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There seems to be no LED indication light for notifications. Is it possible to turn in on?
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I'm pretty sure this phone does not come with an LED on the front.
redhonker said:
There seems to be no LED indication light for notifications. Is it possible to turn in on?
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redhonker said:
There seems to be no LED indication light for notifications. Is it possible to turn in on?
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There is no Notification LED on Moto X...
Comeon Enjoy your Active Notification feature
Ankush menat said:
There is no Notification LED on Moto X...
Comeon Enjoy your Active Notification feature
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I do enjoy it. The only time I miss it is when it's in my pocket. I used to see the blinking LED on my old phone.
Ankush menat said:
There is no Notification LED on Moto X...
Comeon Enjoy your Active Notification feature
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There *is* actually an LED on the Moto X. Page 2 of your owners manual. Although it only comes on when your battery is so low the screen can't power it up and you plug it in to charge. No one has seemed to be able to get it to work besides that.
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455870
I use Voxer (if you don't know what it is, it's a "walkie-talkie" type messaging app, it's in the Play Store) and upgraded to Pro, which gives you "Extreme" notifications. When I get a message, the camera LED flashes. Kind of nice.
So, I'm just wondering about the advantage of active notifications over a multi-colored LED? I mean, the LED continues to blink without any user intervention, while the active notification requires user intervention to display. Sure, the IR sensors used to wake the device are incredibly useful. It would have been great to have both the IR sensors and a LED. Or, are the active notifications shown for an indefinite time until the user acknowledges them?
floepie said:
So, I'm just wondering about the advantage of active notifications over a multi-colored LED? I mean, the LED continues to blink without any user intervention, while the active notification requires user intervention to display. Sure, the IR sensors used to wake the device are incredibly useful. It would have been great to have both the IR sensors and a LED. Or, are the active notifications shown for an indefinite time until the user acknowledges them?
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My (admittedly non scientific) experience indicates that the active notifications for email or SMS seems to stop after 15 minutes or so. Of course a wave of the hand shows it again. But I too remain unconvinced of the usefulness vs LED.
OK, maybe an Xposed module could keep those notifications blinking until the user shuts them off. I can easily see this happening.
Well i go back and forth with this issue..
I have the Z2 and new moto x, and before i was using nexus 5 and motoX , and cant tell you which one is better for sure.. When i use the muti colored led phone, i miss the active notifications, and the opposite when i use the active notifications . With led setup , you still have to touch to know what is it , even if you know that the color green for eg. is for sms. and yellow for em-mail. Same goes for active notifications, you see the icon on the screen representing the app that has a notification and still have to touch for more details, often for me the details are not helpfull , i still have to unlock and pull down the notification bar to see what is about. And with led , you dont have to look more carefully at the screen to see what app is, you can see the color by far or with your peripheral vision .
Well, i still think that the popup notification with android L and the iphone are better for me, but they end up calling to much attention to the screen when you receive a message , so it's not discreet like a led or active notification and people around will look every time something appear.
It doesn't require user interaction, it shows up when you get a new notification and go away after a while, which then you can still show it again with a wave.
Notification LED doesn't allow you to quickly read part of read the text message or see who it's coming from (unless you use LightFlow and set a specific color and pattern for each person, and I'm not going to go to that length to manually adjust and remember all that), which is the point of Active Display.
It's better in it's own way, RGB LED have it's own advantages, they are different things. If you prefer RGB LED, buy a Nexus.
The answer is rather simple actually. Active Display is not better than a coloured LED notification.
With LEDs you can set different colours for different purposes, which are cool, and the most advantageous thing is you can see it from distance.
With Active Display people generally say that you can see the incoming text or a missed call info just by tapping on the icon, true, but how many times do you not unlock the device actually? I at least do it all time. So if you are actually unlocking the device most times then what's the benefit of having Active Display over LED? None, at least that's what I think.
When I came to Moto X (2013) from S4, I loved the Active Display, I am not saying that I don't now, but as of this moment I don't find this option as useful as LED notifications, not at all.
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?
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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.
nhizzat said:
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
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.
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 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.
CazeW said:
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.
I just bought a Redmi 9, but I discovered that it doesn't have a notification LED. It's really annoying not being able to see if the phone has notification just by looking at it. Are there solutions to this?
I tried the Always On Edge app and it does the trick, but unfortunately, not having an AMOLED display makes it drain too much battery for me...
Are there other solutions that don't kill the battery too much? How do you usually become aware of unread notification?
As far as i know there is a app for blinking with flashlight when u get a call or something,have used it on my Huawei.
Beriol said:
I just bought a Redmi 9, but I discovered that it doesn't have a notification LED. It's really annoying not being able to see if the phone has notification just by looking at it. Are there solutions to this?
I tried the Always On Edge app and it does the trick, but unfortunately, not having an AMOLED display makes it drain too much battery for me...
Are there other solutions that don't kill the battery too much? How do you usually become aware of unread notification?
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use glimpse notifications, you can set the led flash to notify you of new notifications and use it to turn the screen on again and again at the set time for as long as u want after getting notifications and many more features, it's free on the google app store
I totaly forget that the flashlight blinking when call incoming is in the settings of the phone,no need for an app.Cheers!!!