I read about the issue of Stamina Mode blocking the usage of the LED. I like the LED, it's the best thing for notifications. But without Stamina Mode, I'm getting poor battery life. Is there any way to bypass this? perhaps a third party application or mod? I'm rooted and on an unlocked bootloader so I'd have no problem messing with it to get this working.
Thanks!
KarimSalloum said:
I read about the issue of Stamina Mode blocking the usage of the LED. I like the LED, it's the best thing for notifications. But without Stamina Mode, I'm getting poor battery life. Is there any way to bypass this? perhaps a third party application or mod? I'm rooted and on an unlocked bootloader so I'd have no problem messing with it to get this working.
Thanks!
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Light Flow with root and alternative mode works with Stamina Mode, but you only get 3 LED colors unfortunately
Thanks! But it didn't work, what did you mean by alternative mode?
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Thanks! But it didn't work, what did you mean by alternative mode?
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It's in the settings of the app. 2nd or Third option from the top.
Tried it but it's very crippled. Only 3 LEDs and you can't control the blink speed. And the LED itself is very dim. Extremely hard to see it and I tried all 3 different colours.
sacredsoul said:
It's in the settings of the app. 2nd or Third option from the top.
Tried it but it's very crippled. Only 3 LEDs and you can't control the blink speed. And the LED itself is very dim. Extremely hard to see it and I tried all 3 different colours.
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Yeah, just figured it out, and it doesn't blink at all for me it just stays continuously on and it's very dim like you said. Well, this sucks..... I don't understand the idea behind disabling the LED in stamina mode. It's just a tiny LED, how much power can it consume?!?
KarimSalloum said:
Yeah, just figured it out, and it doesn't blink at all for me it just stays continuously on and it's very dim like you said. Well, this sucks..... I don't understand the idea behind disabling the LED in stamina mode. It's just a tiny LED, how much power can it consume?!?
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That was already acknowledged by Sony and will be fix in a future update
Never knew Sony acknowledged it... Source?
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sacredsoul said:
Never knew Sony acknowledged it... Source?
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I'm not the source...
But one user in other topic (can't remember) emailed Sony and they said they will fix that!
Can't be 100% sure!
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Never knew Sony acknowledged it... Source?
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Ambroos was the source that said that Sony will fix it.
The low battery light still works, so it will change with the next proper update most likely
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Hello all,
Has anyone been able to access the LED flash on the Nexus one without rooting? I would like to create a flashlight app of my own to do this, but I have no idea where to begin.
from the market n1 torch.
gwhyte01 said:
from the market n1 torch.
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I thought N1 Torch only works with root?
Its for rooted devices only..
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gwhyte01 said:
from the market n1 torch.
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I love incorrect information said with such confidence, lol.
n1 torch, as has been mentioned, is root only. Heck, if you go to download it, it SAYS it. Beyond that, unfortunately no, at this moment from my research, you'll need root access to gain control of the LED. Sorry
Re the N1 Torch, which i love btw, is anyone else having problems with the widget?
Most of the time its perfect, but sometimes it appears to lag by ALOT, ie you press it multiple times to try and turn it on, then a few minutes later in your pocket it starts flashing on and off while in your pocket.
i prefer the color flashlight one, i think thats what its called, it doesnt use the led it lights up the screen itself, much brighter and wider light imo
use it while sneaking up to bed after late night raids in warcraft so i dont wake the g/f
I used that one last night to read, I see what you mean about its much wider, but its definitely NOT brighter than the LED, although that only lasts for like a minute before it needs to cool down.
When I go to whatsapp settings and change the led light to green it doesn't really seem to work. What happens instead is when the phone screen is off and someone sends me a message, a white led light comes on instead (must be default light set by Sony) and when I switch the screen on the led finally flashes green. Some times both colours flash when screen is off
Anyone else have this issue? I tried light manager and when I did the led test the same problem occurs but this time it flashes green once and then back to white light...any way to solve this? A white light is pretty rubbish imo
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Are you running under Stamina Mode? If you turn off Stamina, then you would find the LED works well.
It seems SONY didn't get LED issue under Stamina really resolved, SONY just gives LED White light ONLY and Fixed frequency ONLY under Stamina, and customerized light&frequency still not working under Stamina mode.
kevinkoo said:
Are you running under Stamina Mode? If you turn off Stamina, then you would find the LED works well.
It seems SONY didn't get LED issue under Stamina really resolved, SONY just gives LED White light ONLY and Fixed frequency ONLY under Stamina, and customerized light&frequency still not working under Stamina mode.
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Ah that makes sense, Sony seem to always be a step behind...fixing one bug and another appears or in this case partially fixing it. This probably be my last Sony handset tbh
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dreamville said:
Ah that makes sense, Sony seem to always be a step behind...fixing one bug and another appears or in this case partially fixing it. This probably be my last Sony handset tbh
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I think this is an Android related stuff: Fix one thing, break tons of others.
You can see it on CM, AOKP, AOSP. One fix, one bug.
"So I added this thing to have a smoother experience... Oh, it causes battery drain/wakelocks/breaks NFC, etc".
How many times have I seen stuff like that on Development section.
DrKrFfXx said:
I think this is an Android related stuff: Fix one thing, break tons of others.
You can see it on CM, AOKP, AOSP. One fix, one bug.
"So I added this thing to have a smoother experience... Oh, it causes battery drain/wakelocks/breaks NFC, etc".
How many times have I seen stuff like that on Development section.
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Haha true
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Hi Guys,
I've experienced that Z1 has a very low flash-light when compared to other phones like nexus 4. I've tried many flash-light applications but even though issue isn't resolved. When capturing image using camera app the flash-light is giving much brighter light but if i use it as torch the flas-light is very low. Did anyone experience this issue? Please help.
I am using this flashlight app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.smalltech.ledflashlight.free
It goes like this: after i start the app the led is powered on, then i push the power button of the phone so i do not accidentally type anything on the touchscreen (this way the phone is locked).
Here comes the interesting part: when i push the power button in order to wake up the phone (while flashlight is still working - camera led on), for half of a second, the camera led gets brighter than in the normal use of the flashlight app, then it goes back to the initial state (less bright). :-/
What is happening?
Has anyone found a flashlight app for Z1 that provides more light / uses the camera led to its maximum brightness capabilities?
TeslaLED. Same developer as Nova Launcher.
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Hi Guys,
I've experienced that Z1 has a very low flash-light when compared to other phones like nexus 4. I've tried many flash-light applications but even though issue isn't resolved. When capturing image using camera app the flash-light is giving much brighter light but if i use it as torch the flas-light is very low. Did anyone experience this issue? Please help.
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Same here. I think they put the flash light to close to the lens of Z1 and that why the pictures capture to much brightness in wrong time.
nbell13 said:
TeslaLED. Same developer as Nova Launcher.
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The same result. Little brightness from the led.
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bogdan wst said:
The same result. Little brightness from the led.
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It doesn't use max brightness to avoid overheating. If you want a bright flashlight, buy a Surefire. Relying on a phone's camera flash is silly.
Ok. I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.
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Any updates on this? Can I increase the brightness if I'm rooted?
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Any updates on this?
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When I turn the flashlight on my Z1 I get a very low light and its blinking and going from brighter to lower light until it is gone completly like it is loosing contact or something, when i yry to take a picture the flash is working properly. Can somebody help me pls?
I found that ambient display is useless.
I was thinking that whenever I got notification, the ambient display will lit the screen and then OFF ... then lit ... then OFF.
You know, kind of asking attention.
It is NOT.
It lit ONCE, then OFF forever, until I pick up the phone (of course).
The problem with this, if I leave the phone on my desk for quite long, I won't know if there was notification arrived, unless I pick up the phone.
So, what's the use of this ambient display?
Damn, LED notification would be much useful!
gogol said:
I found that ambient display is useless.
I was thinking that whenever I got notification, the ambient display will lit the screen and then OFF ... then lit ... then OFF.
You know, kind of asking attention.
It is NOT.
It lit ONCE, then OFF forever, until I pick up the phone (of course).
The problem with this, if I leave the phone on my desk for quite long, I won't know if there was notification arrived, unless I pick up the phone.
So, what's the use of this ambient display?
Damn, LED notification would be much useful!
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So you can either see the notification come in first time when it lights up. Or you can quickly pick the phone up to see if there are any notifications without it fully waking up.
LED is easier though!
I prefer they don't lit it on and off constantly because it is distracting when you are in a meeting and it drains your battery. Though having an option would be nice
Yeah, I agree it is a useless battery wasting feature (though the impact to battery is minimal). Thankfully the LED can be enabled with Light Flow even though that is flawed as well since the app will randomly get killed and the light won't work.
Ambient Display would be perfect if it flashed continuously until you check it and if it worked in priority mode, which it doesn't if you have priority mode set up like the old silent mode. If you don't want your phone making noise or vibrating but still need to see notifications it is pretty worthless.
you are dead on sir.
gogol said:
I found that ambient display is useless.
I was thinking that whenever I got notification, the ambient display will lit the screen and then OFF ... then lit ... then OFF.
You know, kind of asking attention.
It is NOT.
It lit ONCE, then OFF forever, until I pick up the phone (of course).
The problem with this, if I leave the phone on my desk for quite long, I won't know if there was notification arrived, unless I pick up the phone.
So, what's the use of this ambient display?
Damn, LED notification would be much useful!
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I was told Google is moving away from using led notification, but yet they designed a phone? with one built in but totally useless at this point. Hopefully the next update will address this.
Mine flashes continually until I check things... Every ten seconds or so. It is wonderful... Not sure what is up with your guys' one time notifications...
ambient display is alrite.... It doesn't work that well though. It does not consistently work when you pick up the phone. I would much rather have them activate the LED since it's already there.
you. me. and many more
tsy87 said:
ambient display is alrite.... It doesn't work that well though. It does not consistently work when you pick up the phone. I would much rather have them activate the LED since it's already there.
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I'm setting this gripe in many circles outside of xda hopefully they will address it in the next update. Lots of corporate people want that portion which was always a part of android and even non android phones of the past.
EmperorX said:
Mine flashes continually until I check things... Every ten seconds or so. It is wonderful... Not sure what is up with your guys' one time notifications...
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So does mine
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I was told Google is moving away from using led notification, but yet they designed a phone? with one built in but totally useless at this point. Hopefully the next update will address this.
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in all fairness, Moto made the phone, whether for Android Silver or whatever other reason, it wasnt designed ground up with Google or originally planned as a Nexus.
I like ambient. Works great for me. and being an Amoled display, only the pixels being used light up, so battery is minimal
users report otherwise.
CraigP17 said:
in all fairness, Moto made the phone, whether for Android Silver or whatever other reason, it wasnt designed ground up with Google or originally planned as a Nexus.
I like ambient. Works great for me. and being an Amoled display, only the pixels being used light up, so battery is minimal
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Acording to the battery threads I've read, ambient display sucks battery.
mzimand said:
So does mine
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What are you guys using? Lightflow?
vvveith said:
Acording to the battery threads I've read, ambient display sucks battery.
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Does the device wake up from deep sleep for it? If yes it sure does suck a lot of battery. Especially if it is supposed to flash up in intervals to remind you of the notification.
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What are you guys using? Lightflow?
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I just tested it... it flashes up every 30 seconds or so. As soon as as you click on it the screen is on without any delay. So I guess it screws your battery hard by making it wake up each time? It would mean that as soon as you have a notification your device would wake up every 30 seconds.
I can't get Lightflow to work at all. Do you need a kernel that has LED support?
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What are you guys using? Lightflow?
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I am just using the regular ambient feature built into the stock rom. I am encrypted, rooted with stock kernel on stock 5.0.1. I have not messed with any AOSP roms .
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I can't get Lightflow to work at all. Do you need a kernel that has LED support?
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Rooted and use root access for the LED activated in Lightflow.
Lightflow screws up ambient tough. It constantly flashes as if it has an notification, even if it only shows the clock. This WILL kill your battery in my opinion...
Led notification will drain batttery fast?
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I actually like it more than Active Display. Active was much more sensitive to movements which for really annoying.
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Alienfreak said:
Rooted and use root access for the LED activated in Lightflow.
Lightflow screws up ambient tough. It constantly flashes as if it has an notification, even if it only shows the clock. This WILL kill your battery in my opinion...
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I don't know what settings you set to make it do that.
Light Flow doesn't do that here. Cooperates fine with Ambient.
I know there are people (Lightflow Dev) who are working on getting the built-in led working, and I think that's great. I wonder if there are any devs working on making Ambient Display more useful...? I'm going to shut off the Ambient Display today and mess around with an app I used to use on the Galaxy S called NoLed. It puts dots or icons on the screen and could notify me of anything... might be the ticket here.
Dears,
I'm a new owner of a brand new x2 pro, everything's fine so far, but there's just a thing that hassles me and it's the missing notification LED.
I'd like to use one of these workaround apps designed for super Amoled screen but so far, can't find any properly working on my x2 pro.
Tried with AOE (always on edge) but it seems to work randomically... All I need is an app which, in case of screen turned off and with an incoming notification (e.g., a WhatsApp message), automatically switches on a notification effect on screen which should continue blinking until I read the notification itself.
Basically, something that recalls the good old rgb led on phones of some years ago... Is there anything which you tested on Realme phones and it's 100% working?
Thanks a lot
Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xander.android.notifybuddy
Yeah, notifyBuddy did the job
I'd love to have a bit more chance on the notification type (only pulsing spot is available here) but hey, it's from a developer from XDA devs
Edit : nevermind, it doesn't work in a stable way. Most of the times notifications are ignored.
anyone knows if this working https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
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Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xander.android.notifybuddy
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chilavert_gr said:
anyone knows if this working https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
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As far as I can test, these two software doesn't work correctly until you totally deactivate lock screen, so zero security...
lutherkingmartin said:
As far as I can test, these two software doesn't work correctly until you totally deactivate lock screen, so zero security...
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so there isn't any app to solve this problem?
chilavert_gr said:
so there isn't any app to solve this problem?
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NotifyBuddy works perfectly fine on mine!
You will have to exclude it from power saving.
On my X2Pro, notifyBuddy works 1 time out of 4 notification, approximately. I guess it's due to the lockscreen as I disabled any battery optimization for the app.
On the other side, AoE works even worse... Still waiting for a solution for notifications.