I have the setting to flash the screen on for a few seconds when i get a text so i can see it pop on while sitting on my desk at work, but i had a question. If the phone is in my pocket, do the light sensors acknowledge that its covered up, and disable it from turning on?
domin8 said:
I have the setting to flash the screen on for a few seconds when i get a text so i can see it pop on while sitting on my desk at work, but i had a question. If the phone is in my pocket, do the light sensors acknowledge that its covered up, and disable it from turning on?
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the only way you can test this is to put it on a desk face down, send it a text and see if some light seeps out from the sides...that or wear a pair of white gym shorts and see if it lights up
i'm guessing no, because no other phone does, but you could always edit your db file if you really don't want it too - simple boolean logic should be able to tell it what to do (this is ofcourse if your phone is rooted)
can you tell me how you set it to flash a couple seconds when you get a text? exactly? thank you.
cool87 said:
can you tell me how you set it to flash a couple seconds when you get a text? exactly? thank you.
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yes please!
I am using chompSMS and in the notifications settings for that app it has an option to turn the screen on for 3-4 seconds when you get a text. its useful at work when its sitting on my desk
use handcent sms and it will solve all your issues.
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Hi,
Is there an app (working with the Sensation) that can make the LED notification light flash continually until you actually open the new message or am I stuck having to bring the phone out of sleep incessantly to check if anything new has come in?
Surely such an app would just eat battery up for no reason.
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I've been having a look at this myself,
(i am a noob when it comes to devolping apps)
but i was one first to get desire and there
was a command that you can run (without root)
to get the led to flash different colours length etc..
Tried this on the sensation and just get a file cannot be found.
(if you want to now the command then pm me or
il post it up not that it be much help)
so basically this means all existing apps with run on this old
command, so a new one will be needed when somebody figures
out the file name for the sensation led - then you can
just push a number to it using the echo command and itl work.
put into a java script and your done
wait so the notification light only lasts for 5 minutes? wtf?
xnifex said:
wait so the notification light only lasts for 5 minutes? wtf?
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What?? Is this true???
You know, I never noticed that since it's my second line. Interesting. Maybe part the reason the standby time is so good on this phone. (really reaching)
I did leave my phone alone for a few hours and no flashing led for my peep mentions.
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any update on this?
I just got the phone and the lack of a notification sound or light is a big negative for me.
I would love to see the app NoLED work for the Sen4G which would be a perfect fix for this issue
The HTC Sensation does have notification by sound, LED and Vibration, look closer at your settings check out the settings in HTC Hub
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I would love to see the app NoLED work for the Sen4G which would be a perfect fix for this issue
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It does work for Sensation 4g. I use it.
Docmjldds said:
It does work for Sensation 4g. I use it.
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The problem I'm having with NoLED is that I also use Handcent SMS and when you clear the NoLED notification screen it also closes the sms popup window. It's kind of annoying. A fix around that issue is the problem I'm having.
Just installed SMS Popup & it seems to have an option to repeat your reminder & can set an interval. It even turns on the screen which I missed!!!
Testing now.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.everythingandroid.smspopup
Edit: yep, works perfectly. Only downside is you lose the awesome lockscreen feature of showing the envelope & text
Any update or workaround?
Paul22000 said:
Any update or workaround?
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look at my post right above yours
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look at my post right above yours
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That's only for SMS, which I literally never use. (I use Google Voice for 100% of my texting.)
Paul22000 said:
That's only for SMS, which I literally never use. (I use Google Voice for 100% of my texting.)
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you and my buddy Mike would get along great. He refuses to get SMS & only uses Google Talk
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you and my buddy Mike would get along great. He refuses to get SMS & only uses Google Talk
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Haha yes! And I've successfully converted a few others as well. I mainly use it because I can text via my work PC or my home PC. Texting with a full keyboard = a thousand times better
Plus saving on text messaging costs, and ease of porting number over yadda yadda
Anyway, I've been testing out NoLED today and it's a nice app but I don't like that it turns the entire screen on. Massive battery loss there.
Is there a better way?
from what I've read NoLED was made with an AMOLED screen in mind where black doesn't drain the battery because those LEDs are actually off
I've been using NoLED with Handcent. There is an option in NoLED that is Handcent specific that seems to keep the sms popup under the NoLED notification. Just unlock NoLED with the volume rocker and the popup window will remain open. Only downside is when the phone is on vibrate you will be constantly taking the phone out of vibrate mode to unlock NoLED to view sms popups. At that point you'd have to use the home or back key to unluck NoLED but it will dismiss the sms popup. So NoLED is ALMOST a nice fix. Gonna use it for now until something better comes along.
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Anyway, I've been testing out NoLED today and it's a nice app but I don't like that it turns the entire screen on. Massive battery loss there.
Is there a better way?
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After going through all the app's options and menus extensively, I now have it set to disable the screen via the proximity sensor (ie if in my pocket etc).
Now I'm trying to use the Blink feature so if my phone is on a table or somewhere exposed, the screen isn't 100% on. Rather, it turns off/on periodically.
However, it seems the Blink feature doesn't work on the Sensation? When I get a notification, the screen never turns on.
If I disable blink, it works again right away (but then the screen is on 100% of the time when not in my pocket).
Anyone else experienced this?
I've noticed if the phone receives a text message, the white notification LED starts blinking.
After a while ( I didn't time it), it starts blinking slower
Then, maybe after an hour, it no longer blinks.
This seems useless to me. If I glance at the phone when I have been away from it a while, it would be nice to use the notification LED to see if I have missed anything, but unless it's happened in the previous hour or so, the LED has stopped.
Is this normal?
This is normal, always been this way in HTC's Android handsets
I use SMS Popup to solve this. You can set it up to re-remind you every 5 minutes indefinitely so the light never stops blinking. You don't have to use the popup part if you don't want it to turn your screen on.
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I use SMS Popup to solve this. You can set it up to re-remind you every 5 minutes indefinitely so the light never stops blinking. You don't have to use the popup part if you don't want it to turn your screen on.
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The norm I just wonder why the default messaging does not have reminders thats something I miss even the old pagers would have a reminder if you missed a page
Every phone is different. My last phone was a Samsung Galaxy S and it didn't even have an indicator light on it. My fiances HTC G2 has one that stays lit up until you check it. There's no standards, even in the same manufacturers.
I really do miss it from WM when it asked you how long you want the LED to blink
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This is normal, always been this way in HTC's Android handsets
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That is not true. I have an HTC Magic and the light will always blink if something has not been read/addressed.
So I'm guessing there is no setting to fix this? We must use a third party app?
Am I going crazy, or is there no way to stop notifications from waking the screen? Everytime I get any sort of notification, my screen wakes up to display the notification on the lock screen, and then goes back to sleep a second later. I would like to turn this off and it drains battery.
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Am I going crazy, or is there no way to stop notifications from waking the screen? Everytime I get any sort of notification, my screen wakes up to display the notification on the lock screen, and then goes back to sleep a second later. I would like to turn this off and it drains battery.
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I've noticed this happens to me when I receive an SMS, but nothing else. I don't think this is the default behaviour. Do you have an app installed that maybe does this? LightFlow?
Well I did install Snaplock for a hot second but I've since uninstalled it. Maybe it changed some setting somewhere that I can't find?
Any help for this? It's driving me crazy.
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Any help for this? It's driving me crazy.
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I have tried to find a solution for this, but I haven't been able to. I am guessing it is just unconfigurable behaviour of the Samsung messaging app.
Yep. I installed 8sms and Textra. Both allow you to disable the screen wake. Decided on 8sms for the long haul.
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Ok, so I am also irritated by the same issue with the screen waking up every time I get a text. My phone is usually in my pocket, and by trying to take it out to see the text, my camera or dial screen is opened cause I touched it while the screen was on. I have tried downloading Textra, Handcent, and 8sms to use instead, but in every one of those, when I try to send a photo, it fails, and I have dug through all the settings in those apps as well. I can send them on the stock messaging app just fine.
Has anyone found out how to turn the screen wake up off yet, or what am I missing on the other apps that is preventing pictures to send?
The other thing that is bothering me is that in the stock messaging app, it is displaying a call back # on every text I receive. Is there a way to turn this off?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
-Nick
I'm also trying to find the solution to this. G920I with Vodafone Australia.
Did anyone find a resolution to this issue? My phone turns on with every notification, not just sms.
I don't have my phone on me, but check settings > lockscreen and security > Show information or
settings > lockscreen and security > other security settings > notification access
I disabled all lock screen notifications and the screen still turns on randomly. I thought it may have been facebook so I disabled notifications then uninstalled the app with no luck. This problem is very annoying to say the least, when I go for a run I take my phone to stream music etc and can end up taking a few hundred pics of my pocket; lol.
Yeah I've this problem too, samsung didn't include the option to disable it :\
Are you saying there is no way to stop the screen from coming on?
Doesn't look like you can disable it, sadly. Nothing stock in touchwiz that gives that functionality. Or am I wrong? I just searched the entire settings on my phone..
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another annoyed user, looking for a solution
The inability to prevent the wake-up is annoying not only because of the instant battery usage, but because when the phone is in pocket it then causes all kinds of mispresses which lead to unintended app openings, changes, and screen staying on much longer. Samsung needs to provide option to disable screen wake on notification.
Samsung we have f#%$*ng RGB LED for notification!
Try the Screen Notifications free app
Try the Screen Notifications free app. I did and meantime it's OK. Looks it may work for the desperate people like we are....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lukekorth.screennotifications
Sauveur said:
Am I going crazy, or is there no way to stop notifications from waking the screen? Everytime I get any sort of notification, my screen wakes up to display the notification on the lock screen, and then goes back to sleep a second later. I would like to turn this off and it drains battery.
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I remember asking about this in a thread a long time. Ago. Good news, (if the other suggested fixes aren't working), I know how to fix this. First, you have to be rooted (naturally). 2nd, install another text app, I just use google's Messenger text app, nice and basic and I like it. Open that app and let it set itself as default or do it manually in settings. That step might not be necessary, but should do it just in case or possibly be left with no text app by accident. Finally, go to system > priv-app > SecMms_Delight-Open > Copy the app which is our stock messaging app and it has the screen wake function built in and paste it somewhere else like a backup folder in the priv-app directory so you know where it goes back to. Delete the app inside the SecMms-Delight-Open directory and reboot. You'll notice the yellow stock messaging app is gone from desktop and app drawer and now when you get a text, no screen wake! :good:
This annoyed me quite a bit because for a living I deliver catering orders and each time I get an order, it sends a text to let me know to check the browser for order info. So I was getting like 12 to 20 texts a day in addition to all the normal texts from friends and family. It was waking a lot!
I wish the build my edge came on was rootable. Sad face for sure. No root, no downgrade, no happy.
Hi, is it just me or does this happen for everyone else? When my wrist is by my side, I get a notification but the screen only turns on for a fraction of a second then turns off. If my watch is in the position where I'm looking to see the time (but screen is off or timed out) the notification turns the screen on and the screen stays on. Is this a bug or a "feature"?
Thanks
my issue is the stock messages app stops sending notifications to the watch. Only a factory reset of the phone fixes the issue and I am not doing that again.
psufan5 said:
my issue is the stock messages app stops sending notifications to the watch. Only a factory reset of the phone fixes the issue and I am not doing that again.
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OK but does yours do the same as mine?
houstie said:
OK but does yours do the same as mine?
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No, I can't say I have that problem. Which wrist do you have it on?
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No, I can't say I have that problem. Which wrist do you have it on?
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My left, although it shouldn't make any difference.
houstie said:
Hi, is it just me or does this happen for everyone else? When my wrist is by my side, I get a notification but the screen only turns on for a fraction of a second then turns off. If my watch is in the position where I'm looking to see the time (but screen is off or timed out) the notification turns the screen on and the screen stays on. Is this a bug or a "feature"?
Thanks
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I think mine turns on for more than a fraction of a second. I can usually BRIEFLY see the message. But if I really want a view of it, I do have to make the wrist-twist effort or press the Home Button.
fred2546 said:
I think mine turns on for more than a fraction of a second. I can usually BRIEFLY see the message. But if I really want a view of it, I do have to make the wrist-twist effort or press the Home Button.
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Ok thanks for the info
Is there some sort of feature that replaces the notification light which the ultra 20 lacks. They have this weird flash and edge light feature that only seems to work when the message comes in but if you miss the notification it is useless because it doesn't periodically blink. They have a reminder feature that you can only set to go off every 3 minutes (or longer duration); but it seems to be audio only.
If they were going to remove the notification led i would think they had a replacement feature ?
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Is there some sort of feature that replaces the notification light which the ultra 20 lacks. They have this weird flash and edge light feature that only seems to work when the message comes in but if you miss the notification it is useless because it doesn't periodically blink. They have a reminder feature that you can only set to go off every 3 minutes (or longer duration); but it seems to be audio only.
If they were going to remove the notification led i would think they had a replacement feature ?
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I don't use it and don't really care that it was removed but this thread on this forum might be what you want.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga.../app-arc-lighting-notification-light-t4146651
How do you tell if you miss a message if you leave the phone in the other room? Tap the screen ?
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I don't use it and don't really care that it was removed but this thread on this forum might be what you want.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga.../app-arc-lighting-notification-light-t4146651
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jake21 said:
How do you tell if you miss a message if you leave the phone in the other room? Tap the screen ?
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I'm retired and if they can't call I don't care. I do check it once in awhile.
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How do you tell if you miss a message if you leave the phone in the other room? Tap the screen ?
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AOD is intended to replace LED notification. I'm on my second Frontier watch, which is how I monitor notifications. I don't try to type with it, but I use it to decide if a notification is worth digging out the phone or not. I also use it for Samsung Pay daily.
Fone settings......... accessibility.......... advanced features.......notificationsns......... turn on screen/camera flash flash.
While you are in the accessiblity notifications, turn on notification reminder, set how often you want it.
This is far better than the little led, will definitely get your attention.
AODnotify is what most of us use to replace the LED. Search for it here on XDA.
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Fone settings......... accessibility.......... advanced features.......notificationsns......... turn on screen/camera flash flash.
While you are in the accessiblity notifications, turn on notification reminder, set how often you want it.
This is far better than the little led, will definitely get your attention.
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Can we set the flashlight only for phone calls, instead of for all notifications? I get many notifications, i don't want to waste my battery for each n every notification.
I dont know of any set up for which app gets the flash specifically. But I would set up those apps for silent notification that you dont want any sound, vibrate or flash.
I use LED Me Know and it's awesome.