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hi
is it possible to let the notification led stay lit when there are missed calls or messages? perhaps the blinking time can be set anywhere in the registry. i would like it to remain lit like when the battery is fully charged because the time i have to look at it feels like eternity every time i want to check if i have some missed calls. this way a quick glance would suffice.
thank you
Has anyone found if this is possible.
I would like to blink the led more (i.e. every second instead of every 4 seconds now) when I got an e-mail.
When I missed a call the time is 1 second between the blinking.
I am also interested in this too, keep it lit like when it is being charged.
Why bother? The light's about the size of a mosquito's nuts, quicker to just turn the screen on isn't it?
just noticed this today, but whenever i receive a text message (sms/mms) the screen doesnt turn itself on. I hear the bell notification and see the trackball light up but the screen still stays on standby mode. Is this normal?
Im used to the iphone turning the screen on its own whenver i get a text message.
Nope, this is normal on all Android phones. Download SMS popup if you want a feature such as this. Quite irritating if you ask me, kinda a battery waster I would assume.
This is why Android phones usually have LEDs, or a trackball. For notifications
Doesn't Handcent SMS have this feature too..
Ok thank you! Its just was never around my phone or actually looking at it when i receive text messages. but for some reason today i was next to it and the screen didnt turn on.
I dont really want the feature, but i just wondering if i did anything to screw up the phone. Thanks again for the help!
handcent and chompsms have the popup i know for sure
I think I may actually like this feature better. The trackball seems more subtler. Although, I did enjoy knowing who was texting.
I prefer the trackball lighting as well (I don't want the screen to light up), but on the Desire ROM from MoDaCo, when you get a message the screen lights up and you see a preview on the lock screen. Messaging application icon also shows how many unread messages on the screen. I think it is cool. I don't want the screen coming on, but I like how it shows a preview on the lock screen.
h2opoloplyr_11 said:
just noticed this today, but whenever i receive a text message (sms/mms) the screen doesnt turn itself on. I hear the bell notification and see the trackball light up but the screen still stays on standby mode. Is this normal?
Im used to the iphone turning the screen on its own whenver i get a text message.
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Why would you want the screen to turn on?
So everyone else can read your texts?
Trackball notifications are awesome.
I just got TrackballAlert on the Desire ROM which allows you to choose your own colors.
During St Patty's day: "Hey your phone is glowing blue. What is that? That looks awesome!"
LOL. i didnt like that the texts would just take over the screen....people can see that mug!!!
not that i wanted that feature, but i thought it was standard for all phones to have the screen turn on from standby when getting a text....i just thought i did something to screw up the phone.
Ugh
I had this issue on my LG G2 where, randomly, the green LED status light would start flashing like there is a notification, when there is none. This is related to the Alarm. I posted this over in the G2 forums and I will post it here.
How to fix:
Clear all Notifications
Turn off Screen
(wait for notification light to blink) [confirm]
Turn on Screen
Go to Clock, disable Alarm
Double tap Status bar / Turn off Screen
(wait for notification light to NOT blink) [confirm] [fix]
Turn on screen and enable your Alarm.
The LED light should no longer blink for no reason.
Really kind of disappointed in the G4 software wise. On my G2, this issue and the lagging/FCing keyboard was huge issues that made me want to upgrade to the G4. Sad to say that even the newer software and newer hardware, these bugs are still present.
Thanks for this I'm sure it will help a few people out there.
player911 said:
Ugh
I had this issue on my LG G2 where, randomly, the green LED status light would start flashing like there is a notification, when there is none. This is related to the Alarm. I posted this over in the G2 forums and I will post it here.
How to fix:
Clear all Notifications
Turn off Screen
(wait for notification light to blink) [confirm]
Turn on Screen
Go to Clock, disable Alarm
Double tap Status bar / Turn off Screen
(wait for notification light to NOT blink) [confirm] [fix]
Turn on screen and enable your Alarm.
The LED light should no longer blink for no reason.
Really kind of disappointed in the G4 software wise. On my G2, this issue and the lagging/FCing keyboard was huge issues that made me want to upgrade to the G4. Sad to say that even the newer software and newer hardware, these bugs are still present.
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The only issue I've had regading the blinking lights was if I swiped away a notification from the lock screen and locked it again, it would blink until I pulled down on notification bar. Same thing?
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Nope. It randomly just starts flashing. I do turn off notifications from facebook and XDA via android system....
Happened twice tonight already since 5pm. During the day I am hammered with work emails, gmails, text, and hangouts so I dont notice it much. But a night when its flashing but there are no notifications, i have to disable the alarm amd reenable to fix it.
Same with my old G2.
Maybe the disabled notifications are turning on the LED notification but android is hiding the actual notifications. I will try reenabling them and disabling them via the apps.
Update:
Clearing those apps in the Sounds and Notification settings menu per app page, did turn the light off. So maybe that is the bug.
It started on my G2 when lollipop update came out. It is easier to disable app notifications this way as they come in by holding the noification and disabling it on the andoid side. I'll report back if thats it.
Big problem with led notification
This is the biggest problem in my g4, at least for me.
But i didn't understand what is the connection to alarm? I don't use alarm and still have this stupid bug : (
Well the alarm toggle is just a quick way to turn it off.
I do think the connection as been found with the Android notification hiding. I havent had the problem reoccur since I "allow all notifications" in the android settings... then turn off notifications within the apps directly.
It seems Androids "hide notifications" isn't doing a great job. It keeps the popups hidden, but still turns the lights on.
Turning off notifications within the Apps may also save battery since the App is still basically polling for updates on the network side, just being blocked from displaying them.
I am still testing but I think I nailed it.
Let's be clear.
My problem is not that the LED blinks without any notification.
My problem is that although i read my notification and now have no more any new notification - the led still blinking and i can't stop it.
Thats the same thing
*same issue i had
Scenerio:
Grab my phone and light is flashing. Check notifications. Clear them. Put phone down. See it blinking still. Pick it up. No notifications. No way to turn it off.
Update: Still getting random LED notification lights. Typically happens in the evening. Very weird
Me too
I even think to turn off the led light.
Anyway it's doesn't show the real notification.
Btw, is it problem with LG or with lollipop??
Tnx
I like using timely alarm from the play store. Never had that issue.
It has nothing to do with the alarm, it is just a quick way to fix the issue.
Question: Do you use stock SMS or 3rd party? I use Hello SMS.
Ok, maybe there is connection between the alarm and the led notification, because the bug happen to me usually after i use alarm in the morning (alarm clock extreme free from play store).
When i press i VIBRTATE and back to normal ringing it's usually stop the led blinking
I use stock alarm. But my alarm is only set Mon-Fri yet it happens randomly on sat and sun. It seems to clear itself after a while too...sometimes.
everyone who have this issue -
1. do u use what'sapp?
2. in which color your LED blinking (without notification)? it it your color alert you choose for what'sapp?
I dont use WhatsApp. My notification like is green. Only seems to do this at night but I get slammed with emails (corporate phone) and may not notice it during the day.
The only app I use that is not "common" that has notifications is Hello SMS. Otherwise I use messanger, facebook, xda, gmail, stock email, stock alarm.
Anyone use an alternative sms app with this problem?
It also appears to go away eventually after more texting/emails.
Usually (!) it's happen to me when i use whatsapp:
When i got picture in whatsapp or if i got both 2 messages in whatsapp - the led keeps blinking.
Sometimes it's happening to me when i use alarm clock free from Google play but now delete this.
What weird is that not of the users have this issues.
Tomorrow i gonna go to the store i bought the device and try to talk with them.
Maybe have the opportunity replace the the LED on the brighter?
Any people have this issue??
I know 4-5 people that have this issue.
PLEASE TEST
this isuue happen to me when i got picture in what'sapp (and in more cases).
can someone try to get a picture in what'sapp on his own device?
remember- after i got picture in whatsapp i turn on the device, saw the picture and turn off the device - but the led keeps blinking.
please if anyone can make a test on his own device- it will help me!!
tnx!
I noticed when I get a Gmail notification, my Moto Display turns on about every 5 seconds to show me the notification. I have Moto Approach turned off. I thought it would just show up once and then I would only get the notification once I picked up my phone? Is it supposed to come on every 5 seconds? I need to confirm if it does this on all my notifications or just Gmail.
Think of MotoDisplay like an LED indicator. It's going to notify every 5 sec until you acknowledge the alert. If it didn't, then you wouldn't know you had an alert if you missed the initial.
okay just making sure that is normal....I thought before it would only go off when I picked up the phone, guess I was not paying attention. Hmm so what uses more battery, approach or it coming on every 5 seconds?
Even with approach on, it will still flash every 5 sec if you have a notification. They have nothing to do with each other.
whats the point of approach? Just in case you want to see those notifications in-between the 5 seconds or just so you can see your clock? lol
So that you don't have to push the power button.
Mine doesn't flash every 5 seconds. It flashes once then if I don't see it I can either use approach (which I have turned off) or I just nudge the phone or pick it up to see if there are ay notifications waiting.
how do you turn on the "approach" option?
This phone has more bugs than a louisiana swamp
Sometimes the notifications pulse until i stop them ....sometimes they pulse a few times and then stop by themselves ...and sometimes it never pulses at all
tmzbeme said:
how do you turn on the "approach" option?
This phone has more bugs than a louisiana swamp
Sometimes the notifications pulse until i stop them ....sometimes they pulse a few times and then stop by themselves ...and sometimes it never pulses at all
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Go to your app drawer, select Moto, hit the stars in the upper right hand side corner, select actions and top action is approach for Moto Display
I had my approach off but when I got out of the shower today, I saw mine coming on about every 2-3 seconds. Apparently it was my emails. I blocked my email from activating the screen and it stopped. It is not an issue for me as I am working at my computer most days and can check emails at the computer. The days I am on the road, I have always been in the habit of checking my emails when I feel like it. I don't need the notifications.
If it's on its back and sensing physical movement.... For example.... Waiting on your passenger seat in a moving car.... It will light up.... It's sensing movement. If you put it vertical it doesn't light up....
This is with approach turned off.
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shoman94 said:
If it's on its back and sensing physical movement.... For example.... Waiting on your passenger seat in a moving car.... It will light up.... It's sensing movement. If you put it vertical it doesn't light up....
This is with approach turned off.
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I noticed mine doing this from a text/hangout notification, while I was driving, though, it was "vertical" in my car dock.
I notice while driving it comes on more often, vertical or not. Changes in lighting conditions inside car affect it. If I leave it in darker area of vehicle it doesn't come on continuously.
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Weird.... With approach off and vertical.. Mine doesn't light up.
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I don't know why LG decided to do this....
A) No Notification LED? Seriously? That's a serious thing to just 'not have'... IDC if the second screen shows notifications... a second screen with its backlight turned off 95% of the time does NOT make for a good 'hey you have a message!' system... You can't see it at all... and I'm currently less than a foot away from the phone! Its sitting on the desk right in front of me and I can't SEE the second screen what so ever. Now if I move closer to it, then I can make out the date and time, but when its just sitting on the desk its impossible. I wish I had another device to take a picture so people could see just what I'm getting at here...
Sure some people people will just say 'well its the second screen, all notifications go there and its honestly way better!'... but to me its not. I don't know about anyone else, but say you set your phone down on the table next to you in the living room. You're watching a movie and decide to pause it so you can get something to drink. You leave the phone on the table. You come back with your drink, and one of two things can happen depending on the implementation.
1) You have a phone with a Notification LED. You see it flashing so you sit down and pick up the phone to reply to whatever is going on.
2) You have a phone without a Notification LED. You don't notice anything on the phone as you glance towards it, so you sit down and resume the movie, potentially missing that you have 20 missed calls from your mother/father who is trying to get a hold of you because your mother/father was just in a serious car wreck and is dying in a hospital...
A Notification LED is something that should just be a god damn given on every phone in existence...
B) When you have your phone set to 'vibrate', the Notification Sound and Touch Feedback & System dials are MUTED. When I get a text message or an email, there is no vibration AT ALL. Yet the phone's sound profile is set to VIBRATE.... I don't understand this at all... A smart phone in today's day and age, is mainly used for non-audio means of communication... ei text messages, kik messages, whatsapp messages, facebook messages, hangouts messages, and whatever other messaging platforms that exist out there.... So why make it so that their only means of telling you that something is going on, is disabled when you turn it to vibrate? People put their devices on vibrate so that they can receive their notifications without disturbing people around them... If people wanted to ignore the notifications completely, they'd just put the damn phone on silent!
I personally have a room mate. I try to respect them by keeping my phone on 'vibrate' so they can sleep and to generally just not bug them with loud sounds every time someone texts. But with the V20, I just CAN'T do that now. I have no indication that I've received ANYTHING.... No LED blinking at me, no vibrations grabbing my attention, nothing!
C) The sounds for notifications, when I do end up having them on, are terrible... Not the sounds themselves, but how they seem to 'work'. If I get a text message, it'll be blaringly loud when only set to half volume. Then I get an email or something, and the notification is so soft you can barely hear it. Then another email comes in and suddenly its freaking loud as hell again! Then maybe I get another text message, and it'll be back to being super quiet...
Its like the sound level for notifications changes every other notification!
With all that said, and my anger fueled rant almost at its completion... I'm at my wits end with this phone. I love its features, but hate its usability. I need a phone that tells me when **** is going on. Not a phone that's off in la la land. Not a phone that I have to actively check every few minutes to see if someone's messaged or an important email has arrived. I seriously hoped that after all the crap I saw people complaining about on the V10 notification wise, that LG would get their act together and make a good notification system or at least add a freaking LED! -sigh- so here's hoping that after two phones being released in this manner, some amazing dev out there finds a way to control the second screen without needing root (I like using Android Pay...) so that it has some sort of 'breathing' color effect or something whenever a notification is there. With a screen that large, it doesn't even need to really blink all that frequently like an LED normally would... could just have it do it maybe every 30 seconds. It'd be bright enough and large enough to grab your attention instantly, unlike a tiny little LED...
If this so incenses you, send it back.
tl;dr
LG didn't deliver an LED on the V20. Nuke it from orbit.
I use no led app in the play Store. It blinks on the main screen... How this helps...
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1) Get some glasses cause if you can't see the second screen from a foot away you have some issues.
I have my phone on my desk and I can see every single notification and time that is displayed. easily.
I agree an LED should have been included but that's cause I'm used to it, but it's not a must have really. There are WAY more phones out there without LED notification than with (ie: iPhone)
2) Every app has it's own notification options. If something isn't working how it should, then go into their notification and adjust it. I use Vibrate at work and have no issues getting my text notification, email notification or really notification from any app that matters(ones I've taken the time to set up). Personally I hate an audible notification for email, but Gmail doesn't allow me to turn just the sound off, so I downloaded (using the app mentioned below) a notification sound called "silent" that is just 1 second of nothing so that I can have my email just vibrate.
3) If you hate the notification/ringtones then change them. Simple as that. A great easy app is Zedge - you can download what you want and set it how you want.
I am far sighted and need glasses to read text anywhere up to two feet out or so...... and I can tell from the second screen if I have a text or email waiting for me with it a foot away..... without my reading glasses on.
As stated, you need to look at your settings for the phone and app. I get vibrations for texts and emails. That's the only communications I do anymore.
And I haven't had a notification LED since my Note 3. I figured manufacturers were drifting away from them in favor of other notification systems. To tell you the truth, I don't miss having a light blinding me in the middle of the night or flashing in bars. I much more prefer the smoother new systems in place.
well wearing my gear fit2 that i got for free, notification led is useless for me haha... so ive been very happy with v20 soo far..
they should build a led into the fps =D
I agree, no notification light is a super bummer. If we could just get an update to blink the screen maybe. Its not the brightness, its the viewing angle is poor. The brightness in screen off mode is terrible if you're coming from the N7 AOD.
If this phone upsets you this much, why are you still using it?
Why not exchange for something that suit your needs better?
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Exactly! Just in case you guys didn't notice..... this IS NOT a Samsung. We get it. It doesn't have a notification light. We don't need to hear about it in every thread. Get over it or get rid of the device. It's not going to magically grow one.
I don't have the V20 yet, but maybe someone can write an app and use the entire strip as a LED notification substitute.
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HikariNoKitsune said:
I don't know why LG decided to do this....
A) No Notification LED? Seriously? That's a serious thing to just 'not have'... IDC if the second screen shows notifications... a second screen with its backlight turned off 95% of the time does NOT make for a good 'hey you have a message!' system... You can't see it at all... and I'm currently less than a foot away from the phone! Its sitting on the desk right in front of me and I can't SEE the second screen what so ever. Now if I move closer to it, then I can make out the date and time, but when its just sitting on the desk its impossible. I wish I had another device to take a picture so people could see just what I'm getting at here...
Sure some people people will just say 'well its the second screen, all notifications go there and its honestly way better!'... but to me its not. I don't know about anyone else, but say you set your phone down on the table next to you in the living room. You're watching a movie and decide to pause it so you can get something to drink. You leave the phone on the table. You come back with your drink, and one of two things can happen depending on the implementation.
1) You have a phone with a Notification LED. You see it flashing so you sit down and pick up the phone to reply to whatever is going on.
2) You have a phone without a Notification LED. You don't notice anything on the phone as you glance towards it, so you sit down and resume the movie, potentially missing that you have 20 missed calls from your mother/father who is trying to get a hold of you because your mother/father was just in a serious car wreck and is dying in a hospital...
A Notification LED is something that should just be a god damn given on every phone in existence...
B) When you have your phone set to 'vibrate', the Notification Sound and Touch Feedback & System dials are MUTED. When I get a text message or an email, there is no vibration AT ALL. Yet the phone's sound profile is set to VIBRATE.... I don't understand this at all... A smart phone in today's day and age, is mainly used for non-audio means of communication... ei text messages, kik messages, whatsapp messages, facebook messages, hangouts messages, and whatever other messaging platforms that exist out there.... So why make it so that their only means of telling you that something is going on, is disabled when you turn it to vibrate? People put their devices on vibrate so that they can receive their notifications without disturbing people around them... If people wanted to ignore the notifications completely, they'd just put the damn phone on silent!
I personally have a room mate. I try to respect them by keeping my phone on 'vibrate' so they can sleep and to generally just not bug them with loud sounds every time someone texts. But with the V20, I just CAN'T do that now. I have no indication that I've received ANYTHING.... No LED blinking at me, no vibrations grabbing my attention, nothing!
C) The sounds for notifications, when I do end up having them on, are terrible... Not the sounds themselves, but how they seem to 'work'. If I get a text message, it'll be blaringly loud when only set to half volume. Then I get an email or something, and the notification is so soft you can barely hear it. Then another email comes in and suddenly its freaking loud as hell again! Then maybe I get another text message, and it'll be back to being super quiet...
Its like the sound level for notifications changes every other notification!
With all that said, and my anger fueled rant almost at its completion... I'm at my wits end with this phone. I love its features, but hate its usability. I need a phone that tells me when **** is going on. Not a phone that's off in la la land. Not a phone that I have to actively check every few minutes to see if someone's messaged or an important email has arrived. I seriously hoped that after all the crap I saw people complaining about on the V10 notification wise, that LG would get their act together and make a good notification system or at least add a freaking LED! -sigh- so here's hoping that after two phones being released in this manner, some amazing dev out there finds a way to control the second screen without needing root (I like using Android Pay...) so that it has some sort of 'breathing' color effect or something whenever a notification is there. With a screen that large, it doesn't even need to really blink all that frequently like an LED normally would... could just have it do it maybe every 30 seconds. It'd be bright enough and large enough to grab your attention instantly, unlike a tiny little LED...
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Really??? Because maybe you would have checked this out before hand... Or possibly looked into it's predecessor the V10... There is this really cool stuff you can do, those of us with common sense call it research... It's a nice thing to fall back on before dropping $700 USD on a phone. Or you could take it back and get an led... Either way I implore you to quit crying, and leave this thread open for real issues like my V20 picking out mismatched socks this morning.
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ZDeuce2 said:
Really??? Because maybe you would have checked this out before hand... Or possibly looked into it's predecessor the V10... There is this really cool stuff you can do, those of us with common sense call it research... It's a nice thing to fall back on before dropping $700 USD on a phone. Or you could take it back and get an led... Either way I implore you to quit crying, and leave this thread open for real issues like my V20 picking out mismatched socks this morning.
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Sup Zac!
We all knew before we bought this phone that it didn't and wouldn't have a led so why complain about it just move on.
HikariNoKitsune said:
I don't know why LG decided to do this....
A) No Notification LED? Seriously? That's a serious thing to just 'not have'... IDC if the second screen shows notifications... a second screen with its backlight turned off 95% of the time does NOT make for a good 'hey you have a message!' system... You can't see it at all... and I'm currently less than a foot away from the phone! Its sitting on the desk right in front of me and I can't SEE the second screen what so ever. Now if I move closer to it, then I can make out the date and time, but when its just sitting on the desk its impossible. I wish I had another device to take a picture so people could see just what I'm getting at here...
Sure some people people will just say 'well its the second screen, all notifications go there and its honestly way better!'... but to me its not. I don't know about anyone else, but say you set your phone down on the table next to you in the living room. You're watching a movie and decide to pause it so you can get something to drink. You leave the phone on the table. You come back with your drink, and one of two things can happen depending on the implementation.
1) You have a phone with a Notification LED. You see it flashing so you sit down and pick up the phone to reply to whatever is going on.
2) You have a phone without a Notification LED. You don't notice anything on the phone as you glance towards it, so you sit down and resume the movie, potentially missing that you have 20 missed calls from your mother/father who is trying to get a hold of you because your mother/father was just in a serious car wreck and is dying in a hospital...
A Notification LED is something that should just be a god damn given on every phone in existence...
B) When you have your phone set to 'vibrate', the Notification Sound and Touch Feedback & System dials are MUTED. When I get a text message or an email, there is no vibration AT ALL. Yet the phone's sound profile is set to VIBRATE.... I don't understand this at all... A smart phone in today's day and age, is mainly used for non-audio means of communication... ei text messages, kik messages, whatsapp messages, facebook messages, hangouts messages, and whatever other messaging platforms that exist out there.... So why make it so that their only means of telling you that something is going on, is disabled when you turn it to vibrate? People put their devices on vibrate so that they can receive their notifications without disturbing people around them... If people wanted to ignore the notifications completely, they'd just put the damn phone on silent!
I personally have a room mate. I try to respect them by keeping my phone on 'vibrate' so they can sleep and to generally just not bug them with loud sounds every time someone texts. But with the V20, I just CAN'T do that now. I have no indication that I've received ANYTHING.... No LED blinking at me, no vibrations grabbing my attention, nothing!
C) The sounds for notifications, when I do end up having them on, are terrible... Not the sounds themselves, but how they seem to 'work'. If I get a text message, it'll be blaringly loud when only set to half volume. Then I get an email or something, and the notification is so soft you can barely hear it. Then another email comes in and suddenly its freaking loud as hell again! Then maybe I get another text message, and it'll be back to being super quiet...
Its like the sound level for notifications changes every other notification!
With all that said, and my anger fueled rant almost at its completion... I'm at my wits end with this phone. I love its features, but hate its usability. I need a phone that tells me when **** is going on. Not a phone that's off in la la land. Not a phone that I have to actively check every few minutes to see if someone's messaged or an important email has arrived. I seriously hoped that after all the crap I saw people complaining about on the V10 notification wise, that LG would get their act together and make a good notification system or at least add a freaking LED! -sigh- so here's hoping that after two phones being released in this manner, some amazing dev out there finds a way to control the second screen without needing root (I like using Android Pay...) so that it has some sort of 'breathing' color effect or something whenever a notification is there. With a screen that large, it doesn't even need to really blink all that frequently like an LED normally would... could just have it do it maybe every 30 seconds. It'd be bright enough and large enough to grab your attention instantly, unlike a tiny little LED...
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I don't understand why you are ranting about it not having a notification LED. It was never advertised to have one. If it really irks you so much please take it back and spare us all the long rant. You should have done your research before buying this phone. In fact, if the LED was so important for you why didn't you check if it had one in the shop before brining it home? I don't think you should keep a phone you're not satisfied with. Just please return it.
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HikariNoKitsune said:
I don't know why LG decided to do this....
A) No Notification LED? Seriously? That's a serious thing to just 'not have'... IDC if the second screen shows notifications... a second screen with its backlight turned off 95% of the time does NOT make for a good 'hey you have a message!' system... You can't see it at all... and I'm currently less than a foot away from the phone! Its sitting on the desk right in front of me and I can't SEE the second screen what so ever. Now if I move closer to it, then I can make out the date and time, but when its just sitting on the desk its impossible. I wish I had another device to take a picture so people could see just what I'm getting at here...
Sure some people people will just say 'well its the second screen, all notifications go there and its honestly way better!'... but to me its not. I don't know about anyone else, but say you set your phone down on the table next to you in the living room. You're watching a movie and decide to pause it so you can get something to drink. You leave the phone on the table. You come back with your drink, and one of two things can happen depending on the implementation.
1) You have a phone with a Notification LED. You see it flashing so you sit down and pick up the phone to reply to whatever is going on.
2) You have a phone without a Notification LED. You don't notice anything on the phone as you glance towards it, so you sit down and resume the movie, potentially missing that you have 20 missed calls from your mother/father who is trying to get a hold of you because your mother/father was just in a serious car wreck and is dying in a hospital...
A Notification LED is something that should just be a god damn given on every phone in existence...
B) When you have your phone set to 'vibrate', the Notification Sound and Touch Feedback & System dials are MUTED. When I get a text message or an email, there is no vibration AT ALL. Yet the phone's sound profile is set to VIBRATE.... I don't understand this at all... A smart phone in today's day and age, is mainly used for non-audio means of communication... ei text messages, kik messages, whatsapp messages, facebook messages, hangouts messages, and whatever other messaging platforms that exist out there.... So why make it so that their only means of telling you that something is going on, is disabled when you turn it to vibrate? People put their devices on vibrate so that they can receive their notifications without disturbing people around them... If people wanted to ignore the notifications completely, they'd just put the damn phone on silent!
I personally have a room mate. I try to respect them by keeping my phone on 'vibrate' so they can sleep and to generally just not bug them with loud sounds every time someone texts. But with the V20, I just CAN'T do that now. I have no indication that I've received ANYTHING.... No LED blinking at me, no vibrations grabbing my attention, nothing!
C) The sounds for notifications, when I do end up having them on, are terrible... Not the sounds themselves, but how they seem to 'work'. If I get a text message, it'll be blaringly loud when only set to half volume. Then I get an email or something, and the notification is so soft you can barely hear it. Then another email comes in and suddenly its freaking loud as hell again! Then maybe I get another text message, and it'll be back to being super quiet...
Its like the sound level for notifications changes every other notification!
With all that said, and my anger fueled rant almost at its completion... I'm at my wits end with this phone. I love its features, but hate its usability. I need a phone that tells me when **** is going on. Not a phone that's off in la la land. Not a phone that I have to actively check every few minutes to see if someone's messaged or an important email has arrived. I seriously hoped that after all the crap I saw people complaining about on the V10 notification wise, that LG would get their act together and make a good notification system or at least add a freaking LED! -sigh- so here's hoping that after two phones being released in this manner, some amazing dev out there finds a way to control the second screen without needing root (I like using Android Pay...) so that it has some sort of 'breathing' color effect or something whenever a notification is there. With a screen that large, it doesn't even need to really blink all that frequently like an LED normally would... could just have it do it maybe every 30 seconds. It'd be bright enough and large enough to grab your attention instantly, unlike a tiny little LED...
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Try Tasker App...it might be a helpful solution to your problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/themes/2nd-screen-flash-text-message-tasker-t3490220
I have it installed and I think it is better...
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I just want you to know I thanked your post because you actually took the time to type all that up and then you posted it.
It was either do or die sir and you died spectacularly. It was a rant worthy of a proper send-off.
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Well, I understand where the op is coming from. When my internet at home dies, I turn into the hulk and want to smash things lol. Technology has that effect on us haha.
I used to take time setting the colors of my led notifications to know which app has a notification. I got the v20 knowing it didn't have one but didn't think it was that important. I figured i used my phone a lot that I'll be picking it up anyways even without a blinking light.
Turns out, I got used to the 2nd screen and don't miss the led notifications one bit. To the original poster, try the few suggestions here or just start picking up your phone periodically to look at the 2nd screen. If none of that works for you, then maybe you do need to return the phone.
But I think if you give it time, your habits will adapt to the phone eventually. ?
RiNo808 said:
I use no led app in the play Store. It blinks on the main screen... How this helps...
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Damn. How did I not know about this? But then you don't know about things until you need them. This is just what I needed.