yesterday i was bored and was somehow glued to the notification light and how it pulsed. and the closer i look, i realize it does not look like the notification light you see on devices such as GS3 or GS4. another thing is the accuracy of the led notification colour.
so i am wondering, is it actually LED or a tiny display made into a notification light?
One way to find out!
(No jk I am also curious but I think it's just a LED.)
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By the low light and the way it works I think its just a little display.
It's a LED.
But the way they have worked with the perforation in the casing makes it look a lot softer than your usual LEDs.
I have a feeling that you answered your own question in your own question.
Also they are not going to make a tiny display to act as notification, what would be very energy consuming and impractical.
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is there a way to get a led notification??
Also wondering... Would come in handy for email / social media notifications.
Go to RadioShack and and buy a Lil led and glue it on the bottom or wherever you want BC this doesn't have and led and one just won't appear from thin air. I would love to have one honestly just like my gn, but it didn't so ima have to survive somehow.
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There's no led and there's no buttons to light up, so no. Only sound notifications currently.
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I use NoLed on my Sensation because of the lack of a big old led like the Nexus One.
I think the only negative for me in ICS running this app is that it conflicts with the customized sliding lockscreen.
Needless to say I haven't tried the NoLed app on the N7 yet. Anyone have a nandroid and some free time to try it? LOL
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sZWQubm90aWZ5Il0.
I think noled using an lcd would be killer on the battery. It's designed for an amoled screen
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I think noled using an lcd would be killer on the battery. It's designed for an amoled screen
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^This
An amoled screen doesn't have a backlight, instead each pixel lights up making this type of solution possible. Unfortunately the N7 is a traditional LCD screen, each pixel changes color, but does not light up, the WHOLE backlight would have to be on to see anything on the screen, this would no doubt have a serious effect on battery life, and screen life.
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Ah I see. Thanks for the clarification. There are battery saver options in the app, but I see where you are coming from regarding the screen. I use it on my Sensation without an issue. And battery drainage isn't a problem to me anyways.
I am fine without it though. I don't need notifications on the N7 while I have my phone close at hand.
Hi guys,
I just purchased 2 GS3's. One black and one titanium grey. On the 1st night i put then to charge i noticed the black phone's led was shining brighter (red) while charging but i though it might just look brighter as its on a darker surface. Then i noticed that the titanium grey GS3 was not displaying the correct colours for notifications. So i went into setting and changed the notification colours and realised all light colours were not displayed properly, for e.g.. white is displayed as a light blue.
Does anyone know a fix for this (bedsides taking it back as i got them both from abroad) ?
Had anyone else experienced something like this?
Also just to mention it seems like the on/off button has a different feel to it (does not have that click/spring) to it as the black GS3 and also the camera does not seem as sharp.
Any info will be appreciated !
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Hi guys,
I just purchased 2 GS3's. One black and one titanium grey. On the 1st night i put then to charge i noticed the black phone's led was shining brighter (red) while charging but i though it might just look brighter as its on a darker surface. Then i noticed that the titanium grey GS3 was not displaying the correct colours for notifications. So i went into setting and changed the notification colours and realised all light colours were not displayed properly, for e.g.. white is displayed as a light blue.
Does anyone know a fix for this (bedsides taking it back as i got them both from abroad) ?
Had anyone else experienced something like this?
Also just to mention it seems like the on/off button has a different feel to it (does not have that click/spring) to it as the black GS3 and also the camera does not seem as sharp.
Any info will be appreciated !
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Screen is Amoled, that's why it looks light blue and not white.
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terranoid said:
Screen is Amoled, that's why it looks light blue and not white.
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He is talking about Led Light for notification not the screen
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bbboldy said:
He is talking about Led Light for notification not the screen
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The LED light !!!
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The LED light !!!
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There are only 3 colours available in sgs3 stock red while charging, green when fully charged, blue for missed events notifications, what diff. Colours you are taking about?
Are you using any external 3rd party applications to change led colours?
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gchindi said:
There are only 3 colours available in sgs3 stock red while charging, green when fully charged, blue for missed events notifications, what diff. Colours you are taking about?
Are you using any external 3rd party applications to change led colours?
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Yes i agree there are 3 colours while charging.
While both phones were charging (red led) it was noticeably brighter on the black phone.
Concerning the white led light on whatsapp messenger its supposed to be white (i know you can change the colour in the app settings). On the grey phone it displays the white led light as a light blue. If i change the app notification colour to display a yellow led light it displays it in a greenish colour.
To cut a long story short the led notification light is not displaying the correct colours......
I have changed different custom Roms so i know its not software !
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Yes i agree there are 3 colours while charging.
While both phones were charging (red led) it was noticeably brighter on the black phone.
Concerning the white led light on whatsapp messenger its supposed to be white (i know you can change the colour in the app settings). On the grey phone it displays the white led light as a light blue. If i change the app notification colour to display a yellow led light it displays it in a greenish colour.
To cut a long story short the led notification light is not displaying the correct colours......
I have changed different custom Roms so i know its not software !
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It could be whats app issue, coz on normal stock, all required led lights work fine here on JB leaks, not yet tried official JB yet...
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Try *#0*# on your titanium grey s3 and check if it displays the correct led
It's probably a mis-balance of the voltages to the LED. This could be a driver chip or resistor out of tolerance. Nothing you can do about it except replace the phone. I doubt that they would seriously consider exchanging it for a minor fault like this.
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Try *#0*# on your titanium grey s3 and check if it displays the correct led
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Thanks Vineet all working correctly.
OK i took both the black phone and grey phone and observed them both closely . I have realised that the led light on the black phone is visible when off but on the grey phone its nearly invisible when off. It seems they covered the led with the grey colour of the phone and maybe thats why it doesn't show the correct colours.
Im not sure if that makes sense, its hard to explain.
It would be nice if someone else with a grey S3 would comment.
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It's probably a mis-balance of the voltages to the LED. This could be a driver chip or resistor out of tolerance. Nothing you can do about it except replace the phone. I doubt that they would seriously consider exchanging it for a minor fault like this.
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Red, green and blue all display properly but not as bright as on the black phone. Its only the light colours that are not correct like white and yellow.
I know I have it a little on mine. Taking a picture of it makes it look worse than it actually is.
Are we all experiencing light bleed, or did some who received their units get a bleed free device?
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Very minimal but I don't notice it whatsoever unless I'm specifically looking for it on an all black screen. Some people may have it worse than myself, but I believe a lot of people are exaggerating and/or OCD about the quality of screen light bleed. For me, it doesn't change anything other than it is -the- best screen I have ever used on a tablet.
I don't see any on mine
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duarian said:
I know I have it a little on mine. Taking a picture of it makes it look worse than it actually is.
Are we all experiencing light bleed, or did some who received their units get a bleed free device?
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Maybe I'm lucky, but after thorough analysis I can safely say that my screen doesn't have any light bleed.
My only complaint with the display is the color saturation: I like to use the dimmest screen setting to save battery and my eyesight when using in dimly lit rooms (like right now), but I feel like the colors get washed out when it's at the lowest level. This is fixed when I raise the brightness up to about 5-10%. Perhaps this problem is true for all screens, but compared to my one x, it's more noticeable.
I've got some pretty bad light bleed in the bottom right corner (and a little on the sides as well). It's only really noticeable at high brightness on dark colors (like the black bar in the right corner LOL). I don't find it distracting unless I'm trying to watch a video that has a black letterbox.
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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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
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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.
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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.
Generally speaking, (this is probably obvious to some) I feel they disabled/hid the notification LED controls due to its location directly behind the speaker. Previous devices had clearly visible notification LEDs, and its likely they felt it wasn't presentable enough to be enabled.
I'd imagine during preliminary designs the earpiece speaker was located slightly lower which would have given the led full and unobstructed view ability.
They likely changed the location of the speaker because the phone's front display wouldn't maintain symmetry. Just my random thoughts.
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Good thought, but even now the LED is plenty visible so I'm not sure why they didn't just go with it
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Probably due to the ambient display. Now that I sent back my nexus 6 and am using the note 4 till my 64gb nexus comes in, I really miss that feature. It's perfect for quick and easy notification access, but there's no way to tell if you have a new notification, without picking up the phone/turning the screen on. Having both ambient display and LED lights would be phenomenal.
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Probably due to the ambient display. Now that I sent back my nexus 6 and am using the note 4 till my 64gb nexus comes in, I really miss that feature. It's perfect for quick and easy notification access, but there's no way to tell if you have a new notification, without picking up the phone/turning the screen on. Having both ambient display and LED lights would be phenomenal.
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+1 that would be a really useful combination! Devs will most likely figure something out to achieve that.
If the speaker was lower, wouldn't they have to move the LED with it anyway?
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Its not enabled because they have active display. Its there to tell you the phone is dead (no battery) when trying to turn it on.
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Having both ambient display and LED lights would be phenomenal.
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Ya, see the blink and wave your hand over the phone to see whats up. Na, who needs that?! :cyclops:
From the source commit logs, the first revision of the phone only had a charging LED. The second added the tricolor one.
However, neither LED was ever at any time properly "attached" to android. The "glue" abstraction lib has never exposed either LED since the library's initial commit.
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