As far as I know I have enabled notifications and setting for the edge features, but I can't seem to figure out how to get any of them to actually show up. When the phone is locked and the screen is off, touching, tapping, or swiping the edges and nothing happens. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong? Any thoughts suggestions?
-NVE
Found out, there's a secret squirrel motion that you have to do on the edge that is set in settings. When I get a text from one of the people setup in my favorite contacts wakes the phone up. I can swipe on the edge where the visible notification bar is to have it expand out, but I'd assume instead if waking up the phone it would show the selected notifications in the edge screen.
-NVE
As cool and the edge display is its pretty useless ATM.
Well not useless persay more like limeted. I can think of some good future uses like maybe a youtube where all the info stuff is pushed to the edges so takes up less screen space, notification pushing just to the edge light the edge and not waking up the phone. using just the edge to check the time saving battery ((good for while working)) I'm hoping for someone to get api's to open up programms to use the edge as a sliders for productivity stuff but thats just hoping.
I think a real missed oppertunity here from samsung with this phone and considering they used a glass back was making a touch interface there for like scrolling web pages and selecting stuff without having to touch the front screen interruping your view.
Last night I was in done settings menu and saw anything about notifications and turned it on to see what it would do. Now instead of the usual notificationsthat pop up, I get a thin floating pop up notification instead. I want to switch back and went to they're I thought I did it, but can't find they setting. I've tried searching the phones settings for notification, popup, floating..... but can't find it.
Does anyone know where I need to go?
My goodness I've become that guy that changes a setting then can't undo it! ?
Not sure how you did it but can you post a screen shot of the thin floating notifications? I'm intrigued....
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Not sure how you did it but can you post a screen shot of the thin floating notifications? I'm intrigued....
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Hopefully this works. Having do everything from my phone as hurricane Irma has left me with out internet for the last 7 days.
Here is a screenshot of a text I sent myself from my other phone.
Edit: added screenshot of regular notification for comparison.
I just googled that, the setting is under "edge lighting". Just turned it on, I really like it.
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I just googled that, the setting is under "edge lighting".
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That's what I thought and where I first went, but didn't find it. I'll look again, maybe I missed it.
Thanks.
Edit: apparently a can't have edge lighting without the "thin floating" notifications. I could of sworn I clicked something to enable it, besides edge lighting.
That sucks I want the edge lighting without the thin floating notification. ?
I did the same thing.... Googled this does hours... Smh
Hello, I am thinking of buying the Nokia 8. Given that there is no notification led; do all notifications appear on the glance screen at least? For example whatsApp/Viber/gmail notifications?
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Hello, I am thinking of buying the Nokia 8. Given that there is no notification led; do all notifications appear on the glance screen at least? For example whatsApp/Viber/gmail notifications?
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No, onlx calls, messages and mails. For now thats it.
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antonis_wrx said:
Hello, I am thinking of buying the Nokia 8. Given that there is no notification led; do all notifications appear on the glance screen at least? For example whatsApp/Viber/gmail notifications?
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I've installed this for missed notifications on any app as there is no led.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.missednotificationsreminder
Nokia need to enable BLN imo
tryede several of those notification apps, none really works, not as good as the led light i got on s7
brianj41 said:
tryede several of those notification apps, none really works, not as good as the led light i got on s7
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Bit of an oversight not to have it on Nokia's part. I mean how much would it have cost, a $?
Phone call notifications are hard coded as missed calls.
Email / messages - these are based on the notification category - GMail / Outlook show as emails, FB Messenger* and text messages show as messages - WhatsApp doesn't
* FB Messenger is hit and miss at times, I think group ones show, but if any media is sent, the notification category changes and no longer counts as a message
I thought I could get by with glance rather than a notification LED, but I can't. Glance doesn't display notifications for Texta or True Phone for me - I have to use the stock messaging and dialler apps.
Also, glance disappears after a minute unless you move your phone. If you set it to the maximum of 20 minutes, it stays on even when there aren't any notifications, thus wasting battery.
I tried NoLED, but it's not the same, and it too has the entire display on just to display a small coloured dot.
This, together with the slow fingerprint scanner means I'll likely sell my Nokia 8 and keep my Mi6. It's disappointing, as I love having stock Android and timely updates.
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I thought I could get by with glance rather than a notification LED, but I can't. Glance doesn't display notifications for Texta or True Phone for me - I have to use the stock messaging and dialler apps.
Also, glance disappears after a minute unless you move your phone. If you set it to the maximum of 20 minutes, it stays on even when there aren't any notifications, thus wasting battery.
I tried NoLED, but it's not the same, and it too has the entire display on just to display a small coloured dot.
This, together with the slow fingerprint scanner means I'll likely sell my Nokia 8 and keep my Mi6. It's disappointing, as I love having stock Android and timely updates.
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I have two thoughts on the subject but I don't even have the phone so this might not worth much it's informative I gathered researching the phone as I have an interest in it,
1. I read somewhere that the area which shows the glance screen actually uses lower power and therfore shouldn't use much battery despite it being lcd it sounds weird but try the twenty minutes option and see if you truly get much battery drain.
2. I read somewhere else that there might be a software update that will enable the capacitive buttons light to blink on notifications... If you can hold on until that is available....
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2. I read somewhere else that there might be a software update that will enable the capacitive buttons light to blink on notifications... If you can hold on until that is available....
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Was that a comment from Nokia or just on someone's wish list on a forum?
This will be great, and it is possible. Maybe it'll worth to write on Nokia support page or Twitter
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Was that a comment from Nokia or just on someone's wish list on a forum?
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If I remember correctly, a wish... But if many will demand it then
I requested it on Nokia forum and Twitter asked for support here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-8/how-to/feature-request-bln-t3694669
I'm sure they can make the buttons light up, my old Nokia N8 used the same method for notifications.
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I'm sure they can make the buttons light up, my old Nokia N8 used the same method for notifications.
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100% they can if they choose to. Should have from the start given they omitted a notification led.
Glance screen is a disaster. Why put such tiny text on freaking 5.3" screen?
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zdravke said:
Glance screen is a disaster. Why put such tiny text on freaking 5.3" screen?
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I agree. The size of the text and the limited functionality makes it useless
S-View cover, maybe?
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I agree. The size of the text and the limited functionality makes it useless
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Maybe Nokia has some plans for an S-View-like cover that has a window in that area... just sayin'.
Anyway, lighting up / blinking capacitive buttons for notifications would be truly awesome!
hey there i wanted to ask if your screen wakes upon notifications, or it stays off, but only notification sound comes through (just like my nokia 8 does)
is there a way to wake screen upon notifications (kinda like ambient display), without me having to double tap?
thanks
Unfortunately the screen doesn't wake up on notif. It was a big issue for me, as there is no led either, and the glance is just useless in its current state (really need an update to be as good as lumias)
I'm a heavy SMS and Whatsapp sender. I solved the issue with Textra for SMS (you can enable the screen wake-up in the app settings, and it works perfectly) and Whatsapp automatically wake-up the screen too.
Use glimpse notifications app, it's a great app.
Stock android, from 6.0 ver (I mean) , doesn't have that option anymore.
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I am absolutely certain I saw this in the settings a few days ago, but I can't find it now and a search of settings is coming up with nothing.
Basically, it was a way to set up split screen but having both sides of the screen active. This was demonstrated in the settings as having a dancing stick figure in the active window and when I turned on "both sides active" (or whatever it is actually called) then both stick figures started dancing.
Can anyone help me find this setting again? I've been through every single option in the settings and can't see it anywhere!
Thanks
I think that's a Good lock setting.
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I think that's a Good lock setting.
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Bingo! Thank you
Speaking of split screen.....
On my s8 I could tap the middle bar of the 2 apps I am running split and it gives me option to flip the two easily. I can't figure out for the life of me how to do this on the s10. Is it possible?
Received my S21U yesterday and noticed a weird thing happens when vivid mode is on.
Basically, the colours change when apps take up the whole screen. It's mostly a slight change but it's really visible on skin tones. On my device when things are full screen, people's faces look pale, yellow and washed out. This disappears immediately if I put the app into pop-up view, splitscreen, or if I open another pop up app over the top. It also disappears if I swipe up to go to recent apps and the current app minimizes. It's annoying because the skin tones look normal and healthy when not full screen. Then as soon I full screen whatever I'm looking at the colours change straight away before my eyes and I see the washed out yellow skin tones appear. This doesn't happen on natural mode or when eye comfort is on, it only happens with vivid.
The same issue happened on my Note 20 Ultra, but the yellowed/washed out colours were SO much worse that I ended up returning it. Oddly enough it doesn't happen on my Tab S7+.
If you have a spare minute and you'd like to see if this happens on your device, open this random image of the legend William Hung full screen with vivid mode on. Then try swiping up to see recent apps and then tapping the app to full screen the image again. If the same thing happens on your device you should notice the skin tones change. He should look normal when the window isn't full but on full screen he looks really yellow and ill. The same should happen if you open it in split screen or popup view or open another app in pop up view over the top.
Anyone else noticed this or know why it happens? It actually kind of annoys me as the skin tones look ugly and at this price point I expect everything to be perfect.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Just checked, and I'm unable to duplicate that problem with the picture you shared. No change it skin tone at all.
NVM, I see what you mean. I see a darker shade in the recent apps menu when I swipe up, and then when I go back to the original image, it gets lighter. NOt a big deal to me. Why does it bother you?