Ok, I've had this over a month and I have never seen the second led blink or turn on.
The first one, near the "htc" letters above the screen, is on when charging and when I receive messages. The second one, above the "Sprint" letters on the top right corner, is never on.
Is it in fact a second notification led or us it there just to preserve the phone's symmetry?
Sorry if the question is ..retarded. thanks for the help.
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I don't believe there's an LED under there, it's just to make the phone symmetrical.
the one on the right side is the light sensor, for the auto-brightness feature
tatonka_hero said:
the one on the right side is the light sensor, for the auto-brightness feature
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It is for auto brightness.
OH! I had no idea, thank you very much
Am a bit disappointed though haha
Also used for the Proximity Sensor app which btw, works gr8!!
Also used for the Proximity Sensor app which btw, works gr8!!
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I was going to include that as the sensor not only detects light but also proximity to change the brightness when it is either dark or light, but also how close the phone is to your face.
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Sorry if this has already been asked but what are the top two lights in the top left for? must be in bright light to see and maybe a slight tilt
I think one is the light and one the proximity sensor!
Cranck said:
I think one is the light and one the proximity sensor!
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Oh ok thanks
I was wondering this too Wasn't too sure to ask lol.
What kind of light is it? I know the led light that is used for the nexus is in the top right..
ywindlass said:
I was wondering this too Wasn't too sure to ask lol.
What kind of light is it? I know the led light that is used for the nexus is in the top right..
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They aren't lights but sensors. One detects the amount of light in a room to automatically change your brightness, and apparently the other is a proximity sensor, which I didn't know, but makes sense. The proximity sensor is why your screen turns off when you put your phone to your ear during a call.
I just received my nexus and I thought the battery was dead cause it showed the battery icon briefly. I left it charging for an hour and nothing. I tried the flashlight trick on the screen and I could see the welcome screen. I disable the automatic dimming feature and now my screen turns on. It must be a software issue on the sensor. I don't know yet.
So you shine a flashlight at the ambient light sensor and it turns the screen back up? Like the sensitivity of the sensor is too low? I'll have to make a mental note of this for when mine finally comes in.
Yes if you can't see the screen. If it still doesn't work, shine the light on the screen and you should be able to see the welcome screen. I don't know if you ever had your laptop LCD inverter burn out?
Thanks for this post. I had the exact same problem. I struggled to get up and running, but figure it out with the help of my GNex.
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Thanks for the info.
I had this problem and I'm getting mine replaced. This is almost certainly not a software issue, else everybody would be having it (and if it were a misconfiguration, it would go away with a flash of the factory rom).
mewantnexus7 said:
I had this problem and I'm getting mine replaced. This is almost certainly not a software issue, else everybody would be having it (and if it were a misconfiguration, it would go away with a flash of the factory rom).
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Do a search for light sensor, and you'll find other people with this problem.
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True, I can't even see youtube in landscape mode cause the screen will shutoff. I have to have it in portrait mode.
Sounds more like a hardware problem. A light should DIM the screen, not brighten it. The sensor is reversed.
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mkiker2089 said:
Sounds more like a hardware problem. A light should DIM the screen, not brighten it. The sensor is reversed.
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So when you walk outside to the bright sun, you would want your tablet's brightness to be at the lowest setting? I doubt it
On the HTC one the home and back button does not come on all the time. When i turn the phone on should those the home and back button light up right away??? mine don't. If im in the dark they sometimes come on, not all the time. Just trying to figure out how those 2 buttons are suppose to work.
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steve
They are triggered by (a lack of) ambient light via the light sensor.
Mine come on as soon as i press the power button and turn off soon as i press of
jaythenut said:
Mine come on as soon as i press the power button and turn off soon as i press of
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Your device is special
nobnut said:
Your device is special
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or broke:laugh:
Mine light up when not needed and refuse to shine in the dark. So far I've not been worried about it; thumb finds the right place most of the time
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The light sensors on the front top left determine when to turn it off or on. cover them with your finger and the home and back should light up. If not - the light sensors are not working. I've noticed that very little light will trigger these things. even the light from the lcd will be enough light to not allow the home and back keys to light up especially in the dark... Hopefully there will be a tweak forth coming.
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Mine light up when not needed and refuse to shine in the dark. So far I've not been worried about it; thumb finds the right place most of the time
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My sensors must be faulty then as mine don't come on when I put my fingers over the sensor?
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My sensors must be faulty then as mine don't come on when I put my fingers over the sensor?
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do you have a screen protector on? try taking it off and see
I have had the phone for about a week now and I love it, however one of my big complaints is that the active notifications do not show any battery info, charging or percentage blah blah blah. My phone died the other night and when it was plugged in it had a bright green LED under the earpiece. Any other time I've plugged it in it has never come on. Does anyone know why it would come on one time and never again? Has anyone else seen this elusive LED?
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I have had the phone for about a week now and I love it, however one of my big complaints is that the active notifications do not show any battery info, charging or percentage blah blah blah. My phone died the other night and when it was plugged in it had a bright green LED under the earpiece. Any other time I've plugged it in it has never come on. Does anyone know why it would come on one time and never again? Has anyone else seen this elusive LED?
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I saw this on a display model at ATT with a dead battery. The earpiece was lit by a green LED.
maybe try lightflow?
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maybe try lightflow?
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I thought the same thing, and I played around with it a little and couldn't get the light to come on. I'm just curious because motorola made the point that LED's don't give any information like active notifications give, yet they still put one on the phone. It just appears it barely ever comes on.
We definitely need to figure this out!
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Never seen an LED on mine, but very interested in this. Would be awesome to enable it!
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Anyone figure this out? I saw the same light under same circumstances but can't control it.
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with lightflow pro (pay edition) nothing happens...
LED Light Answer
Found the answer in the owner's manual, of all places, on the page "At a Glance" with the illustration of the phone's features. The arrow in the diagram points more or less to the sensor right next to the earpiece. That small oblong is not just the light sensor to turn off the screen when you have the phone up to your ear. It also houses the Low Battery LED. Sometimes it really does pay to read the instructions, however boring they may be.
Low Battery LED:
This LED lights up when you plug in your
charger and the smartphone’s battery level is too low to
power on the display. It means that your smartphone is
charging and will be ready to use shortly.
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Found the answer in the owner's manual, of all places, on the page "At a Glance" with the illustration of the phone's features. The arrow in the diagram points more or less to the sensor right next to the earpiece. That small oblong is not just the light sensor to turn off the screen when you have the phone up to your ear. It also houses the Low Battery LED. Sometimes it really does pay to read the instructions, however boring they may be.
Low Battery LED:
This LED lights up when you plug in your
charger and the smartphone’s battery level is too low to
power on the display. It means that your smartphone is
charging and will be ready to use shortly.
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Knowing that Motorola's way of Notification LED was their Active Display, it would be redundant to have the Notification LED too.
Even with root there's no physical way to enable this light in other circumstances?
I emailed LightFlow and got this reply:
Hi
Sadly it doesn't really have much led hardware in it. There's one
green led which I think can only be controlled with root access from
the experiments I've tried with a user.
Cheers
andrew
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I'm pretty sure it was confirmed that the LED in the earpiece was connected directly to the charging hardware found on the MotoX. What does this mean? It means we will probably never be able to take advantage of it. It's nothing the software can take control of.
Just to throw this out there, will this work?
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-fix-moto-g-notification-led
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Just to throw this out there, will this work?
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-fix-moto-g-notification-led
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doesn't work
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doesn't work
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Oh well, worth a try!
did anyone notice the Always on Display dims, but doesn't turn off when turned face-down or put in your pocket?
Yes and looks as though that is how it will always be now. I read an article about how they did proximity sensor on this phone. The process sensor causes a white light to blink when it's on so it is only used when on a call.
Wait ... So the ALWAYS ON display is on ALWAYS and that's a problem??? Hmmmm
Try Gravity Screen.
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Yes and looks as though that is how it will always be now. I read an article about how they did proximity sensor on this phone. The process sensor causes a white light to blink when it's on so it is only used when on a call.
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This is bull s h i t! WTH!!
Yea, I was looking into this. The "behind the glass" proximity sensor isonly on when in calls etc. You'l see it's on by the flashing white dot near the battery icon when in a call etc. All other times it seems it's off. So AOD is always on as it doesn't use the proximity sensor any longer.
Really stupid on their part.
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Yea, I was looking into this. The "behind the glass" proximity sensor isonly on when in calls etc. You'l see it's on by the flashing white dot near the battery icon when in a call etc. All other times it seems it's off. So AOD is always on as it doesn't use the proximity sensor any longer.
Really stupid on their part.
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I agree, Also I used the lift to call when in a persons sms thread in the stock messages app, now that does not work either because of this.... I can't find an option to turn it on. Never had an option on my prior galaxys as it just worked...
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Wait ... So the ALWAYS ON display is on ALWAYS and that's a problem??? Hmmmm
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Yes because I want it always on WHEN I CAN SEE IT, not when it's in my pocket.
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Have you tried it for this case?
This sucks... Only way I understand this it's that they decided that AOD and proximity sensor always on consume almost the same amount of battery.
I cover the proximity sensor on s9+ and turn off AOD in 30sec and then i try that on my s10+ and nothing happened and for now i turn it off because is all the time active.
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My phone doesn't arrive until tomorrow so I have no report but, I am wondering if anyone has noticed accidental screen on in pocket or seen a setting to prevent. Older Galaxy phones had a setting to prevent this which relied on proximity sensor.
bsam55 said:
My phone doesn't arrive until tomorrow so I have no report but, I am wondering if anyone has noticed accidental screen on in pocket or seen a setting to prevent. Older Galaxy phones had a setting to prevent this which relied on proximity sensor.
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Accidental touch is still an option on the S10, i have mine enabled but it never turns AOD off. It doesn't work like before. I'm hoping they can fix this as its getting on my nerves that I have to keep disabling AOD when leaving in my bag else it'll stay on wasting battery for nothing.
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So basically if I use a wallet folio case then then AOD doesnt turn off when I close the cover?
What would be causing this?
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So basically if I use a wallet folio case then then AOD doesnt turn off when I close the cover?
What would be causing this?
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Probably need to be connected with proximity sensor but this time is under the screen who knows.
I just ran the Samsung inbuilt test *#0#* , there is no test under Sensors for the proximity sensor for this model, if I'm not mistaken other Galaxy devices did have this specific sub test under Sensors test menu
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