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How To Turn Your N900 Into A Flashlight

By - Vaibhav Sharma On 15 December 2009 11 Comments

With the N900, one of the things that I have missed is using the dual LED as a flashlight in the dark and as a source of illumination while recording video. Fortunately, a simple app called ‘Flashlight’ can change all that. Once installed, it adds a toggle switch to the N900’s status bar which you can tap to enable or disable the flashlight.

The Flashlight switch will only show if the camera cover has been slid open. To use it in the video mode, start the flashlight and start video capture, the LED’s will automatically get disabled. Now hit the toggle switch to enable the light again.

How To Turn Your N900 Into A Flashlight
How To Turn Your N900 Into A Flashlight

Flashlight is available from the extras-devel repository which means it is in the development stage right now and is not recommended for normal consumers, but if you are up for beta-testing it, follow these directions to enable extras-devel if you already haven’t.

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  • Convierte tu N900 en una linterna | Nokia N900 said:

    [...] Fuente: Maemo Central [...]

    # 18 December 2009 at 6:21 am
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    # 22 December 2009 at 12:20 am
  • guy said:

    installed, restarted, still no flashlight. anyone else?

    # 30 December 2009 at 9:29 am
  • Anshuman said:

    Yes, even i could not see any flashlight on the status bar.

    # 3 January 2010 at 6:48 pm
  • Anshuman said:

    ok..i tried restarting but i restarted with the shutter open and this time it worked..try that

    # 3 January 2010 at 6:50 pm
  • random said:

    just open the shutter and it will be enabled in the status bar.

    # 9 January 2010 at 4:56 pm
  • runtu said:

    worked fine, until I updated it today :( Now it only flashes.

    # 9 January 2010 at 5:45 pm
  • runtu said:

    though might had been low battery, works now when cable connected

    # 9 January 2010 at 6:46 pm
  • lewis said:

    how do you install this?

    # 6 February 2010 at 4:10 am
  • Vaibhav Sharma (author) said:

    Simply use the extras-devel repository in your application manager to install this app. It will be listed there.

    Make sure you have extras-devel enabled – http://maemocentral.com/2009/12/29/how-to-enable-extras-extras-testing-extras-devel-repositories-on-the-n900-with-one-click/

    # 6 February 2010 at 7:05 am
  • gio said:

    this app only works until you restart – after that, it disappears

    # 15 February 2010 at 10:09 am

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