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Galaxy Nexus LED flash has issues

I've had my galaxy nexus for a full 2 weeks and only recently I've noticed problems with the camera LED flash. (not the notification LED, the camera flash on the back of the phone.) Pretty much the LED on the phone will stop working most off the time for no reason at all.
I try to snap a pic with flash turned on but it won't do anything (only takes the pic but no flash), same with the camcorder and third party flashlight apps I've used. I actually managed to get it to work a few times but I havent been doing anything differently so it seems like it works at random.
The LED flash has not been functioning properly for the past 2 days and i even tried a factory reset to fix this but no luck unfortunately. Has anyone else had issues with this, or have any advice on how to fix this? i'm hoping its not a hardware issue.

I've had no issues with the flash so it seems you indeed have a hardware issue... TeslaLED works for sure, so you might want to try it though. Some other flashlight widgets seem to have issues with the phone.
You should be able to get the flash working at least in the camera app and in TeslaLED.

I have just tried Tesla led, it's not working on my nexus, but flash working well when shooting. I'm confused a bit.
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TeslaLED working fine for me too.
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I would bring the phone back to wherever you bought it, show the issue to them, and they should replace it. Sounds like a hardware issue, I've had the phone for > 3 weeks and my LED flash has never failed to turn on.

Reboot. Go into the ICS stock camera app. Manually turn on flash (force on). Take pictures. If the flash doesn't turn on every time, something is wrong with the hardware.

Phone turns on my flash light whenever i hit the power button !

There's this strange problem my phone has where the flashlight is turned on whenever i hit the power button to turn off my screen It has been working fine on android revolution rom for the past 3 months then this problem started occurring just this morning. Going to the official htc flashlight app to adjust the brightness works but it cannot turn off the flashlight unless i initiate a shutdown. anyone has any idea how i can solve this problem ? is this a hardware or software issue ?

24inchsub said:
...is this a hardware or software issue ?
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If it worked before you tried a new ROM it's bound to be s/w. Is Tasker baked in to the ROM or did you install it? Some third party app is triggering Flashlight to launch when you press the power button. You might want to check the dev who built the ROM's thread or ping him or her.

In aokp there's a turn flash light on by hitting power option in the settings have a look at your roms settings.
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this rom isn't exactly new its a 3 month old build and has nv given me any sort of problems before till this strange problem started occurring. Is there any way to disable the flashlight for good so it doesn't keep turning on and draining my battery ?

24inchsub said:
this rom isn't exactly new its a 3 month old build and has nv given me any sort of problems before till this strange problem started occurring. Is there any way to disable the flashlight for good so it doesn't keep turning on and draining my battery ?
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If it were me, I'd want to figure the problem out as what's causing it may not be limited to Flashlight (EG: other things are being turned off or on and you just don't know it). I you want to disable it, go in to Apps>All>flashlight and clear data, force stop, and then hit disable.

Do you have EQS? If so, try to turn flashlight on then off again from the EQS tab itself.

BarryH_GEG said:
If it were me, I'd want to figure the problem out as what's causing it may not be limited to Flashlight (EG: other things are being turned off or on and you just don't know it). I you want to disable it, go in to Apps>All>flashlight and clear data, force stop, and then hit disable.
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Already tried disabling flash light it doesn't work
omar302 said:
Do you have EQS? If so, try to turn flashlight on then off again from the EQS tab itself.
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What is a EQS ?

Extended Quick Shortcuts. The ones that show up in a seperate tab in the notifications panel.

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Extended Quick Shortcuts. The ones that show up in a seperate tab in the notifications panel.
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i do have more quickly panel installed i aready uninstalled it and problem still persists. Ima try to flash a new rom and kernel over the phone see if it helps

Have you solved this? I am having the same problem. Wondering if it is a little virus or something.

Try freezing the flashlight app
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its software related.
i m using viper rom and it has the option to trigger flashlight when power button is pressed (while screen off) . ive enabled it. so yea, you can disable it as well.
so check that.

Well if you're on viper it's an option for flashlight.. You can change in venom tweaks...
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Cashreedhar said:
Well if you're on viper it's an option for flashlight.. You can change in venom tweaks...
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Camera Settings Always Reset On Its Own.

Has anyone figured out how to prevent the camera settings from going back to their default settings? This happens at least once a day or even more if I use the gps. I think it has something to do with the camera being attached to the location services with geo tagging. It happens if I leave it on or off. Just gets really annoying having to always change it back to save my pics to internal storage and the front facing camera to 8mp.
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Try disabling the shortcut keys. It worked for me.

tongajin said:
Try disabling the shortcut keys. It worked for me.
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Not sure I understand. Which shortcut keys?
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Volume up - Quickmemo
Volume down - Camera
I was having this issue several times per day. It's been over a week since I disabled the shortcuts, and the problem is over for me.

tongajin said:
Volume up - Quickmemo
Volume down - Camera
I was having this issue several times per day. It's been over a week since I disabled the shortcuts, and the problem is over for me.
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Found it. I never even use those shortcut keys anyways. Hopefully the settings stay put. Thanks for the tip!
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I just discovered something new. I was trying to save some battery using Snapdragon Batteryguru and the camera settings began resetting, again. So, if you are using a similar app, try disabling it.

I just got the phone (H812, Rogers, Canada) and I'm also having that issue, I'll disable the shortcut keys =( that's not nice though, I liked the quick launch. Hope they fix as I don't like having settings reset.

Problems With Applock & OnePlus 3

So here's what happend,
I got My OP 3 yesterday
Rooted It And Fixed The RAM
And Installed Applock.
After setting up applock I enabled the finger print feature and was playing around with it
After some time I cleared all the recent apps and went back to facebook expecting a lock screen
but I was greeted with my wall. Ever since The Applock stopped taking my fingerprint and turned off every time I cleared apps
I tried re installing it,restarting the phone and it was still the same
Anyone Who can help me Fix This??

Lock it ... Open multi tasking and you will see a padlock ... Its not a secure way. You can bypass it as you want. Example clearing cache and data of the applock it will remove "Facebook" from locking apps ... I think via exposed module you will find more secure way to lock apps
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redxYu1825 said:
So here's what happend,
I got My OP 3 yesterday
Rooted It And Fixed The RAM
And Installed Applock.
After setting up applock I enabled the finger print feature and was playing around with it
After some time I cleared all the recent apps and went back to facebook expecting a lock screen
but I was greeted with my wall. Ever since The Applock stopped taking my fingerprint and turned off every time I cleared apps
I tried re installing it,restarting the phone and it was still the same
Anyone Who can help me Fix This??
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In recents menu there are two clear buttons in 3.2.4 where one can either kill normal processes visible on screen or can kill even the background processes, so one with background processes killing even kills your app lock. In 3.5.2 I think they have changed that and you can select which kind of clear all button you need. So wait for update in next version your app lock could actually work.

Thanks for the reply guys, But what do I do for the fingerprint issue, I doesn't work when put my finger on the scanner it goes home.

redxYu1825 said:
Thanks for the reply guys, But what do I do for the fingerprint issue, I doesn't work when put my finger on the scanner it goes home.
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Sorry couldn't understand. what do you need help with the fingerprint sensor or app lock

loveymangal said:
Sorry couldn't understand. what do you need help with the fingerprint sensor or app lock
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Dude the fingerprint doesn't work on applock I mean when it is on other apps I click on the home button it goes back

redxYu1825 said:
Dude the fingerprint doesn't work on applock I mean when it is on other apps I click on the home button it goes back
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Which applock have you tried? Try using applock by keepsafe this one I tried it was working well except the clear all background app condition. And I don't think any applock is able to handle that. So once try the app I recommend if the problem still presists post again, I will think of some other way.

loveymangal said:
Which applock have you tried? Try using applock by keepsafe this one I tried it was working well except the clear all background app condition. And I don't think any applock is able to handle that. So once try the app I recommend if the problem still presists post again, I will think of some other way.
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Tried the do mobile one

redxYu1825 said:
Tried the do mobile one
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Did u try the app I suggested and did the problem solve as I tried using this app and tested your needs it worked for me.

I dropped my OP3 and since then the fingerprint sensor doesn't work. I tried as someone suggested by going to settings and forced stopped the fingerprint part and cleared the data cache too. Then rebooted but no luck. The button just won't respond .Only thing that happened was in the settings the " fingerprint" started showing along with security. But that's just about it. Doesn't show any fingerprint options or settings.
A little help here guys.

Notification LED simulation App

I stumbled on Reddit at this cool App that simulates a Notification LED using the actual screen. It was also featured on XDA and I decided to give it a try on the Mi9T. The App is called NotifyBuddy and is available for free on the Play Store.
My experience with it over a whole day was great. It actually looks like an LED lighting up. Since we have a Amoled screen it just uses a tiny part of the screen, so there is no huge battery drain. Also to prevent burn in it moves slightly in position every 5 to 10 minutes or so from left to right. You can have different colors for different Apps and how long the LED effect will be active until switching off. I have mine on for 5 minutes.
My major concern was battery life since when the App is active the phone probably doesn't go to deep sleep but after now 24 hours of the phone being unplugged I can say it's great. Just look at the Screenshots. I'm at 50% right now and almost 4,5 hours of SOT over 24 hours of usage. It works very well so far and if this doesn't get worse there is no reason to not keep it. Try it out guys if you are missing a Notification LED on the actual front of the phone.
App link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xander.android.notifybuddy

Doesn't work for me, do you use your fingerprint scanner to unlock because I suspect it might be conflicting with that. None of those similar apps ever work for me

Doesn't work for me also, there its no way to make it work

Weird. It works for me

Doesn't work for me. I use fingerprint scanner. Wish it did work though, as this would be really helpful.

I had to reboot the phone to have the app working

perdu79 said:
I had to reboot the phone to have the app working
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Tried that and still nothing. How strange!

tristan1990 said:
Tried that and still nothing. How strange!
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I guess you granted the app the required permissions ( asked when you first launch it) and allow notifybuddy to start in backgroup, display on lock screen ?
I'm running MUI global 10.3.10

Can anyone confirm who does have it working, that it works with fingerprint unlock?

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I guess you granted the app the required permissions ( asked when you first launch it) and allow notifybuddy to start in backgroup, display on lock screen ?
I'm running MUI global 10.3.10
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Where did you download the global 10.3.10?

svenerator said:
Can anyone confirm who does have it working, that it works with fingerprint unlock?
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I advise you to try this:
1. Remove the fingerprint.
2. Run the application, when you first start, allow notifybuddy to run in the backgroup, display locks on the screen.
3. And then create a fingerprint.
4. Reboot the phone.

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- I received the 10.3.10 by OTA... (you can manualy check for update into the "about phone" section)
- NotifyBuddy is working with Fingerprint unlock activated. The fingerprints where created before installing the app.

Tried deleting fingerprint before installing the app.
Then tried again after.
Could not make it work. If anyone has any more suggestions, they will be very much appreciated.
Using Global Stable 10.3.10.0

Doesnt work with AOD

this should be a feature in custom roms.

Doesn't work for me

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Can anyone confirm who does have it working, that it works with fingerprint unlock?
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I got it working, but it does not work with the fingerprint unlock have to press the power button first and then use fingerprint

Prof Reminder. Use this app and forget about any other app that involves notification LED. I use this app since i received this Mi9T. I was upset for missing the usual notification Led and i have searched for other options. This app does not consume any battery and is very easy to set up. When you have missed notification (WhatsApp, sms, call, etc), this app reminds you over and over.... Sorry if it's off topic or something but i just try to help! Respect!

cuoresporttivo said:
Prof Reminder. Use this app and forget about any other app that involves notification LED. I use this app since i received this Mi9T. I was upset for missing the usual notification Led and i have searched for other options. This app does not consume any battery and is very easy to set up. When you have missed notification (WhatsApp, sms, call, etc), this app reminds you over and over.... Sorry if it's off topic or something but i just try to help! Respect!
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Dude, you "saved my life"with this application.
I came from a OnePlus 3 and never had a Xiaomi phone before, and the lack of a visible LED was annoying me a lot.

I had it work for all of 5 mins and no matter what I try I cant get it to work.