Does it have notification light and if so where is it located?
I'm looking to buy moto z or note 7, not entirely sure which one to buy?
Z owners try this pleae
Turn phone off and insert charger.
G4 plus has a hidden notification light, next to the fingerprint reader is only visible trying the above method.
No it has the way cooler Ambient Display thing that Motorola's been doing for a few years
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Everyone here is going to tell you to get the Z Force. Haven't seen a complaint thread
Thanks I do like the ambient display but I think double it up with notification light would be much more useful. The only issue with ambient display is the screen goes dark after a short period and Ambient Display kicks in again when you pick up your Phone. Notification light is constantly flashing so you're aware whenever you look at your phone without lifting or touching it.
riz157 said:
Thanks I do like the ambient display but I think double it up with notification light would be much more useful. The only issue with ambient display is the screen goes dark after a short period and Ambient Display kicks in again when you pick up your Phone. Notification light is constantly flashing so you're aware whenever you look at your phone without lifting or touching it.
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Well, you could wave your hand over it, but yeah, you need to actively check it.
Get a smartwatch, then you'll know when the notifications come in
I posted this question to flossy Carter on youtube who confirmed it does have notification light. He's normally very reliable can anyone else confirm this?
I swear I remember seeing a white LED on this phone near the speaker or something when I first got it and I never saw it again after the first day...I think it has a notification light..
rejectedjs said:
I swear I remember seeing a white LED on this phone near the speaker or something when I first got it and I never saw it again after the first day...I think it has a notification light..
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Turn phone off and insert charger. G4 plus has a hidden notification light, next to the fingerprint reader.
rejectedjs said:
I swear I remember seeing a white LED on this phone near the speaker or something when I first got it and I never saw it again after the first day...I think it has a notification light..
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Yes you did see one, it is where the speaker is at. I have only seen it when the phone is powered off and I plug in the charger.
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steelo_unbelievable said:
Yes you did see one, it is where the speaker is at. I have only seen it when the phone is powered off and I plug in the charger.
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So is it similar to nexus 6 green notification light hidden within the speaker area?
^I never owned a nexus 6 but from your explanation, yes. There is a white led hidden.
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steelo_unbelievable said:
^I never owned a nexus 6 but from your explanation, yes. There is a white led hidden.
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Ok thanks for confirming. I've preordered it from Amazon uk expected to be delivered tomorrow, will know exactly what it's like. Funny thing it's already out of stock Amazon and not sure if they will restock which is slightly strange and concerning.
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riz157 said:
Ok thanks for confirming. I've preordered it from Amazon uk expected to be delivered tomorrow, will know exactly what it's like. Funny thing it's already out of stock Amazon and not sure if they will restock which is slightly strange and concerning.
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Its sounding like there is an auxillary light, but it cannot be used as a notification light (as of yet, perhaps we can access it if we get root like with the nexus 6)
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Hi guys, when my notification light blinks blue at night, if I am in a dark room the whole entire face lights up. It has a skeletal look to it. I like it though
Too bad I can't capture this feature/flaw using my wife's phone camera.
Does anyone else with the white .GS3 have the same thing happening to theirs?
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I haven't heard of this, but if you can graphically document this, then by all means! That sounds really cool, blue-skeletal look!
Yeah, it's called light spreading
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It does the same thing with the menu/back lights as well, personally I think its awesome
Also noticed how the LED light never flashes while the display is on, Samsung discovered that having both on at once will mean the LED washing over the display?
yup does it with my white S3 , and yeah i actually like it too
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It does the same thing with the menu/back lights as well, personally I think its awesome
Also noticed how the LED light never flashes while the display is on, Samsung discovered that having both on at once will mean the LED washing over the display?
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Only time I've seen it is when you shut it down, the led goes on
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Noticed this myself last night, does indeed look pretty decent.
The back cover is no no for me, looking into getting something to cover it. I like the white front though.
Skeleton phone ? That's epic I need decals on it!
That's a really cool effect! It's a defect that is when they are not glued probably. It's a bonus effect I'd like to have.
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It looks cool those bottom back lights, light up the entire front white frame slightly
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I'm glad you guys like it. And also happy that I'm not the only one with this look on my GS3
ronj1986 said:
I'm glad you guys like it. And also happy that I'm not the only one with this look on my GS3
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You must not have seen a white SGSII then, my Skyrocket does the same thing and I love it, had to pre-order the SGSIII for that reason and about 100 more!
Hey guys...one of the most used and important features in any Android phone for me is the RGB notification LED.
The S4 and Nexus 5 had great ones...I'm a little worried about the very dull one on the S5.
I cannot get Light Flow to work at all...and while I know the S5 is really new...just a little troublesome...
MrKal_El said:
Hey guys...one of the most used and important features in any Android phone for me is the RGB notification LED.
The S4 and Nexus 5 had great ones...I'm a little worried about the very dull one on the S5.
I cannot get Light Flow to work at all...and while I know the S5 is really new...just a little troublesome...
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It does have an RGB flash, tested colors with LED Tester app, but haven't set up Lightflow, which is often rather complicated. You may restart your phone after setting it up and see if it works properly.
I guess it's duller because the plastic over it is thicker due to the IP certification (?), now why isn't there a cutout for it like for the sensors is beyond me.
I find it bright enough, far better than whats on HTC phones. I can also see it from a 45 degree angle, the one on the s4 was better still but not complaining as it still does its job
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It does have an RGB flash, tested colors with LED Tester app, but haven't set up Lightflow, which is often rather complicated. You may restart your phone after setting it up and see if it works properly.
I guess it's duller because the plastic over it is thicker due to the IP certification (?), now why isn't there a cutout for it like for the sensors is beyond me.
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I went and downloaded that LED Tester program.. And no matter what color I choose.. It only blinks blue... (Even after a restart and deleting Light flow)
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MrKal_El said:
I went and downloaded that LED Tester program.. And no matter what color I choose.. It only blinks blue... (Even after a restart and deleting Light flow)
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Led tester works perfectly for me in all colours. Be warned if you get an incoming notification whilst testing the colours, the light will revert to the notification colour until you click on the notification and reset the led.
Hope this makes sense lol
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I got in contact with the maker of Light flow who directed me to this page http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/2380
... And it is working great! Whew...
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I got in contact with the maker of Light flow who directed me to this page http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/2380
... And it is working great! Whew...
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All off the LightFlow app developer's websites/servers are down. Could you please give me the run-down on what you did to fix it? (I'm having the exact same problem).
I agree the LED is VERY dull, my sister just got the LG g2 and the led on it is beautiful very bright and vivid colours.
Generally speaking, (this is probably obvious to some) I feel they disabled/hid the notification LED controls due to its location directly behind the speaker. Previous devices had clearly visible notification LEDs, and its likely they felt it wasn't presentable enough to be enabled.
I'd imagine during preliminary designs the earpiece speaker was located slightly lower which would have given the led full and unobstructed view ability.
They likely changed the location of the speaker because the phone's front display wouldn't maintain symmetry. Just my random thoughts.
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Good thought, but even now the LED is plenty visible so I'm not sure why they didn't just go with it
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Probably due to the ambient display. Now that I sent back my nexus 6 and am using the note 4 till my 64gb nexus comes in, I really miss that feature. It's perfect for quick and easy notification access, but there's no way to tell if you have a new notification, without picking up the phone/turning the screen on. Having both ambient display and LED lights would be phenomenal.
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Probably due to the ambient display. Now that I sent back my nexus 6 and am using the note 4 till my 64gb nexus comes in, I really miss that feature. It's perfect for quick and easy notification access, but there's no way to tell if you have a new notification, without picking up the phone/turning the screen on. Having both ambient display and LED lights would be phenomenal.
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+1 that would be a really useful combination! Devs will most likely figure something out to achieve that.
If the speaker was lower, wouldn't they have to move the LED with it anyway?
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Its not enabled because they have active display. Its there to tell you the phone is dead (no battery) when trying to turn it on.
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Having both ambient display and LED lights would be phenomenal.
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Ya, see the blink and wave your hand over the phone to see whats up. Na, who needs that?! :cyclops:
From the source commit logs, the first revision of the phone only had a charging LED. The second added the tricolor one.
However, neither LED was ever at any time properly "attached" to android. The "glue" abstraction lib has never exposed either LED since the library's initial commit.
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I'm considering a V20. One question I have: does it have an LED, and support multiple colors?
I use Lightflow for my notifications. Different color and/or flash rate for notifications.
I'm aware of but not familiar with the second screen. I've read something about the notifications having a lifetime, ie will go away possibly before read. AS well, I think it would be easier to see notification lights and not have to even be necessarily close to the screen to read anything.
At any rate...does the V20 have the LED? Anyone using Lightflow?
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I'm considering a V20. One question I have: does it have an LED, and support multiple colors?
I use Lightflow for my notifications. Different color and/or flash rate for notifications.
I'm aware of but not familiar with the second screen. I've read something about the notifications having a lifetime, ie will go away possibly before read. AS well, I think it would be easier to see notification lights and not have to even be necessarily close to the screen to read anything.
At any rate...does the V20 have the LED? Anyone using Lightflow?
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no LED.
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You might not catch the message preview in the second screen but it's always on and showing what notifications you have
Thanks for the feedback guys.
It's a bit of a change going from a device with LED's to one without, but I ended up installing LED Blinker Pro and am using the on-screen notifications option (for devices lacking the LED light) and it works pretty good. Definitely worth the couple of bucks for the pro version.
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It's a bit of a change going from a device with LED's to one without, but I ended up installing LED Blinker Pro and am using the on-screen notifications option (for devices lacking the LED light) and it works pretty good. Definitely worth the couple of bucks for the pro version.
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I used to have an app like that. Forgot about it. This might be a good solution. I guess the V20 is back on my evaluation list.
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ewingr said:
I used to have an app like that. Forgot about it. This might be a good solution. I guess the V20 is back on my evaluation list.
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No problem. It's definitely a great device, even though it has a few shortcomings. Overall though, I'm very happy with it!
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Hey all!
I know this an old thread and weird bumping it! ... But can anyone please check out this video of this guy applying a screen protector ... and his LG V20 has an LED Light? maybe some different version of phone?
https://youtu.be/SpFOJ3FQI5I?t=2m9s
You can see his lot of notifications and an LED light just next to his front Camera?
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Hey all!
I know this an old thread and weird bumping it! ... But can anyone please check out this video of this guy applying a screen protector ... and his LG V20 has an LED Light? maybe some different version of phone?
https://youtu.be/SpFOJ3FQI5I?t=2m9s
You can see his lot of notifications and an LED light just next to his front Camera?
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Sure looks like it... But pausing the video at the right spot (2:06) with the flashing light on and then zooming in, it looks like it's just the glare from his lighting. You can also see a similar glare on the camera and on the screen. You can also draw a straight line thru all the...
Uh, that's not an LED
That's the proximity sensor
If you aim any camera at it you're bound to see it flashing
We just don't cause our eyes don't see that spectrum of light
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HOWEVER
Since someone recently figured out the second screen widgets and can put anything they want up there (even on stock!) I'm sure we can expect some sort of led emulation thingy soon.
I kinda like how v20 handles notifications instead of led
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I kinda like how v20 handles notifications instead of led
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Same, I just wished the notifications stayed on the screen for longer than 2 seconds. Its not enough time to read which defeats the purpose entirely.
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Same, I just wished the notifications stayed on the screen for longer than 2 seconds. Its not enough time to read which defeats the purpose entirely.
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This is where I guess it comes to each user. I personally like how fast they dissappear.
I personally cant stand this dem
Device aymkre
What else are they removing? Sales?
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What else are they removing? Sales?
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That would be retarded so I hope not.
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You get a bid amoled screen with AOD that works as a improved led. Something like that. Look at other phones with the same design and You Will see
Yep, AOD works for me. Have it on my Pixel...
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What else are they removing? Sales?
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A notification LED would be nice! I hope it has one. Never had a device with AOD but I'd prefer an LED myself.
No way aod is as bright and visible as led. I'm going to use their slogan on them and not buy this device.
"Never Settle"
Well I guess you can't expect to call batman using your screen
AFAIK there were rumors that said the LED is the bottom like on the Nexus 5 back then. I can't seem to find the proximity or ambient light sensor on the images so it could be. On the other hand I would say they have removed it in favor of the smaller notch. If I need to upgrade from my OnePlus 5T I'll probably have to choose between the OnePlus 6 and 6T. So either bigger notch with LED and headphone jack or smaller notch without them. Makes me not wanna buy a new phone...
Oneplus are making it very difficult to like this new phone.
They could make small part/dot on top of the display, use few pixels to act as a LED when screen is off. It's OLED so it shouldn't be a problem.?
So does it have led notifications?
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So does it have led notifications?
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No it doesn't.
Guys does it for sure have AOD or is it lift up display ambient display like the OnePlus 6? Anyone has a link that lists or confirms AOD? I watched a bunch of YouTube videos and no one talks about AOD which is VERY important if it doesn't have a notification LED.
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No it doesn't.
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I am definitely out then. One thing is the headphone jack being removed but the only other thing I liked about oneplus is led notifications.
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Guys does it for sure have AOD or is it lift up display ambient display like the OnePlus 6? Anyone has a link that lists or confirms AOD? I watched a bunch of YouTube videos and no one talks about AOD which is VERY important if it doesn't have a notification LED.
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I agree, but it seems there is no LED notification AND no AOD...
You can see that on the XDA review: https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t-review/
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Guys does it for sure have AOD or is it lift up display ambient display like the OnePlus 6? Anyone has a link that lists or confirms AOD? I watched a bunch of YouTube videos and no one talks about AOD which is VERY important if it doesn't have a notification LED.
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No LED, and no AOD. Stupid as hell. I've been so hype for this release, and now no headphone jack, no led, and no AOD to replace it? Wtf is that. Guess I'll never settle for a OP again, unfortunately.
There's got to be some way to have the thing make some sort of blinking notification in the absence of the LED.
I'm fairly primed to buy one of these (coming from a 3T, to be used on ATT in the USA). Lack of LED is a big hit though. I gloat to my iPhone friends how I know which email account just had a new message via the LED being a specific color (I use Light Flow).
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I agree, but it seems there is no LED notification AND no AOD...
You can see that on the XDA review: https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t-review/
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All official specs here:
https://www.oneplus.com/6t/specs
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No LED, and no AOD. Stupid as hell. I've been so hype for this release, and now no headphone jack, no led, and no AOD to replace it? Wtf is that. Guess I'll never settle for a OP again, unfortunately.
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I was SERIOUSLY considering switching from my 6 to the 6T, but no notification LED and no AOD is a no go for me! How are you supposed to tell you have a notification if your phone is sitting on a table?
Yep. I don't want to root this phone and if it doesn't at LEAST include Always On Display, then it's a no go.