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Disable LEDs

I found this post here about disabling the LEDs on Magician here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=243229 . Like on that device this registry change disables vibrate as well. A strange link... Anyone have a real fix to turn off these annoying LEDs? Ideally a solution would allow disabling them separately, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS on the right and charging, charged, network status etc. on the left. I am probably hoping for way too much but the constant blue, green and yellows are so annoying...

Hi
Yes, see: http://www.modaco.com/Kaiser-Notifications-t259413.html
Regards
Phil

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Cool, Paul, thanks. However, the location and function of the LEDs on the AT&T model are totally different than the Kaiser (see AT&T users manual if interested). I seemed to be able to switch some LEDs around but could not really figure out what effect the individual controls have. In the end I did use it to simply disable all LEDs and it does leave vibrate enabled (big plus!). I guess I can only eventually hope for a modified version that really matches the AT&T model.

How to turn off GPS?

After i used navigon my gps will not turn off itself, so its seems to be searching or connection to gps all the time with no need to do. So, how can i turn off gps myself. when i go in flight mode it dont turn off. the orange light keeps blinking. this costs battery.

Just close the program that was using the navigation; it's not like bluetooth or wifi where you can turn it on and off.

All programms are closed via taskmanager

I wasn't aware that there was a light that indicated the GPS was on.

Is the orange led not just an indicator that the phone is powered on? The gps does not have an indicator LED. If you want the orange LED to turn off, then you need to turn off your phone completely which makes it hard for people to call you.
The gps only goes on when you use a program that uses the gps.

to the person that started this thread, the correct answer, as most of the replies say, is that the gps should come on by itself when the first application requests it. at this point, you can start other gps based applications and the gps will remain on. as you start closing these applications and/or begin to disable their gps options, the gps will go off when the last such application is closed/disabled.
to those that think there is no indicator/status LED to show whether gps is on or off, there IS such an LED indeed. if you look at the LED bank from left to right, the left most light can be:
1. green (phone is on, no missed calls, no new text messages)
2. orange (phone is on, some notifications are pending)
3. red (battery is critically low)
the right most light can be:
1. blue (bluetooth is on)
2. green (wifi is on)
3. orange (gps is on) <------so there IS an LED to show gps status

The phone has WiFi?

Well I tested mine last night with TomTom and Noviplot gsp software and I do not get any led's flashing when the GPS is on. I am using Kaiser Notification but there is no setting in there to change GPS led either. This is an unbranded HTC. Maybe others are different.

InRBigness said:
Well I tested mine last night with TomTom and Noviplot gsp software and I do not get any led's flashing when the GPS is on. I am using Kaiser Notification but there is no setting in there to change GPS led either. This is an unbranded HTC. Maybe others are different.
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i haven't used kaiser notification and i'm not using tomtom or noviplot. i have tested with google maps and gpstest and the right-most LED blinks orange about every 7 seconds. the blinking stops if i disable "Use GPS" in google maps, for example.
maybe kaiser notifications messes up the LED mapping thus preventing the GPS light from coming on?
maybe tomtom and noviplot access the GPS differently?
you might want to look into that if it bothers you but its all good and blinking as expected here!
edit: just to clarify further, my kaiser is also an unbranded factory unlocked HTC TYTN 2.

[LED notification] Partially working in Stamina Mode of Stock 4.2.2.

I remember in 4.2.2 release note, SONY committed LED notification issue resolved and LED would also work in Stamina Mode in 4.2.2.
The thing is it's only partially working after my testing. In Stamina Mode of 4.2.2, SONY just gives LED White light ONLY and Fixed frequency ONLY under Stamina, all your customerized light&frequency would not working under Stamina mode.
Example, If you set missed call with Red color & High frequency shining, when your screen is on, then LED goes like that way, once your screen off and the phone falls into Stamina mode, LED would only show White color with a slow&fixed frequency.
I'm not sure whether you encounter the same issue? I'm stock 4.2.2 Hong Kong Rom.

Any one else find a way around this?
Some people say disable backing up the Google account and reset the phone (I can't imagine what that has to do with an LED). Others say turn off stamina mode - this gets my LED working again, but I like to use stamina mode.

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I remember in 4.2.2 release note, SONY committed LED notification issue resolved and LED would also work in Stamina Mode in 4.2.2.
The thing is it's only partially working after my testing. In Stamina Mode of 4.2.2, SONY just gives LED White light ONLY and Fixed frequency ONLY under Stamina, all your customerized light&frequency would not working under Stamina mode.
Example, If you set missed call with Red color & High frequency shining, when your screen is on, then LED goes like that way, once your screen off and the phone falls into Stamina mode, LED would only show White color with a slow&fixed frequency.
I'm not sure whether you encounter the same issue? I'm stock 4.2.2 Hong Kong Rom.
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SharpnShiny said:
Any one else find a way around this?
Some people say disable backing up the Google account and reset the phone (I can't imagine what that has to do with an LED). Others say turn off stamina mode - this gets my LED working again, but I like to use stamina mode.
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Did you try installing the Light Flow app from store?

Thanks, unfortunately Light Flow doesn't work on my phone. I have tried every setting. I chatted to Sony about this and they said that Stamina mode is directed to turn off LEDs but from customer feedback, they will change this in future software updates for phones.

Sumedha Kapoor said:
Did you try installing the Light Flow app from store?
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I did try and I use Light Flow indeed, it's not working, SONY forbids 3rd LED control when L36h falls into Stamina Mode, it gives White Light&Fixed Frequency only.

Same here, shows only white LED for notifications but changes to appropriate color when screen is unlocked :-/

Rumman Shaikh said:
Same here, shows only white LED for notifications but changes to appropriate color when screen is unlocked :-/
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I see the exact same thing: tested with Whatsapp, color Green: in stamina mode with whatsapp as exception entered. Upon pressing the power button to light up the screen // go to unlock page, it turns green.

I asked Sony this in their chatroom, they said Stamina mode is responsible and it's designed to do that. They said that given the strong feedback that consumers don't like it, that it would be changed in future updates...that's all I got.

Ok I am just gonna come out and say it...my LED notifications work normally, show all the correct colours and such,,,even with Stamina mode turned on...I haven't touched anything. I'm on 244.

Sometimes, when I plug my phone to charge with stamina on, indicator doesn't turn on until I wake screen up.
I had same issue with whatsapp, but after I put it in Stamina apps list, it receives notifications and LED works (using blue for whatsapp)
C6603, RomAur

[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

[Q] disabling notifications

Hi,
I have the phone charging next to me overnight and the bright lights are really annoying. I have setup Light Flow to dim the charging LED but cant get it's sleep mode to work correctly so that notifications don't make the led bright and flashing again (I have it enabled for a certain time period and set the light/LED to disabled).
I have also tried using an app called "Do Not Disturb" which allows you to stop Mobile Data and Wifi over it's sleep period to stop the notifications from turning up but that doesn't seem to stop them properly and they still show up (along with their very bright flashing light).
So, has anyone had any luck getting these apps to work or do you have an alternative that does these jobs successfully for you?

I already invested a lot of time in finding a proper solution for the Z3, but maybe here someone found a solution in the meantime?
(I can't root the device, as it's the device of my girl friend)
Thanks for any help.

I use tasker to shut down sync and mobile connections when charging. Without root there is no solution so far. You can turn of light notifications, but battery/charging notifications stay active and have priority above Lightflow settings.

w0mbat said:
Hi,
I have the phone charging next to me overnight and the bright lights are really annoying. I have setup Light Flow to dim the charging LED but cant get it's sleep mode to work correctly so that notifications don't make the led bright and flashing again (I have it enabled for a certain time period and set the light/LED to disabled).
I have also tried using an app called "Do Not Disturb" which allows you to stop Mobile Data and Wifi over it's sleep period to stop the notifications from turning up but that doesn't seem to stop them properly and they still show up (along with their very bright flashing light).
So, has anyone had any luck getting these apps to work or do you have an alternative that does these jobs successfully for you?
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Within Light Flow, make sure the charging/charged lights have priority above all other notifications and you should be set.
I, too, use Tasker to disable data at night, but sometimes some notification comes along anyway (like a birthday reminder or something). However, thanks to Light Flow suppressing other notifications than the charge related ones, I don't get blinded at night anymore.
Previously, I used Light Manager for the same job, but for me, LM couldn't really handle those other notifications, and instead started to switch between blinking the colour of the notification and the dimmed charge light.