Flashlight/torch for Nexus 5

[vandys]

The uTorch app looks like it would be nice, but unfortunately it never actually turns on the LED. I dug around a bit and it looks like it might be some strange permission problem.

Anyway, to tide me over I wrote the simple script:

#!/bin/sh
cd /sys/class/leds/led:flash_torch
sudo chmod a+rw brightness
echo 100 > brightness
read x
echo 0 > brightness
exit 0

(adjust to taste). So in a pinch I can pop up a terminal and run this; the light comes on nicely, and when I hit return it goes back off. CLI uTorch!

[wgarcia]

@vandys There is also "Indicator Torch" now in the OpenStore

[vandys]

@wgarcia

@wgarcia said in Flashlight/torch for Nexus 5:

@vandys There is also "Indicator Torch" now in the OpenStore

That doesn't work, either. Thanks for the pointer, though!

[wgarcia]

@vandys It works for me, I'm using the development channel in the Nexus 5

[vandys]

@wgarcia said in Flashlight/torch for Nexus 5:

@vandys It works for me, I'm using the development channel in the Nexus 5

Interesting. Probably a permission problem, then. I'll check it out further when I can afford to have my phone interrupted. Thanks again.