Does any else have a issue with their LED Notification Light not working?
No light when charging, or SMS, or Email, Missed Call, Low Battery... never lights up. Almost thought they forgot to install the LED until I used LightFlow to test it. And even then it only works when the screen is off, once the power button is pressed to turn the screen on then LED goes off, even though I set LightFlow to clear notification Manually. (LightFlow was just used to test if the LED was installed/functional.)
Uninstalled LightFlow, send myself a couple test emails and text(from another phone) and There was no LED notification light, just the notification sound.
Really hoping this is a software issues so I don't have to request a replacement device from Google...
Edit/Update: I'm pretty sure this is a software related issue and not hardware, as the LED is there and functions (with the help of 3rd party app, which we should not have to use) - So I'm trying to get a poll here of how many people have issues with the LED Notification light not working. Something to report to Google/Bug Report.
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I believe the reason is that the software has not been updated to be completely compatible with 4.2+
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What software are you referring too? LightFlow?
This topic has nothing to do with LightFlow...
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UberSlackr said:
Does any else have a issue with their LED Notification Light not working?
No light when charging, or SMS, or Email, Missed Call, Low Battery... never lights up. Almost thought they forgot to install the LED until I used LightFlow to test it. And even then it only works when the screen is off, once the power button is pressed to turn the screen on then LED goes off, even though I set LightFlow to clear notification Manually. (LightFlow was just used to test if the LED was installed/functional.)
Uninstalled LightFlow, send myself a couple test emails and text(from another phone) and There was no LED notification light, just the notification sound.
Really hoping this is a software issues so I don't have to request a replacement device from Google...
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Mine doesn't work either. I tried LightFlow and while it did light up the LED for some things, but not all that I selected, it was too faint to see, have to be in total darkness to see it.
The led isn't supposed to flash when the screen is on. Its been this way with every nexus.
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El Daddy said:
The led isn't supposed to flash when the screen is on. Its been this way with every nexus.
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But does your LED work when the screen is off? Mine and the OP's don't unless you use a third party app.
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But does your LED work when the screen is off? Mine and the OP's don't unless you use a third party app.
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I don't know. I've had lightflow installed since first boot.
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Is the Notification Light activated under display settings?
Mine worked, but not really well, I only saw it once when sending myself a test mail. Now I'm using Light Flow, which works nearly perfect (sometimes it doesn't seem to work until I enable the screen for a second and then disable it again)
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Is the Notification Light activated under display settings?
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Pulse notification light is checked
Im having the same problem. My led doesnt seem to come on no matter what. I know it worked out of the box because I have seen it light up with light flow but now im wondering if it quit completely and if I should do an RMA.
Mine has been working fine. It's white for TXT's, green for a lot of other things like FB and whatsapp
Yes the "Pulse notification light" option is checked.
I woke today with 6 New emails, 4 text messages, and 1 missed call... No LED Notification light was on, blinking or doing anything.
There not being a notification light is bugging the heck out me, 'cause I depend on them when my phone is on silent at work so I'm able to know there is a message waiting without having to stop what Im doing to turn the screen on every 5 min.
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Try 'Blink'
Try the app 'Blink' very simple and its works for my N4
are you waiting 10 seconds before turning the phone on? Thats how long it takes before it blinks again. Whoever programmed the LED truly hates LED notifications because he made it blink so slowly and dimly that nobody could possibly notice it.
M0D3RNAFR0 said:
Try the app 'Blink' very simple and its works for my N4
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Not looking for an App to make something work that should already function otb.
idividebyzero said:
are you waiting 10 seconds before turning the phone on? Thats how long it takes before it blinks again. Whoever programmed the LED truly hates LED notifications because he made it blink so slowly and dimly that nobody could possibly notice it.
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Yup, sat there watching the phone for a good 2-3 min after hearing the Notification sound for new email / text. (screen off)
Not sure if its suppose to or not, but I don't even get a LED Notification light when the phone is charging or charged (have to turn phone on to check if the phone is done charging.) Past devices I've had used the LED to notify of charging/charged.
It's normal that it doesn't glow when charging. I really can recommend Light Flow, then you can customise the notification as you wish (the free version is good, I bought the full version because I need steam support, but for normal use there is no need to buy it)
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Ok, so my notification light wouldnt work no matter what. I uninstalled sms popup and now light flow works like it should. I guess the sms popup was somehow blocking light flow from allowing it to activate.
No notification light shows while charging, hence why when you charge the phone when it's off, it shows an animation on the screen. It should for calls, texts, emails, etc. though. Mine works. It even shows blue for facebook and white for texts/emails. Not sure why it wouldn't work. Have you gotten the 4.2.1 update?
Additionally, light flow states in its description that it doesn't work on most lg phones.
I received my Nexus 4 last week. I have not seen the notification LED once. I tried Light Flow and Light Manager and it still didn't work with the testing modes in those apps. Anybody else experiencing this issue or have other troubleshooting tips? Thanks
Did u try checking pulse notification
Light under display setting??
Also wrong section............
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That was it. That setting was unchecked...I feel pretty dumb. Thanks!
Well I just got my g2 today and was noticing that the power button had a light on it too. Is that also souppoed to be a notification led? is it multi colored? If so how do you enable? Would be nice to have a led on no matter which way the phone is facing.
It is a notification light too, but only blinks once, however it only has one color
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That is very lame....a dual notification led that is multicolored would have been awesome.
This feature is begging to be hacked and made into a proper notification light
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Agreed. But I think it's truely a single colored led. 1 beep, 2 beep, 3 beep, 4 would be interesting... But I also read it was merely along power circuit and not attached to edit: chip/smarts...
Nah, it only has 1 color, and only blink 1 I think.
Its on everytime u turn on the screen and off after 1 sec.
Does anyone know of a way to do this? Or is it a bad idea?
What are you trying to do?
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You can use the flash to notify you. Settings >Accessibility >Hearing> Flash Notification
I think that he wants to use the red light that's part of the heartbeat sensor as a light for notifications. The problem with the flash notification is that the flash is really bright. Using the dimmer red light would be less intrusive unless there's a way to control the brightness of the normal white flash.
Or use the notification light. That's what it's designed for. Lol
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Just got my nexus today! Playing with the notification light and doing some research. Seems light flow and led blinker cause the ambient display to come on randomly. I also tried light manager but that gives a persistent notification in the notification shade which is annoying. Any suggestions?
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light flow works great for me (I turned off ambient display, as it doesnt work very well even without light flow installed). You can also, in light flow, turn off the switch screen option, which will also help with ambient display.
as for the persistent notification, that is a marshmallow issue for the time being, the light flow developer explained it quite nicely (ill try and dig it up).
http://www.reactle.com/2015/10/changes-for-android-6-marshmallow.html .... scroll down to persistent notifications
tu3218 said:
Just got my nexus today! Playing with the notification light and doing some research. Seems light flow and led blinker cause the ambient display to come on randomly. I also tried light manager but that gives a persistent notification in the notification shade which is annoying. Any suggestions?
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uicnren said:
light flow works great for me (I turned off ambient display, as it doesnt work very well even without light flow installed). You can also, in light flow, turn off the switch screen option, which will also help with ambient display.
as for the persistent notification, that is a marshmallow issue for the time being, the light flow developer explained it quite nicely (ill try and dig it up).
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Yeah, I mean I just got the phone today but ambient display is a little wonky. I thought it was supposed to turn on every time I take my phone out of my pocket, but if doesn't.
But where is this screen option in light flow?
The persistent notification is only with light manager. I don't get one with light flow.
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tu3218 said:
Yeah, I mean I just got the phone today but ambient display is a little wonky. I thought it was supposed to turn on every time I take my phone out of my pocket, but if doesn't.
But where is this screen option in light flow?
The persistent notification is only with light manager. I don't get one with light flow.
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give it time, on its own, it will come on also
In light flow, I am not sure if it is on by default, but if you go to main settings > general settings, there is an option for device admin, if that is checked, you will also have an option to switch screen on (which you can enable/disable on a per notification basis) . You could if you wish use this option instead of light flow, it may work better for what you like as well.