Notification led a bit dim, anyone else? - Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion

Anyone notice that the notification led isn't very bright, compared to my x10 its not even half the brightness. Although, when i used flash tool to root/ICS, the green led lit fairly bright compared to normal operation. So far, thats my only gripe about this phone.
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I'm glad its dim. Hated getting notifications at night on my Xperia S because the led was too bright.
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This whole time I thought mine was defected
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I like it better this way. My X10 was so bright I had to leave it face down so it wouldn't wake me up.

Bugly Astard said:
Anyone notice that the notification led isn't very bright, compared to my x10 its not even half the brightness. Although, when i used flash tool to root/ICS, the green led lit fairly bright compared to normal operation. So far, thats my only gripe about this phone.
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I agree. In brightly lit rooms is barely visible. Maybe there's a mod to increase the brightness of the LED

Ok, I've found a way to increase the brightness of the LED notification:
the configuration files are in sys/class/leds/green/max_current
Changing the default value (400) to 2000 (same as Xperia S) with text editor on root explorer and the bright of the led is increased.
The problem is that rebooting the device is changing the file to default value again.
Any idea about how to fix that?

Make sure you have the same permissions on the file after you edit as they were before the edit.
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thejosetree said:
Ok, I've found a way to increase the brightness of the LED notification:
the configuration files are in sys/class/leds/green/max_current
Changing the default value (400) to 2000 (same as Xperia S) with text editor on root explorer and the bright of the led is increased.
The problem is that rebooting the device is changing the file to default value again.
Any idea about how to fix that?
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thanks a lot! i really prefer something that can notify me instead of letting it being dim and useless

KEB64 said:
Make sure you have the same permissions on the file after you edit as they were before the edit.
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Didn't make a difference for me, still reset to 400.
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Has anyone found a solution to this ? My LED is real dim, in comparison to my Xperia S this light isn't even on!

What file browser did you use to do that?
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I used Solid Explorer.
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Sorry so what's the solution for increasing the led intensity?
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enrique71 said:
Sorry so what's the solution for increasing the led intensity?
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There's instructions on this thread, but they don't persist on reboot.
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Annoying LED light
jeriku said:
There's instructions on this thread, but they don't persist on reboot.
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I was searching for a fix on Google, but seems like this is manufacturing fault or maybe they thought it shouldn't be bright because transparent bar is already too bright.
Please anyone help in fixing this issue because it is annoying to see if I have any messages or missed calls. It should be more bright! Look forward to see a fix in few days.

jeriku said:
There's instructions on this thread, but they don't persist on reboot.
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Would it be possible to set on boot with init.d script?
~Jaramie
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ToledoJab said:
Would it be possible to set on boot with init.d script?
~Jaramie
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That's a good question. I would like to think so, but do not know.
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Here you go.
Set the LED brightness value from init.d script.
Just flash the zip through CWM recovery.

ganeshbiyer said:
Here you go.
Set the LED brightness value from init.d script.
Just flash the zip through CWM recovery.
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WOW...IT'S LIKE MAGIC...POOF IT'S HERE
That was fast.
Trying it now....
That had to be the best looking .zip i have ever flashed. i thought aroma installer was starting.
glad to see you like the work you do.
Thanks for the fast response
~Jaramie
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So does this fix the dim LED issue ? Are they now bright ?

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[Q] LED Notifications

Since there isn't an LED light specifically for notifications, is there a way to make the LEDs for menu, home, back, and search light up for said notifications? It would be even better if each one lit up for specific apps so I could know why it's lighting up before I even turn on the screen.
Thanks for any help!
My suggestion would be NoLED.
teh_lorax said:
My suggestion would be NoLED.
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Yeah, that's what I'm doing, but was hoping one could take advantage of the buttons' LEDs.
shanepardue said:
Yeah, that's what I'm doing, but was hoping one could take advantage of the buttons' LEDs.
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The closest we can get to LED notifications is BLN. You need to use a BLN compatible kernel and use the app BLN Control.
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skadude66 said:
The closest we can get to LED notifications is BLN. You need to use a BLN compatible kernel and use the app BLN Control.
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Perfect, thanks!
I'm trying to tweak some things on system tuner and my phone rebooted (but took a bit to turn on) my blood pressure dropped, I thought I killed my phone!
But after some reading.. it pretty much means the phone does not like those settings, change them.. right? Phone works fine now though, but I was wondering for future reference
Jeimygirl said:
I'm trying to tweak some things on system tuner and my phone rebooted (but took a bit to turn on) my blood pressure dropped, I thought I killed my phone!
But after some reading.. it pretty much means the phone does not like those settings, change them.. right? Phone works fine now though, but I was wondering for future reference
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Yeah, basically. If you are undervolting, you need to take tiny increments to make sure the phone is stable before going any further.
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Thank you
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That would ve awesome i was using my softkeys in my g2x for text message notifications i yet to find something similar for this phone
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It would ve great to have that. Loved that about my G1
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Dim the capacitive buttons??

Its probably been asked but a quick search turned up nothing.
I use screen filter at night to further reduce screen brightness but the capacitive buttons stay bright as hell. Is there any way to dim them as well???
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If you are using Samsung dock and Desk Home app, that dims the buttons after a short while. I run cm7. But that's if you are not using the phone... there is no known way to dim them if it is in use
Three words "Black Electric Tape"
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Isn't electrical tape non-conductive?
Biggoron said:
Three words "Black Electric Tape"
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Lol I did this for like a month straight. Even started a thread about it, however I still would love to see them completely disabled and go all virtual in cm9.
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xopher.hunter said:
Lol I did this for like a month straight. Even started a thread about it, however I still would love to see them completely disabled and go all virtual in cm9.
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Hmm..are these not controlled through the kernel? If they blink when activated maybe there is a way to get them to behave in inverse, like off by default and blink only when touched? I would like to see them completely disabled..wondering why this can't be accomplished..
luna_c666 said:
Hmm..are these not controlled through the kernel? If they blink when activated maybe there is a way to get them to behave in inverse, like off by default and blink only when touched? I would like to see them completely disabled..wondering why this can't be accomplished..
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That would be pretty awesome. I'd like to see that as a feature. I'm sure it would help save some battery, and you can *never* have too much battery
Have you suggested that to any of the kernel devs?
luna_c666 said:
Hmm..are these not controlled through the kernel? If they blink when activated maybe there is a way to get them to behave in inverse, like off by default and blink only when touched? I would like to see them completely disabled..wondering why this can't be accomplished..
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Please make this happen.
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Blue LED

On ICS I was using light flow to customize the colors and events triggering the LED. I used blue for SMS. Now that I've ported to JB and restored my apps and their settings using Titanium Backup anytime after getting SMS and reading it, the LED keeps blinking blue but only when the screen is off. Didn't happen on ICS. What do I do? Or is this a ROM specific issue?
Oliie23 said:
On ICS I was using light flow to customize the colors and events triggering the LED. I used blue for SMS. Now that I've ported to JB and restored my apps and their settings using Titanium Backup anytime after getting SMS and reading it, the LED keeps blinking blue but only when the screen is off. Didn't happen on ICS. What do I do? Or is this a ROM specific issue?
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The led only blinks when the screen is off. It DOES do that in ICS. That's how it's supposed to be
I would delete light flow and re install bc in their last update they fixed that issue for jb
Jellin' like a felon
AshtonTS said:
The led only blinks when the screen is off. It DOES do that in ICS. That's how it's supposed to be
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It didn't do it for me back on ICS. In fact the LED didn't work at all, that's why I installed Light Flow in the first place. On JB the problem is that it still blinks even after reading the message as if there was another message to read. A phone reboot fixes it.
kevinjgray88 said:
I would delete light flow and re install bc in their last update they fixed that issue for jb
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What is bc?
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XiaoSiuMai said:
What is bc?
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bc = lazy man's "because."
Oops lol thank you
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Oops lol thank you
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LightFlow is working perfectly on JB 4.1.1 download it man!

Notification LED

Is there a way to change the notification led when i get a message or missed call? Ive tied light flow and other apps buy nothing works. Btw my OG is reported
SPRINT has a habbit of having their phones built with 2 color LED's red/green. The Nexus has multis but I believe we got left out of the fun with our OG's. Maybe somebody else knows other wise but I have been unsuccesful and am sure this is the case
My HTC Hero had a single (white) color roller ball but other heros built for other companies had the multi color rollers for instance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1983941
I mentioned this same problem earlier. No fix that I can find, though I'd definitely throw some $ towards someone finding a way to make the notification led flash faster, even if it requires root
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I got the LED to blink alot.
Rooted with esFileExplorer
Open /system/etc/system.xml
Change notification_light_pulse from 0 to 1.
Save.
Enjoy
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gutterwall said:
I got the LED to blink alot.
Rooted with esFileExplorer
Open /system/etc/system.xml
Change notification_light_pulse from 0 to 1.
Save.
Enjoy
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I tried that before, didn't seem to work with texts/email notifications. Still around 30 seconds.
Yes it speeds up charging notifications. The rest are still slow
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Yea, it would be nice to find a way to speed up the blink frequency without rooting or anything.

How to make Notification LED blink Brighter

Today morning when I woke up I found a new way to make LED glow brighter
Using Root Explorer go to system/etc/pre_hw_config.sh
open the file with text editor and write the following code in it (change only the last three lines)
echo 7000 > $dev/red/max_current
echo 7000 > $dev/green/max_current
echo 7000 > $dev/blue/max_current
save the file and reboot...
now go to service Menu and test your LED.. See the difference...
Press thanks If I helped you :fingers-crossed:
Yes it is the same but I don't find it working in my phone so I made a mod by myself.
I am Using Xperia ion Lt28h [ICS 6.1.E.2.68]
Is it working in Xperia SL ??
HI , will this work for xperia SL 2?
This worked great. I changed the numbers to 20000 and it's so much brighter! Can we also make other colors brighter?
Yes but I could find only red blue and green LED bright, i think the rest will get brighter automatically as the rest of the colours are made by the combination of those three main colours
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Yes it will work
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is this working on acro s
is this working on acro s???
qwwe said:
is this working on acro s???
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Yes,work in Our Acro S
It's definitely brighter but I wonder if it harms our device?
Yes it harms with a 2 to 5 min less battery backup thats all
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I have even tried changing the lcd value to 70000 and found a bit changes in brightness of lcd in sunlight, you'll be able to view everything without any problem
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Pre-hw-config.sh doesn't exist on cm9
Just hw-config.sh exist & I'm aware of editing it
Sent From My BEAST , I mean X8
I used on stock ROM, never tried with cm
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will it really work?
MaddMee said:
Today morning when I woke up I found a new way to make LED glow brighter
Using Root Explorer go to system/etc/pre_hw_config.sh
open the file with text editor and write the following code in it (change only the last three lines)
echo 7000 > $dev/red/max_current
echo 7000 > $dev/green/max_current
echo 7000 > $dev/blue/max_current
save the file and reboot...
now go to service Menu and test your LED.. See the difference...
Press thanks If I helped you :fingers-crossed:
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Will this method damage our LED?
It does not work for me. Now i downloaded Illumination Bar Notification that works just fine.
Yes it will work
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Which device do you use?
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Really work on LT28h. This method easy to customize parameter number. :good:
Maximum, how many :-s
MaddMee said:
Which device do you use?
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I use Xperia S firmware 2.55 rooted with locked bootloader
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