Hello everyone - I'm new to this forum, and the world of Windows-powered phones in general. Still figuring out what my new Touch 3G (Jade) can really do!
One question to start with - in the old days, my Ericsson T68i flashed the green LED occasionally to let me know it was still switched on. Is there any way to get the Jade to do this?
I'm wondering the same thing and still figuring this out. Wish the manual was more helpful.
What I've learned so far is the LED if off under normal operation. It flashes green when there's a missed call or SMS waiting to be read. No LED for Bluetooth On. That's as far as I know.
I'm disappointed about missing network coverage led, missing bluetooth and gps led status...But i'm wondering, if i take a closer look at my jade it seems to be 2 leds, i'm wrong?
The "second one" is a light detector . Did you notice automatic backlight setting?
Jade does not flash for GSM, BT, WiFi, GPS. It only flashes for reminders, missed calls and messages.
But actually, I like it more. If I see LED flashing, there is something which needs my attention. You can see the active networks on the display status area.
There is flashing for battery low status as well
fenikso said:
The "second one" is a light detector . Did you notice automatic backlight setting?
Jade does not flash for GSM, BT, WiFi, GPS. It only flashes for reminders, missed calls and messages.
But actually, I like it more. If I see LED flashing, there is something which needs my attention. You can see the active networks on the display status area.
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LED on my set does not flash even when there are unread messages or missed calls. I've soft reset several times, still no LED flashing. Any assistance ??
azahidi said:
LED on my set does not flash even when there are unread messages or missed calls. I've soft reset several times, still no LED flashing. Any assistance ??
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Translate from a Dutch device:
Go to Settings => Sounds
Click Advanced
Click Tab: Notifications
And there you can set your Touch 3G aka Jade flash for diverent notifications.
In the top pull-down menu choose wathever you want and then select if you want a screennotification and/or a flashing LED.
Sincerely,
I cant understand.Where is that setting for the LED ?
When you've reached the menu Tom pointed out, just use the pull down menu tha'ts next to 'event' (translated from dutch, anyway...first line) for lets say 'new text message' there you can choose if you want to use the led and/or the notification on your screen.
Tom Lenferink said:
Translate from a Dutch device:
Go to Settings => Sounds
Click Advanced
Click Tab: Notifications
And there you can set your Touch 3G aka Jade flash for diverent notifications.
In the top pull-down menu choose wathever you want and then select if you want a screennotification and/or a flashing LED.
Sincerely,
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Thank you very much. How can I miss that ???
Om my device is like this
Settings - (personal tab) Sounds & Notification - (notifications tab) ... custimise from there on..
Anyone knows if the green light can be flashed when in Stand-by mode?
Really want to make it flashes since it's hard to tell if it's in stand by mode or switched off...
ippie said:
Anyone knows if the green light can be flashed when in Stand-by mode?
Really want to make it flashes since it's hard to tell if it's in stand by mode or switched off...
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I'm not really sure if the LED can be flashed when in standby mode, I think the reason for this is to make the battery life longer
Thx for your reply.
I'm still looking for a solution to make the light flashes when stand by...
It's really hard to tell if it's in Stand-by or switch off...
Can't find any clue with the Registry...
Hope there's a solution...
led
Did you perform a word search in the registry
try a search on "led" maybe you can find some keys
Maybe nueLED could help.
Search it in the forum.
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Have been trying to search for this topic here for a while. The red flashing light on the XDA2 wont turn back to yellow when a notification is dismissed or snoozed. The only way i can get it to return to normal status is if i receive an SMS, or i go to Sounds and Notifications. What's up with that? and how do i fix it?
~ishtangli
have you tried setting the time limit of the flashing red light? start/settings/sounds¬ifications/notifications. select an event ( eg: inbox New SMS message) uncheck the flash light box. that should solve your problem.
'been experiencing the same problem intermittently. Especially when some of my reminder went off or when I receive an SMS. What I usually do is perform a soft-reset, at least once a day. =)
I cant really disable the flash coz i need to be notified of events, meetings, etc. Its weird coz if i force an alarm (say, 2 mins from current time), alarm goes off, i dismiss it, works red flash goes away. Works without a hitch. But if its an event that's been scheduled for, say, a day or so... red flash whole day unless i go to sounds and notifications.
~ishtangli
I've also had this problem on occasion. Fortunately there is a less harsh solution than a soft-reset...
Use Start | Settings | Sounds & Notifications | Notifications tab, then drop down the Event combo box and select any other event than the first and tap OK.
This procedure doesn't actually change any of your settings but does seem to reset the light.
thanks... I'll remember this one once that glitch happens again... =)
This is exactly what I do. Was hoping there's already a registry solution or patch out. Kinda irritating if you have lots of meetings in a day.
~ishtangli
mtbsoft said:
I've also had this problem on occasion. Fortunately there is a less harsh solution than a soft-reset...
Use Start | Settings | Sounds & Notifications | Notifications tab, then drop down the Event combo box and select any other event than the first and tap OK.
This procedure doesn't actually change any of your settings but does seem to reset the light.
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There is no need to do anything else after selecting Start -> Settings -> Sounds & Notifications -> Notifications. Just tap OK immediately after that and the red blinking light will go away.
This problem only started occurring when I updated the ROM to 1.60. The previous ROM didn't have this problem.
On occasions l have that just going into start/settings/sounds & notifications, and then hitting ok, sometimes does not kill the light. Seems to depend on the kind of event that triggered the alarm in the first place.... Either way, just hiting ok or going the extra step as suggested earlier in the thread seems to deal with it.
bug.
the RED flash notification light is another bug in the 1.60 and 1.66 WWE ROM, yes SETTINGS-NOTIFICATIONS-OK seems to solve the problem and there is no registry hack. Though, IT IS BETTER to soft reset your device once in a while to REFRESH the memory, to avoid damaging the tiny soft reset button, install a soft reset program and just tap to SOFT RESET.
As presented by T3 Magazine, The XDA 2 is the smartest PDA, but its not perfect, though I STILL LOVE MY XDA 2.
RED flash notification bug fixed in 1.72?
chameleon said:
the RED flash notification light is another bug in the 1.60 and 1.66 WWE ROM
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Does this mean that the problem is gone in 1.72WWE ?
I've not done the upgrade yet because 1.66 has been very stable (for me) but this might just be the reason I've been waiting for ...
Well I'm under 1.72 WWE and I have the same problem but ever since I insstalled a Socket WiFi card. The driver installs a new Notification Event called WIFIICON and every time I insert the WiFi card and the system detects a hotspot the notification light (red) will continue to blink forever. If I go to notifications and select, say 5 minutes, it will continue forever, if I disable it, it will disable until the next WiFi session and then have to repeat procedure all over again... :?
It does not bother me much, but since a WiFi session by itself consumes lots of battery the last thing in my mind is having another power consuming feature turned on.
cbrow51 said:
On occasions l have that just going into start/settings/sounds & notifications, and then hitting ok, sometimes does not kill the light. Seems to depend on the kind of event that triggered the alarm in the first place.... Either way, just hiting ok or going the extra step as suggested earlier in the thread seems to deal with it.
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You missed a crucial step. You should go to Start -> Settings -> Sounds & Notifications -> Notifications and after pressing the OK button, the red blinking light will go away. Don't forget to select the Notifications tab. It works in my unit every time.
After picking up on this thread, I have been monitoring the 'clear' function more closely and up to now, touch wood, being in notifications and just hitting ok, seems to be doung the trick. I am pretty sure I have tried the same thing in the past and, on occa ion, it has not worked without changing an event. But my memory may be playing tricks with me I'll continue to monitor and see if any come up...hopefully not
Jargon said:
There is no need to do anything else after selecting Start -> Settings -> Sounds & Notifications -> Notifications. Just tap OK immediately after that and the red blinking light will go away.
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Not on my device. It is necessary to select a different notification for the screen to 'realise' a change has occurred and kill the light.
Hi guys!
Sometimes on my Jam the yellow led is always on...
I'm sure to not have message to read or active appointments...
The only workaround is to do a softreset! :-(
FOr example:
yesterday the led was green... an appointment reminder appens with sound notification (dinner from 20 to 23).
The PDA was turned off but the notification ring sound and the led became yellow. The display was still off.
I turn the pda on and I see the bell symbol on the bottom right corner.... I tap on it and I see the reminder for my appointment.
After that the led don't becomes green!
I tryed to show the appointment in the calender ecc... but the led was stilll yellow.
I'm not expert and I thinked that the led will be green after the 23pm when my appointment will be ended...
This morning the led was still f..... yellow!!!
I made soft reset and now it's ok but I don't understand why!
How does the reminder notifications works?
Are you using phonealarm or alarmtoday?
I've noticed sometimes the only way to cancel the yellow led is to load the sms/email app (ie check your messages), regardless of what caused the yellow led, and whether or not you have a new message.
Anyone concur?
V
I installed PohoneAlarm but i removed it and now I'm usign PPCProfilePro...
I've noticed the led anomalies and the only cure I've come up with is to soft reset.
whenever the yellow gets stuck i go to settings->sounds & notifications
then click on notification tabs then sounds tab then notification tab again..
that should bring back the green led
ceekay said:
whenever the yellow gets stuck i go to settings->sounds & notifications
then click on notification tabs then sounds tab then notification tab again..
that should bring back the green led
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Excellent! It worked fine for me.
Thanks
vijay555 said:
Anyone concur?
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I remember that! :lol: 8)
The bug must be from windows mobile. If you, when getting a notification popup, tap a button and hold it until the LED did blink once again and then release the button, the bug shouldn't appear. The solution I use is to restrict the blinking to a certein time period, I think you can set it to 90 minutes or something. I use PocketZenPhone to set this. Therefore, whenever this bug appears, it's gone after 90 minutes.
After using the JJ for a week i have following observation. Appreciate others feedback if they are also having same problems.
1. The voice dial is not working if the flip is closed. (i have tried the enabling/disabling "turn off device if not used for ..." option but no luck, although it was working but once i pair a bluetooth headset it stop working. however from bluetooth headset it is working)
2. Cannot add multiple receipnt in SMS like PDA2K. i have to add one one by one, which is really a pain.
3. The wireless manager icon in the desktop is not showing the activity correctly. if i turn on the wifi the icon should turn green and during off the icon will accompnay a cross sign. Unfortunaly the icon always shows green.
i have tried both shipped and latest ROM update but no luck yet.
i am not sure if these are bugs. Please advice.
wahidullah said:
3. The wireless manager icon in the desktop is not showing the activity correctly. if i turn on the wifi the icon should turn green and during off the icon will accompnay a cross sign. Unfortunaly the icon always shows green.
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Turn on flight mode and you will see icon cross sign.
Manual's bug?
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yer that icon's greeness relates to all bt, phone and wifi comms so if any are active its green,
maybe if it alternated every seconds green, blue, cyan for phone, BT, wifi, for the actual active services it would make more sence. heyho
thanks for the clarifications. how about SMS and voice dialing issues? Are you guys facing same problem?
Yep i've got the same problem, use mine for email alot too, so its even more annoying when trying to send a new email to 10 people at once
Isn't the flashing green light supposed to flash amber if there's a missed call or unread text message? I know this used to be the case when I had the Vario 1 (Wizard), so wondering whether my Vario 2 (hermes) isn't working properly.
or maybe you just dont have it set to do that?
silly me... I had this set on my old phone for so long I forgot that it's not a default setting. Sorted out now. Thanks.
May I ask what software did you use for this?
You don't need software, just go to start, settings, sounds & notification, choose the notifications tab, and then from the drop down list, select the event you want to have a flashing amber light for (e.g. Phone: Missed Call), tick the box 'Flash light for' and choose the length of time.
Mine flashes amber all the time. I do have those settings enabled, but it never has flashed green, although it glows greenwhen fully charged. Ideas?
AlbertoM said:
Mine flashes amber all the time. I do have those settings enabled, but it never has flashed green, although it glows greenwhen fully charged. Ideas?
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Never mind. Rebooted, all is well....d'oh!
Hi, site looks great, need to explore more, but reason i am here at mo is i'm trying to find out if there is a way to let the phone light up when a text is received? like a conventional phone/ this is my first wondows mobile / pocket pc thing, so its taking some time getting used to it
At moment though i have to press the power button to check if any texts, and this will be using power as pressing it when no texts are in (phone is silent at work)
IS this poss to achieve? either through settings, or a app?
You can use HD Tweak (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452505) to turn on a feature that causes your phone to turn on when you receive a text.
You can also go to the Sounds and Notifications setting in your phone and check the box that will cause your little LED light on the power button to keep flashing until you check your message.
thanks for the help, will look into that
I did that and works great (thanks to HD Tweak) but I found out why they decided to not turn on the screen by default... whenever I receive a SMS and the phone is on my pocket, I start making calls by mistake...
montag09 said:
I did that and works great (thanks to HD Tweak) but I found out why they decided to not turn on the screen by default... whenever I receive a SMS and the phone is on my pocket, I start making calls by mistake...
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Go to "Settings, Buttons"
Either select "Lock Device" or "Always display Quick list"
Long press on the end call key will then Lock all input so even if the phone does wake, it wont respond unless unlocked.
Locked phone is essential if you have a Bluetooth car or Earpiece as the phone will wake everytime on connect/disconnect also.
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You can also go to the Sounds and Notifications setting in your phone and check the box that will cause your little LED light on the power button to keep flashing until you check your message.
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Can you tell me exactly where I can find this setting? I have a german os and
I cant find that setting under Settings->Sounds and Notifications.
tschombe said:
Can you tell me exactly where I can find this setting? I have a german os and
I cant find that setting under Settings->Sounds and Notifications.
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Start->Einstellungen->Tasten->Beenden lang drücken.