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[Q] LEDs Hack problem. Alternative app?

Ever since upgrading to CM6 Stable, LEDs Hack has not completely worked for me.
I have it set to disable all lights when plugged in, except the charging LED. It does this fine, however it is failing to intercept notifications (text/email/missed call/variosu app notifications) and just lets the trackball flash away.
This is incredibly annoying and distracting. It usually wakes me up because the trackball is so bright in darkness.
Is there an alternative app that can do a similar job and do it right?
I could always turn my phone face down but I don't want to do that!

In Froyo an app is able to disable LEDs, so being rooted and using LEDs Hack is no longer necessary; perhaps the developer stopped supporting it at that point?
I haven't used LEDs Hack since the developer added the same functionality into Bedside for Froyo, which faithfully disables all lights, LEDs included, on CM6 for me. It's 99 cents, but you get a great side-table clock along with it!

I'll look into Bedside, thanks - I suppose I can always refund it if it still doesn't work for whatever reason!

LED but not for trackball

as we all know the trackball can light up differnet colors with trackball alert but is it possible to use the charging LED for notification instead using the trackball LED ???

You can but...
I've seen a package that can be used to tell how much your CPU usage is by the light, but it's not that good. The LED has only 3 Colors, Blue, Amber(Orange), and Green. Red does not stay stable, it continuously flashes (hardware issue/setup). Possible? Yes. Is it out there? May be...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705645
but it's for CPU Status not otehr type of alerts

There's an app available in the app section called Blinker, lets you use different settings for the charging led.
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I tried it and it still uses the trackball leds for notifications
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Blinker doesn't, it uses the charging LED. You have limited options, because there's on 3 or 4 colors, but it does use the charger, not the trackball.
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LED Notification

Does optimus 4x has led notification light?

No, the O4X doesn't have it.

And the app 'LG Notifications' doesn't seem to work for 4X yet. It worked fine on my 2X.
This app flashes the light in the buttons whenever there are new e-mail, SMS, missed calls and so on.
Great app, and hopefully they will get it working on the 4X soon.

didn't found anything about front-button-led notifications in settings..
all i found, is to turn on/off light on buttons, and timeout for them.

I am very sad, because the best device in the world (4X HD) does not have the LED, please we want a solution for that.
Good Software AND Hardware AND IPS WOW.

I think we(somebody) can use(make a rom) to bring the front button for led notification.

the button's have led's, then there must be a way to use them for notifications

Unfortunately no program of the market, active touch LED notification!

Install the app NoLed, it is very useful and works on 4X perfectly. Different kind of customization to suit your lifestyle, e.g. icon, color of led, time to turn on/off led. It saves you trouble to press the Power button to check whether there is email, SMS, missed call,..............in. case you miss the sound notifications.
There are also other features to save battery - notification timeout, dismiss with proximity sensor (dismiss notifications when phone is in pocket or upside down), etc.

Yep, nice app !

I installed this, but I don't get it! Surely you have to wake your screen up to see what you've missed? How is that different from what the lock screen shows you?
(Those apps that light the soft-keys look great, if you could individually light them, one for calls, one for messages, one for emails (Not sure if the phone could even light them one by one)

Ben-B said:
I installed this, but I don't get it! Surely you have to wake your screen up to see what you've missed? How is that different from what the lock screen shows you?
(Those apps that light the soft-keys look great, if you could individually light them, one for calls, one for messages, one for emails (Not sure if the phone could even light them one by one)
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It works on my 4X perfectly, I even tried to add the Time yesterday and it pops up with the notification. No need to wake your screen up, that's the idea of NoLed! Look up the setting to see what you missed.
BTW, you can let the Time light up constantly but surely it will drain out your battery very fast.

NoLed app

Very useful and works on 4X perfectly. Different kind of customization to suit your lifestyle, e.g. icon, color of led, time to turn on/off led. It saves you trouble to press the Power button to check whether there is email, SMS, missed call,..............in. case you miss the sound notifications.

What does it light up? There is no notification LED on the 4X?
Ah, now I get it, it displays a notification on the screen. How much battery does it take in comparison to the screen being off all the time?
Kermit33 said:
Very useful and works on 4X perfectly. Different kind of customization to suit your lifestyle, e.g. icon, color of led, time to turn on/off led. It saves you trouble to press the Power button to check whether there is email, SMS, missed call,..............in. case you miss the sound notifications.
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I tried it once on my o2x, but it drained the battery, so I uninstalled it after a short while. But it was a year ago or so, it could have been optimized since
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Won't let my phone deep sleep >_<

Can set the time to stop and restart, there are also other features to save battery - notification timeout, dismiss with proximity sensor (dismiss notifications when phone is in pocket or upside down), etc. I use the app for two days now and didn't notice significant battery drainage.
Recommend to give it a try.

[Q] Control notification LED?

Has anyone found an app that gives us better control over the hardware LED?
I'd like to have the notification light periodically blink when there's an SMS message or missed call, (and maybe some of the other important notifications), and the default settings offer so little control as to be useless. <rant> Seriously, why would I want a LED to tell me if the phone is charging, I can see damned well that it's charging, there's a cord attached! </rant>
There's the LEDBlinker app, which has all the options i'd want, but when I put it into test mode, it doesn't blink the leds.
Has anyone else tried to do this? Has anyone had any success? It's a cool hardware feature, that I think i'd really use - but it's hobbled by the crap configuration options Samsung gave us.
Thanks

DrAzzy said:
There's the LEDBlinker app, which has all the options i'd want, but when I put it into test mode, it doesn't blink the leds.
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Samsung prevents the LED notifications from working unless the screen is turned off. I'm using Light Manager (the dev participates on this forum), and so far it works fine in "alternate" mode. When you test the LED settings, a pop-up tells you to turn off the screen, and only then will the test work (and it does).

barnabydog said:
Samsung prevents the LED notifications from working unless the screen is turned off. I'm using Light Manager (the dev participates on this forum), and so far it works fine in "alternate" mode. When you test the LED settings, a pop-up tells you to turn off the screen, and only then will the test work (and it does).
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Thanks - turns out I'd turned the LED off in settings (along with the options to use the LED to show charging status). /facepalm