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Is the LED below the screen supposed to function as a notification light? I ask because I haven't seen it light up even once for anything. Not when charging, nor when there are new emails, messages, etc. Heck, does it work at all?
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Orbiting234 said:
Is the LED below the screen supposed to function as a notification light? I ask because I haven't seen it light up even once for anything. Not when charging, nor when there are new emails, messages, etc. Heck, does it work at all?
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I see the notification light blink white when I have a new email from Gmail. Do you have Settings->Display->Pulse notification light enabled?
I guess you should make sure you have email notifications (do you hear sounds?) on as well.
I to have yet to see this notification light. I do have Pulse notifications enabled and yet nothing happens when charging even after the device is turned off and charging. I'm unlocked, rooted, stock, with CWM recovery.
Edit: I also do hear the notifications when receiving emails just not the light notification.
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Yes, my pulse notification setting is on. I get the audible tone that I have email but no light ever.
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You guys are not alone. There is another thread on this issue. Seems that the LED, for some of us, works sometimes but often does not work at all. There is an app called LED tester (free) that you can use to see what the situation is with your LED. Note that installing Light Flow is not a solution - when the LEDs are not working they will not be working under Light Flow control. So far I haven't been able to spot what triggers the LEDs to start or to stop working. Restarts seems to have no effect. With mine, when they work they work for a day or two then abruptly stop and stay stopped for a day or so.
A number of people seem to be affected by this but there is no indication yet whether this is a software bug (hopefully) or a dodgy hardware batch.
Mines been working since day one... Installed light flow and kept on moving
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I've never seen the LED on mine, LED tester does nada! I'm hoping it's software but ultimately not too concerned, not a feature I care too much about.
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Where is the light supposed to show up?
My notification light works, alas on both the N10 and the GN it *never* blinks on the first notification it should report after a reboot. From the 2nd time onwards it works as intended.
Didn't even realize this had an led...so guess mines never lit up either
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The notification light only blinks when the screen is off and a notification is received...
craigacgomez said:
The notification light only blinks when the screen is off and a notification is received...
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No crap....guess what it's completely random, mine worked just fine yesterday today...not working at all.
Fastnova007 said:
No crap....guess what it's completely random, mine worked just fine yesterday today...not working at all.
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By default, the notification lights only show up when the screen is off... and the moment you power on and reach your lockscreen, they go off... in my custom ROM, I have an option to enabled the notifications lights when the screen is on as well...
dairymasta said:
Didn't even realize this had an led...so guess mines never lit up either
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No kidding, I had to go look in the little book to see where the led even was!
I disabled it due to constant pulsing...mine works TOO good.
Looks like mine doesn't work. Even after using light works app. This may push me to exchange this now along with light bleed problem that is pretty visible.
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Is it me or the noLed app is not working on this device.
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silkshocker said:
Is it me or the noLed app is not working on this device.
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Mine is working but for some reason I can't use the default "messages" notification. I have to use the specific one for handcent. It was also causing some issues with my gallery and stock browser.
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I didn't realize people are still using this after SIII since we DO have an LED notification light and apps like Light Flow and Light Manager to control them now.... any reason I'm not understanding? Feeling nostalgic or are more of a visual learner preferring to see the icon instead of a flashing light?
KryptosXLayer2 said:
I didn't realize people are still using this after SIII since we DO have an LED notification light and apps like Light Flow and Light Manager to control them now.... any reason I'm not understanding? Feeling nostalgic or are more of a visual learner preferring to see the icon instead of a flashing light?
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For me I like the larger, brighter, moving icon that catches my attention faster than a single LED. To each their own though.
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mickeywdw1254 said:
For me I like the larger, brighter, moving icon that catches my attention faster than a single LED. To each their own though.
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Of course, just wondering! Thanks for your insight :good:
Can you look at the led light and tell whether an incoming message is Gmail or a text? NoLed has icon notification that lets you know what is coming vs just a blinking light.
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I can tell the difference. I use Handcent SMS and it allows for custom LED notifcations, also a few roms had custom led color features.
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Can you look at the led light and tell whether an incoming message is Gmail or a text? NoLed has icon notification that lets you know what is coming vs just a blinking light.
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If you had searched for Light Flow or Light Manager, you'd know that those apps are designed specifically to change the notification lights to tell you what app is has a notification.... So.... Yeah, there's that.... Hmmm
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Anyone know?
As the N2 does not.
Thanks in advance.
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2manycells said:
Anyone know?
As the N2 does not.
Thanks in advance.
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I would imagine that the N3 has an LED notification light. But the N2 also has an LED notification light. It is just left of the top speaker grille, above the Samsung logo.
Great thanks. If the N2 has one then the N3 should have one two.
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N2 does hv LED notification light...
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From the hands on videos, it does Have a notification light
this guy has had a note 2 for a year, and didn't know he had an LED notification
I assume it is the tiny blue one like on the S4?
Iwas wondering same... I can't see any notification led but maybe I'm blind
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Multi-color please
My fingers are crossed the notification LED is multi-color (and more than just red/green/yellow) so you can quickly identify the type of notification without relying on a blink pattern.
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My fingers are crossed the notification LED is multi-color (and more than just red/green/yellow) so you can quickly identify the type of notification without relying on a blink pattern.
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I have the S3 and never really noticed a "blinking pattern"...
Mine just blinks (blue and green and red). On / off / on etc.
Tell me more about this pattern?
There are 2 dots next to the speaker grill, so there should be a LED notification light.
As to multi colour led lights, you can always use apps that make multi led colours! I have atm purple, blue, red, orange, yellow and green for my notifications.
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This is an impt feature for me as well. So disappointed when S2 didnt have it. Hopefully samsung dont disappoint this time round
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sianzb0i said:
This is an impt feature for me as well. So disappointed when S2 didnt have it. Hopefully samsung dont disappoint this time round
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You know it DOES have a notification led!
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DMax99 said:
You know it DOES have a notification led!
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You mean for note3?
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sianzb0i said:
You mean for note3?
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there's not a chance that they have removed it on note 3
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How many colors?
jasweb said:
Tell me more about this pattern?
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Some phones use a pattern to differentiate different alerts (text, email, voice mail, etc.) and there are apps that let you control this too as there are apps that let you assign different colors.
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As to multi-color led lights, you can always use apps that make multi led colours! I have atm purple, blue, red, orange, yellow and green for my notifications.
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This only works if the LED supports those colors, some LEDs are only 1, 2 or 3 colors like the HTC EVOs. They use a pattern instead of color, otherwise red for charge, green when charged or blinking green for notification and yellow for low battery.
I just hope the GN3 notification LED supports multiple colors. Is the notification on other Galaxy phones multi-color?
I would assume the Note 3 would have something similar to the Note 2. I have red when charging, green when fully charged, blinking blue for most notifications, blinking green for a text message. Don't see why they would get rid of that.
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If you have N2 and don't see LED notification light, then you probably won't see it on N3 either, because evidently you don't get anything to be notified about...
N2 has 3-color LED and these colors can be combined producing different colors (require additional apps or even kernel)
Don't worry guys, I'm sure the led is cheap enough for Samsung to keep in the GN3.
This video will answer all of you the questioning regarding the led notification:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wkJJQ7ZJjZ4
NB: GN3 is the one on the RIGHT!
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If anyone is still in doubt the Note 3 I had this weekend has a notification LED. I don't think Samsung has time to remove it in the next week or so.
I'm on T-Mobile D801 and I notice that if I'm using my phone, while charging, my charging notification light doesn't come on.
But as soon as I close my case, it comes on.
Is this normal for this phone.
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Happens on AT&T as well. Presumable because one could look at the status bar and see that the charging battery icon is animating.
Personally, I would be annoyed if the LED continued to glow for anything when I am using my phone.
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Happens on AT&T as well. Presumable because one could look at the status bar and see that the charging battery icon is animating.
Personally, I would be annoyed if the LED continued to glow for anything when I am using my phone.
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I totally agree with you. I was just making sure it wasn't a glitch that's all. Thank you for verifying this. Cheers!
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Hey, I was wondering if there is anyway to be able to change the LED light color to variable...I know there is a way to change it to a solid color and have that blink but is there any way, say after receiving a text message, instead of it just blinking blue but to cycle from blue to red to yellow to green etc.?
Light Manager from play store has alternating mode. I believe that will flash all active notifications in succession.
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sumnerm1 said:
Light Manager from play store has alternating mode. I believe that will flash all active notifications in succession.
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I have been using light manager...however, I can not figure out how to get it to alternate...I have the alternate mode selected but when I get a notification it is just the one solid color....am I missing something?
Light flow does what you are asking. There's both a free and pro version however I use the pro and I love it
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Stupid question did you restart light manager or your phone after you changing modes? I have issues with it not switching every once in a while restarting my phone seems to help.
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M4ST4M!ND said:
Stupid question did you restart light manager or your phone after you changing modes? I have issues with it not switching every once in a while restarting my phone seems to help.
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yes i restarted my phone and the app...there is no option to pick multiple led lights or a series or anything......