WORKING BLN - Back Light Notification

[simms22]

Well, neldar and morfic of xda have done it, there is now a working back light notification for the Nexus s! morfic has included it in his latest kernels, Honity12 and Honity14. but, you do need the BLN control market app to make it work. there is a free version and a pro version in the market, i recommend the pro version. it has much more options, including controlling the speed of the blink. heres a video demo of BLN on my nexus s--> http://goo.gl/tUcD6
also, heres morfics Honity thread, download links for the kernels are in the op--> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973125

 

[Xandlinger]

Fantastic!

I have been waiting for this

 

[Vandam500]

Working perfectly for me! Great work.

Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App

 

[651stp]

Well, neldar and morfic of xda have done it, there is now a working back light notification for the Nexus s! morfic has included it in his latest kernels, Honity12 and Honity14. but, you do need the BLN control market app to make it work. there is a free version and a pro version in the market, i recommend the pro version. it has much more options, including controlling the speed of the blink. heres a video demo of BLN on my nexus s--> http://goo.gl/tUcD6
also, heres morfics Honity thread, download links for the kernels are in the op--> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973125

weeee finally thanks for letting us know

 

[dinan]

Cool it works. So pretty much we have to buy the pro version if we want it to be useful at all? Right now when I get a notification it turns on the button LEDs for like 2 seconds then turns off, and that's it, doesn't keep pulsing...

 

[eiabea]

wait for this since i bought this phone now its perfect!!

waiting for a BLN kernel which work with the NSCollab ROM

 

[simms22]

Cool it works. So pretty much we have to buy the pro version if we want it to be useful at all? Right now when I get a notification it turns on the button LEDs for like 2 seconds then turns off, and that's it, doesn't keep pulsing...

yea, you do need the pro app to get the full features. on the free app, itll blink again(like every minute or so), just not right away.

 

[Luxferro]

thanks for the heads up! I guess it's time to change kernels for the first time for my nexus s. Didn't see the need to in the past, as I don't really need more speed.

backing up CM7_RC2 right now, and getting ready to flash the kernel and buy the BLN app

edit: sorry to go off topic, but does anyone know of anyway I can make notification sounds repeat like they did on NoLED?

 

[Zivonche]

can you control what icon will be shown

WOW sounds great

Question

Can i control it to the level that -
SMS will light the HOME botton
Mail will light the SEARCH botton
MISSED CALL will light both BACK & HOME bottons

??

 

[deejaylobo]

Well, I'm using this kernel and it seems to be causing issues where the capacitive buttons are unresponsive on screen unlock. I think morfic is trying to fix this. I seem to have stumbled across a work around that I can't post on the developer thread(being "new" and all). Don't know whether anyone else has mentioned it.

If I leave the BLN test notification in my notification bar alone. Then the issue doesn't crop up any more and my buttons and BLN feature work fine.

 

[deejaylobo]

Sorry, scratch that. That was a bit premature. The issue is back when I leave a notification unattended and lock my screen. My bad.

Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

 

[eiabea]

sadly not for all nexus s user

 

[jimbob82]

I've found a bug with the kernel where if on keylock you touch the shortcut buttons. Once you do that they light up and it doesn't fade away, only happens when I take it out my pocket. Also sometimes the buttons when unlock done illuminate and aren't clickable resulting in a restart.

Has anyone else seen this? If not it might be down to my set up.

 

[Blu3D]

Same problems here. You might want to try morfics s10 BLN v3 test kernel.

Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk

 

[tommyz2kool]

BLN is very buggy. when charging the phone and getting a notification it will cause the phone to freeze or reboot. Also when getting a notification and unlocking the phone the cap buttons will not always light. Locking and unlocking the phone will fix this problem but not always.

Even after uninstalling BLN, the cap button weirdeness persists. Only way to fix it is to restore from a backup or install a new ROM. I'm using CM7 11 w/ honity12 at stock speeds.

When BLN works its awesome. Hopefully they can fix these problems before I install it again.

 

[aronsky]

Only way to fix it is to restore from a backup or install a new ROM. I'm using CM7 11 w/ honity12 at stock speeds.

Actually, what you need to do is use another kernel (which coincidentally happens when you restore a backup or install another ROM).

 

[johnkim0011]

So does the backlight notification work if I just purchase the pro app from the market or do I need to install the kernel? I plan to install Og's kernel with voodoo features so I was wondering.. can multiple kernel be installed? No right?

 

[5noc]

So does the backlight notification work if I just purchase the pro app from the market or do I need to install the kernel? I plan to install Og's kernel with voodoo features so I was wondering.. can multiple kernel be installed? No right?

You can only have one kernel at a time.

It's a pity it only works with some ROMs, I like to cook my own ones making them as tiny as possible, removing unused apps and changing ringtones and notification sound for my own ones

 

[aronsky]

As long as you're basing your cooked ROM on a ROM that has a BLN-enabled kernel, you can use that kernel.

For example, if your ROM is basically a CM7 with some modifications, you can use any CM7-compatible kernel and it should work.

 

[5noc]

As long as you're basing your cooked ROM on a ROM that has a BLN-enabled kernel, you can use that kernel.

For example, if your ROM is basically a CM7 with some modifications, you can use any CM7-compatible kernel and it should work.

Problem is the ROM I like to use is a very stock one with some modifications done with dsixda's kitchen.

I'll start reading about kernels and how to change them, maybe I can combine my ROM with that kernel