Does anyone know if down the road we will have more control over either of the lights?
I tried using light flow and it doesn't seem to work very well. I don't expect more color options but if I could just get the front light to stay solid rather than flash I'd be very happy.
Anyone have any ideas?
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I don't see why they don't just give us three LEDs for full rainbow options. My old Blackberry did. Facebook notification could be blue, green for texts, red for gmail, etc. I would look for additional apps that control the LED and maybe you'll find something that works. I don't have any sugggestions unfortunately.
Azbulldog said:
I don't see why they don't just give us three LEDs for full rainbow options. My old Blackberry did. Facebook notification could be blue, green for texts, red for gmail, etc. I would look for additional apps that control the LED and maybe you'll find something that works. I don't have any sugggestions unfortunately.
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I turned all of them off!
if i wasn't told about the front LED, i wouldn't have even noticed it was there.
rhettnis said:
if i wasn't told about the front LED, i wouldn't have even noticed it was there.
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Well its a very bright light it just won't stay solid... Blah
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Has anyone noticed on startup the 2 LEDs where the hardware buttons are, are very bright and have a purplish blue tint on the color? But after that they get dim during regular usage and turn into like a ice blue color
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I've noticed that too, although I think it's only after the 2.1 update.
Personally I'd much prefer the LEDs to be that purple colour all the time, but I don't know if it's possible.
I wish you can customize them and make them blink like the w760.
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I wish you can customize them and make them blink like the w760.
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+1 thats a must, i always know they blink once if you get a message, someone should definietly look into it
I'm glad we have a notification LED on the GS3, but I'm looking for something that will let us assign colors to different notifications, as well as let us control the blinking intervals. I looked at Lighflow's LED controller app, but it currently doesn't support the GS3. Any suggestions for another app? Paid or Free.
None work with blinking currently ... bug in driver it something. Also colors are wrong in all. Red is always always on no matter what rgb color code us passed to the Api.
Best I found to use is blink at least it let's you name the colors correctly that can be used on our phones.
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lgkahn said:
None work with blinking currently ... bug in driver it something. Also colors are wrong in all. Red is always always on no matter what rgb color code us passed to the Api.
Best I found to use is blink at least it let's you name the colors correctly that can be used on our phones.
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^This. But, ultimately, our phone is screwy with LED notifications.
Lightflow works depending on the rom. no problems for me on stock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlite
http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1826
Is there a way to change the color of my notification LED for txt messages? Mine blinks blue for all notifications. I know my Droid 3 blinked green for messsges, emails, ect, and blue for Facebook. Does anyone know? Its not a huge deal just something I'd like to change if at all possible
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TheFiganator said:
Is there a way to change the color of my notification LED for txt messages? Mine blinks blue for all notifications. I know my Droid 3 blinked green for messsges, emails, ect, and blue for Facebook. Does anyone know? Its not a huge deal just something I'd like to change if at all possible
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Lightflow is the best app I've found to control it.
trmiv said:
Lightflow is the best app I've found to control it.
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this. the built in notification light will only blink blue. download lightflow and enjoy
Lightflow is the best way.
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I can't for the life of me get light flow to work. Got the charging LED to work but not SMS/MMS or gmail.
dansan382 said:
I can't for the life of me get light flow to work. Got the charging LED to work but not SMS/MMS or gmail.
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Make sure it is enabled in accessibility in the my device settings.
How many colors can the LED in the S4 display? I know it does red, green, and blue, what others?
JBeXX said:
Make sure it is enabled in accessibility in the my device settings.
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Yes but it tries to turn on talk back. Thought that bug was fixed
berfles said:
How many colors can the LED in the S4 display? I know it does red, green, and blue, what others?
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Its probably like the galaxy nexus where it can do pretty much any mix of the colors. Its an rgb led I believe.
Turned it on in accessibility and everything works perfectly
Am I doing this correctly? I have "USA and Canada S3 mode" and "Run in foreground" enabled as well as light flow lite enabled in Accessibility to get this app to work properly on my S4. Are any of these actions redundant or will cause more battery drain? Thanks.
Edit: I disabled "USA and Canada S3 mode" and "Run in foreground" to get the colors right.
i still get some talkback issues when viewing gallery, hope to see this resolved soon
virus86 said:
Am I doing this correctly? I have "USA and Canada S3 mode" and "Run in foreground" enabled as well as light flow lite enabled in Accessibility to get this app to work properly on my S4. Are any of these actions redundant or will cause more battery drain? Thanks.
Edit: I disabled "USA and Canada S3 mode" and "Run in foreground" to get the colors right.
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Are you rooted? The usa/Canada mode is inky for non-root. Also, running in foreground is not needed. (not for me at least)
I have lightflow running flawless and I'm absolutely loving how it works with dashclock
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Are you rooted? The usa/Canada mode is inky for non-root. Also, running in foreground is not needed. (not for me at least)
I have lightflow running flawless and I'm absolutely loving how it works with dashclock
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Negative. I think my lightflow is working correctly.
I just uninstalled Lightflow. It constantly did nothing for certain notifications, I'm getting texts and having no LED at all even though I have it set to blink orange. It works when I test in the app, it works for a little while, and then I just get nothing.
Just bought (and about to return) the HTC One M8 because the LED notifier/blinker is a shocker. It is very small, only has Red, Green and Blue (!!) and no apps like LED notifier can manipulate it.
My old S3 was great and had a lovely big LED blinker but am considering the Z2 as I fancy a change. Can someone please reassure me that the LED is big, has all the colours and will work with an LED app?
Thanks.
Or maybe an S5...
I'm not sure but I think the Z2's LED can only display green and red, I hope I'm wrong
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Chad_Petree said:
I'm not sure but I think the Z2's LED can only display green and red, I hope I'm wrong
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I have orange and blue also but have not figured out a way to assign a specific color to a specific type of notifications (like blue for SMS, Orange for email...).
Howdoin said:
I have orange and blue also but have not figured out a way to assign a specific color to a specific type of notifications (like blue for SMS, Orange for email...).
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You should be able to change it with an app. Try out Light Manager? Some of the changes require root, but not all.
I've tested out mine via the test menu. It's able to output R,G,B there. It would make sense that it is possible for the phone to mix those colours to display other colours (like the orange and purple that some system events use) but I've been unable to get it to show using LightFlow.
I see a lot more colors than R,G,B on my z1 and zl (purple from yahoo mail, white from gmail for example). So there is no reason z2 notifier will output only those three colors
Could someone be so kind as to test it with LED Manager or Light Flow? It's really simple. Select the app, the colour and then test it. Appreciate any that could this. About to buy but need all the colours!
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I have orange and blue also but have not figured out a way to assign a specific color to a specific type of notifications (like blue for SMS, Orange for email...).
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There's blue for sure. Seen in many videos. There's no yellow?
But yes, its quite large. Another thing I love about the Z2. Its the second largest in current flagships after Oppo Find 7.
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I see a lot more colors than R,G,B on my z1 and zl (purple from yahoo mail, white from gmail for example). So there is no reason z2 notifier will output only those three colors
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There are LEDs for each of the 3 primary colours (red, green and blue) and those are mixed in different intensities to show other colours. :cyclops:
jamesbond_28_007 said:
Could someone be so kind as to test it with LED Manager or Light Flow? It's really simple. Select the app, the colour and then test it. Appreciate any that could this. About to buy but need all the colours!
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tried... but the default SONY light will overwrites with theirs.
i've been trying lightflow for hrs.
can have many colours. but still sony light overwrites it.
if i turn off sony light aka default notification light, lightflow will not work.
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tried... but the default SONY light will overwrites with theirs.
i've been trying lightflow for hrs.
can have many colours. but still sony light overwrites it.
if i turn off sony light aka default notification light, lightflow will not work.
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Really appreciate you doing this. I'm afraid that rules the Z2 out for me then which is a shame as I fancied a change. S5 it is then.
Using WhatsApp, the LED was able to display the notifications in different colours. So far I have used yellow, green, cyan and purple.
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Using WhatsApp, the LED was able to display the notifications in different colours. So far I have used yellow, green, cyan and purple.
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CYAN <3 Sorry, but I just had to do this.
The Z2 indeed can display other colours etc like Pink/Yellow/Orange/Lime etc etc..
Tested using Lightflow.
Only down is, you can't use it together with the "Extended Standby" feature with STAMINA mode as that will disable any fiddling with the LED notification.
Yup.. I'm using LightFlow. Works well.. I got blue for SMSes, red for miss calls, green for whatsapp and purple for viber.
The LED is nice and big enough for viewing... however it sits below the level of the front glass, right where the top speaker slit is. If your phone faces you parallelly, you'll be seeing the LED well enough. If you have your phone lying on your desk in front of you and when you are looking at the face of the phone at an angle, you might just miss it.
Cheers.
i thought the sony default light will overwrites the lightflow?
Hmm.. perhaps since LightFlow is turned ON under accessibility settings, it works?
i just tick every box in the settings... it seems to work.
I will be using the SCR10 style case when I get the phone - looking at the front flap of the case and the phone, I am guessing the LED notification should be visible with the case closed?
just picked up the G3 on sunday. i am pretty impressed. i have one issue, the notification light. the light itself is the size of the head of a pin.(so small!) and the light only blinks once every like 20 seconds it seems.
I tried light flow but it seems to blink even when there is no notifications and it leaves a constant notification in my drop down that just says "lightflow" which is a bother. even w/ that app the size of the notification dot is SOOOO tiny. anyone else frustrated by this. i mean the dimish screen i can deal w/ but having to wait 20 seconds and squinting to see if i have a notification is killing me. any fixes or remedies besides lightflow?
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just picked up the G3 on sunday. i am pretty impressed. i have one issue, the notification light. the light itself is the size of the head of a pin.(so small!) and the light only blinks once every like 20 seconds it seems.
I tried light flow but it seems to blink even when there is no notifications and it leaves a constant notification in my drop down that just says "lightflow" which is a bother. even w/ that app the size of the notification dot is SOOOO tiny. anyone else frustrated by this. i mean the dimish screen i can deal w/ but having to wait 20 seconds and squinting to see if i have a notification is killing me. any fixes or remedies besides lightflow?
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You need to adjust the settings in light flow. There is an option to turn off the notification. I am using it. Really nice to have a fast blinking light for sms. Also changed the color for email to yellow.
Otherwise there are LED settings in the Tweaksbox xposed.
LucasMN said:
You need to adjust the settings in light flow. There is an option to turn off the notification. I am using it. Really nice to have a fast blinking light for sms. Also changed the color for email to yellow.
Otherwise there are LED settings in the Tweaksbox xposed.
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thanks.. are you on the paid version or the free? i see the box for notifications in the free version and it is unchecked however i still have the unclearable notification.
also does the tweaksbox exposed require root? i havent rooted yet.
jaguarpaw said:
thanks.. are you on the paid version or the free? i see the box for notifications in the free version and it is unchecked however i still have the unclearable notification.
also does the tweaksbox exposed require root? i havent rooted yet.
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I'm using the free version.
xposed requires root. I am not rooted yet either.
Uncheck the "Run in foreground" to remove the notification from light flow.
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I'm using the free version.
xposed requires root. I am not rooted yet either.
Uncheck the "Run in foreground" to remove the notification from light flow.
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niiice that seems to have done the trick. thanks alot.
still wish that light was BIGGER. its so tiny coming from the s3.
I appreciate the help man.
Yeah I came from the S4, the led is tiny. But the phone overall is sooooooo much better I can live with the small led for the rest of the phone that is much better.
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allan1313 said:
Yeah I came from the S4, the led is tiny. But the phone overall is sooooooo much better I can live with the small led for the rest of the phone that is much better.
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What is this?? a notification light for ants!! lol
I agree, the notification light on the S3 was so great. The G3 light is a little small, But I'm sure I'll get used to it.
flipped cracker said:
I agree, the notification light on the S3 was so great. The G3 light is a little small, But I'm sure I'll get used to it.
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I really rely on the notification light and the S3 had a great one. Little worried I'm not going to find this one as useful.