I have the exact same phone as my partner. Both the same OS, software version - everything. The only difference is that I can't get notification lights to work on her phone for things like SMS, WhatsApp etc.
If I choose a light colour in WhatsApp on my phone it works - flashes, works fine. Do the same on hers and she gets no light whatsoever. I have set our phones up to have exactly the same settings, neither of us has any special apps installed (like Light flow) and pretty much all our system settings are exactly the same. Her LED toggle is switched on the same as mine and she is using the same SMS app. Neither of us has any rogue-looking apps installed. We both have the same SMS client and all apps are up-to-date.
Does anyone have a clue what could be going on here? Her light definitely isn't faulty as it works when someone calls - flashes green, lights red when charging and blue when she double-taps the screen to unlock.
I'm all out of ideas now. She is not wanting to do a full restore.
Hey all. Just wanted to post to clear up some discrepancies that I have found concerning the presence or absence of the notification light on the 2014 version of the Moto X. There is in fact a notification light on the Moto X. However, like most users I couldn't find any setting for it or in fact see where it might be located physically on the phone itself.
To enable the notification light I am pretty sure your phone must be rooted and a custom ROM installed. As mentioned before, I had no idea that the Moto X had a notification LED until after I rooted it. When rooting and flashing was when I first saw the LED light up. When putting the device in fastboot mode (Volume down + power), a small green light showed up in the top speaker. Rather, in the slit between the front of the speaker and the body of the phone where the sound emenates from. I just assumed it was kind of a "warning" light to notify you that you were outing the phone in Fastboot mode and ignored it. Anyway, after the new ROM was installed and my notifications started rolling in, the light started lighting up. So far it has lit up for each text and also for my snapchats.
As for why the light was included by Motorola, but was still disabled, I can only guess. I assume that because of the Moto Display feature being included the developers assumed it would be redundant. Indeed, if I had a choice between Moto Display or a notification light, I would probably choose the display, but that just my two cents.
So, if you have rooted and flashed, have you noticed the notification light? Or is this just enabled by Motorola with the android 5.x update? Thoughts?
cvwalker65 said:
Hey all. Just wanted to post to clear up some discrepancies that I have found concerning the presence or absence of the notification light on the 2014 version of the Moto X. There is in fact a notification light on the Moto X. However, like most users I couldn't find any setting for it or in fact see where it might be located physically on the phone itself.
To enable the notification light I am pretty sure your phone must be rooted and a custom ROM installed. As mentioned before, I had no idea that the Moto X had a notification LED until after I rooted it. When rooting and flashing was when I first saw the LED light up. When putting the device in fastboot mode (Volume down + power), a small green light showed up in the top speaker. Rather, in the slit between the front of the speaker and the body of the phone where the sound emenates from. I just assumed it was kind of a "warning" light to notify you that you were outing the phone in Fastboot mode and ignored it. Anyway, after the new ROM was installed and my notifications started rolling in, the light started lighting up. So far it has lit up for each text and also for my snapchats.
As for why the light was included by Motorola, but was still disabled, I can only guess. I assume that because of the Moto Display feature being included the developers assumed it would be redundant. Indeed, if I had a choice between Moto Display or a notification light, I would probably choose the display, but that just my two cents.
So, if you have rooted and flashed, have you noticed the notification light? Or is this just enabled by Motorola with the android 5.x update? Thoughts?
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It's not disabled, it's just not a notification light. On the stock rom it's used to indicate that the phone is charging or low on battery if the phone is not turned on. Custom roms override that feature and use it as a notification light instead.
I'll take your word for it. However, I never saw an option for it on the settings, and it never once lit up while I was charging, on or off.
Thanks for the input and explanation!
cvwalker65 said:
I'll take your word for it. However, I never saw an option for it on the settings, and it never once lit up while I was charging, on or off.
Thanks for the input and explanation!
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I think it only comes on if the battery is so low that the phone can't turn on yet to indicate that it's getting power.
I saw mine blink one time. It was when I was rebooting. I saw a Red light flash real quick. Really wish I was rooted so I could enable it.
No need to have a custom rom. If you are rooted you can simply enable it using Tasker. I use it for certain profiles.
TokedUp said:
I saw mine blink one time. It was when I was rebooting. I saw a Red light flash real quick. Really wish I was rooted so I could enable it.
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You saw one of the IR sensor lighting up. the only led on the X 2014 is a green one.
No. It was the light. But I'll argue with u more about it since I'm bored.
There are MANY YouTube reviews that mention the IR sensors and the "light flash"..
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i'm on stock 5.0 rooted and light flow app. led notification works well
Please share tour settings.
My config. 20 in intensity is plenty sufficient
as in the "other post" i share here my config
Bad news (for me) after lightflow update (playstore 17 February) no more led notification. Can't make led work
So baaaaaad
Iv been using Tasker and the "notification listener" plugin.
Iv just set up profiles to switch a variable on and off based on notification posted/cleared.
Then a task that runs an LED flashing loop based on that variables value.
In tasker, the LED is called "charging led" not a notification led.
michyall said:
Bad news (for me) after lightflow update (playstore 17 February) no more led notification. Can't make led work
So baaaaaad
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That happened to me on the version before this update, it was driving me crazy. LED just stopped working, tried everything to fix but it wouldn't work. Then this morning it was working and then I saw the update so I backed up the app with titanium and updated. So far, knock on wood, been working all day.
I solved unonstalling LF and re-installing from playstore. Works again. +1
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I solved unonstalling LF and re-installing from playstore. Works again. +1
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I am having this issue, again, so frustrating. A reboot fixed it for a short period but the led stopped working again. I haven't tried uninstalling and redownloading but that is my next step.
I would really like to know what is causing this, the app or something with the stock rom.
Don't know why. Now i'm on cm nightlies, no need LF, led's working good
Is possible to create some kind of "patch" to use the notification LED on Stock ? I mean to use it as a native LED, like on CM builds, basically port this function from CM and implement it on Stock?
Hello, in interested in this device but I have some doubts about it. I've been reading the ZTE forums and searching info on internet but I can't find an unanimous answer about the otg support, so can anyone confirm the otg support on this device?
Other question is about the LED used to notifications. I read that the led in this device isn't a RGB led and you can't choose the color for a specific app notifications.
Other issue related with the led is the timeout. Is it true that led turns off after some time?
The last one is about the ring bell in the lock screen, I know that in the axon 7 now is optional, is the same in the mini?
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Hello, in interested in this device but I have some doubts about it. I've been reading the ZTE forums and searching info on internet but I can't find an unanimous answer about the otg support, so can anyone confirm the otg support on this device?
Other question is about the LED used to notifications. I read that the led in this device isn't a RGB led and you can't choose the color for a specific app notifications.
Other issue related with the led is the timeout. Is it true that led turns off after some time?
The last one is about the ring bell in the lock screen, I know that in the axon 7 now is optional, is the same in the mini?
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I have used a USB-C to USB-A adapter and it worked. I don't know if it's OTG persay but I used a keyboard without issue. The LED does appear to be RGB but it is not customizable within stock ROM. I have not had the LED time out on me. The ring bell is still there in b21, but you can tell it to show notifications by default.
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I have used a USB-C to USB-A adapter and it worked. I don't know if it's OTG persay but I used a keyboard without issue. The LED does appear to be RGB but it is not customizable within stock ROM. I have not had the LED time out on me. The ring bell is still there in b21, but you can tell it to show notifications by default.
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Thanks for the reply if you use an pen drive let me know if it works.
The customization is not a problem if it works properly so I'm happy to hear that the time out is fixed. Compared to other phones is the LED brighter or average?
I have another question about the ring bell, if you have enabled the notifications it shows the art cover and the music controls??
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Thanks for the reply if you use an pen drive let me know if it works.
The customization is not a problem if it works properly so I'm happy to hear that the time out is fixed. Compared to other phones is the LED brighter or average?
I have another question about the ring bell, if you have enabled the notifications it shows the art cover and the music controls??
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Unfortunately I don't have a thumb drive handy, otherwise I would test that out for you. The LED is about as bright as I would expect. I have my phone next to my bed and it doesn't wake me up.
If you push the bell or have it set to show notifications by default it will be like any other lock screen notification implementation, it doesn't change the background of the lock screen to the album art, at least to spotify, I don't know about the stock music app.
Hi!
Is there anyway I can disable charging led on rooted Nougat?
The green led lights up to the roof when the batery is full. I dont want to disable all notifications, only charging led.
Thank you
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koo.lightmanager
Maybe something like that? Take the stock LED functions out of the picture, and use a program like that to handle all of your notifications.
Being rooted, you should be able to find way more powerful / configurable programs than the program above. One program that kept popping up was called "Light Flow".
Sometimes the best way to change the stock behavior is to bypass the stock all together.
Tapatalk for Android - Works awesome on my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
thank you!!
I have a rooted Fire HD 10 that I'm trying to use as a Security Panel in my home (and it's working pretty well for that). There's one area I'm having issues with. I'd like to create (via Tasker) the ability to turn on (and keep on a Blinking red light when I've enabled my security system and a solid green light when the system is off. That will allow anyone in the house to quickly know the state of the system with a simple look.
However, all attempts to get an LED notification light to work have failed leaving me to wonder if the feature even exists.
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I have a rooted Fire HD 10 that I'm trying to use as a Security Panel in my home (and it's working pretty well for that). There's one area I'm having issues with. I'd like to create (via Tasker) the ability to turn on (and keep on a Blinking red light when I've enabled my security system and a solid green light when the system is off. That will allow anyone in the house to quickly know the state of the system with a simple look.
However, all attempts to get an LED notification light to work have failed leaving me to wonder if the feature even exists.
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Did you ever find a solution for this? I'm trying to do the exact same thing!
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I have a rooted Fire HD 10 that I'm trying to use as a Security Panel in my home (and it's working pretty well for that). There's one area I'm having issues with. I'd like to create (via Tasker) the ability to turn on (and keep on a Blinking red light when I've enabled my security system and a solid green light when the system is off. That will allow anyone in the house to quickly know the state of the system with a simple look.
However, all attempts to get an LED notification light to work have failed leaving me to wonder if the feature even exists.
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Fire tablet doesn't have a LED notification