[Q] Notification LED - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. Does the Nexus 7 have a notification LED on the front?

I haven't noticed any LED notification.
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movieaddict said:
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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?

altrikdout21 said:
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!!

Locklear308 said:
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.

thebobp said:
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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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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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.
bradsh1 said:
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.

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Do you find the LED notification light valuable?

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
r546 said:
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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WillJitsu said:
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.

[Q] [REQ] Enable a led on the NS? is there one to enable?

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.
unremarked said:
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?
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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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.

LED flash for camera

Ok, so it has been a year since Vibrant been available. Great phone but it has its flaws, nothing is perfect in this world.
GPS - fixed
ROM - fixed
Kernel - fixed
Sound - fixed
Camera LED - NOT available
I'm surprise no one has come up with a resolution for this.
Vibrant on Project-V + Bali-X 1.1
That would just be way more trouble than it's worth.
It's not the fact that the camera doesn't have a LED that bothers me. It's the lack of LED in general that most phones use for text messages, missed calls, voice mail etc. Oh well. There are some good apps to work around that. Love this phone.
I always confuse the two.. but doesnt the vibrant NOT have a camera flash?
While the galaxyS has the camera flash?
Yeah.... BLN works great
Agreed. I just wish there was a way to turn it off for email and only have it for missed calls and sms
Vibration Notifier rules life pretty hard. Vibrates every X amount of minutes to let me know I have a notification...and its fully customizable.
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The Larcenist said:
Agreed. I just wish there was a way to turn it off for email and only have it for missed calls and sms
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use noled You can have it set for what ever you want to be notified for
nomadrider123 said:
use noled You can have it set for what ever you want to be notified for
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I use handcent and can't get it to work.
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Missing Features

There are some features missing in this moto g as compared to it's predecessor.
Please add on the list
Driving mode in moto Assist
Gyroscope
Notification light
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ben7337 said:
Notification light
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With Moto Display, you aren't going to see the notification light on Motorola phones anymore. It just doesn't make sense.
The led is discrete. The moto display is not.
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The led is discrete. The moto display is not.
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The led also flashes every few seconds. The Moto display does not do any such thing and though people say you can wave your hand over the phone to turn it on, that's still more interaction to see if there's anything and I tried that feature on my Moto g and it never worked.
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ben7337 said:
The led also flashes every few seconds. The Moto display does not do any such thing and though people say you can wave your hand over the phone to turn it on, that's still more interaction to see if there's anything and I tried that feature on my Moto g and it never worked.
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It certainly is not the same. But the days of led notifications are coming to an end. And you don't have to wave your hand. You can also just pick up your phone and it automatically shows your notifications in dark mode.
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It certainly is not the same. But the days of led notifications are coming to an end. And you don't have to wave your hand. You can also just pick up your phone and it automatically shows your notifications in dark mode.
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So what if I'm typing and working and want to know if I have a message. How do I check visually without picking up the phone? With the notification light it blinks constantly. The active display can't do that and as a result is a drop in functionality for me. It's nice that the phone turns the active display on when I pick up the phone, but that doesn't replace a notification light, if anything it would work best in unison with a notification light.
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I'll miss the light. Had active display on motox and hated it. It was the best part of my motog.
bozzykid said:
With Moto Display, you aren't going to see the notification light on Motorola phones anymore. It just doesn't make sense.
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ben7337 said:
So what if I'm typing and working and want to know if I have a message. How do I check visually without picking up the phone? With the notification light it blinks constantly. The active display can't do that and as a result is a drop in functionality for me. It's nice that the phone turns the active display on when I pick up the phone, but that doesn't replace a notification light, if anything it would work best in unison with a notification light.
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ben7337 said:
So what if I'm typing and working and want to know if I have a message. How do I check visually without picking up the phone? With the notification light it blinks constantly. The active display can't do that and as a result is a drop in functionality for me. It's nice that the phone turns the active display on when I pick up the phone, but that doesn't replace a notification light, if anything it would work best in unison with a notification light.
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Very true. But most people didn't use led notifications because it didn't tell you much (unless you download an app to configure them with different colors). This is what Moto Display and the ambient display were created for. People used to led notifications don't like it but I venture to say more people are making use of the new method.
bozzykid said:
Very true. But most people didn't use led notifications because it didn't tell you much (unless you download an app to configure them with different colors). This is what Moto Display and the ambient display were created for. People used to led notifications don't like it but I venture to say more people are making use of the new method.
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Isn't the new method only on Moto phones though? What percent of the market does Moto even have? As for notification colors, every app I know has its own colors for notifications so it's always easy to tell what I have a notification for, unless I have multiple notifications.
ben7337 said:
Isn't the new method only on Moto phones though? What percent of the market does Moto even have? As for notification colors, every app I know has its own colors for notifications so it's always easy to tell what I have a notification for, unless I have multiple notifications.
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No. Lollipop has ambient display which is very similar. That is why turning on ambient display disables Moto Display.
Piyoosh_Singh said:
There are some features missing in this moto g as compared to it's predecessor.
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Driving mode in moto Assist
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Make sure Motorola Contextual Services is installed from Play. That's what I had to do with my 2nd Gen to get driving mode.
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I am not a big fan of the notification screen i dont think Moto G has a AMOLED display hence if it is not the case the notification will drain the battery faster how i am not an expert on how the notification works so i may be wrong
LED was cool but no many used it anyways it was not a feature but an accessory without which you can live with
How did this turn into a philosophical debate over the merits of a notification led?
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No gyroscope - so no driving mode or photosphere or google cardboard or spotlight stories. No LED notifications. No stereo speakers.
There is a hidden LED;
http://www.techdroider.com/2015/08/moto-g-3rd-generation-also-have-hidden-led.html
yaconsult said:
No gyroscope - so no driving mode or photosphere or google cardboard or spotlight stories. No LED notifications. No stereo speakers.
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Driving mode is no gyroscope dependent. It was there on the first gen Moto G (which too, leaks a gyroscope.)
Whoa...I was considering moving from Samsung to Moto...but if no LED, it's a no go for me. I use Lightflow, and the different colors, and flash/no flash, is too handy to lose. Don't have to pick up the phone; don't have to be close to it even, to know what type of message may be waiting.
ewingr said:
Whoa...I was considering moving from Samsung to Moto...but if no LED, it's a no go for me. I use Lightflow, and the different colors, and flash/no flash, is too handy to lose. Don't have to pick up the phone; don't have to be close to it even, to know what type of message may be waiting.
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Enjoy it while you can. Ambient notifications are going to kill the need for led notifications. While it is not was powerful as led notifications, I would imagine we will see a huge drop in LEDs in Android phones in the next year or so.

led notification

I have tried both alternatives to the lack of one on the 6T. Nice apps ,but just not working out for me .. considering all the posts on the subject, does OP have any plans for a fix/update, @funkwizard? Thanks in advance
Have moved over to the OnePlus community.. Moderator, would you close this please? Thanks in advance
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I'll be honest, I don't miss the LED notification. It really frees me to not be a slave to the phone. I use Mighty Text on the phone and at least while I'm home, notifications will show up on my laptop. The last few days I've been using their Chrome plugins which adds more notifications to the desktop, but I'm about ready to uninstall that because it can be really annoying.
I miss the LED terribly but haven't had time to look at the software alternatives. I often need to have the phone completely silent/no vibration, and not being able to see what's going on via varicolored strobing LED is a miss. Love the phone otherwise, but I really gotta sort out a solution using ambient display or some such, without killing the battery.
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Frankenscript said:
I miss the LED terribly but haven't had time to look at the software alternatives. I often need to have the phone completely silent/no vibration, and not being able to see what's going on via varicolored strobing LED is a miss. Love the phone otherwise, but I really gotta sort out a solution using ambient display or some such, without killing the battery.
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Plusbeat. I've tried pretty much every other app none of them work well but that one.
Plusbeat is the best one. Love it
I use AOE and it is working great for me
I actually despise when people post
"There's a beer going your way
Confirmation number blah blah blah!"
Because i ponder and ponder and fail to see any other reason than bragging; however, I'm only doing this to convince you of how much i like the app! Do note, this isn't a premium i paid to unlock functionality, it's just well deserved, in my opinion...
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I use AOE and it is working great for me
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What is AOE?
An always on display mod? I didn't miss led but aod yes and now that I rooted my 6t I am searching for an aod compatible with 9.0.11
vegetaleb said:
What is AOE?
An always on display mod? I didn't miss led but aod yes and now that I rooted my 6t I am searching for an aod compatible with 9.0.11
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It's a app that lights up the edge of your screen when a notification comes in. It can also light up the Status Bar area if you are in another app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe&hl=en
PapaMag said:
It's a app that lights up the edge of your screen when a notification comes in. It can also light up the Status Bar area if you are in another app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe&hl=en
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Thanks
I ended up installing the app "always on amoled" which looks pretty good. I will see how battery will behave
vegetaleb said:
Thanks
I ended up installing the app "always on amoled" which looks pretty good. I will see how battery will behave
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Looking forward to your report!
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Looking forward to your report!
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Very nice aod but it eats too much battery, it was at 18% battery usage, so I uninstalled it.
I am going to backup my stock rom and try the new aod magisk module

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