So I was thinking and one of the issues that many reviews about the i9000 point out is the lack of a notification light that flashes whenever there are notifications. This is an issue that I've noticed before I bought the phone but now, after I've bought it, it bothers me more than I think it would. This got me thinking.
The i9000 has two soft keys on the bottom and both of them have a light beneath. Wouldn't it be possible to develop an application (maybe that ran in the background as a service) that would flash those lights whenever there is a notification? If this is too low level for an app, would it be possible to do by using a customized firmware?
Sorry if this has been answered before but I couldn't find anything about it.
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That is a very good idea using the existing lights. I've been using NoLED and I've found that it crashes the device with some notifications. I've since uninstalled it just to verify. As I've stated in another tread, I feel it's important to have a status indicator of some sort just to know that your phone is actually on, or you're getting signal. Something standard of course on most devices. Yesterday my device crashed (I believe NoLED was the reason.) and I went around for almost an hour not even knowing the device was off. As I type this it's sitting on my desk now. Is it on or off? Pretty frustrating.
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Roy
Considering this actually uses the screen, I might give it a shot developing something using the soft-key lights instead. I'm thinking this might save some battery, is easier to fiddle with and I guess it'd just feel more natural than a random light on the screen.
I may work on something as well. The menu button light slowly "pulsing" to indicate the status that the device is still on, and the back button light slowly pulsing to indicate a message of any type. (Email, text, etc.) If there's a message the menu light will stop pulsing, that way it will save a bit of battery by not having them both pulsing. (We'll know it's on due to the message indicator.
AFAIK, some devs tried using the soft lights. There was some issue with getting it to work. Check out this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706426&highlight=notification
Oh I see someone had the same idea thanks for the link!
Great idea! Just curious about battery consumption. Any ideas?
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Hi,
I've been using the 1.2 Special Edition ROM for quite some time now, and have just been using my device to test some battery monitoring code for a project.
Anyhow, I notice that my battery is always reading as 100% in the power settings app. although the blue bar doesn't relate in anyway to the value reading.
in otherwords, at 50% power, the blue bar is half way, but the device still says "100%".... When I noticed this I realised I havn't received any low power messages since upgrading my ROM.
Has anyone else experienced this?
On a totally different topic, I've seen a few comments about welcome.exe and not wanting to learn to cut and paste every time you reset. when you get to the tutorial page, hold down the action button, and tap and hold on the title bar, it will skip the tutorial.
..Chuck..
That 100% doesn't change, its to tell you that when the bar is full its at 100%. An indication which way the bar should fill up sort of thing.
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That 100% doesn't change, its to tell you that when the bar is full its at 100%. An indication which way the bar should fill up sort of thing.
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Yeh, color me stupid Battery Monitor was showing 100% as well, but a soft reset fixed that up pretty smartly, but yeh, the power app thing... argh, dumb.
..Chuck..
Ok, I really love my mogul. Had it for about a month now, everything runs great except if I see that f***ng blinking light one more time, I might actually lose my mind. My friends think I'm crazy for letting it bother me, but I ask how can it NOT bother you? Anyway, I've tried all of the below things and had mixed results. If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know.
LED killer 2.0. This seemed to work ok for awhile. It runs too inconsistently for me though. Some days it's good for most of the day, some times when my phone comes out of sleep the phone taunts me with its green light.
LED 1, me 0
LED killer 3.0. This did really well actually. 2 big problems though. One is that is seemed to suck the ever-loving life out of my battery. Two is that I still get the green light of death when I get e-mails, txt messages, vm's,...etc. I know some people want to retain that functionality but not me. I even went into the notification section on the phone and UN-checked the box for blinking light notification for the above mentioned events. I guess that box doesn't do anything.
LED 2, me 0
PPC 6800 hacks (triangle powers software package). Oh my god, the light is off! This is amazing! All my dreams have finally been realized, life is beautiful....oh wait, how come my phone didn't vibrate when my buddy just called me? WTF? How is vibrate mode tied to the F-in blinking LED??? As my phone stays in vibrate mode pretty much all day long, this was a quick un-install and back to the forums....
LED 3, me 0
Hermled. I just found this one today. The only issue seemed to be that you had to select "OK" on a prompt when the phone was reset (soft). I can live with that. Too bad when I got my first new e-mail, that apparently let the LED overpower this oh so weak application and it's blinking its little heart out right now.
LED 4, me 0 and questioning my technical ability.
I also tried to sharpie over the LED itself but you can still see it flash. Also, the sharpie marker wore off.
Sorry for the long post, but as mentioned above, I will be forever grateful to anyone that can help me defeat the evil blinking green monster. I'm seriously about ready to take the phone apart and smash the LED to pieces. Although, I bet it would still after I did that as it appears to be indestructible
have you tried LED killer 3.1? That is what I use.
Yeah, it's what I'm using right now. Do you have crappy battery life with it though? My battery life is pretty bad with it on. Also, it doesn't kill the e-mail, txt notifications. I'm looking for complete destruction of the LED.
Thanks for your reply though.
nope don't have battery drain with it. Installed to device and no problems. Do you have under sounds and notifications, the check boxes for email, text etc flash light unchecked? That solved that problem for me.
Ever thought about taking an exacto to it?
Just a thought...
All this talk about the annoying blinking LED is actually making me annoyed with my blinking LED...I wasn't bother by it before, but I am now...dammit!
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Do you have under sounds and notifications, the check boxes for email, text etc flash light unchecked? That solved that problem for me.
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Really?? I have that un-checked. In fact, there's no event that has "flash light" checked. I had the same behavior with the old rom as well as the new one. I was hoping it was a bug that they would've fixed.
Crashless said:
Ever thought about taking an exacto to it?
Just a thought...
All this talk about the annoying blinking LED is actually making me annoyed with my blinking LED...I wasn't bother by it before, but I am now...dammit!
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Sorry Crashless! I didn't mean to bring others down with me
I'm about to take an exacto to it! I just don't want to mangle my brand new phone.
There's a registry hack that turns the LED off for everything but charge status but you lose vibration. It was worth it to me, blinking lights drive me bat**** and I am also not the type to mutilate a $550 phone with sharpies and knives. Do a search on the forums for Alled mgr I believe. If nothing else: Registry, LED. You'll find it.
I also removed all LED Killer iterations and went with the reg tweak. Sanity restored
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\AllLEDMgr
Change Index from 1 to 0
i did the registry edit and it didnt work. i used CERegEditor and even did a soft reset and it was blinking when it came back on. dammit.
lobo did you quit the reg editor before doing a soft reset? Registry editing is weird in that you have to quit the application for the effect to take place or you have to wait a period of time, it's just easier to quit the application.
thanks for the reg edit tip! say goodbye to that annoying led!
led killer 3.1 worked for me, and i was having many of the same problems you were. stupid led light blinking all the time was driving me batty. i couldn't deal with it. it reminded me of homer's alarm that went off every 10seconds, unless something was wrong...retarded.
I did the registry edit:
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\AllLEDMgr
Change Index from 1 to 0and it worked fine on my Sprint Mogul 6800.
Could you have another program that is installed or
running that has notification alerts that are preventing
this from working...? (Wow that was a long sentence. )
-- Xgeoph Ray
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I would imagine that a well applied drop of jet black nail polish would subdue the led. It's not fancy and not a registry hack but since nail polish is thick, it will likely not shine through.
Just a suggestion...
Applying nail polish would also render all other notification LEDs (missed call, new messages, etc) useless. LED Killer only kills the green flashing LED, and all other LED notifications will still work as usual.
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LED Killer only kills the green flashing LED, and all other LED notifications will still work as usual.
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Ah. I see. So LED Killer can specifically target certain notification flashes or just the flashing green? I was suggesting this as an alternative for the guy whom was thinking about taking a xacto knife to his LED...
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have you tried LED killer 3.1? That is what I use.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THE DAMN LIGHT WAS KILLING ME.
jma306-any other time, would you have the app for the HTC p6500 bardcode scanner
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Ah. I see. So LED Killer can specifically target certain notification flashes or just the flashing green? I was suggesting this as an alternative for the guy whom was thinking about taking a xacto knife to his LED...
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LED Killer 3.1 can only target the green flashing service LED. If you wanted to modify the mortscripting, you could make it kill the orange flashing notification LEDs too, but that's about it.
Anyone konw of a program to turn the charge orange Led and button button backlights off? I have to say when working in the dark with the phone charging that damn orange charge led is blinding.
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Hi all,
I liked it when my Kaiser flashed green when it’s on,for the people who dont know its like the reminder on the HD2 but constantly on and green and when I had an SMS or missed call or e-mail It would flash amber instead.
I would like the on light to flash of intervals of 6 seconds and the amber notification every 6 seconds as well.
Can someone do this? or is it too early in dev?
And for the poeple who think this is a bad idea due to battery life then I disagree, thanks to the powersaving regedits battery life for me has greatly improved!
yeah that would be a very useful feature...a lot of times, it's difficult for people to understand that the phone is ON, when the screen is turned off
I work nights so it also helps me to find where my phone is instead of having to wander around feeling everything
I used to love this feature on my old orbit. there were 2 LEDs for indicating phone status, bluetooth on/off etc which meant I could immediately see what state my phone was in (and they were very easy to see too)....maybe another reason why even though I don't use it, I can't bring myself to sell the phone!!
no idea why they ever got rid of the feature on the newer phones
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I work nights so it also helps me to find where my phone is instead of having to wander around feeling everything
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Doesn't your employer let you have the lights on???
Sometimes I think it would be nice.. when I want to find it on the dark, but generally I find flashing lights in a dark room annoying. In fact one night I couldn't sleep and counted over 20 lights from standby devices... you can almost read by them. I prefer night to be dark as nature intended.
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Doesn't your employer let you have the lights on???
Sometimes I think it would be nice.. when I want to find it on the dark, but generally I find flashing lights in a dark room annoying. In fact one night I couldn't sleep and counted over 20 lights from standby devices... you can almost read by them. I prefer night to be dark as nature intended.
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I see what you mean, and to answer ur question about my employer letting me have the lights on, yes they do but sometimes its nicer to be in the office on the PC with the lights off, makes it easyier to hide from the boss
With your monitor turned on?
I got my 32GB AT&T Galaxy s4 one week ago today. Had to make an 8 hour road trip to get one but I would say it was very much worth it. I am having this maddening problem where a couple times a day the Display screen timeout keeps re-setting itself to (2 seconds) Unbelievably frustrating considering I can barely get the screen unlocked in 2 seconds and if I blink I have to do it all over again.
But wait, don't walk away just yet, there's more! I have already factory reset 3 stinking times trying to get to the bottom of this and when I woke up this morning it was back to (2 second). Furthermore it shows (2 seconds) in brackets like that so I assumed this was the default value but after checking just now while I was typing this post I noticed after changing it back to my preferred 30 seconds that the 2 second option vanishes. I'll snap a screenshot next time this happens.
Anybody else seen or heard of this problem? I assumed everybodys was doing this until I started searching and found 0 others with the problem. Is my phone The Chosen One?
Yes, i have it also and i found some forums where they discuss same problem, but no solution . Let's think what we have in common..
I have this app called Light Flow, do you?
Also which things you have on?
I have nfc, snart view, smart scroll, air view, air gesture
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Yes, i have it also and i found some forums where they discuss same problem, but no solution . Let's think what we have in common..
I have this app called Light Flow, do you?
Also which things you have on?
I have nfc, snart view, smart scroll, air view, air gesture
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Absolutely have Light Flow. I never leave home without it.
NFC. Yes
Smart View. No
Smart Scroll. No
Air View. Yes
Air Gesture. Yes.
I thought for sure it must be Smart Stay malfunctioning but I don't even use that.
maybe it has something to do with Light Flow?? this app caused weird bugs sometimes...
wanna try to turn it off for a while and let me know if it helps?
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maybe it has something to do with Light Flow?? this app caused weird bugs sometimes...
wanna try to turn it off for a while and let me know if it helps?
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Worth a shot. I'll play with it and see. Thanks for the idea!
I'm having the same issue and I also use Light Flow - any developments?
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Guys, Did yo get this sorted? I had exactly the same problem which has been driving me mad but managed to sort a workaround which works perfectly. Let me know if this wasn't sorted and I'll post it.
I turned off "Power Saving" mode and it hasn't done it since.
EDIT: Nevermind... just had to give it more time.
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Guys, Did yo get this sorted? I had exactly the same problem which has been driving me mad but managed to sort a workaround which works perfectly. Let me know if this wasn't sorted and I'll post it.
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Would you kindly post the workaround? I'm out of ideas at this point.
You all have LightFlow. LightFlow causes other odd issues with Accessibility settings with the S4. Get rid of it and for now use Light Manager. Its much better IMO because it doesn't need to be activated in Accessibility settings, it just works.
Well, I didn't have power saving on and was still getting the problem. I uninstalled light flow and still had the problem. To resolve this for now I use an app called tasker, I had it already because it is a very cool app anyway but once installed if you don't have it just create a rule to deal with the time out issue. My rule for example went like this.
If the time is between 00.01 and 23.59 then set display timeout to 2 minutes. This fixed the problem for me.
In fact you could create other rules to do the same but this does it nicely.
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Well, I didn't have power saving on and was still getting the problem. I uninstalled light flow and still had the problem. To resolve this for now I use an app called tasker, I had it already because it is a very cool app anyway but once installed if you don't have it just create a rule to deal with the time out issue. My rule for example went like this.
If the time is between 00.01 and 23.59 then set display timeout to 2 minutes. This fixed the problem for me.
In fact you could create other rules to do the same but this does it nicely.
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I set my rule to set the display timeout every time the display is turned on. I couldn't make it work the way you did it. I think I need more expertise.
Thanks again.
I haven't seen this issue again since starting this thread. Go figure. I haven't changed anything at all either. Still using lightflow in its entirety just like I was before and never changed anything else that I can recall. Weird.
Ok, I think I have this issue figured out. Here's how I resolved it:
1. Open Light Flow
2. Open Settings
3. Scroll all the way down to the section "Additional LEDs found"
4. Deselect "lcd-backlight control' and exit
I have the same exact problem.. Tried everything but with no luck!! Any one figured it out!??
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I have the same exact problem.. Tried everything but with no luck!! Any one figured it out!??
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Just to let you guys know, i was able to fix this problem but with a sacrifice.. I reset my phone to factory settings & reinstalled all apps except for Light Flow (The problem did arise after i installed it) and now the screen times out perfectly with the duration i set. :good:
I just hope Light Flow fix this issue soon because i got used to the LED lights indications,, they were very useful.
Solution (I hope)
It's light flow's turn on screen option. They're patching it in the next update, but for now all you have to do is uncheck switch screen on in the notifications.
I tried this tonight. Will post back confirmation from the link
I just registered so I can't post the link to the forum I found it on.
Screen timeout
So I have a Galaxy s4 and started having this same issue with my phone. I would set the timeout for 3 minutes but it would reset back to 0 after so long. I dont have that application you all are talking about. I did root my phone which I do not think matters.
Essentially there are 2 spots to change the screen timeout I found.
My device>Display>Screen timeout
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My device>Accessibility>Screen timeout (which was set to 0 even though the other was set)
I will let you know if this resolves the screen timeout issue for me.
Thanks
-Jon
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So I have a Galaxy s4 and started having this same issue with my phone. I would set the timeout for 3 minutes but it would reset back to 0 after so long. I dont have that application you all are talking about. I did root my phone which I do not think matters.
Essentially there are 2 spots to change the screen timeout I found.
My device>Display>Screen timeout
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My device>Accessibility>Screen timeout (which was set to 0 even though the other was set)
I will let you know if this resolves the screen timeout issue for me.
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-Jon
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Disregard....still having the issue.
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I'm having the same issue and I also use Light Flow - any developments?
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I also was having the same 2 second screen problem and found the unchecking the (turn on screen) to (Switch the screen on for 5 seconds when the notification arrives) in each of the notifications in Light flow has solved my problem. It seems that it was the cause of resetting the screen time out to 2 seconds.
Can someone else try this and confirm that this is the cause???
My friend just got a G2 and is having this issue as well. I use a pattern unlock and am running Clean Rom. Some times when I try to unlock the screen it just randomly shuts the screen off while Im trying to draw the unlock pattern. I'm hoping someone has a solution for this.
Thanks
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My friend just got a G2 and is having this issue as well. I use a pattern unlock and am running Clean Rom. Some times when I try to unlock the screen it just randomly shuts the screen off while Im trying to draw the unlock pattern. I'm hoping someone has a solution for this.
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When I use the power button on the back of the phone instead of the knock-on, I had this same problem. I was rooted but on stock rom. I've read other posts about the same problem. I would try to put in my pattern and midway through the screen turns off. Sometimes it would be two seconds, sometimes like 10. Don't know what the problem was.
My knock-on feature was barely working. Some guy recommended getting this case: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FEQU1NG/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I needed one anyway so I got it. Haven't had an issue with the knock-on feature anymore. No idea why haha but whatever, it works. Kind of a ghetto workaround.
I'm having the exact same issue.
Factory reset several times, installing my usual apps or having just the default apps without updating them didn't make any difference.
After a factory reset I disabled the knock knock feature and still, when I try to bring my screen up and unlock, it immediately shuts off, preventing me from swiping.
Another side effect is, when I make a phone call, the screen immediately goes blank and it will never turn back on unless I restart by holding on to the power button, this is especially inconvenient when I need to dial some options (i.e.) voice mail options, corporate automated options.
All of the above happened while I had my Incipio feather shine case. (incipio.com/cases/smartphone-cases/lg-smartphone-cases/lg-g2-cases/lg-g2-cases-verizon/feather-shine-case-for-lg-g2-verizon.html) I took the case off and did another factory reset last night, and so far the knock-on rate has improved from 0% to at least 60-70%... Strangest thing.... If anyone else can shed some light onto what the hell happened/is happening, I'd really appreciate it! It's been a frustrating ride since this problem surfaced about a couple weeks ago. I had this phone for about 2 months now....
I'm having this problem too. It happens with both knock on and power button wake. I have noticed that the screen is not actually immediately turning off, though. In a completely dark room, I can still see faint outlines of my lock screen. Then, after the brief time out for dimming, the screen will go to its dimmed brightness (which is far brighter than what's concurring after waking the phone). I'm able to unlock, reboot, and usually that will solve the problem for a little while, but this is getting frustrating.
Stock rom, rooted, TWRP, Nova Launcher, and xposed. I'm not sure what's causing this.
I know it's been said many times but if you block the sensors with your fingers after waking the device, your screen will turn back off. Its a security feature/bug and I would assume this is what's happening here.
I ended up getting a certified-like new replacement from verizon... While I had the old one, I did a test with that sensor you're talking about and it didn't really make a difference. I made sure the sensor area was clean without anything covering it and the problems persisted. I really hope LG can find the root cause of this and fix it... Very frustrating.
Not a bug. But this is a feature we do not want. It is called proximity sensor. It is sensing too far imo. It is actually the one next to the front cam. Dont block it within 5 inches in front or you phone will sleep again. That should work with flip case. Annoyingfunction imo. Your device is not broken.
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Not a bug. But this is a feature we do not want. It is called proximity sensor. It is sensing too far imo. It is actually the one next to the front cam. Dont block it within 5 inches in front or you phone will sleep again. That should work with flip case. Annoyingfunction imo. Your device is not broken.
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exactly. the sensor in very sensitive to being covered. Because its hypersensitive and having undesireable effects I would consider this a bug since it is buggy.
I figured out what the issue was, at least on my phone.
Lightflow was detecting a bunch of alternate LEDs, which I felt inclined to tick the check boxes for, just to make sure it could control the LED fully. Having those boxes checked caused my phone to do this. Everything is fine since I've unchecked them, though. No sensor issue, no proximity/case issue, just Lightflow (which still works without those alternate LEDs checked).
Having this issue with my G2, its very annoying. Knock on does not work and screen shuts off after about half a second that I press the power button. Had to reflash to stock the first time this happened and fixed it but after about a month the same problem occured. I could however open by pressing one of the volume button together with the power button.
Hoping to find permanent fix for this problem.
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I figured out what the issue was, at least on my phone.
Lightflow was detecting a bunch of alternate LEDs, which I felt inclined to tick the check boxes for, just to make sure it could control the LED fully. Having those boxes checked caused my phone to do this. Everything is fine since I've unchecked them, though. No sensor issue, no proximity/case issue, just Lightflow (which still works without those alternate LEDs checked).
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Yeah that's it Lightflow
Disabling all the additional led found resolve my problem
THX
bigiuly said:
Yeah that's it Lightflow
Disabling all the additional led found resolve my problem
THX
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Please tell me where to find these settings
taqikazmi said:
Please tell me where to find these settings
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Settings / Led Control
bigiuly said:
Settings / Led Control
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There is no option in settings like LED.
taqikazmi said:
There is no option in settings like LED.
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In settings of Lightflow app
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In settings of Lightflow app
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I installed the app and fund the settings but all of them are already unchecked