My LED notification light is dim when I'm charging my device, it's nice and bright blue when notifying of a message, booting up or email. Occasionally it's bright red when I first plug it into the charger or computer but then dims within a minute or so.
Anyone else come across this or know if this is related to a faulty usb port? Have titanium version running stock at the moment.
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patrick_1 said:
My LED notification light is dim when I'm charging my device, it's nice and bright blue when notifying of a message, booting up or email. Occasionally it's bright red when I first plug it into the charger or computer but then dims within a minute or so.
Anyone else come across this or know if this is related to a faulty usb port? Have titanium version running stock at the moment.
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I noticed mine is dim when I plug it into my car charger that only supplied 1A to it. My guess is that its because not enough juice going through it. Oem wall Samsung charger never produces any sort of dim light.
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My LED notification light is dim when I'm charging my device, it's nice and bright blue when notifying of a message, booting up or email. Occasionally it's bright red when I first plug it into the charger or computer but then dims within a minute or so.
Anyone else come across this or know if this is related to a faulty usb port? Have titanium version running stock at the moment.
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The light sensor seems to work, even when the screen is off. Notice the charge light is brighter in higher ambient light, and dims if you cover the sensor.
Edit: I just plugged in, in a dark room. Charge light was dim. If I shine light on screen, the charge light brightens.
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The light sensor seems to work, even when the screen is off. Notice the charge light is brighter in higher ambient light, and dims if you cover the sensor.
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Didn't know about the sensor, I'll try that Thanks. I'm using the oem charger when this happens, thought I might have a faulty charger but gf's n2 charger produces the same.
theoner1 said:
I noticed mine is dim when I plug it into my car charger that only supplied 1A to it. My guess is that its because not enough juice going through it. Oem wall Samsung charger never produces any sort of dim light.
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LMMT thanks you were spot on, tested under desk light...dimmed under brighter ambient light. Cool feature, this device keeps showing me news tricks everyday man:thumbup:
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LMMT thanks you were spot on, tested under desk light...dimmed under brighter ambient light. Cool feature, this device keeps showing me news tricks everyday man:thumbup:
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That makes a lot of since, when ever I charge my phone in the car is always at night in dark area.
Yup this is a feature Samsung started with the s3 jelly bean update, at first we thought it was a bug.
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Yup this is a feature Samsung started with the s3 jelly bean update, at first we thought it was a bug.
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That's exactly what I was thinking when I noticed it.
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Wow crazy noticed this for sometime but didn't really sink in till last night. I was thinking my battery was going bad....maybe bad usb connector on device grrr couldn't figure it out,
I have noticed when light is dim charge seems to be slower though.
I've always wondered about this myself and did notice it behaved differently under different light conditions so I just ignored it and assumed it's normal behavior. It's bright all the time if you charge the phone powered off
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I just got my Nexus, and have plugged it in for the initial charge.
A graphic flashed on screen showing a battery being topped up, then went blank. As far as I know it's charging, but there isn't an LED showing me the charge status - is this right?
My desire LED is orange while it's charging, then turns green once it's fully charged. There doesn't seem to be anything like this on the Nexus, or am I missing something
Cheers.
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Yeah it's definitely charging - if you tap the power button the graphic comes back. Just seems odd that the LED doesn't relay the battery state, so you can glance to see if it's charged yet or not.
Oh well.
Maybe you can enable this function if you modify the LED notifications.
The idea behind this is likely so that you can see if you have notifications while it's charging. It's a trade-off between two useful things that both use LED.
Try this "market.android.com/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlite" but you will need root
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The idea behind this is likely so that you can see if you have notifications while it's charging. It's a trade-off between two useful things that both use LED.
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Well the Nexus can display pretty much any colours with its LED so they could use different colour flashes to display different information. Another design oversight.
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it's retarded that the galaxy nexus doesn't have charging LED indicators. just got one and among other things, this blows...
mfive said:
it's retarded that the galaxy nexus doesn't have charging LED indicators. just got one and among other things, this blows...
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lol..... just wow.
You guys are seriously overreacting...
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You guys are seriously overreacting...
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Is it on when you plug it in?
Yes - Plug it in. Look at the screen and see the icon change to the battery w/ lightening bolt. Set down the phone. Wait
No - Plug it in. Wait for the battery charging icon BIG WHITE BATTERY on the screen. Set down the phone. Wait.
Once you know its charging, what is the worry? Do you really look at your phone from across the room to see if it's done with phones that do have an LED?
wolfman87 said:
Is it on when you plug it in?
Yes - Plug it in. Look at the screen and see the icon change to the battery w/ lightening bolt. Set down the phone. Wait
No - Plug it in. Wait for the battery charging icon BIG WHITE BATTERY on the screen. Set down the phone. Wait.
Once you know its charging, what is the worry? Do you really look at your phone from across the room to see if it's done with phones that do have an LED?
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You don't even have to look at the top right. On your lock screen, it says:
Charging ( XX % ); XX being numbers. That's how simple it is, definitely making a big deal out of nothing.
The charging led was one of the things on the nexus one that I found quite handy. Well, once it was remapped to a more useful purpose anyway.
I had mine setup to indicate the cpu load (yes, even when the screen was "off"). Since it was a separate led from the notification (trackball) led, there was never any interference or confusion with "regular" notifications. Yes, I'll miss that extra re-mappable rgb led, whatever it's original purpose was supposed to have been...
By the way, Light Flow (free in market) will let you customize the led for this and other events.
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By the way, Light Flow (free in market) will let you customize the led for this and other events.
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Do I have to have a rooted galaxy nexus to use this app?
I second the LightFlow suggestion. I set mine up to show a flashing white LED while charging and a solid white LED when charging is done. Went through a few other options, too - orange for charging green for done, etc.
Lightflow has options to either prioritize or cycle notifications, so a charging indication won't override an email or something.
I know LightFlow uses root, but I just tested it out by denying it root access. The LED for charging still functions. even without root.
As a side note: "Done Charging" is indicated at around 90-something percent. So if you are somewhere between 90 and 100, you might see the LED acting like it's done even though the lockscreen still says charging. Not sure why that is, but I think it's probably so that the typical charge/discharge when the phone battery is full doesn't cause it to keep triggerring notifications over and over. Historesis would be a better option in my opinion. Wait for it to hit 100% to call it charged, but then wait for it to get below 90% before allowing another "charged" event to be activated. But again, that's just on the speculation about the reasoning.
Look for "Galaxy Nexus LED" in the market. It does exactly what you need, I believe (just charging led and low battery notifications). If you need more features Light Flow is the one to install (as people already mentioned).
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Since getting my dock about a week and a half ago I had two nights where I woke up and the battery was nearly dead.
Dock mode activates and it claims its charging. But, it obviously does not.
The first time it happened the screen was off so the battery drain was minimal. It just did not charge. Last night however I left the clock on and woke up to a critically low battery. Luckily I went to bed late so there was still enough juice to sound my alarm.
Has anyone else with the landscape dock encountered this?
I've attached a photo to illustrate.
is this the samsung hdmi dock? i read a review on samsungs site claiming the same thing.
No the landscape dock with the pogo pins.
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i wonder if this is the problem ive heard about, rumor that 4.0.5 fixes some problem with the pogo pins...
I've only had mine for two days and I have yet to see the issue (on either of my two docks).
I picked up two of these a couple weeks ago and haven't had any issues with charging. Sounds like you either got a bum dock or your device's Pogo pins have problems, sorry.
Annoying. What power source do you have plugged in to it: the factory charger, an aftermarket charger, a computer's USB port, or what?
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Annoying. What power source do you have plugged in to it: the factory charger, an aftermarket charger, a computer's USB port, or what?
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I've been using the wall charger from my Nexus One.
It's not an every-time occurrence. Just those two nights in the last two weeks.
After looking at my battery stats picture again it looks like it did charge about 25% and then stopped. It must be some sort of software bug.
Maybe if I notice it happening I can try to catch the log and see if that sheds any light.
Where can we find a landscape 3-pin dock? I have the Sprint Nexus (SPH-L700)
El Daddy said:
Since getting my dock about a week and a half ago I had two nights where I woke up and the battery was nearly dead.
Dock mode activates and it claims its charging. But, it obviously does not.
The first time it happened the screen was off so the battery drain was minimal. It just did not charge. Last night however I left the clock on and woke up to a critically low battery. Luckily I went to bed late so there was still enough juice to sound my alarm.
Has anyone else with the landscape dock encountered this?
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I'm just starting to get this once in a while. Not sure what is causing it.
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I'm just starting to get this once in a while. Not sure what is causing it.
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Hmmm. It hasn't happened to me since I made this post. I wonder what is causing it to happen?
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What rom are you using? How about the clock app? I have the same problem with my dock I made. Worked fine for a bit then all of a sudden no charge overnight.
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What rom are you using? How about the clock app? I have the same problem with my dock I made. Worked fine for a bit then all of a sudden no charge overnight.
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When it happened to me I was on stock 4.0.4. It only happened twice in the first week and hasn't happened since. I was also using the stock clock app.
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When it happened to me I was on stock 4.0.4. It only happened twice in the first week and hasn't happened since. I was also using the stock clock app.
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Same with me.
Have the screen off.
Put it in the dock, phone will turn on, beep, launch the clock app and start charging.
Press the home button to go back to home screen, again make sure the battery icon shows charging.
Now leave it and the screen will turn off and should charge.
If you just leave the clock app on the phone doesn't go to sleep so you might have background stuff going all night long and it's not charging enough to keep up.
Galaxy Nexus GSM
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Have the screen off.
Put it in the dock, phone will turn on, beep, launch the clock app and start charging.
Press the home button to go back to home screen, again make sure the battery icon shows charging.
Now leave it and the screen will turn off and should charge.
If you just leave the clock app on the phone doesn't go to sleep so you might have background stuff going all night long and it's not charging enough to keep up.
Galaxy Nexus GSM
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I disagree. It also happened with the screen off as well. There is no way background processes should draw more than the a/c charge. Even with the screen on.
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Does anyone know if this is still an issue with JB? I am thinking about getting one of these docks but I'd hate to not have my alarm go off in the morning due to a faulty dock.. Thanks!
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Does anyone know if this is still an issue with JB? I am thinking about getting one of these docks but I'd hate to not have my alarm go off in the morning due to a faulty dock.. Thanks!
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It actually just happened to me again yesterday.
This was the third time. Each time on a different version of android (4.0.2-4.0.4-4.1.1)
Luckily I woke up on time.
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So I left my phone charging the night before (plugged into to the wall charger), left it charging the whole night. Woke up the next morning and realized there was no power on my phone. I pressed the volume rocker, power button,and home button, but no success. The first thing that came to my mind was Sudden Death Syndrome; I removed the battery and plugged the unit into the wall charger; the Red Sensor light blinked a couple of times. At first I was upset (because I thought it was an SDS issue), but after I inserted the same battery into the battery compartment and connected the phone to the computer, and a few seconds later voila! The phone powered back on. I did some confirmatory tests to make sure the phone was intact, and it sure was. My charger reads 1.8A (~2 amperes), now a problem right now.
Would leaving a charger connected to the Note 2 for a long time result in such an experience? Would voltage fluctuations contribute to this experience?
i have mine plugged to a wall all night at connected with my laptop throughout the day and have never had a problem
I've been having this particular unit since mid-Jan '13. This morning was my first encounter with this predicament. Plugging in the charger now shows no issues. My battery health shows Good, System Status--Normal. According to the system report, there is no indication there was any temperature spike. My phone is unrooted--stock.
Lol, so I realized what I faced yesterday morning had nothing to do with SDS. In fact, there was no issue at all.
My phone was on, even removing the battery and checking the light on the proximity sensor confirmed everything was normal.
The Stupid Vonage App which was responsible, didn't allow my phone display to turn on because the app froze. The Vonage App is so buggy; I wish the company can hire better software developers. Glad I have the T-Mobile version
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So I left my phone charging the night before (plugged into to the wall charger), left it charging the whole night. Woke up the next morning and realized there was no power on my phone. I pressed the volume rocker, power button,and home button, but no success. The first thing that came to my mind was Sudden Death Syndrome; I removed the battery and plugged the unit into the wall charger; the Red Sensor light blinked a couple of times. At first I was upset (because I thought it was an SDS issue), but after I inserted the same battery into the battery compartment and connected the phone to the computer, and a few seconds later voila! The phone powered back on. I did some confirmatory tests to make sure the phone was intact, and it sure was. My charger reads 1.8A (~2 amperes), now a problem right now.
Would leaving a charger connected to the Note 2 for a long time result in such an experience? Would voltage fluctuations contribute to this experience?
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What is the Sudden death syndrome??
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Crinkypops said:
What is the Sudden death syndrome??
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When ur phone just dies suddenly.
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Crinkypops said:
What is the Sudden death syndrome??
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Emmc brickbug, Check with this app to see if it affects your phone... http://goo.gl/3LIc4
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Emmc brickbug, Check with this app to see if it affects your phone... http://goo.gl/3LIc4
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When does such occurrence happen? I just rooted the other day and I was wondering if I just stay stock, will I get eMMC bug?
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When does such occurrence happen? I just rooted the other day and I was wondering if I just stay stock, will I get eMMC bug?
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T-Mobile unit are not affected. Don't worry about. it.
My XP got wet in rain and i took out battery and back panel and let it dry for a day, after that i tried to charge but the mobile not charging even though the notification lights are orange untill 15% and dropping below it turned to red now at 1% its on while connected to charger, :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
but still the notification light is glowing when connect to charger but not charging...
i tried flashing the stock firmware still no difference,
any suggestions?
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My XP got wet in rain and i took out battery and back panel and let it dry for a day, after that i tried to charge but the mobile not charging even though the notification lights are orange untill 15% and dropping below it turned to red now at 1% its on while connected to charger, :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
but still the notification light is glowing when connect to charger but not charging...
i tried flashing the stock firmware still no difference,
any suggestions?
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surely battery fault, if the led is still lighting.
You'll have to replace it :/
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CriGiu said:
surely battery fault, if the led is still lighting.
You'll have to replace it :/
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thanks, i too thought the same and ordered a new battery...
will report the result....
still miss the XP...
Replaced battery problem solved
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I have an annoyance with my Qi wireless charger. I put the tablet on the charger at night when I'm half asleep and in the morning I find it hasn't charged. Sometimes the screen will light up when it's placed on the charger properly, but not always.
What I'm looking for is an app or a setting where I KNOW for sure that the Nexus is charging - preferably without lighting up the whole screen and keeping me awake. Anyone know of one?
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I have an annoyance with my Qi wireless charger. I put the tablet on the charger at night when I'm half asleep and in the morning I find it hasn't charged. Sometimes the screen will light up when it's placed on the charger properly, but not always.
What I'm looking for is an app or a setting where I KNOW for sure that the Nexus is charging - preferably without lighting up the whole screen and keeping me awake. Anyone know of one?
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cant you just see if its charging from the battery icon in the notification bar? doesnt it also say when the device is chargin on the lockscreen? i use both of these methods to check for this when i use my wireless charger. not sure if a custom rom is needed for this, as i havent run anything on stock android since its debut
In order to see the notification bar or the lockscreen, I would have to be awake enough to push the power button and light up the entire screen.
As I said, what I want is a way to know that the tablet is charging without having to light up the screen.
In order to see the notification bar or the lockscreen, I would have to be awake enough to push the power button and light up the entire screen.
As I said, what I want is a way to know that the tablet is charging without having to light up the screen.
The nexus 7 has a notification led. You can use an app like Light Flow to set pulsing pattern when it's charging.
I have mine to turn off the led when fully charged.
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My G2 has Qi and the Notification LED pulses when charging. Its red for battery.
On my Nexus 7, I just position the tab until the screen turns on (when Qi pairs) and says charging on the lockscreen. Then I just close my hardbook case and its done.
Or get a better Qi pad that has multiple transmitters so it isn't as particular on placement.
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My G2 has Qi and the Notification LED pulses when charging. Its red for battery.
On my Nexus 7, I just position the tab until the screen turns on (when Qi pairs) and says charging on the lockscreen. Then I just close my hardbook case and its done.
Or get a better Qi pad that has multiple transmitters so it isn't as particular on placement.
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My Qi charger is making sound when paired as the nexus 7 does also. In addition the green light indicator change to blue.
So no doubt any more
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Yeah I'd get a better charger for it or drink loads of water before you go to bed so that when you get up to go to the toilet you can then check it the normal way.
i have a cheap wireless charger and it wont charge my SGS4 & Nexus 4 (previously own) and now Nexus 5.. but amazingly it working perfectly without any problem with my Nexus 7 Deb... - Slimkat + Elementalx
And I also have official Nexus 4 orb and I do have problem to use it with Nexus 5.. sometimes It'll make my phone overheated..but i experience the problem only on few custom roms/kernels..
now its good on unofficial Liquid + Chaos v6
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There's an xposed module that will do this. It's in the xposed installer downloads section.
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light indicator for charging
i just bought a QI wireless charger from amazon. it has 2-LED lights. red showing that it's plugged in and green when the tablet is wirelessly charging.
i use lightflow to show the light when its charging