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Does the THRILL have a notification light??

I am getting two THRILLs in the mail on Saturday.
I have an ATRIX, an INSPIRE, and a STATUS [opened 3 lines in store and 2 lines online]
The Status is not for me nor is the Inspire
but the ATRIX feels solid [tegra dual core like the G2X, but with a notification light and MUCH better battery life]
I am excited about the thrill though, the dual core omap is a monster and I hear the dual channel RAM is not a gimmick but a real edge
My only problem is, DOES THRILL HAVE NOTIFICATION LIGHT?
I know the optimus 3d doesn't, who here with a THRILL in hand knows whether it has the light or not?

Notification light
This is the only feature that I wish this phone had, but to answer your question no it doesn't. I figure it's only a matter of time till someone creates a mod that will turn the 4 buttons down at the bottom into a notification lights, as was done with the i think the hd2 not sure but it's one of the older phones that I use to have.
Don't let this stop you from getting this phone, I have had a lot of phones this is the first one that I have had that I am happy with and it doesn't even have a rom on it yet, can't wait to see what comes out in the way of roms.

Its true this phone is so awesome it doesnt need one... Haha but if you look in the optimus 3d thread under thwmes and apps I believe, there is an app that lets you use the 4 capacitive touchscreen buttons as a led notification system... It works with the thrill and has lots of features... Try that.
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Yea I was going to get the galaxy s 2 when it was released but I think.I may keep this after doing some test on it , it really is fast faster than atrix so as of now fastest stock wise of all at&t phones I may get another one (replacement) cuz I no longer have a bootscreeni turn it on and its black then just opens android lol plus the 3d is cool
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It doesn't have notifications lights. I thought after leaving my Blackberry that I'd miss the blinking light. After getting over the initial constantly looking at my phone to see a blinking light, I kinda prefer not having one as it's just another battery draining function.

againareku said:
I am getting two THRILLs in the mail on Saturday.
I have an ATRIX, an INSPIRE, and a STATUS [opened 3 lines in store and 2 lines online]
The Status is not for me nor is the Inspire
but the ATRIX feels solid [tegra dual core like the G2X, but with a notification light and MUCH better battery life]
I am excited about the thrill though, the dual core omap is a monster and I hear the dual channel RAM is not a gimmick but a real edge
My only problem is, DOES THRILL HAVE NOTIFICATION LIGHT?
I know the optimus 3d doesn't, who here with a THRILL in hand knows whether it has the light or not?
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check out the NOLED app in the market, works wonders

Not having the boot animation may be a blessing in disguise, I hate that At&t animation, it's the first thing I'm gonna change once we have some ROMs.
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Its called BLN (Back Light Notification) I had it on the Nexus S. And it really does light up your Bottom button lights like a notification light. But you need a custom kernel that supports it. Whoever can bake that in with a custom kernel then well will be set. but i did notice that the phone wakes up when a notification comes in. If i can remember correctly no other android phone does this unless you install an app.

I posted in the atrix forum..I have both the phones in hand..I'm so torn apart I can't make up my mind
I started feeling the limits..using the thrill I was down to about 200 megs of RAM...doing the same thing on Atrix I had 600 free
but there's something about the thrill that makes me want to keep it..I can't put my finger on it but it's something
who here has had both phones? like someone said..the thrill "kills all the phones"..
but the atrix no denying it is a monster..a sleek thin light weight monster.

magicriggs said:
Its called BLN (Back Light Notification) I had it on the Nexus S. And it really does light up your Bottom button lights like a notification light. But you need a custom kernel that supports it. Whoever can bake that in with a custom kernel then well will be set. but i did notice that the phone wakes up when a notification comes in. If i can remember correctly no other android phone does this unless you install an app.
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There is a setting on the Inspire 4G that you can toggle on/off sort of thing that would allow the phone to be awakened when a notification came without the need for an app. However, the Inspire 4G had a notification light so I am not sure if there is any relevance between the two.
While we are talking about the Thrill 4G and its lighting....don't flame me for this lol...but how the heck do you turn on the LED light for the camera? I have looked everywhere and I must just be missing it. Any help would be awesome. Thanks in advance.

47r0n1n said:
There is a setting on the Inspire 4G that you can toggle on/off sort of thing that would allow the phone to be awakened when a notification came without the need for an app. However, the Inspire 4G had a notification light so I am not sure if there is any relevance between the two.
While we are talking about the Thrill 4G and its lighting....don't flame me for this lol...but how the heck do you turn on the LED light for the camera? I have looked everywhere and I must just be missing it. Any help would be awesome. Thanks in advance.
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You mean for the camera? If your talking about taking 3D Pictures the Flash Does Not function when taking 3D photo's. Plus from what I have heard from people with Evo 3D's the flash actually tends to wash out the picture a bit so I am assuming LG did that intentionally. Although I would guess that someone will cook a MOD to get flash to function when in 3D mode. If your talking about a flashlight just download one of the many apps for it.

Going with the Atrix
this phone is so fresh and so new..
very interesting, and in many ways AWESOME
but it's just not there yet. The Atrix is everything I need in a phone right now.
but I am excited to see what happens. Right now there is almost zero dev support, LG isn't saying much either about updates, and AT&T is just excited about the new phone.
I am hoping that 2 or 3 months from now LG has released official Gingerbread or maybe even official Ice Cream Sandwich, that devs have come up with interesting hacks and mods to the original software, and that there's a healthy selection of good cases and screen protectors
Then I might just sell the Atrix and pick this up again.

Active Notifications Flicker?

Wanted to see if anyone elses' X does this.
Go into a dark/pitch black room.
Face down your phone and pick it up / get the AN to trigger.
Watch your screen after the AN fades out.
Does your whole screen go through a wavy/flicker effect? Lasts about 1 second. Looks slightly grey/brownish. Not so noticeable when it's bright out.

I have noticed this. I wanted to see if the active notification pixels were the only ones lighting up and I think they are. However, there is that brief moment that the whole screen is emitting enough light to be noticeable.

Ya I have noticed this too but only in very dark rooms. I'm not to worried; battery life is great for my usage.
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someone can solve this bug?

guillots said:
someone can solve this bug?
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I've got the exact same problem, but its only noticiable in very dark rooms, but still it sucks.
I have find this app, it's the same as Motos Active Screen, but it doesn't flicker for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications&hl=nl
You will need the paid version to get all options though.

seafood99 said:
I've got the exact same problem, but its only noticiable in very dark rooms, but still it sucks.
I have find this app, it's the same as Motos Active Screen, but it doesn't flicker for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications&hl=nl
You will need the paid version to get all options though.
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That app may chew through your battery possibly, unlike moto's active display.
Just a heads up. ?

No notification led while charging

I just noticed a bug, not sure if others have as well. When my phone is charging the notification led's do not work, it stays solid amber. Has anyone else seen this?

It was like that on the M7 also

Really, that is not good. Did anyone make a mod to change that?

Not that I know of.

That's really going to bug me

It's like that on my LTE.
HTC Jewel
HBOOT 2.10 S-OFF (rumrunner)
Android 4.3 Sense 5.5 V3

It's been like that on every phone I've had.

It's been a couple years since I had an HTC, the gs3 light flashed even when charging so I got used to that.

metalfan78 said:
It's been a couple years since I had an HTC, the gs3 light flashed even when charging so I got used to that.
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Alright. It turns green when done!

metalfan78 said:
It's been a couple years since I had an HTC, the gs3 light flashed even when charging so I got used to that.
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@metalfan78, you sound like your having a rough time adjusting. I hope that you don't turn to the S5 because of that. Granted, I would still be able to utilize your rom on my wife's S5 when that time comes, but that's not the point.

No, I'm gonna stick with the m8, I'm just asking questions about this stuff to see how things work. There are a few things I got used to though. Loving the m8 so far though.

metalfan78 said:
No, I'm gonna stick with the m8, I'm just asking questions about this stuff to see how things work. There are a few things I got used to though. Loving the m8 so far though.
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Wish more people would ask questions before breaking their sh**. lol

I learned long ago to read, read, read, read some more, then ask questions, lol.

Some of these things I keep asking about sound fun to dig for and mod.

This has been the LED behavior for a few years now on HTC devices. On the M7, you could use our custom kernel to give you a feature called button blink... Which flashed the cap buttonns if your phone was charging so you'd know if you got a notification. Sadly, that isn't an option we can do for the M8. Hopefully someone can do a kernel mod to change the charging led behavior.

Yea, that would be cool.

I have been digging around the web for answers to this, because it is really driving me nuts. My led is really dim, and I really hate not being notified while the phone is charging. I have no idea where to look though. I posted another thread asking for some guidance because I would really love to change this. It seems like a minor thing, but it is something that HTC should fix in my opinion.

metalfan78 said:
I have been digging around the web for answers to this, because it is really driving me nuts. My led is really dim, and I really hate not being notified while the phone is charging. I have no idea where to look though. I posted another thread asking for some guidance because I would really love to change this. It seems like a minor thing, but it is something that HTC should fix in my opinion.
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The last time I checked, it is a kernel issue. ThickLizard was working on getting this working even with a blue LED color.

That's good to hear. It seems so minor, but it makes me want to go to a different phone, but if it gets fixed I would be a happy camper.

metalfan78 said:
That's good to hear. It seems so minor, but it makes me want to go to a different phone, but if it gets fixed I would be a happy camper.
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You could try a different Rom? Viper Rom allows the notification light to flash while charging, the screen to turn on, the rear led camera lights to flash, etc.

Nexus 6 Notifications

One of my last hang ups on getting the Nexus 6 is how it will handle notifications. I know it will have Ambient Display, but from what I have been able to read, its not going to pulse like the Active Display of the normal Moto phones. Has anyone seen how the Nexus 6 will handle notifications yet?

This is exactly what I'm trying to find out, i keep checking all the unboxing and first hands on video and reviews
and they just keep talking about the size, specs and camera, i might have to pass on this nexus if it doesn't pulse in some form, i just can always keep picking up my phone check for a message.

Yep. If it doesn't pulse or blink or something, it will be a poor choice. Knowing you have a notification from across the room or in a dark room, is one of the things I like about 95% of Android phones.
The last phone I had without an LED light was the GS2, and I had to use other means.

It seems like such a simple request for anyone with the phone to check as well. Every unboxing and first impressions video I have watched (far too many) have all said that "it has moto x like notifications and that's a good thing" but every time they show the settings it doesn't indicate that it pulses or breathes. I was hoping that DL would have answered this question when they got their test units, but even they haven't yet.

I'm pretty sure Google knows it's silly to send a visible notification only once. I'm confident they've incorporated some form of pulse or renotification of some kind. Fingers crossed

In any case if it is or not just remember this. ITS A SOFTWARE FEATURE.
I mean come on guys, we are XDA. If its not perfect I am sure one or some of us here will be able to modify the feature to allow whatever we want. The feature is baked into 5.0 android now and is Open, all we have to do is work on a expanded settings system to customize it if it already does not have one. Hell if Xposed gets properly ported to ART we can surely see a module for it!
Stop acting like its the end of the world if it does/doesn't have the exact feature of software design as the Moto X. Its a software feature and if demand needs it I am sure we will find a way to make it happen. Have faith in XDA and the Developers.

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In any case if it is or not just remember this. ITS A SOFTWARE FEATURE.
I mean come on guys, we are XDA. If its not perfect I am sure one or some of us here will be able to modify the feature to allow whatever we want. The feature is baked into 5.0 android now and is Open, all we have to do is work on a expanded settings system to customize it if it already does not have one. Hell if Xposed gets properly ported to ART we can surely see a module for it!
Stop acting like its the end of the world if it does/doesn't have the exact feature of software design as the Moto X. Its a software feature and if demand needs it I am sure we will find a way to make it happen. Have faith in XDA and the Developers.
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Its definitely not the end of the world. I'm not being dramatic and condemning the phone if it doesn't have it. Just looking for an answer to what I hope Google realizes is a basic need. I've been rooting and roming since the OG Droid days here so I know what XDA can do, I just don't believe this is a feature that I should need to rely on the Devs here to create.

First of all, it's something you can turn off. So if it doesn't work the way you want it to you don't have to use it.
Google is also pushing Android Wear which makes anything like Moto Display (ie Active Display) pointless cause you can see it on your wrist faster anyway.

Nickcu13 said:
First of all, it's something you can turn off. So if it doesn't work the way you want it to you don't have to use it.
Google is also pushing Android Wear which makes anything like Moto Display (ie Active Display) pointless cause you can see it on your wrist faster anyway.
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Not everybody can afford a $250 "wear" on top of their phone purchase though.
G3

20degrees said:
Not everybody can afford a $250 "wear" on top of their phone purchase though.
G3
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Or want to. I really have no desire to spend $250 on a watch that I have to replace every couple years because it becomes obsolete or the battery is well beyond is usefully life.

ABOsborn20 said:
Or want to. I really have no desire to spend $250 on a watch that I have to replace every couple years because it becomes obsolete or the battery is well beyond is usefully life.
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The battery on the G watch is really great actually.
And if you don't want Android wear, don't buy it. But that's where Google is going so some features that used to be present on phones that aren't as necessary now will potentially be removed.

Ambient display on N6 works similar to Moto X. It will pulse when the notification arrives. After that it will pulse every few minutes, in an adaptive time period - the longer you don't pick it up, the period between pulses will increase.
And of course custom rom's will be able to tweak this, I hope.

ECrispy said:
Ambient display on N6 works similar to Moto X. It will pulse when the notification arrives. After that it will pulse every few minutes, in an adaptive time period - the longer you don't pick it up, the period between pulses will increase.
And of course custom rom's will be able to tweak this, I hope.
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This sounds perfect. Do you have a source for this or speculation?

ABOsborn20 said:
This sounds perfect. Do you have a source for this or speculation?
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Its from the AndroidPolice hands on which is one of the most detailed ones.

ECrispy said:
Its from the AndroidPolice hands on which is one of the most detailed ones.
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Are you referring to this article: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-googles-nexus-6-really-big-really-beautiful/
I don't see anything about Active Display there...

Does anyone know if it has the IR sensors on the screen to wake the display up with a hand gesture just like it happens on the Moto X?

dualityim said:
Are you referring to this article: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-googles-nexus-6-really-big-really-beautiful/
I don't see anything about Active Display there...
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Yes. It's in the comments, the author replied to a question about Active Display.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TyhaOjME5g
Droid Life showing a video of the notifications. I can see why the battery savings aren't as big as they would be on Active Display

ABOsborn20 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TyhaOjME5g
Droid Life showing a video of the notifications. I can see why the battery savings aren't as big as they would be on Active Display
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Seems very unreliable, he had to try multiple times. Also why is pick up to activate so unreliable?
I really wish they'd copied the Moto version and added the sensors.

this seems like it will just nuke the battery in comparison to an LED.... I may end up just leaving this off.
won't this turn on constantly in a pocket as well?

Is there a notification light?

Does anyone know if the S10e has a notification light? I read somewhere on this site that there's a multi colour light around the camera but I havent seen this mentioned elsewhere. Thanks.

there is no LED pulse notification anymore -, there is a camera border light similar to edge lightning but not sure if you can customise it for notifications -

Bummer... I like that light very much and also want to know if there is a way to have the same possible although in some new way

The Samsung LED cases (Wallet cover or back cover) can show notifications and are customizable.
https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/m...0-plus-led-wallet-cover-black-ef-ng975pbegus/
https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/m...10-plus-led-back-cover-black-ef-kg975cbegus//
Keep in mind, the above links are for the S10+ variant, but the other models have their own as well.

Will have to wait for someone to chime in with first hand information on the camera border light as I'm not prepared to spend $65 on a case and the notification LED is essential to me.

lambada24 said:
Will have to wait for someone to chime in with first hand information on the camera border light as I'm not prepared to spend $65 on a case and the notification LED is essential to me.
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The ring notification colors can be customized (afaik)

mzsquared said:
The ring notification colors can be customized (afaik)
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Is there any video on how they work. I didn't know about them.

S10 apparently loses the led notification light, but will retain edge lighting which can be frustrating .
Tbh it's not a bad thing, I get distracted by the led flashing when something comes in and dont use aod
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Davey Dual Sim said:
S10 apparently loses the led notification light, but will retain edge lighting which can be frustrating .
Tbh it's not a bad thing, I get distracted by the led flashing when something comes in and dont use aod
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What if I opted for S10e, could edge lighting be on this phone as well as on 2 other models?

Samsung's reasoning was that it would distract from their new edge to edge display.

mzsquared said:
The ring notification colors can be customized (afaik)
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Hopefully the ring light supports the same API as the LED light did. That should let Light Manager Pro work as is or at least give the developer a quick way of updating it. I've really come to depend on that app to be able to see charge state or type of notification (email, text, etc) my phone received from across the room.

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Hopefully the ring light supports the same API as the LED light did. That should let Light Manager Pro work as is or at least give the developer a quick way of updating it. I've really come to depend on that app to be able to see charge state or type of notification (email, text, etc) my phone received from across the room.
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I'm also using light manager and sure hope it would work somehow with the S10. I really need the notification light.

lambada24 said:
Does anyone know if the S10e has a notification light? I read somewhere on this site that there's a multi colour light around the camera but I havent seen this mentioned elsewhere. Thanks.
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tiho5 said:
Bummer... I like that light very much and also want to know if there is a way to have the same possible although in some new way
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Found this here on XDA
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s10-new-software-features/amp/

Outbreak444 said:
Found this here on XDA
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s10-new-software-features/amp/
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The ring light is also mentioned here: https://phandroid.com/2019/02/22/our-favorite-new-one-ui-features-on-the-samsung-galaxy-s10/
Unfortunately, I have seen it work on any video reviews yet so I can't tell how visible it is.

:fingers-crossed:Come on everyone. We all know someone in here will figure out how to enable the camera ring to do just about anything we want. It may take a few weeks/months but it'll get there.....:fingers-crossed:

I really hope they or someone else will make the circle light around the punch for notifications.
That would look so dope.
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I could dig a strobing circle light! ??

galaxys said:
I could dig a strobing circle light! ??
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Oh yes, that's going to be great

i recall seeing it in one of the yt vids from the past days. but cant remember in which on. it lights up white when cam is in use. and they at least mentioned the notification light. haven't seen the notification light yesterday at the electronics store but again that where still demo units with no working fingerprint and oder things disabled

I have bought the s10 plus for 3 days, unfortunately the cameras ring doesn't light up when i receive notifications .