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It's finally driven me to the point that I'm just going to sell the Nexus for a profit and get a G2. I can't take picking up my phone every single time I want to check if I have a message. I've never had a smartphone without this feature, and it's just a nightmare.
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It's finally driven me to the point that I'm just going to sell the Nexus for a profit and get a G2. I can't take picking up my phone every single time I want to check if I have a message. I've never had a smartphone without this feature, and it's just a nightmare.
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I do miss having an LED indicator too... but I wonder if they took it out due to battery life reasons. Is there an app that can help give better indications in case for missed calls or texts that can do a reminder without an LED indicator... maybe even use the LED light on the back of the camera is better than nothing
i would say just wait until someone makes it so it uses the LEDs under the softkeys as notification lights
slowz3r said:
i would say just wait until someone makes it so it uses the LEDs under the softkeys as notification lights
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It's just not the same!
slowz3r said:
i would say just wait until someone makes it so it uses the LEDs under the softkeys as notification lights
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That would work fine for me, if only someone would write it!
Use NoLED, works great for me. I like it more than the trackball notifications on my N1 now, they look awesome on the screen.
ikon8 said:
Use NoLED, works great for me. I like it more than the trackball notifications on my N1 now, they look awesome on the screen.
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I don't want to power-on the screen for a notification that may be left un-noticed for an hour.
I didn't really like the idea of NoLED either but I just decided to try it for the hell of it. I use the blink mode and set the time out to 1 hour so if it's idle for an hour the notifications will stop. I've checked the battery drain and it seems to be quite small with blink mode at least (since I'm only having it display the notifications for 1 second every 30 seconds). So really, 2 seconds of screen time every minute, which is about 120 seconds every hour, or about 2 minutes of screen time where it's mostly black and a few lit pixels, and then after that 1 hour it stops.
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I don't want to power-on the screen for a notification that may be left un-noticed for an hour.
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I tried noled but must confess I never spent any time setting it up so the battery drain I noticed may have been avoidable.
Just to pick up on the above... I'd want the notifications instantly obvious so that a quick glance at my phone would notify me of any messages. Using the above method I'd only see a notification for some of the time and not all.
Lighting up the bottom buttons would be a much better option for me but in the meantime I might try noled again.
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It's just not the same!
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Other than the fact that they're not colored, seems a bit better IMO, more noticeable. Also, battery drain really is minimal with NoLed...
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TheBiles said:
I don't want to power-on the screen for a notification that may be left un-noticed for an hour.
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The three pixels on the screen drawing power aren't going to impact your battery life heavily.
JCopernicus said:
The three pixels on the screen drawing power aren't going to impact your battery life heavily.
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to be honest id be more paranoid about burn in , cuz really if i get a text when im sleeping and it goes unnoticed for 8 hours then what
With NoLED you can set notification timeouts, I have mine set to 30 minutes because I always have my phone near me and 30 minutes is plenty. I also have it set to use the Proximity sensor so that if the phone is in my pocket it's not displaying any notification, only when you remove the phone from your pocket and the proximity sensor detects that it's clear will it display the notification instantly. You can also set a "sleep" time for notifications, so I have mine turn off at 2am and turn back on at 6am.
If there is any increased battery drain I haven't noticed it, but then again I don't leave notifications on flashing for hours either.
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to be honest id be more paranoid about burn in , cuz really if i get a text when im sleeping and it goes unnoticed for 8 hours then what
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The notifications move around the screen to prevent any pixel burn-in. You can set them to timeout after a certain amount of time also.
Have you guys even bothered trying out NoLED? Haha
Good to know but on top of that don't the notifications move around the screen?
Edit: ikon beat me to it.
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The notifications move around the screen to prevent any pixel burn-in. You can set them to timeout after a certain amount of time also.
Have you guys even bothered trying out NoLED? Haha
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NO!, i fear change!
Have the phone make a sound/vibrate. No need to pick it up.
or download noLED. Problem solved.
I've made a couple posts in the Poor Battery Life on NS? thread( such as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10143276&postcount=159) detailing my experience with the Nexus S's battery.
I use noLED as my notification system with large icons rather than the default little dots and no time out method. The only other special thing I've done to it is turn on the proximity sensor so noLED doesn't run while it's in my pocket. My boss likes to do a lot of paperwork in the super late evening/early morning and sends me emails accordingly(this is why I don't leave the sound/vibrate on, lol). noLED's impact on battery life is extremely negligible. I would put it on par with the power with the power consumption of an actual LED notification light due to the way SAMOLED and blacks work.
And, if you're worried about burn in, like someone said, the icons shift around the screen in order to avoid that.
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I've made a couple posts in the Poor Battery Life on NS? thread( such as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10143276&postcount=159) detailing my experience with the Nexus S's battery.
I use noLED as my notification system with large icons rather than the default little dots and no time out method. The only other special thing I've done to it is turn on the proximity sensor so noLED doesn't run while it's in my pocket. My boss likes to do a lot of paperwork in the super late evening/early morning and sends me emails accordingly(this is why I don't leave the sound/vibrate on, lol). noLED's impact on battery life is extremely negligible. I would put it on par with the power with the power consumption of an actual LED notification light due to the way SAMOLED and blacks work.
And, if you're worried about burn in, like someone said, the icons shift around the screen in order to avoid that.
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that proximity sensor idea while its in your pocket, genius
Just tried noled again and am noticing a few force close errors.
What settings are best for this app and when a notification is received, what are you using to wake tje phone again as the power button causes issues as explained in the splash screen after install?
I'm also seeing all the bottom buttons light up as well as the notification on the screen, is this normal and if so is this not consuming battery unnecesarily?
Seems a tad buggy to me this app on the Nexus S. Would appreciate exact settings / configuration from anyone that has it running satisfactorily.
This is my first tablet and not sure about battery life and everything. So I left my tablet on through the night and lost roughly 10% through the night. Not sure if thats normal or not. But if so, I will definitely be turning it off throughout the night or when I won't be using for awhile. But is there a standby mode or something we can put the tablet into?
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This is my first tablet and not sure about battery life and everything. So I left my tablet on through the night and lost roughly 10% through the night. Not sure if thats normal or not. But if so, I will definitely be turning it off throughout the night or when I won't be using for awhile. But is there a standby mode or something we can put the tablet into?
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I don't turn it off, no. One thing that will save you battery is to turn the airplane mode on when you're not using it.
I just turn off wireless and pwer off screen.
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I never turn my tab off. At night.it will loose. 6 to 8 percent. At night maybe a bit more or less depending on how long its off.
And I use it often thru out the day
Awesome battery life
Haven't turned it off yet. I use it all day and plug it in at night around 20-30%, wake up charged and do it again.
I just turn the screen off overnight while charging; I leave wifi on to synch work emails & calendars. Nearly a decade of smartphone use has gotten me in the dedicated habit of charging everything every night.
Thing to keep in mind, tablets arent Kindles with week+ battery life; keep in the habit of charging it whenever convenient & you won't run out of juice unexpectedly.
I'm in the minority here.
I turn my Tab and Evo off every night, the phone just before bed. It save a bit of batt life and unwanted calls in the middle of the night or any alert tones as I'm a pretty light sleeper. I've also been doing this for probably 7-8 yrs with all my smart phones (Symbian, Win-Mo, Palm, BB and now Android).
Sometimes I turn it off at night, sometimes I just leave it on. It's definitely on ALL day. I haven't really seen it losing much battery if I leave it on overnight, but I don't have it configured to sync frequently. Whenever I notice the battery is getting a little low, I charge it up again -- don't really have a set pattern or routine that I charge it.
Anytime I know I won't be using it for twenty minutes or more, I just shut it down.
Not sure there is a right/wrong, good/bad way to do this, as it's pretty much a personal preference thang!
If I'm not gonna use it for more than a day, sure.
I also turn on airplane mode when I'm reading via Kindle or anything else that doesn't require wifi.
On a semi related note, does anyone else find the screen is too bright if you're in a dark room reading, even if you have brightness on the lowest setting?
So far I never see any difference to turn AIRPLANE MODE on... but anyway some people believe so... let say that work... hu hu hu
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to answer I never turn off my tablet, neither turn off the wifi
I try to not use AUTO brightness, set brightness to medium.
I will turn it off... well... actually I do not.
to muqali. on lowest setting? on dark room lowest setting I think it's fine (but I have an antiglare screen... that dim the light)
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If I'm not gonna use it for more than a day
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Not use it for more than a day??
That is crazy talk! I'd suffer some serrrrrious withdrawal
On to the question, no, my tablet stays on 24/7. The closest it gets to off is booting into recovery, but then it's right back on.
All my backups, security scans and cloud syncs are scheduled for the wee hours of the morning so wifi stays on at night too. Also, my iconia is my alarm clock, which is very useful for a shift worker who needs different alarms on different days.
only if the battery is low and Im to lazy to go charge it
I only turn my tablet off in order to reboot when it freezes up or gets laggy (maybe once a week). The rest of the time, it's on standby or being used.
I leave it on sometimes, other times I will randomly turn it off. I mean, its not a phone.. no reason it should be on 24/7. I don't even leave my PC on 24/7 - as it saves a lot of electricity to turn it off.
My phone (Droid X) however, stays on 24/7 =P
Yeah, I've been leaving mine on and its been just fine. I notice it turns off wifi or I guess at least disconnects when the screen is off so I'm sure that helps. At nights I guess I can turn airplane mode on and that should help. I'm impressed though with the battery so far.
I always turn it off when done, unless I know I will be using again in a short.
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On a semi related note, does anyone else find the screen is too bright if you're in a dark room reading, even if you have brightness on the lowest setting?
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I use the Nook app as my eBook reader instead of the Kindle app. The Nook app has a separate brightness control within the app, and it allows me to turn even the white page brightness down to where it's very comfortable to read even in a pitch dark room. The nice thing about this is when I'm done reading and exit the Nook app, the global brightness settings for the tablet are restored so my dark wood wallpaper isn't too dark.
I'm not sure if the Kindle app has its own brightness control or not, but it might be with looking into.
muqali said:
If I'm not gonna use it for more than a day, sure.
I also turn on airplane mode when I'm reading via Kindle or anything else that doesn't require wifi.
On a semi related note, does anyone else find the screen is too bright if you're in a dark room reading, even if you have brightness on the lowest setting?
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yes, I noticed too, it's too damn bright, but not as bright as my phone, on the good side screen comparison between iconia, transformer, zoom and ipad2 the iconia gets praise cuz it's super dark black... you can notice easily (like me) if you're in the dark and look the status bar
I do not. I don't really ever turn mine off actually, except if the battery is at low and I'm out and not able to charge it, but that rarely happens.
I don't turn my PC off either. Turns out it doesn't save as much energy for me vs. time. I'd save roughly $90 a year if I diligently turned my PC and HTPC off...my PC however serves as the file server for everything in my home and I'm also very random in terms of bed times so it would cost me so much time (and maybe some parts issues as well) turning it on and off every time I needed to use it.
So last night I plugged in my spanking new GS3 for its first full charge. Well sometime in the middle of the night the room gets very bright. I guess the screen comes on to let you know it's done charging. How can I stop this?? I use my phone as my alarm clock so I need it screen side up.
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So last night I plugged in my spanking new GS3 for its first full charge. Well sometime in the middle of the night the room gets very bright. I guess the screen comes on to let you know it's done charging. How can I stop this?? I use my phone as my alarm clock so I need it screen side up.
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turn it over, alarm clock work by making sound, it will be louder if it is facing down because the speaker is on the back, problem solved.
I realize that I could do that as a last resort, but I could see myself stumbling trying to pick the thing up to shut it off and in my morning sleepiness accidentally dropping it.
Hi -- quick question for you (I haven't bought the phone yet) -- since you didn't mention a noise, I take it that the GSIII does not also make an audible alert when the battery's full (which can only be silenced by putting the phone on Silent)? My Vibrant does this, and it has always bugged me...
How about when you charge the phone when it's off -- does it vibrate and light up with a "battery full" alert? (That vibration alone can sometimes be enough to wake me up.) Thanks!
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I realize that I could do that as a last resort, but I could see myself stumbling trying to pick the thing up to shut it off and in my morning sleepiness accidentally dropping it.
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i am sure after some time with custom development such an option could be there.....
Only the green light comes on when mine finishes charging. Maybe there's a setting for you to change.
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So last night I plugged in my spanking new GS3 for its first full charge. Well sometime in the middle of the night the room gets very bright. I guess the screen comes on to let you know it's done charging. How can I stop this?? I use my phone as my alarm clock so I need it screen side up.
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Wait, do you actually get woken up by the light coming on on your screen?
Yeah,it doesn't take much to wake me. I'm diabetic, and it's tough to keep my sugar in check overnight. I'm constantly up and down either checking where I'm at, or I'm low and have to drink something to boost my sugars, or I'm high and have to take another shot to drop it down. Then when I'm high I have to piss a lot. In between I'm trying to get all the sleep I can....I don't need another thing waking me up.
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Yeah,it doesn't take much to wake me. I'm diabetic, and it's tough to keep my sugar in check overnight. I'm constantly up and down either checking where I'm at, or I'm low and have to drink something to boost my sugars, or I'm high and have to take another shot to drop it down. Then when I'm high I have to piss a lot. In between I'm trying to get all the sleep I can....I don't need another thing waking me up.
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sorry to hear that bro......
I think its bln, I had it on at night and it would stay blinking the whole night while I was sleeping from texts. Happened every night until I turned off bln at night and my android os usage went back to normal. Just my thoughts
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I think its bln, I had it on at night and it would stay blinking the whole night while I was sleeping from texts. Happened every night until I turned off bln at night and my android os usage went back to normal. Just my thoughts
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If you have it set to blink, it will use a ton of battery. If it just turns on and stays on it uses less.
Since our lights don't actually blink, they had to tell it to turn on, then to turn off, then to turn on, then to turn off....etc. The phone can't sleep if it is always trying to do something (like turn the lights off and on).
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I think its bln, I had it on at night and it would stay blinking the whole night while I was sleeping from texts. Happened every night until I turned off bln at night and my android os usage went back to normal. Just my thoughts
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Well on my epic its high because I believe AOSP has the problem in accurately getting stats with percentage. Because on my epic when it used to ran TW it was more accurate.
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So for users with Android os being high, it could be cuz of the bln?
I got the orb recently and my plan was to use my phone as a bedside alarm clock with it. However, when I have the phone on "desk clock" mode while on the charger, the battery slowly drains overnight by around 1-2% every half hour instead of going up. When the screen is off, it seems to charge fine. Is the orb just really that slow at charging? It kind of defeats the purpose if it can't keep a steady charge with the screen on as I like be able to just glance at the time while in bed instead of having to turn on the screen first.
well the orb wont charge as fast as wall charger
but if it doesnt provide enough mA to charge while screen on i guess there is something wrong. however i dont have the orb, so cant help you any further.
It should still charge with the screen on. Mine will gain 1-2% every 10mins with the deskclock night clock on. Are you using a case?
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It should still charge with the screen on. Mine will gain 1-2% every 10mins with the deskclock night clock on. Are you using a case?
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No case at all. I am using the power adapter that came with it too, because i read using a different one caused problems too. I am however using visceralpsyche's gamma color settings from franco's thread which require you to have your brightness at 50%, but I should still be able to get a positive charge I would think.
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No case at all. I am using the power adapter that came with it too, because i read using a different one caused problems too. I am however using visceralpsyche's gamma color settings from franco's thread which require you to have your brightness at 50%, but I should still be able to get a positive charge I would think.
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i think you definitely still should. I know that if you place the phone on it centered near the bottom half (if you do it vertically, the phone will be about 1/2 - 3/4" from the table or whatever surface the orb is on), thats the optimal part of the phone to have touching it. If it's still not working, I'm guessing something isn't quite right with it.
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i think you definitely still should. I know that if you place the phone on it centered near the bottom half (if you do it vertically, the phone will be about 1/2 - 3/4" from the table or whatever surface the orb is on), thats the optimal part of the phone to have touching it. If it's still not working, I'm guessing something isn't quite right with it.
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I've tried a few positions all with the same results. I did notice though that with the first 20 minutes of charging, it will go up like 3-4% like it should, but afterwards it just goes on a slow and steady decline. I guess I'll contact Google about it, and I already had to sell my DT-910 because of the problems with that charger :/