Is there a led that a dev can eventually get to work as a notification led? Or is there simply no led built into the phone that will work. This is a very crappy issue for us NS owners that came from the N1, I miss my trackball lighting up from across the room and knowing wether or not it was a txt or an email etc..
Will the NS ever have this? Or is it simply not going to happen?
Michigan Jason said:
Is there a led that a dev can eventually get to work as a notification led? Or is there simply no led built into the phone that will work. This is a very crappy issue for us NS owners that came from the N1, I miss my trackball lighting up from across the room and knowing wether or not it was a txt or an email etc..
Will the NS ever have this? Or is it simply not going to happen?
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A) Wrong section.
B) Answered in the stickied FAQ in the right section:
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Q: There's no LED Indicator? What are those two circles next to the speaker?
Correct, like all Samsung devices(minus the Epic 4G on Sprint) thus far, there is no LED indicator light. There are apps, such as NoLED, on the marketplace which work great on the Nexus S and provide more or less the same functionality. Those two circles are the Proximity Sensor and Ambient Light sensor.
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Not really the wrong forum if it were something that could be developed. It would have been a request for something to be developed. Regardless, I guess we are just stuck without an led light. NO LED blows compared to the trackball on the N1
Michigan Jason said:
Not really the wrong forum if it were something that could be developed. It would have been a request for something to be developed. Regardless, I guess we are just stuck without an led light. NO LED blows compared to the trackball on the N1
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There's literally nothing to be developed, mate. There is physically no LED light in this phone unless you wanted to open her up and install one yourself.
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There's literally nothing to be developed, mate. There is physically no LED light in this phone unless you wanted to open her up and install one yourself.
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Yea, that is the unfortunate news i was figuring I would get. So is no led the only app that does this though?
eh ? No leds you say.. What about the buttons ? Im surethat we will have notifications from the buttons in no time.. Relax.. It works on the galaxy so why not here ?
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madfarmer said:
eh ? No leds you say.. What about the buttons ? Im surethat we will have notifications from the buttons in no time.. Relax.. It works on the galaxy so why not here ?
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Interesing and very true. That would be sweet actually. Now where do we get those patience at?
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eh ? No leds you say.. What about the buttons ? Im surethat we will have notifications from the buttons in no time.. Relax.. It works on the galaxy so why not here ?
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Splitting hairs there, bro.
And yes, I'm sure the.. er.. I'm blanking on the name of the app that will use the buttons as notifications will come around once a custom kernel has been developed to support it.
not sure why we need ANOTHER thread about the LED (or lack of). do a SEARCH!
Closed, as this is answered in the FAQ.
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So what I am thinking is, we should do the same thing too!
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I changed the title of this thread to Request since it was misleading. Also, I moved it to General due to the thread itself not being development.
The Evo has a notification led on it so there is no need for the button backlights to be used that way.
Edit, the Epic has a multi-color led notification, so this is useless for us as it would use less bettery than the bottom bar being lit up
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Is there a reason why we can't just add a post to this thread to show our support?
Has it been confirmed that the Epic 4G does have notification LEDs from someone who has a demo unit or Sprint itself? I have not seen this on any of the new reviews yet but I've read that its actually the light for when the FFC is used. This stays on until the camera is turned off. If someone can confirm this, it would be great. Thanks in advance.
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Has it been confirmed that the Epic 4G does have notification LEDs from someone who has a demo unit or Sprint itself? I have not seen this on any of the new reviews yet but I've read that its actually the light for when the FFC is used. This stays on until the camera is turned off. If someone can confirm this, it would be great. Thanks in advance.
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I still haven't seen a real confirmation like what you are saying. However if you watch the sprint epic 4g video where the girl shows the phone and explains it, there is a white light that is on, but the screen doesn't look like it's recording video or anything. Is it possible to have the phone doing nothing and the camera on?
Also we have seen different colors for the light, which also gives the idea that it is a multi-color notification light.
Here is the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ITVHayrhk&feature=player_embedded#!
she is holding the phone up with a light on, but it is at the home screen. However the light is on constantly.
A little hard to see the colors on the video. Any chance you could explain what's going on?
green? i seriously cant tell whats going on there.
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A little hard to see the colors on the video. Any chance you could explain what's going on?
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Sorry for that, sure- The LED Notification colors are now changed to multiple colors if you look closely, they aren't green or red anymore, pretty limited but still kinda cool.
You may have to watch it full screen to get the full effect.
As i was in need to charge to my phone, i also had noticed the LED light for charging was different as well! This is really cool...check it out
well can someone tells us how we can make this happen???
not really sure yet, my friend who had done this to my phone hasn't been around, ill find out asap
This is pretty cool but I think its worthless to post if your not asking how to do it or showing us how to do it. But great hack!
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Guys i think this is what you are looking for
i did on my evo freaking awesome....................................
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746732
I would lik to get that. Keep us informed.
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i did on my evo freaking awesome....................................
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746732
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i guess thats the closest it gets, awesome!
rizzomach said:
i did on my evo freaking awesome....................................
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746732
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That's for the right-side LED... the video in this thread shows the colors changing on the left-side LED. It would be really nice to be able to control both, set different colors for different notifications, etc.
Yeah I had that since winmo 5 lmao
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Hmm well since your not sure what exactly your friend installed I'm ruling out the possibility of it being an app, The other way I think of how he doing that is figure out what file governs the led color change it's probably an edit.
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Hmm well since your not sure what exactly your friend installed I'm ruling out the possibility of it being an app, The other way I think of how he doing that is figure out what file governs the led color change it's probably an edit.
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that sounds kinda like what he said...although he mentioned app somewhere along the linessss
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that sounds kinda like what he said...although he mentioned app somewhere along the linessss
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If it is an app then finding out how it's done would be even easier, all he has to do is post screenshots of the apk's in his /system/app folder.
I'm pretty sure we have confirmed that the physical LED can only do two colors, red and green. So it must be a hardware hack.
Not sure how to install it on the evo
Check this thread out if you want to physically change your led's to blue or completely different color..this requires taking evo apart and and swapping the led's if you feel confident enough..I remembered seeing this thread and thought I'd post it.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696526&highlight=Blue+led
From my reading it seems Windows Phone 7 doesn't have any support for LED notifications. This adds to the already huge population of iPhone users that are used to not having it either. It really surprises me that these platforms choose to leave this feature out, because to me it's invaluable. I use it throughout the day to see if I need to turn my phone on after returning to my desk (at home or work), and not having it requires manual checks to see if I've missed anything. Why should I have to bother with that? So I'm curious if other Android users find it just as valuable, and if you're just as dumbfounded why these other platforms don't have it.
I love it, but hate how it always stays lit when charging on my nightstand.
Can't live without it for notifications. Wish it was multi colored like the Droid as well.
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I love my led notifications. Especially using the wimax leds so I can tell when I have a text while the phone is charging.
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scooter185 said:
I love my led notifications. Especially using the wimax leds so I can tell when I have a text while the phone is charging.
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+1 here the wimax leds are pretty cool. Also we get the short end of the stick compared to the blackberry leds. They have stock 7 color leds.
scooter185 said:
I love my led notifications. Especially using the wimax leds so I can tell when I have a text while the phone is charging.
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Wow I had no idea that existed! Would like to make use of that...currently on CM 6.0...will have to investigate more...thanks!
r546 said:
Wow I had no idea that existed! Would like to make use of that...currently on CM 6.0...will have to investigate more...thanks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746732
Not sure if they have the rooted only version posted, but it's a start.
+1 for Wimax notifier, works great when you're charging and get a notification
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From my reading it seems Windows Phone 7 doesn't have any support for LED notifications. This adds to the already huge population of iPhone users that are used to not having it either. It really surprises me that these platforms choose to leave this feature out, because to me it's invaluable. I use it throughout the day to see if I need to turn my phone on after returning to my desk (at home or work), and not having it requires manual checks to see if I've missed anything. Why should I have to bother with that? So I'm curious if other Android users find it just as valuable, and if you're just as dumbfounded why these other platforms don't have it.
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I completely agree. The LEDs on Blackberrys are amazing. I cannot fathom why these other manufacturers don't put more effort into LED notifications.
Led notifications are great, I liked the wimax notifier but it force closed a lot on me so I uninstalled it.
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I completely agree. The LEDs on Blackberrys are amazing. I cannot fathom why these other manufacturers don't put more effort into LED notifications.
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Yeah, nothing's is as good as a BlackBerry but what the EVO has isn't bad, definitely better than nothing. It's just with two major consumer-oriented platforms leaving it out (inexplicably), I hope Android manufacturers don't eventually do away with it.
This is a feature I have always liked on all of my phones.
Hi. Does the Nexus 7 have a notification LED on the front?
I haven't noticed any LED notification.
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then time to get noled...
Questions go in the Q&A section
movieaddict said:
then time to get noled...
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Yeah but that always freaks me out, thinking its going to burn my screen out. I know it probably won't, but I freak out.
Also why would one need an LED light on a tablet?
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Yeah but that always freaks me out, thinking its going to burn my screen out. I know it probably won't, but I freak out.
Also why would one need an LED light on a tablet?
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Why wouldn't you want useful things?
Out of curiosity, which tablets do have notification LEDs? I've tried searching but it's come up vague.
i've yet to see any tablet with an LED.
It's not needed as much on a tablet as on the phone with missed calls and texts.
NoLED should suffice just fine. And NoLED combats burn-in by having an option to move the notification around so it's never using the same pixel for long.
ive had noled on all s1 and s2 and s3 and i have never had any problems with it and now they have themes!!
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Why wouldn't you want useful things?
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I mean I wouldn't mind an LED light at all, but I see more of a use for it on a phone (unread text, missed call) than a tablet. I always have new emails so I don't know what it would really notify me of.
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Out of curiosity, which tablets do have notification LEDs? I've tried searching but it's come up vague.
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The moto Xoom has one.
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neok44 said:
i've yet to see any tablet with an LED.
It's not needed as much on a tablet as on the phone with missed calls and texts.
NoLED should suffice just fine. And NoLED combats burn-in by having an option to move the notification around so it's never using the same pixel for long.
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The xoom and xoom2 both have led notifications
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I mean I wouldn't mind an LED light at all, but I see more of a use for it on a phone (unread text, missed call) than a tablet. I always have new emails so I don't know what it would really notify me of.
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It will be useful for Whatsapp if we ever get a tablet version, with account linked to phone account.
Salty Wagyu said:
It will be useful for Whatsapp if we ever get a tablet version, with account linked to phone account.
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I actually was thinking that, as I will be using google voice to text every now and then. Nobody I know uses whatsapp :/ google voice on iPhone is pretty slow so I'm looking forward to see how it does on the Nexus!
altrikdout21 said:
I mean I wouldn't mind an LED light at all, but I see more of a use for it on a phone (unread text, missed call) than a tablet. I always have new emails so I don't know what it would really notify me of.
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I always wished I could just look over without picking it up, to tell if I had something.
NoLED is really only for OLED screens, on an IPS it will run your battery bone dry in double time
Notification lights for things like Gmail, Facebook, Twitter
My HP Touchpad has an LED...
Idea, is it not possible to make a costum ROM with a function, "use screen as notification LED"?
I do not mind that there is no LED. I have a U20I thats runs so slow, that any replacement for android gaming is good for me .
My current tablet has capacitive keys and I use backlight notifications, so not having BLN will take a little getting used to.
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NoLED is really only for OLED screens, on an IPS it will run your battery bone dry in double time
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NoLED has an option to not turn the screen on when the proximity sensor is "close", so you can just keep the tablet face down when it's not on the charger.
thomas15v said:
Idea, is it not possible to make a costum ROM with a function, "use screen as notification LED"?
I do not mind that there is no LED. I have a U20I thats runs so slow, that any replacement for android gaming is good for me .
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You don't need a custom ROM. NoLED will do what you want.
Hello,
Since my A300FU doesn't have LED Notification, is there any mod that allow Touch Key Light work as Notifocation light? Because I do remember, long time ago, someone manage to mod i9000 touch key light to become notif light.
So, I believe there is a chane to mod it in our A series phone.
Thank you very much.
TheoDores said:
Hello,
Since my A300FU doesn't have LED Notification, is there any mod that allow Touch Key Light work as Notifocation light? Because I do remember, long time ago, someone manage to mod i9000 touch key light to become notif light.
So, I believe there is a chane to mod it in our A series phone.
Thank you very much.
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I believe a custom kernel is needed for that
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I believe a custom kernel is needed for that
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Indeed. Any news for A300FU?
Touch Key? Do you mean Capacitive Buttons?
There's an app for that if i am not wrong. I'll drop by after i found it...
PlutoDelic said:
Touch Key? Do you mean Capacitive Buttons?
There's an app for that if i am not wrong. I'll drop by after i found it...
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I don't know exactly what the name of it, but what I mean is those 'back' and 'recent app' button.
Yes, those are called the Capacitive Keys or Buttons.
It used to be kernel dependent with the BNL stuff, but i've seen a lot of apps do this now.
I found these:
http://www.redmondpie.com/transform...d-device-into-notification-led-with-this-app/
http://geeknizer.com/use-capacitive-buttons-as-notification-led-on-android/
i had no time to test so dont consider this researched yet ...
the lack of LED lights in A series sucks...really short sighted sammy.
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Touch Key? Do you mean Capacitive Buttons?
There's an app for that if i am not wrong. I'll drop by after i found it...
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This is a kernel feature called BLN. If the kernel does not support it, then no app could activate it or use it... A500FU stock kernel does not support BLN
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This is a kernel feature called BLN. If the kernel does not support it, then no app could activate it or use it... A500FU stock kernel does not support BLN
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yup, i may stand corrected there, but i havent seen BLN stuff for ages...in fact, i've seen it last in S2 forums.
btw, i remember BLN being a battery hog...
Or... instead of BLN, you could use camera LED flash when receiving calls, messages, or notifications...
NoLed from playstore is almost as good as having LED for our AMOLED devices .
So, I believe, what we need right now is kernel developer, because I think we can get the kernel source of A300FU from here: http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=a300fu.
Right?
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NoLed from playstore is almost as good as having LED for our AMOLED devices .
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Hm... this app actually make your display turn on, so.. no, thank you
TheoDores said:
So, I believe, what we need right now is kernel developer, because I think we can get the kernel source of A300FU from here: http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=a300fu.
Right?
Hm... this app actually make your display turn on, so.. no, thank you
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You are kind of wrong. Its whole different in AMOLED displays than LED displays.
On AMOLED the whole screen doesn't turn on. Only those pixels that are being used.
And I can assure you, absolutely no extra battery drainage what so ever occurs.
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You are kind of wrong. Its whole different in AMOLED displays than LED displays.
On AMOLED the whole screen doesn't turn on. Only those pixels that are being used.
And I can assure you, absolutely no extra battery drainage what so ever occurs.
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Oke, I will try this app. Thank you, mate
But still, if there is any news about BLN, please notice me..
Thank you.