Develop Bugs

Anyone Fixing The Notification Light

I experience and read of the unreliable and slow blinking LED notification light.
In my case, it will work about 50% of the time. I am hoping somebody in this community is looking it over.
It would be nice if were more reliable and at least blink faster.

What application do you use to manage your notification light colors?

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow
^ Install that. It takes a bit to customize just how you want it, but it runs flawlessly.
There's a free version floating around on the market, but it's well worth the $1-2 or whatever it is now.

c0LdFire said:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow
^ Install that. It takes a bit to customize just how you want it, but it runs flawlessly.
There's a free version floating around on the market, but it's well worth the $1-2 or whatever it is now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep, this is what I use and it works very well. Set the blink rate to very fast (very nice rate), ans buy the full version, as you can set lights for social apps too.

I was looking at light flow but holy cow the permissions it wants gives me pause.
Is all that necessary?

Well, if others are saying they've used it for a bit it's likely ok. But I would assume it needs all the extra permissions because it needs to collect data from them to light the LED. Can't light the LED on a new SMS if you don't know there is a new SMS.

Aokp has led customization built into the rom.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Grillrd said:
Aokp has led customization built into the rom.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks! AMAZINGLY - - !
Poor poor me cannot find a dark theme where they show screen shots of the messaging apps. They all seem to show every possible screen but those.
I am looking for reversed messaging app skins. white/gray/red (I don't care) text with BLACK backgrounds.
I do surveillance work. I need this.
And none of us want to break the law and text or read a message while driving but why wave a flag!

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12628-mms-messaging-app-inverted-black-background-with-white-text/
There ya go.

Xephik said:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12628-mms-messaging-app-inverted-black-background-with-white-text/
There ya go.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks,
I'll be digging in and report back soon.

I have lightflow too it work good on the stock Verizon with free and paid version. But I have tried AOKP no luck. The MODAC rom has special script to work with trackball alert app led notifications. I wish app light flow would have support scripts.
Sent from my Droid Nexus.

Adrynalyne's Wookie ROM has increased notification light speed built in.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

dbnaruto said:
Yep, this is what I use and it works very well. Set the blink rate to very fast (very nice rate), ans buy the full version, as you can set lights for social apps too.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use LightFlow also, but I have the blink rate set to Always On. According to the developer, this saves battery because code has to run every time it blinks. Not sure if this applies to the Galaxy Nexus.

PolishPauL11 said:
I use LightFlow also, but I have the blink rate set to Always On. According to the developer, this saves battery because code has to run every time it blinks. Not sure if this applies to the Galaxy Nexus.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will give it a try.
Sent from my Droid Nexus.

I had the 'sleep of death' testing out liteflow... I made the I assume mistake of enabling that 'other' LED that it detected as well. I had to redo my phone after that..

Light Flow

Has anyone used light flow for notification led customization? I've tried it and its pretty nice. What's been your experience?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA

RachellehcaR said:
Has anyone used light flow for notification led customization? I've tried it and its pretty nice. What's been your experience?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used it on my nexus an tried it on the sgs3 it was nice but had a few issues with a led staying on

I had this issue also and I wasn't really sure what the problem was. The discription said the S3 is supported.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA

RachellehcaR said:
I had this issue also and I wasn't really sure what the problem was. The discription said the S3 is supported.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im going with a bug

At the moment the leds hex codes sent through to the US versions of the S3 are all messed up. This is common across all apps that try to control the led color and is certainly a bug in the samsung builds for the US editions (it works on the euro ones)
I'm looking into rooted users being able to control the colors better by bypassing android and using unix to send commands to the device. We've got red, green and blue working but not any color mixing yet.

thanks so much andrew! Look forward to using this when you are finished!

andrewpmoore said:
At the moment the leds hex codes sent through to the US versions of the S3 are all messed up. This is common across all apps that try to control the led color and is certainly a bug in the samsung builds for the US editions (it works on the euro ones)
I'm looking into rooted users being able to control the colors better by bypassing android and using unix to send commands to the device. We've got red, green and blue working but not any color mixing yet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice to see there are people who care about fixing there apps ;-)

andrewpmoore said:
At the moment the leds hex codes sent through to the US versions of the S3 are all messed up. This is common across all apps that try to control the led color and is certainly a bug in the samsung builds for the US editions (it works on the euro ones)
I'm looking into rooted users being able to control the colors better by bypassing android and using unix to send commands to the device. We've got red, green and blue working but not any color mixing yet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sweet can't wait till this app works...
how's the the bug where the green stays on when the phone is just sleeping with no new notifications?
hope the fix comes out soon

There's still a bit to do, but getting out the colors,flash speeds etc are working .it's just trying to fight against the standard notifications that I'm working on.

Awesome.. I still have it installed & can't wait to get it back up and running again
andrewpmoore said:
There's still a bit to do, but getting out the colors,flash speeds etc are working .it's just trying to fight against the standard notifications that I'm working on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

andrewpmoore said:
At the moment the leds hex codes sent through to the US versions of the S3 are all messed up. This is common across all apps that try to control the led color and is certainly a bug in the samsung builds for the US editions (it works on the euro ones)
I'm looking into rooted users being able to control the colors better by bypassing android and using unix to send commands to the device. We've got red, green and blue working but not any color mixing yet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So we would need root with an updated version to work?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

If we're rooted already and using the app, what do we need to do to get it to work without the constant green LED? Or are you saying you have a modified version of the app that works with rooted US SGSIII's? Can you post that for testing purposes? I'm good with three color for not as long as the green light does not stay lit!

Im getting close to a having a beta ready.
Root will be required until samdung sort out their issues with the led.

andrewpmoore said:
Im getting close to a having a beta ready.
Root will be required until samdung sort out their issues with the led.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
W00T!! Cant wait to try it out, if I end up using it a lot(which i prolly will) I'll be sure to donate / buy the full version

I am hopping the updated version will also have a fix for the issue when it triggers an speach alert whenever you open a folder on the TWlauncher ("A folder is opened", "a folder is closed", whatever the English version says).
Then I will buy the full app.

julien.me said:
I am hopping the updated version will also have a fix for the issue when it triggers an speach alert whenever you open a folder on the TWlauncher ("A folder is opened", "a folder is closed", whatever the English version says).
Then I will buy the full app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Should just be able to turn off "talk back" in the accessability settings
Dev for Light Flow has been in contact with Samsung Dev's to have them trace back the issue

nonmindo said:
Should just be able to turn off "talk back" in the accessability settings
Dev for Light Flow has been in contact with Samsung Dev's to have them trace back the issue
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the info, that fixes it but it also turns off Google Maps Navigation talkback ... and the talkback service is turned off, I actually had to mute ALL sound in the accessibility setting.
it is better than before though but waiting for a permanent fix

I can't use the troubleshoot because it cuts off the speaker for calls...
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

Cant wait to get a working version for my ATT S3 ! I already bought the app thinking it would work only to get that green LED

Led disco works to at least show you what all colors we have
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

Choose LED Color for messaging and missed calls?

I have noticed for different reminders, our galaxy s3 has a lot more colors included in this LED. Was wondering if there is any app I could use to control these specific colors yet? I've tried blink, sms popup, and LED control and the colors you have to pick from are not matching with what colors the phone flashes. Just didn't know if there was anything out there yet for us to control that

I noticed this too. It's funny once I noticed it was purple lol. But it would be cool to find a app or maybe it come in a ROM or something. But I doubt anything is like that now. Just have to stay patient and let the devs know about it and hope we can see it in the near future.

Lightflow.... It is almost ready for GS3 the development of it is occurring as we speak.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

Lightflow... So good I guess I will post twice....
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

Is Lightflow going to be in a ROM or just a flashable zip or an app?

.Bambino said:
Is Lightflow going to be in a ROM or just a flashable zip or an app?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It is an app
http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1826

Naddict said:
It is an app
http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1826
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
App looks pretty cool. Thanks for the information.

So if I'm not mistaken this app isn't ready yet for the gs3 right? Last time I used it the colors were off. You would choose red and get white or choose green and get red.

rey_1178 said:
So if I'm not mistaken this app isn't ready yet for the gs3 right? Last time I used it the colors were off. You would choose red and get white or choose green and get red.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, They are having some issues right now. Maybe the next update it will be fixed. Last time it was updated was July 17th.

Hey guys, good news. I found a free app called light manager. Its in the market/play store. It will let you modify the led color and flash rate. And it actually picks up the correct colors too. Check it out, it was just updated today 07/31/2012.

powerstroke said:
Hey guys, good news. I found a free app called light manager. Its in the market/play store. It will let you modify the led color and flash rate. And it actually picks up the correct colors too. Check it out, it was just updated today 07/31/2012.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The colors are still not correct in this app.

seems to work perfect for me on all colors, not sure why its not for you. sorry

powerstroke said:
seems to work perfect for me on all colors, not sure why its not for you. sorry
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am running stock. This has all different colors. It also will produce random white/blue LEDs without any notification in the notification bar.

Another option would be to root, and go with the CM10 preview build (it's very stable at this point, good enough for a daily). You can apply LED colors/blink intervals to just about anything with it. No other apps or hacking required. :good:

Doesn't look like Light Manager or Light Flow works yet.

Could be differences between models
.Bambino said:
Doesn't look like Light Manager or Light Flow works yet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've tried both as well, I'm on a Telus SIII (I747M) and not having any luck with any of the suggested apps, but I have heard of people getting it to work. So at this point, it could be possible its a difference in the devices and control of them. I'm glad someone is looking into this because I used to have a BlackBerry and I loved the ability to customize the LED completely down to what colour light flashes when a certain contact texts or calls. It was so customizable, this is the first Android device I've had that has an LED, so hopefully we will be able to take control of it! :good:

Works on S III
Works great on my Galaxy SIII (rooted, Sprint version) !

I'll vouch for Light Flow, but its a little buggy. my green light stays on when i have signal (even when turned off)

Light flow just got updated today and fixed the green light always on with a lot of other app fixes.

Lightflow is cool. But all assigned colors do not work... Yet....
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

Notification led fix ever possible?

Do you guys think a fix for the Led color issues will be possible? Is there any way to tell if it's a hardware issue? I'm wondering if it would be worth it to return the phone. I bought it in early July... Am wondering if it's been fixed in newer ones

I've owned the International GS3 & the AT&T version. It'd ridiculous that this issue hasn't been addressed yet. I've receive about 4 update on my Int. GS3 & it has yet to be corrected

What's the problem with yours?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

Ya, what's the issue with the LED?

I know on mine google voice makes it light up solid purple, which most likely isn't the correct intention.

eallan said:
I know on mine google voice makes it light up solid purple, which most likely isn't the correct intention.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LED not working properly is a known issue and from what I've read, it's software related which means a fix will happen (possibly even with JB release).
-Ryan

Ya, the colors are off. I have an app that can change the color for whatever I want and it doens't work well. Red and Blue are great, but thats about it. YOu can see it trying to change but the color mix is way off.

eallan said:
I know on mine google voice makes it light up solid purple, which most likely isn't the correct intention.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm, mine is blue for text messages, purple for facebook notifications and red for google talk. I don't have a problem with those colours.

I have a constant green light that appears when I use that app. And no, it's not charging.

I flashed ktoonsez's KT747 kernel and my LEDs work well now. I can even configure colors if the apps allow it.

ookba said:
I flashed ktoonsez's KT747 kernel and my LEDs work well now. I can even configure colors if the apps allow it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks. Tried this kernel - it fixed the main colors (RGB), but Pink, Orange, and etc are still ugly. They look like a unmixed paint of different colors.

ookba said:
I flashed ktoonsez's KT747 kernel and my LEDs work well now. I can even configure colors if the apps allow it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Odd, I have the same kernel installed (the stock one though, I dunno what version you have), and my notification LEDs are screwy too... Except for the red charging, blue Gmail (which I can't seem to change) and Green fully charged... Which work perfectly. So yeah, probably a software issue.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

I thought purple was normal for certain notifications.

Halmo said:
Hmm, mine is blue for text messages, purple for facebook notifications and red for google talk. I don't have a problem with those colours.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you using an app or a custom ROM to make your LEDs light up that way?

Have you tried using light flow to change the led light color?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Light flow doesn't work properly. Colors are all wrong unfortunately.

Moozh1 said:
Are you using an app or a custom ROM to make your LEDs light up that way?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, that's stock.

amarpatel said:
Light flow doesn't work properly. Colors are all wrong unfortunately.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dev has found a fix for that but only for rooted GS3
8 August 2012 - fix for GT-I9300 settings in root mode. Updated translations files for new languages added. Testing on non S3 phones. Added support for another 24 apps. Started to prepare build for next release to play store (this usually takes about 1-2 days depending on if any issues are identified in the "lite" version of the app as development is all done on the full version)
http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1826

Light Flow release the app today. Its in the market

Halmo said:
Hmm, mine is blue for text messages, purple for facebook notifications and red for google talk. I don't have a problem with those colours.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Moozh1 said:
Are you using an app or a custom ROM to make your LEDs light up that way?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Halmo said:
No, that's stock.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's strange. I am completely stock and my phone only blinks blue for all notifications, including texts, gmails and google talk. Is that not normal?

Led faulty?

Can someone confirm whether they can get different colours other than green on the led please? I really rely on led manager for notifying me and it doesn't work. I appreciate that it may not be compatible yet so I installed an led tester and used HTC diagnostics in safe mode and I only get green!!
Thanks
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using xda app-developers app

jamesbond_28_007 said:
Can someone confirm whether they can get different colours other than green on the led please? I really rely on led manager for notifying me and it doesn't work. I appreciate that it may not be compatible yet so I installed an led tester and used HTC diagnostics in safe mode and I only get green!!
Thanks
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I getting red,green ,orange but that's it

jamesbond_28_007 said:
Can someone confirm whether they can get different colours other than green on the led please? I really rely on led manager for notifying me and it doesn't work. I appreciate that it may not be compatible yet so I installed an led tester and used HTC diagnostics in safe mode and I only get green!!
Thanks
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks . Factory reset and it now works as does led notifier but i only get 3 colours. Can someone please confirm if they get more!?
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using xda app-developers app

jamesbond_28_007 said:
Thanks . Factory reset and it now works as does led notifier but i only get 3 colours. Can someone please confirm if they get more!?
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm pretty sure this is a hardware limitation of the LED.
I had done some searching when I couldn't get LightFlow to work, and if I understand what I read correctly, HTC uses LEDs that can only produce a few colors and also has them controlled or locked in a way that prevents most of the applications from being able to access them.
I have not yet been able to get any of the apps that I'd like to be able to access the LED to be able to do so properly. PhoneAlarm can't and Textra, the app I am using for text messaging also can't.
If you've got an app that is able to access the LED and control alerts in even three colors, that's something I'd be interested in. You refer to the app two different ways--"LED Notifier" above, but in the original post you referred to it as "LED Manager." Checking the Google Play Store I see an app called "Contact LED Notifier." Is this the app that you have generating the three different colors?
Thanks!

Awesome phone, but still no RGB led? Ponderous. Effing ponderous.
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app

Andyw2100 said:
I'm pretty sure this is a hardware limitation of the LED.
I had done some searching when I couldn't get LightFlow to work, and if I understand what I read correctly, HTC uses LEDs that can only produce a few colors and also has them controlled or locked in a way that prevents most of the applications from being able to access them.
I have not yet been able to get any of the apps that I'd like to be able to access the LED to be able to do so properly. PhoneAlarm can't and Textra, the app I am using for text messaging also can't.
If you've got an app that is able to access the LED and control alerts in even three colors, that's something I'd be interested in. You refer to the app two different ways--"LED Notifier" above, but in the original post you referred to it as "LED Manager." Checking the Google Play Store I see an app called "Contact LED Notifier." Is this the app that you have generating the three different colors?
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LED Manager does work but it only gives one colour - Green. Using the diagnotics test I get 3 colours. This is a deal breaker for me and I'm returning the phone. It never occurred to me that HTC would build such a basic notifier.

jamesbond_28_007 said:
LED Manager does work but it only gives one colour - Green. Using the diagnotics test I get 3 colours. This is a deal breaker for me and I'm returning the phone. It never occurred to me that HTC would build such a basic notifier.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks.
I have different notifiers also able to notify with just the green color.
I'm very pleased with the phone in pretty much all other respects, and this is not enough of an issue for me to return the phone. But it is really surprising that HTC would choose to cut this particular corner on their flagship phone, especially in light of the fact that I wouldn't think that a more versatile LED would have added very much to the manufacturing cost of the phone.