I've searched/read through a bunch of threads, and I guess this isn't a big deal to many people as I really haven't seen much discussion. I don't always like my notifications to have a sound or vibration aspect to them, so I'm curious about the current state of Galaxy Nexus/ICS visual notifications when the screen is on but the status bar is hidden.
I was disappointed to see Ice Cream Sandwich continue to prevent the notification LED from lighting up when the screen is on instead of the original Droid's initial behavior that kept the LED on with the screen on. I've glanced at a few custom ROM feature sheets, but haven't seen any notes on whether the option to keep the LED on while the screen is on has been introduced yet. For those who have been flashing ROMs, is this a feature in some/most of the stabler ROMs out there?
I'm also wondering if anyone has messed with trying to put notifications in the soft key area? Even with the status bar visible, it can be annoying to reach the top one-handed to swipe down... so full-screen or not, I think it would be pretty great to be able to have certain notifications pop up next to the back or multitasking soft key (even something as simple a block of color indicating mail, SMS, voice mail, etc.), and then be able to tap the notification to go to the app sending the notification.
I just use an SMS pop up app.. unfortunately text notify which IMO is the best at this doesn't work on ICS yet..
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Thanks, that's a good point that I had previously discarded because I'm not a huge fan of pop-ups with dialog boxes. But this reminded me that Light Flow has pop-up notifications that I hadn't previously tried, and it turns out they're actually toast notifications (which are preferable to me). So that'll definitely do until CM or whoever lights up the LED with the screen on.
I've read some people saying they have had really bad problems with Lightflow that affect things like booting their device while others have said they have had no problems at all with it. What is your experience with it?
The options for LED control sound awesome, but I'd prefer not to screw up my week-old GN if I can help it.
In my experience, it works flawlessly
I've never had any problems. I definitely suggest giving it a try. I'm sure you'll love it.
The only problem that I have is when I dismiss an notification, the light doesn't go off. It keeps blinking.
Eg. Facebook notifications. I swipe them in my status bar to remove them, but as soon as I lock my screen, the notification LED glows blue. It happens sometimes even if I read the message or notification in the app.
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The only problem that I have is when I dismiss an notification, the light doesn't go off. It keeps blinking.
Eg. Facebook notifications. I swipe them in my status bar to remove them, but as soon as I lock my screen, the notification LED glows blue. It happens sometimes even if I read the message or notification in the app.
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Now that you mention it, when I received an email through the Hotmail application the light would not go away unless I opened the app. That's the only flaw I've found.
The only issue I have is that you have to open the app for the notification to get rid of the blinking light. Everything else works fine for me.
lujo_zgb said:
The only problem that I have is when I dismiss an notification, the light doesn't go off. It keeps blinking.
Eg. Facebook notifications. I swipe them in my status bar to remove them, but as soon as I lock my screen, the notification LED glows blue. It happens sometimes even if I read the message or notification in the app.
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BrandT90 said:
Now that you mention it, when I received an email through the Hotmail application the light would not go away unless I opened the app. That's the only flaw I've found.
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imnuts said:
The only issue I have is that you have to open the app for the notification to get rid of the blinking light. Everything else works fine for me.
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Iirc, it happens that way because lightflow monitors the apps, not the system notification. Like the description says, if the app isnt in the lightflow monitoring list, you wont get an led light for it.
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There's a couple o' spots in settings, one in general, and one for the specific app notification that should look after that.
i. e. Clear the light after opening status/notification bar.
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I used to have it and had no problems at all. Worst case you can always just delete the app.
I rooted my phone and downloaded a custom rom and now don't need light flow anymore since the rom has custom notif. light set up.
Never had problems, I set it to dismiss notification with screen on so I don't have to open that certain app
I've had extreme display glitches. Upon boot my screen would flash a green/pink burst of static, and post light flow I haven't a single issue.
Try Liquidsmooth, the integrated led has all of the same features.
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There's a couple o' spots in settings, one in general, and one for the specific app notification that should look after that.
i. e. Clear the light after opening status/notification bar.
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This.
Have used lightflow in the past, worked flawlessly.
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Hello,
an incoming new message shows up as a notification in the notification
drawer. When I am wiping it away I would assume to have marked it as
read. Yet after a while the same notification comes back meaning that
the message was not marked as read.
Is this a bug or can I somehow turn off this "feature"?
Regards
You must open the message for it to clear otherwise the message will still be um unread. I don't know how to mute notifications on android I know you can do it on iOS. Maybe they will add the mute feature in the future.
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Thanks. Good to hear that at least it is not a problem of my device or ROM but of WhatsApp.
hi there folks. so, theres apps like whatsapp and many others that show you a notification of someone who texted you in the drawer, and then you swipe it left or right to dismiss it, but after some minutes the notification shows again. is there anyway to dismiss it and it not come back to the drawer?
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same here
It is quite a problem with whatsapp only i think, other i use halo to dismiss all at once.
But good question here for dismissing specially whatsapp notification. :good:
Apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere. I have just got the note 10 plus 5g. Since getting this I cannot get the whatsapp notification in my status bar. I can get sound, vibration, edge lighting and peeking message. If I miss these then I have no way of knowing I have a message until I open the app. Why can I not get the icon in the status bar where all my other apps notifications show up? Any help would be appreciated. The phone is now on android 10 and pop ups are no longer an option. Not that I want them anyway. Thanks
check notifications in Settings, you might have blocked notifications for WhatsApp by mistake
stevegbee said:
Apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere. I have just got the note 10 plus 5g. Since getting this I cannot get the whatsapp notification in my status bar. I can get sound, vibration, edge lighting and peeking message. If I miss these then I have no way of knowing I have a message until I open the app. Why can I not get the icon in the status bar where all my other apps notifications show up? Any help would be appreciated. The phone is now on android 10 and pop ups are no longer an option. Not that I want them anyway. Thanks
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SOLVED:
In the whatsapp settings which had transferred from my previous phone, the led light notification was set to white. With the note 10 plus not having an led light this was clearly causing some issue. On changing the led light setting to none, the notification now shows on the status bar and badge count.