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Can the alert LED be disabled?

Hey all you lucky ONE owners
I'm planning on upgrading to the one myself soon. Just want to know if the little LED can be disabled for specific or preferably all events.
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On the sgs3 I have, the LED is way too bright for night reading (esp when charging). But it can at least be disabled.
That said, LED control via AOSP was impossible due to Samsung's unreleased sources/drivers. Would this be the case with the One?
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Hi! If you disable the led then there would be 0% visibility on the screen. The screen isn't amoled.

Riyal said:
Hi! If you disable the led then there would be 0% visibility on the screen. The screen isn't amoled.
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Thanks Riyal, though I was meaning the alert LED rather than the LCD backlight. That little LED on the upper left, under the That little LED on the upper left, under the speaker gri grill
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Ohhh ok you mentioned about reading & amoled so I thought it was led backlight
Anyway yes it's possible. There's a setting for notification leds where you could disable them.

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?

sxtester said:
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%

Led Notification or Moto Screen ?

know that the Nexus 6 will have a Amoled screen, but the notifications be equal Moto X (moto screen pulsating) or notification led like the Nexus 5?

I'm wondering about the notification LED myself. It has always been a staple of nexus devices, but it doesn't seem like this one is going to have it. Motorola is more prone to waking the screen when a notification is received rather than LEDs. I think, with great disappointment, that this iteration of the Nexus won't have an LED notification light.
Although I have no knowledge or proof and hoping someone can confirm or deny.

I was just going to post a thread asking the same question. Does anyone know if the N6 will have the active display like the Moto X? Where you can say commands and have it answer you back etc etc...

I heard that android L introduces "OK google" with the screen off on nexus 6, along with some level of screen notifications

rapha.194 said:
know that the Nexus 6 will have a Amoled screen, but the notifications be equal Moto X (moto screen pulsating) or notification led like the Nexus 5?
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I hope that it will have an notification LED. If not, it will be one more reasen that i (may be) don´t buy it.

What I remember reading about the guy on G+ who was a device tester for the N6 there is no notification LED. Instead we will have a variant of the "Active Notifications" screen.
While this may be disappointing to some out there I am not surprised they went this way not because of the AMOLED display, but because of Android Wear being pushed out to the market to the point where we have headware, watches, hell even jewelry capable of notification alarms making the notification LED almost obsolete these days. Hell the only time I ever see my LED work is when its charging/low batt/full battery. I will not miss it too much.

I think the LED is more anonymous, so i like this much more.
The other question is, which one takes more accumulator? The LED or the active display (AMOLED)

this is such a disappointment, i rely heavily on the LED, it's much less time consuming, just look at the light, no need to push the power button.

Koolieman20 said:
this is such a disappointment, i rely heavily on the LED, it's much less time consuming, just look at the light, no need to push the power button.
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If its some sort of active display notification there won't be a need to press a button either. It'll just flash a few pixels on your screen with better information as to what type of notification.
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biggiestuff said:
If its some sort of active display notification there won't be a need to press a button either. It'll just flash a few pixels on your screen with better information as to what type of notification.
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Constantly like LED or when you wave?

borchgrevink said:
Constantly like LED or when you wave?
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They call it "breathing". It's not as rapid as a led light but it's still low power consumption because it only uses a few pixels to light up the notification and it uses the lower power core on the processor so it's not waking the phone. Not sure if it's going to be the same like on the motos but if it is, I'd prefer it over led notification light.
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...bient-display-personalized-take-moto-display/

I have a Moto 360 so neither really concerns me, but if I didn't I'd rather have use of the Moto Active screen than a notification LED.

Hmm, seems like a step back to me. LED keeps battery usage to a minimum, and is always visible. This only lights up when lifted or new notification. I like coming into the room and seeing the LED blink different colours for different notifications.

borchgrevink said:
Hmm, seems like a step back to me. LED keeps battery usage to a minimum, and is always visible. This only lights up when lifted or new notification. I like coming into the room and seeing the LED blink different colours for different notifications.
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This. Exactly! And from my understanding (at least on the Moto x) you can't change colors of the notifications. So you won't be able to tell from a distance.

Pretty sure that there's tons of AMOLED apps that let you choose custom notifications on the screen, at least from what I remember when I had a GNex. The other benefit of that method is you can display multiple notifications at once.
I still prefer the dedicated LED though, seems to be brighter and visible from further away. Also power use is lower, and the general consensus is AMOLED notifications should be 'bounced' around to various spots to avoid burn-in, which makes it a bit annoying.

SenK9 said:
Pretty sure that there's tons of AMOLED apps that let you choose custom notifications on the screen, at least from what I remember when I had a GNex..
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Yeah, the LED on Nexus 5, with "Lightflow", saved my mental sanity a thousand time.
Someone knows a good app like that for Amoled screen?
I want to be prepared...

Gil. said:
Yeah, the LED on Nexus 5, with "Lightflow", saved my mental sanity a thousand time.
Someone knows a good app like that for Amoled screen?
I want to be prepared...
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Lightflow was a nightmare half the time with the LED, sometimes it works when it wants to work and other times it just does what it wants.
I had to eventually disable the notification LED's all except for low battery, charging and Full battery. Those were the only ones that were not problematic (most of the time).

Dr Faustus said:
Lightflow was a nightmare half the time with the LED, sometimes it works when it wants to work and other times it just does what it wants.
I had to eventually disable the notification LED's all except for low battery, charging and Full battery. Those were the only ones that were not problematic (most of the time).
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Strange, never happened to me.
For me that app was a savior!
I hope I'll find a good competitor for AMOled.

I am sure given time developers will be able to find and mod the "Ambient Display" System to do anything you want it to. Hell if we are lucky and get an Xposed for ART support we will certainly see an xposed module to take full advantage of it.

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

tw1tch175 said:
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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P10 Flashlight

I was wondering if the dual tone flash has two seperate LED's? or if its only one LED powering the two coloured plastic parts. Based on close inspection mine only has one led powering the two slots. A quick reply would be appreciated, thanks!

Anyone?

Mine has 2 . One is white and the other is orange .

I got 2 also. It flash white and then orange.

Two LEDs here. It produces pure white light while focusing and nice warm tone flash later. Single LED is not capable of doing it.

When using the torch, does the White LED only turn on?

Both on mine

JamesRLS said:
When using the torch, does the White LED only turn on?
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That's how it works on pretty much every single Huawei/Honor device. Why? I have no idea.

I'm not an expert, but cooler white LED's have lesser power consumption (Lumen per Watt). So if you want to use the LED as a flashlight, cooler light is more efficient and they don't need to cool the module too much. I like the warm one as a flash, but I still miss the Xenon Flash from old Sony Ericsson Phones

Noone uses it long enough to make 7-10% difference neigligible. Turning the flashlight on for couple of hours makes no difference either.
More - LED efficiency depends on the current. Split the same current for two diodes and they'll make even more light! And since the other one is a warm one, light itself will be much higher quality. There's absolutely no reason to use just one LED as a flashlight.