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FlashLight that uses Camera Flash

Silverwing said:
I just wanted to bring this to everyone's attention, and perhaps you could add this to the description. If you "fix" this app. and make it possible to adjust the strength of the LED, a maximum mode in an LED can (and if is strong enough for this phone, will) hurt the LED bulb after using it for extended periods of time (even in military grade equipment). So if you can keep it on a lower setting, do that unless absolutely necessary to put it to full strength. I also suggest you put a disclaimer that you are not responsible for broken equipment and that people use this software at their own risk. You don't want some jerk trying to sue you or be a nuisence, otherwise. Trust me, there are a lot of people with nothing better to do, than try and score a few bucks.
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Good point.
 
oceanlight said:
thanks for testing this, colnago.
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DOH! Test results are tainted. I had my (2) email accounts polling from K-9 Mail (which checks all folders in online account) the whole time. One account every 5 minutes, the other every 10...my bad...was testing LED colors for email notifications.

I'm not sure how the battery notifies, but I'm sure my numbers would extend past 2 hours completly idle before it changed to 80%.

Lights on.
 
Bug report for v1.1:

1. If light is off, and the keyboard is slid out, the light will turn on.

2. If light is on, and keyboard is slid out, it will flash for a moment.

3. If light is off, and keyboard is slid in, the light will turn on.

4. If light is on, and the keyboard is slid in, the will flash for a moment.
 
Silverwing said:
Bug report for v1.1:

1. If light is off, and the keyboard is slid out, the light will turn on.

2. If light is on, and keyboard is slid out, it will flash for a moment.

3. If light is off, and keyboard is slid in, the light will turn on.

4. If light is on, and the keyboard is slid in, the will flash for a moment.
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That is interesting! Thanks for the info.
 
This Android OS is the bomb. I started this post/request and have been following it since, and now we actually have the wish fullfilled: ) :)
An Officer can never have too many flashlights. ;)
THANKS CHET & All who Contributed!!!!!!!!
Going to go make my 1st purchase now...
 
Silverwing said:
Bug report for v1.1:

1. If light is off, and the keyboard is slid out, the light will turn on.
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True. But that could be considered a feature if it would go out when slide closed, which it doesn’t currently due and seems like a bug.

2. If light is on, and keyboard is slid out, it will flash for a moment.
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Mine stays on.

All in all, a really cool utility that makes the phone even more useful.
 
Well done. This thread is EXACTLY why Android will be a massive success. I'm going to tip BGR about this to see if they can do a write up.
 
Thanks Chet!! A+++ Second Paid app for me (First was Area Code lookup).
Thanks SO much. Glad to see the community pick up where Motorola left off.
 
Silverwing said:
Bug report for v1.1:

1. If light is off, and the keyboard is slid out, the light will turn on.

2. If light is on, and keyboard is slid out, it will flash for a moment.

3. If light is off, and keyboard is slid in, the light will turn on.

4. If light is on, and the keyboard is slid in, the will flash for a moment.
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All same conditions witnessed on my Droid as well. Running: LED Flashlight Ver. 2

For bugs 2 & 4 it seems to be once the keyboard is about 1/4" slid out from being in the closed position.

Also could be a bit brighter, my Casio Exilim & Boulder/G'z One blow this OUT of the water in brightness/intensity.

I would pay additionally just to be able to have Hi/Lo options, and a slide out=On, slide in=Off type switch would be awesome. Also it'd probably be wise to put in a small menu, triggered from the menu with a Help/About/Vers. Well maybe not wise, but it'd be easier to check the vers. that way than having to go to Settings, App Mgmt, LED Flashlight to dig up the vers. #.
 
Excellent! I have been subscribing to this thread. This is the first app I've ever paid for. Its worth every penny. Thanks Chet!
 
Silverwing said:
Bug report for v1.1:

1. If light is off, and the keyboard is slid out, the light will turn on.

3. If light is off, and keyboard is slid in, the light will turn on.
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I've got these two fixed... Will post an update sometime this weekend.
 
eclipsed4utoo said:
or just go to the Market --> Menu button --> Downloads.... and it will list all of your downloaded apps. if any have updates, it will say it.
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Any app I've downloaded automatically notifies me in the notification bar that updates are available. Don't know if that's written into the coding of each app or if it's a Market thing, but that's what it does on my phone.

BTW, this is my first paid app and well worth it. Another thing the Droid Does that the iPhone toy doesn't. :D
 
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