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[Q] LED Notification Light?

Will this phone have an LED notification light or is that just a htc thing ?
Thanks

It has one, it's at the bottom, just below the buttons

lennshow66 said:
Will this phone have an LED notification light or is that just a htc thing ?
Thanks
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Yes, it does have a Notification light. Its where, normally, you would have hardware buttons (The bottom, instead of the top). Its hidden underneath the glass of the phone.

Anyone know the colours that it is capable of?
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In another thread, someone mentioned it's multi colored (not just orange/green, like my htc dInc).

gonzlobo said:
In another thread, someone mentioned it's multi colored (not just orange/green, like my htc dInc).
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I believe its a full RGB LED.

jameslfc5 said:
Anyone know the colours that it is capable of?
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Well, so far we've seen it in solid green, pink (red+blue) and light blue (green+blue) so the common interpretation is it's multi-color, RGB, what have you.
It also fades in/out for added coolness.

gonzlobo said:
In another thread, someone mentioned it's multi colored (not just orange/green, like my htc dInc).
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I also have the Dinc and I hate the led light. I came from a BB storm and that is the only thing I miss from that phone. Can't wait for this little feature.

LED working:

CM9 mod number 1
Prime - speed up led blink rate
Lol

altimax98 said:
CM9 mod number 1
Prime - speed up led blink rate
Lol
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Luckily it's just a single variable in source code, if I'm not mistaken.
I just about fell asleep waiting for the LED to blink the second time lol

i remember downloading an app for my nexus one that governed everything about the led including blink rate. i imagine i would just re-download it when i get my prime?
eric b

Looks nice, miss my multicolour led on my htc desire. The desire s only has green and orange.

altimax98 said:
CM9 mod number 1
Prime - speed up led blink rate
Lol
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CM9 mod number 2 multicolor blink notification.

e-dub said:
i remember downloading an app for my nexus one that governed everything about the led including blink rate. i imagine i would just re-download it when i get my prime?
eric b
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Yes, "Light Flow".
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow

Here's another movie that'll show how the LED is working... now with more than one color
http://thedumi.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/samsung-galaxy-nexus-led-video/

Thanks, that video is new to me too.
I am feeling more and more ridiculous each day as such a seemingly minor hardware feature starts to completely overshadow my disappointment that there's no SD card slot.
This handset needs to arrive already so I can check one out in person :\

The LED indicator is truly powerful enough to sway me toward a purchase. I sorely miss it from Blackberry days.

Yeah, it's one of the biggest things that still makes me put my retired Nexus One next to my Sensation, then sigh sadly

Oh yes! Thanks for the video. I love the nexus one's light, I can't believe more phones don't have this. I know some have tiny lights but they are... well... tiny!

Flash ligh

Ive downloaded a few different flashlight apps such as brightest flashlight, n torch but they don't stay on for no longer then minute or two.
What's a flashlight app that works with our phones n stays on till I tell it to shut off not when it decides to.
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bigfdaddy said:
Ive downloaded a few different flashlight apps such as brightest flashlight, n torch but they don't stay on for no longer then minute or two.
What's a flashlight app that works with our phones n stays on till I tell it to shut off not when it decides to.
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They turn off to protect your phone...
Who would want the camera led on for a long time?
I thought Brightest flashlight had duration options.
Sent from the future.

Well I would like more then a minute use....sometimes a minute just not long enough...so I didn't know if it was the phone doing it or the apps.....
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I use tiny flashlight + led it works perfectly, and has a widget.
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Ok thanxs will try it .....
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If you need a flashlight that bad, you should probably just buy one of those cheap LED flashlights for $15.00 rather than risk damaging the LED on your phone. I thought that using your flash as a flash light for a long period of time regularly could actually burn out the LED because it was not made for that.

Mship said:
If you need a flashlight that bad, you should probably just buy one of those cheap LED flashlights for $15.00 rather than risk damaging the LED on your phone. I thought that using your flash as a flash light for a long period of time regularly could actually burn out the LED because it was not made for that.
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I don't know why I totally overlooked burning out the LED. I actually used mine a few times but it was for 30 seconds. I was using Tesla LED
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I've got plenty of l.e.d flashlights but sometimes in a pinch the cell comes in handy and it never been on for Max of 10 mins...so please keep sarcasm to a minimum thnxs...
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Dont understand why you think what I wrote is sarcasm. It was giving you a generally advice of caution. I had an Evo before and everthing I read about using the LED as a flashlight for more than a mintue or two was that it could damage your device.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...-instead-hands-on-also-works-with-htc-desire/
"A Word Of Caution
The Internet seems to be split on the opinion of whether keeping the LED lights turned on for more than a few seconds can severely damage them or not but some people advise against using any flashlight apps that keep the light on permanently.
I am not a physicist and I won't be pushing the EVO's LEDs to that extreme of a test, but I think a caution for you, our readers, is definitely in order - proceed at your own risk."
I was only trying to help you out.

I put my phone on the cmcordrr app then put flash on and reduce the resolution to as small as it can get and hit record
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Mship said:
Dont understand why you think what I wrote is sarcasm. It was giving you a generally advice of caution. I had an Evo before and everthing I read about using the LED as a flashlight for more than a mintue or two was that it could damage your device.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...-instead-hands-on-also-works-with-htc-desire/
"A Word Of Caution
The Internet seems to be split on the opinion of whether keeping the LED lights turned on for more than a few seconds can severely damage them or not but some people advise against using any flashlight apps that keep the light on permanently.
I am not a physicist and I won't be pushing the EVO's LEDs to that extreme of a test, but I think a caution for you, our readers, is definitely in order - proceed at your own risk."
I was only trying to help you out.
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Ok sorry was just in a piss poor mood so srry for jumping at ya like that....I had used my mytouch 4g l.e.d flash to do car repairs one night for about an hr and all was fine. If an l.e.d can't stay on for longer then minute or two then why make house hold lights l.e.d and things along them lines isn't all l.e.d the same....
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I can't see LEDs burning out unless you really user the hell pity of it. LEDs are popular because of the brightness and reliability. I can't think of a time i've seen LED anything burn out, not that it isn't possible.
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gtuansdiamm said:
I put my phone on the cmcordrr app then put flash on and reduce the resolution to as small as it can get and hit record
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Exactly what i was about to say,
If the duration of damage is less than a minute, why are we able to record videos with the LED on?

i use Tesla led as well, works well with widget locker, can turn the led on from lock-screen with a nice slider, pretty sure it'll stay on as long as it needs to, also also has strobe and Morse code functions which are pretty cool.

Kikoshi said:
Exactly what i was about to say,
If the duration of damage is less than a minute, why are we able to record videos with the LED on?
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I was just thinking the same thing...unless the flashlight apps intensify the brightness
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Flashlight app..
I've always just used the one that forces your screen to full white. I never wanted to risk burning out the led, either. I've found that the full bright white of the screen has always been sufficient for me.. even with my old HTC Hero.

flashlight hd led works great

Weird red light...

I have noticed lately a little red light above the S in the *S*amsung logo above the screen. Anyone else notice this? A reboot fixes it but is this damaging my phone in some way?
*no its not the notification led* lol
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_dan said:
I have noticed lately a little red light above the S in the *S*amsung logo above the screen. Anyone else notice this? A reboot fixes it but is this damaging my phone in some way?
*no its not the notification led* lol
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To my knowledge there is no l.e.d in that location. To the left of the "S" is the proximity light sensor. Could it be that light is reflecting off the screen and emitting itself in a way that seems like a light source?

xST4T1K said:
To my knowledge there is no l.e.d in that location. To the left of the "S" is the proximity light sensor. Could it be that light is reflecting off the screen and emitting itself in a way that seems like a light source?
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I only started noticing it in pitch darkness and it even stays lit when the screen is turned off and off of the charger. :0
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_dan said:
I only started noticing it in pitch darkness and it even stays lit when the screen is turned off and off of the charger. :0
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You're the second person that I heard that has this problem, but that post goes way back though and can't remember what he did to trigger it. Almost doesn't make sense a proximity having any light source though. Maybe it's a sign the sensor is failing
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sol_671 said:
You're the second person that I heard that has this problem, but that post goes way back though and can't remember what he did to trigger it. Almost doesn't make sense a proximity having any light source though. Maybe it's a sign the sensor is failing
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I'm noticing my phones been getting hotter than normal so something might be wrong. Tomorrow calls for a fresh flash and I'll keep it posted if I ever see it again or my sensor failed. Thanks.
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sol_671 said:
You're the second person that I heard that has this problem, but that post goes way back though and can't remember what he did to trigger it. Almost doesn't make sense a proximity having any light source though. Maybe it's a sign the sensor is failing
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Just triggered the red light playing with the proximity sensor.
Weird how it was on without me being on a call but I found out the light is normal.
Thank you
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I honestly wouldn't worry about it. You might even not notice it if you switched to a dif rom with dif proximity sensor settings. I dont think its unheard of for an IR device to slightly glow red, prob just slightly more sensitive than another model. If you search for glowing proximity sensor you will see many devices that have it sometimes, and is even dependant upon updates/rom changes.
The only thing I would keep an eye on is, if you really think your phone is getting hotter than usual alot. It may be that the IR is receiving too much power, in which case it also may glow red, or the IR led may be dying and putting off visible light instead of IR
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sol_671 said:
You're the second person that I heard that has this problem, but that post goes way back though and can't remember what he did to trigger it. Almost doesn't make sense a proximity having any light source though. Maybe it's a sign the sensor is failing
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I was the one who posted about this a while back. It's the proximity sensor.
This guy has some application installed that keeps the proximity sensor on. It does pit out some light that you can see in a dark room.
For me I believe it was a notification application that I had set up to not go off if the phone was in my pocket hence the need to use that sensor.
If you make a call in the dark take a look, you will see that it may light up.
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proximity sensor or the light sensor, gotta be infared, normal tho, cause i can see mine sometimes at night too.

Yep it is the proximity sensor. You can actually go into tasker and tell it to turn the proximity sensor on or off and the red light will show up and go away. It has to be pretty dark to see it though.

No Hal 9000 references?

[Q] Light Sensor flickering

Hey Guys,
got my new Note II yesterday, but already having 2 problems.
The biggest is the light sensor; the Screen keeps adjusting it's Brightness like hell.
Read out the Sensor data, which is going from 0 to 13 lux when I cover the Sensor with my hand.
Do you experience the same?
Also my USB wire plug is very loose. Also normal?

try turning off auto brightness...
and yes USB wire IS a bit loose

Jamal Ahmed said:
try turning off auto brightness...
and yes USB wire IS a bit loose
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Well, just bought it brand new, I think this shouldn't be on a 600€ device
Does your Light Sensor Value also jump around in same light conditions?
Low-Light mine goes from 0-28, normal it goes from 400~ to 80.000 sometimes, which results in frequent readjustment in brightness.
Thats very irritating for me, cause I use it everytime
Would be nice if someone could give me his values/behavior of the sensor with AndroSensor or so.
Will return this device then

substancer said:
Well, just bought it brand new, I think this shouldn't be on a 600€ device
Does your Light Sensor Value also jump around in same light conditions?
Low-Light mine goes from 0-28, normal it goes from 400~ to 80.000 sometimes, which results in frequent readjustment in brightness.
Thats very irritating for me, cause I use it everytime
Would be nice if someone could give me his values/behavior of the sensor with AndroSensor or so.
Will return this device then
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I just got my GT-N7100 and am having the same problems. Very irritating. Need this to work for better battery life. Tried a program from Play Store called Lux, but it works the same, maybe a little better. But Lux is showing the sensor readings varying all the time even when the ambient light hasn't changed at all, thus the brightness fluctuations. I am rooted, but on Stock ROM. Wonder if a custom ROM would fix it, or if it's a defective sensor.
Anyone else experiencing this?

580guy said:
I just got my GT-N7100 and am having the same problems. Very irritating. Need this to work for better battery life. Tried a program from Play Store called Lux, but it works the same, maybe a little better. But Lux is showing the sensor readings varying all the time even when the ambient light hasn't changed at all, thus the brightness fluctuations. I am rooted, but on Stock ROM. Wonder if a custom ROM would fix it, or if it's a defective sensor.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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The default auto-brightness should not be updating so fast that it flickers You might want to get it checked out. Or if you use a 3rd party app, reduce the time interval of the update.
And do note, there is a difference say, with your back towards the sun, you face the phone towards you, or towards the floor. So when you are on the move, expect values to change.

Stock auto brightness is woeful in my opinion. It was the same one my Gnex so I have used Luxbon both with good results. Takes a bit of tweaking but brilliant when set up.
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I'm not an expert at light sensors, but look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Os3HyCR5Q
I'm moving phone, holding camera still.
It looks like light sensor problem on galaxy note 2.
Can you check yours GN2?
Use code *#0*# and enter sensor test.

promi said:
I'm not an expert at light sensors, but look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Os3HyCR5Q
I'm moving phone, holding camera still.
It looks like light sensor problem on galaxy note 2.
Can you check yours GN2?
Use code *#0*# and enter sensor test.
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I'm not in the brightest room but I have 2 60W light bulbs above me and my sensor has 0 when the phone is towards me and 20 lux when it is towards the roof. And yes it's stable with the values.

Battery charging Issue

Hi everybody... .Today while I was changing my note 2 suddenly I saw that red charging indicator light was brighter then before... after few seconds it returned tu normal brightness level. .. I Checked charging plug but it was ok. Is it normal or something wrong with my phone ?
SORRY for my english.. and thanks

Probably ok I notice that sometimes sa well and some notifications such as whatsapp uses rather bright blue
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This is perfectly normal.
Try doing this, place ur finger on the sensors beside ur earpiece and after a while you'll see it go dim and vice versa.
This is similar how your phone screen brightness works when it is in "auto brightness"
So when you place ur finger on the sensor ur phone assumes ur in a dark room and so dims the light (so that the light isn't too bright) and when u take out ur finger ur phone assume the room is bright and the light becomes brighter so it is possible for you to see the light in bright conditions
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Thanks guys now I got it... now I am happy to know that my phone is ok. REALLY THANKS

sgtn7100 said:
Thanks guys now I got it... now I am happy to know that my phone is ok. REALLY THANKS
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No problem
Enjoy your phone
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