Nexus One house only white color to bring a notification, despite the RGB LED available. But lilHermit of xda-devs has constructed a program “TrackballColorNotify” that allows you to change the color of Trackball or jogball as soon as you receive any SMS or MMS.
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Currently, TrackballColorNotify app works only for SMS alerts and only with a rooted Nexus One. If your Nexus One is not rooted yet then you can follow instructions to root Nexus one posted here.
Step #1 Before using this app make sure to turn off the notification in the normal SMS app, (Navigate to Menu -> SMS / MMS -> Options (button) -> Preferences -> Notifications)
Step #2 Download and install TrackballColorNotify-1.0beta3.apk on your Nexus One mobile phone.
Step #3 Change the color and the frequency of the light (every 2 to 9 seconds) via settings option of the app.Currently, there are Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Lila. Since the beta 2 you can use custom colors (RGB color system).
Download TrackballColorNotify 1.0beta3 for Nexus One Phone
TrackballColorNotify-1.0beta3.apk | Mirror 1
