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Is my led working?

Hi all, I've just missed called my gn phone to check how the led notifications are working, I see no led notification at all, no led lights anywhere on the phone to let me know I have a missed call? Is there something I need to set up, thanks
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Check your notification settings

There is also an option "pulse notification light" in Display settings.

i have the same problem.
i have ticked the option "pulse notification light" in Display settings but th eLED doesnt flash after receiving a miscall. i waited a few mins and still nothing.
i know the LED works because it flashes while the caller is calling, but just switches off after the caller hangs up.
is there another notification setting for this other than the one in Display Settings?

The notification LED has been implemented pretty badly natively. In addition to not appearing very consistently it also only flashes white. Look for the app Light Flow on the market and use that instead.
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Thanks Chrono.
I just saw the Light Flow app recommended on the other LED notifications thread and tried it, and it works well!
But yes i agree its seems a pretty sloppy implementation by default, i hope it gets fixed in a software update, although i probably wont be moving away from light flow with all the extra control you get with it

Notification LED

Ive just noticed my notification LED isnt working, how do i make it work, i have got someone to text me with the screen off, still no led on silent, no led, on vibrate no led. what could be the issue

i had the same problem.
i knew the LED works because it lights up when i get an incoming call. but thats the only time it ever lights up. as soon as the call is missed it goes out, no pulsing light.
i downloaded an app called Light Flow (the free version) and works, as well as giving you much much control on the colour of the light and the different notifications it can be used on

Still cant get missed call led to flash even with light flow
any tips on setup ?

Pulse Notification Option in Settings, Display?? (Android settings that is ;-) )
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yer its ticked, before and after installing light flow and still nothing
Is more settings for light flow im after, if people say it works for missed call ?

LED continues to flash on sleep mode, Light Flow installed?

I have light flow, and when my screen shuts off, the LED light keeps blinking (white.) Any idea how to make this stop?
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qnztrancejunkie said:
I have light flow, and when my screen shuts off, the LED light keeps blinking (white.) Any idea how to make this stop?
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Well... my solution was to uninstall it.
Basically I found that while Light Flow was pretty neat, I was getting quite a few random notifications (i.e. LED flashing but no notifications in the bar) that would only stop after rebooting.
Eventually I got fed up with it and removed the app. Shame.

qnztrancejunkie said:
I have light flow, and when my screen shuts off, the LED light keeps blinking (white.) Any idea how to make this stop?
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Hey, I would try clearing the apps data or a reinstall to see if that fixes it. I am using it the past two months and never had an issue. Good luck.

Check your lightflow notification settings and see which notification is set to flash white. If it's SMS or email, make sure that you don't just clear the notifications by just swiping it off the drop down menu but actually go into the apps and mark them as read. Otherwise lightflow will still detect them as unread and notify you.
If none of the notifications are set to flash white then you might have not set lightflow up properly. Go to your accessibility settings and make sure that lightflow is enabled. If that doesn't fix it uninstall and reinstall the app.
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Never had any issues with Light Flow, but don't use sleep mode as an LED blinking when on charge isn't going to wake me up (AudioGuru mutes sound on sleep profile, mind)
Ultimately if you're having issues get in touch with the developer as only they can fix the issue

Disable the notifications for anything that is set to use the White color. It should solve the problem. You most likely have the notification set to only clear when you enter the application. I personally prefer to clear it when my screen turns on because if my screen has turned on, then I have already "checked" the notification and don't need that light continuously flashing.

Phantom notifications has long been an android problem. Its not light flow specific
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LED notification

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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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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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.

Screen Stays on In Pocket

When I get a calendar notification my screen turns on and when its in my pocket it stays on. How do I stop this? A notification sound only would be fine.

i'm assuming you're on stock and using the stock calendar. unfortunately the only way to turn that off is by ticking notifications off in the notification settings. by doing this it turns off ALL (ringtone, vibrate, icon in status bar) of your notifications.
you could look into a 3rd party calendar app and see if this is an issue.

Simply lower your screen timeout time.