Notification led? - HTC First

Can someone post a video of the notification led blinking? Or at least tell me if it is a typical worthless pinhead HTC led? The leds on HTC phones usually suck
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It is indeed a tiny full-color LED; it's also the same LED that the phone uses to let you know when it's charging, low-battery, or completely charged. It defaults to being turned off for Android notifications, but it's simple to turn it on.

nuclear_eclipse said:
It is indeed a tiny full-color LED; it's also the same LED that the phone uses to let you know when it's charging, low-battery, or completely charged. It defaults to being turned off for Android notifications, but it's simple to turn it on.
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Do you know if the light flow app works?
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phositadc said:
Do you know if the light flow app works?
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From the App Store: HTC phones usually require "root." But I'll give it a shot and report back.
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lordlittlebrooks said:
From the App Store: HTC phones usually require "root." But I'll give it a shot and report back.
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LiteFlow Lite doesn't work. I made sure all of the settings were correctly checked and I've used the app before. I'm thinking that we'll either need root or CM/AOSP/AOKP before we can modify it. On a side note, it really is a nice LED. Just a little pin-sized light. Blinking green for a notification in the upper right hand corner. It stays red while charging and does not blink, even if you have a notification waiting to be seen.

lordlittlebrooks said:
From the App Store: HTC phones usually require "root." But I'll give it a shot and report back.
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LiteFlow Lite doesn't work. I made sure all of the settings were correctly checked and I've used the app before. I'm thinking that we'll either need root or CM/AOSP/AOKP before we can modify it. On a side note, it really is a nice LED. Just a little pin-sized light. Blinking green for a notification in the upper right hand corner. It stays red while charging and does not blink, even if you have a notification waiting to be seen.
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I love notification lights. The problem when you can't use light flow is that most stock phones do not include a quiet hours option to turn automatically turn the led off at night.
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lordlittlebrooks said:
From the App Store: HTC phones usually require "root." But I'll give it a shot and report back.
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LiteFlow Lite doesn't work. I made sure all of the settings were correctly checked and I've used the app before. I'm thinking that we'll either need root or CM/AOSP/AOKP before we can modify it. On a side note, it really is a nice LED. Just a little pin-sized light. Blinking green for a notification in the upper right hand corner. It stays red while charging and does not blink, even if you have a notification waiting to be seen.
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Could someone that is rooted test to see if light flow works when "root mode" is enabled in light flow? Would love to have the notification light blink longer than the default 5 minutes that HTC sets. Would also love quiet hours.
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phositadc said:
Could someone that is rooted test to see if light flow works when "root mode" is enabled in light flow? Would love to have the notification light blink longer than the default 5 minutes that HTC sets. Would also love quiet hours.
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Just tested it with root (I had also tested it before rooting). It was making my led do all kinds of crazy crap. It was blinking erratically, rather than the calm, normal pulse PLUS it would not accept any of the color changes for the other types of notifications. It would not do the tests either. I changed all of the settings around and nothing seemed to matter. So I would call this a big, fat FAIL. Is there another app out there that is known to play nicely with HTC phones?

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Just tested it with root (I had also tested it before rooting). It was making my led do all kinds of crazy crap. It was blinking erratically, rather than the calm, normal pulse PLUS it would not accept any of the color changes for the other types of notifications. It would not do the tests either. I changed all of the settings around and nothing seemed to matter. So I would call this a big, fat FAIL. Is there another app out there that is known to play nicely with HTC phones?
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that stinks. I'm not aware of any others. I had an HTC one s for awhile and never could get its led to pay nice with light flow. Oh well.
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I tried a few different apps that all failed in the same way. No color changes and totally erratic blinking. I am rooted and it didn't help one bit.

I got Lightflow working but this phone only allows Green, Orange and Deep Orange as choices so you have to change the notifications you want to use to use those colors or it doesn't do anything. It is working fine now but it is missing the blinking options that my Nexus 4 had which is a bummer. I have it set so only texts, Facebook messages, and google talk chats use the lights.

rooobbbbb said:
I got Lightflow working but this phone only allows Green, Orange and Deep Orange as choices so you have to change the notifications you want to use to use those colors or it doesn't do anything. It is working fine now but it is missing the blinking options that my Nexus 4 had which is a bummer. I have it set so only texts, Facebook messages, and google talk chats use the lights.
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How did you get it to work? Root phone and then enable direct mode and root mode within the light flow app, or is there more to it than that?
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phositadc said:
How did you get it to work? Root phone and then enable direct mode and root mode within the light flow app, or is there more to it than that?
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I enabled root and direct modes within the app and enabled the LED in Screen settings in the Settings app and then I manually went into the notifications I wanted to enable and chose the color I wanted to use again. It was working fine but with such limited color options it seemed kind of pointless to me especially since I use a Sony Smartwatch so I'm getting all of the notifications there already.

I think I stumbled across the solution to this today:
Settings > Display > LED Active
Seems to work!

Yes it works. I take green Led in whatsapp and it works...
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LED Status notification for SMS/Voice messages

Hi
When the phone is in standby it flashes the left LED to show connection with the network. The manual states:
"Shows Green and Amber lights for HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE/GSM/GPRS standby, message, and network status as well as for notification and battery charging status. Shows a flashing red light when the battery level reaches 5% or lower."
But doesn't state what colour is shown for what and I've only seen a flashing green LED. The description is a joke in the manual as it doesn't really tell you anything, and I have searched the PDF version for LED and found no other information dry.gif
I want to be able to see I have had a text message/voice message left without having to turn the display on, how do we do this?
Regards
Phil
Well based on the Wizard the led on the right that normally flashes green will flash orange if you have a txt or missed phone call.
Hi
If it does it doesn't look that much different in colour to be really obvious, not to my eyes anyway.
Can we change the colours, perhaps through a registry setting?
Regards
Phil
Hi
I've resolved this to my liking with a small application I've written, it's free for anyone else who wants some control of the way the notifications are flashed on the Kaiser.
http://www.modaco.com/downloads-file2400.html
Regards
Phil
Great little app Phil. I use my phone as a pager so its nice not to have to turn it on to see if you missed a message.
It looks awesome! Installing it now. Thx!
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Hi
I've resolved this to my liking with a small application I've written, it's free for anyone else who wants some control of the way the notifications are flashed on the Kaiser.
http://www.modaco.com/downloads-file2400.html
Regards
Phil
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hi,
Great tool!, but ehh it doesnt work on my Dutch version TyTn2.
AMBER colour doesnt seem to work.
So does this mean your tool is made for an English version?
Amber doesn't seem to work for me either and I'm on the English version.
laapsaap said:
hi,
Great tool!, but ehh it doesnt work on my Dutch version TyTn2.
AMBER colour doesnt seem to work.
So does this mean your tool is made for an English version?
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I tried the app on my AT&T Tilt and while the LEDs perorm according to the app, I found that the app caused my speakerphone to engage on every call I placed. I deleted the app and no more speakerphone problem.
strange...on my tilt it didn't work. I could change the power color but couldn't get the right side light (bluetooth side) to do anything
Is anyone interested in this program/functionality enough to continue developing it? I'd really like to see the ability to set missed SMS to the red LED like missed calls. I'd also like to see the solid LED function working again during charging. I'm not sure if the original author is still developing this program but it has a lot of potential. Thanks.
jeffreii said:
Is anyone interested in this program/functionality enough to continue developing it? I'd really like to see the ability to set missed SMS to the red LED like missed calls. I'd also like to see the solid LED function working again during charging. I'm not sure if the original author is still developing this program but it has a lot of potential. Thanks.
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Hi,
I am very interested in this functionality. I am actually slightley colorblind and it is impossible for me to see the difference between the red, amber and green LED, because it is so small and just flashing up for a very short time.
I wish I could use the blue LED for missed incoming calls or a faster blinking frequency would be great.
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JTGBDR
yes indeed
I want to change the blinking speed of the amber light when an incoming sms is received or missed call..
I had this on my mio a701, so handy
Now its almost 3 sec to see if you have an missed sms , its too long...
Issnt there a simple reg hack to increase the interval?
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Is anyone interested in this program/functionality enough to continue developing it? I'd really like to see the ability to set missed SMS to the red LED like missed calls. I'd also like to see the solid LED function working again during charging. I'm not sure if the original author is still developing this program but it has a lot of potential. Thanks.
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I Already asked in this board for an redevelopment of this app... the idea is genious, but the original developer, doens't seem to continue his work....
So it would be really nice, if someone could code it properly.. the current app has some matrue issues and is in my opinion not really usable.
slowatsch said:
I Already asked in this board for an redevelopment of this app... the idea is genious, but the original developer, doens't seem to continue his work....
So it would be really nice, if someone could code it properly.. the current app has some matrue issues and is in my opinion not really usable.
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The original developer is continuing to work on this app, infact he is nearing completion of the next version. See post 40
http://www.modaco.com/content-page/259062/Flashing-LED-Notifcations-for-SMS/page/20/
Oh I'm sorry, there was an other thread I looked at, which was no replay since weeks... but the intresting thin is if he can fix the thing with the correct leds during charge.

[APK] Official Thread for Keep The Lights On 1.3 (Free Version)

If you want to donate, or more features, check out Keep The Lights On Pro.
What does it do?
Keep The Lights On is a simple app that performs one function. It keeps the LEDs behind the buttons on a Captivate or similar phone on while the screen is on.
That seems stupid, why would anyone do that?
Well, try finding those buttons in the dark. While the stock ROM turns on the LEDs when you touch the screen, the i9000 based ROMs do not. In addition, most i9000 ROMs have a timeout of 3 seconds.
Doesn't that waste battery?
Depends on what you mean by waste. So first you have to understand the scale of battery consumption I'm talking about. LEDs, especially surface mount ones, draw very little power. How little? Assuming typical LEDs, we're talking 5 milliamps at 3.3 volts. Given that there are 4 LEDs, that means the total power consumption is 0.005 * 3.3 * 4 or 0.066 watts. The CPU consumes between 100 and 1000 milliamps, again at 3.3 volts meaning it uses between 0.33 and 3.3 watts. That's 5-50 times as much power, and that's before adding in the backlight, radio, etc. While yes, technically this uses a little more power, the scale is so small that for all intents and purposes it isn't going to make a difference in your life. Seeing the buttons clearly though, that takes frustration out of your life. Seems like a reasonable trade off.
Does it work with other BLN things like Blinky or BLN Pro?
Yes. This uses a different way to handle the BLN than both those apps. In fact it only requires a rooted ROM with these lights to work. So that means it should work for i9000, Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, etc. This should even work with the stock ROM given it is rooted.
If it works for all those phones, why is this just in the Captivate Section?
Well, I only have one phone right now to test with. That is my personal Captivate.
Why are you giving this away for free? Are you drunk? Does it use ads?
To answer the second question first, sometimes but not right now. This is free because I like making people's lives easier. I do not believe in advertisement based products, so you'll never see that from me. If you want to give something back, consider the donate button or buy the Pro version.
I installed it but didn't the app in my list of apps. Is it broken?
Short answer, no. This is a widget based app. Simply add the widget and click it to change the light behavior. You can even remove the widget and it'll remember your preference when you start up. That said if you uninstall the app you'll loose the behavior.
I just got an invalid signature error. What do I do?
This is my fault, there was an early version that I didn't sign correctly. Simply uninstall it manually before installing this version from the market.
What other issues exist?
Well there's a few:
I've had one report of the lights flashing instead of staying solid when turning the screen on. If this user hits one of the buttons the lights will stay on. I'm working on a way to fix this, I haven't found the cause as of yet.
There's a superuser notice every once in a while. This is easy to turn off in the superuser app, and will be fixed in the pro version.
There's been one report of clicking a link in andchat causes the lights to go out. I haven't been able to reproduce it yet.
If you find a problem not on this list, feel free to let me know.
What other features are in this app?
None; however, I'm always open to new ideas. Be warned though, they may go into the pro version.
How do I get this app?
From the market, or here:
Keep The Lights On
by Guardian Bob
Great widget....downloaded it this morning.
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using the paid version, much thanks!
Suggestion
I have not tried your app yet, but I have a suggestion.
If you could turn on or off each individual LED, rather than all on or all off, then you could consider using each button to indicate something different.
Home - new email
Menu - new text
Back - missed call
Maybe you can even make them blink?
wvmstr said:
I have not tried your app yet, but I have a suggestion.
If you could turn on or off each individual LED, rather than all on or all off, then you could consider using each button to indicate something different.
Home - new email
Menu - new text
Back - missed call
Maybe you can even make them blink?
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What would be the point of that with this app.....it turns the lights on when the screen is on, if the screen is on then you have those same notifications at the top of the screen already.
Though I guess it might be useful for some if those additions were made to Guardian Bob's BLINKY APP.
Support for Galaxy Tablet
First off, thanks for your efforts!! This is exactly what I'm looking for.
Any chance you will be able to support this on the galaxy tablet? I am happy to help in any way I can - I am a developer (though I haven't done much android development). I have a rooted device with busy box... if there's anything I can do to help you figure out this device, please let me know!
Crazy me, I would honestly like to be able to DISABLE these lights. I watch movies and do other things a lot in the dark, and these bright white lights randomly popping up on my phone are very distracting. Since they can be turned ON manually, does that mean perhaps they can be turned OFF as well?
lotherius said:
Crazy me, I would honestly like to be able to DISABLE these lights. I watch movies and do other things a lot in the dark, and these bright white lights randomly popping up on my phone are very distracting. Since they can be turned ON manually, does that mean perhaps they can be turned OFF as well?
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In a su'd terminal enter this:
Code:
echo "0" > /sys/devices/platform/button-backlight/leds/button-backlight/brightness
Change the 0 to 1 to re-enable.
Lovin it. One of the pet peeves of this device was the short duration on the home keys.
How about this as as Pro suggestion (if possible):
Control brightness level when LEDs are on.
My cuz has a DINC and i absolutely LOVE the brightness of his home keys. Super easy to see. Possible?
works on Korean Galaxy S shw-m110s, maybe the least compatible of the SGS versions, cheers.
Working fine so far on my Vibrant running Nero v5.
Good job, but i was wondering if there's an opposite app, one that turns off the led buttons even when the screen is touched? What for? For reading ebooks in the dark, the led buttons hurt the eyes even when the screen has been adjusted to the lowest light level. Thank
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rodnav said:
Good job, but i was wondering if yhere's an opposite app, one that turns off the led buttons even the screen is touched? What for? For reading ebooks in the dark, the led buttons hurt the eyes even when the screen has been adjusted to the lowest light level. Thank
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+1 on this idea.
fivefour said:
In a su'd terminal enter this:
Code:
echo "0" > /sys/devices/platform/button-backlight/leds/button-backlight/brightness
Change the 0 to 1 to re-enable.
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doesn't work on vibrant nero5
Great app, just what I'm looking for, but I can't seem to get/or find the widget. I installed the free version, but the "open" is greyed out. What am I doing wrong?
nanookofthenorth said:
Great app, just what I'm looking for, but I can't seem to get/or find the widget. I installed the free version, but the "open" is greyed out. What am I doing wrong?
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It's a widget, long press your screen, select widget, select KeepTheLightsOn.
FYI -
I'm working on tasker support for the pro version right now (well not right now, I'm taking a moment from that work to update people) but when I finish this I'll continue working on my beer, watching the Packers vs the Bears and keep working on adding tasker/locale support.
Mine stopped working, Not sure why. I have the widget and it will light up or un-light. But it will no longer keep the lights on. Any suggestions on figuring out why ?
Spidious said:
Mine stopped working, Not sure why. I have the widget and it will light up or un-light. But it will no longer keep the lights on. Any suggestions on figuring out why ?
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Same here. using the most recent speedmod kernel and doc's kitchen rom. (i have the pro version)
Well you can rule out the latest speedmod kernel (Q) and Phoenix 4.1 because that's what im running and my KTLO still works fine.
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Ambient display question

I read this demo from Droid-Life about the Ambient Display feature of the Nexus 6:
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/11/0...-display-is-a-very-cool-take-on-moto-display/
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TyhaOjME5g
So, this supposed to replace the LED notification that we all knew already.
My question: When the phone receives a notification, the display will lit on showing the notification.
That's good.
But, for how long it is displayed?
I meant, I recall with LED notification, I could see it for quite long until I noticed that I got a notification.
Will the ambient display, display the "new" notification until we "touch" the display OR interact with it?
That would be ideal.
Anyone know?
Yep, it will appear each ca. 5 seconds for ca. 2 secs until you´ve marked it as read (or until battery is empty ).
So for me it´s kind of an smarter / advanced LED replacement
Only drawback is that it only makes sense with AMOLED display (Which we know the N6 is equipped with).
So, when a new notification came in ...
The ambient display will display the notification for 2 seconds ... then OFF ... then 5 seconds later appear for 2 seconds ... then OFF ...
Repeat the above until the notification is marked as read ... or the battery has run out.
Correct?
If yes, then I think this is better!
Sorry, now I´m not 100% sure anymore as I´ve seen your linked video. I thought that Google implements it like Moto indeeds blinks as I described, but on the N6 it seems to light up only (1x) on arrival of new notifications or if you pick up the phone. Fingers crossed that N6 will get kind of a permanent blinking mode.
Android police has a nice video showing this feature. The notifications do light up periodically after they come in. Something like every 5-10 seconds until you dismiss them. Picking it up does light the ambient display as well, but they will 'pulse' on their own.
Nice, was wondering how it will work. To me better then the led.
I wonder if dynamic notifications from the play store would work better in this situation.
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biggiestuff said:
I wonder if dynamic notifications from the play store would work better in this situation.
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Have you used this on an amoled screen before? I'm curious the battery usage on it.
frigidazzi said:
Have you used this on an amoled screen before? I'm curious the battery usage on it.
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This is the response I got from the developer. I've used it on my nexus 5 before and it didn't seem to make a huge impact on battery life but the nexus 5 doesn't have an amoled screen. I imagine on they nexus 6 that it would be less of a battery hog than the ambient display.
thanks for your message! The app automatically uses the low-powered motion detection chips on newer handsets. The allocation of computing tasks to low-powered processor cores is, to the best of my knowledge, performed automatically by the system depending on the situation, so I would imagine that the app does make use of them, as it is frequently in the background and doesn’t do any “heavy lifting”. The CPU/memory footprint of the app is minimal, as it doesn’t constantly query for new notifications, but is provided with them as they come in by the Android system.
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This is the response I got from the developer. I've used it on my nexus 5 before and it didn't seem to make a huge impact on battery life but the nexus 5 doesn't have an amoled screen. I imagine on they nexus 6 that it would be less of a battery hog than the ambient display.
thanks for your message! The app automatically uses the low-powered motion detection chips on newer handsets. The allocation of computing tasks to low-powered processor cores is, to the best of my knowledge, performed automatically by the system depending on the situation, so I would imagine that the app does make use of them, as it is frequently in the background and doesn’t do any “heavy lifting”. The CPU/memory footprint of the app is minimal, as it doesn’t constantly query for new notifications, but is provided with them as they come in by the Android system.
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Thanks. I'm gong to have to try this out on n7 and n5 just to see.
gtalum said:
Android police has a nice video showing this feature. The notifications do light up periodically after they come in. Something like every 5-10 seconds until you dismiss them. Picking it up does light the ambient display as well, but they will 'pulse' on their own.
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Can't seem to find that video
With Ambient Display turned on and NO unread notifications, does the screen still light up when the phone is picked up (because that would be bad from my point of view)?
Mine is not breathing at all. The phone is locked and a notification comes in, it will light up the first time, but it does not appear automatically at timed intervals after that, only when you pick up the device.
Very disappointing..
mlapaglia said:
Mine is not breathing at all. The phone is locked and a notification comes in, it will light up the first time, but it does not appear automatically at timed intervals after that, only when you pick up the device.
Very disappointing..
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Half the time mine doesn't even come on when picked up.
mlapaglia said:
Mine is not breathing at all. The phone is locked and a notification comes in, it will light up the first time, but it does not appear automatically at timed intervals after that, only when you pick up the device.
Very disappointing..
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Yep, that's exactly how it works for me too! The good thing though is that it lights up 98% of the time so I don't have any major complaints about it.
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Do you not like looking at your phone and without having to interact with it know that you have a notification?
mlapaglia said:
Do you not like looking at your phone and without having to interact with it know that you have a notification?
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I have not gotten a "pulse" on it yet...it lights up when a notification comes in, and "breathes" a few times...but it seems to stop after minute or two...I don't see any settings to control this either.
I'd like to have a definitive understanding of exactly how it will function...
I did see the vid and from what i get out of it, sometimes when you pick up the phone the notification lights up, sometimes it doesnt. Not to mention, accelerometer/gyroscope sensor would need to be active at all times for ambient display to work.
A clear case of "if it isn't broken, don't f'king fix it."

Ambient display is useless

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
vvveith said:
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
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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.
jawmail said:
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 .
jawmail said:
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?
Via my NeXus™ 7FHD on XDA Premium app
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.

[Q] LED light on stock

so... I've had my N6 for about month and a half and last week decided to root, weird thing was, I DID NOT KNOW that there was a LED light on it ... while using stock, the LED light did not come on at all and only when i installed CM12 that i seen the light.
I want to go back to stock but i want the LED light for notifications. has anybody encountered this problem? how do i fix it ?
Stock does not support LED.
For me this is not an issue, why would I want an LED always flashing to show me I have notifications.
Went through the trouble of installing CM12 and you want stock?
Unless something was missing in CM12 like flaky bluetooth I would stick with custom ROMs
AstroDigital said:
Stock does not support LED.
For me this is not an issue, why would I want an LED always flashing to show me I have notifications.
Went through the trouble of installing CM12 and you want stock?
Unless something was missing in CM12 like flaky bluetooth I would stick with custom ROMs
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You don't want the light but i do ... preferences ...
installing wasn't trouble at all, my problem is that i feel like cm12 needs to get better and less buggy, the rom just started coming out so I wanna wait until most bugs are fixed, I was enjoying stock for a while, just wanted to test out cm12 to see where it was and for the way I like it, it's not ready.
BruKnowsBest said:
You don't want the light but i do ... preferences ...
installing wasn't trouble at all, my problem is that i feel like cm12 needs to get better and less buggy, the rom just started coming out so I wanna wait until most bugs are fixed, I was enjoying stock for a while, just wanted to test out cm12 to see where it was and for the way I like it, it's not ready.
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LightFlow paid app to control LEDs for notification.
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LightFlow paid app to control LEDs for notification.
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does it require root?
BruKnowsBest said:
does it require root?
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Yes it does require root and you need the paid version of the app. I cannot believe the N6 didn't come stock with led notifications and double tap to wake. Beside the washed out/ way over saturated screen, I think I might return mine to ATT before my 2 weeks are over
Can't complain... Its huge but I kinda like it
Yes I was shocked at the light too.
Definitely should be enabled out of the gate.
Unlike the TINY one behind the HTC speaker grille with very limited viewing angle this one is bright and actually better IMO than Samsung's.
wtherrell said:
LightFlow paid app to control LEDs for notification.
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One thing to note is that for now with Light Flow the only colors for the LED are red green or blue. Or if you manually change the color with the built in light flow mixer you can make strange combinations with the top half of the LED being one color and the bottom half another.

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