I am very hard of hearing so I have most sounds turned off on my phone and rely on vibrate. I do have blue tooth hearing aids which allow for phone calls to be heard.
My problem is that the notification for emails and text are very short and not very strong. Is there an app or some way to increase the length of the vibration allowing it to be noticed easier when the phone is in my pocket.
I use exchange email, both the stock and Touchdown. I saw some apps that might do it but they were for gmail, imap.
Thanks,
Dave
I agree the vibration is quite weak. Get Light Flow, the app that allows for very granular control of the front LED- it has the ability to vibrate when gmail/sms/etc occurs. Part of this though is that you can specify the duration of the vibration, so you can make it vibrate longer than the stock gmail vibrate, as well as making it repeat which is useful if you miss it the first time(s) around...
You do need root though.
Hope this helps.
Kidd_Funkadelic said:
I agree the vibration is quite weak. Get Light Flow, the app that allows for very granular control of the front LED- it has the ability to vibrate when gmail/sms/etc occurs. Part of this though is that you can specify the duration of the vibration, so you can make it vibrate longer than the stock gmail vibrate, as well as making it repeat which is useful if you miss it the first time(s) around...
You do need root though.
Hope this helps.
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+1 for light flow, you can read more here
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/1...alaxy-nexus-is-called-light-flow-led-control/
i too rely on the vibrate but only because i think its annoying to have it beeping constantly lol
Thanks,
It seems to be doing what I need now. Had to purchase the application, since the free did not support Touchdown/Exchange. Did not have to root.
Another +1 for light flow. I have my texts set to blue and flashing very fast, emails are gold, and missed calls are red. It's set up just like my Blackberry was 2 years ago!
Kidd_Funkadelic said:
You do need root though.
Hope this helps.
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Don't need root for light flow... I'm not rooted and it does LED, vibrations and sounds perfectly for me..
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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.
killyouridols said:
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 just bought a HTC Desire Z two days ago, and was wondering about the notification light, as there are TWO in the desire Z
my question is, should the top notification light goes on when I recieve a notification, or only the bottom one will light up?
and if it's only the bottom one, how can I make the top one light up too? and in different colors, like in my friends HTC G1, he has blue, green, and red
thx for your time!
On my stock ROM (see my signature), the trackpad light blinks if you turn on that notification, but it's only every 10 seconds or so, and I actually never noticed it originally and thought it wasn't working at all. It doesn't blink the power LED.
However, I use the "Led Me Know" app from the market, and you can configure that to blink either the top LED or the trackpad LED, depending on how you set it up.
You can't make the trackpad LED blink different colours unfortunately, this was looked into a while back. The top one is limited to amber or green.
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ok, thx alot for the fast reply
I used LED Me Know. Works fine for the LED, but it often overrides (e.g.) my Gmail notification sound with the standard notification sound I have for messages. Or it just plays both notification sounds. I hate that, and there's no option to activate or deactivate it messing with the sounds.
Does this happen to you too?
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I used LED Me Know. Works fine for the LED, but it often overrides (e.g.) my Gmail notification sound with the standard notification sound I have for messages. Or it just plays both notification sounds. I hate that, and there's no option to activate or deactivate it messing with the sounds.
Does this happen to you too?
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Sorry I don't use Gmail notification and I haven't tried playing with the sounds. I suggest contacting the developer about it, he responded quickly to me when I contacted him before.
darthmelk said:
I used LED Me Know. Works fine for the LED, but it often overrides (e.g.) my Gmail notification sound with the standard notification sound I have for messages. Or it just plays both notification sounds. I hate that, and there's no option to activate or deactivate it messing with the sounds.
Does this happen to you too?
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You can disable the g-mail notifications and let the app do it's own thing...
One weird thing I have noticed with the app is that it delays the notifications... Like first it disables the notification for any texts... and it pretty much waits out the time that it would have taken for the notification (vibrations) and then follows through with the notification you selected in the app settings. So pretty much I see the LED blinking for like 5 seconds before I get any audible or vibrating notification.
EDIT: I also realize that this is very poorly worded and hard to follow, But I can't think of any other way to say it so bear with me!! XD
My OG Doid used to play a nice loud notification sound when it turned off due to the battery dying. I can't remember if I set this up somewhere or if it just did this by default, but I really liked it. That way I knew I needed to swap out the battery. My GNex just dies a silent death and I have no idea that I'm missing calls. Does anyone know if there's a way to get the GNex to play a notification sound when it dies? Thanks.
I use the app Light Flow which lets me manage the LED light as well as notifications with sounds, including Low Battery.
JustStan said:
My OG Doid used to play a nice loud notification sound when it turned off due to the battery dying. I can't remember if I set this up somewhere or if it just did this by default, but I really liked it. That way I knew I needed to swap out the battery. My GNex just dies a silent death and I have no idea that I'm missing calls. Does anyone know if there's a way to get the GNex to play a notification sound when it dies? Thanks.
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It will beep and give you a huge pop up when you are down to 14% and then again at 4 or 5%. I don't know if the LED changes color or flashes, but I'm sure it does.
This is all automatic. No need to set it up.
Peesashiz said:
I use the app Light Flow which lets me manage the LED light as well as notifications with sounds, including Low Battery.
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Thanks for the suggestion. The funny thing is, I already use Light Flow to manage the LED notifications. I just never thought to use it for this. It's not quite the same as having the notification right as the phone is dying, but being able to set it to notify me when the battery is at 1% is close enough.
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It will beep and give you a huge pop up when you are down to 14% and then again at 4 or 5%. I don't know if the LED changes color or flashes, but I'm sure it does. This is all automatic. No need to set it up.
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Thanks. I am all too aware of these earlier notifications, (in fact, if you know a way to turn them off or change the % at which they activate, I would love to do so). I really just need to know when the phone is dying.
So, I sold my Nexus S and bought a Galaxy Nexus today. I cannot seem to figure out exactly how the LED works. It doesn't seem to work reliably for all notifications.
Can someone please explain how the LED system works and also if you can customize the colors per app/person
Light flow from the Market...
I second light flow. It gets hung up sometimes and still glows after I viewed the message or call. But stock notifications never worked right.
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I like the setting for it to clear the led when you turn on the screen. I don't think it's ever hung up on me that way.
Ericstotle said:
I second light flow. It gets hung up sometimes and still glows after I viewed the message or call. But stock notifications never worked right.
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On stock there doesn't seem to be a way to adjust the notification light, without the aid of an external application. In saying this though, I haven't been able to work out the rate/times it blinks as sometimes it seems to double blink then sleep for a longer period then blink at a normal pace.
I only really have text messages come through with the odd call, so I couldn't verify the other notifications.
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I wish stock was able to dosimple mods to led notification like colour and interval. I dont like tonnes of apps to run in the background all the time.
Sharp75 said:
I wish stock was able to dosimple mods to led notification like colour and interval. I dont like tonnes of apps to run in the background all the time.
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This is such an obvious improvement I would be astonished if it did not show up in one of the next ICS updates.
GreenishApples said:
I like the setting for it to clear the led when you turn on the screen. I don't think it's ever hung up on me that way.
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Yeah its the only way LightFlow can work without false positives it seems.
And the GNex has a ton of RAM. Having a 7mb app in cached background is am issue?! The RAM is on anyway, you might as well use it.
I think both stock notification and light flow are far from being perfect. Both failed on various occasions, the former more than the latter. Therefore, I think there is room for a new app to accurately control LED notifications on the Galaxy Nexus. I would pay even 10 - 15 euros for such an app.
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I like the setting for it to clear the led when you turn on the screen. I don't think it's ever hung up on me that way.
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Shame that setting isn't global
Using Light Flow Lite also. My tip is to just use it to manage the LED, don't use it to manage sounds/vibrates unless you feel like being really anal about your notifications. I found when setting it up that I got a lot of double notifies and crap that I didn't want. Just my 2c.
I can barely feel this thing vibrating. Even on my desk in front of me it is so soft. There is no notification LED so i'd like this to vibrate harder.
Any idea how i can get that done?
badbwoydes said:
I can barely feel this thing vibrating. Even on my desk in front of me it is so soft. There is no notification LED so i'd like this to vibrate harder.
Any idea how i can get that done?
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Root and tweak kernel variables. That's the only way.
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For help notifications, you could use the flash doing a very simple action with "Automate" or similar automation apps.