shines" at that level |
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