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Trackball breathing light while in call

The trackball light flashes when the screen go out while in call because of the proximity sensor.
is there a way to stop that? It is really bothersome, specially when you're in a dark place.

Yer I hate it 2.....
Please someone fix this
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aboda7es said:
The trackball light flashes when the screen go out while in call because of the proximity sensor.
is there a way to stop that? It is really bothersome, specially when you're in a dark place.
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tell the person to hold and clear your notifications?
you don't have to clear them, just drag down the status bar.
this is the only way I can think of.

dudebro said:
tell the person to hold and clear your notifications?
you don't have to clear them, just drag down the status bar.
this is the only way I can think of.
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you shouldn't have to do that is what we are saying its silly
just want a way to turn it off for good...
waste of batt

It's an led light, it uses as much battery as a static shock from the a carpet drag.

Hey...anything to set the Nexus One uniquely apart from any other smartphone is fine by me...breathing LED trackball light and all.

How often are you in a dark place exactly? People are entitled to their opinions of course, but something that barely isn't even noticeable when the phone is up to your ear doesn't exactly seem worth wanting to remove. As said before, the excuse it uses battery won't exactly work as well..

question about AMOLED screen...

so as far as i understand, true black on our screen is turning the pixel off. i've heard that you can get something like a status light that will use only a couple of pixels from the screen to notify in other colors then the LEDs red and blue. what i was wondering is if there is a program or if it would even be possible to have a program that would pop up texts on the screen in the same way. so that instead of turning the whole screen on just the lines of text appear.

murso74 said:
so as far as i understand, true black on our screen is turning the pixel off. i've heard that you can get something like a status light that will use only a couple of pixels from the screen to notify in other colors then the LEDs red and blue. what i was wondering is if there is a program or if it would even be possible to have a program that would pop up texts on the screen in the same way. so that instead of turning the whole screen on just the lines of text appear.
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I found an app that was supposed to do what you're wanting
However, I found it back when I was running Eclair and it didn't seem to work, never tried it on 2.2. I'll dig around and look for it. I'll let you know the name once I find it.
*Update: Alright found it, it's NoLed on the market place

XtaC318 said:
I found an app that was supposed to do what you're wanting
However, I found it back when I was running Eclair and it didn't seem to work, never tried it on 2.2. I'll dig around and look for it. I'll let you know the name once I find it.
*Update: Alright found it, it's NoLed on the market place
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That's not what he's asking.
And to musro74, no there isn't any program like that.

063_XOBX said:
That's not what he's asking.
And to musro74, no there isn't any program like that.
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Um.. Yes it is? Hes asking to use the screen basically as an LED notification.

063_XOBX said:
That's not what he's asking.
And to musro74, no there isn't any program like that.
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well he understood part of what i wanted. that's actually the program i had heard of. XOBX do you think it would even be possible to do what i'm asking?

XtaC318 said:
Um.. Yes it is? Hes asking to use the screen basically as an LED notification.
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No......he is asking for the text itself to show up on the blank screen....not a led notification.

Jemack said:
No......he is asking for the text itself to show up on the blank screen....not a led notification.
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Ahh. Whoops, my apologizes
Read it a little too quickly the first go around hehe.

murso74 said:
well he understood part of what i wanted. that's actually the program i had heard of. XOBX do you think it would even be possible to do what i'm asking?
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Doubtful, and you're probably better off just installing the AOSP messaging app and using the black theme.

I do think it is an awesome idea though.

Wht you guys want is noled. There is a thread in th i9000 forums. Only thing is it doesn't play well with text message popups. Or widgetlocker.
cd's or tapes?

schnowdapowda said:
Wht you guys want is noled. There is a thread in th i9000 forums. Only thing is it doesn't play well with text message popups. Or widgetlocker.
cd's or tapes?
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Again, that's not what the OP is asking for.

If you'd like an option for the sms stuff, I'd send an email to the guy who makes NoLed. He seems pretty cool.

As far as the pixels being off for black on SAMOLED, I can see a slight amount of light if I'm in a dark room and my phone is displaying a pure black image.
So, does it really turn pixels off, or does it just cause them to get really (really!) dim.

this would be an awesome capability!

s84471 said:
As far as the pixels being off for black on SAMOLED, I can see a slight amount of light if I'm in a dark room and my phone is displaying a pure black image.
So, does it really turn pixels off, or does it just cause them to get really (really!) dim.
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might be the light from the active pixels filtering through the glass.... look at when you boot the phone and the samsung logo pops up before the sprint and galaxy S boot screens... it seems to me that the rest of the screen is completely off.. if it would save a bit of battery when my sms pop up comes on i'd be happy with it. plus it would look sick

s84471 said:
As far as the pixels being off for black on SAMOLED, I can see a slight amount of light if I'm in a dark room and my phone is displaying a pure black image.
So, does it really turn pixels off, or does it just cause them to get really (really!) dim.
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There is definitely some light when the screen is showing black in a dark room. And it isn't there when the screen is off/timed-out. I also thought the pixels were off when they are black.
One thing I noticed with NoLed is that it keeps the screen from actually sleeping. It keeps it black but on so it can display the dots. If black really isn't off, then how much power does that use, I wonder.

Lol @ OP ... It's called a verizon samsung continuum....
Seriously, they just emulated the normal 4 android buttons and had a larger screen. It's probably possible, but it would be a little hacky to get it working.

Notification LED dull and not RGB?

Hey guys...one of the most used and important features in any Android phone for me is the RGB notification LED.
The S4 and Nexus 5 had great ones...I'm a little worried about the very dull one on the S5.
I cannot get Light Flow to work at all...and while I know the S5 is really new...just a little troublesome...

MrKal_El said:
Hey guys...one of the most used and important features in any Android phone for me is the RGB notification LED.
The S4 and Nexus 5 had great ones...I'm a little worried about the very dull one on the S5.
I cannot get Light Flow to work at all...and while I know the S5 is really new...just a little troublesome...
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It does have an RGB flash, tested colors with LED Tester app, but haven't set up Lightflow, which is often rather complicated. You may restart your phone after setting it up and see if it works properly.
I guess it's duller because the plastic over it is thicker due to the IP certification (?), now why isn't there a cutout for it like for the sensors is beyond me.

I find it bright enough, far better than whats on HTC phones. I can also see it from a 45 degree angle, the one on the s4 was better still but not complaining as it still does its job

BoneXDA said:
It does have an RGB flash, tested colors with LED Tester app, but haven't set up Lightflow, which is often rather complicated. You may restart your phone after setting it up and see if it works properly.
I guess it's duller because the plastic over it is thicker due to the IP certification (?), now why isn't there a cutout for it like for the sensors is beyond me.
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I went and downloaded that LED Tester program.. And no matter what color I choose.. It only blinks blue... (Even after a restart and deleting Light flow)
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MrKal_El said:
I went and downloaded that LED Tester program.. And no matter what color I choose.. It only blinks blue... (Even after a restart and deleting Light flow)
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Led tester works perfectly for me in all colours. Be warned if you get an incoming notification whilst testing the colours, the light will revert to the notification colour until you click on the notification and reset the led.
Hope this makes sense lol
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I got in contact with the maker of Light flow who directed me to this page http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/2380
... And it is working great! Whew...
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MrKal_El said:
I got in contact with the maker of Light flow who directed me to this page http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/2380
... And it is working great! Whew...
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All off the LightFlow app developer's websites/servers are down. Could you please give me the run-down on what you did to fix it? (I'm having the exact same problem).

I agree the LED is VERY dull, my sister just got the LG g2 and the led on it is beautiful very bright and vivid colours.

Notification LED colors

I've been looking for an answer to this but I haven't found any good one with a clear "NO" or "Yes".
Is it RGB, multicolor or some technology with more colors? Has someone tested it with light flow to see if you can control it or it is actually a RGB led but the software just let you use 2 of them for some reason?
I'd like to have at least 5 colors... It is weird to me to see that it only has green and red. To be an RGB it only lacks the blue one, which is really werid to me. I'm planning to buy the phone and since I had this LED on my Galaxy S3 back in the day I can't be without it.

Doesn't seem RGB to me, so far I have seen green and red from the notification LED.
Couldn't get another color to display with Light Flow app (I'm noob with it tho, I just installed to reply to you)

Ya, I can't get light Flow to work either....all I have seen is Red and Green. Someone said orange but I have yet to see it.

Red and green...that is all I get also. But it does work! Some do say yellow also but I am not sure when yellow shows up. I have not seen yellow yet.

DTR_OS said:
Ya, I can't get light Flow to work either....all I have seen is Red and Green. Someone said orange but I have yet to see it.
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If it's got red and green, you can get orange. It's just probably not used in the ZTE software anywhere.
And RGB notification light isn't a fancy LED light any phone I know if, it's discrete R, G, and B diodes. Which is why you can really only get Red, Green, Blue, White, Yellow, Orange, and Purple on any phone.

Thank you for the information guys. I'll keep that in mind.
TeutonJon78 said:
If it's got red and green, you can get orange. It's just probably not used in the ZTE software anywhere.
And RGB notification light isn't a fancy LED light any phone I know if, it's discrete R, G, and B diodes. Which is why you can really only get Red, Green, Blue, White, Yellow, Orange, and Purple on any phone.
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I think they actually have the blue diode, but they don't use it. I wonder if someone can get it to work along the other 2.

Cesaragus said:
Thank you for the information guys. I'll keep that in mind.
I think they actually have the blue diode, but they don't use it. I wonder if someone can get it to work along the other 2.
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all three colors are showing up under /sys/class/leds, so it must be there. I'm not sure why it's not able to be turned on. I was able to get red, green, and orange to show up.

TeutonJon78 said:
all three colors are showing up under /sys/class/leds, so it must be there. I'm not sure why it's not able to be turned on. I was able to get red, green, and orange to show up.
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So it is definetly there right? Or maybe it is just a generic class for leds and they only use the ones they need (red and green). Would be nice to check if they can be activated via software in some way.

Cesaragus said:
So it is definetly there right? Or maybe it is just a generic class for leds and they only use the ones they need (red and green). Would be nice to check if they can be activated via software in some way.
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They shouldn't show up there if they aren't actual hardware, as those are created at runtime, I believe. I tried writing a value to the brightness, but it wouldn't let me (terminal user isn't part of the "system" group).
The LED testing app I was playing with couldn't activate it. So, no idea why it's not working.

TeutonJon78 said:
They shouldn't show up there if they aren't actual hardware, as those are created at runtime, I believe. I tried writing a value to the brightness, but it wouldn't let me (terminal user isn't part of the "system" group).
The LED testing app I was playing with couldn't activate it. So, no idea why it's not working.
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The node is there but only green and red have blink files.
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Unjustified Dev said:
The node is there but only green and red have blink files.
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Does it require the blink file to actually turn on though? I thought you just turn it to "on" with the brightness file? It still seems odd to only partially create the class (just like it seems odd to only have a RG LED if that's what they truly did).

TeutonJon78 said:
Does it require the blink file to actually turn on though? I thought you just turn it to "on" with the brightness file? It still seems odd to only partially create the class (just like it seems odd to only have a RG LED if that's what they truly did).
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It shouldn't I'll report back though after looking at the kernel tomorrow.
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Unjustified Dev said:
It shouldn't I'll report back though after looking at the kernel tomorrow.
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You sir, are a saint. Can't wait to make use of your work when I get my 6 gig Axon (As soon as it's released in the US)! Thanks so much for all your hard work! I'll make a donation to you at some point when I've got some spare cash!

DTR_OS said:
Ya, I can't get light Flow to work either....all I have seen is Red and Green. Someone said orange but I have yet to see it.
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Green+red=orange

Unjustified Dev said:
The node is there but only green and red have blink files.
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So what does it mean? Can someone add the mising blink file? Or is it impossible to do?
EDIT: For some reason I couldn't see the other answers. I hope it works, I really like the notification LED and I think this phone is amazing.

News from the ZTE community from sshasan
https://community.zteusa.com/message/55264?et=watches.email.thread#comment-55264
Only RG confirmed. Bummer.

Wow.. Disappointing..

how can you fit a flagship device with top notch display, cpu and chipset with a crappy RG led for notifications?
i honestly can't belive it and i hope it's just a poor software use of the existing hardware...

vizzze said:
how can you fit a flagship device with top notch display, cpu and chipset with a crappy RG led for notifications?
i honestly can't belive it and i hope it's just a poor software use of the existing hardware...
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Well, it is a small annoyance, but this phone was half the price of my other choice (Note 7). Also, it hasn't exploded, so that's a plus. It has better screen and audio than OP3, which was my third choice. So, I'd enjoy more notification light colors, but of things that were cut to save me $400, I'd vote for simpler LED light while keeping gorgeous screen and great sound any day.

vizzze said:
how can you fit a flagship device with top notch display, cpu and chipset with a crappy RG led for notifications?
i honestly can't belive it and i hope it's just a poor software use of the existing hardware...
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Blimey - that's quite extreme! I personally only care if there is an led (one colour is fine for me) as I'm only interested to see if there's a notification - after that I pick up the phone to see what it is!

LEDs?

I'm considering a V20. One question I have: does it have an LED, and support multiple colors?
I use Lightflow for my notifications. Different color and/or flash rate for notifications.
I'm aware of but not familiar with the second screen. I've read something about the notifications having a lifetime, ie will go away possibly before read. AS well, I think it would be easier to see notification lights and not have to even be necessarily close to the screen to read anything.
At any rate...does the V20 have the LED? Anyone using Lightflow?

ewingr said:
I'm considering a V20. One question I have: does it have an LED, and support multiple colors?
I use Lightflow for my notifications. Different color and/or flash rate for notifications.
I'm aware of but not familiar with the second screen. I've read something about the notifications having a lifetime, ie will go away possibly before read. AS well, I think it would be easier to see notification lights and not have to even be necessarily close to the screen to read anything.
At any rate...does the V20 have the LED? Anyone using Lightflow?
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no LED.
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You might not catch the message preview in the second screen but it's always on and showing what notifications you have

Thanks for the feedback guys.

It's a bit of a change going from a device with LED's to one without, but I ended up installing LED Blinker Pro and am using the on-screen notifications option (for devices lacking the LED light) and it works pretty good. Definitely worth the couple of bucks for the pro version.
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AthieN said:
It's a bit of a change going from a device with LED's to one without, but I ended up installing LED Blinker Pro and am using the on-screen notifications option (for devices lacking the LED light) and it works pretty good. Definitely worth the couple of bucks for the pro version.
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I used to have an app like that. Forgot about it. This might be a good solution. I guess the V20 is back on my evaluation list.
Thanks

ewingr said:
I used to have an app like that. Forgot about it. This might be a good solution. I guess the V20 is back on my evaluation list.
Thanks
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No problem. It's definitely a great device, even though it has a few shortcomings. Overall though, I'm very happy with it!
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Hey all!
I know this an old thread and weird bumping it! ... But can anyone please check out this video of this guy applying a screen protector ... and his LG V20 has an LED Light? maybe some different version of phone?
https://youtu.be/SpFOJ3FQI5I?t=2m9s
You can see his lot of notifications and an LED light just next to his front Camera?

zero_zerodegree said:
Hey all!
I know this an old thread and weird bumping it! ... But can anyone please check out this video of this guy applying a screen protector ... and his LG V20 has an LED Light? maybe some different version of phone?
https://youtu.be/SpFOJ3FQI5I?t=2m9s
You can see his lot of notifications and an LED light just next to his front Camera?
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Sure looks like it... But pausing the video at the right spot (2:06) with the flashing light on and then zooming in, it looks like it's just the glare from his lighting. You can also see a similar glare on the camera and on the screen. You can also draw a straight line thru all the...

Uh, that's not an LED
That's the proximity sensor
If you aim any camera at it you're bound to see it flashing
We just don't cause our eyes don't see that spectrum of light
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HOWEVER
Since someone recently figured out the second screen widgets and can put anything they want up there (even on stock!) I'm sure we can expect some sort of led emulation thingy soon.

I kinda like how v20 handles notifications instead of led

Still_living714 said:
I kinda like how v20 handles notifications instead of led
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Same, I just wished the notifications stayed on the screen for longer than 2 seconds. Its not enough time to read which defeats the purpose entirely.

Thisisabadname said:
Same, I just wished the notifications stayed on the screen for longer than 2 seconds. Its not enough time to read which defeats the purpose entirely.
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This is where I guess it comes to each user. I personally like how fast they dissappear.

I personally cant stand this dem
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