Is there any way to tell if you have a missed call or text message without turning on the p3300 when it goes into standby?
Some quick tests seems to reveal that the LEDs don't blink differently like they do on some other HTC models?
I have recently moved from a mobile phone and the standby screen showed the time and if any missed calls or SMS were pending. How much would the battery life be affected to have the screen still on all the time but with minimal information and no backlight?
My p3300 has to be on silent most of the time and I would really like a quick way to see what I have missed (if anything) when I glance at it.
install A SMS and activate the sms reminder, it will tell you how many sms messages you have that are unread, at any time interval you wish
I actually found the solution this morning - under Sounds you can set the light to blink (the right one blinks orange instead of the normal green) for various notifications. By default SMS is set to off - I set that and missed call to blink indefinitely.
Yep that works fine, Orange light indicates missed calls or SMS, it also flashes in shorter intervalls so you can get that information with a short glance at your device. And by the way, it does not matter how many information the screen tells, the battery life is the same screen on means screen is on, no matter if it shows blank white or informations ;P
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I'm having a bit of trouble. Whenever I get a text message or MMS the green notification LED doesn't turn to amber? Anyone know a way to get it to turn amber when a message is received?
Haha, I wish you were right and we had a problem. No, this is what we call a feature in the Excalibur. The LED doesn't turn amber at all when you receive a message.
The only way you can tell you have received a message is when the phone is charging and there's a steady green or a steady yellow. If a message is received, then it blinks green.
It's really annoying and pisses me off coming from the PPC world but that is just the way it is. If it makes you feel better, Treo 750 users have similar issues and that's a full blown WM5 phone.
There may be programs floating around that can change the LED upon certain triggers but the ones that I have tried don't really work. If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them. We all know that the LED can blink yellow, green or red. It should just be a matter of software to get that going.
I have been using DontForget. It has the ability to turn off your LED and have it blink only when you have and email, or SMS or a missed call. Or, if you like to keep the normal flashing, you can set it to just blink faster when there's a notification. IMO this should be part of the OS. Get it at http://blog.softimage.cz/?page_id=83
I have also been using DF since Day 1 but it is kinda quirky. I would prefer to change the color of the LED rather than turn it off completely and have it flash faster (I mean how the hell do you distinguish the faster flashing from the slower flashing--I can't and I tried).
I've configured my DF to turn off the LED as well, i'm quite happy with it
Sweet! Thanks a lot for the help. It was a life saver
Morning,
Is anyone else finding their Notification LED for text messages (Possibly E-Mail's too) is flashing for 2-3 Minutes then stopping? Missed several texts now because of this and its annoying me that I have to keep unlocking my phone to check for texts.
Is there an option I have missed? Do I have a dodgy Phone? or is that just the way it is?
KYI
I think mine does this too, that's why I was asking for a Wake on Notification app. Can we change LED from green or orange via software?
O and O said:
I think mine does this too, that's why I was asking for a Wake on Notification app. Can we change LED from green or orange via software?
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'Missed call' for the Market lets you (IIRC) change LED colour Whether is is fully operational on Desire, I'm not sure. Don't think you need root access either.
It's only flashes for about 2-3 mins then goes off - if you've not noticed by then I assume it thinks it'll save power...
makes sense to me to be honest. for example if u miss a text on the iphone, it will only chime once more. i wouldnt want mine staying on.
I Suppose I just miss it for the G1 days. My Phone is on silent all day at work and the continious LED was a bonus for notifications. Surely an single LED doesn't draw that much power? Might have to give Missed call a try again.
nah the desire seems to use different code to light up the notification LED so none of the LED apps on the market work anymore. like LEDtester, the LED just flashes green and cant be changed. and handcent, it just flashes green and cant be changed.
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I Suppose I just miss it for the G1 days. My Phone is on silent all day at work and the continious LED was a bonus for notifications. Surely an single LED doesn't draw that much power? Might have to give Missed call a try again.
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have it on vibrate instead - or just check the screen every now and then...
I did post about this earlier but got zero replies so I wondered if it was only me.
Mine blinks for I think it's exactly 5mins. That's it. And I don't think it has anything to do with saving battery since that one blinkiing LED (mostly blinking when then screen is off) does not take much power at all.
I've emailed HTC to see what they say.
Although not ideal, handcent does allow you to set notification reminders.
I have mine set to re-vibrate 15 mins after receiving a text if I haven't checked it. You can change all the options, so have it chime, vibrate, wake scree, flash LED, all of above, one of above etc. at different intervals and a number of times - I find once vibrating only to be a sufficient reminder if it's in my pocket, however if on a desk would probably have the screen re-awaken.
Might help.
-andrew.
I've looked around a fair bit and haven't found anything, but does anyone know of a good way to get a constant blinking status light on the Rhodium (specifically Tilt2)? My old Kaiser had a blinking green light to indicate network status, which was useful, not only for verifying that the phone was locked onto the cell network, but also for finding the phone at night, or in a pitch black room. Also, there was an excellent tool "kaiser notification" that let you configure all the different lights, and events attached to them.
I know all about the stock ways of adjusting the led notifications (for missed call, new text, new email, etc) but i wanted to know if anyone knows of a tool to customize the led notifications, or of any way to make the light blink continuously when the phone is sleeping, but connected to the cell network.
Thanks in advance for any input!
The notifications and vibration modes on this phone are driving me crazy, they make absolutely no sense!
I'd like to be able to:
1. Switch from sound to vibrate only to notification lights only modes. It seems this phone only has two modes however, sound and vibrate (the default) or if you disable vibrate sound and (true) silence. My old Samsung moment had this.. seems like a basic feature, anyone figured this out yet?
2. Turn off the vibrate for fully charged notification... What is the point in having this stupid notification for in the first place? If I leave my phone on at night next to the bed the damn thing vibrates like crazy an hour or so later and wakes me up!
Also, the notification light seems like it's almost useless! It doesn't seem like it flashes in any understandable way.. it it flashes at all. And when it does flash it does so so slowly you can't notice it unless you'd staring at the phone for a long time. I want to be able to configure on a per app basis something like:
1. Rapid flashing read for missed call or VM
2. Rapid flashing blue for SMS/MMS
3. repeating two "burst" red flashes for an email
4. repeating two "blust" blue for a calendar reminder
5. solid red for charging unless there is another notification
6. solid blue for fully charged unless there is another notifcation
I've played witht e LED light app people have mentioned on this forum and it's does 10% of this... it's junk. I want something better.
It would also be super nice if we could have per user notification options. So for example if person A called/sent an SMS it would generate a notification but if it came from person B no. Third party apps?
Hi,
How long should last the LED when it's blinking ? SMS received etc...
In my old HTC, I believe it was 5 min.
I am asking the question as when I receive a sms at 1am...it will blink until 6am in the morning....
No really good for my battery even I know it's only a LED...but....
Thanks for your reply.
Cheers,
I miss that option too.
It seems that there is no way to control led blinking time. Led keeps blinking until the missed event is cleared.
I found that better, LED keeps blinking until I check the notification. Hated the 5 mins notification in BlackBerry.
Anyway, you could use Light Manager app, and set sleep time.
Besides, continuous blinking of LED doesn't drain any battery. I often have a SMS or a missed call for more than 4/5 hours, and I never noticed any drain, at all.
'Swyped' from my GT-N7100