Jas-Jar Light Button

isythica

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Any ideas on how to get the light button working on a jas-jar. Mine has not been working since the start and I've tried everything. The button Im talking about is the first from the right close to the infrared port on the outside of the device. It is supposed to turn on the flashlight but when I press it nothing happens and it doesnt even show up in the buttons applet in WM5.
 

shivafool

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Actually that button doesn't turn on the flashlight, though some here have tried to come up with a hack so that it would. I don't know if they were ever successful with that.
That button turns on the screen backlight when it has timed out but your device is still turned on. It's not the most useful button, which is why folks were trying to come up with a hack to make it more useful, for instance to turn on the flashlight like you wanted to.
Maybe if someone has had success, they will chime in here.
 

BoSJo

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Would be nice if one could assign it to turn on the keyboard backlight.
There is no option to adjust the sensitivite of the light sensor for the keyboard, and i think that it kicks in way to late.
Find my self holding the finger over the sensor and hitting a button to make it light up.

Any one aware og a possible Reg Hack to make this option appear in the Assing Button list?
 

taiseer999

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Melty said:
When yuo say anything else, does that include controlling the flashlight? Either way, thanks for the file. :D
I meant anything else with use, flushlight & the keyboard light do not have exe files in the buttons map menu :wink:
 

BoSJo

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taiseer999 said:
& the keyboard light do not have exe files in the buttons map menu :wink:
Nope i know that :wink: thats why i'm asking if anybody knows of a hack or the whereabouts of such an exe file..... Any ideas??
 

elmo

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why dont u just change the option in the settings\buttons\backlight and take the tick off the box, and it works like a charm. everytime u press a key it lights up, sorted, and it doesnt affect the battery at all really
 

BoSJo

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@Elmo

Well i didn't use that choise because i don't have any car charger yet. (Waiting for the Brodit kit)
I want to preserve as much battery as possible.........as you already know, this baby can eat your battery pretty fast............
 

davidinnz

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A very simple question from a new owner -- where are the buttons defined that are assigned in Settings - Buttons? I don't see them labeled as "Button 1", etc in the User Manual.
 

cktlcmd

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davidinnz said:
A very simple question from a new owner -- where are the buttons defined that are assigned in Settings - Buttons? I don't see them labeled as "Button 1", etc in the User Manual.
On your HTC Universal, go to:

Start>Settings>Buttons

From there you can change the assignments of the buttons.
 

davidinnz

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Ok. I have found the 2 keyboard keys that are buttons 1 and 2, and the 2 external buttons that are buttons 3 and 4.

I must say that button 1 is not very useful for voice command, when the device is closed. I guess I could assign it to button 4 or button 5 with the registry hack.

On the supplied "headset", there is a microphone with a button on it.

- What does that button do?
- Is it possible to use it for Voice Command?

(I guess for that to happen, it first needs to be recognised as an assignable button in WM5).
 

lie_ui

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The backlight button cab file is working. Now I can reassign that useless button becomes the OK button. Very useful when use it in the tablet mode. But I need two more buttons to use for the softkey. I have use the record button for the left softkey and have no more button for the right softkey. Any suggestion?

One more thing, the script for enabling the flash light does not work. It turns on the camera, but the flash light remains off.