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[APK] Official Thread for Keep The Lights On 1.3 (Free Version)

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What does it do?
Keep The Lights On is a simple app that performs one function. It keeps the LEDs behind the buttons on a Captivate or similar phone on while the screen is on.
That seems stupid, why would anyone do that?
Well, try finding those buttons in the dark. While the stock ROM turns on the LEDs when you touch the screen, the i9000 based ROMs do not. In addition, most i9000 ROMs have a timeout of 3 seconds.
Doesn't that waste battery?
Depends on what you mean by waste. So first you have to understand the scale of battery consumption I'm talking about. LEDs, especially surface mount ones, draw very little power. How little? Assuming typical LEDs, we're talking 5 milliamps at 3.3 volts. Given that there are 4 LEDs, that means the total power consumption is 0.005 * 3.3 * 4 or 0.066 watts. The CPU consumes between 100 and 1000 milliamps, again at 3.3 volts meaning it uses between 0.33 and 3.3 watts. That's 5-50 times as much power, and that's before adding in the backlight, radio, etc. While yes, technically this uses a little more power, the scale is so small that for all intents and purposes it isn't going to make a difference in your life. Seeing the buttons clearly though, that takes frustration out of your life. Seems like a reasonable trade off.
Does it work with other BLN things like Blinky or BLN Pro?
Yes. This uses a different way to handle the BLN than both those apps. In fact it only requires a rooted ROM with these lights to work. So that means it should work for i9000, Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, etc. This should even work with the stock ROM given it is rooted.
If it works for all those phones, why is this just in the Captivate Section?
Well, I only have one phone right now to test with. That is my personal Captivate.
Why are you giving this away for free? Are you drunk? Does it use ads?
To answer the second question first, sometimes but not right now. This is free because I like making people's lives easier. I do not believe in advertisement based products, so you'll never see that from me. If you want to give something back, consider the donate button or buy the Pro version.
I installed it but didn't the app in my list of apps. Is it broken?
Short answer, no. This is a widget based app. Simply add the widget and click it to change the light behavior. You can even remove the widget and it'll remember your preference when you start up. That said if you uninstall the app you'll loose the behavior.
I just got an invalid signature error. What do I do?
This is my fault, there was an early version that I didn't sign correctly. Simply uninstall it manually before installing this version from the market.
What other issues exist?
Well there's a few:
I've had one report of the lights flashing instead of staying solid when turning the screen on. If this user hits one of the buttons the lights will stay on. I'm working on a way to fix this, I haven't found the cause as of yet.
There's a superuser notice every once in a while. This is easy to turn off in the superuser app, and will be fixed in the pro version.
There's been one report of clicking a link in andchat causes the lights to go out. I haven't been able to reproduce it yet.
If you find a problem not on this list, feel free to let me know.
What other features are in this app?
None; however, I'm always open to new ideas. Be warned though, they may go into the pro version.
How do I get this app?
From the market, or here:
Keep The Lights On
by Guardian Bob

Great widget....downloaded it this morning.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App

using the paid version, much thanks!

Suggestion
I have not tried your app yet, but I have a suggestion.
If you could turn on or off each individual LED, rather than all on or all off, then you could consider using each button to indicate something different.
Home - new email
Menu - new text
Back - missed call
Maybe you can even make them blink?

wvmstr said:
I have not tried your app yet, but I have a suggestion.
If you could turn on or off each individual LED, rather than all on or all off, then you could consider using each button to indicate something different.
Home - new email
Menu - new text
Back - missed call
Maybe you can even make them blink?
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What would be the point of that with this app.....it turns the lights on when the screen is on, if the screen is on then you have those same notifications at the top of the screen already.
Though I guess it might be useful for some if those additions were made to Guardian Bob's BLINKY APP.

Support for Galaxy Tablet
First off, thanks for your efforts!! This is exactly what I'm looking for.
Any chance you will be able to support this on the galaxy tablet? I am happy to help in any way I can - I am a developer (though I haven't done much android development). I have a rooted device with busy box... if there's anything I can do to help you figure out this device, please let me know!

Crazy me, I would honestly like to be able to DISABLE these lights. I watch movies and do other things a lot in the dark, and these bright white lights randomly popping up on my phone are very distracting. Since they can be turned ON manually, does that mean perhaps they can be turned OFF as well?

lotherius said:
Crazy me, I would honestly like to be able to DISABLE these lights. I watch movies and do other things a lot in the dark, and these bright white lights randomly popping up on my phone are very distracting. Since they can be turned ON manually, does that mean perhaps they can be turned OFF as well?
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In a su'd terminal enter this:
Code:
echo "0" > /sys/devices/platform/button-backlight/leds/button-backlight/brightness
Change the 0 to 1 to re-enable.

Lovin it. One of the pet peeves of this device was the short duration on the home keys.
How about this as as Pro suggestion (if possible):
Control brightness level when LEDs are on.
My cuz has a DINC and i absolutely LOVE the brightness of his home keys. Super easy to see. Possible?

works on Korean Galaxy S shw-m110s, maybe the least compatible of the SGS versions, cheers.

Working fine so far on my Vibrant running Nero v5.

Good job, but i was wondering if there's an opposite app, one that turns off the led buttons even when the screen is touched? What for? For reading ebooks in the dark, the led buttons hurt the eyes even when the screen has been adjusted to the lowest light level. Thank
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rodnav said:
Good job, but i was wondering if yhere's an opposite app, one that turns off the led buttons even the screen is touched? What for? For reading ebooks in the dark, the led buttons hurt the eyes even when the screen has been adjusted to the lowest light level. Thank
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
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+1 on this idea.

fivefour said:
In a su'd terminal enter this:
Code:
echo "0" > /sys/devices/platform/button-backlight/leds/button-backlight/brightness
Change the 0 to 1 to re-enable.
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doesn't work on vibrant nero5

Great app, just what I'm looking for, but I can't seem to get/or find the widget. I installed the free version, but the "open" is greyed out. What am I doing wrong?

nanookofthenorth said:
Great app, just what I'm looking for, but I can't seem to get/or find the widget. I installed the free version, but the "open" is greyed out. What am I doing wrong?
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It's a widget, long press your screen, select widget, select KeepTheLightsOn.

FYI -
I'm working on tasker support for the pro version right now (well not right now, I'm taking a moment from that work to update people) but when I finish this I'll continue working on my beer, watching the Packers vs the Bears and keep working on adding tasker/locale support.

Mine stopped working, Not sure why. I have the widget and it will light up or un-light. But it will no longer keep the lights on. Any suggestions on figuring out why ?

Spidious said:
Mine stopped working, Not sure why. I have the widget and it will light up or un-light. But it will no longer keep the lights on. Any suggestions on figuring out why ?
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Same here. using the most recent speedmod kernel and doc's kitchen rom. (i have the pro version)

Well you can rule out the latest speedmod kernel (Q) and Phoenix 4.1 because that's what im running and my KTLO still works fine.
Sent from my phone from the future running on Phoenix!

[Q] Turn off wrist flick thing....?

Is there a way to turn off the flicky wrist screen on thing on my G watch R? I use the "always-on screen" feature and dont need the display to light up fully every time i look at the watch....!
Best regards/ Henke

If you mute it, it turns that off. But then it is muted so I do not know if that is any good to you.

seepage said:
If you mute it, it turns that off. But then it is muted so I do not know if that is any good to you.
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Well i would still like to get the notification vibration, but its a start...!!
Thanks!
Best regards/ Henke

944s2power said:
Well i would still like to get the notification vibration, but its a start...!!
Thanks!
Best regards/ Henke
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Most people seem to be using always on. Why? if you list your hand to look it comes on. It will make the battery last for a shorter time and what about screen burn? I may just be overthinking this.

seepage said:
Most people seem to be using always on. Why? if you list your hand to look it comes on. It will make the battery last for a shorter time and what about screen burn? I may just be overthinking this.
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ive done some playing around with screen always on / off and it really doesnt seem to make that much difference to battery 6:30am - 10:30pm and i have 50% battery left with screen always on. u might be able to get a few more % having it off but i didnt notice much difference in testing.
not sure about screen burn tho...

seepage said:
Most people seem to be using always on. Why? if you list your hand to look it comes on. It will make the battery last for a shorter time and what about screen burn? I may just be overthinking this.
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I am worried about the screen burn-in issue. The phone based on the same P-OLED display technology G Flex suffers from this problem. I can see that the quality of GWaR's panel is improved but the burn in problem should exist as long as it's oled.
Another small thing I noticed is when you use stock watch faces, their always on screen content will randomly shift a little every minute, to avoid screen burn(so LG is aware of this problem). Thus worrying about the screen burn is not over-thinking. I turned off the always-on function when I use 3rd party watch faces. (EDIT: 3rd-party watch faces can shift itself too, seems like it's a system-wide screen saving mechanism)

TeroZ said:
(EDIT: 3rd-party watch faces can shift itself too, seems like it's a system-wide screen saving mechanism)
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yes, it is - the Samsung Gear Live has the same feature - lets hope it helps in the long run...

Yeees
This is doing my head in, whats the point in an always on ambient mode, if the bloody thing turns on every time i move my arm. Pointless.
And mute it to stop it, then makes wearing it pointless?
This needs to be addressed asap!

944s2power said:
Is there a way to turn off the flicky wrist screen on thing on my G watch R? I use the "always-on screen" feature and dont need the display to light up fully every time i look at the watch....!
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jrvenge said:
This is doing my head in, whats the point in an always on ambient mode, if the bloody thing turns on every time i move my arm. Pointless.
And mute it to stop it, then makes wearing it pointless?
This needs to be addressed asap!
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+1

dew.man said:
+1
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Well, the darn thing dosn't always turn on when i look at my watch, and i like the way it looks when always on, and don't want an all black display when others look at my Beutiful watch...!!! ??

944s2power said:
Well, the darn thing dosn't always turn on when i look at my watch, and i like the way it looks when always on, and don't want an all black display when others look at my Beutiful watch...!!! ??
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LOL I think you misunderstood my post. I am in 100% agreement with both of you in that we need to be able to disable the "auto on" behavior without muting notifications.
Merely expressing my agreement...

dew.man said:
LOL I think you misunderstood my post. I am in 100% agreement with both of you in that we need to be able to disable the "auto on" behavior without muting notifications.
Merely expressing my agreement...
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+1 ??? Sorry for that.. Always read too quickly for my own good..!! ?

Just got my watch yesterday and this is also making me crazy... That's why I came to the forum in the first place. We need a setting to turn off the wake up movement gesture

Same thing here, it should be a fundamental control to turn this feature off. I'm a little worried about battery life on mine too, for some reason I'm just barely squeaking 24 hours on a full charge with no more than 12 notifications per day???

Patience my friends. Apparently there is a new update on the way, some lollipop for wear which has this much needed feature implemented.
More details here: http://phandroid.com/2014/11/11/android-wear-5-0-lollipop-features-revealed-smartwatch/

ro_explorer said:
Patience my friends. Apparently there is a new update on the way, some lollipop for wear which has this much needed feature implemented.
More details here: http://phandroid.com/2014/11/11/android-wear-5-0-lollipop-features-revealed-smartwatch/
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Are you referring to "Theater Mode"? That turns the screen off. We want the screen to be on but in the dim state.

I'm referring to this:

charging status on aod

After updating to pie the aod shows the charging status & estimated time on the bottom that to in white font & it is not moving
It can cause screen burn plz forward this to Samsung offical as it is a serious issue
Check the attach image for more

itsmeabhihere said:
After updating to pie the aod shows the charging status & estimated time on the bottom that to in white font & it is not moving
It can cause screen burn plz forward this to Samsung offical as it is a serious issue
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You realize you can change the AOD to Tap to Display, so it's not always lit up. Or if you typically charge the phone overnight like me, you can schedule AOD to oy turn on during the day.

But if i charge overnight it will be there for the whole night . As it in white & it doenst move so it can cause screen burn very easily.
& i like to have aod on all the time

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But if i charge overnight it will be there for the whole night . As it in white & it doenst move so it can cause screen burn very easily.
& i like to have aod on all the time
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Then that is the risk you take. If you don't want it to burn in, then change it to tap to display or turn AOD off while charging.

Sir it was not like that before so it must be bug . As it not suppose to be there . They know that if you want that info to be there then it has to move .
Turning off is not solution to it

itsmeabhihere said:
Sir it was not like that before so it must be bug . As it not suppose to be there . They know that if you want that info to be there then it has to move .
Turning off is not solution to it
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It's not a bug, it's a design decision from Samsung. You have the solution, so whether you choose to implement it or not is up to you. Glad I could help and have a great day!!

Its not there in note 9 or s9 or any other phone then why would they add the feature in 2 year old that to in new system update. Its common sense.
& using aod is just tap to show is not the sol. If they wanted that then the same thing will be there in note 9 or s9 .

Have you tried factory resetting your phone? Sometimes OS changes can cause bugs.
Or did you try clearing the AOD data and cache?
I would do a factory reset and see. (I think Samsung will tell you the same thing to make sure it's a bug and not a corrupted file from the OS update. )
Use the Samsung plus app to report the bug or Samsung's own forum where they monitor.
We at xda can only give you some ideas to try but we can't fix it because we don't work for Samsung and this is not a Samsung company forum.
It's a good idea to always reset the phone for new OS upgrades.
Let us know after the factory reset if the bug is still there.

Yes sir,
i have tried cleaning app date thing but it still the same . Also i have reported it to Samsung lets see if they reply . In Meantime i was just pointing it out here so if any one can help or any 1 is having the same prob can comment on it.

itsmeabhihere said:
Yes sir,
i have tried cleaning app date thing but it still the same . Also i have reported it to Samsung lets see if they reply . In Meantime i was just pointing it out here so if any one can help or any 1 is having the same prob can comment on it.
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Have you done a factory reset?

I am awaiting Samsung replay . If not i will do it .
But the main que is that am the only one having this then i will do it . Because that process is big step

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Its not there in note 9 or s9 or any other phone then why would they add the feature in 2 year old that to in new system update. Its common sense.
& using aod is just tap to show is not the sol. If they wanted that then the same thing will be there in note 9 or s9 .
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Incorrect. It is also present on my Note 9 running official Pie. I'll check my wife's S9+ after it updates to Pie, but I bet it's on there as well.
Again, it's NOT a bug. What it is, is a design decision you don't like. You can turn off AOD to avoid the burn-in. You can set it to tap to display.
I'm telling you how to fix your problem, but you are so determined you are correct, and you aren't. It is not a bug it is a feature of Pie.
Again, its NOT just the Note 8. I have in my hands right now a Note 9 running N960USQU1CSAA and the charging percentage and estimated time to charge appear on the AOD when the Note 9 is on the charger.

itsmeabhihere said:
I am awaiting Samsung replay . If not i will do it .
But the main que is that am the only one having this then i will do it . Because that process is big step
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Have a look at this thread here. This person posted a screenshot of the official changelog for the Pie update. If you scroll down the screenshot a tiny bit, you will see information about the AOD and it explicitly states the charging information has been added. Like Mr. Orange keeps trying to tell you, Samsung did it intentionally, just like they did other things on the Pie update that people don't like. If you don't like it, find a way to work around it, or go back to Oreo. Those are your options.

Ok got it they have added it .
But if i want aod alwyas is there any way around to be safe frome this ?
as its not moving like other fonts & also it in white

itsmeabhihere said:
Ok got it they have added it .
But if i want aod alwyas is there any way around to be safe frome this ?
as its not moving like other fonts & also it in white
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Well, you're not supposed to leave your device on charge for 6 hours at a time, anyway. You're not supposed to leave your device on charge over night. Ideally you would only charge it for an hour or two at a time, and even then, during that time you would be using your device at least once or twice, turning it on, thereby not leaving the AOD the only thing on the screen for that entire duration. And, even if you didn't use your phone while it's charging, it's very dim and not on full brightness, so the chances of it burning in that short duration is a lot lower.

itsmeabhihere said:
Ok got it they have added it .
But if i want aod alwyas is there any way around to be safe frome this ?
as its not moving like other fonts & also it in white
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You can't have both I guess. I wanted a Jeep Wrangler but also wanted to get 30 miles per gallon. Not possible. So I sacrificed gas mileage for a vehicle I enjoy driving.
You want AOD on all the time, but you don't want the charging status to show while you're charging it. You can't have both. So you will either have to shut off AOD while charging or risk screen burn-in I guess.

On screen notification, work around needed

Dears,
I'm a new owner of a brand new x2 pro, everything's fine so far, but there's just a thing that hassles me and it's the missing notification LED.
I'd like to use one of these workaround apps designed for super Amoled screen but so far, can't find any properly working on my x2 pro.
Tried with AOE (always on edge) but it seems to work randomically... All I need is an app which, in case of screen turned off and with an incoming notification (e.g., a WhatsApp message), automatically switches on a notification effect on screen which should continue blinking until I read the notification itself.
Basically, something that recalls the good old rgb led on phones of some years ago... Is there anything which you tested on Realme phones and it's 100% working?
Thanks a lot

Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xander.android.notifybuddy

Yeah, notifyBuddy did the job
I'd love to have a bit more chance on the notification type (only pulsing spot is available here) but hey, it's from a developer from XDA devs
Edit : nevermind, it doesn't work in a stable way. Most of the times notifications are ignored.

anyone knows if this working https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe

timea said:
Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xander.android.notifybuddy
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chilavert_gr said:
anyone knows if this working https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
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As far as I can test, these two software doesn't work correctly until you totally deactivate lock screen, so zero security...

lutherkingmartin said:
As far as I can test, these two software doesn't work correctly until you totally deactivate lock screen, so zero security...
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so there isn't any app to solve this problem?

chilavert_gr said:
so there isn't any app to solve this problem?
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NotifyBuddy works perfectly fine on mine!
You will have to exclude it from power saving.

On my X2Pro, notifyBuddy works 1 time out of 4 notification, approximately. I guess it's due to the lockscreen as I disabled any battery optimization for the app.
On the other side, AoE works even worse... Still waiting for a solution for notifications.

Galaxy Watch 3 always on display help

AOD on my brand new Galaxy Watch 3 doesn't appear to be working.
1. I have turned on the AOD via the watch.
2. I have also Disabled any active power-saving modes and made sure night mode is turned off.
3. I have also done a reset but this has made no difference.
Any ideas or suggestions?

Are you using an app like Watchmaker or Facer? I don't know about the stock faces, but if they have an on pixel ratio (OPR) >15% it will become automatically blacked out in dim mode.
And Watchmaker has a setting that you have to change from simple dim face to active dim face.

Make sure it's not loose when you wear it, otherwise it will consider itself as not being worn and goes into black screen mode to save battery

kodiak799 said:
Are you using an app like Watchmaker or Facer? I don't know about the stock faces, but if they have an on pixel ratio (OPR) >15% it will become automatically blacked out in dim mode.
And Watchmaker has a setting that you have to change from simple dim face to active dim face.
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No I am using the stock watch faces. However being a newbie I have now discovered that the AOD works fine if I wear the watch

Dante63 said:
Make sure it's not loose when you wear it, otherwise it will consider itself as not being worn and goes into black screen mode to save battery
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Being a newbie I have now discovered that the AOD works fine if I wear the watch .... how stupid do I feel now!

snapples said:
Being a newbie I have now discovered that the AOD works fine if I wear the watch .... how stupid do I feel now!
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Nah, don't say stupid, say you learned something new, you're happy, after all, we all go into such situations lol...

snapples said:
AOD on my brand new Galaxy Watch 3 doesn't appear to be working.
1. I have turned on the AOD via the watch.
2. I have also Disabled any active power-saving modes and made sure night mode is turned off.
3. I have also done a reset but this has made no difference.
Any ideas or suggestions?
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Hi, I have the original galaxy watch 46mm, not a fix, but there is an app called 'I am alive' that you can use to keep the screen on permanently. I get just under a day with everything on at full brightness.
App:
I am Alive - Apps on Galaxy Store
Keep your gear to be active (for specific purpose e.g. Live Demo, Presentation, etc.), you can enable or disable by just toggle active switch and press HW key to go out from the app, the app will r...
apps.samsung.com

Dante63 said:
Nah, don't say stupid, say you learned something new, you're happy, after all, we all go into such situations lol...
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Thank you for taking time to reply,