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I tried looking in the forum for any info on the status LED next to the speaker on the front side but I don't see any posts on this. Is this LED supposed to flash or do something? On my HD it has never worked? Is it supposed to work?
I remember on my Artemis it would flash green for good reception, blue for bluetooth and red if the battery was low.
FrancoBollo said:
I tried looking in the forum for any info on the status LED next to the speaker on the front side but I don't see any posts on this. Is this LED supposed to flash or do something? On my HD it has never worked? Is it supposed to work?
I remember on my Artemis it would flash green for good reception, blue for bluetooth and red if the battery was low.
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I may be wrong but i was under the impresion that this was a sensor rather than a LED.
No, that's entirely correct, it is the light sensor. The LED is in the power button.
the status led is on the power button on the top right hand side of the blackstone...the place u highlighted is a sensor as what scotia has point out..
I think that it is a proximity sensor used to blank screen when you put the phone on your ear to talk.
It's actually the light sensor used for when you have automatic display brightness enabled. When it's dark, it turns down the brightness... And when it's a sunny day it cracks it up. I am not sure whether it's used to blank the screen during a call... This seems to happen after a period of time has elapsed.
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ok thanks for the info.
So does the power LED on the top side flash any color to show the status of the reception or does it only light up orange when it charges?
Thanks.
doesn't do anything for reception..although mine flashes green hen I have a message/email/reminder
pity though, a decent LED to show such things was probably high on everyone's wishlist
No, the HD is perfectly unobtrusive. On my last PDA the LED had to be tweaked to stop flashing.
Too bad this isnt a LED diode Since I got on my Diamond a light notification (on the bottom of device)... when I recieved new sms... now on HD there is no way I can figure do I have new sms or notification unless I turn the screen on. The only hardware flaw by mine opinion
When its lying down, I agree with you. Then I have to turn on the screen. However when its lying next to me I'm usually not in a place were I can't use my phone, so the sound is on anyway.
I actually think its quite good the LED is on the top, it's easelly visible when the phone is in my pocket. I just have to pull the phone up a little and look down to see the LED (no need to get it out and turn the screen on). I like it on the top, nice and discreet, and not anoying me when I'm looking at the device while using it.
Perhaps a combination would be nice? Front and top That would sattisfy most people I guess...
Hey all,
Sorry if a similar problem has been posted before, but my blue and red notification LED's aren't working.
The other day, i sent my nexus 4 away to get fixed (USB/charging port was broken), and when it was returned i noticed that all notifications flashed green.
I've tried:
- turning the "pulse notification light" on and off.
- Testing the LED via light manager (only green works).
So I've come to the conclusion that the red and blue parts of the LED are broken/faulty.
Is there another fix i could try ??
Perhaps the LED wasn't reconnected properly when being fixed, is it easily accessible ?
Thanks
-Craig
Craigw0w said:
Hey all,
Sorry if a similar problem has been posted before, but my blue and red notification LED's aren't working.
The other day, i sent my nexus 4 away to get fixed (USB/charging port was broken), and when it was returned i noticed that all notifications flashed green.
I've tried:
- turning the "pulse notification light" on and off.
- Testing the LED via light manager (only green works).
So I've come to the conclusion that the red and blue parts of the LED are broken/faulty.
Is there another fix i could try ??
Perhaps the LED wasn't reconnected properly when being fixed, is it easily accessible ?
Thanks
-Craig
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The obvious answer is the one you're not trying to hear, and that is to send it back.
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GEEK LESSON.:thumbup::thumbup:
Multi coloured LED,s are nearly always made up of 3 colours any other colour emitted from them is a mix of those 3 colours this is controlled by different metals / mineral e.t.c inside the LED and a chip that passes a different current to the led e.g say you wanted green the current would pass through the gallium phosphate (band) part of the led thus creating green. ( Said in easy to understand terms)
What I am trying to tell you is its next to impossible for this to break .(LED,s are near on bomb proof).
Either a cheaper LED has been replaced (unlikely as they cost very little) Or a software fault. The other colours just don't break .
As Berrydroidcafe says if this is a genuine fix from a nexus approved service you have been ripped off and should seek another replacement or fix . That's if you can't live with just a green LED.
Below is a chart explaining the elements used inside the LED which makes up the different colour spectrum .
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I broke my screen a few days ago and had it taken in to be replaced. A few hours after receiving it I noticed the LED was blinking, but in strange colors different than those I set in Light Flow. The normally white notification is now cyan, yellow is now green, purple is blue. Red however doesn't display at all, so it seems that the red portion of the RGB scale is not functioning. Does anybody know what during the screen repair process might be causing this to happen? I'm almost certain its not software related as prior to having it repaired the LED was working correctly. Thanks!
There's a kind of filter for the LED on the display, not all replacement parts come with it and it's pretty easy to overlook.
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There's a kind of filter for the LED on the display, not all replacement parts come with it and it's pretty easy to overlook.
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There does seem to be a blue hue around the notification light area when held in the light... So could it be that this filter was mistakenly left on the old screen, instead of transferred to the new part? Or is it something attached to the screen that can't be moved from one part to the other?
It wound up being a damaged LED light
Has anyone noticed this ? After the APD1 update, the notification LED is quite a bit dimmer. I tried upping the screen brightness, thinking that it may obey the screen brightness settings. No luck. This really pisses me off, since I rely on that LED, given that the AOD feature does not display most notifications.
dude did the auto-restart issue solved under the new firmware ?
Same for me, notification light definitely dimmer, a shame there seems to be no apparent settings to adjust this.
I didn't notice that. What kind of led color is dimmer?
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Has anyone noticed this ? After the APD1 update, the notification LED is quite a bit dimmer. I tried upping the screen brightness, thinking that it may obey the screen brightness settings. No luck. This really pisses me off, since I rely on that LED, given that the AOD feature does not display most notifications.
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My LED doesn't appear to be dimmer after the APD1 update, though I've really only seen blue so far.
What colors are appearing more dim on your device?
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My LED doesn't appear to be dimmer after the APD1 update, though I've really only seen blue so far.
What colors are appearing more dim on your device?
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Good question and idea. It's the green color. I will switch to other colors if those are not dim, maybe red.
Cst79 said:
Good question and idea. It's the green color. I will switch to other colors if those are not dim, maybe red.
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The green LED just got activated on my phone. I think it's just as bright as it was before the APD1 update.
spectrumfox said:
The green LED just got activated on my phone. I think it's just as bright as it was before the APD1 update.
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Just did a test again: the LED now obeys the ambient light sensor, in bright light it is bright, and in low light it becomes dimmer (you can try by covering the sensor). Same with the AOD, as someone reported in another thread.
Cst79 said:
Just did a test again: the LED now obeys the ambient light sensor, in bright light it is bright, and in low light it becomes dimmer (you can try by covering the sensor). Same with the AOD, as someone reported in another thread.
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Very interesting [emoji53]
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Under sun light the led is barely visible. Violet color in this case.
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I have the "dimmed green led" issue too. APD1 here. Interestingly the first couple of activities after a full reboot for the green color are bright, then it dims... I thought of a faulty led at first but now I know I'm not alone.
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I confirm that with a medium light the led is almost visible [emoji19]
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Ok. I can confirm that the led now uses the ambient light sensor to adjust brightness. Weird but true
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Same problem here after updating APD3 , when i recieve a message on whatsapp for example , the led notification flash red 1st time , then flash purple .... but the light of the notification led is dimmer ..
0355 said:
Ok. I can confirm that the led now uses the ambient light sensor to adjust brightness. Weird but true
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I don't see this adjustment. In a bright environment it is almost visible. At least on my phone. How do you say that it use the ambient light sensor?
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Same problem here after updating APD3 , when i recieve a message on whatsapp for example , the led notification flash red 1st time , then flash purple .... but the light of the notification led is dimmer ..
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The first red blink is a know "issue" of this phone.
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turtuv said:
I don't see this adjustment. In a bright environment it is almost visible. At least on my phone. How do you say that it use the ambient light sensor?
The first red blink is a know "issue" of this phone.
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Adjustment is not based upon screen brightness, which could lead to errors as screen brightness is only refreshed with phone unlocked. If you receive a notification and there's light falling directly on the ambient sensor while screen is off you'll see a bright led. If you cover the sensor (with screen off) you'll see a dimmed led. It is worthy to note that this adjustment is made only at notification arrival and not after. So if you have the phone inside a pocket you'll always see a dimmed led even if you take out the phone in the sunshine. If you have the phone out in the sunshine when notification arrives then you'll see a bright led.
I have thoroughly tested this and it's how the system now works (at least on my phone).
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0355 said:
Adjustment is not based upon screen brightness, which could lead to errors as screen brightness is only refreshed with phone unlocked. If you receive a notification and there's light falling directly on the ambient sensor while screen is off you'll see a bright led. If you cover the sensor (with screen off) you'll see a dimmed led. It is worthy to note that this adjustment is made only at notification arrival and not after. So if you have the phone inside a pocket you'll always see a dimmed led even if you take out the phone in the sunshine. If you have the phone out in the sunshine when notification arrives then you'll see a bright led.
I have thoroughly tested this and it's how the system now works (at least on my phone).
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I get it, interesting but I don't understand why it works only at notification arrival. Anyway if your phone does that so the other phone must do that too. P. S. What is exactly the ambient sensor?
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They also ****ed up the battery life on this update.
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They also ****ed up the battery life on this update.
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Confirmed its controlled via Light, so rules apply the same as OLED / Always on Display
As for the battery life, to when did you update?
People have complained about battery life, But i am yet to experience this issue everyone else is.
With that in mind, Linux is a rather complex system, and has some cleaver memory management utility's
(it does not operate like windows, Close down your apps to free up RAM, Linux does this on its own)
So keep that in mind, Then you performed a update, This no doubt a few settings to the kernel have been changed, Or even a update / patch.
So any information its retained about applications, Ram and process memory will / SHOULD be ereased and re-done
and the behaviour of the kernel is different.
As a result of this, you will notice a increase in battery drain for the first few days.
You can apply this same logic and method to Flashing Custom ROMS.
You have a Version of a customer ROM (For this example V1.0)
The developer releases V1.1 With some very minor adjustments
To ensure the running of the ROM, you wipe the device and start from Fresh.
WOW after installing this ROM am getting MASSIVE battery drain
(But give it 2 days or so and you will notice it will settle)
(After the Kernel has collected enough information about running process, whats needed whats not, what you keep opening and closes, What is needed to suspend and keep active)
The list goes on.
turtuv said:
I get it, interesting but I don't understand why it works only at notification arrival. Anyway if your phone does that so the other phone must do that too. P. S. What is exactly the ambient sensor?
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Ambient light sensor. The one which drives automatic screen brightness
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DEAR ALL
still facing red tint issue even after fix update what to do?
please guide me.
There's no other solution if you've moved the red-tint slider down to minimal and you still have too much red tint. Either you exchange it or try to live with it. Cmiiw
You're one of few, like me, and have to live with it yes.
My adaptive is reasonable, bit strange with such an expensive device to call it that. But my amoled modes are as pink as they were on day 1.
I don't find any other news about any more fixes either. So samsung probably thinks everybody is enjoying their fantastic looking s8 and + versions.
Ps. You could bring it to samsung repair and let them recalibrate or repair your screen.
did you try???
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yes bro tried everything but still there
The red is so annoying I agree, when I bought my S8 earlier this month the display was fine up until last week when it suddenly started turning red after sunset and the red lasts until sunrise!! I have tried all the possible adjustments with no result in all display modes and modifications. The red is so annoying to live with. At night when I change the phone time to am, it goes back to the regular display and all is well until sunset. I tried it in different timezones, it also adapts the black timing to the local sunset time! I haven't read/heard/seen anyone face this problem., am I the only one?
That thing is what you call night mode or Blue light filter you can turn it off
Mine looks pretty good on adaptive, but on other modes it's a bit reddish. I really wish Samsung released the sliders on the other modes too.
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The red is so annoying I agree, when I bought my S8 earlier this month the display was fine up until last week when it suddenly started turning red after sunset and the red lasts until sunrise!! I have tried all the possible adjustments with no result in all display modes and modifications. The red is so annoying to live with. At night when I change the phone time to am, it goes back to the regular display and all is well until sunset. I tried it in different timezones, it also adapts the black timing to the local sunset time! I haven't read/heard/seen anyone face this problem., am I the only one?
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Are you for real [emoji1] ?
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lvinwithandroid said:
That thing is what you call night mode or Blue light filter you can turn it off
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Hey thanks but I forgot to mention that:
- the red screen comes up even if the blue light filter is switched off
- the red screen shows up in all displays (Adaptive -even if the red is reduced to a minimum in the Advanced options , AMOLED cinema, AMOLED photo and basic modes)
- the red from the red screen is different from the nightmode's yellow-ish colour.
I am not sure if the warranty covers it. but I will speak to Samsung customer service and see if anyone has faced this before
after adjusting the RGBs and the display edge adjuster, the top of my display still appears slightly red..as though there is a reddish band at the top.. anyone?