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Just a thought

Anyone have any ideas on how to make the LED brighter?
Whether it be through a software or a hardware update.
I bring this up because I use Don't Forget and it would help if the LED was brighter since sometimes I can't even see it from certain distances.
Thanks,
VIVA LA RAZA!

Ummm I do not think there is a way to make this brighter as it only outputs a certain amount of light... unless maybe you can change the light to a brighter one... idk though... if this can be done...

I see your point, and I raise it with another theory.
I was thinking of attaching a hard, clear, piece of plastic directly on top of the LED (but still flush with the top of the phone), that way the refracted light can emit a brighter LED.
Once again...
Just a thought

Well I guess that could work, just wondering why would you want the LED brighter.

It isn't as impressive or noticeable as the LED on the Blackberrys.

glominor said:
It isn't as impressive or noticeable as the LED on the Blackberrys.
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Oh ok are you trying to impress someone with your LED? haha jk... I totally understand what you are saying man.

Hahahhahaha Yups

LED notifications?

I find it really surprising that they have done it once again - released a device with a full RGB LED,but without any support for it in the software by default. Pretty much like my old Nexus One, the Galaxy Nexus can only blink in white for me. Has anybody found a way to use all colours of the LED for different notifications?

Tweet deck for blinks a yellowish hue, although i did download led tester from the market to make it was working and can display all the colours i can throw at it. I don't think you can set custom colours though I am sure a rom will be baked soon with that option though.

Try Blink: https://market.android.com/details?id=imoblife.blink&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImltb2JsaWZlLmJsaW5rIl0.
This worked well on my Nexus One.

Blink does not work, but application called Light Flow works just fine.

Blink does not work unfortunately.

I've had Blue and Green notifications plus the standard white so far - would be nice to be fully customisable as standard though.
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gambiting said:
Blink does not work, but application called Light Flow works just fine.
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Cool. Glad you could find one that works!
I'll remember light flow for when I can get my hands on one here in the US.

when mine blinks white it looks more like a mix of colours rather than all white, like green at the bottom, abit of red in the middle and like a purple colour towards the top. is this just mine or is everyones like this?

Tung_meister said:
when mine blinks white it looks more like a mix of colours rather than all white, like green at the bottom, abit of red in the middle and like a purple colour towards the top. is this just mine or is everyones like this?
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mine is as well, lets hope this is normal

Light Flow is free and works really well. Lets you customize notification colours, sounds, duration etc from within the app... and it doesn't require root.

majikdragoon said:
Light Flow is free and works really well. Lets you customize notification colours, sounds, duration etc from within the app... and it doesn't require root.
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You sure, it asked me for root when I had it, and I believe it was stated in it's description too, even though it adds itself to the accessibilities.

Surprisingly it works fine without changing anything other than the colors wanted
no root required

Tung_meister said:
when mine blinks white it looks more like a mix of colours rather than all white, like green at the bottom, abit of red in the middle and like a purple colour towards the top. is this just mine or is everyones like this?
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That's because its and RGB led and to make white, all 3 colours will be on
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Light Flow is amazing, thanks
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Evostance said:
That's because its and RGB led and to make white, all 3 colours will be on
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ye I understand that I've experienced RGB LED's before but not with such bad colour bleed through so I was just checking it wasn't my device that was at fault

majikdragoon said:
Light Flow is free and works really well. Lets you customize notification colours, sounds, duration etc from within the app... and it doesn't require root.
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It only works while the program is running or "minimized". If you close it in task switcher it stops working.

Thanks for that, seems to work perfectly.

Tung_meister said:
ye I understand that I've experienced RGB LED's before but not with such bad colour bleed through so I was just checking it wasn't my device that was at fault
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I have noticed the same colour bleed and it has a very very slight flicker as the light pulses too.
I'm glad this isn't a fault, though I would feel better if other people who read this could just confirm their Galaxy Nexus does the same thing??

I can see the three distinct colours, yeah. It's almost like they have separate R, G and B LED's on the circuit board really close together instead of one RGB one. If you get my drift. Doesn't bother me though.

jmbillings said:
I can see the three distinct colours, yeah. It's almost like they have separate R, G and B LED's on the circuit board really close together instead of one RGB one. If you get my drift. Doesn't bother me though.
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Thanks for the reassurance buddy!

[Q] LED Notification light defective??

The other day I noticed that my once stock white colored notification LED was acting strangely. It now is multicolored and seems to have a slight flicker when it goes off. I went through Samsung US support steps, removed apps, then full factory reset. Still same problem. I installed Light Flow and tested all colors. Most work but still with a bit of a flicker. White is not working. It displays in three colors, yellow pink and green/blue? I suppose my LED has broken. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a solution? Samsung US will not support the repair as it is an international GSM phone.
Thank you.

casbar12 said:
The other day I noticed that my once stock white colored notification LED was acting strangely. It now is multicolored and seems to have a slight flicker when it goes off. I went through Samsung US support steps, removed apps, then full factory reset. Still same problem. I installed Light Flow and tested all colors. Most work but still with a bit of a flicker. White is not working. It displays in three colors, yellow pink and green/blue? I suppose my LED has broken. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a solution? Samsung US will not support the repair as it is an international GSM phone.
Thank you.
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Yeah white isn't really white, its a combination of three colors. Its normal.. no biggie
Well mine is also like that..
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I have had my phone since January and it was always a white notification. My old Nexus One was also always a plain white notification. I am pretty sure thats what stock Android intends it to be. The multicolored just started. Either way Light Flow when set to White should display a white notification but it cannot. I am almost certain my LED is defective. Anyone else?

Ahmato27 said:
Yeah white isn't really white, its a combination of three colors.
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As proved by Newton:
White light is the effect of combining the visible colors of light in suitable proportions (the same present in solar light).
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Ok, so... no help here. Thanks anyway, guys.
I sure wish my LED could be fixed. <head down>

Everything you describe is normal.
You probably just never noticed it before.

I actually did notice it and that is why I have posted here. The notification light is supposed to be white. Not multicolored. I know this phone like the back of my hand. The led has changed.

Mine has been like exactly what you've described on both Nexus' that I've owned.
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It's a tri-colored LED (red, green, blue).
It displays different colors by mixing those 3 primary colors.
To get white, it mixes all 3.
The 3 LED's aren't close enough together, so around the edges you'll see the individual colors, but in the center it will appear white.
At certain distances/angles/lighting conditions, it can appear almost fully white.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDrYDjXThLc
If you insist that it was pure white before, then somehow you had a white LED and it has transformed into a RGB LED.
I'm pretty sure no Galaxy Nexus's were shipped with a white LED, and certainly not ones that can transform.

AFAIK
The notification LED at the bottom of the phone has always been a 3 color LED. Red, green and blue. To get white it turns on all 3. Other colors are variations on a theme.

Thank you, terryhau.
My notification light does not look like it does in that video. It is now mostly pink with a green hue no the bottom portion and a purple/blue color in the top left hand portion. It DID NOT used to be like this.
I guess I need to post a pic somehow.

Maybe something like an update or .apk has changed the behavior of the LEDs like reduced the output which would explain why you now see all 3 colors instead of white.

Wilsonium said:
Maybe something like an update or .apk has changed the behavior of the LEDs like reduced the output which would explain why you now see all 3 colors instead of white.
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I did a full factory reset hoping that may be the case. No luck. This hasn't happened to anyone else?

casbar12 said:
Thank you, terryhau.
My notification light does not look like it does in that video. It is now mostly pink with a green hue no the bottom portion and a purple/blue color in the top left hand portion. It DID NOT used to be like this.
I guess I need to post a pic somehow.
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The video shows that it is not pure white, but a mixture of colors. Kind of hard to see because of the bad camera.

terryhau said:
The video shows that it is not pure white, but a mixture of colors. Kind of hard to see because of the bad camera.
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Yes. And in the video it shows what my led looked like about three days ago. It no longer displays that way. Now the three colors are glaringly obvious with a bit of a flicker as it fades out.

I am having the same issue. I have a galaxy nexus from sprint and the play store. the sprint one is perfect. all colors requiring a mix of colors show perfectly like pink, magenta, lime etc. However the play one does not. its almost like its off center so with lime you will see a bit of green and then orange on one side. Pink is slightly pink on one section then almost white every where else. Purple is purple and then has a nice section of blue on one edge.
So my question is those who have replaced your screen is the led attached to it or is it part of the speaker daughter board?

My led is darned close to white (accepting Newton's physical laws etc.). I'm thinking that if yours has changed then perhaps it's damaged, but perhaps your rom settings have (been) changed and your notification colour is now set differently (by default). What rom are you using?
I'm using CM9, which nominally allows me to have notifications in different colours for different apps. I find when I pick colours from the chooser, though I'm meant to have complete control over the colour, in reality I can get white, red, blue, green, and different rotations of rainbows.
Clarification: when I say I can get 'red, blue, and green', I mean properly: I get a solid circle of whichever one of those colours I'm aiming for. But anything else (e.g. yellow, orange, cyan, magenta, lilac, etc.) will be a the chosen colour in a small part of the circle, and an array of all the other colours elsewhere in the rest of the circle.

i can get all those colors too... but only on a portion of the window. white will show green, blue and pink on the side.. but not just around the edges. I think this is what the OP was talking about. I honestly do not think its a software issue as i am running lightflow on both of my nexus's and one is has run cm9 and AOKP witht he same results. It has to be a hardware issue. So if any one can answer this, is the LED attached to the screen or the lower speaker daughter board?

Anyone find led notification a little dim?

Are there any tweaks for the brightness?

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SysAdmNj said:
Are there any tweaks for the brightness?
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I think it's more an angle thing, the LED is so inset that unless you're looking right at it, it's hard to see. It would be awesome to see a screen protector with a little lense over the led to refract the light to a larger viewing angle... wont happen, would be nice.

Yes, I wish the notification light was easier to see. But oh well, not much I can do about it so it will have to be fine.

Glad I'm not the only one, theres got to be a way to make it brighter. Some hidden menu

JasonJoel said:
Yes, I wish the notification light was earlier to see. But oh well, not much I can do about it so it will have to be fine.
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Exactly, my S3 was so bright. Loved it. Even dimmed it a bit using lightflow.
No all-color notification light would be a deal breaker for me. I'd prefer it to be brighter, but it'll suffice.

notification led.?

Is the notification LED single coloured...??
If yes.... Is it clearly visible on a white mobile...??
(Tried to order black one but couldn't get it..!!)

I don't know about white model but yes it's confirmed that LED light is only white color and it's clearly visible in black version.

kiran G. said:
Is the notification LED single coloured...??
If yes.... Is it clearly visible on a white mobile...??
(Tried to order black one but couldn't get it..!!)
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Its visible in black model as i have got one. But i feel the led is not that bright. Its on the dimmer side. Plus no rgb on such a good device. Disappointed for the led.

raza_maestro said:
Its visible in black model as i have got one. But i feel the led is not that bright. Its on the dimmer side. Plus no rgb on such a good device. Disappointed for the led.
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Yea...very disappointed...?.....i have got white one and i dont know whether it will be visible or not...yet to receive my device

kiran G. said:
Yea...very disappointed...?.....i have got white one and i dont know whether it will be visible or not...yet to receive my device
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Well with the kind of low intensity the led has, the chances are slimmer on a white phone, of course unless its night.