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I (of course) do not have root, but I am running light flow. It seems to be working fine, the LEDs that should go on are working and in the proper colors.
I have unchecked all the LED notifications under settings.
However, when I turn my phone off, the green LED light goes on immediately. It is not plugged in, and it's down to around 92% battery or so.
I even tried disabling all charging/battery related LEDs but still the green LED is on.
Anyone else having this? Any thoughts?
Light Flow is known to cause problems on the S3.
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bigb252 said:
Light Flow is known to cause problems on the S3.
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And I was wanting to download and use that.
Yes, I see after further testing that uninstalling light flow fixes the issue. Dangit, it appears light flow is far and away the best LED app. I put a note in feedback about it, hopefully the dev will be able to solve it. I'll try it again once we have root for the US version.
Any know if the light flow creator is working on this?
It's listed in the known issues on the developer's site, so I assume they are working on it:
hxxp://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1931
it has something to do with interactions with the built in notifications.. if you disable them then light flo doesnt work.. if you turn them on then whenever the phone goes to sleep a green light comes on.. bummer
i used the LED color tester app and all the LEDs colors are off from what the previous commands were, i guess... so its going to be a while until the led programs work properly
So I was playing around with lightflow on my nexus 4 and I noticed that the red LED is kind of prominent when the notification light pulses when I have any color selected with red in it. There's a red glow at the top of the notification light when it pulses, which makes blue half purple, yellow half red-orange, and white pink/purple. The picture is kind of bright, but you can kind of see what I mean (it's supposed to be yellow). It's a lot more visible in real life... Does anyone else have this too?
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So I was playing around with lightflow on my nexus 4 and I noticed that the red LED is kind of prominent when the notification light pulses when I have any color selected with red in it. There's a red glow at the top of the notification light when it pulses, which makes blue half purple, yellow half red-orange, and white pink/purple. The picture is kind of bright, but you can kind of see what I mean (it's supposed to be yellow). It's a lot more visible in real life... Does anyone else have this too?
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Looks yellow to me brotato.
But yes, I think it's normal to get glimpses of other colors. Happened on gnex and gs3 too.
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How do you even configure the LED I couldn't find a way to do this (never had a phone with notification LED before)
In fact I haven't seen the notification LED at all, I can't test SMS messages because my Micro-SIM isn't here yet, but all other kind of notifications had no effect.
Where do I find the LED settings
EDIT: Ok, It seems like there is a notification if I receive a mail (gmail), but not for all notifications. Is this normal?
(If you can tell me how it works I can check if I have a red glow)
Use light flow, download from play.
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Slightly topic related question. (apology for slight double post - question sits better here - not worth another thread)
Q1 : When charging I have no lights/led indicators illuminated (on both stock and aokp) - is this the normal? - intended behavior?
I'm used to HTC/Samsung, that tend charge at one colour (amber/red) and then display another colour when full (green). This would seem sensible to me, so that we ensure that we don't over charge the battery and over heat the phone?
Q2 : Another favour to ask: can someone please post a close up picture, of the two Nexus 4 USB cable plugs, as I've managed to confuse several USB leads and don't know which came with the Nexus, which I may need for an RMA return?
Thanks in advance
An RGB LED is basically 3 LEDs crammed into one housing. It's just like a pixel on your monitor, but larger. If you were to zoom in on your monitor you would notice the three individual colors. It just so happens that the red part of the LED doesn't diffuse throughout the housing as well as the other colors do.
karanrajpal14 said:
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I see, it's done using an app.
I can see a small red glow at the top (I guess) but it's really small and I wouldn't even have noticed without this thread. (Maybe it's because I am red-green colorblind, but I don't think this has a great effect here)
BTW: Is there a more advanced possibility to control the LED in Cyanogenmod or is it a good idea to pay for light flow (I'm especially interested in support of steam)?
ben_pyett said:
Q1 : When charging I have no lights/led indicators illuminated (on both stock and aokp) - is this the normal? - intended behavior?
I'm used to HTC/Samsung, that tend charge at one colour (amber/red) and then display another colour when full (green). This would seem sensible to me, so that we ensure that we don't over charge the battery and over heat the phone?
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Yes, by default there is no LED notification of the charge status. You can use Light Flow (including the free version) from the Play Store to add this behavior, as well as controlling notifications for all sorts of events (not just LED notifications -- sounds and vibrations, as well).
You don't need to worry about overcharging the battery, though. There is a protection circuit built in that prevents issues of that sort.
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Slightly topic related question. (apology for slight double post - question sits better here - not worth another thread)
Q2 : Another favour to ask: can someone please post a close up picture, of the two Nexus 4 USB cable plugs, as I've managed to confuse several USB leads and don't know which came with the Nexus, which I may need for an RMA return?
Thanks in advance
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Hidden92 said:
BTW: Is there a more advanced possibility to control the LED in Cyanogenmod or is it a good idea to pay for light flow (I'm especially interested in support of steam)?
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CM allows you to set colors and flash rate per app, Lite flow allows this too, Lite flow (paid) allows you to add additional apps beyond the standard ones (Gmail, SMS, Facebook, etc).
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thanks, but I wasn't able to see any attachment? *confused*?
EDIT: I can now, XDA/browser issue, seen it now - so resolved and thanks
I'd suggest you try out the lite version of light flow first then decide to buy it or not. It's worth the price AFAIK!
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Does the front LED allow you to choose any color (like the Nexus 4, Galaxy Nexus, etc)?
Does the rear LED allow this too?
Do apps like Light Flow allow you to properly set different colors for different apps? Can you use both front AND rear LED's? Thanks!
whittikins said:
Does the front LED allow you to choose any color (like the Nexus 4, Galaxy Nexus, etc)?
Does the rear LED allow this too?
Do apps like Light Flow allow you to properly set different colors for different apps? Can you use both front AND rear LED's? Thanks!
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I can only speak for stock:
You cannot choose the colors for each event, but you can choose which event you want to blink. The colors for each are preset, most are green.
The rear seems to be one color, but only works for:
Incoming Call
Alarm
Ongoing Call
I believe Light Manager (nonRoot) allows you to change the colors to anything you want (on the front). The back I believe is only hyper white. It has a very nice looking pulse to it. I believe people trying light flow could not get the app to detect the rear LED. Someone else can confirm.
using light flow i got the rear led to light up but it does not flash like the front so like when you get a message the front led is flashing and the rear led stays lit up and its only color is the hyper white
Front is full RGB color. Back is just white. You cannot globally change the color for specific notification types. You can however change the color for notifications from specific contacts to colors like purple, yellow and pink (and more). It boggles my mind though that you can't change the color globally. Hopefully a custom ROM will add that.
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Front is full RGB color. Back is just white. You cannot globally change the color for specific notification types. You can however change the color for notifications from specific contacts to colors like purple, yellow and pink (and more). It boggles my mind though that you can't change the color globally. Hopefully a custom ROM will add that.
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Light flow should do the trick.
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Light flow should do the trick.
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Some have reported inconsistent results with Lightflow. Also, I'm a battery nut and hate having extra apps running for such specific things like controlling the LED, not to mention a persistent Lightflow notification when it's running gets under my skin. Yeah I've got a bit of OCD when it comes to my gadgets heh.
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Light Manager is working 100% accurate for me. And I'm not even rooted yet.
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Can anyone confirm that the rear LED flashes only once then stops? I couldn't find a setting to make it flash more than once.
WizeGuyDezignz said:
Light Manager is working 100% accurate for me. And I'm not even rooted yet.
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This is working perfectly for me as well. you have to disable the built in notifications in settings but after that it works like a charm. No constant notification and no battery hog
For the time being looks like Light Manager is the answer.
For a few versions now the custom ROMs for my Gnex have had their own LED notification setup built in. You can set any color for any installed app, and it was always ultra reliable. So once the development really kicks in for the G2, I dont think we'll need any external app for it anymore.
This is all good info. I don't like stock SMS apps because I have more options with third party like GoSMS but sadly I couldn't get it to access the notification light. Very weird considering every other phone I've owned had no issues there.
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using light flow i got the rear led to light up but it does not flash like the front so like when you get a message the front led is flashing and the rear led stays lit up and its only color is the hyper white
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How you set the Light Flow to use the Rear LED in way you describe?
Front LED works perfect on my LG G2, but i can't set the rear to light up using Light Flow.
flakones said:
How you set the Light Flow to use the Rear LED in way you describe?
Front LED works perfect on my LG G2, but i can't set the rear to light up using Light Flow.
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Bump, light flow detects other LED's which one is the back one?
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Bump, light flow detects other LED's which one is the back one?
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This; I'd like to twiddle the rear LED too, although I know it's limited.
Also, has anyone gotten the Camera Flash to work? So far I haven't gotten it to work, but the front LED is working fine.
Can anyone please tell me how to configure rear LED in Lightflow ?
I am not saying step by step but please tell briefly. Thanks
Backlight control on the LG G2 (root users only) with their dynamic file paths. Select button-backlight1 and button-backlight2 in the settings menu to enable each part of it
this is from the lightflow change log found here: http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1693
Hey guys, quick question. I've had my 6p for a while and running cataclysm since day 1 so I don't remember about this. But, does the LED light stay lit when charging on a stock 6p? My brother just got his in today and it's dark so I'm just curious if it's an issue or that's just how it is stock. If it's normal I'm gonna have him use lightflow to activate so that's not a problem.
Nope, the notification LED does not light while charging. It only lights for notifications.
As sildar stated, by default it won't light up but you can use app's like lightflow to do so, should you want it to light up
You can also use Daydream. I like seeing the analog clock while the device is charging. I know, doesn't resolve your LED question but perhaps a useful alternative.
Went from Note 3 to Unlocked S8 and I rely a lot on the LED. The Note 3 was nice and bright. Not so on the S8. I cannot see if from across the room. Light flow does a good job of giving me the colors I want and I rooted the phone. So does anyone know how I can go in with a file manager and change the code to make the LED brighter? Thank you in advance!
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Went from Note 3 to Unlocked S8 and I rely a lot on the LED. The Note 3 was nice and bright. Not so on the S8. I cannot see if from across the room. Light flow does a good job of giving me the colors I want and I rooted the phone. So does anyone know how I can go in with a file manager and change the code to make the LED brighter? Thank you in advance!
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I am at work and didn't have time to check my phone, but in accessibility settings on iPhone there is an option to make flash light blink when there is a notification. See if S8 has anything similar.
Hello, I installed LightFlow to control my Galaxy S8 led color.
What should I do to reset the colors of the led to the factory color and brightness ?
you have to uncheck Samsung root modus in light flow settings. That bring the LED back to original brightness...... at least that helped me.
Unfortunately, the S8 LED can only display very few colors correctly.
AiMwasNeD said:
you have to uncheck Samsung root modus in light flow settings. That bring the LED back to original brightness...... at least that helped me.
Unfortunately, the S8 LED can only display very few colors correctly.
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If I will make a hard reset of the phone, it will reset the led color ?
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If I will make a hard reset of the phone, it will reset the led color ?
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for sure! But it is a very rough solution
just uninstall light flow should bring back original settings