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2nd status LED?

Does anyone know what the deal is with the 2nd status LED, the one on the left of the earpiece. What is it for?

Thats the bluetooth LED.

my bluetooth is on, and ive never noticed it blinking. under what circumstances does it blink?

Ive wondered this same thing ever since Ive gotten this phone... I have never seen it blink and with bt the right one is lit for me...

I activated my phone yesterday and received maybe 30 or so texts since then. The notification light only lit up after one of them, which i received a few hours ago. When I got the phone I just assumed it would light up for texts like my g1 did but after it didnt i was disappointed.
So, is the green light on the right supposed to light up for text/email/voicemail/etc...notifications? thanks and sorry for asking such a stupid question and doing it in the wrong thread

The light sensor is on the left, LED on the right. If you put backlight to auto you can test by coverint the left side.

is there even an auto for brightness?or is it during calls only?
confused

i don't have this backlight auto settings.
where can i enable that?
i just have a slider where i can change the brightness manually

yeah where is that setting for auto backlight, i would love to have that.

Settings -> Display -> disable Auto Brightness, and tap it off..

i dont have that.
maybe the mytouch didnt come with that sensor?

me neither.
i dont have that option there.

bonesy said:
The light sensor is on the left, LED on the right. If you put backlight to auto you can test by coverint the left side.
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dude, as far as I know the Magic doesnt have any light senson.
the option quoted above doesnt exist

I don't think so
This has been the second time I have heard the one on the left is a light sensor by two different people , Maybe it is a light sensor but maybe some of the stock versions of android like mine {Vodafone UK 32B board} currently doesn't support the hardware??

I can see both the LEDs alright but the there is no obvious way to set the one on the left as far as I know.
Italian (TIM) HTC Magic (32A).

i now upgraded to hero rom and voila, the option is there.

bonesy said:
The light sensor is on the left, LED on the right. If you put backlight to auto you can test by coverint the left side.
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Which model do you have? As far as I know, the Hero is the only device that has the light sensor, that's why the auto-backlight feature is only available in the Hero roms and not the stock Magic/Sapphire/MyTouch roms... I don't even think that the other thing is an LED, it looks like one but I'm sure I read somewhere that someone opened up his device to check and noticed that there are no wires connecting it up to anything!

snudel said:
i now upgraded to hero rom and voila, the option is there.
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does it work?

The Magic/Sapphire does NOT have a light sensor. The Hero is currently the only Android device with a sensor thats why you see that option with a Hero ROM.

no it doesnt work. as my predecessor already noticed

Dual LEDs on Hero - CDMA

I have a CDMA Hero from sprint in the US and am wondering if it has dual LED notification lights. I have read in lots of places that it does but am wondering if it actually has dual LED since my notifications only light up the left side. From the dash 3G I remember that the LED on the left was an LED and the one on the right side that looked like an LED was actually the light sensor. I also know that the Hero is supposed to have a light sensor. Just curious, thanks for any help.
::crosses fingers and hopes for Dual LED::

I think (I don't have a Hero yet, I'm just going off the online documentation for it), that the trackball acts as the second indicator "LED", but there isn't one on the right side of the earpiece, only the left. The trackball flashes when you have an incoming call or a notification.

sounds like it's the other way round from the GSM one then...the GSM has the LED on the right and the light sensor on the left.

no Dual LED's
I also have a sprint hero. The left led is the only one that flashes. It doesn't change color either. And the track ball does light up if u turn it on in the settings. As for the second led on the top right, it is definitely the light sensor. U can test it for yourself by putting your finger over it, and watch the screen dim.....

the one on the right is the light sensor.. cover it and it goes dim.

dbroadus2007 said:
I also have a sprint hero. The left led is the only one that flashes. It doesn't change color either. And the track ball does light up if u turn it on in the settings. As for the second led on the top right, it is definitely the light sensor. U can test it for yourself by putting your finger over it, and watch the screen dim.....
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The LED on the left will change color and flashing pattern depending on your battery life and whether you have notifications or not. No notifications, no light (at least from what I've seen). If you're low on battery, the light goes yellow, and if you're within the 10-15 min boundary or less for battery life, light blinks red.

Thanks for all your help and I didnt realize that I had auto backlight disabled must have done that the first day I was messing with it all, I see now how the sensor reacts to having a finger over it. I would have enjoyed dual LEDs up top but oh well. Any way to customize the color of notifications, tried the handcent but it doesnt affect the LED at all or the trackball light for that matter. Going to try missed call or sms popup later to see if I can get some better results.

dbroadus2007 said:
I also have a sprint hero. The left led is the only one that flashes. It doesn't change color either. And the track ball does light up if u turn it on in the settings. As for the second led on the top right, it is definitely the light sensor. U can test it for yourself by putting your finger over it, and watch the screen dim.....
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where in the settings can you turn the trackball on to flash? I cant find it anywhere except on Handcent app. Still doesnt flash though on mine for text

erasmogjr said:
Thanks for all your help and I didnt realize that I had auto backlight disabled must have done that the first day I was messing with it all, I see now how the sensor reacts to having a finger over it. I would have enjoyed dual LEDs up top but oh well. Any way to customize the color of notifications, tried the handcent but it doesnt affect the LED at all or the trackball light for that matter. Going to try missed call or sms popup later to see if I can get some better results.
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I meant to say it does not change colors for notifications lol....but good info though.

ratchetjaw said:
where in the settings can you turn the trackball on to flash? I cant find it anywhere except on Handcent app. Still doesnt flash though on mine for text
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I read somewhere the flashing trackball doesn't work on our CDMA Hero

That would make sense since I can't seem to get my trackball to flash, what a bummer. Hopefully we can get root or a software fix soon.

T-Mobile DASH 3G Led Indicator Lights
I have a T-Mobile Dash 3G. The left LED light is NOT flashing, and I would prefer that it does. I upgraded to WM 6.5 and I think that is what disabled the LED since I have seen videos on youtube where the indicator does flash.
The LED does glow orange and green when i am charging though.

Err I think you may have the wrong forum. This is for the HTC Hero, which runs Android not WM. Why not try starting your own thread in the correct Forum as you are more likely to get an answer there?

[Q] LED trackball

Anyone actually have the led in the trackball go off? i think ive seen it once the first time i turned on the phone and that was the last time ive ever seen it go off

Unless I missed something, that is not a feature of the phone. We do have the LED notification light next to the speaker, though.

yea i know we have the led at the top but i could of sworn saw something bout a led under the track was prob my faulty mind tho lol

Maybe thinking of the Nexus One?

Ilivetofrag said:
yea i know we have the led at the top but i could of sworn saw something bout a led under the track was prob my faulty mind tho lol
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MyTouch 3G has a lit up trackball, iirc.
would be interesting to see an LED in there, but I imagine it might interfere with the optical sensor's ability... or it could enhance it a la Blutrak.

What you see when your device boots up is the optical laser turning on. Like you optical mouse but the phone has a red tinted cover over it. Its brighter on power up due to the controller program not being open yett.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

There is a red light in the trackpad. turn screen off and on and look closely

yea its like an O P T I C A L MOUSE....

lmao ^^ i wonder if there is a way to make it light up for notification.

What I really want to know is how to keep the notification light on until a message is checked.

[Q] Using Heart rate monitor red LED as a notification light? Is it possible?

Hey guys ,
I was thinking about this today. Can the Heart Rate Monitor's Red LED be used as a notification light? And customize the way it flashes to tell you vaguely what the notification is about before you check your phone? I sometimes leave my phone upside down; Even the dedicated LED on the front isn't bright enough to see if there is any notification.
Anyways let me know,
Thanks

I want that too
I was wondering about the same thing
good to see other users on the same boat with me
I want it to be turned on in-call and as a notification LED
is that possible ? anyone ?

I thought a lot more people would be interested in this. Having notification LEDs on both sides of the phone and having the back LED really bright red.

Any update on this?

or at least a way to make the standard LED notification way brighter...my note 2 have a bigger and brighter LED than the Note 4, I hope someone can find a way to make this happen...

Same thing I asked and in hopes of an asnwer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/heart-rate-monitor-laser-notifications-t3004422

jsan133 said:
Hey guys ,
I was thinking about this today. Can the Heart Rate Monitor's Red LED be used as a notification light? And customize the way it flashes to tell you vaguely what the notification is about before you check your phone? I sometimes leave my phone upside down; Even the dedicated LED on the front isn't bright enough to see if there is any notification.
Anyways let me know,
Thanks
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i know that Emotion kernel has a few settings to send more voltage to the notification led, and to make it pulse instead of blink.
and it's also easy to make a profile in tasker to make the camera flashlight flash or pulse when you get a call or whatsapp message or whatever you want
you'd have to be pretty deep asleep or almost blind to miss that then :laugh:
i don't think it's possible to use the heart rate sensor for notifications though, since it's a sensor and not a light
hope it helps a bit :good:

Psycho_666 said:
i know that Emotion kernel has a few settings to send more voltage to the notification led, and to make it pulse instead of blink.
and it's also easy to make a profile in tasker to make the camera flashlight flash or pulse when you get a call or whatsapp message or whatever you want
you'd have to be pretty deep asleep or almost blind to miss that then :laugh:
i don't think it's possible to use the heart rate sensor for notifications though, since it's a sensor and not a light
hope it helps a bit :good:
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I did use the camera flash as a notification LED for calls. But I don't like it as it is too much like a flash (duh) For example my buddy was sitting in the train in NY and had his phone in his hand and when he got a call, the flash came on and there was a girl sitting in a short skirt across from him who thought he was taking upskirt pics, lol.
And having a red LED on the back is something different and a little better than a white bright flash.
I don't know much about phone coding, but would there be a way to trigger the sensor into thinking that it is taking a measurement, when you receive a notification?

jsan133 said:
I did use the camera flash as a notification LED for calls. But I don't like it as it is too much like a flash (duh) For example my buddy was sitting in the train in NY and had his phone in his hand and when he got a call, the flash came on and there was a girl sitting in a short skirt across from him who thought he was taking upskirt pics, lol.
And having a red LED on the back is something different and a little better than a white bright flash.
I don't know much about phone coding, but would there be a way to trigger the sensor into thinking that it is taking a measurement, when you receive a notification?
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it's probably possible if you can find the hardware path for the sensor, then you could use it with a tasker profile or make it in a mod.
But i have no idea how to find that path, and IF it even works then

Psycho_666 said:
it's probably possible if you can find the hardware path for the sensor, then you could use it with a tasker profile or make it in a mod.
But i have no idea how to find that path, and IF it even works then
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Well I know for a fact that CM does have support for the sensor, and its not a hardware coded sensor as it can be used through the S Health app on the PLAY Store. So if you really wanted to know where to start looking I would say start there.
You could decompile the S Health app and see what portions of the system it access's to use the sensor and then develop from there.

I think it's rather hard, not to say impossible if you're not working for Samsung

Up :3
In test menu *#0*# / sensor / heart sensor / the red light can flash without the finger..

any updates on this?

Wave3.3 said:
Up :3
In test menu *#0*# / sensor / heart sensor / the red light can flash without the finger..
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No it doesnt flash without a finger.

sushant1thakran said:
No it doesnt flash without a finger.
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YES, IT FLASH WITHOUT A FINGER
I RECORDED A VIDEO FOR YOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=f64tjIfz37Y

Wave3.3 said:
YES, IT FLASH WITHOUT A FINGER
I RECORDED A VIDEO FOR YOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=f64tjIfz37Y
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Okay,
But that trick is not working with note 4.

sushant1thakran said:
No it doesnt flash without a finger.
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sushant1thakran said:
Okay,
But that trick is not working with note 4.
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You don't have EOL TEST?

Wave3.3 said:
You don't have EOL TEST?
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Yes, its working
& sorry.

sushant1thakran said:
Yes, its working
& sorry.
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No problem man :angel:
Now for example we can use an application like "Automate" to auto enter in menu test and click "EOL TEST " when it receive a notification.
But it is too complicated..
Can anyone create a mod or anything..?

Hi, Nothing new app or module xposed about red led notification?
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LED notification light not working

A day or 2 ago, my notification light has stopped working on my Samsung Galaxy s8
I tried restarting the phone and turning the LED indicator option in settings on and off. It doesn't seem to help or fix it.
I wonder if i should return the phone since its still in warranty and get a replacement because charging the phone works but LED doesn't show it's charging like that red dot on top of the phone.
Could somebody help please.
Thank you, Kenny

moomoopobo said:
A day or 2 ago, my notification light has stopped working on my Samsung Galaxy s8
I tried restarting the phone and turning the LED indicator option in settings on and off. It doesn't seem to help or fix it.
I wonder if i should return the phone since its still in warranty and get a replacement because charging the phone works but LED doesn't show it's charging like that red dot on top of the phone.
Could somebody help please.
Thank you, Kenny
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Hi there, easy to diagnose.
Go to the phone dialer and dial this: #*0*#
A debug menu will appear, click the LED button (middle right).
It should light up the LED, click the screen to cycle between colors.
If this works correctly, then the issue is software/misuse/app conflict/whatever.
If it does not work correctly, then your LED needs servicing/repair.

Skander1998 said:
Hi there, easy to diagnose.
Go to the phone dialer and dial this: #*0*#
A debug menu will appear, click the LED button (middle right).
It should light up the LED, click the screen to cycle between colors.
If this works correctly, then the issue is software/misuse/app conflict/whatever.
If it does not work correctly, then your LED needs servicing/repair.
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Hi thanks for the quick reply, i have just tried that it doesn't seem to work or light up for the LED indicator.
I think i might have to replace it tomorrow at the store.
Thank you

moomoopobo said:
Hi thanks for the quick reply, i have just tried that it doesn't seem to work or light up for the LED indicator.
I think i might have to replace it tomorrow at the store.
Thank you
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There is a long discussion on this subforum about the LED issue, did you use any LED control applications?
Seems like something is killing the LEDs.
Just for future reference.

Skander1998 said:
There is a long discussion on this subforum about the LED issue, did you use any LED control applications?
Seems like something is killing the LEDs.
Just for future reference.
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Hey ye i have had a look at the discussion in this sub forum and no i wasn't any sort of LED applications.
So i guess its my bad luck on getting a partial faulty device :/
Id assume its a hardware peoblem since they said reflashing the older firmware didn't work.
Thank you

(This was double posted from the main LED thread, don't know how to delete it, but it may help anyway)
To contribute to the discussion:
- there are some apps that only work in certain colors. For instance, Whatsapp is working with blue, but no other colors. I may have seen it blink once for another color, then never more.
- all apps using blue are working
- I have an app that is originally set to blink LIGHT blue and it is doing so.
- Telegram manages to blink pinkish
- charging is Red
- Fully charged is green (but again, green is not working on Whatsapp).
Looks like a software thing.