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LED lights

Just got the new phone today. The LED lights aren't switched on by default. So when the phone is charging, have bluetooth switched on, missed calls etc.... nothing
In the sounds and notifications setup the tick box for the light is greyed out. Is there a registry setting to turn them on, or is my phone faulty ??
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Do you mean the circle LED? Reading the manual they should flash or spin in a circle depending on whats happening. there is no Bluetooth light from what I can tell.

rolandrat said:
Do you mean the circle LED? Reading the manual they should flash or spin in a circle depending on whats happening. there is no Bluetooth light from what I can tell.
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No not the circular light it works ok. There appears to be a small LED up beside the speaker (where your ear goes). It's not doing anything !

It's light sensor

tnacar said:
It's light sensor
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Seriously !!??
I sort of miss the multicoloured flashing lights. Ah well

gaz_az said:
Seriously !!??
I sort of miss the multicoloured flashing lights. Ah well
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yes its the autobacklight sensor

gaz_az said:
Seriously !!??
I sort of miss the multicoloured flashing lights. Ah well
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lol
Loads of people seem to make that mistake. I haven't actually bothered to take a good look at that area in the pics available on the internet - I probably should...

gaz_az said:
Seriously !!??
I sort of miss the multicoloured flashing lights. Ah well
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there are no "connectivity" indicator LEDs - ie WLAN BT Phone etc. only the indicator LED for missed call, unread email sms.

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).

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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).
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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.

[Q] Which is preferred for missed notifications- LED or Active Display?

Thinking about getting a Droid Turbo but not sure about the notifications....I currently have a Note 2 and I really like having a front LED for missed notifications. I am not sure if I would notice active display as quickly or not. I thought I would ask and get some opinions on which is preferred(if had the choice of both).

I do miss my led but I've had one since the Droid X. So far Its something to get used to for me. If you aren't sure you can just wave your hand over it. I wasn't sure about it but I'll give the blinkey light up for the performance I have now over my old S4

Honestly the active display is awesome but to disable it when driving because it tends to keep turning on without any notification when on my gps mount but for me it's no big deal. The active display won't affect battery much since this is a amoled display and only the needed pixels (white ones) light off and the rest are completely off.
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http://m.androidcentral.com/inside-moto-x-active-display

I watched a video of it for Moto X and the strobe rate does not seem to be often enough for me. Is it adjustable to where the notification can just stay on the screen instead of strobe? I check my current phone with only a brief glance for LED notifications, and I would surely mess the notification on active display if it's in between strobes.

dman777 said:
I watched a video of it for Moto X and the strobe rate does not seem to be often enough for me. Is it adjustable to where the notification can just stay on the screen instead of strobe? I check my current phone with only a brief glance for LED notifications, and I would surely mess the notification on active display if it's in between strobes.
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Is this why my screen seems to blink intermittently? It doesn't even seem to have a pattern... It's not like "regular"... omg, I want to disable this so bad!!! Definitely horrible when driving and mounting the phone in a mount. It's irritating and distracting.
I guess that I never noticed that there was no more LED to blink!

I missed having an LED at first, but the active display functionality has grown on my like a tumor! LOL!

PerCompLLC said:
I missed having an LED at first, but the active display functionality has grown on my like a tumor! LOL!
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Same here! It's just so awesome! For me it's better because it's as if the led were on because of the amoled display.

wadamean said:
Same here! It's just so awesome! For me it's better because it's as if the led were on because of the amoled display.
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What do you do when you have it laying on a desk/table and you glance over and miss the notification because it was at the moment that it was faded out?

dman777 said:
What do you do when you have it laying on a desk/table and you glance over and miss the notification because it was at the moment that it was faded out?
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Jiggle,move it, flip it, etc. It senses movement as well.
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dman777 said:
What do you do when you have it laying on a desk/table and you glance over and miss the notification because it was at the moment that it was faded out?
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That's true and simple just wave you hand close to the screen or any movement really turns on active display. The notification doesn't go away until you have gone to the specified app to see what it was

dman777 said:
What do you do when you have it laying on a desk/table and you glance over and miss the notification because it was at the moment that it was faded out?
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just put your hand near it, you don't even have to touch it. The notifications will light up. Unless I am doing it wrong, it would be nice if I could touch that notification icon and swipe and it took me to it.

Here's how I usually operate...my phone is always on my desk or on my couch face up....without me touching it. How can I make it to where if I glance over at it without touching the phone or waving my hand over it where I can see the notification without staring at it? Is there a way to make the notifications on the screen stay on without fading in/out? With the speed it fades in/out, I know I will miss a notification while it's faded out.

just put your hand near it, you don't even have to touch it. The notifications will light up. Unless I am doing it wrong, it would be nice if I could touch that notification icon and swipe and it took me to it.
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You have to touch and hold the notification icon and slide up. That will open whatever application the notification is for.

I just went from note 2 to droid turbo 2. I miss the led light. I am a mom and sometimes I let my 3 years old play game on my phone while I shop. The led light let me know someone is trying to reach me. I can not tell anymore with droid turbo 2 because of no LED light. And, I still haven't found moto display useful. My husband noticed I don't response fast enough since the new phone. The note 2 and turbo 2 are are almost same size so I do not carry my phone in my pocket often because it is uncomfortable and sometimes even fall out of my pocket when I am cleaning, carrying dealing with my kids, so I like to lay it down and look across the room for the LED light. I am severe to profound hearing loss in both ears and wear cochlear implant so when i am not wearing it, i like to see the notifcation across the room.
I am giving my husband the turbo 2 (I could return it but he wants it). I going to get a phone with a led light.

we actually do have an led light near the front facing camera, but i have no idea how to activate it and it doesnt seem to be used by any app. ive seen it come on twice but idk why it came on. it happened while on the charger and it turned green.

Active Display all the way, hate LED lights.

I think you can get the led to work with some combo of light flow and xposed. It also is used by default with RR. I'm torn on which I like. I liked active display on stock, but it doesn't seem to work as well on non stock based ROMs. I've been using the LED, but it doesn't really blink, it just stays on solid when I have a notification.

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.

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.

Notification light?

I could've swore I seen info about the v40 having a notification led. Does it have one or no?
I'm asking because a recent video I saw, stated it didn't have one.

Hehh, it doesn't. And I just noticed this after having the phone for 2 weeks.
It does have edge lighting when its locked/off tho. And that is really neat.

chelseytx said:
Hehh, it doesn't. And I just noticed this after having the phone for 2 weeks.
It does have edge lighting when its locked/off tho. And that is really neat.
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That sucks. I hated that about the v30.
I'll have to look up the edge lighting.
Edit: Just seen edge lighting and it's nowhere near as good as an led. Man, I may have to reconsider this phone now.

Its really neat to watch. It moves around the screen and glows alternatingly. I want to say it changes color too.

chelseytx said:
Its really neat to watch. It moves around the screen and glows alternatingly. I want to say it changes color too.
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But it doesn't go on continually.

True, but who now-a-days doesn't automatically check their phone when they pick it up. Light or no light? Its instinct - at least for me - to pick up the phone and hit the screen to open it and look at my notifications.

chelseytx said:
True, but who now-a-days doesn't automatically check their phone when they pick it up. Light or no light? Its instinct - at least for me - to pick up the phone and hit the screen to open it and look at my notifications.
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At work I don't just pick up my phone. If I come back to my desk and see a certain color led, I know I need to pick it up.

20degrees said:
At work I don't just pick up my phone. If I come back to my desk and see a certain color led, I know I need to pick it up.
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ah. Okay. True.

Yeah funny how I thought we have it but nope. Not a big deal especially wit always on display.

AoD is far better. Notification lights doesn't mean anything. Just a color flashing

twoxa said:
Yeah funny how I thought we have it but nope. Not a big deal especially wit always on display.
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AoD is far better. Notification lights doesn't mean anything. Just a color flashing
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Yep! And you can turn off AoD between certain times with 8.1!!

Sounds about right..

All a matter of opinion. It has literally turned me off from buying this phone.
LG is confused on their direction. Led, no led, led is back, nope no led.

20degrees said:
All a matter of opinion. It has literally turned me off from buying this phone.
LG is confused on their direction. Led, no led, led is back, nope no led.
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led light doesn't reveal any info and that's in the past. AOD is far more useful.

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led light doesn't reveal any info and that's in the past. AOD is far more useful.
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Again, matter of opinion. I don't want the screen on showing the time. I'd prefer a small led that flashes a select color for certain things.
It's fine if you don't care for one, but I do. A small colored light flashing a certain color reveals exactly the info I need.

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Again, matter of opinion. I don't want the screen on showing the time. I'd prefer a small led that flashes a select color for certain things.
It's fine if you don't care for one, but I do. A small colored light flashing a certain color reveals exactly the info I need.
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Ok bro whatever that works for you. Lg 40 is not for you. Good luck

I've got a 1 year old now, and try to keep my phone usage to a minimum with her around, not to mention protecting my new LG from her grip.
My phone sits on the counter, and unless I see the notification light, I keep it out of the way. I've missed tons of messages, some concerning time related issues, since I'm not one of those "pick up the phone every 3 seconds millennial" types.
I never thought they'd take the LED away, so I didn't even check before I bought it.
Too late for me.

From my understanding none of the v-series had led notification light.. My last lg phone with notification light was the lg g2

Except with apps like Light Flow, the light means very particular things. Certain contacts, certain apps, etc. can all be seen from across the room or in the dark, where the AoD requires focusing and being nearby.

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Again, matter of opinion. I don't want the screen on showing the time. I'd prefer a small led that flashes a select color for certain things.
It's fine if you don't care for one, but I do. A small colored light flashing a certain color reveals exactly the info I need.
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I was a bit put off with the V40 not having a notification light also. I've tried several alternative apps ...
(Always On Edge Display, LED Blinker and NoLED).
The only one that works, for me is the NoLED app. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692