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    Flashlight/torch for Nexus 5

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        vandys
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        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!

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

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            vandys @wgarcia
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            @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!

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

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                vandys @wgarcia
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                @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.

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