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Power On Indicator

Power On Indicator flashes the LED, letting you see when device is powered up.
by Sabrage Software
Google Play
Google Play
10+
Thousand
Installs
PREMIUM
Est. installs
PREMIUM
Recent installs
4.18
265
Rating
Unranked
Ranking
1
Libraries
2.2+
Android version
3/5/13
Last updated
2011
August
App age
26.4 KB
App size
Everyone
Content rating
FREE
Price

Google Play Rating history and histogram

163
45
23
9
25

Changelog

  • Mar 5, 2013 Update Version 1.4
  • Nov 20, 2012 Installs 10,000+ installs
  • May 13, 2012 Installs 5,000+ installs
  • Apr 1, 2012 Update Version 1.3
  • Sep 29, 2011 Installs 1,000+ installs
  • Aug 29, 2011 Installs 500+ installs
  • Aug 20, 2011 Update Version 1.2
  • Aug 17, 2011 Update Version 1.1
  • Aug 14, 2011 Installs 100+ installs
  • Aug 10, 2011 Installs 50+ installs
  • Aug 9, 2011 New App Version 1.0 in Productivity for Free
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Developer information

Sabrage Software

[email protected]

Website

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Description

Power On Indicator simply flashes the device LED slowly, letting you see at a glance if your device is powered up. Note - most Android phones will not let any LEDs flash while the screen is on, so turn your screen off to see it work.

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This application was written to overcome a hardware design flaw in the HTC Desire. When the Desire screen is off, there is no way of telling if it is powered on or not. The only way to switch on the screen is to press the power button, which boots the phone if it was off. This frustrating sequence led to a lot of accidental boot ups, and popping the battery out of the back of the device to stop the load sequence.

I wrote this app to blink the LED allowing you to be sure your phone is on or off.


***

Thanks for using Power On Indicator! I hope you find it useful. I must point out though, controlling phone LEDs is very difficult for software developers. Often there are reasons why the LED won\'t blink in ways I cannot fix. For example:

1 - You must exempt this from task killers or it won't work for very long.
2 - On most Android phones, all LEDs disable when the screen comes on.
3 - Not all phones support all settings. For example, a hardware limitation means the HTC Desire will only flash green once a second.
4 - Dragging your application's notification bar down disables all LED flashes for a minute.
5 - Enabling Direct Mode in other LED controlling apps will interfere with it.

Thank you everyone for your positive feedback!

I have decided to start compiling efficacy reports. More always welcome. Please let me know rather than giving 1 star.

HTC Desire - Works, but only with Green light
HTC Desire S - Works, but only with Green light
Desire Z - Works, but only with Green light
HTC Wildfire - Works, but only with Green light
Samsung Fascinate
Xperia arc - Works
Motorola Defy - Works
HTC Sensation - Works intermittently?
Samsung Galaxy S - Will never work (it has no physical LED)
Xperia Ray - Works intermittently?
Xperia U - Does not work
ZTE Warp - Does not work

Recent changes:
Version 1.4
(2013-03-02)

* Added ability to disable when charging.
* Added ability to disable when battery low.

Version 1.3
(2012-03-29)

* Added some more colours. A user request...
Power On Indicator simply flashes the device LED slowly, letting you see at a glance if your device is powered up. Note - most Android phones will not let any LEDs flash while the screen is on, so turn your screen off to see it work.

--

This application was written to overcome a hardware design flaw in the HTC Desire. When the Desire screen is off, there is no way of telling if it is powered on or not. The only way to switch on the screen is to press the power button, which boots the phone if it was off. This frustrating sequence led to a lot of accidental boot ups, and popping the battery out of the back of the device to stop the load sequence.

I wrote this app to blink the LED allowing you to be sure your phone is on or off.


***

Thanks for using Power On Indicator! I hope you find it useful. I must point out though, controlling phone LEDs is very difficult for software developers. Often there are reasons why the LED won\'t blink in ways I cannot fix. For example:

1 - You must exempt this from task killers or it won't work for very long.
2 - On most Android phones, all LEDs disable when the screen comes on.
3 - Not all phones support all settings. For example, a hardware limitation means the HTC Desire will only flash green once a second.
4 - Dragging your application's notification bar down disables all LED flashes for a minute.
5 - Enabling Direct Mode in other LED controlling apps will interfere with it.

Thank you everyone for your positive feedback!

I have decided to start compiling efficacy reports. More always welcome. Please let me know rather than giving 1 star.

HTC Desire - Works, but only with Green light
HTC Desire S - Works, but only with Green light
Desire Z - Works, but only with Green light
HTC Wildfire - Works, but only with Green light
Samsung Fascinate
Xperia arc - Works
Motorola Defy - Works
HTC Sensation - Works intermittently?
Samsung Galaxy S - Will never work (it has no physical LED)
Xperia Ray - Works intermittently?
Xperia U - Does not work
ZTE Warp - Does not work

Recent changes:
Version 1.4
(2013-03-02)

* Added ability to disable when charging.
* Added ability to disable when battery low.

Version 1.3
(2012-03-29)

* Added some more colours. A user request...
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Google Play Rankings

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Permissions

System tools
run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

Libraries

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

CommonsWare Android Components (CWAC)

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