[Slayler]

I've seen a lot of posts and reviews for the Cingular 3125, and there are a lot of comments on the annoying blinking green LED on the front of the phone. So, I wrote a program that disables the LED. The program has an option to allow the LED to blink if there are any voice mails, missed calls, unread messages (mms, sms, email), or a low battery.

I'm looking for people to let me know it installs and works on the 3125 (and probably other variations of the HTC Star Trek), since my phone has development certificates installed. Please post your responses and comments. The program is and always will be free.



When the program starts, the LED is disabled. The check box for "Blink for Messaging and Low Batt" allows the LED to blink for messaging and low battery. The "Task Mgr can't end this program" check box stops the Task Manager program from ending the program (You'll get a warning in the Task Manager that the program isn't responding, so just click the right softkey to "Cancel" trying to stop the program). The left softkey ("Exit") will exit the program. The right softkey toggles the LED between disabled/enabled (disabled stops the normal blinking, enabled is the normal blinking of the LED).

Here's the link to download the program:
RadioLEDInstaller

[Slayler]

I've seen a lot of posts and reviews for the Cingular 3125, and there are a lot of comments on the annoying blinking green LED on the front of the phone. So, I wrote a program that disables the LED. The program has an option to allow the LED to blink if there are any voice mails, missed calls, unread messages (mms, sms, email), or a low battery.

I'm looking for people to let me know it installs and works on the 3125 (and probably other variations of the HTC Star Trek), since my phone has development certificates installed. Please post your responses and comments. The program is and always will be free.



When the program starts, the LED is disabled. The check box for "Blink for Messaging and Low Batt" allows the LED to blink for messaging and low battery. The "Task Mgr can't end this program" check box stops the Task Manager program from ending the program (You'll get a warning in the Task Manager that the program isn't responding, so just click the right softkey to "Cancel" trying to stop the program). The left softkey ("Exit") will exit the program. The right softkey toggles the LED between disabled/enabled (disabled stops the normal blinking, enabled is the normal blinking of the LED).

Here's the link to download the program:
RadioLEDInstaller

[Jerry Raia]

It works. The program needs to be running in the background to keep the LED off correct?

[Slayler]

Originally Posted by Jerry Raia

It works. The program needs to be running in the background to keep the LED off correct?

Yep. For now just let it run. That's why there's an option to stop the task manger from closing the program. I may change the program to not show up in the task manager, and I'll post an update to this topic.

[Jerry Raia]

Great! Welcome to the site.

[Mike Temporale]

Does this work on other phones? My SP5m could really use something like this. On the plus side, there's no flashing lights on my i320. 8)

[Jerry Raia]

I do kind of like flashing lights though. Especially the blue one for BT.

[Mike Temporale]

Originally Posted by Jerry Raia

I do kind of like flashing lights though. Especially the blue one for BT.

:shocked!: NNOOOooooooo!!! :twak:

I would rather save the battery power and use it for something more productive. I know if my phone is on or not and I don't need a flashing light to tell me that. Didn't we post an articel from the WinMo Team Blog that talked about how much power a blinking light used up? Yup, thought so, here it is 8)

[Slayler]

Originally Posted by Mike Temporale

Does this work on other phones? My SP5m could really use something like this. On the plus side, there's no flashing lights on my i320. 8)

The program will likely work on other smartphones. Here are the requirements: Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone (not a pocketpc phone), .Net Compact Framework 1.0 (preinstalled on the 3125), an LED that blinks for radio/phone status.

The program does not inhibit the bluetooth LED.

[Jerry Raia]

Originally Posted by Mike Temporale

:shocked!: NNOOOooooooo!!! :twak:

I would rather save the battery power and use it for something more productive. I know if my phone is on or not and I don't need a flashing light to tell me that. Didn't we post an articel from the WinMo Team Blog that talked about how much power a blinking light used up? Yup, thought so, here it is 8)

I want blinking lights! More of them! :P

[jefflrib]

HI ! Nice Job !

Is there any way to include an option "Blink for reminders".

Thanks