Notification LED not working at all. - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

The title pretty much says it all. It was working fine last week, then out of the blue, it stopped. It doesn't blink with any notifications (sms, Google voice, emails, etc.) and doesn't turn red while charging (with the phone on and off.)
I tried some "LED color" whatever app off the play store to test it; no luck. I tried a few other apps that let you test out notifications (go sms, sms popup,) and made sure the light was either red or blue, but that didn't work either. I have no task killers.
I said, "well, I might as well Odin back to stock..bhfuedjejudhfrdhxbwysu" and I did. I reflashed cleanGB with the cleanGB kernel. No dice.
Are there any other ways to get it to work? Its annoying cause I don't know when my phone is finished charging or if I get a text. Thanks.
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Was it working on stock? If not then it is a hardware issue.
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It wasn't working on stock either. I've honestly only dropped my phone about 3 times since I've bought it (around mid-2010, I believe.)
I was thinking that it might be that I leave it charging overnight & the LED stays on for whatever time I sleep. Maybe it might blown out something in there. You think that might be a problem?
I just want to know for my future phones.
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LEDs can go bad my man. That's most likely what happened IMO.
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Damn, that sucks. All good things must come to an end. Well, I'll check to see if the warranty I bought from Best Buy still covers the phone.
Thanks a lot for the quick replies, guys.
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Bugss HELPP

Phone have been freezing on me lately some apps freeze n dont open at all i even kill them wit task manager included on the phone and i also clear the ram to refresh the apps n that doesnt fix it , and yesterday my phone totally froze when i went to my text message and slide the contact make a call but the phone froze on the call screen n had to do a battery pull to fix it. n the weird thing too is that i had 60% before i pull the battery n after i did that i restart the phone n the battery was down to 25% witch it was weird.
My question here is that i brought this phone from ebay BRAND NEW SEAL N EVRYTHING. phone didnt have this problem the first two weeks it work perfect n now its happening every other day where it freezes, where its getting annoying. if i take it to sprint will they replace it for me n give me a new one...
Not sure if its the device i have that is the problem..because i seriously dont wanna keep it if its stays this way i spend to much money for this.. (And by the way im stock not rooted)
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Need way more info. Like what's installed, where did the phone come from, screen shot of what your talking about maybe even a logact...
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craigbailey1986 said:
Need way more info. Like what's installed, where did the phone come from, screen shot of what your talking about maybe even a logact...
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Plain stock, come brand new from ebay had no problems in the beggining n it just start happening
I only have downloaded facebook app, no lock app, go chat pro and xda app, player pro app, and thats it.
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[FF18] Sprint Leak Bug Squashing Thread

Since Sprint is regularly checking these threads to see what bugs are still left, we should put them all in one thread so they don't have to browse so much.
Current newest release is FF18
To further simplify their search, if you have a bug report start your reply with whichever leak you're running.
#ff02bug
#ff09bug
#ff11bug
#ff18bug
Reporting a bug from any of these bugs can still be useful in case it has not been dealt with in the newer leaks.
Edit: if you're not running a samsung leak but a custom FExx based ROM, please point that out...
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hduenas1989 said:
Not sure how useful this thread will actually be... but I figured since Sprint is most likely checking these threads to see what bugs are still left, we should put them all in one thread so they don't have to browse so much.
Current newest release is FE10
To further simplify their search, if you have a bug report start your reply with #fe10bug
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Ummmm lazy sprint employee who doesn't want to search? jk
#fe10bug this morning my wifi icon stuck in the status bar after I turned it off. Had to reboot to make it go away.
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#FE10bug
-ghost menu button press
-scrolling not as smooth as gingerbread
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OP updated for FE14
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Its has allready been mentioned, but ill say again for emphasis...
Scrolling....it drives me nuts, please please please samsung fix this in the final build...I allways end up rolling back to gingerbread because its so much smoother.
I also think its really cool that Samsung actually reads these forums for user feedback. Major props in my book.
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#fe10 bug
Biggest bug ever
-scrolling, the worse ever, unbelievably bad.
FE10:
Periodically, even though unchecked, auto brightness will recheck itself.
I cannot get Hotmail through the included email application, it just spins and spins trying to retrieve email.
On the plus side my GPS has never been better...
It seems snappy enough and don't see any scrolling issues.
Email Notification Icons
The email notification ICONs are not being released once the email message has been opened. I have seen this with exchange, gmail and K9. All of which i use on my E4GT.
locoboi187 said:
#FE10bug
-ghost menu button press
-scrolling not as smooth as gingerbread
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This is a screen issue. My phone was having the same problems - I thought it was only on ICS builds but I restored to GB and it continued to do it. I took it in to Sprint and they replaced the screen and I haven't had a problem since.
#fe16bug - when a bookmark widget is applied, if you clear RAM it also removes the widget
#fe16bug - notification light does not pulsate while charging
#fe16bug - if you hit snooze on the stock alarm app, alarm will not go back off
#fe16bug - when using a voice search app such as the preinstalled "Voice Talk", the voice prompt will be cut off early.
#FE14 When using 3g on the browser or any app that uses date (ie. Ebay app, XDA, facebook) the menu button is getting phanton hits. The menu screen for the app just keeps opening and closing. It makes the phone unusable sometimes as it is so constant. The phone also vibrates as if you hit the button.
This has appeared in multiple version and I haven't tested it yet on FE16.
Fe14, fe10, fe07
FE07 and 10 under my normal use consumed 3% to 4% of the battery per hour. Which is equal/slightly better than the stock GB. FE14 consumes 8% to 9% per hours of the battery doing the same things. Flashed both the No-Data, and the Full reset, and the figures are the same. I am back to FE10, will hold off on FE16 until I get more information.
#fe16bug
-Exchange (native) mail app force closing randomly
-Exchange (native) mail notification not releasing after message is read
-Random screen changes-Phone will switch screens on its own
BrandoKC said:
#fe16bug
-Exchange (native) mail app force closing randomly
-Exchange (native) mail notification not releasing after message is read
-Random screen changes-Phone will switch screens on its own
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Are you guys talking about this? I have had it since launch day of this phone when I am about to lose signal altogether. I posted it in sfhub's thread. Now I need to catch a logcat ...
http://db.tt/k0BZNM5x
I've never had it, and it occurs with full signal. I read the previous posts about what you describe, but figured since I had strong signal it was worth mentioning.
I probably should have included that in post.
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BrandoKC said:
I've never had it, and it occurs with full signal. I read the previous posts about what you describe, but figured since I had strong signal it was worth mentioning.
I probably should have included that in post.
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Damn, you are getting it in strong signal areas?! I wonder if they are tweaking voltages or something to help battery and its having a negative effect. I am still on Venum Ice FE14 and I can only trigger it when I am about to lose signal completely
#fe16 when sending mms picture taken in portrait but gets sent sideways
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BrandoKC said:
#fe16bug
-Exchange (native) mail app force closing randomly
-Exchange (native) mail notification not releasing after message is read
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ditto... went back to fe10 and issue gone
stock rooted
#fe16 voice search for contact names is practically unusable. It's always wrong even on the most simple names. "send text to_______" rarely works. This has been the case on fe07, fe10, fe14, and fe16.
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mmark27 said:
#fe16 voice search for contact names is practically unusable. It's always wrong even on the most simple names. "send text to_______" rarely works. This has been the case on fe07, fe10, fe14, and fe16.
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My MotoSpeak Bluetooth app works flawless on these new leaks. I can literally answer texts, have them read to me, etc without touching my phone but the built in feature may have a glitch to be worked out. I will test that further without the help of my BT app
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ICS Problems

This has been pretty much been the most frustrating update process of my 4 Android devices that I have owned.
Hoping some of the sharp people here can help me out.
Buttons Not Working - About every third or fourth time I wake my phone my physical buttons do not work. I have to put the phone to sleep and re-wake (sometimes multiple times) to get my phone's buttons to work.
Excessive Battery Drain - Yikes!!! I have uninstalled all my apps, and it is still occurring. Any other ideas to figure out what might be causing this?
Constant 3G data movement - When wi-fi is off, my phone is constantly pushing 3g data up and down....non-stop!
Excessive Phone Heat - My phone is running like a furnace.
Now, I think the last three are probably connected in some way.
adbrown83 said:
This has been pretty much been the most frustrating update process of my 4 Android devices that I have owned.
Hoping some of the sharp people here can help me out.
Buttons Not Working - About every third or fourth time I wake my phone my physical buttons do not work. I have to put the phone to sleep and re-wake (sometimes multiple times) to get my phone's buttons to work.
Excessive Battery Drain - Yikes!!! I have uninstalled all my apps, and it is still occurring. Any other ideas to figure out what might be causing this?
Constant 3G data movement - When wi-fi is off, my phone is constantly pushing 3g data up and down....non-stop!
Excessive Phone Heat - My phone is running like a furnace.
Now, I think the last three are probably connected in some way.
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That is not ICS you have something running in the background. That would cause all of that. Get a battery monitor app and see what is running
I'm having the same problems and even turning everything off still having the issues
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battery life fix works on ics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axmj2EAZMvE
do it a couple of times if you need to.
It's not just them, I have the same problem and I've done a factory reset and hadn't loaded any apps. It's the update.
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I am glad I am not the only ones with these problems.
It has to be a ICS function that is causing the excessive battery drain.
I currently have no non stock apps installed.
I have noticed that the battery ran from 100% to 25% but battery drain had no slowed considerably....maybe faulty logic in how they are calculating percentages?
The one I would really like to solve is the buttons not working, as there will be lots of battery related threads as more and more people upgrade.
adbrown83 said:
I am glad I am not the only ones with these problems.
It has to be a ICS function that is causing the excessive battery drain.
I currently have no non stock apps installed.
I have noticed that the battery ran from 100% to 25% but battery drain had no slowed considerably....maybe faulty logic in how they are calculating percentages?
The one I would really like to solve is the buttons not working, as there will be lots of battery related threads as more and more people upgrade.
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The malfunctioning buttons have been happening to some of us on every ROM, whether it's Gingerbread or ICS. It happens to mine on stock GB or stock I'VE.
Just so you know, you can tap the volume Roche to wake up the buttons. You don't have to cycle the screen. Tap the volume button, wait second or so and you will see the capacitive buttons blink once... That means they've reset. Sometimes you have to do it twice.
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I went back to the tried and true Blazer 4.1 Nothing comes close....
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cpcormier3 said:
It's not just them, I have the same problem and I've done a factory reset and hadn't loaded any apps. It's the update.
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Do you have wifi turned on? Others have reported Wifi is constantly scanning.
never had those issues.. but i never updated with ota.. i used sfhub ff18 one click my physical buttons always worked from gb all the way from first ics leaks to now
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Same issue here with the retarded battery life, stock rooted FF18. It's pathetic. Constant battery drain while "sleeping", with wifi on or off. Guess i'll have to try a different ROM.
rujelus22 said:
That is not ICS you have something running in the background. That would cause all of that. Get a battery monitor app and see what is running
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Actually rule a ton of people are reporting these exact same issues in the sprint community running factory ics update. So these issues are pretty common. I am also experiencing quite a few myself.
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ebuc said:
battery life fix works on ics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axmj2EAZMvE
do it a couple of times if you need to.
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This is the first time I have ever seen this mentioned for ics. Do you by chance have any other links confirming that this works? I am very skeptical about this and sounds more of a voodoo type of fix..
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cas8180 said:
This is the first time I have ever seen this mentioned for ics. Do you by chance have any other links confirming that this works? I am very skeptical about this and sounds more of a voodoo type of fix..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28832191&postcount=375
it works. ;P
also i only meant do it a couple of times if you messed it up lol.
seriously, guys on ics, try the fix!
works for me on gingerbread. and also on ics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axmj2EAZMvE
"#1 TURN OFF YOUR PHONE and charge your phone until u see and blue light & 100% sign on your screen(while the phone is still off) #2 remove battery & then unplug charger. LEAVE BATTERY OUT FOR 5 FULL MINUTES. #3 put battery back in . Let me know if that works(it should)"
- duglessm
I tried this yesterday when I was getting terrible battery life. I went from fully charged to dead in 3 hours flat.
I ended up doing a factory reset with sfhub's one-click and am slowly testing and restoring apps to see what's acting as a vampire.
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DirkBelig said:
I tried this yesterday when I was getting terrible battery life. I went from fully charged to dead in 3 hours flat.
I ended up doing a factory reset with sfhub's one-click and am slowly testing and restoring apps to see what's acting as a vampire.
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You should try it again if it didn't work!
Not everyone's issue is going to be caused by the same thing. What may work for you may not always work for everyone else. It may be an app or ICS in general causing the issue.
Need Help find us on our IRC #Team Rejects or
hit me up on GTalk : [email protected]
Everyone needs to pile up in the sprint stores in front of potential new customers and demand a fix.
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wcr84 said:
Everyone needs to pile up in the sprint stores in front of potential new customers and demand a fix.
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Or demand a SGS3
Need Help find us on our IRC #Team Rejects or
hit me up on GTalk : [email protected]
There ya go
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LED issue. After Root...

When I got my GS3 it had an issue where the LED wouldnt blink, just stayed lit. TMobile sent an update not long after that fixed it. Worked fine for the last 2 months. Rooted last night and the LED issue is back. Lights up but doesnt blink. stays solid. Root+CWM+SU and busy box. Nothing else.
Help? I searched and read some others but they weren't quite issues like mine so I apologize if this has been addressed already.
What version OS are you on? Meaning LH2, LEM,..
Also when you say it just stays on, is that after you receive a message or when plugged in. Is the screen on while it is lit up? Have you double checked the LED settings after you rooted? Maybe they got un/ticked somehow.
The LED lights up and stays lit, does not blink. Other than that its normal. Happens for any notification that would have made it blink previously. Settings are per app and havent changed (Go SMS, facebook, facebook messenger, etc) Screen doesnt come on improperly or anything like that. The LED is constant when it should blink.
Baseband
T999UVLH2
Build
IMM76D.T999UVALH2
Kernel
3.0.8-611599-user [email protected] #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 22 22:58:12 KST 2012
Only time I've seen that on my phone it was caused by the Liteflow app. Not sure if it was ever addressed but did you have an led control app installed at any point?
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I believe I did, for a short time, months ago. But it was long ago removed.
It may have screwed with some settings that you didn't notice, but when you updated they carried over but caused some sort of conflict....hard to say for sure. I would create a nandroid backup, backup your int sdcard, and do a factory reset. (If you don't have stock recovery it won't wipe internal sd, but if you still have issues go in recovery and format data.)
Then restore the data portion only of your nandroid. If it comes back you will have to either deal with it or start from scratch.
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Or check to see if app was fixed and reinstall it. Configure it, then uninstall. It could help....maybe.
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Actually you're better off just installing one of the newer modems. They fix that problem. UVLI6 or 7 and you're peachy keen. After the nandroid backup of course
pedroisweird said:
Actually you're better off just installing one of the newer modems. They fix that problem. UVLI6 or 7 and you're peachy keen. After the nandroid backup of course
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Really? I find that surprising since the modem is independant from the rest of the system. But hey, if it works for that, great!
OP, if you try this let us know if it fixed yours please.
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Man its been a long time since I played in recovery I think Ill look for that new modem...
Doc has a thread in the Dev section that has all the modems and a maps in post#2 that will tell you where people are getting best data and with what modem.
Although I doubt a modem swap will fix it, I am interested to see. Maybe check in the GoSMS app and see if there are any settings for notification options that are over-riding stock settings.
Edit: Here is Doc's thread.
Are those strictly for JB or...? Im still on stock 4.0.4
madwolf27 said:
Are those strictly for JB or...? Im still on stock 4.0.4
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You can use any1 one of them as long as it is aTMO modem. When I was on FrostyJB I used H2 modem which is ICS with no problems.
I'm on a version of LH2 and am using LI7 modem.
The led lights are being changed as the code is being updated.
Wish I knew more.
But, seems to be the case
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Android_Monsters said:
The led lights are being changed as the code is being updated.
Wish I knew more.
But, seems to be the case
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Yup. Originally it was coded differently than was expected, as normally done in the past. I know it was being worked on on the liteflow app and heard Sammy was going to do something about it too, but I never kept up with it.
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New modem did not fix me issue
So wait.. whos issue is this sammy or the devs ?
Strictly hardware...is the phone capable of true RGB variances in light ? All I see is Blue/Green/Red any other color is some weird mix where Blue is still too prominent.
Are there any custom ROMs where the LEDs function as normal and 3rd party apps can control as expected ?
Its a Samsung issue. If I remember right it was only on the US variants (or maybe just ours?).
Its just the way it was coded. I guess they never got it fixed either on the light flow side or Samsung side? I stopped keeping up with the progress a while back.
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Pandora keeping screen on

I'm having a problem with Pandora keeping the screen on when plugged in to the aux port I have to lock the the screen or it won't time out and it has only happened since their latest update. I was wondering if I'm the only one with this problem or if someone could help me out. I'm on s3rx 2.0 and decimalman kernel if that helps
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Same thing here on rooted stock. It was new as of the latest update.
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Has anyone found a fix yet?
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Revert to the old version?
Mine is doing the same thing. Pretty freaking annoying.
It is extremely annoying, I would assume it's a "feature" to the companies paying for video advertisement.
On that note, when video advertisements come on if you turn the screen off it skips the advertisement.
Making the iPhone jealous one user at a time.
Not only that but my girlfriends Pandora as well as mine keep randomly shutting off and freezing. any one else having these issues?
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Ok guys, this is really stupid but I just figured this out. I feel like a total Herb for not noticing this earlier.
Open Pandora and go to the Settings tab. Go to Advanced. Put a check in the "Conserve battery" check box. Hit back. That's it. The screen will turn off on its own now.
I don't know why this option automatically changed itself in the new version of Pandora, but checking that box lets my screen auto shut off now.
Good lord.

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