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Here is my brainstorm idea of possibility to change the Touch Screen Vibration feedback strength and/or length.

http://maemo.org/community/brainstor...edback_setting

Seems it can be done by modifying the 'dangerous' /etc/mce/mce.ini file.
Code:
PatternTouchscreen=10;3;0;1;23;0;15;50;255
But would rather have an option in the Settings > Display Settings or something similar.

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Here is my current setting which I feel is quite good:

Code:
PatternTouchscreen=10;3;0;1;10;30;0;50;50
Red = AccelarationPeriod. (Made it slower so it doesn't "jerk" the phone as much)
Green = OnPeriod. (Made it longer so it's more prone)
Blue = BreakPeriod. (Made it 0 as I liked how it felt when I turned on my phone and saw it was 0 for PowerOn)
Magenta = Speed. (Made it low so that it's not too powerful and vibration feels gentle and soft)

This makes it more like a Samsung Haptic feedback devices.
Not too over powering but still gives a positive feedback.

How I changed it:
1. Install rootsh to get root access at terminal via "sudo gainroot"
2. Install Leafpad application (text editor)
3. from xterminal, sudo gainroot
4. from xterminal, leafpad /etc/mce/mce.ini
5. Go down to the very end (down).
6. Make the changes to the above mentioned line and save.
7. Reboot.

WARNING: Make sure you didn't make ANY mistakes. You can brick your N900 if you make wrong changes or syntax errors. I will take no responsibility if something goes wrong....

Last edited by jakiman; 2010-01-06 at 06:11.
 

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It would be nice to have a little software with scroll bar to generate LED and vibration patterns...

I myself refuse to use a ring as i find this to be an insult to others in public area but I'd love to be able to tweak the vibration pattern to something very irregular so i can feel it better while walking and such... :-)
 

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Originally Posted by jakiman View Post
Here is my current setting which I feel is quite good:

Code:
PatternTouchscreen=10;3;0;1;10;30;0;50;50
Red = AccelarationPeriod. (Made it slower so it doesn't "jerk" the phone as much)
Green = OnPeriod. (Made it longer so it's more prone)
Blue = BreakPeriod. (Made it 0 as I liked how it felt when I turned on my phone and saw it was 0 for PowerOn)
Magenta = Speed. (Made it low so that it's not too powerful and vibration feels gentle and soft)

This makes it more like a Samsung Haptic feedback devices.
Not too over powering but still gives a positive feedback.

How I changed it:
1. Install rootsh to get root access at terminal via "sudo gainroot"
2. Install Leafpad application (text editor)
3. from xterminal, sudo gainroot
4. from xterminal, leafpad /etc/mce/mce.ini
5. Go down to the very end (down).
6. Make the changes to the above mentioned line and save.
7. Reboot.

WARNING: Make sure you didn't make ANY mistakes. You can brick your N900 if you make wrong changes or syntax errors. I will take no responsibility if something goes wrong....
do you think you could come up with a patch or .bat file (something of that sort) for all of us non-Linux users and those of us without coding experience. I dont want to take the risk of bricking. I dont know anything about coding and step 3 and 4 don't make sense to me.
 
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There's no coding experience involved. If you can follow directions, you can do this. Don't let the "I'm not a linux user, so I don't know how to do it" mentality scare you off. Learn how to do it properly the first time, and you'll be that much better off. Don't always rely on a "patch" or a ".bat" file as you call them.
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#6
HRZ, I'm not linux expert either. Here's a more detailed step for 3 & 4.

Step 3
- launch xterminal (it's already installed on N900)
- type the following and press enter
sudo gainroot
- done

Step 4
- While you are still in xterminal
- type the following and press enter
leafpad /etc/mce/mce.ini
- the leafpad application will launch. (if installed as per step 2)
- you are now seeing the contents of mce.ini file.
 

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Originally Posted by jakiman View Post
HRZ, I'm not linux expert either. Here's a more detailed step for 3 & 4.

Step 3
- launch xterminal (it's already installed on N900)
- type the following and press enter
sudo gainroot
- done

Step 4
- While you are still in xterminal
- type the following and press enter
leafpad /etc/mce/mce.ini
- the leafpad application will launch. (if installed as per step 2)
- you are now seeing the contents of mce.ini file.
thanks for breaking it down for me. much appreciation.
 
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Originally Posted by jakiman View Post
Here is my current setting which I feel is quite good:

Code:
PatternTouchscreen=10;3;0;1;10;30;0;50;50
Red = AccelarationPeriod. (Made it slower so it doesn't "jerk" the phone as much)
Green = OnPeriod. (Made it longer so it's more prone)
Blue = BreakPeriod. (Made it 0 as I liked how it felt when I turned on my phone and saw it was 0 for PowerOn)
Magenta = Speed. (Made it low so that it's not too powerful and vibration feels gentle and soft)
Thanks bro, I always loved the samsungs haptic feedbacks..and this is as close as it gets. Thanks for the break down too, now I can play with it and see how it goes
 
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Glad some like my setting. I've played with my friend's Samsung phone quite a bit to get that. =)

btw, I proposed a solution to my brainstorm:

I think it would be fairly easy for Nokia developer to add at least 3-5 presets to:

Settings - Disply - Touch screen vibration

When you click it, you get an option to select from following: (Similar to the Backlight time-out option)

0. Off
1. Default
2. Samsung
3. HTC
4. LG

etc.....

Each preset could be just a tweaked value of PatternTouchscreen in mce.ini
 

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Thanks Jakiman I entered your settings and it's a much nicer feedback when you touch the screen. It would be good though if we did get the ability for presets from settings menu sometime in the future.
 
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