simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

here i offer my humble little script (with bad hacks) to make the phone vibrate when an outgoing call connects. temporary stop gap measure while jolla works on the feature.

unfortunately, i am no expert so i don't know how to package this properly into an installer. if someone can do it, your assistance would be most appreciated.

installation
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1. download the zip file and extract it. in it you will find 3 files.
2. copy "callvibra.service" into /lib/systemd/system
3. copy "callvibra.sh" into /home/nemo
4. copy "Vibrate" into /home/nemo
5. change permissions on "Vibrate" by typing "chmod a+x /home/nemo/Vibrate" from the terminal.
6. change permissions on "callvibra.sh" by typing "chmod a+x /home/nemo/callvibra.sh" from the terminal.
7. make yourself root by typing in "devel-su" from terminal. enter your developer password.
8. type "systemctl enable callvibra.service"
9. reboot your phone

now you can test if the phone vibrates when a call is made.

feel free to make improvements to my *badly* hacked script.

thanks.


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I've updated this post with the source code to the "Vibrate" binary. it's a Qt Creator project called TestVibraUi. feel free to look through it. code borrowed from https://github.com/nemomobile/qt-mob...tics-ffmemless

Chris actually gave some feedback on how to use vibration actuator in Qt + QML although that's not that I did in the end.

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updated callvibrate.zip so that the phone will not vibrate if the proximity sensor detects something near it e.g. when you put the phone to your ear.

Re: simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

i seem to be having problems getting this to work properly when the phone boots up (don't understand enough of systemd yet). but running "systemctl start callvibra.service" from fingerterm as root works.

anyone with better understanding of systemd can help?

Re: simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

seems to work ok now....i just added

After=ofono.service dbus.service dbus.sockets

not sure if it helped or not. but the script runs properly now during boot-up. is it working for everyone else?

Re: simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

Be careful here people! Even if we should be (are) grateful for things like this, it is a bit scary when one of the files in the archive is a raw binary elf.

If you submit things like that, provide the source code at least, so that users can either build themselves or review it.

I don't like any unknown binary like that have su rights in the phone, who knows what it does except for the vibration part. I do understand it is under our own responsibility, just simply reminding people about this.

Re: simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

ok. i will post the sources a bit later when i am free. i used most of the code from a github submission by a jolla sailor (chris adams).

Re: simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

i've updated the first post with the source code for the elf binary.

Re: simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

I can vouch for droll and we personally know each other and have contributed code and apps since UIQ2 days. Anyone remember a tool called SMan for UIQ?

Re: simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

I want to thank you for your contribution - I had missed this feature very much!

Just one suggestion - would it be possible to recognize whether the proximity sensor is covered and vibrate only if it isn't?
The original N900 script worked this way, so your phone wouldn't vibrate near your ear (when it's unnecessary anyways).

Re: simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

yes, it is possible. did some tests and discovered the location of the proximity device. i'll modify the script and post it up later when i'm free.

Re: simple script to make phone vibrate on outgoing call connection
 

done! please download the new callvibrate.zip file and

either replace only callvibra.sh file in your phone or reinstall as per the instructions above.