[SCRIPT][XPERIA U][upd 11-oct-2012][ROOT] Blink v2 - Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go

This is a small script to control leds on xperia u.
You will need root and busybox.
Instructions. Unzip, Put it in /system/bin , give it execution permissions (555, for example) and run it in a terminal.
Do not install it with CWM.
Use it as
blink [led] [intensity]
led list: red, green, blue, red1, green1, blue1, red2, green2,blue2,red3,blue3,green3
the ones without number are the small led next to the power button. Numbers are the notification bar, from left to right.
intensity goes from 0 to 255
0 stops blinking.
I use it with tasker for many things.
If you just use it with no arguments, it makes the power green led to blink. If you give no intensity, it uses 50.
You need to be root, so if you are using this on the terminal or adb, type "su" first.
For tasker, mark the "use root" box.
Examples:
blink red2 - makes the middle led on the bar blink red.
blink red2 0 - stops the blinking for middle red led.
blink green3 255 - blinks green right led, max power.
blink blue1 200; blink red1 - makes left led blink in a bluish violet.
You can of course modify the script to match your needs. All the info was extracted from this forums, so I cannot say that I did anything new, just put the script together.
Note1: The blink speed seems random ,sometimes is faster, and sometimes it is slower. If anyone knows how to control it, please tell me and I will try to add it to the program. Sometimes it is so slow that it does not work.
Note2: Leds-u-ctrl allows you to use the ambient bar for notifications, and it is a very nice program. If you find this too complicated, you may try that. I am not related in anyway to LUC developer.
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Edit : I added version 2.
New command: solid. Works as blink, but with solid light. Same syntax.
New command:ledset .
ledset [option]
options:
fadeon : sets fade to on for led blinking
fadeoff: sets fade to off for led blinking
baroff : turns off all notification bar leds
alloff : turns off all notification and power leds
Copy to /system/bin ,give permissions as usual.

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dapaua said:
Note1: The blink speed seems random ,sometimes is faster, and sometimes it is slower. If anyone knows how to control it, please tell me and I will try to add it to the program. Sometimes it is so slow that it does not work.
Note2: Leds-u-ctrl allows you to use the ambient bar for notifications, and it is a very nice program. If you find this too complicated, you may try that. I am not related in anyway to LUC developer.
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Regarding Note1: the blinking speed depends fully on the CPU load and speed at that moment.
Since the CPU governor's system default is flexible the speeds tends to vary.
The only way I've found up till now (and included in LUC) is to temporarily change the governor.
The downside is that the cpu speed is changed for the whole system, not only the shell script.
Regarding Note2: thanks

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Looks really interesting, will give it a try with tasker

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It works untilj unless you don't touch the buttons (home/back/options) the color you set goes away but the white blink still keeps
Btw. In sys/class/led/device. There is file use soft dim (something like that) it helps the blinks to in away softly and come back softly. Can you tell/guide what line com where should I add to your script ?? Or can do it for me??
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jitin02 said:
It works untilj unless you don't touch the buttons (home/back/options) the color you set goes away but the white blink still keeps
Btw. In sys/class/led/device. There is file use soft dim (something like that) it helps the blinks to in away softly and come back softly. Can you tell/guide what line com where should I add to your script ?? Or can do it for me??
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Hi, yes, I know. That cannot be fixed because sony's framework for lighting the bar interferes with the script. I use it only when the screen is off, and I turn the led off when the screen is on.
I played a bit with the file dim_brightness, but couldn't figure how it works. But if you have any information, tell me and I will add it to the script.

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I think some good additions would be solid lights: "solid red2 50" for eg. and a way of turning all lights off in one go, maybe putting in "rgb123 0".

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dapaua said:
Hi, yes, I know. That cannot be fixed because sony's framework for lighting the bar interferes with the script. I use it only when the screen is off, and I turn the led off when the screen is on.
I played a bit with the file dim_brightness, but couldn't figure how it works. But if you have any information, tell me and I will add it to the script.
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Hi
Sorry didn't mentioned the full name of the file. its> pattern use softdim
Its in sys/class/led//device. Here from the last its the 4th file
I can tell u what to add. Will try explain you how I came to know about it
Leave the script for a sec(Coz it don't do anything to the original files in the above mentioned folder. )
Just set the value of any of the led file use_pattern manually to 1. Than set the value of the same led file pattern use softdim
See if understood or get it. Otherwise let me know I will try make video of what it does to show it.
I really want it happen successfully as I am fan of it from the day fourth of after bought this phone, (as fourth day of buying it I was playing with it manually . Will be great if works
Btw its only ics that don't let the leds blink but on gb this interference don't happens
They blink the way you set it until you don't restart the phone
But nixx-x1 helped me keep the settings even after starting with a small script on gb. But ICS don't even let that too work
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It doesnt work as it should but could you make police type blink option.
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XperianPro said:
It doesnt work as it should but could you make police type blink option.
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The idea is that with this you can program your own patterns. I'm not going to do the patterns, but I will post an example for a police light. It's not perfect, but should give you an idea about how to do this:
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
ledset alloff
for a in `seq 100`
do
solid blue1 0 ; solid blue3 0 ; solid red1 100 ; solid red3 100;
usleep 100000
solid red1 0 ; solid blue1 100 ; solid red3 0; solid blue3 100;
usleep 100000
solid red1 100 ; solid red3 100; solid red2 100; solid blue2 100; solid green2 100; solid blue1 0 ; solid blue3 0;
usleep 100000
solid red1 0 ; solid blue1 100 ; solid red2 0; solid green2 0 ; solid blue2 0 ;solid red3 0; solid blue3 100;
usleep 100000
done
ledset alloff
Save it as police, put it in /system/bin/ and give the permissions.
You will need version 2 that I just posted.

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jitin02 said:
Hi
Sorry didn't mentioned the full name of the file. its> pattern use softdim
Its in sys/class/led//device. Here from the last its the 4th file
I can tell u what to add. Will try explain you how I came to know about it
Leave the script for a sec(Coz it don't do anything to the original files in the above mentioned folder. )
Just set the value of any of the led file use_pattern manually to 1. Than set the value of the same led file pattern use softdim
See if understood or get it. Otherwise let me know I will try make video of what it does to show it.
I really want it happen successfully as I am fan of it from the day fourth of after bought this phone, (as fourth day of buying it I was playing with it manually . Will be great if works
Btw its only ics that don't let the leds blink but on gb this interference don't happens
They blink the way you set it until you don't restart the phone
But nixx-x1 helped me keep the settings even after starting with a small script on gb. But ICS don't even let that too work
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Thank you very much, this info was really nice and helpful.

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Mitchio said:
I think some good additions would be solid lights: "solid red2 50" for eg. and a way of turning all lights off in one go, maybe putting in "rgb123 0".
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Thanks! I implemented your suggestions.

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Great . V2
will try as soon as i update mine to Indian ICs (releasedalready)

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Police script does not work.
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XperianPro said:
Police script does not work.
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It works for me. I'll attach it here. Probably it is because you edited it in windows, and you used windows endlines.
I'll attach it here, just copy it to /system/bin and give permissions as in first post.

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Here is output.
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Still wondering wat would be the command for the police script to work

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jitin02 said:
Still wondering wat would be the command for the police script to work
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XperianPro said:
Police script does not work.
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1. copy all files from V2.zip (first post) into /system/bin/
2. copy police script into /system/bin/
3. change permission of those 4 files you just copied to 555 (or just check all boxes)
4. go to a shell emulator and type " police " (without quotes)
then you have your phone siren blinking

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XperianPro said:
Here is output.
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You need busybox installed. Get the installer from play store, use normal install.

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Rainbows
For those liking rainbows, I've edited the rainbow scripts used in LUC a bit to be used in the same way as the blink scripts
Just extract the .zip attached and copy it with the other files in /system/bin and set the execute.
There are 3 sequences in it:
RB1 = fade in sequence
RB2 = loop sequence
RB3 = fade out sequence
You can also set a slowdown factor in msec.
If you don't want to slow it down use value " 0 ".
I found that slowdown factors up to 50000 still work smoothly (it will take a minute to finish thou..)
Commands
Code:
rainbow [slowdown] [sequence] [sequence] [sequence]
Example
Code:
rainbow 1000 RB1 RB2 RB2 RB3
This will fade in the rainbow, loop it 2 times and fade it out.
at the moment it's possible to have 6 loops (so 8 sequences in total)
If you use less you'll get a few "1000: not found"... those can be ignored
Perhaps daPaua knows a way to have the input dynamic instead of fixed

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nixx-X1 said:
1. copy all files from V2.zip (first post) into /system/bin/
2. copy police script into /system/bin/
3. change permission of those 4 files you just copied to 555 (or just check all boxes)
4. go to a shell emulator and type " police " (without quotes)
then you have your phone siren blinking
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Don't work
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nixx-X1 said:
For those liking rainbows, I've edited the rainbow scripts used in LUC a bit to be used in the same way as the blink scripts
Just extract the .zip attached and copy it with the other files in /system/bin and set the execute.
There are 3 sequences in it:
RB1 = fade in sequence
RB2 = loop sequence
RB3 = fade out sequence
You can also set a slowdown factor in msec.
If you don't want to slow it down use value " 0 ".
I found that slowdown factors up to 50000 still work smoothly (it will take a minute to finish thou..)
Commands
Code:
rainbow [slowdown] [sequence] [sequence] [sequence]
Example
Code:
rainbow 1000 RB1 RB2 RB2 RB3
This will fade in the rainbow, loop it 2 times and fade it out.
at the moment it's possible to have 6 loops (so 8 sequences in total)
If you use less you'll get a few "1000: not found"... those can be ignored
Perhaps daPaua knows a way to have the input dynamic instead of fixed [/QUOTE
Work great thanks
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