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Light flow... Does it work?

Anybody tried light flow yet?

Works like a sharm! No root necessary. The new notification light is much better then the speaker built in thing from the z1c.

Tested "Light Manager" and that works, too.

Can't seem to change the charging led though

Yup, I have the paid for version of Light Flow setup and working perfectly!

sim87 said:
Yup, I have the paid for version of Light Flow setup and working perfectly!
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How about the charging led?

cyphomatic said:
How about the charging led?
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I just tested and i can't get light flow to change the charging LED. It doesn't even turn off if you disable the notification light in Androids DIsplay settings.

sim87 said:
I just tested and i can't get light flow to change the charging LED. It doesn't even turn off if you disable the notification light in Androids DIsplay settings.
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To bad. It's keeping me awake at night and really holding me from buying a dock.

sim87 said:
I just tested and i can't get light flow to change the charging LED. It doesn't even turn off if you disable the notification light in Androids DIsplay settings.
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I've been able to sort of fix this using Light Manager. I select a really dark color (almost black) for both charging and fully charged set it to be always on (no blinking).
It's kinda finicky, though, and sometimes it takes a few moments until it LM takes over from the built in notification light. For me, Light Manager works better than Light Flow. YMMV, it's possible to do this with both of them.

cyphomatic said:
To bad. It's keeping me awake at night and really holding me from buying a dock.
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Flip it over.

NRG1975 said:
Flip it over.
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:cyclops: still no solution for when I would dock it.

Fruktsallad said:
I've been able to sort of fix this using Light Manager. I select a really dark color (almost black) for both charging and fully charged set it to be always on (no blinking).
It's kinda finicky, though, and sometimes it takes a few moments until it LM takes over from the built in notification light. For me, Light Manager works better than Light Flow. YMMV, it's possible to do this with both of them.
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Just wanted to say that I have done this with Light Flow and it works great. It still shows the default charging colours when the screen is on, but when it's off it uses the ones in light flow. The trick is to use anything but totally black. I set it with the HEX code to FF000001 and it works.
That is on a full-size Z3 but I can't imagine the hardware is different regarding LEDs.

I use light manager and it does work with a dark colour to set the charging/charged led colour. (dark blue)
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When I use sleep mode (so I get to notification lights) the charging/charged trick doesn't work ....
So I have to dissable sleep mode
anyone has a solution for this?

Lightflow doesn't seem to work for me neither.
Is there any other option without rooting the device (no option, as it's for the device of my girlfriend)

Works perfectly for me. Keep trying. Make sure it's enabled in settings security notification access.
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phositadc said:
Works perfectly for me. Keep trying. Make sure it's enabled in settings security notification access.
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Hmmmm very good point. Thx for the advice. I think I activated this after the installation of Light Flow. I remember some red info message bugging me But to be honest I can't find this setting anymore. Where can I reconfigure/ review this?

tertom said:
Hmmmm very good point. Thx for the advice. I think I activated this after the installation of Light Flow. I remember some red info message bugging me But to be honest I can't find this setting anymore. Where can I reconfigure/ review this?
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Settings -> Security -> Notification Access
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Light Manager works for me, colorwise - but I get constant false SMS blink - any solutions?

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Settings -> Security -> Notification Access
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Ahh Thx But this doesn't seem to be the problem. Checkbox for Lightflow is checked there.
Will keep trying to get it working.
Thanks a lot for the help so far.

Light flow works like a charm for me and love how I set colour per notification type it's the only app that works 100%

Notifications related questions from a new buyer perspective

Hi folks!
I am considering to buy Moto X (1st gen, smaller is better for me) but have couple of questions regarding how notifications are handled on the custom ROMs.
I am so used to seeing my notifications on LED panels on both Xperia SP and Xperia Ray. I can not live without them. LED notifications help me to see what kind of notifications are pending and accordingly I decide whether to pick up the phone or not.
Regarding Moto X with custom ROMs:
1. Can I see notifications without speaking and without touching the phone? I see it has Active Display feature, how long it lits the display after notification is received?
2. Can the LED on Moto X be used for notifications and configured different colors for each notification?
Little offtopic: How is the camera? You like it?
Thanks.

1. Search for Moto X active display on YouTube. Best to see it in action for yourself. I don't miss having a notification LED at all because I don't have to power the screen on to see what my notifications are.
2. No, there's a thread regarding the LED.
3. I'm fine with it, but I don't expect iPhone quality pictures.

nhizzat said:
1. Search for Moto X active display on YouTube. Best to see it in action for yourself. I don't miss having a notification LED at all because I don't have to power the screen on to see what my notifications are.
2. No, there's a thread regarding the LED.
3. I'm fine with it, but I don't expect iPhone quality pictures.
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1. I have seen the video but I could not figure out how long the notification would be displayed on the screen. When I work, I put the phone at the side on my desk and check it only when there is any notification. Suppose that a SMS arrived and screen lit up with the notification but due to work, I did not notice that I have a new SMS. After some time say, 10 minutes, I glance at the screen (without touching). Will I see the notification on the screen in this case? Currently I glance at the blinking LED and then I know there is something and only after that I pick up the phone to check notification. I hope that I was clear. Could you please clarify this?
2. I will check the LED thread.
3. Yes, I am not expecting much

Waving your hand over the screen or gently rocking the phone will activate active/Moto display. I've never timed the frequency of the notifications but I'd say it's about as often as a notification LED. With this, you won't have to pick up your phone to check because you'll know exactly what's waiting.

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Waving your hand over the screen or gently rocking the phone will activate active/Moto display. I've never timed the frequency of the notifications but I'd say it's about as often as a notification LED. With this, you won't have to pick up your phone to check because you'll know exactly what's waiting.
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Thanks for the reply. What I am looking for is, with the glance only I should be able to tell that the notification is waiting. So, waving or picking up the phone to see notifications is not what I expect to do. Looks like active display is not what I thought it would be

If there is a new notification and you were not there to notice it, the screen will light up enough pixels periodically to inform you of the new notification(s). It will pulse on periodically and is noticeable in your peripheral vision. These active notifications are controlled by a low energy processor core and take less energy than a constantly blinking notification led. You can get very valuable info from the active notifications without turning on the screen, the notifications only use a few hundred pixels, whereas you have to turn on the whole screen to see what's up with a notification led. I was leery of the lack of a notification led, but now I greatly prefer the active notifications and will look for that feature on my next phone.

Groid said:
If there is a new notification and you were not there to notice it, the screen will light up enough pixels periodically to inform you of the new notification(s). It will pulse on periodically and is noticeable in your peripheral vision. These active notifications are controlled by a low energy processor core and take less energy than a constantly blinking notification led. You can get very valuable info from the active notifications without turning on the screen, the notifications only use a few hundred pixels, whereas you have to turn on the whole screen to see what's up with a notification led. I was leery of the lack of a notification led, but now I greatly prefer the active notifications and will look for that feature on my next phone.
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This is perfectly explained, kudos to you! Thank you very much.

enli said:
Thanks for the reply. What I am looking for is, with the glance only I should be able to tell that the notification is waiting. So, waving or picking up the phone to see notifications is not what I expect to do. Looks like active display is not what I thought it would be
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Also, the notification will flash about every 5 seconds and will be illuminated for about 2 seconds. I think it slows down after a while

Losing the LED? From Nexus 4 to Moto X

I love the led on my Nexus 4. I use lightflow to light up the led with different colors based on the notification and keep the led going until I dismiss the notification. I am thinking of getting a new Moto X, but unsure about losing the LED. How does the active display feature work on the Moto X when compared to the LED?
Thank you.

NexusIncarnate said:
I love the led on my Nexus 4. I use lightflow to light up the led with different colors based on the notification and keep the led going until I dismiss the notification. I am thinking of getting a new Moto X, but unsure about losing the LED. How does the active display feature work on the Moto X when compared to the LED?
Thank you.
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I think it works well. I cannot be certain as to how much power it uses when compared to the LED, however, if it is very similar than I would take active display over LED notifications any day.

I used lightflow on my nexus 4 and 5, and now with the moto X and active display... I couldn't care less about the light anymore. Active notifications are so much better. All the info you need, you don't have to remember which light goes to what and you get to see a preview of the notification without ever unlocking to phone.

You won't miss that led at all.

I've just moved from a Samsung S3 to a Moto X. I had LED notifications on my S3 and to be honest I do miss it. The notifications on the Moto X is good, however the only "problem" I have with it is that I have to wave my hand over the screen to see if there is any form of notification. With my S3 I could see from across the room if something was waiting for me without doing anything as I could see the LED flashing with a specific color.
It's not a deal breaker and it's also not the end of the world, I do like the Moto X notifications but I would still prefer to have an LED as well.

Active Notifications should blink periodically too, so that you can see if you have a notif w/out the hand wave. At least it works that way on my '13 X
(whether or not your eyesight is good enough to see which notif it is from a distance is another issue)

If you get a device that you can root lightflow will allow you to enable the notification LED under the headset speaker grill.

I came from a Galaxy S4 and I don't miss the LEDs at all. Active Display does the job pretty well, when you have notifications the screen blinks from time to time, hold the icon and you can see exactly what the notification is about, and you can either swipe up to go directly to the app, swipe left to dismiss and down to unlock the phone. Working great for me, don't imagine living without it anymore lol

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If you get a device that you can root lightflow will allow you to enable the notification LED under the headset speaker grill.
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Yeah! If you root your device you can use a green LED, this LED is originally used when the battery drops and you can't turn on the phone and even the screen, to show you that the phone is charging this LED turn on.
But, if I'm not wrong, you can't make it blink, and you need to run Light Flow in root mode.

I really like the LED on my phone as well. I don't know why I'm having a hard time deciding if I should get a Moto X or not. I have a cyber Monday coupon but I really like the Nexus 4. The only thing I really hate about it is the camera and battery life. Is the Camera at least better than the N4?

The battery is great on this phone. I constantly get 4.5 to 5 hours of SOT with location on high accuracy, BT on and all syncing on.

I don't miss the led much. Had the s3 before. Love the active display!
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I don't miss the LED from my S3 one bit. The active display is far superior.
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[Q] Turning on that notification light.

Has anyone managed to get this working with root? Lightflow does not appear to be doing anything for me.

aka848 said:
Has anyone managed to get this working with root? Lightflow does not appear to be doing anything for me.
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The Droid Turbo does not have a notification light thats what moto display is for. the Green LED is a low power indicator to show the device battery is so low that it cant do anything but power an led to let people know 1) its not broken and 2) to charge the phone. (I work at bbym and our live demos are never charged when people are done demoing them)
I dont think the LED is gonna be useful anyways because its only one color...... and with moto display showing notification symbols and the time I don't know why you would want to use the led
Sorry to be a negative nancy but I wouldn't be surprised if that led isnt even controlled by the system. but plenty of smarter people have figured out things that others said impossible :good:

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The Droid Turbo does not have a notification light thats what moto display is for. the Green LED is a low power indicator to show the device battery is so low that it cant do anything but power an led to let people know 1) its not broken and 2) to charge the phone. (I work at bbym and our live demos are never charged when people are done demoing them)
I dont think the LED is gonna be useful anyways because its only one color...... and with moto display showing notification symbols and the time I don't know why you would want to use the led
Sorry to be a negative nancy but I wouldn't be surprised if that led isnt even controlled by the system. but plenty of smarter people have figured out things that others said impossible :good:
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The Nexus 6 has the same functionality on an RGB LED, there is no way of knowing that the turbo is green only. As much as I appreciate Moto display sometimes an led is just better, for instance when wirelessly charging having the led turn on when the battery is full, or just in general blinking the led when the battery drops below 20%. If I could program the Moto display to my liking I would do that instead but as far as I can tell there is no way to modify that at this time.

aka848 said:
Has anyone managed to get this working with root? Lightflow does not appear to be doing anything for me.
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The Nexus 6 has the same functionality on an RGB LED, there is no way of knowing that the turbo is green only. As much as I appreciate Moto display sometimes an led is just better, for instance when wirelessly charging having the led turn on when the battery is full, or just in general blinking the led when the battery drops below 20%. If I could program the Moto display to my liking I would do that instead but as far as I can tell there is no way to modify that at this time.
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fair enough I knew you probably had a valid reason hence the negative nancy thing. Idk im pretty sure this one is only green I think I remember from a tear down of the turbo but I dont remember. I feel like being able to customize moto display would be wayyyyy cooler right? haha hopefully that comes around soon. doesnt acDisplay or dynamicnotifictions or something have an xposed module that makes it like just as good? nvm probably cant use the corner sensors to turn on the screen

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doesnt acDisplay or dynamicnotifictions or something have an xposed module that makes it like just as good?
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I literally just got root working, so I have no idea what is even out there to modify Moto display. But the xposed modules I have come across are made to emulate Moto display on other devices, not modify it on Motorola phones.

aka848 said:
I literally just got root working, so I have no idea what is even out there to modify Moto display. But the xposed modules I have come across are made to emulate Moto display on other devices, not modify it on Motorola phones.
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read my edit unless they work with the sensors its not even worth it moto display on the turbo and Moto x 2014 is a BILLION times better than on the first moto x and boy I thought it was great when it first came out lol now i reach for my google play edition tablet all the time and expect it to turn on lol

I use the green led on my Moto Maxx to indicate when it is charging. When I place it on a wireless charger it lights up, when the charging is done it turns off. I set it to be quite dim so it isn't annoying in the dark.

Steve-x said:
I use the green led on my Moto Maxx to indicate when it is charging. When I place it on a wireless charger it lights up, when the charging is done it turns off. I set it to be quite dim so it isn't annoying in the dark.
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How did you get it working?

I got it working. In light flow turn on all of the root related settings and go into an any notification and turn on the charging led.. But it happens to make the screen a top turning on.

aka848 said:
How did you get it working?
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I use an app created for the Moto X 2013. I was not able to get the LED to flash with the Moto Maxx or 2014 Moto X but it turns on/off just fine. It needs root of course.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/app-moto-x-charging-led-control-tasker-t2602689

Steve-x said:
I use an app created for the Moto X 2013. I was not able to get the LED to flash with the Moto Maxx or 2014 Moto X but it turns on/off just fine. It needs root of course.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/app-moto-x-charging-led-control-tasker-t2602689
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Thanks! That works perfectly.

aka848 said:
I got it working. In light flow turn on all of the root related settings and go into an any notification and turn on the charging led.. But it happens to make the screen a top turning on.
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makes the screen stop turning on?

considering Nokia 8, does no led notification bother you?

Hi, I need a screen with a very bright screen. I am considering buying a nokia 8 but the only thing holding me back is the lack of led notification. Does it bother you or not? Appreciate anyones thoughts.

I don't miss it at all, and now I like the fact that it's not always blinking for something.
The glance screen will tell you if you missed phone calls or SMS, although you do have to move the phone for it to come on.
I thought that I would miss the notification LED, but am getting on fine without it.

John Hoyne said:
I don't miss it at all, and now I like the fact that it's not always blinking for something.
The glance screen will tell you if you missed phone calls or SMS, although you do have to move the phone for it to come on.
I thought that I would miss the notification LED, but am getting on fine without it.
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thanks, so just moving the phone turns on glance screen? Seems like a good alternative.

Yes moving the phone will turn on the glance screen.
I attach two pictures, one of glance screen in operation and the second of the possible settings for the glance screen. The time-out for the glance screen can be set up to 20 minutes.
I should point out that while the screen on the Nokia 8 will not disappoint for clarity and brightness, that the glance screen is dim (to save battery) and you cannot make it brighter.
Hope that helps

I'm the opposite end of the stick. I think glance is [email protected] and do miss the notification led.

mitchst2 said:
I'm the opposite end of the stick. I think glance is [email protected] and do miss the notification led.
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+1 here, one more reason for BLN
Powered by Nokia 8

2WildFirE said:
+1 here, one more reason for BLN
Powered by Nokia 8
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what is BLN please?

alfienoakes63 said:
what is BLN please?
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Backlight notification. In other words, use the capacitive buttons as notification leds.

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I'm the opposite end of the stick. I think glance is [email protected] and do miss the notification led.
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+1 to you for crap glance screen. Dont really miss a notification led though

I cant remember the last phone i had with a notification LED, i had forgotten it was even a thing.

alfienoakes63 said:
thanks, so just moving the phone turns on glance screen? Seems like a good alternative.
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Not really... It only shows counters for missed calls, mails and texts. Missed messages from other apps (like messengers) are not shown. Besides that, the counter font is very tiny. I turned off glance screen after a few days because I found it totally useless...
So, yes: I actually miss a notification LED.

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Backlight notification. In other words, use the capacitive buttons as notification leds.
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Is there a guide on how to enable this?

paeschli said:
Is there a guide on how to enable this?
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No, you need a custom kernel to be able to do it.

Edit: The apps I was trying (that used the camera flash for notificaitons) didn't work, so I've deleted the links.