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Green LED light staying on... can't figure out why

I (of course) do not have root, but I am running light flow. It seems to be working fine, the LEDs that should go on are working and in the proper colors.
I have unchecked all the LED notifications under settings.
However, when I turn my phone off, the green LED light goes on immediately. It is not plugged in, and it's down to around 92% battery or so.
I even tried disabling all charging/battery related LEDs but still the green LED is on.
Anyone else having this? Any thoughts?

Light Flow is known to cause problems on the S3.
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bigb252 said:
Light Flow is known to cause problems on the S3.
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And I was wanting to download and use that.

Yes, I see after further testing that uninstalling light flow fixes the issue. Dangit, it appears light flow is far and away the best LED app. I put a note in feedback about it, hopefully the dev will be able to solve it. I'll try it again once we have root for the US version.
Any know if the light flow creator is working on this?

It's listed in the known issues on the developer's site, so I assume they are working on it:
hxxp://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1931

it has something to do with interactions with the built in notifications.. if you disable them then light flo doesnt work.. if you turn them on then whenever the phone goes to sleep a green light comes on.. bummer

i used the LED color tester app and all the LEDs colors are off from what the previous commands were, i guess... so its going to be a while until the led programs work properly

LED light always on when idle

Anyone know why my LED light is always on when the screen is off?
I have no alerts, a full battery, no new messages, etc..
It was a yellow solid light then i installed light flow lite and it changed to green.
I've tried to eliminate any color that uses green to find what is using it, but for some reason it always comes on when I turn the screen off.

Its a known issue with Light Flow for the US sg3.
http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1931

ahwang87 said:
Its a known issue with Light Flow for the US sg3.
http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1931
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It was doing it before I installed light flow though

noweakness said:
It was doing it before I installed light flow though
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turn off notifications in LED notification settings in the setting menu

LED Notification Light Not Working

Does any else have a issue with their LED Notification Light not working?
No light when charging, or SMS, or Email, Missed Call, Low Battery... never lights up. Almost thought they forgot to install the LED until I used LightFlow to test it. And even then it only works when the screen is off, once the power button is pressed to turn the screen on then LED goes off, even though I set LightFlow to clear notification Manually. (LightFlow was just used to test if the LED was installed/functional.)
Uninstalled LightFlow, send myself a couple test emails and text(from another phone) and There was no LED notification light, just the notification sound.
Really hoping this is a software issues so I don't have to request a replacement device from Google...
Edit/Update: I'm pretty sure this is a software related issue and not hardware, as the LED is there and functions (with the help of 3rd party app, which we should not have to use) - So I'm trying to get a poll here of how many people have issues with the LED Notification light not working. Something to report to Google/Bug Report.
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I believe the reason is that the software has not been updated to be completely compatible with 4.2+
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What software are you referring too? LightFlow?
This topic has nothing to do with LightFlow...
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UberSlackr said:
Does any else have a issue with their LED Notification Light not working?
No light when charging, or SMS, or Email, Missed Call, Low Battery... never lights up. Almost thought they forgot to install the LED until I used LightFlow to test it. And even then it only works when the screen is off, once the power button is pressed to turn the screen on then LED goes off, even though I set LightFlow to clear notification Manually. (LightFlow was just used to test if the LED was installed/functional.)
Uninstalled LightFlow, send myself a couple test emails and text(from another phone) and There was no LED notification light, just the notification sound.
Really hoping this is a software issues so I don't have to request a replacement device from Google...
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Mine doesn't work either. I tried LightFlow and while it did light up the LED for some things, but not all that I selected, it was too faint to see, have to be in total darkness to see it.

The led isn't supposed to flash when the screen is on. Its been this way with every nexus.
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El Daddy said:
The led isn't supposed to flash when the screen is on. Its been this way with every nexus.
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But does your LED work when the screen is off? Mine and the OP's don't unless you use a third party app.

kzoodroid said:
But does your LED work when the screen is off? Mine and the OP's don't unless you use a third party app.
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I don't know. I've had lightflow installed since first boot.
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Is the Notification Light activated under display settings?

Mine worked, but not really well, I only saw it once when sending myself a test mail. Now I'm using Light Flow, which works nearly perfect (sometimes it doesn't seem to work until I enable the screen for a second and then disable it again)

phil_ffm said:
Is the Notification Light activated under display settings?
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Pulse notification light is checked

Im having the same problem. My led doesnt seem to come on no matter what. I know it worked out of the box because I have seen it light up with light flow but now im wondering if it quit completely and if I should do an RMA.

Mine has been working fine. It's white for TXT's, green for a lot of other things like FB and whatsapp

Yes the "Pulse notification light" option is checked.
I woke today with 6 New emails, 4 text messages, and 1 missed call... No LED Notification light was on, blinking or doing anything.
There not being a notification light is bugging the heck out me, 'cause I depend on them when my phone is on silent at work so I'm able to know there is a message waiting without having to stop what Im doing to turn the screen on every 5 min.
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Try 'Blink'
Try the app 'Blink' very simple and its works for my N4

are you waiting 10 seconds before turning the phone on? Thats how long it takes before it blinks again. Whoever programmed the LED truly hates LED notifications because he made it blink so slowly and dimly that nobody could possibly notice it.

M0D3RNAFR0 said:
Try the app 'Blink' very simple and its works for my N4
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Not looking for an App to make something work that should already function otb.

idividebyzero said:
are you waiting 10 seconds before turning the phone on? Thats how long it takes before it blinks again. Whoever programmed the LED truly hates LED notifications because he made it blink so slowly and dimly that nobody could possibly notice it.
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Yup, sat there watching the phone for a good 2-3 min after hearing the Notification sound for new email / text. (screen off)
Not sure if its suppose to or not, but I don't even get a LED Notification light when the phone is charging or charged (have to turn phone on to check if the phone is done charging.) Past devices I've had used the LED to notify of charging/charged.

It's normal that it doesn't glow when charging. I really can recommend Light Flow, then you can customise the notification as you wish (the free version is good, I bought the full version because I need steam support, but for normal use there is no need to buy it)
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Ok, so my notification light wouldnt work no matter what. I uninstalled sms popup and now light flow works like it should. I guess the sms popup was somehow blocking light flow from allowing it to activate.

No notification light shows while charging, hence why when you charge the phone when it's off, it shows an animation on the screen. It should for calls, texts, emails, etc. though. Mine works. It even shows blue for facebook and white for texts/emails. Not sure why it wouldn't work. Have you gotten the 4.2.1 update?
Additionally, light flow states in its description that it doesn't work on most lg phones.

no charging LED indicator?

is it just me? or does the LED indicator not come on when the device is charging? i turned on pulsing notifcation light in settings and i can see the LED indicator when i receive messages but it doesnt seem like theres any LED light for when i'm charging the phone.

Get lightflow from the play store and you should be able to get that working

Deltatko said:
Get lightflow from the play store and you should be able to get that working
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I tried Light Flow but without root it won't work. Not sure if there will be a future update for this, but I certainly hope they add it with a security patch OTA soon.
Update: I tried another app called light manager led and that app work perfectly. If light flow does not work for you, then try light manager.

I've tried both Light Flow and Light Manager, but they both keep activating the Ambient Display every few seconds.
Anyone aware of an LED app that doesn't have these issues?

hi
i also noticed from first day this issue with my phone. I keep googling it to see if it is something wrong with my phone or it is just the way nexus 6p was designed. When I charge my phone (with the phone being completely off) the does not change color neither for "charging" nor for "full charged". It;s annoying as I never know when the phone is full charged in order to disconnect.

SteelRattus said:
I've tried both Light Flow and Light Manager, but they both keep activating the Ambient Display every few seconds.
Anyone aware of an LED app that doesn't have these issues?
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Are you using paid for versions
I've got the paid for version of light manager and it's working perfectly well
I've ambient display off
If I remember rightly you need the pro version
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hosho said:
hi
i also noticed from first day this issue with my phone. I keep googling it to see if it is something wrong with my phone or it is just the way nexus 6p was designed. When I charge my phone (with the phone being completely off) the does not change color neither for "charging" nor for "full charged". It;s annoying as I never know when the phone is full charged in order to disconnect.
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This is normal for both Nexus devices. My 5X is exactly the same way out of the box. The LED does not light up to show as connected to charger or fully charged.
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chubby65 said:
Are you using paid for versions
I've got the paid for version of light manager and it's working perfectly well
I've ambient display off
If I remember rightly you need the pro version
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I don't think I tried Pro, but if you turn Ambient Display off then it won't affect it anyway. It's when you turn ambient display on and use the programs that it keeps appearing.
Edit: Yep, tested again with the Pro version. Ambient Display keeps coming on every few seconds.

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I don't think I tried Pro, but if you turn Ambient Display off then it won't affect it anyway. It's when you turn ambient display on and use the programs that it keeps appearing.
Edit: Yep, tested again with the Pro version. Ambient Display keeps coming on every few seconds.
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Have you disabled ambient display in settings I never use ambient display as I'm not too keen on it
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Going to contact Google and Huawei directly.... I'm sure we will see it in an update. Blackberry did it with my classic
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Cleva1 said:
Going to contact Google and Huawei directly.... I'm sure we will see it in an update. Blackberry did it with my classic
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Can't really see it mate they didn't do it for the nexus 6
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chubby65 said:
Have you disabled ambient display in settings I never use ambient display as I'm not too keen on it
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There-in lies the problem, as I like to use Ambient Display.

SteelRattus said:
There-in lies the problem, as I like to use Ambient Display.
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Could still work
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SteelRattus said:
There-in lies the problem, as I like to use Ambient Display.
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If you are using light flow, disable the option that allows light flow to turn on the screen, I believe its called 'Device Admin' under general settings.
If that doesn't work, then nothing will probably work to allow ambient display and any LED manager to work without conflicting each other, as they both use the same resources.

I also had the issue with no indicator LED while charging on my Nexus 6p with Light Manager & ambient display.
I uninstalled and reinstalled the Light Manager app and now it works again.:good:
Question is now for how long?

gmusing said:
I also had the issue with no indicator LED while charging on my Nexus 6p with Light Manager & ambient display.
I uninstalled and reinstalled the Light Manager app and now it works again.:good:
Question is now for how long?
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Don't forget that you also need to activate the features by going into your settings menu and enabling the ability to have the device use led displays. You can download and use any light manager you want, but until you enable the feature on the device itself, none of the apps will work.
As of this post here are the instructions for enabling the led light display to work:
1. Go to settings
2. Select the Notifications settings
3. Tap the gear (settings) icon in the upper right corner.
4. Enable "pulse notification light"
5. Open the light manager app of your choice (I prefer light manager - LED settings)
6. Set the app to your preference
7. Reboot device
8. Profit
Hope this helps resolve any issues you have

LED Notifications

For some reason the notification LED doesn't function on my XL2. I installed LED Blinker Pro and it works like a charm. Just thought I would share incase anyone else is having this issue.

Settings, apps and notifications, notifications, blink light. It's off by default.
Now go get lightflow and go nuts.
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I did that and it still didn't work. That app solved the problem though.

Have you used light manager? And if so which do you like better. Im using Light Manager but that app you showed looks more polished.
Also have you noticed this time around the phone has trouble making some colors. Like yellow looks kinda yellow/green and white is kinda blue/white

Light Flow works. But it seems that the built-in notification light triggers first overriding Light Flow. For example, if I get a text message (fast blue blinking light set in Light Flow), I get the slow, white stock notification. If I unlock and then immediately re-lock the phone Light Flow kicks in with the set blink/color settings. I've tried to disable the stock light notification, but if I do Light Flow won't work at all.

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Light Flow works. But it seems that the built-in notification light triggers first overriding Light Flow. For example, if I get a text message (fast blue blinking light set in Light Flow), I get the slow, white stock notification. If I unlock and then immediately re-lock the phone Light Flow kicks in with the set blink/color settings. I've tried to disable the stock light notification, but if I do Light Flow won't work at all.
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Light Flow didn't work well for me.

So is this just a software issue that could be addressed by Google in the future?
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Andebad said:
So is this just a software issue that could be addressed by Google in the future?
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My 6p was the same way when I first got it.... But once they built in led notification into the settings of the roms I then got more cookies and very crisp distinct colors too..... Im sure the custom roms and kernel will fix this and the OLED panel color issues

Light Flow works perfectly for me.
Enable the light in system settings.
Disable it when there is an option in specific apps.
Make sure it has the right permissions.
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I installed the New Pixel 2 XL Launcher on my OG Pixel XL. My light stopped after installing, so I had to go to the launcher settings (long press blank area on home screen, Home settings, Notification Dots, Blink Light) and turn on the light in there to get it going again.

thacounty said:
I installed the New Pixel 2 XL Launcher on my OG Pixel XL. My light stopped after installing, so I had to go to the launcher settings (long press blank area on home screen, Home settings, Notification Dots, Blink Light) and turn on the light in there to get it going again.
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Yep, that's how you get the LED to work. It's really wonky and idk why they buried the setting in that spot.

corywf said:
Yep, that's how you get the LED to work. It's really wonky and idk why they buried the setting in that spot.
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Right? I found it by accident, and wondered how many people will never find this setting.

thacounty said:
I installed the New Pixel 2 XL Launcher on my OG Pixel XL. My light stopped after installing, so I had to go to the launcher settings (long press blank area on home screen, Home settings, Notification Dots, Blink Light) and turn on the light in there to get it going again.
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If we ever meet in person, beer and a shot are on me!
I've been looking for that for about 2 days now....

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