LED - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Guys I use this app called light manager for using my led for new notifications, like blue for a miss call and red for a msg.. Worked for a week but suddenly stopped..
Any idea how to use led?
M in stock..
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-Harsh- said:
Guys I use this app called light manager for using my led for new notifications, like blue for a miss call and red for a msg.. Worked for a week but suddenly stopped..
Any idea how to use led?
M in stock..
Sent from The Beauty - Xperia S
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Honestly I think the best app is: Light Flow or Light Flow Lite (free)
I have been using it since I got the phone and it has never failed on me. It offers LED support (Color, blink duration, etc), custom vibration, repeat vibration, custom sound per app and much more! Try it out! In general the free version should give you all you need
Enjoy

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Notification LED

Has anyone found any app to change the LED color or flash frequency for notifications? That was probably my favorite thing about the G1, and when I got the Cliq I was disappointed. The Slide is leaps and bounds better than the Cliq, but I was still hoping for a blue LED...
Im pretty sure if you use handcent for notifications atleast you can change the color for text
I use handcent for all my texting, and that's about the only thing it won't do so far is change the LED.
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i dunno it may not be a multi color led
I haven't been able to get any colors out of mine yet but green orange and red(orange may be just red and green on together?)
why not put a led like in the g1 its nice to know what the notification is before the screen goes on... it cant be that much more costly, i am also coming from the cliq, I bought a g1, mt3g,cliq and not a slide all on the first day they were available from tmob.
im very glad to be back to htc, i have used htc almost exclusivity for the last 4-5 years and i doubt ill stray again in the future
Yeah That's what I did minus the original mt3g. Hated the cliq though. I went through 5 cliqs because of hardware defects. Worst phone ever made.
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i just noticed handcent isnt on the market.. wtf?
Seems like everyone says that, but I can see it just fine. Im using it on my slide right now.
Send me an email cdholland87_at_gmail.com and I'll email you the apk
There seem to be people that can get it, and cant get it. Like, I jsut downloaded Handcent yesterday, but others cant, but I cant Find/Download LauncherPro, but others can.
Been told its a Google issue.
i heard it was a problem when apps get updated they are not showing back up in the market, it only seems to affect the slide, odd but the first few days i had my slide the market was acting very odd it was slow and wouldn't show any paid apps at all, but it seems fine now...
bhang
Well I installed sms pop up and atleast have led blinking for sms now, before it didn't even have led notification
I use Ringo pro it allows u to change color mine is blue now
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hmmm, then why dont other apps change the color
for 5pounds I can wait till a free app changes the color... but if there is a multi color led in there why cant other apps use it?
bhang
chrystal0925 said:
I use Ringo pro it allows u to change color mine is blue now
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Are you sure your getting a blue led flash using Ringo Pro, cause i have it and its green only. Even if i set every setting on my phone to not show a led for notifications, using Ringo pro it still flashes for some reason. If you have a blue led pls take a picture so we can see this?

Notif blue led on froyo

So i have been waiting forever to get blue led or any other colors to use with missed calls or sms. sms pop up (app) or missed call (app) will now change your led to only blue. no other color works that i tried but atleast its one more.
Handcent will make any color but red flash the led blue, I don't think it would do anything but red before
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emails are red...(gmail & vm)
Handcent only works for red and blue (I have it set to red), My Nimbuzz IM is blue, and my Kik is a purpleish color but u have to set it on green from the notifications setting so it can work.. I'm currently trying to get a new color for my YouMail app...
Omg another thread about this.
I thought magenta worked?
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The epic only has a red and blue led...no green. So the only colors your going to get will be...
wait for it...red...and....blue
And as stated above, magenta should work since red and blue makes magenta...i couldn't get that to work in 2.1, I'll have to try it now that I'm on froyo.
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As far as I know, there's only red, blue and violet (red and blue) led colors. Too bad they didn't put a green one in there. That way you could make a hell of a lot more color combinations with rgb.
The only time I've seen violet is when the phone is charged and the led is blue. Then someone sent you an email or text. With the screen off, unplug the cable and for a brief moment the led is violet.
Ive noticed that on froyo, i get red for email and texts, blue for twitter and purple for im apps
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I see a lot of people talking about no green this and no green that. Please point out where I said there's green?.. All I said was to get my Kik messaging app to flash magenta I have to select the green option. But yes those three colors is all I get too....
handscent doesn't do a damn thing with the LED for my epic It doesnt flash, it doesnt even come on when I get a message
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handscent doesn't do a damn thing with the LED for my epic It doesnt flash, it doesnt even come on when I get a message
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Thats strange. I didn't try to change any of my LED stuff like I did on my old mytouch and it still gives me the blinking LED
RayTrue04 said:
I see a lot of people talking about no green this and no green that. Please point out where I said there's green?.. All I said was to get my Kik messaging app to flash magenta I have to select the green option. But yes those three colors is all I get too....
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The main reason is to explain why we are limited to only those three colors. to get more than a few colors, we must have an RGB(red green blue) LED, (which the Epic does not)without one of those, our color options are drastically limited.
Although that is good to know about Kik if I ever try it out.
the only way you will see our led is with the screen off for missed alerts. so if you are using an app and it has a test notif option you push that then turn the screen off and you will see the led

[Q] Notification Light

Is it possible to, like the small little notification led, make the smartphone's buttons (home, search, back and options(?)) (or even just one button, if the respective drivers allow it) stay on when there's a pending notification?
I saw this on a friend's LG 2X and he told me that was a customization made by someone in a custom ROM, so that wasn't a stock feature.
I think this will be, if it's doable, an awesome extra feature since the led is too much tiny to capt our attention to the pending notification and I imagine it's not very hard to implement.
Thanks in advance.
Well I am gonna point out that the small notification led we have is really cool RGB led. So you can have different colours depending on what it's going to notify about. Sad thing is as you stated it's pretty small and not visible at some points.
I would say the thing you wish for is up to the ones who customize roms. Ask them, head over to the development section.
Right. I'll post this in Dev section.
As long as we're talking about notification led, can someone tell me where to find full a description of light colors and meanings? The manual on the Huaweis own site isn't full/complete, 'coz it doesn't mention a blue color. I once got the led to flash blue, when Watchdog Lite "got a wiff" of an app that misbehaved and notified me about it. And it wasn't a one time event, since it did it with every Watchdog notification.
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As long as we're talking about notification led, can someone tell me where to find full a description of light colors and meanings? The manual on the Huaweis own site isn't full/complete, 'coz it doesn't mention a blue color. I once got the led to flash blue, when Watchdog Lite "got a wiff" of an app that misbehaved and notified me about it. And it wasn't a one time event, since it did it with every Watchdog notification.
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if the application can manage the led then you could see every possible colour if it is programmed for it...
for example through the handcent sms you can put whatever colour you want for the notification the programm handles...
so maybe with watchdog you can try it too...
they don't have special meanings the colours and they turn on to the colour they are programmed to from the company...
Is there a good app to set notification light color? Besides Light Flow (which changes the color but only blinks once or stays always on) or Blink (which asks for an internet access I don't want to grant due the usability settings, and thus haven't even tried)? Any way to change 'em manually?
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widgetlocker & LED notification

so after installing widgetlocker, the led notification light on my N4 stopped flashing for text msgs. Any way to fix this issue? The light still flashes when I receive email however..
I have heard of people using the Light Flow app to customize their LED lights. Try it out
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I agree gagdude
I use Light FLow and it's a powerful app even in "light" version

[APP] Light Manager Compatibility

I am the developer of Light Manager. It is an app to configure notification LED color and its flashing frequency for different notification types.
I noticed that there are quite a lot of Nexus 5 users are using Light Manager app. Almost comparable to Samsung devices which Light Manager is designed based on. So I would like to make it fully compatible with Nexus 5. One major bug that users reported is the WhatsApp notification LED does not turn off even after notification has been read or cleared. I think it happens to other notification as well.
I don't have a Nexus 5 to test. Could someone willing to help in doing some beta testing? You may PM me or send me an email. I will send you the install apk for beta testing.
Thanks in advanced.
Actually I only start to have problem after update to 5.8, I am using ART
p.s. I got the same problem on hangout, not whatsapp
I have no issues with light manager but I don't use whatsapp or art.
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I use and don't have any problem with LM, using it for months on several devices...
But if you look for further versions testers, I'm your man!
DummyPLUG said:
Actually I only start to have problem after update to 5.8, I am using ART
p.s. I got the same problem on hangout, not whatsapp
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You mean the LED notification for hangouts remains blinking even after you have read the message? If you are using normal mode, did you enable "Allow Recreate Notification" in Light Manager > Hangouts option?
mckoo said:
You mean the LED notification for hangouts remains blinking even after you have read the message? If you are using normal mode, did you enable "Allow Recreate Notification" in Light Manager > Hangouts option?
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Yes it remains blinking in normal dalvik too.
i am using alternative mode
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I had disable ""Allow Recreate Notification" but it still remains blinking in normal mode
DummyPLUG said:
Yes it remains blinking in normal dalvik too.
i am using alternative mode
update:
I had disable ""Allow Recreate Notification" but it still remains blinking in normal mode
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Could you help out in testing? I have added some fix but not sure if it can fix it or not. Let me know if you are OK and I will send you the apk installer for testing.
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You mean the LED notification for hangouts remains blinking even after you have read the message? If you are using normal mode, did you enable "Allow Recreate Notification" in Light Manager > Hangouts option?
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I have the same issue for 8sms when the screens off it keeps flashing. Did it on my nexus 4 and my 5.
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Could you help out in testing? I have added some fix but not sure if it can fix it or not. Let me know if you are OK and I will send you the apk installer for testing.
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Yes I can help, but don't expect too much feedback from me due to I don't have too many msg per day to toggle the bug.
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I've been using light manager for a long time and haven't had any issues. Using ART runtime and Hangouts. I also use alternating mode if that helps.
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A Nexus 5 user reported that he found a way to simulate the whatsapp LED remains blinking bug at the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51149422&postcount=1727
Could someone here verify if it happens to you too? Just want to make sure if this bug happens to all Nexus 5 users instead of certain users only. By the way, he is using alternating mode.
Thanks in advanced.
I use to use this app a lot but the same issue with the whatsapp app was happening with Google hangouts for some reason.
I really love this app and always use it.
Is it possible to make notifications flash even if the screen is on? (i.e when using another app)
Thanks in advance
dd66 said:
I really love this app and always use it.
Is it possible to make notifications flash even if the screen is on? (i.e when using another app)
Thanks in advance
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This has to be done at the firmware side instead of application.
Light Manager can support it if manufacturer allows it.
mckoo said:
This has to be done at the firmware side instead of application.
Light Manager can support it if manufacturer allows it.
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Will custom notifications sounds be implemented in future releases or the donate version?
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Sometimes whatsapp notifications keeps blinking even after clearing the notification. It's needed to restart the light manager app.
It would be nice to have a led notification when receiving a call like light flow does.
There is no charging indication too. But I think it's a problem of nexus and not the app.
I keep using this app anyway, I use since a had a galaxy s4.
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FuMMoD said:
Will custom notifications sounds be implemented in future releases or the donate version?
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Unfortunately not at the moment.
mhdsanto85 said:
Sometimes whatsapp notifications keeps blinking even after clearing the notification. It's needed to restart the light manager app.
It would be nice to have a led notification when receiving a call like light flow does.
There is no charging indication too. But I think it's a problem of nexus and not the app.
I keep using this app anyway, I use since a had a galaxy s4.
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How come nexus is having charging indication problem?
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How come nexus is having charging indication problem?
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There's no continuous led when charging.
The s4 behaviour is: when charging, red led continuously, when fully charged green led continuously.
In my recent experience with nexus 5, I can see that, with the stock kernel, it's impossible to have continuous led, only intermittent.
With custom kernels, like Franco or faux, we can see in changelog that there is continuous led implementation.
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mhdsanto85 said:
There's no continuous led when charging.
The s4 behaviour is: when charging, red led continuously, when fully charged green led continuously.
In my recent experience with nexus 5, I can see that, with the stock kernel, it's impossible to have continuous led, only intermittent.
With custom kernels, like Franco or faux, we can see in changelog that there is continuous led implementation.
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You can try go to Light Manager > Advanced Settings > Static LED and select option 2. That will give you somehow continuous red LED (In fact it is just 8s on 2s off as reported by other Nexus 5 user).

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