Is anyone else noticing high battery consumption with Light Flow? My last charge screen used 12% and Light Flow used 11%. CPU Total for Light Flow - 4h 32m and it used 371 mAh. Compared to 412mAh for the screen.
I have lightflow installed and do not have this problem. Try looking further into the settings?
I have it installed and no issues
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My battery drain isn't THAT bad where Light Flow has almost the same battery drain as the screen but I did notice through the first three days that it always seems to be the second biggest culprit of battery drain next to the screen. I'm using the Lite version. Not sure if others are or not and if that has anything to do with it but I never saw Light Flow near the top of battery drain ever on my Nexus 5.
hmm, light flow isn't showing up in my battery usage and i've receive multiple notifications using light flow
Same here. Using the full version, and noticing hardly any battery drain on it. In fact, it's never shown above 0% yet.
I used it in my S3, device never went to sleep while Light Flow WAS running. I had wake lock issues with Light Flow
I haven't been using it enough yet to see any actual stats, but the persistent notification does seem to constantly make the active display light up which I'm sure will cause an impact
I have the paid version of Light Flow with tons of notifications setup in it... no battery drain issues here. Battery life has actually been incredible.
if you don't install LightFlow, will the Nexus 6P still flash the LED notification light for things like emails, or missed call, or text, etc?
slickromeo said:
if you don't install LightFlow, will the Nexus 6P still flash the LED notification light for things like emails, or missed call, or text, etc?
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Yes it should, but you have to check "pulse notification light" under sound and notifications in the system options.
CrimsonKnight said:
Yes it should, but you have to check "pulse notification light" under sound and notifications in the system options.
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only 1 color i'm assuming?
kchao1213 said:
only 1 color i'm assuming?
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Right, that's what LightFlow gives you, the ability to recognize the type of notification just by blinking LED without waking the phone.
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Hello everyone how do I turn of the notification led please?.
Never seen a option
great just what i need for the miss to see this blinking in the night an am in trouble lol. I wander the impact this has on the battery, and what exactly causes it to blink?
marvi0 said:
great just what i need for the miss to see this blinking in the night an am in trouble lol. I wander the impact this has on the battery, and what exactly causes it to blink?
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The impact on battery life should be absolutely minimal. It blinks when a application sent a notification with a LED-request to the phone. Usually, you can turn this off in the application in question.
For example, Gmail lets the LED blink green when a new E-mail was recieved, Twidryod lets it blink blue. In both programs, you can deactivate the LED-notification in the settings of the program.
None of my apps (incl gmail) have any LED options, and I've never seen the LED flash at all. Not for calls, sms, email or anything.
Could be under sound, pulse notification light?
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Great device, 1 day old!
I wonder if there's ANY kind of notification i can enable for sms, email, missed call, etc. Be it led or sound..
noLED is simply the best notification app for all Samsung AMOLED phones
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.led.notify
its a battery drainer.right?
khan.dharvesh said:
its a battery drainer.right?
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Not sure about noLED but I tried iLED and it was a serious battery drainer.
It causes wakelocks to operate constantly which drains the battery.
The way it operates using the screen, although at low power, mean the device is virtually always on.
This has promise: bLED
There are built in sound notifications.
I use noled daily so i dont have to flip the screen on every time i get back into the truck, which can be up to 40 times a day.
Anyone know why my LED light is always on when the screen is off?
I have no alerts, a full battery, no new messages, etc..
It was a yellow solid light then i installed light flow lite and it changed to green.
I've tried to eliminate any color that uses green to find what is using it, but for some reason it always comes on when I turn the screen off.
Its a known issue with Light Flow for the US sg3.
http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1931
ahwang87 said:
Its a known issue with Light Flow for the US sg3.
http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1931
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It was doing it before I installed light flow though
noweakness said:
It was doing it before I installed light flow though
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turn off notifications in LED notification settings in the setting menu
I have noticed that light flow wakes up the device lots of times and the ratio of my phones deep sleep and awake is almost 50-50 when light flow is installed... is anyone else facing this problem too??? i really love the app and i wanna use it but cant sacrifice battery for the app..
how do you expect light flow to work if it doesnt wake the device? it has to, to check for notifications. do you use that many notifications?
I know it has to partially wake the device for the notifications but my notifications are not that many and as i said the awake time is too much more ... thats why i asked if its the reason keeping the device awake..
Well only one way to find out. Uninstall it and see if it helps.
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caaznkid said:
Well only one way to find out. Uninstall it and see if it helps.
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Seems like the OP already knows its Lightflow causing the wakes.
Have a read of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19804068&postcount=8. Its an old post so not sure if it still applies.
simms22 said:
how do you expect light flow to work if it doesnt wake the device? it has to, to check for notifications. do you use that many notifications?
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In most cases the flash LED driver is small integrated circuit which works apart of the system. This one for Nexus 4 as example: LM3559. After the notification is received system wakes up, then LightFlow reconfigures the LED driver basing on pending notifications (change colors and flash frequency). After that processor can go back to sleep, the LED notifications would show anyway.
Other story when you configure it for multiple color notifications (e.g. Gmail and Calendar event notified). Then system need to wake up every time LED config need to be updated. The power consumption will be much higher.
Hi there,
I have SM-N900. I just installed Light Flow LED for the LED notifications.
Q: Is it harmful to set the app to blink the LED in the fastest mode with 100% LED brightness ???
Q: How much battery will be drained for this settings?
Thanks
but what is this application if the notification LED 'already in the system?
I don't like third party apps, but the major problem I have is the non customizable blinkers. I want the LED light to blink fast for the notifications
I installed light flow as it has a feature to blink led when the screen is on but that didn't worked. @asus_boy it does effects the battery life.
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asus_boy said:
I don't like third party apps, but the major problem I have is the non customizable blinkers. I want the LED light to blink fast for the notifications
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There is no harm in letting the LED work. I've been using Light Manager ever since it supported Note 3 and nothing have happened and won't. A LED is a pretty solid kind of hardware, it really takes a lot for it to break. The only thing I can imagine to break it is if you make it even brighter than it's supposed to be, and you can't do that with Light Manager. So, as long as you don't crank up the voltage you're fine.
Hope it answered your question.
asus_boy said:
Hi there,
I have SM-N900. I just installed Light Flow LED for the LED notifications.
Q: Is it harmful to set the app to blink the LED in the fastest mode with 100% LED brightness ???
Q: How much battery will be drained for this settings?
Thanks
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Q: Is it harmful to set the app to blink the LED in the fastest mode with 100% LED brightness ???
A: Same as any light source, Increasing the Brightness and Increasing the time it is on, Will wear out the LED, Will you see the effects, Possibly not! LED has about 10 years life span (EASY) with around 30,000 - 100,000 hour depending on the LED type.
So to answer your question in Short - Yes it will cause harm in the long run, But nothing you may ever notice in the period you have the phone.
Q: How much battery will be drained for this settings?
A: I could honestly not tell you, Depending on the number of notifications, the time the LED is on for etc.
Will all add the possible lifespan of the battery before a charge.
I use the same application, and i have done since day 1 owing , I can easily get a full day out of my device, Heavy usage. Lots of notifications, Lots of game play, Display time and heavy CPU Usage.
Personally i think you will be okay
Thank you very much for your kind replies.
Thanks
LED color ?
i set the LED color to yellow with Light Flow LED, but the light is not as bright as when it was on red or green. does anyone experience the same thing? (sorry for my bad english)
I think it's LED color mixture wrong try pink and purple they look same