I just got my unit. I can get a spining white ring on the front facing camera when I lift to wake with face unlock, but I can not find the option to turn it on for phone calls and messages etc.... I get edge lighting for 10 seconds or so.. I would love to have this option as I saw it active on a random video but I cant find the video again... I am fully updated with the software as well... does anybody have any ideas or know how to enable this feature? Thx!
Not a feature (yet) we all hope that Samsung will do it...
On reddit the consensus is this is a feature that would be in a future update. I saw screenshots from Samsung support confirming this.
larryk said:
Not a feature (yet) we all hope that Samsung will do it...
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On reddit the consensus is this is a feature that would be in a future update. I saw screenshots from Samsung support confirming this.
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Thanks guys, I'm not crazy I saw it in action cant find the video! :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
iteam said:
I just got my unit. I can get a spining white ring on the front facing camera when I lift to wake with face unlock, but I can not find the option to turn it on for phone calls and messages etc.... I get edge lighting for 10 seconds or so.. I would love to have this option as I saw it active on a random video but I cant find the video again... I am fully updated with the software as well... does anybody have any ideas or know how to enable this feature? Thx!
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Settings, accessibility, advanced settings, flash notification..
Just found ir going through the settings..
mdiaz33685 said:
Settings, accessibility, advanced settings, flash notification..
Just found ir going through the settings..
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That's for the rear flash, not the front facing camera ring around the front facing camera...
Will be nice to have a notification light up there.
But...
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That's for the rear flash, not the front facing camera ring around the front facing camera...
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The options he gave are still helpful for now though, as not only can you enable the rear flash, but the front screen to flash yellow when you receive a message. It's something at least for now. I just hope Samsung pushes out an update to enable the ring around the camera to be used. Just makes total sense since they removed the LED notification. :fingers-crossed:
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The options he gave are still helpful for now though, as not only can you enable the rear flash, but the front screen to flash yellow when you receive a message. It's something at least for now. I just hope Samsung pushes out an update to enable the ring around the camera to be used. Just makes total sense since they removed the LED notification. :fingers-crossed:
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Yes it is. I just don't like it like that LOL.
Read this forum from beginning to end only 2 quick pages but the last post from the Samsung care ambassador. Lets see!!:fingers-crossed:
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...ight-on-the-camera-cut-out/td-p/468373/page/2
EVOme said:
Will be nice to have a notification light up there.
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Yes it would!!
Read this forum from beginning to end only 2 quick pages but the last post from the Samsung care ambassador. Lets see!!
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...ight-on-the-camera-cut-out/td-p/468373/page/2
iteam said:
Yes it would!!
Read this forum from beginning to end only 2 quick pages but the last post from the Samsung care ambassador. Lets see!!
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...ight-on-the-camera-cut-out/td-p/468373/page/2
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Thanks for that link. Possibly tomorrow. Nice!!
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Thanks for that link. Possibly tomorrow. Nice!!
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i enabled the screen flash and it didnt do anything. My screen didn't flash upon incoming notification.
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Thanks for that link. Possibly tomorrow. Nice!!
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No update today. Possibly next week?
nviz22 said:
No update today. Possibly next week?
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Was hoping for it.
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I'm from the UK and purchased from Vodafone, I checked for updates and an update popped up it was around 400mb, I updated hoping this was the one. But still no circle of light notification.
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Was hoping for it.
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An update got pushed to my S10e just a bit ago. Might be the one you wanted?
Circle of Light does not exist. The only thing that exist is the possibility as this is the actual screen and not any special hardware. The same edge lighting like concept can be used to illuminate pixels around the camera. If samsung does not do something, let them release the source and give us access to api's. we can do it ourselves. We just need to modify the edge lighting feature to shrink it to camera cutout and increase timings etc. I am feeling so lost without the notification LED. My pre order does not have a cancellation option. If I had I would have cancelled.
Will the ring light has potential burn in risk?
Should be. If you closely take a look at the camera cutout and the front camera animation, you'd see it's a part of the actual screen. So, It have amoled burn in risk unless or if samsung can access the pixels through hardware directly without actually turning on the whole screen.
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Has anyone noticed the circle to the left of the "N" button? Is this a proximity sensor? If not, what is it? Any ideas?
Looks like a ambient light sensor or something the like. Maybe on a future upgrade new features will include self adjusting backlight
I noticed this too and was going to post. It appears to be an ambient light sensor, but it's not in use. It seems rather large though..
I noticed this too, and thought it would be cool if when you closed the flap on your case (if you got a flip-case) and you were reading a book, it automatically bookmarks the page you're on and pauses your music or something.
Just thought that would be neat.
Hmm... I don't see the 'circle' on mine... i don't suppose this is something you can take a picture of?
Here you go
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Here you go
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WOW WTF MINE DOESNT HAVE ONE!! ?? I dropped my camera and its lens is broken now so I can't take a picture, but it's solid black, completely smooth and no noticeable 'circle'
Go hold it up facing a light (especially daylight ) and you'll see it.
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Go hold it up facing a light (especially daylight ) and you'll see it.
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That's what I'm sayin.. I DID that... I put a flashlight right up to it, under daylight, under the house lights... NOTHIN ' .. On the back it says Model No. BNRV200 is yours different? I got my camera working on my phone and took a couple pics look
If you have the "spare parts" app installed , you can get to the brightness settings that let you select "automatic".
With battery life being an issue on ereaders in general, I'm surprised they don't have it set to automatic by default.
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If you have the "spare parts" app installed , you can get to the brightness settings that let you select "automatic".
With battery life being an issue on ereaders in general, I'm surprised they don't have it set to automatic by default.
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But does it actually work? I've been able to set the backlight to automatic but it just dims and never changes. I even tried flashing a light into the sensor, but didn't get any change.
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That's what I'm sayin.. I DID that... I put a flashlight right up to it, under daylight, under the house lights... NOTHIN ' .. On the back it says Model No. BNRV200 is yours different? I got my camera working on my phone and took a couple pics look
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Mine says BNRV200A
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Mine says BNRV200A
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Wow so there are (at least) two different models of nookcolor being sold.. I wonder what the differences are besides the circle
Mine's an A too and it has it.
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I have a BNRV200 and it has the circle...
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That's what I'm sayin.. I DID that... I put a flashlight right up to it, under daylight, under the house lights... NOTHIN ' .. On the back it says Model No. BNRV200 is yours different? I got my camera working on my phone and took a couple pics look
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Confirmed, I too have a BNRV200 too, it's not there.
I think all nooks have it, some of you just can't see it
It took me a while to see mine
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But does it actually work? I've been able to set the backlight to automatic but it just dims and never changes. I even tried flashing a light into the sensor, but didn't get any change.
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Ouch, you're right. I also tried running sensor test and it sees a light sensor but the reading shows a steady zero no matter what the actual light conditions are. Perhaps the driver for it isn't enabled and they plan to use it in a future release?
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That's what I'm sayin.. I DID that... I put a flashlight right up to it, under daylight, under the house lights... NOTHIN ' .. On the back it says Model No. BNRV200 is yours different? I got my camera working on my phone and took a couple pics look
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Its there. Trust me. You just aren't under the correct lighting conditions to see it. It's designed to be "invisible".
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Wow so there are (at least) two different models of nookcolor being sold.. I wonder what the differences are besides the circle
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Settle down there partner. You are trolling this thread pretty hard unless you are blind. I can even see it in the picture you posted.
Despite searching the forums, searching Google and watching many video reviews, I have not been able to find an answer to this question:
Does the Galaxy Gear have motion sensors which can 'wake' the watch based on movement. ie: I want to be able to tell the time just by moving the arm the watch is strapped to without having to touch the screen, or push a button. I believe the Sony Smartwatch has this feature.
Hmmmm does the phone function start by lifting your arm or button presses?
Pretty sure the health stuff is still feeding off the phone no?
Was wondering the same thing. I assumed that it would because I think that would be a huge negative of a watch if I actually had to turn it on to see the time. Nothing I have read or watched on YouTube talks about this. I did see an option for screen time before sleep can be changed but not the same thing.
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It is coming up to the time I'll have to confirm my pre-order or cancel it, does anyone else have information on the motion sensor functionality?
I found another video review which does seem to indicate it has some sort of motion-screen activation via Phandroid. There are several points in the video where the screen turns on without any obvious screen touching or button pushing. Note that the watch in this video has the security plate on the bottom, effectively doubling the thickness, the dude from Phandroid doesn't seem to realise or mention it.
Ive seen a video that shows exactly this, someone lifting their wrist to look at the watch and the screen automatically lighting up. Only problem is there are so many video reviews from IFA 2013 that i can't find it again. I can 100% confirm there is a motion sensor, it is listed on many reviews.
Hope this helps?
If it doesn't it will. Since it has a pedometer it does have a motion sensor. So would be easy to make a shake your wrist to turn on feature like the MotoActv.
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I can confirm it does turn on by itself when you raise your arm or flick your wrist.
Ryan_G said:
I can confirm it does turn on by itself when you raise your arm or flick your wrist.
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I can also confirm this
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yes it does, and works like a charm!
nusul said:
yes it does, and works like a charm!
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for me not working ? you have to do some thing with sitting to make it work ?????
re-2007 said:
for me not working ? you have to do some thing with sitting to make it work ?????
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Go into gear manager settings, you can toggle it on/off there.
fOmey said:
Go into gear manager settings, you can toggle it on/off there.
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thanks alot :victory:
Received today my unit.
First impression is great, phone is really fast, no lag at the moment.
I have compared the screen with Note 3 and white looks whiter than on Note 3. On Note 3 has yellow pigment.
S Pen got some new functions and it is really precise.
At the moment I am discovering new functions and all.
If you have any questions just ask.
hi, I suppose it comes with Evernote pre-installed... does it come with one year of premium subscription, too? Thanks
alexcarterkarsus said:
hi, I suppose it comes with Evernote pre-installed... does it come with one year of premium subscription, too? Thanks
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Yes, it comes with 12 months premium.
http://i.imgur.com/yM60cbi.png
Does the phone have build quality issues like being able to fit a business card between the screen edge and the body?
I looked at one at Best Buy today and there were no spaces between the glass and the edge. I think someone just got a messed up unit.
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Does the phone have build quality issues like being able to fit a business card between the screen edge and the body?
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Nope, there is no build quality issue and there is no gap betwen screen and body.
I can post pictures if you want.
Try to squeeze it and see if it laggs . Make that multi task burn! LOL
Try to use like 7 apps at the same time.
Also does the gallery app have a delay openning? And the phone dialer when you tap on contacts in my s3 it needs 3 seconds to show the contacts...is it the same for n4?
Hows battery life?
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Does it bend? jk
patriotaki said:
Try to squeeze it and see if it laggs . Make that multi task burn! LOL
Try to use like 7 apps at the same time.
Also does the gallery app have a delay openning? And the phone dialer when you tap on contacts in my s3 it needs 3 seconds to show the contacts...is it the same for n4?
Hows battery life?
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Running like 8-9 apps, tried switching between them and it is fast. No lag at the moment.
About the gallery. It opens it instantly but it takes few seconds to liad the photos. Until then it is white screen with blue bar on top
Phone dialer has no lag, it opens instantly and it is ready to use the same second. Same goes for contacts, no lag.
Battery life, to soon to judge but on this charge it took 12% to get 47 minutes screen on. It was moderate usage.
I must say, samsung keyboard is bad. Screen is big but typing is not so good. Will change keyboard for Android L.
Ram usage is 1.5 gb in normal.
And I have disabled few apps like facebook, instagram, ets.
And device is dying for DPI change.
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Does it bend? jk
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Lol, no
Is the Korean version? or the U.S version? What color is your Note IV? Can you swipe open the multi-window from the right screen or do you have to use App swifter or back key?
DelBoy said:
Yes, it comes with 12 months premium.
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What are the restrictions? I'm already an evernote premium subscriber, but I'd love to get an extra year free with this!
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Is the Korean version? or the U.S version? What color is your Note IV? Can you swipe open the multi-window from the right screen or do you have to use App swifter or back key?
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I am in Europe so I believe it is international version.
Color is white.
Yes, I can swipe from right corner but not all apps support that right now. For example Tapatalk does not allow that but whatsapp does.
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What are the restrictions? I'm already an evernote premium subscriber, but I'd love to get an extra year free with this!
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Really dont know. I am not using Evernote. I have just activate it to answer the question.
But I believe there are no restrictions, it is normal premium.
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I am in Europe so I believe it is international version.
Color is white.
Yes, I can swipe from right corner but not all apps support that right now. For example Tapatalk does not allow that but whatsapp does.
Really dont know. I am not using Evernote. I have just activate it to answer the question.
But I believe there are no restrictions, it is normal premium.
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Thanks, I'm hoping it just adds to my current subscription. Any free dropbox space? 50gb? :laugh:
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Also, I noticed in the manual that was just posted : http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...7/SM-N910_UM_EU_Kitkat_Eng_Rev.1.0_140926.pdf
There's no mention of UV sensor, oxygen sensor or even the heart rate sensor... the "device layout" goes flash, but doesn't mention the sensor right next to the flash... do those sensors work on your device??? There was speculation that Samsung would have problems getting the Note 4 to pass through certification if it's a medical device (those heart and oxygen sensors).
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Thanks, I'm hoping it just adds to my current subscription. Any free dropbox space? 50gb? :laugh:
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There is 50gb free space on Dropbox, but only for new users. Exiting users does nit get that.
I did not get extra 50gb on my account.
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Also, I noticed in the manual that was just posted : http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...7/SM-N910_UM_EU_Kitkat_Eng_Rev.1.0_140926.pdf
There's no mention of UV sensor, oxygen sensor or even the heart rate sensor... the "device layout" goes flash, but doesn't mention the sensor right next to the flash... do those sensors work on your device??? There was speculation that Samsung would have problems getting the Note 4 to pass through certification if it's a medical device (those heart and oxygen sensors).
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Sensors are working fine, at least heart rate and oxygen. Will check tomorrow if UV works.
Here is the screenshot with results: http://i.imgur.com/860pO4d.jpg
DelBoy said:
Received today my unit.
First impression is great, phone is really fast, no lag at the moment.
I have compared the screen with Note 3 and white looks whiter than on Note 3. On Note 3 has yellow pigment.
S Pen got some new functions and it is really precise.
At the moment I am discovering new functions and all.
If you have any questions just ask.
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Where was it purchased from?
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Where was it purchased from?
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Got it from Samsung direct.
if it is snapdragon version, can you post some benchmark screen shots for the geekbench and gfxbench?
Could you please post some photos? Ideally with the Note 3 for comparison if you have one available.
Is it a review model?
Does anyone know if the S10e has a notification light? I read somewhere on this site that there's a multi colour light around the camera but I havent seen this mentioned elsewhere. Thanks.
there is no LED pulse notification anymore -, there is a camera border light similar to edge lightning but not sure if you can customise it for notifications -
Bummer... I like that light very much and also want to know if there is a way to have the same possible although in some new way
The Samsung LED cases (Wallet cover or back cover) can show notifications and are customizable.
https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/m...0-plus-led-wallet-cover-black-ef-ng975pbegus/
https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/m...10-plus-led-back-cover-black-ef-kg975cbegus//
Keep in mind, the above links are for the S10+ variant, but the other models have their own as well.
Will have to wait for someone to chime in with first hand information on the camera border light as I'm not prepared to spend $65 on a case and the notification LED is essential to me.
lambada24 said:
Will have to wait for someone to chime in with first hand information on the camera border light as I'm not prepared to spend $65 on a case and the notification LED is essential to me.
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The ring notification colors can be customized (afaik)
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The ring notification colors can be customized (afaik)
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Is there any video on how they work. I didn't know about them.
S10 apparently loses the led notification light, but will retain edge lighting which can be frustrating .
Tbh it's not a bad thing, I get distracted by the led flashing when something comes in and dont use aod
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S10 apparently loses the led notification light, but will retain edge lighting which can be frustrating .
Tbh it's not a bad thing, I get distracted by the led flashing when something comes in and dont use aod
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What if I opted for S10e, could edge lighting be on this phone as well as on 2 other models?
Samsung's reasoning was that it would distract from their new edge to edge display.
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The ring notification colors can be customized (afaik)
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Hopefully the ring light supports the same API as the LED light did. That should let Light Manager Pro work as is or at least give the developer a quick way of updating it. I've really come to depend on that app to be able to see charge state or type of notification (email, text, etc) my phone received from across the room.
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Hopefully the ring light supports the same API as the LED light did. That should let Light Manager Pro work as is or at least give the developer a quick way of updating it. I've really come to depend on that app to be able to see charge state or type of notification (email, text, etc) my phone received from across the room.
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I'm also using light manager and sure hope it would work somehow with the S10. I really need the notification light.
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Does anyone know if the S10e has a notification light? I read somewhere on this site that there's a multi colour light around the camera but I havent seen this mentioned elsewhere. Thanks.
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tiho5 said:
Bummer... I like that light very much and also want to know if there is a way to have the same possible although in some new way
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Found this here on XDA
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s10-new-software-features/amp/
Outbreak444 said:
Found this here on XDA
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s10-new-software-features/amp/
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The ring light is also mentioned here: https://phandroid.com/2019/02/22/our-favorite-new-one-ui-features-on-the-samsung-galaxy-s10/
Unfortunately, I have seen it work on any video reviews yet so I can't tell how visible it is.
:fingers-crossed:Come on everyone. We all know someone in here will figure out how to enable the camera ring to do just about anything we want. It may take a few weeks/months but it'll get there.....:fingers-crossed:
I really hope they or someone else will make the circle light around the punch for notifications.
That would look so dope.
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I could dig a strobing circle light! ??
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I could dig a strobing circle light! ??
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Oh yes, that's going to be great
i recall seeing it in one of the yt vids from the past days. but cant remember in which on. it lights up white when cam is in use. and they at least mentioned the notification light. haven't seen the notification light yesterday at the electronics store but again that where still demo units with no working fingerprint and oder things disabled
I have bought the s10 plus for 3 days, unfortunately the cameras ring doesn't light up when i receive notifications .
No option in camera? Where is it?
do you have the phone already?
I already pre prder it and i'm just watching all the reviews from youtube.
Bright night is baked into the AI functionality not as yet a standalone
Bright night is actually under scene optimizer -> intelligent features. There's suppose to be a visual prompt of some sort. I used a retail unit in a bright setting, which might be why it didn't work on the S10+.
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Bright night is baked into the AI functionality not as yet a standalone
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Ok but still not the same as pixel 3 and huawei? I saw the review and still the night mode still not clear.
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Bright night is actually under scene optimizer -> intelligent features. There's suppose to be a visual prompt of some sort. I used a retail unit in a bright setting, which might be why it didn't work on the S10+.
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Ok i hope the low light still great whwn i received tje device. I already pre order it.
apkonedotnet said:
Ok but still not the same as pixel 3 and huawei? I saw the review and still the night mode still not clear.
Ok i hope the low light still great whwn i received tje device. I already pre order it.
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I may be wrong but I believe that is coming in a software update sometime after release. Should not be a problem.
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I may be wrong but I believe that is coming in a software update sometime after release. Should not be a problem.
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still hoping that they will add this like in pixel 3, i really don't know why samsung didn't put that feature.