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Notif blue led on froyo

So i have been waiting forever to get blue led or any other colors to use with missed calls or sms. sms pop up (app) or missed call (app) will now change your led to only blue. no other color works that i tried but atleast its one more.

Handcent will make any color but red flash the led blue, I don't think it would do anything but red before
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emails are red...(gmail & vm)

Handcent only works for red and blue (I have it set to red), My Nimbuzz IM is blue, and my Kik is a purpleish color but u have to set it on green from the notifications setting so it can work.. I'm currently trying to get a new color for my YouMail app...

Omg another thread about this.
I thought magenta worked?
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The epic only has a red and blue led...no green. So the only colors your going to get will be...
wait for it...red...and....blue
And as stated above, magenta should work since red and blue makes magenta...i couldn't get that to work in 2.1, I'll have to try it now that I'm on froyo.
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As far as I know, there's only red, blue and violet (red and blue) led colors. Too bad they didn't put a green one in there. That way you could make a hell of a lot more color combinations with rgb.
The only time I've seen violet is when the phone is charged and the led is blue. Then someone sent you an email or text. With the screen off, unplug the cable and for a brief moment the led is violet.

Ive noticed that on froyo, i get red for email and texts, blue for twitter and purple for im apps
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I see a lot of people talking about no green this and no green that. Please point out where I said there's green?.. All I said was to get my Kik messaging app to flash magenta I have to select the green option. But yes those three colors is all I get too....

handscent doesn't do a damn thing with the LED for my epic It doesnt flash, it doesnt even come on when I get a message

MaxPatlick said:
handscent doesn't do a damn thing with the LED for my epic It doesnt flash, it doesnt even come on when I get a message
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Thats strange. I didn't try to change any of my LED stuff like I did on my old mytouch and it still gives me the blinking LED

RayTrue04 said:
I see a lot of people talking about no green this and no green that. Please point out where I said there's green?.. All I said was to get my Kik messaging app to flash magenta I have to select the green option. But yes those three colors is all I get too....
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The main reason is to explain why we are limited to only those three colors. to get more than a few colors, we must have an RGB(red green blue) LED, (which the Epic does not)without one of those, our color options are drastically limited.
Although that is good to know about Kik if I ever try it out.

the only way you will see our led is with the screen off for missed alerts. so if you are using an app and it has a test notif option you push that then turn the screen off and you will see the led

What are the correct LED notification colours?

So far, each notification has been white but looking closely, it looks a muffled with tinges of red and blue in there.
How should it be?

It is rgb so it should be an array of colors. I know there are apps like light flow I believe that allow you to change the color. Gosms pro for example already allows me to change color
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All the default notification lights are white as far as I am concerned. The colour tinges is from there actually being 3 coloured LEDs being on at the same time to mix the colours into white. But, yes, if you want to customise it use Light Flow.
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Ok so can anyone else let me know if they get any other colour from gmail?
Tried light flow and the test mode flickered green (but no other colours) so it seems it is working at least.

shaneydroid said:
Ok so can anyone else let me know if they get any other colour from gmail?
Tried light flow and the test mode flickered green (but no other colours) so it seems it is working at least.
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I have red for gmail... I am wondering if this is related to the fact that I have restored some data with titanium backup...

Hmm. Strange. I notice I am not always getting notifications at all, neither LED or tone.

[Q] I'd like to learn more about the LED. Who knows stuff about stuff?

Hi everyone,
I upgraded from a Nexus S, on which it was common "knowledge" that using the capacitive buttons as notification LEDs, leaving them "on" used less power than having them blink, and either way using them saved a ton of power over waking the phone up constantly to check for missed notifications. I also wasn't worried about them overheating or anything because they're so low-power and on stock Android they're always on if the screen is on anyway.
Now that I'm messing with LightFlow, I'm fascinated by all the ways I can use colours and blink rates to know what's going on, but is there anything I need to be careful of? Does leaving the LED on use a significant amount of power, or is leaving it on a significantly lower power cost than switching your screen on for a second every 20 minutes to see if you missed anything? Do I need to worry about wearing it out if, say, I have a particular colour that's on 8 hours a day (i.e.: charging/fully charged)?
Lastly, and this one's just out of curiosity, do you have a particular logical colour scheme for your notifications? I'm trying to decide between colours based on urgency (i.e.: red = urgent, all the way down to blue = take your time) or trying to get the colour of the LED to match the colour of the app icon. Do you just assign random colours or is there method to your madness?
Thanks for anything you can help me with!

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niiiiick said:
Lastly, and this one's just out of curiosity, do you have a particular logical colour scheme for your notifications? I'm trying to decide between colours based on urgency (i.e.: red = urgent, all the way down to blue = take your time) or trying to get the colour of the LED to match the colour of the app icon. Do you just assign random colours or is there method to your madness?
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Not really, I just settled on:
WHITE - SMS
ORANGE - Gmail
GREEN - Missed Call
RED - No Signal (my house is Faraday Cage)
And that's it. Don't really need LED notifications for other apps. Feel like it needs some blue in there though!

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Which one do you suggest? Also if a mod wants to move this, sorry, please do. I thought it was a pretty "Nexus 4 General" question.
TheFiveDots said:
Not really, I just settled on:
WHITE - SMS
ORANGE - Gmail
GREEN - Missed Call
RED - No Signal (my house is Faraday Cage)
And that's it. Don't really need LED notifications for other apps. Feel like it needs some blue in there though!
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How about low battery if you really want to get some blue in there?

niiiiick said:
Which one do you suggest? Also if a mod wants to move this, sorry, please do. I thought it was a pretty "Nexus 4 General" question.
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Q&A section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1909

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Q&A section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1909
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I did has following:
Green (flash) - SMS/MMS (matches the icon)
White (flash) - Gmail (mail/letters come on white paper)
Purple (flash) - Facebook (kinda matches the icon color)
Blue (flash) - Google Voice (same as above)
Red (flash) - low battery (red = critical)
Yellow (flash) - Missed call
Orange (flash) - Calender
Pink (flash) - Song Pop (girly color for girly game)
Green (solid) - Fully charged
For the flash I used the custom timing of 1000ms on, 1000ms off.

jakejm79 said:
I did has following:
Green (flash) - SMS/MMS (matches the icon)
White (flash) - Gmail (mail/letters come on white paper)
Purple (flash) - Facebook (kinda matches the icon color)
Blue (flash) - Google Voice (same as above)
Red (flash) - low battery (red = critical)
Yellow (flash) - Missed call
Orange (flash) - Calender
Pink (flash) - Song Pop (girly color for girly game)
Green (solid) - Fully charged
For the flash I used the custom timing of 1000ms on, 1000ms off.
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Did you experience any battery issues due to lightflow?

I'm colorblind so I have to keep it simple.
Blue: SMS/MMS
Green: email
White: Facebook/G+
Red: Missed Call/Battery low
I have too much trouble distinguishing the other colors.

I use color code and based on priority from highest to lowest
Yellow = missed call/VM
Orange =vox
Green = IM
Blue = sms
Red = Email
That's it I think. Others I don't care enough about to have a notification on.
Oh. and I haven't noticed a change in battery life with light flow. Although in the past with other devices there were issues that eventually get fixed.

pratopathak said:
Did you experience any battery issues due to lightflow?
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Not for the short while I had it, there are several ROMs out now that have LED customization built in now.

Am I correct to assume there is no LED customisation available for missed calls, charging battery, SMS in the original stock Android version of Nexus 4?

pratopathak said:
Am I correct to assume there is no LED customisation available for missed calls, charging battery, SMS in the original stock Android version of Nexus 4?
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Correct....

galaxys said:
Correct....
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Phew.I thought there was an issue with my Nexus 4 initially! I was a HTC user and all notifications came as default!

How to set notification led color?

I noticed (unless it was my imagination) 2 different colors for my notification led (which I was pleasantly surprised to find), Gmail is like a light blue, and I think it was fb that was regular blue, so is there an app to set the led color for each app?
Or at least see all the colors it can display?
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mvmacd said:
I noticed (unless it was my imagination) 2 different colors for my notification led (which I was pleasantly surprised to find), Gmail is like a light blue, and I think it was fb that was regular blue, so is there an app to set the led color for each app?
Or at least see all the colors it can display?
Sent from my Nexus 10 using xda app-developers app
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You can use LightFlow which allows you to control the notifications (light, sound, vibration) for a ridiculous amount of apps. Works perfectly on the Nexus 10, I've used it on my Galaxy Nexus forever. It's a phenomenal app. That's the lite version, there's also a pay version which unlocks more features.

+1 for lightflow, I use it on my phone its great. Trying it for my N10

I'm pretty sure some apps have built in customization for the led color, I've seen it in the facebook and facebook messenger app.

mike02vr6 said:
+1 for lightflow, I use it on my phone its great. Trying it for my N10
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It works very well. Prior to configuring lightflow notifications were not illuminating the LED. After setting up lightflow all is as it should be.

daLareid said:
I'm pretty sure some apps have built in customization for the led color, I've seen it in the facebook and facebook messenger app.
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I looked in the Facebook settings but all it had was a toggle to enable notification light, no to change the color.
EDNYLaw said:
You can use LightFlow which allows you to control the notifications (light, sound, vibration) for a ridiculous amount of apps. Works perfectly on the Nexus 10, I've used it on my Galaxy Nexus forever. It's a phenomenal app. That's the lite version, there's also a pay version which unlocks more features.
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lol.. well I had found this app before starting this thread, however it seemed like it was messed up because it kept showing a light when I had no notifications. Turns out it was "No signal," and after disabling everything in Light Flow, I can test the led for colors.
I suppose you cannot use any other apps that Light Flow doesn't have? for example Facebook or Google Voice? I don't see any way to add an app. oh well.

mvmacd said:
I suppose you cannot use any other apps that Light Flow doesn't have? for example Facebook or Google Voice? I don't see any way to add an app. oh well.
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Are you using the lite version. Facebook and GV are there for me on the paid version

mvmacd said:
I looked in the Facebook settings but all it had was a toggle to enable notification light, no to change the color.
lol.. well I had found this app before starting this thread, however it seemed like it was messed up because it kept showing a light when I had no notifications. Turns out it was "No signal," and after disabling everything in Light Flow, I can test the led for colors.
I suppose you cannot use any other apps that Light Flow doesn't have? for example Facebook or Google Voice? I don't see any way to add an app. oh well.
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You can't add programs but the paid version has like over 300 different apps I think. Well worth the dollar or two. I use it for Google Voice on both my N10 and GNex and it works perfectly. If it's not there it's likely due to being the lite version as mentioned above.

mvmacd said:
I looked in the Facebook settings but all it had was a toggle to enable notification light, no to change the color.
lol.. well I had found this app before starting this thread, however it seemed like it was messed up because it kept showing a light when I had no notifications. Turns out it was "No signal," and after disabling everything in Light Flow, I can test the led for colors.
I suppose you cannot use any other apps that Light Flow doesn't have? for example Facebook or Google Voice? I don't see any way to add an app. oh well.
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That's odd, my phone doesn't even have led notifications support and it shows it to me in the options though lol.

mvmacd said:
I noticed (unless it was my imagination) 2 different colors for my notification led (which I was pleasantly surprised to find), Gmail is like a light blue, and I think it was fb that was regular blue, so is there an app to set the led color for each app?
Or at least see all the colors it can display?
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I've noticed the following:
White - Gmail/Gtalk
Green - Yelp, Flight Track
Blue - Facebook
Red - Google+
I heard there was a Purple, but so far I haven't been able to trigger it.

shoyuu said:
I've noticed the following:
White - Gmail/Gtalk
Green - Yelp, Flight Track
Blue - Facebook
Red - Google+
I heard there was a Purple, but so far I haven't been able to trigger it.
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Craigsnotifica goes purple. (Edit: On my S3) Try that.

If you couldn't tweak the color led light for Facebook, go to Setting -> Notifications -> Light

If you're willing to root and flash a custom ROM, many feature the ability to control led and set custom colors on a per-app basis. From personal experience, I know that the AOKP ROM by Task650 and Ktoonsez has an awesome interface for doing so.

Viber LED Color

What's the default color of the LED indicator when you have a new message in viber? Mine's yellow. Isn't it should be blue? Thanks

Not sure about what color it should be for that app since I don't use it, but if you want to change the color try downloading Light Manager from the market. Allows you to change the color of the LED to basically whatever you want for each app.

darkhunter25 said:
What's the default color of the LED indicator when you have a new message in viber? Mine's yellow. Isn't it should be blue? Thanks
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Off topic question, does viber still wakes up the screen upon reciept of a message? I stop using viber bcoz of that 1 single reason.
Thanks.
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