Screen blink on notification received, is this possible? - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers

Hello, got my S7E these days and some custom roms I tried on my old Note 3 had a feature (IDK the name) where the screen would quickly light up in black and white when you receive a notification (gmail, telegram, whatsapp, sms...)
Do we have something like on our phone? AOD won't support third-party apps, so it doesn't take this place...
Quick edit: I found out that I'm looking for Ambient Display! Is there any app that would do this?
EDIT2: I found AcDisplay and it does almost all I wanted, but it won't unlock with my digital after I check the notification.. :/

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[Q] notification light problem

So my notification light isn't working for emails and Google voice. It works for texts and other things. I tried light flow and that didn't work at all, even after unchecking everything in settings (I would buy the full version to get voice support if I could get the rest to work, test mode doesn't even work). I have searched around and can't find out anything.
I use Light Manager. You have to uncheck the system email led notification. Settings Display->Click on the Words "Notification light" brings up all the system Led options. . Any other Apps , disable their Led notifications individually. Gmail is an issue on this phone. The Gmail App doesn't have a separate Led option. It's either notification on or off. If you leave on Light Manager can't change the color on this phone like it does on a Samsung. If you turn notifications off, you get your custom color, but not status bar notification. Light Manager continues to flash your custom color until you open Gmail. That might work if you don't mind missing Status bar previews . As far as Light Flow, I haven't found a way to make it work on this phone. The developer says people are having some success, but didn't know how. There's a section about LG Led's not playing so well in the app description.
Yeah i am less worried about custom colors, at least want the notification light to come on, which it doesn't for either Google voice or Gmail, and that's with the stock notification or light flow.
I have read tons of people saying light flow works perfect on this phone. I'll try light manager then, see if that works.

[Q] Best Notifications Method for text and missed calls

Guys, I am looking for any suggestions you guys use for the best method to be notified of text and missed calls and such. It was always pretty good with the old iphone in such see the message swipe and then reply. I now really like the new little pop up that comes with the stock messaging app. But the popup is gone in about 2 seconds. Also do we not have any method to have notifications show on the lock screen. Just do not like at all to have to look in the notification center for this stuff. I do use Handcent texting mostly just for the pop up. But still not popup for a missed call. At least the S4 has a notification on the lock screen. I usually finally find a good set up but was wondering what most of you guys do. Thanks
You can try dashclock from play store. It's a widget that you can put on the lockscreen and it has a lot of extensions allowing you to see between others: clock, date, calendars, weather, alarm, gmail, whatsapp, sms, missed calls etc, battery info, etc...
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Years ago I used Handcent solely because I could set recurring notifications. I've since gotten so attached to the little green droid that we now communicate via telepathy...or so it seems...
Why not rely on the notification light? I use Light Flow which not only lets you customize color but also duration and flash rate. So for me emails get a normal flash and turn off after 15 minutes. But a missed call is more important so I have it flashing red very fast and for a long time - like an hour so I'm sure not to miss it.
But this only works when screen is off of course.
I use Dynamic Notifications and Light Flow. The combo really works well for me and I like that I can schedule a sleep time so it doesn't light up the screen or the notification lights when I'm sleeping. DN will keep showing the notification at set intervals until I enter the app or clear it. Very simple, efficient, and customizable. LF is used mainly because the stock light settings did not have enough customizing ability.
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tw557 said:
Guys, I am looking for any suggestions you guys use for the best method to be notified of text and missed calls and such. It was always pretty good with the old iphone in such see the message swipe and then reply. I now really like the new little pop up that comes with the stock messaging app. But the popup is gone in about 2 seconds. Also do we not have any method to have notifications show on the lock screen. Just do not like at all to have to look in the notification center for this stuff. I do use Handcent texting mostly just for the pop up. But still not popup for a missed call. At least the S4 has a notification on the lock screen. I usually finally find a good set up but was wondering what most of you guys do. Thanks
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Get Nils along with Nils+. This will give you very iPhone-ish lockscreen notifications. You can swipe them away to dismiss or slide the icon to launch the app. Nils is the main program and includes a widget (old method), and Nils+ will overlay the lockscreen with the notifications (new method, doesn't need a widget).
I personally use Nils beta from Google+: https://plus.google.com/communities/115156552435983276604?partnerid=gplp0
Use the links on the right side to Enable Tester for Nils and Nils+. Then you can download them. Nils is on the play store (no tester required), but you must be a Nils+ tester to use Nils+.
I really like the convience of getting a notification, not missing it and being able to reply quickly. As much so many other things the android system does betteras compared to IOS, This is were I struggle to get it better. The LED is great. Helps not miss anything. I have used Lightflow on and off a lot over the last year with a GS3. SO MANY mixed results. lights would work for some apss then not others and then getting the notification LED to cancel when message was cleared has always been a pain. Maybe need to give Lightflow a try on the G2. I'll check out Nils+ and Dynamic Notifications. For now I'm using Handcent which is working ok but I actually like the stock messanger. Thanks again!!!
if you don't mind paying, look up glowfly. it's a pop-up app for texting that works pretty well. I've been using it for about a year. I loved the stock g2 sms pop-up bc it didn't interrupt what you were doing, like if you're watching a video it kept playing... any other popup app, including glowfly, pause the video. but whatever. works better.
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Lightflow makes screen on 6P randomly show notifs when just sitting there???

Anyone else have issues with Lightflow making the phone screen turn on randomly when sitting on a table? The colors for the notifications are correct, but becausue of the screen coming on alot randomly this is going to kill the battery life. I even enabled a setting to reduce this in light flow but nothing works. Does anyone have lightflow working correctly?
Thanks!!
At the moment the only option is to switch off the ambient display. If there's an outstanding notification or one is getting updated it'll trigger ambient display and lightflow always has an active outstanding notification.
I've put a feature request in to Google to allow some control of when it triggers.
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https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=191786
I don't seem to have this problem. Ambient display only lights up on new notifications, even with the latest Light Flow with persistent notification. I do have issues with light flow losing control on a regular basis and then I just see the standard very slow white led blink regardless of notifications. Activating lock screen promptly fixes and then I see the appropriate color and blink rare from light flow.
andrewpmoore said:
At the moment the only option is to switch off the ambient display. If there's an outstanding notification or one is getting updated it'll trigger ambient display and lightflow always has an active outstanding notification.
I've put a feature request in to Google to allow some control of when it triggers.
Can you star the issue here*
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=191786
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Thanks for the explanation. Hopefully u guys find a workaround
I also have had probles with the ambient display turning on seeminly randomly all the time, I didn't know it was light flow..
On another note, I miss the feature were my screen would turn on when I get a text messge (but not dismiss the lightflow) so in case the LED wasn't attention grabbing enough the screen turning on would be. Nexus doesn't seem to do that, can lightflow do this? (turn on the screen for 2-3 seconds right after a new specific notification, say text message?)
andrewpmoore said:
At the moment the only option is to switch off the ambient display. If there's an outstanding notification or one is getting updated it'll trigger ambient display and lightflow always has an active outstanding notification.
I've put a feature request in to Google to allow some control of when it triggers.
Can you star the issue here*
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=191786
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Out of curiosity is building the app with the new api's what triggers the need for the notification? Reason I ask is the previous (lollipop api???) version was working fine without the persistent notification on Marshmallow.
AndrasLOHF said:
Out of curiosity is building the app with the new api's what triggers the need for the notification? Reason I ask is the previous (lollipop api???) version was working fine without the persistent notification on Marshmallow.
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Yes that's exactly it.
I'm bringing out a new play store version later today which will be targeting lollipop's API for people who don't mind loosing android 6 specific features (ie runtime permissions, camera flash control) but don't want the notification related issues of apps targeting android 6.
a fine trade off for me. Had to stop using the app because of that for the time being.
Absolutely fine with me as well. Thanks for the great work as always Andrew.:good::highfive:

Screen wake for notifications?

For those not using Always On Display, does your screen light-up/turn-on for notifications? Mine does not. How do I allow screen-wake for notifications? For example, when I receive a text message (on stock messaging app) I hear the notification sound, but screen does not turn on briefly to display notification. The notification does show on the lockscreen when I manually wake the phone. I turned on the setting to show all notifications on lockscreen. This problem is also on my LG G5. Maybe LG doesn't allow screen wake for notifications?
i would love for this to be sorted, as well ...
I guess you could try Nils or another similar app for do this...
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My h870ds (ARE) has the same issue too. They are only stock sms app and Viber that make lock screen turn on automatically after receiving notifications. If I get messages from Telegram and other apps, I just have sound notification and that's it. Lock screen doesn't turn on. My G5 h850 doesn't have this issue.
I flashed the firmware of European region on my G6 but it didn't solve the issue. What is the region of your G6? And can we solve this problem anyway? Maybe it's feature, not a bug, but it's quite irritating...
you can always try this solution:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...ue-missing-t3698336/post77087755#post77087755
basically the screen is off until you get some kind of notification (FB, Whatsup, Email, Viber message , etc.) - you control what notification will turn your AOD display ON. When you read your notification, Tasker turns off AOD. Very, very convenient
However, the last update of Tasker broke the functionality and currently I am using some old version of Tasker
apatrahil said:
you can always try this solution:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...ue-missing-t3698336/post77087755#post77087755
basically the screen is off until you get some kind of notification (FB, Whatsup, Email, Viber message , etc.) - you control what notification will turn your AOD display ON. When you read your notification, Tasker turns off AOD. Very, very convenient
However, the last update of Tasker broke the functionality and currently I am using some old version of Tasker
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Actually, I've been using Tasker for AOD feature for couple of days too, it's quite convenient and can be used as some kind of solution. I just can't understand why some versions of G6 face this issue, kind of strange decision of LG
Bishko said:
Actually, I've been using Tasker for AOD feature for couple of days too, it's quite convenient and can be used as some kind of solution. I just can't understand why some versions of G6 face this issue, kind of strange decision of LG
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Which version of Tasker are you using? I am wondering if they've fixed the issues I had a month ago.
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Which version of Tasker are you using? I am wondering if they've fixed the issues I had a month ago.
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5.2.bf2
I downloaded it from 4pda, not from GP. My G6 is on 7.0, not Oreo (in case if it's important).

Viber notifications on ambient display

Is ther any way to show viber notifications on ambient display? Any additional patch, application...
mili2611 said:
Is ther any way to show viber notifications on ambient display? Any additional patch, application...
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They should show up by default but I experience some bugs too I guess Ambient Display is still fresh and needs improvements.
I Google it and found out that same problem have all MIUI smartphones....It is almost one year since ambient display option appeared in MIUI so I don't think they have in mind to change anything about this problem. Many people complain about this but so far nothing is done. Maybe there is some fix but I couldn't find it...
In MIUI 11.0.4.0 9T global android 10 viber notifications on ambient display still doesn't exist. Led notification for viber is on "half power", circle is almost invisible! Led notification for other apps works normal.
Xiaomi hates VIBER or what?!
What if it's the other way round?
From what I've gathered it's the app developer that needs to add AOD functionality in the app.

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