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[Q] Is Your LED Notification Light Prismatic?

I've had two GN's. I swear my first one had a pure white LED notification light. This new one is prismatic. Red, blue, white. It's a whole bunch of colors melded together.
Does anyone else have the same or and I going color blind?

It's an RGB LED. Just like a white pixel, the white LED is made up of full-intensity red, green, and blue LEDs. That's what you're seeing is the individual LEDs.

copkay said:
It's an RGB LED. Just like a white pixel, the white LED is made up of full-intensity red, green, and blue LEDs. That's what you're seeing is the individual LEDs.
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I understand that. What I'm saying is one my first one, when the notification light was engaged, it was pure white. On this unit it's prismatic.
Am I going color blind? Is my unit defective? Should I be concerned? Or should I shut my giant pie hole?

bmstrong said:
I understand that. What I'm saying is one my first one, when the notification light was engaged, it was pure white. On this unit it's prismatic.
Am I going color blind? Is my unit defective? Should I be concerned? Or should I shut my giant pie hole?
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Mine is prismatic mate, little tinges of different colours

jameslfc5 said:
Mine is prismatic mate, little tinges of different colours
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Same here, and same with my buddy's

Yeah, I think the "rainbow" effect is the norm. Not sure how your other one didn't do it. Maybe it was an earlier batch that had a different LED, but that seems unlikely (mine was pretty early too, I was one the first to get a retail one from P4U...)

jmbillings said:
Yeah, I think the "rainbow" effect is the norm. Not sure how your other one didn't do it. Maybe it was an earlier batch that had a different LED, but that seems unlikely (mine was pretty early too, I was one the first to get a retail one from P4U...)
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My first was one from the early Expansys shipments. This one came yesterday. Whew! Thanks guys, really started to freak me out.

bmstrong said:
My first was one from the early Expansys shipments. This one came yesterday. Whew! Thanks guys, really started to freak me out.
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Also I should note that mine is prismatic when I look at it, but when I "notice" the notification it looks pure white because I'm not focused on it. Maybe it didn't strike you as an oddity before so you didn't really focus on the color too much (I didn't really until I read this thread and then realized "oh yeah, it is multi-colored")?

s.m.knipe said:
Also I should note that mine is prismatic when I look at it, but when I "notice" the notification it looks pure white because I'm not focused on it. Maybe it didn't strike you as an oddity before so you didn't really focus on the color too much (I didn't really until I read this thread and then realized "oh yeah, it is multi-colored")?
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LOL, it's because humans are color blind in peripheral vision
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btw, mine does the same thing, sometimes it's white, sometimes it's the rainbow
can't put my finger on when and why different colors occur though...

Mine is white all the time. Uh oh, I got this one from the first batch off of Expansys USA.

You've probably already done this but you could use Light Flow to test it

Indeed, I tried Light FLow to no avail...

tk123456789 said:
Mine is white all the time. Uh oh, I got this one from the first batch off of Expansys USA.
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Dude, thanks for posting. I'm not completely crazy!

Mine is white when I receive a call, and yellow-esh for all other notifications

I noticed this the following day of receiving my phone (Nov.26= first batch)
The affected colors are: (White, Yellow, Orange, Purple, Cyan, Magenta) while I don't find any problem with Red, Green, Blue. Of course that is because it is an RGB LED.
I'm using LED Color Tester
p.s. It is funny because an hour ago, I was checking youtube to compare my LED with the ones in the few videos demonstrating this feature.
Thanks for posting and sharing your concern (I'm lazy @ posting)

[Q] Notification light

For about a month now iv noticed that the notification light flashes 3 different colors at once... pinkish red, greenish blue and yellowish white.
Im pretty sure when i got the phone it was just white.. and dark blue for text messages.
Is it me or should it be white and blue only?

I get white for messaging and blue for FB notifications. I haven't noticed a red yet, but it may be reserved for notifications that I don't receive.

waltah! said:
I get white for messaging and blue for FB notifications. I haven't noticed a red yet, but it may be reserved for notifications that I don't receive.
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sorry i dont think you understand.
I used to get a white light.. but now that white light has turned in to faded multiple colors.. the colors i mentioned above. They are all together.
Well thats what im asking if it was always like that or not.
I guess i got my answer though...
thanks.

Twitter - Green
Facebook - Blue
Email/Messages - White (but you can see a mixture of pink and green in it)
Those are the colours I usually get.

hmm i dont get different colors on different messages but like the op a 3color whitish. i bought the device 2nd hand and it was always like this
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grognaz said:
hmm i dont get different colors on different messages but like the op a 3color whitish. i bought the device 2nd hand and it was always like this
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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use this if you want different colors
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...jb25zdWx0aW5nLmFuZHJvaWQubGlnaHRmbG93bGl0ZSJd

And I use this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5jaGF0Y2hhdG1lb3cuZ25sIl0.

Geez, not a single person understood his question.
Yes my light blinks white but shows 3 colors too. This happens for many people as its been talked about before.

RogerPodacter said:
Geez, not a single person understood his question.
Yes my light blinks white but shows 3 colors too. This happens for many people as its been talked about before.
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Thanks... but is it meant to be like that?

RedBlueGreen said:
For about a month now iv noticed that the notification light flashes 3 different colors at once... pinkish red, greenish blue and yellowish white.
Im pretty sure when i got the phone it was just white.. and dark blue for text messages.
Is it me or should it be white and blue only?
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that's how google led light is. you don't have a bad phone.. its default

RedBlueGreen said:
Thanks... but is it meant to be like that?
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Yes, it is.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

RedBlueGreen said:
Thanks... but is it meant to be like that?
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Yes, if you look closely its Google colors. White, blue, red yellow, green in a little sphere
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Its just an overlooked hardware design by Samsung. No big deal.

Samsung's choice of color

Anyone think there a relative decision to release the galaxy s3 line of phones in red, white, and blue? Seeing how they were all in the Olympic mix
Sent front my SGS3 Epic 4GLTE Touch

I like the change. Blue is beautiful and black is too common. Metallic Grey would've been good, too. But nothing beats pebble blue.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

I think it was a complete coincidence. I think the white and blue colors are much more aesthetically pleasing than black. They're calming colors. Black is just kind of the neutral default. As for the red one, I'd bet that was 100% AT&T's idea. It doesn't fit the calming nature of the pebble blue and marble white or the nature ideas of TouchWiz. It's kind of tacky, imo.
Also, if you're implying that those colors were chosen to represent the US or something, I'd say you're almost certainly mistaken. First, red, white, and blue are all very common flag colors. Who's to say which country they chose the colors to represent? Second, the phones are being released around the world in the same two colors, including to countries with no white or blue in their flags. Third, assuming, then, that they were chosen to represent the Olympic colors rather than a country, what about the yellow, green, and black versions they would have to release? Fourth, if they were to release phones in special colors for any country, it would have to be their home country of South Korea, which actually has the colors white, blue, and red on their flag but is not getting the red phone.
Really, I think it just came down to the most aesthetically pleasing colors: white and blue (at least the particular shade of blue they used). Almost any other color would have either destroyed the whole design language or just looked really ugly. I don't think a pebble green (or moss green or leaf green or whatever) would have gone over quite as well. Same with yellow, pink, violet, brown... I mean, if the phone isn't black, what other colors could you use that wouldn't be ugly to a large portion of the population? White and light blue, exactly what Samsung chose (Nope. Still not counting red. I think AT&T really ****ed that up).

EndlessDissent said:
First, red, white, and blue are all very common flag colors. Who's to say which country they chose the colors to represent?
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Ha! I was just going to point out the same thing :good:

I wanted Black or a "Gunmetal" Gray personally. Don't want a purple "pebble blue", so went white. Don't hate it, but everything else I own is Gunmetal and/or Black. Electronics, most of my shirts, even my car, lol

they may, but you´ll have to pay some extra money for a fancy color. I stay with the black and keep it classic.

EndlessDissent said:
I think it was a complete coincidence. I think the white and blue colors are much more aesthetically pleasing than black. They're calming colors. Black is just kind of the neutral default. As for the red one, I'd bet that was 100% AT&T's idea. It doesn't fit the calming nature of the pebble blue and marble white or the nature ideas of TouchWiz. It's kind of tacky, imo.
Also, if you're implying that those colors were chosen to represent the US or something, I'd say you're almost certainly mistaken. First, red, white, and blue are all very common flag colors. Who's to say which country they chose the colors to represent? Second, the phones are being released around the world in the same two colors, including to countries with no white or blue in their flags. Third, assuming, then, that they were chosen to represent the Olympic colors rather than a country, what about the yellow, green, and black versions they would have to release? Fourth, if they were to release phones in special colors for any country, it would have to be their home country of South Korea, which actually has the colors white, blue, and red on their flag but is not getting the red phone.
Really, I think it just came down to the most aesthetically pleasing colors: white and blue (at least the particular shade of blue they used). Almost any other color would have either destroyed the whole design language or just looked really ugly. I don't think a pebble green (or moss green or leaf green or whatever) would have gone over quite as well. Same with yellow, pink, violet, brown... I mean, if the phone isn't black, what other colors could you use that wouldn't be ugly to a large portion of the population? White and light blue, exactly what Samsung chose (Nope. Still not counting red. I think AT&T really ****ed that up).
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Naa..no way man. Obviously they represent America and all it's kick ass'ness.

I like the idea going with the Olympics but I am not sure I could ever like the pebble blue color!

I want Newport's green damn it.Now tell me thats no a soothing color.Only drawback it will make you wanna smoke more.

lviv73 said:
I want Newport's green damn it.Now tell me thats no a soothing color.Only drawback it will make you wanna smoke more.
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LMFAO!!! You is burnt the f*** up. But yeah...it'd be nice to have it that way.
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lviv73 said:
I want Newport's green damn it.Now tell me thats no a soothing color.Only drawback it will make you wanna smoke more.
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Lol that's too funny

I think a burned orange color would be nice. Kinda like the orange dodge uses on the DAYTONA model vehicles
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so Android Police are saying they have an inside leak the S3 will be coming out in Black

they should of done purple and pink

ab30494 said:
they should of done purple and pink
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I hope youre a girl because we dont like them other people that ask for such things,lol.

lviv73 said:
I hope youre a girl because we dont like them other people that ask for such things,lol.
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with pink for men

DCRocks said:
Ha! I was just going to point out the same thing :good:
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As an international phone that was first released in England (obviously the location of the games with the same flag color), this would fit right into the OP's theory. It's not just an American market they're selling to.

Flat forest green would be nice. Or aqua.

jordan23945bulls said:
Flat forest green would be nice. Or aqua.
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Green would be cool.

flat black would be Badass
Sent front my SGS3 Epic 4GLTE Touch

Is the reading mode supposed to be dull colors or black and white?

Every review I watched before getting my 5T said that the reading mode turns the display black and white (or gray scale), but in my phone it has a very warm white balance, even more than the night mode.
How it's supposed to work? Is my phone working fine?

Yup, that is how it's supposed to look, like some sort of an e-reader, those screens usually also have this warm white color :good:

Pfeffernuss said:
Yup, that is how it's supposed to look, like some sort of an e-reader, those screens usually also have this warm white color :good:
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Thanks, I would've preferred it to be plain black and white with the option to enable night mode on top of that to make it warmer if I wanted to.

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.