Hi there
Is there a way to change the colour of the led notification light for each app in built into the phone.
If not then is there a reliable app that you have tried and found to be working well.
Thank you for your time.
You can try LightFlow app. Keep in mind the 5Z doesn't have a traditional RGB LED, it only has a Red & Green type LED notification light so the possibilities of producing different colors by mixing are limited. However some colors are still possible but don't expect much brightness in them.
Thank you for the information.
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Does G2 track pad have color capabilities like the Nexus One trackball?
Don't think so but not too sure. I think I read somewhere that it turns blue when connected to a bluetooth headset, but someone tried it and it didn't change for them
Generally speaking, any white LED is actually an RGB LED, just because of the way that LEDs create light. I have no clue if that's the case here, but that's how it usually works.
So the file lights.vision.so refers to it as an RGB LED. It also gives an option to set the color. How do you modify that (or can you)? I have no clue. But that file at least refers to it as an RGB.
based on my experience theres different kind of LEDs some with multi colors some are sound sensitive and some are RGB only, therefore you cannot use purple on an RGB LED. BTW the lighting on the trackpad is the same as the one on the physical keyboard if you can change the trackpads color you could change the keyboards do, but you cant, i dont think you can change the color of that. btw the nexus one's trackball is an LED that changes color i dont know if its multi-color but yea the g2's trackpad doesnt have that
Acid_Wir3 said:
based on my experience theres different kind of LEDs some with multi colors some are sound sensitive and some are RGB only, therefore you cannot use purple on an RGB LED. BTW the lighting on the trackpad is the same as the one on the physical keyboard if you can change the trackpads color you could change the keyboards do, but you cant, i dont think you can change the color of that. btw the nexus one's trackball is an LED that changes color i dont know if its multi-color but yea the g2's trackpad doesnt have that
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Uhhhh…I think you're distinctly unaware about how LEDs work. LEDs emit light of a certain frequency when current passes through them. "An" RGB LED is actually three LEDs, a red, green, and a blue, which together create white. However, by tweaking the brightness output of the individual LEDs that make up an RGB LED, you can create pretty much any color you want. That's how light works (as an aside, there really isn't such a thing as "white" colored light. You're simply seeing equal amounts of red, green, and blue).
So, generally speaking, if you have white, you have RGB (though they have developed "white" LEDs, they're more expensive to manufacture than simply making 3 colored LEDs). And if you have RGB, then you (probably) have the ability to create different colors.
Now, the possible kink in the idea here is that it may be that all three LEDs are run in circuit, so if you have one on, all three are on; you can't modify brightness individually. I don't know if that's the case here, but if it is, then there's nothing we can do. Someone who's done a teardown would probably be the only ones who would know.
PS, have you looked at a G2 before? Because the trackpad and the keyboard are on different parts of the phone. It's physically impossible for them to share a backlight. Not to mention the fact that the trackpad acts as a notification system, and flashes intermittently. Don't think you want your keyboard backlight doing that.
what i meant is the keyboard and trackpad use the same kind of LED, (not running on the same kind of circuitry. yeah someone could prolly tear it down and edit or tamper the LCD by themselves, i know what RGB is btw, i just did not know that white is possible. RGB = red green blue = different combinations of density on R or G or B = different color.
Any white led where you can see a bluish tinge is a white LED that isn't RGB. The trackpad I have a suspicion that its probably one of the newer LED's that's just a blue LED with the special coating that makes it white.
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Looks like an interesting App for controlling your LED notifications. Try it out and report your findings!
Light Flow - LED Control
Will do dude thanks
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This didn't work on the Epic 4G, would be nice if it worked on this device? Is it only red and blue or is it multicolor?
Seems to work fine...
sent from my damn EPIC TOUCH 4G!!!!
If anybody uses go SMS you can change the led to a couple different colors and even change it for individual contacts
Epic 4G touch only has 2 colors for notification LED - Red and Blue
cary328is said:
Epic 4G touch only has 2 colors for notification LED - Red and Blue
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just found that out
Its better than not having one or even waiting another month for it
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cary328is said:
Epic 4G touch only has 2 colors for notification LED - Red and Blue
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I'm using Handcent & I got a magenta light for when my girl texts me. I did choose the color "green" tho.
I am getting three color choices with Light Flow paid version. Blue, red and purple.
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what are you talking about, Purple does not work with paid version, it's red and blue!!!
Purple is a choice in the paid version for me. Of course, the actual color is more like magenta but it does work. I have Direct Mode checked in the General Settings menu.
Good to hear some feedback on this...similar results here. Wishin we had more color options!
I've only found three that work:
setting > looks like
Blue > Blue
Green > Purple
Red > Red
Purple is of course just red+blue lit simultaneously.
This is in Pro version, NOT Direct Mode.
White = fast blinking red color.
Also I noticed that the led stays lit for a long duration of time when you choose red or blue. Then it blinks off really quickly and back to on...kind of like the reverse of how it is normally. Any way to fix that?
Thanks for pointing out that white will rapid flash. That is just what I needed!
this did not work for me at all? does it only work on rooted phones?
Dont know if anyone uses kicker but my led stays magenta when I get a message
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Purple is a choice in the paid version for me. Of course, the actual color is more like magenta but it does work. I have Direct Mode checked in the General Settings menu.
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Hi
Just for info. There shouldn't be any difference between the free version and the paid version of LightFlow for color controls as they both use the same code. The only differences are the length of time it takes to cycle around the notifications and the number of apps supported.
As for the colors, the app just sends an ARGB value to the phone (when running in standard mode) and then it's up to the phone to work out how to interpret it. It's good to know white allows for rapid flashing (odd interpretation there samsung, but at least it's more choice). This is the quote from the android development documentation regarding color representation "Not every color in the spectrum is supported by the device LEDs, and not every device supports the same colors, so the hardware estimates to the best of its ability."
If anyone wants to have a play with the app "LED color tester" by coolbeans in the market to see if they can get any more colors (e.g. rapid blue flashing etc) then let me know and I'll try get the extra option put into lightflow. Note, to test using LED color tester, you'll need to uninstall lightflow first as lightflow will take over the notifications, preventing control by the tester app.
Direct mode writes to the files directly in unix that control the leds. At the moment it'll write out a 0 or a 1 to the brightness file for either the red or blue led. My guess is that some other values allow for the flashing. If only there was some consistency between phones, things would be so much easier! I'm also planning to add the option to allow custom brightness values to be sent for the leds which may help control things a little more.
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I'm using Handcent & I got a magenta light for when my girl texts me. I did choose the color "green" tho.
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WHere do you set that for a single contact?
What are all of the colors that people have found out can be make from the notification light? So far ive gotten green,blue,red,light blue, light green, and a weird light green with orange dot in the middle color.
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What are all of the colors that people have found out can be make from the notification light? So far ive gotten green,blue,red,light blue, light green, and a weird light green with orange dot in the middle color.
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Do you have White or Titanium ?
Lol, only three, R G B.
There is no light blue or light green, just your proximity sensor dimming the colour depending on your ambient lighting intensity. Dark room, light led, bright room, bright led.
To get custom colours, you need third party apps like Light Manager or Light Flow. However, after using Light Flow for a day, I can say, other than R G B, no colour appear to be prominent! But I've also heard this is a problem with the Grey units, but White ones, on white ones colours come out perfect it has been mentioned.
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I have a white one and I can make every color but no shades.
GNoteII
The only accurate color other than r g b that the grey version is capable of is cyan. The rest are ****.
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i thought LED can mix any color u like by RGB, depends on the kernel
btw, i just saw white, blue, green and red appeared on my note2
For those using Light Manager and/or Light Flow, which one has the best results on Galaxy Note 2? Any issues?
I'm reading A LOT of bad comments on Brazilian Play Store from S III users about Light Flow, and I'm afraid of messing up things here!
Don't be afraid of messing anything, if something goes wrong just uninstall the app.
And afaik, Light Manager is more consistent than Light Flow. It doesn't mess with your 'Accessibility' options. But I've seen that it drains battery in advanced mode, so better use it in Normal mode.
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Don't be afraid of messing anything, if something goes wrong just uninstall the app.
And afaik, Light Manager is more consistent than Light Flow. It doesn't mess with your 'Accessibility' options. But I've seen that it drains battery in advanced mode, so better use it in Normal mode.
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Thanks!
I was afraid because I read some comments related to an issue that messed up colors "forever". And something like eternal notifications until reboot. Of course, these could be solved with a full wipe.
Thanks for the reply.. it helps. .
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I noticed this after I got my phone. All notifications are green including fully-charged, while Red is for charging. Does the LED really don't have a Blue Color?
Correct. The HTC 10 just has RG LED, no RGB.
Oh ok. That was helpful. Thank you.
This my main gripe with this phone. Was very disappointed to see such a simple feature missing.
On my old phone I used the Light Flow app to set different colours for all sorts of things. Simple things like being able to glance at the phone and know if it's a work or personal email was soo handy.
Just got a Pixel XL from Google, for my battery-issue plagued 6P.
Found out about the LED notifications and they work. Now that I'm using 3rd party apps (Lightflow, etc.) to customize it a bit more, the LED lights up w/ funny colors. For example, Orange looks mostly orange, but with a green part at the bottom right of the LED. Same with red, as there appears to be some blue in it. I never noticed this mixing of colors when not using the 3rd party apps.
Any chance the Pixel XL was refurbished, but the LED was borked and they didn't check it? -OR- is the 3rd party apps messing up showing singular colors?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
try a diifrent app to see if that works,i been using light manager on the xl and it works excellant
Red green blue colors should be exactly red green blue, because of nature of 3 LED light. But if it is different as you say, phone led calibration might messed up so may be you need to adjust the colors manually. I think light flow must have a hex code selector for colors.
I'm using light manager and those three colors are a match but others of course mixed.