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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.
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I have set up Light flow for several applications,but, for instance, when i recieve sms , i get sound and vibrate both when screen is on and when screen is off, but i get notification light only when screen is off.. What to do folx.. I know it sounds a bit stupid, but i would like that notif light when screen is on also..
Thanks in advance
Nothing. The LED doesn't function when screen is on.
akellar said:
Nothing. The LED doesn't function when screen is on.
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Thanks mate .
One more question tho - i have set up the mod for charging battery : notif light lights up and stays on all the time while battery is charging.. Can this do any harm to led light or phone itself (heating etc)? Or it is intended so it can stay on for long time ?
I had light flow on my galaxy nexus. Although the features are nice, i uninstalled because it seemed very broken. The led would stay on evwn after i checked notifications and so forth. Yeah it was cool, but just didnt see the risk of burning out my led.
For me it works like charm .. But only think i want to know is this :
Can led stay up for longer time ? Like, for example, the HTC Sensations led is staying up for all time while you are charging (by default), and it doesnt burn out. So is GN led designed to stay up for long time, or no ? (Im asking this because i want to know if i can charge the phone whole night and have led turned up)
Thanks again folx
Yes it can! Start LightFlow, choose notifications"then pick the app of your choice. There you can able and enable (amongst many other options) the duration of how long you wish the led to stay on for that particular app.
Sweerts said:
Yes it can! Start LightFlow, choose notifications"then pick the app of your choice. There you can able and enable (amongst many other options) the duration of how long you wish the led to stay on for that particular app.
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Yes i know that .. But, will LED burn out if it stays on for all night while charging for example ?
Laynee1 said:
Yes i know that .. But, will LED burn out if it stays on for all night while charging for example ?
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LED's have a life of many thousands, if not, tens of thousands of hours. It's unlikely that the notification LED will ever burn out while you own that phone... Unless you keep the phone for six or seven years and keep the led on almost all the time!
If your led burns out consider it akin to winning the lottery.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
Thank you all. ! I really like multi colored led.. I liked it on n900 (back in the old days).. I like it again I simply like when im charging the phone to have my led on all the time
Thanks folx
Ive let mine to constantly show an orange light while i leave the phone on charge overnight and a green when it is charged. Led's wont die on you unless you keep your led on for like 6years straight, so nothing to worry about
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I had light flow on my galaxy nexus. Although the features are nice, i uninstalled because it seemed very broken. The led would stay on evwn after i checked notifications and so forth. Yeah it was cool, but just didnt see the risk of burning out my led.
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Yeh I found the same thing, seemed really broken to me, was so annoying to get rid of notifications and then still have the led going off.
Guys just a quick question. I think this led is three colors right? Red, blue, and green and to get other colors it just mixes them right?
If you guys use colors other than those three I mentioned do you guys kind of obviously see that theres more then one color shining?
Like for purple it looks like purple on top and redish on bottom. Clearly like two colors.
Anyone? Just wanna know if its how others have it or just me??
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akellar said:
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Sure it does
I have Light Flow set up to show a solid yellow color while charging. When I plug in my phone, the LED blinks on then off. If I turn the screen off, the yellow light cones on like it should. If I then turn the screen on without unlocking the phone, the light remains.
Only after I unlock the phone does the LED not function.
thereddog said:
Sure it does
I have Light Flow set up to show a solid yellow color while charging. When I plug in my phone, the LED blinks on then off. If I turn the screen off, the yellow light cones on like it should. If I then turn the screen on without unlocking the phone, the light remains.
Only after I unlock the phone does the LED not function.
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You are right.. It doesnt works when you unlock the phone If you dont, its on
case0 said:
Yeh I found the same thing, seemed really broken to me, was so annoying to get rid of notifications and then still have the led going off.
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I found that problem was because of the ROM I was on. Some ROMS would need me to launch the lightflow app to clear the notification, but I use CND and it works exactly like it is supposed to. I could flash AOKP and it would work how you describe.
Does it have any kind of effect on battery life? Seems like it would keep the phone awake.
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You are right.. It doesnt works when you unlock the phone If you dont, its on
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So I wonder if the dev will be able to update the app so the LED will work at all times...
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Does it have any kind of effect on battery life? Seems like it would keep the phone awake.
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My phone deep sleeps just fine with lightflow.
I've searched and learned that Samsung phones have a "feature" that when the battery is fully charged, the phone will vibrate and the LED will blink or stay on. IDK cuz I sleep through this but my wife has been awoken by it 2 of the 3 nights at 3am since I got this awesome phone and she tells me this.
I see that there's an app for the GS2's to eliminate these notifications (although some claim the phone still vibrates) but I have not found anything really helpful about this in the Nexus forums on multiple sites. Besides the obvious solution of not charging the phone through the night, is there anything else I can try? I keep my phone on silent and I have sleep mode activated for Light Flow fwiw.
Uhh. The Galaxy Nexus doesn't vibrate and blink its LED at full charge, this is not a feature this phone has. You must have an app doing it.
hmm, I guess it was Light Flow... but I know for sure I disabled the battery charged notification completely before last night and when I did have it on, I never had vibrate enabled just the LED. I guess I'll have to experiment. Thanks for quick reply.
brewkelyn said:
hmm, I guess it was Light Flow... but I know for sure I disabled the battery charged notification completely before last night and when I did have it on, I never had vibrate enabled just the LED. I guess I'll have to experiment. Thanks for quick reply.
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Surely was Light Flow (or another notification app). Easy to test.
Is there a way to disable the charging indicator light? It is BLINDING in the dark. The green is a lot worse than the orange too. I know you can change when the light is enabled for notifications like mail/calendar/etc, but I can't find a setting for the charging.
I've got a status bar and a battery widget to see if it's charging. I don't need an LED that blinds me.
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Is there a way to disable the charging indicator light? It is BLINDING in the dark. The green is a lot worse than the orange too. I know you can change when the light is enabled for notifications like mail/calendar/etc, but I can't find a setting for the charging.
I've got a status bar and a battery widget to see if it's charging. I don't need an LED that blinds me.
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I don't know what to tell you, but if that light blinds you, you must have the night vision of a cat. I can't imagine driving down the road at night with your eyes. On that note, good luck to you.
mzrdisi said:
I don't know what to tell you, but if that light blinds you, you must have the night vision of a cat. I can't imagine driving down the road at night with your eyes. On that note, good luck to you.
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Haha I had an EVO I think it was at one point that was the same way. I have great night vision...and I don't eat *that* many carrots, so I'm not sure. I'm not usually overly sensitive, but I swear that little pin sized light is ridiculous bright.
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Is there a way to disable the charging indicator light? It is BLINDING in the dark. The green is a lot worse than the orange too. I know you can change when the light is enabled for notifications like mail/calendar/etc, but I can't find a setting for the charging.
I've got a status bar and a battery widget to see if it's charging. I don't need an LED that blinds me.
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You're correct, that light is extremely bright, especially as green. I put my phone on the charger last night, and it finished charging while I was laying in bed but not asleep, and when the green came on, it was like night turned into day. The ceiling lit up like a flashlight was aimed at it. When I get a notification and don't feel/hear the vibrate/noise, the light is quite capable of letting me know I get one.
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You're correct, that light is extremely bright, especially as green. I put my phone on the charger last night, and it finished charging while I was laying in bed but not asleep, and when the green came on, it was like night turned into day. The ceiling lit up like a flashlight was aimed at it. When I get a notification and don't feel/hear the vibrate/noise, the light is quite capable of letting me know I get one.
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I just submitted a "support" e-mail to HTC and I'm sure they'll say that you can't disable it because people need to know if their phone/charger aren't working. Yeah, that's what the notification bar and widgets are for if you want them. I had to root an EVO to disable the light on that one too, which is entirely lame. I mentioned that the e911 GPS indicator is both unnessary and annoying as well. This is the kind of stuff that drives me to root a phone (not that I can unlock it at the moment because I didnt' get my phone before they locked down the htc dev site), but once there's a root option for me and if I can configure these...I'll do it for that sole purpose.
Ugh.
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I just submitted a "support" e-mail to HTC and I'm sure they'll say that you can't disable it because people need to know if their phone/charger aren't working. Yeah, that's what the notification bar and widgets are for if you want them. I had to root an EVO to disable the light on that one too, which is entirely lame. I mentioned that the e911 GPS indicator is both unnessary and annoying as well. This is the kind of stuff that drives me to root a phone (not that I can unlock it at the moment because I didnt' get my phone before they locked down the htc dev site), but once there's a root option for me and if I can configure these...I'll do it for that sole purpose.
Ugh.
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Ok, so their response from support was to use "Light Manager" which doesn't work (at least non-rooted) as far as I can tell.
Response from them:
I totally understand where you are coming from on this, as I know how important is to have a phone that fully meets your needs.
In this case, you can use a 3rd party application, which will disable this feature from your device. You can check them at google play store.
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=light manager
I recommend you verify other user’s comments and rating, that way you choose the best option for your requirement. Please keep in mind that HTC does not support or warranty 3rd party hardware or software and its usage is at your discretion.
I apologize for any inconveniences you may have experience, our main goal is to provide you with the greatest devices and an spectacular HTC experience. I will address your suggestions to the proper department; I can not assure you it will be implemented however we take them to account and appreciate the time you took to contact us.
I look forward to assist you further in case it is needed.
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I'm currently with a phone that has an LED notification light which is pretty convenient for me because I'm the type of persons who usually check his phone only when there's a message. Nowadays, I knew that this convenient notification LED have been discontinued
If I buy a future One Plus phone, How can I tell if I get e.g. a whatsapp message without constantly checking my phone from time to time?
P.S. I'm also not interested to have an that thing called "on screen display" that is running 24/7 just for an average 2-3 messages I recieve / day. I'm aware of software notification LED in the app store but I'm not really into software solutions because they tend to eat battery life pretty much the same way as on screen display.
I also don't really understand what's the deal about eliminating it?! if they can't find a space for it on the edges - because edges became so small nowadays - they can simply merge it somehow with the punch out lens for the front camera! or make a built-in software solution that popus out the notification on the screen ONLY when I get a message.
magoooood said:
Hi
I'm currently with a phone that has an LED notification light which is pretty convenient for me because I'm the type of persons who usually check his phone only when there's a message. Nowadays, I knew that this convenient notification LED have been discontinued
If I buy a future One Plus phone, How can I tell if I get e.g. a whatsapp message without constantly checking my phone from time to time?
P.S. I'm also not interested to have an that thing called "on screen display" that is running 24/7 just for an average 2-3 messages I recieve / day. I'm aware of software notification LED in the app store but I'm not really into software solutions because they tend to eat battery life pretty much the same way as on screen display.
I also don't really understand what's the deal about eliminating it?! if they can't find a space for it on the edges - because edges became so small nowadays - they can simply merge it somehow with the punch out lens for the front camera! or make a built-in software solution that popus out the notification on the screen ONLY when I get a message.
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First I thought that same but I think ambient display replaced the notification led. If you lift it up or just tap (not double tap) on the screen, you will see your notifications. I don't like always on display too.
Kollachi said:
First I thought that same but I think ambient display replaced the notification led. If you lift it up or just tap (not double tap) on the screen, you will see your notifications. I don't like always on display too.
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So do I have to tap everytime I'm suspecting a message?! That's not convenient at all and I really hope that all manufacturers return back that LED notification light. It was a stupid decision to make really
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So do I have to tap everytime I'm suspecting a message?! That's not convenient at all and I really hope that all manufacturers return back that LED notification light. It was a stupid decision to make really
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No, if you get a message your phone will turn the ambient display on too, to show you the notification. But after a few seconds it will turn the screen off again.
Kollachi said:
No, if you get a message your phone will turn the ambient display on too, to show you the notification. But after a few seconds it will turn the screen off again.
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That's still not convenient because I may not be present beside my phone to see the notification when it's triggered. The notification LED is blinking in a nicer continuous way to tell me that there's something i need to check. I still insist that ditching it was a very silly decision towards inconvenience
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That's still not convenient because I may not be present beside my phone to see the notification when it's triggered. The notification LED is blinking in a nicer continuous way to tell me that there's something i need to check. I still insist that ditching it was a very silly decision towards inconvenience
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I know, but you will get used to it.
I also miss my notification LED from my OP6. I installed the app called NotifyBuddy to replace it.
jonny30bass said:
I also miss my notification LED from my OP6. I installed the app called NotifyBuddy to replace it.
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I bought that as soon as I saw it, amazing! Thanks for the heads up!
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I also miss my notification LED from my OP6. I installed the app called NotifyBuddy to replace it.
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But what about battery drain?
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But what about battery drain?
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It's not good as the app needs to be running all the time even in the background to deliver notifications. I read so many negative reviews about such apps. Nothing is convenient like the LED notification
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When using NotifyBuddy, disable notifications on ambient display and double tap to wake, so it can work properly.
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It's not good as the app needs to be running all the time even in the background to deliver notifications. I read so many negative reviews about such apps. Nothing is convenient like the LED notification
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That's what I don't like. Third party apps are mostly bad at batter drain.
Well if u guys are patient enough Oneplus already confirmed they are working on Always on Display for that reason.
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Well if u guys are patient enough Oneplus already confirmed they are working on Always on Display for that reason.
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The whole point of the discussion is return of the notification LED which doesn't need constant unlocking for the phone to see if there's anything new, nor does it need an always on screen display
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The whole point of the discussion is return of the notification LED which doesn't need constant unlocking for the phone to see if there's anything new, nor does it need an always on screen display
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Well if you read what is always on display you will realise you dont have to unlock your phone to see anything
Give NoLED a try.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692
I find the lack of LED very annoying.
yes, you can tap the screen, or lift it up to check, but I find it very common that a notification icon is NOT present, but if I unlock, and scroll down, I will see a new email/text/etc.
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Well if you read what is always on display you will realise you dont have to unlock your phone to see anything
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And if you read the first post, you will see he isn't interested in "AOD".
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And if you read the first post, you will see he isn't interested in "AOD".
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AOD, if well done, does not drain any more battery than a notification LED. When you get a notification, it will only lit up a few pixels on the screen, in any shape you want. You can literally simulate a LED with AOD. Personally I use the app "always on edge", I set it up to show the name of the contact and the messaging app when I receive a text, super useful, way better than just a LED. I didn't notice any more drain in battery life, I can still very easily last a whole day of heavy use.
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AOD, if well done, does not drain any more battery than a notification LED. When you get a notification, it will only lit up a few pixels on the screen, in any shape you want. You can literally simulate a LED with AOD. Personally I use the app "always on edge", I set it up to show the name of the contact and the messaging app when I receive a text, super useful, way better than just a LED. I didn't notice any more drain in battery life, I can still very easily last a whole day of heavy use.
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that looks interesting.. thanks for the tip.
EDIT: I can't get AOE to show up on my OP7T when the screen is off? Am I missing something obvious? I gave it all of the permissions I saw it asking for... but still no visual way to tell I had a notification without touching the phone.