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LED colors

So this trackball LED is supposed to be able to show 3 different colors, right? So far mine only blinks white. What makes it turn other colors?

if its connected to bluetooth headsets or handsfree it will be blue.

That sounds kinda boring ._.

I heard it has an RGB led under there similar to how the G1 had the RBG next to the speaker.

staulkor said:
I heard it has an RGB led under there similar to how the G1 had the RBG next to the speaker.
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Yeah, I was really hoping that different apps could set it to different colors like the G1 can. I used to have one color for IMs, one for texts, etc. I forget how I set that up but I don't see any options for it now. But I'm sure I remember seeing apps where it asked you what color you wanted the LED to be. I think AK Notepad has that option...

Im agitated by this feature missing.
Handcent ,Missed reminder do not activate these LEDs.
Very dissapointed.

I was assuming the same thing, I loved that feature on the G1. It helped me know what I got, before having to view it myself. Even the Sidekick LX has more colors than the N1, that is, if it only has 3 o_o the option is completely removed it seems? How disappointing..

On the G1, we used Missed Call to set colors.

give it some time the phone has only been out for 2 days

Has anyone confirmed that this is NOT a multicolor capable LED under the trackball?
My guess is that there aren't any apps, yet, to address this capability on the N1, yet. I, too, would be disappointed to lose my colors and the missed call app.

http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/answer.py?answer=168442&query=trackball&type=
Short version:
Flashing White: Incoming call
Flashing Blue: Incoming call while a bluetooth headset is attached
Pulsing White: new notification

cliffy15 said:
Has anyone confirmed that this is NOT a multicolor capable LED under the trackball?
My guess is that there aren't any apps, yet, to address this capability on the N1, yet. I, too, would be disappointed to lose my colors and the missed call app.
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I was thinking this exact same thought, I figured since the mlevin said it was capable of going only 3 colors, I assumed it could do that. I once also thought that the LED on the G1 could only go; Red, Green, and Orange, but that has also changed.
EDIT: So there is also a "status light" embedded at the top of the device, hidden behind the black tracing around the screen? Why has this not been mentioned anywhere o_0
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EDIT2: After taking a look in a few older Nexus pics, I noticed that its been there since the first pictures were born.

Aokp users led notification light

Found a trick to the led notification inside the ROM control area. If you would like to change the color of your LED notification do not use custom colors to the left only use the slider to the right and then set them.
The slider to right is the colorful one
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I have pretty much tried every single color and it works pretty well some colors more then others.
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What's the difference between Set and !!!? So all you do to change the color of yours is use the slider on the right... do you need to then touch the right-hand color swatch, the Set button or !!! so it takes effect?

JediSooner said:
What's the difference between Set and !!!? So all you do to change the color of yours is use the slider on the right... do you need to then touch the right-hand color swatch, the Set button or !!! so it takes effect?
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!!!! Is the stock ics blue
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I can't seem to figure out how to get mine to show anything other than a yellowish color. I'm using the slider on the right and hitting set, but to no avail. Just attempting to get back the stock blue, much less abrasive.
EDIT: Unsurprisingly it turns out that I'm just dumb and was overlooking LED settings within other apps...Oops! OP recommendation works just fine. Thanks!

No problem and don't use the !!! Just click the new color and done like I said it's close to the color that you pick but not perfect. Some notifications automatically come out red on their own for example Facebook notifications etc. but system apps seems to be the color that you pick

After installing this on my phone the LED won't do anything when charging, fully charged. Any reason why? I tried light flow but its bugged for the S3 right now.

Ov3rbyte said:
After installing this on my phone the LED won't do anything when charging, fully charged. Any reason why? I tried light flow but its bugged for the S3 right now.
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because aosp does not offer those options only Samsung software

[Q] Notification LED Light not matching what I pick

CarbonROM 1.6
Matr1x 8
I'm having a slight issue with the LED Notification Light. I cannot seem to get it to light up in the correct colors.
Here is a screenshot of what I have it set to:
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Facebook
I selected Green
Light flashes Cyan
Gmail
I selected Red
Light flashes Gold
It's with almost every color I select.
I also noticed most colors I select that has blue in it, the LED light uses blue.
How do I get it to use the correct colors???

Use lightflow from the market. Works great.
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Unjustable said:
Use lightflow from the market. Works great.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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Colors still do not match.
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lightflow works perfect for me on stock 4.2.2 every color shows as is, except white has a little bit of all color mixed in and is noticable around the light but still turns out white

dEris said:
CarbonROM 1.6
Matr1x 8
I'm having a slight issue with the LED Notification Light. I cannot seem to get it to light up in the correct colors.
Here is a screenshot of what I have it set to:
Facebook
I selected Green
Light flashes Cyan
Gmail
I selected Red
Light flashes Gold
It's with almost every color I select.
I also noticed most colors I select that has blue in it, the LED light uses blue.
How do I get it to use the correct colors???
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Don't use light flow. It eats battery and the built in notifications never fail.
I'm currently using the exact same set up as you...carbon + matrix and I have no issues with my led notifications. When you flashed the rom, did you do a clean install?
Sent from my Nexus 4

They flash the wrong colour when you test them or when they are actually being used in a real life situation.

Goog1e Phone said:
Don't use light flow. It eats battery and the built in notifications never fail.
I'm currently using the exact same set up as you...carbon + matrix and I have no issues with my led notifications. When you flashed the rom, did you do a clean install?
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Clean install. Happens in xylon, carbon, liquid. Possibly others =(
Rizy7 said:
They flash the wrong colour when you test them or when they are actually being used in a real life situation.
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Both.
[NEXUS⁴] [XYLON] [MATR1X8] [TWRP]

dEris said:
Clean install. Happens in xylon, carbon, liquid. Possibly others =(
Both.
[NEXUS⁴] [XYLON] [MATR1X8] [TWRP]
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Its common for the LED to flash a mixed colour when I have more than one notification, instead of flashing the correct colours in some kind of sequence.

Rizy7 said:
Its common for the LED to flash a mixed colour when I have more than one notification, instead of flashing the correct colours in some kind of sequence.
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I know this.
When I get a text, it's set for green but does not flash green. Even in the test it doesn't flash green.
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[REQ] Rear notification light (power button) for all notifications?

My apologies if this has already been discussed somewhere.
I would love to see that awesome power button notification light glow after receiving a text, whatsapp message, email, etc.
Interested in hearing users and devs thoughts on this.
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I would be interested in this. Seems silly all it does is turn on with the phone.

andino said:
I would be interested in this. Seems silly all it does is turn on with the phone.
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Yeah, I don't get why they'd go through all the work and cost to integrate an led in the button to only have it play when getting/on a call (who would need that??) and when an alarm goes off (again, who needs that??). Makes sense to have it for emails/texts/etc.
Hope this comes out. I haven't had a chance to see if LightFlow can access it.

Anyone email the lightflow dev? He has supported alternative led's in the past.
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I may mention it when I ask about the color of the main led not displaying correctly when a Gmail message is received. Anyone else noticed this?

I don't currently use light flow, bit I read somewhere else on this board that other people were having the same Gmail issue.
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xdabbeb said:
I may mention it when I ask about the color of the main led not displaying correctly when a Gmail message is received. Anyone else noticed this?
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I too may be seeing what you are.
I have lightflow setup to throw a white led for gmail, but.... when the screen is locked (I use pattern lock) and off, first the led flashes green for gmail. Then after I wake the screen, the led switches back to white as it should for the lightflow setting.
I've tried setting lightflow to reset the led before throwing a notification but that did not fix it. The other kicker is it doesn't always seem to do this green then white problem. Under the phone settings it does look like lg has set up quite a bit of an interface into the led, the front and back one. Most of the conditions for the led to come on are defaulted to only a green option in the phone setting. I've turned them all off so lightflow can control and determine the color etc. I even tried turning off the led function in the phone settings hoping that only lightflow would control, but the phone settings actually do keep the led completely off if set.
It's not a deal breaker, but I use green for google voice texts that are a much higher priority for me to take a look at.
I think the lg system on this phone still has some "tendrils" into the led settings that are getting in the way of lightflow having full control?
Also, for what it is worth, under the lightflow settings, it does show that lightflow does detect the back led and others so maybe the dev of that app can add some functionality in their copious free time

Yep. That's the behavior I'm seeing. Not the end of the world, but it kind of defeats the purpose of giving different colors in lightflow. I agree that it's likely due to the hooks LG still has present or something the LF devs need to iron out with this device. I saw those extra options for LEDs as well, but I wasn't able to get them to do anything. The lm3630 is the control for the backlight of the screen (found that while looking for a CABL control). I have no idea what the mmc1 is.

Light Flow - Control LED [ROOT] Paid Version

Some people are trying to use Light flow to enable the LED for custom notifications, heres how to :
In order to get this working as far as I have tested you need the following :
1. Root
2. The Paid Version of Lightflow - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow&hl=en_GB
3. Enable the LED in Sound & Notification settings
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Jump into Light flows general settings and enable :
Show LED in priority mode
Accessibility check
Enable Clear All - Optional
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Next into Device settings and root in light flow and enable :
Root Mode
Run every command as root
Show LED while screen on - Optional
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You can now set up custom Flashes based on triggers as normal
Working :
Flashing Light
Solid Light
Red
Blue
Green
White
Yellow
I have not tested this without root or the lite version - if you manage to do so PM me and i'll update the thread
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It works without root. I've been using Light Manager and that works too.
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I have no root, but paid version and I can't seem to alter the style as in pulse or single flash etc,

I have a issue when my screen is off I I'm getting a constant blue blinking LED,yet in the app it says no active notifications,I've disabled all notifications in the app but its still doing it ,any ideas how to fix please ,I have had to knock off notifications light in settings but that stops them all coming through

Facebook or other apps...
I use LF wiith Sony XP z3c rooted, but did so with it (paid ver.) before root and found if you use the likes of Facebook and have notifications on within app settings it will designate blue colour regardless to the LED whether LFlow is installed and configured or not..I have a feeling I've maybe made an underhand silly comment here lol I hope not but just a suggestion I'm not entirely sure if there needs to strictly be a notification ongoing for it to flash in these cases... I appreciate as I'm new here all of you guys are respectful wizards compared to me so forgive my perhaps obvious novice-like rhetoric... hey ho...

combat goofwing said:
I have a issue when my screen is off I I'm getting a constant blue blinking LED,yet in the app it says no active notifications,I've disabled all notifications in the app but its still doing it ,any ideas how to fix please ,I have had to knock off notifications light in settings but that stops them all coming through
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Do you have any notifications at all? With "pulse notification light" enabled in system settings, you'll get a blinking blueish light for certain apps' notifications via Android itself, nothing to do with Lightflow.

all sorted thanks uninstalled light flow reinstalled and all fixed