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Anyway to change the little LED when a text or email comes in, without having to download another messaging program.
Use lightflow from the market
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Thunderbolt only has orange and green right? I didn't miss something did I?
ERIFNOMI said:
Thunderbolt only has orange and green right? I didn't miss something did I?
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You can't change the colors of the led.. app or no app.
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Use lightflow from the market
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Just tried it. Works great so far. We'll see how it works over a few days worth of messages.
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Thunderbolt only has orange and green right? I didn't miss something did I?
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Right. So you have three color possibilities, green, dark amber and both which is a lighter amber. But the great thing about lightflow is that you can set the blinking patterns and duration.
So for example I have email set to blink a slow green, sms and gtalk fast amber. So I know what i have by just looking at the light.
The other cool feature is repeat vibrate and sound alerts until cleared. Sometimes I don't hear a regular sound in my pocket if I am in a loud environment, so having it make the sound again after 15-30 minutes helps as I probably am in a quieter place.
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Just tried it. Works great so far. We'll see how it works over a few days worth of messages.
Right. So you have three color possibilities, green, dark amber and both which is a lighter amber. But the great thing about lightflow is that you can set the blinking patterns and duration.
So for example I have email set to blink a slow green, sms and gtalk fast amber. So I know what i have by just looking at the light.
The other cool feature is repeat vibrate and sound alerts until cleared. Sometimes I don't hear a regular sound in my pocket if I am in a loud environment, so having it make the sound again after 15-30 minutes helps as I probably am in a quieter place.
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Not bad... the only problem with the amber though is it reminds me of my battery dying. I guess as long as there's a different pattern it won't be so bad.
Has anyone got the LED notification light to work?
I can confirm mine works when using 3rd party apps, but shouldn't it come on when screen is locked and a new sms is received? Maybe there is a setting I am missing somewhere?
Mine was blinking this morning for emails. Its very bright.
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download the app Light Flow
I wasn't getting any LED notifications at all, I also tried Light Flow lite and it didn't work. The paid version however works for me, but you have to enable the "Pulse notification light" setting in the Android Display settings menu.
edit. Actually not sure if the notifications are actually triggering the LED yet. The test inside Flight Flow worked with the different colours though.
edit2. OK, yep all seems to be working fine for me.
Its in the settings
Settings>Display>Pulse Notification Light
I'm also using Light Flow but for some reason it ignores my settings like "LED always on".
It just keeps blinking
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If you are using Lightflow make sure you also turn on the notification listener for it.
Yeah, LIghtFlow looks promising.
I did notice at one point it kept flashing the LED even after i had cleared the notification though. However I read somewhere on here a message by the developer of the app, who said he is busy working on a new version for the nexus 5 which may even be out this week.
Think it included additional fixes LED staying on constantly and better support for the Hangouts app. Looks good.
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Yeah, LIghtFlow looks promising.
I did notice at one point it kept flashing the LED even after i had cleared the notification though. However I read somewhere on here a message by the developer of the app, who said he is busy working on a new version for the nexus 5 which may even be out this week.
Think it included additional fixes LED staying on constantly and better support for the Hangouts app. Looks good.
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Where did you read this? What is his username? Sounds good!
With the LED option enabled in the default settings, I was able to get a notification pulse for getting an email in my gmail primary folder. It takes about 10 seconds in between pulses.
I just received my replacement phone after the first one has speaker issues and now the LED will not work at all on this way.
I've tried light flow etc with the same settings that worked on the old phone and nothing. Thinking of just getting a refund now...
Someone please tell me: Will the LED notification work WITHOUT a third party app installed?
I too can not see any lit notifications at all. Settings are correct, "pulse notification" on, nothing... no notifications on text, email, missed call, nothing.
If an outside app is needed for the light to work, that is the most absurd thing ever...
lite flow is still VERY buggy on the N5 despite his latest update saying "N5 support"
only works sometimes for email and almost never for hangouts. Plus you cant have a different color for MMS in hangouts.
Even with "run in foreground" enabled it still doesn't work reliably
What kind of colors are guys seeing? I'm using Light Flow Lite for now and when I do the all enabled LED Test, it cycles through:
orange
teal
red
green
blue
and then back to orange.
I thought I saw others getting other colors like yellow, purple, and white to name a few. Is it because I have the free version and/or maybe issues with 4.4?
Only works for me when I have an unread message on whatsapp.
Hangouts and emails and also missed calls don't switch the led light on my nexus 5 which I do find so strange
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Mine only work now with using light flow. Don't get why. But at least it works.
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Stock LED settings are horrible, however, I installed lightflow and noticed a SMS message sent to a 4 digit # right after (light flow was the only app with access to those permissions and the text was sent at the time it was installed). No thanks.
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Buffalo66 said:
Someone please tell me: Will the LED notification work WITHOUT a third party app installed?
I too can not see any lit notifications at all. Settings are correct, "pulse notification" on, nothing... no notifications on text, email, missed call, nothing.
If an outside app is needed for the light to work, that is the most absurd thing ever...
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It does work though you need to check if it's activated in
Settings > Display > LED thingy (don't have english settings).
Lightflow does give you more control. Also it seems the N5 can't have the LED always on, only blinking mode
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Am I the only one that doesnt see the display settings anywhere?
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Never mind. I'm a dumbass
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Patt_E said:
It does work though you need to check if it's activated in
Settings > Display > LED thingy (don't have english settings).
Lightflow does give you more control. Also it seems the N5 can't have the LED always on, only blinking mode
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Thanks yes I did have the settings checked properly. Light did not work. Installed Light Flow, made sure everything was set right, still did not work even on test mode. Oh well guess it's defective. I've had enough annoyances with this device, it's going back...
Hello everyone!
I recently replaced my 3 year old Nexus S with a Nexus 5. It's my second smartphone and I love it. Naturally, I rooted it and everything.
One of the apps that peeked my interest was Light Flow. It's a bit mind-boggling what you can do with it, but I'll figure it all out. However, I noticed one issue straight away...
Notifications in different colours seem to work. I did a test with whatsapp and it blinks green: perfect. However, after a couple of "blinks" a white light flashes "through" it if that makes sense. It doesn't alternate between green and white, no, they just flash through each other, the white light slightly before the green light.
I don't know what is causing this white light to flash, but after I turn off Light Flow and close the app entirely, it keeps flashing. I have to restart my phone to make it stop (or disable notification LED in the Android settings menu).
Does anyone have a similar issue? Or can someone maybe tell me what boxes I have to tick in the Light Flow settings? It could very well be one of the settings is causing this issue. If someone has a certain set-up and it works fine, I'd love to try it and see if it fixes my issue.
Thanks in advance!
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Hello everyone!
I recently replaced my 3 year old Nexus S with a Nexus 5. It's my second smartphone and I love it. Naturally, I rooted it and everything.
One of the apps that peeked my interest was Light Flow. It's a bit mind-boggling what you can do with it, but I'll figure it all out. However, I noticed one issue straight away...
Notifications in different colours seem to work. I did a test with whatsapp and it blinks green: perfect. However, after a couple of "blinks" a white light flashes "through" it if that makes sense. It doesn't alternate between green and white, no, they just flash through each other, the white light slightly before the green light.
I don't know what is causing this white light to flash, but after I turn off Light Flow and close the app entirely, it keeps flashing. I have to restart my phone to make it stop (or disable notification LED in the Android settings menu).
Does anyone have a similar issue? Or can someone maybe tell me what boxes I have to tick in the Light Flow settings? It could very well be one of the settings is causing this issue. If someone has a certain set-up and it works fine, I'd love to try it and see if it fixes my issue.
Thanks in advance!
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I installed LightFlow yesterday for the first time.Worked well, but after receiving a notifcation for Whatsapp and Gmail (and opening up the respective apps, the notification carries on until I reboot.I dont know if there is a setting somewhere (doesnt seem likely?) or if it is a problem with kitkat, uninstalled for now
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I installed LightFlow yesterday for the first time.Worked well, but after receiving a notifcation for Whatsapp and Gmail (and opening up the respective apps, the notification carries on until I reboot.I dont know if there is a setting somewhere (doesnt seem likely?) or if it is a problem with kitkat, uninstalled for now
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Do your notifications work by default? Like, your stock notifications? Mine didn't, but do with light flow. Weird, no?
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Yes, notification light works as it should
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I tried another app (Light Manager), and I had the exact same problem. Don't get me wrong, the app is working fine, but once I set everything up and I do a test notification, a white notification keeps flashing even after I turn Light Manager off. The only thing that helps is to disable LED notifications in the Android settings, or to reboot the device.
Something is telling my device that there's a notification, but I don't know how to fix it.
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I installed LightFlow yesterday for the first time.Worked well, but after receiving a notifcation for Whatsapp and Gmail (and opening up the respective apps, the notification carries on until I reboot.I dont know if there is a setting somewhere (doesnt seem likely?) or if it is a problem with kitkat, uninstalled for now
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Make sure in your phone settings, security that lightflow is switched on.
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I tried another app (Light Manager), and I had the exact same problem. Don't get me wrong, the app is working fine, but once I set everything up and I do a test notification, a white notification keeps flashing even after I turn Light Manager off. The only thing that helps is to disable LED notifications in the Android settings, or to reboot the device.
Something is telling my device that there's a notification, but I don't know how to fix it.
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Try following the steps here http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/2349
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Androyed said:
Hello everyone!
I recently replaced my 3 year old Nexus S with a Nexus 5. It's my second smartphone and I love it. Naturally, I rooted it and everything.
One of the apps that peeked my interest was Light Flow. It's a bit mind-boggling what you can do with it, but I'll figure it all out. However, I noticed one issue straight away...
Notifications in different colours seem to work. I did a test with whatsapp and it blinks green: perfect. However, after a couple of "blinks" a white light flashes "through" it if that makes sense. It doesn't alternate between green and white, no, they just flash through each other, the white light slightly before the green light.
I don't know what is causing this white light to flash, but after I turn off Light Flow and close the app entirely, it keeps flashing. I have to restart my phone to make it stop (or disable notification LED in the Android settings menu).
Does anyone have a similar issue? Or can someone maybe tell me what boxes I have to tick in the Light Flow settings? It could very well be one of the settings is causing this issue. If someone has a certain set-up and it works fine, I'd love to try it and see if it fixes my issue.
Thanks in advance!
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The test option isn't great at the moment. Follow the steps above and it should work
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Make sure in your phone settings, security that lightflow is switched on.
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Try following the steps here http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/2349
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The test option isn't great at the moment. Follow the steps above and it should work
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Thanks for the personal reply, andrew! I really appreciate that
However, for some reason my phone keeps flashing this white light, even after I turn off Light Flow. I have to turn off the notification LED in general or reboot my phone for it to stop. The white light notification starts after I do a "missed call test" like described in that link (that works perfectly fine by the way), or after any test I do with Light Flow for that matter. And it doesn't stop no matter how often I clear my notifications.
EDIT: NEVERMIND. Totally forgot that I don't have a sim card yet. That's what was setting off my notifications. Weird though that even after disabling Light Flow it keeps flashing, and weird that it was white instead of cyan like it's supposed to be.
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Thanks for the personal reply, andrew! I really appreciate that
However, for some reason my phone keeps flashing this white light, even after I turn off Light Flow. I have to turn off the notification LED in general or reboot my phone for it to stop. The white light notification starts after I do a "missed call test" like described in that link (that works perfectly fine by the way), or after any test I do with Light Flow for that matter. And it doesn't stop no matter how often I clear my notifications.
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I've not seen that. If you don't use the test option do things work ok?
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I've not seen that. If you don't use the test option do things work ok?
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Sorry for wasting your time. I totally forgot I didn't have a sim card so Light Flow was making the LED flash because it thought I had no signal.
Still weird that it keeps flashing even after I disable Light Flow, and that it's white instead of cyan like it's supposed to be.
Anyway, thanks a lot for your help! It works fine right now. I'm not too sure how the cycle thing works yet. I've tried it with a red slow flash for low battery and a green fast flash for whatsapp but the result is the LEDs flashing kinda "through" each other. Naturally, with different flash rates, I guess.
Quick question for people. For the last couple of updates I've been getting quite a lot of reports of certain notification types not working. Hangouts, emails (not gmail), whatsapp etc
I know that all the types that people are having issues with have been using the notification listener (quite a few stock apps don't use it), has anyone else been seeing this. I'm trying to track it down, but I can't recreate it and the beta testers haven't been able to either. Just interested to work out how much of an issue it is as I've never had reports of this before.
Hey Andrew,
I tested the color cycle for textra app, and google voice. I purposely got both notifications with the screen off and waited for the colors to cycle. It started off cycling both colors, but the cycle was not consistent. For example, the colors were red and blue. It would show like this- blue....red....blue..red..blue..red....red....red....red....red
The time between colors was not consistent, then eventually one color took over. I have the setting to 'cycle all - medium' under battery settings. Have not tested under charge settings yet. I am not using the 'highest priority' or 'show latest' options.
This isn't a deal breaker, but would like to bring to your attention.
Thanks!
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Quick question for people. For the last couple of updates I've been getting quite a lot of reports of certain notification types not working. Hangouts, emails (not gmail), whatsapp etc
I know that all the types that people are having issues with have been using the notification listener (quite a few stock apps don't use it), has anyone else been seeing this. I'm trying to track it down, but I can't recreate it and the beta testers haven't been able to either. Just interested to work out how much of an issue it is as I've never had reports of this before.
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I use it for WhatsApp, BBM, Hangouts all w/o issue on my stock N5. My only complaint is the perma-notification in the notification tray. Can't seem to get rid of it with any of the options in settings. Wasn't an issue with older versions (I'm using the latest)
Ive been using lightflow on my N5 and it's working well
I have multiple notifications set up - all set for 'permanent' rather than flashing. I have turned EMAIL notifications OFF
however - sometimes, I am not entirely sure when, I notice a white (slightly bluish?) blinking LED. I can't figure out what causes this. I suspect it MAY be email (exchange email, not gmail) - but I am not sure - I can't reproduce consistently.
Also, sometimes when I do a 'test model' on SMS apps, no LED lights up. I've stopped using "SMS Apps" and now am using "Hangouts" as a notification instead and that seems to work
Had 2 hours full wakelock on lightflow this morning -from the minute I unplugged from charge
very strange
Isn't the white light you're seeing the default LED color? Whenever I get a Gmail or Exchange mail it blinks white. I don't have Light Flow installed.
Yes I think it is the standard light. however with lightflow that's not meant to occur.
either way it appears to have stopped now.. not sure how/why!
Try turning off your LED notifications in each program and just have Light Flow control them. That should stop the default white light from showing.
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I installed LightFlow yesterday for the first time.Worked well, but after receiving a notifcation for Whatsapp and Gmail (and opening up the respective apps, the notification carries on until I reboot.I dont know if there is a setting somewhere (doesnt seem likely?) or if it is a problem with kitkat, uninstalled for now
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I had a same problem. I dismissed missed call, but LED light was still blinking. And second time this happened for gmail.
andrewpmoore said:
Quick question for people. For the last couple of updates I've been getting quite a lot of reports of certain notification types not working. Hangouts, emails (not gmail), whatsapp etc
I know that all the types that people are having issues with have been using the notification listener (quite a few stock apps don't use it), has anyone else been seeing this. I'm trying to track it down, but I can't recreate it and the beta testers haven't been able to either. Just interested to work out how much of an issue it is as I've never had reports of this before.
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Hey Andrew, Great work on this app. It is fantastic and I was happy to upgrade to the full version.
Just wanted to share that I have the lingering notification scenario also. essentially I get a few notifications and once I clear them out and the screen turns off, the light continues to blink. It is usually the last notification that came in (I have different colours set and I can tell that what sticks is what came in last).
To be honest, I wonder if it is Kit Kat not clearing out the notification and the issue has nothing to do with LF. Interestingly another way to clear the issue is to bump the notification with another real one, and then accept that notification (i.e. light still blinks without any active notification, I call the phone and miss the call, it blinks for the missed call, I clear that, and we are back to normal)
Hope this might have helped.
Anyone able to get the Camera Light LED/flash to work? The one on the back.
I enabled it in setting and I've tried all the other ones not officially supported too with no success.
Also had the notification light not dismissing problems too. But I'm thinking I got it figured out now. Hasn't happened since.
Apparently there is no blinking LED indicator for missed calls, i.e., you have to wake up the device to check for missed calls. I guess we can't be too picky at this price point, but does anyone know of a 3rd party app that would provide notification?
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Apparently there is no blinking LED indicator for missed calls, i.e., you have to wake up the device to check for missed calls. I guess we can't be too picky at this price point, but does anyone know of a 3rd party app that would provide notification?
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Not surprising actually, since the same situation holds for google phones like the Nexus 4 and 5 for example.
Try the excellent Led Blinkerapp which allows to configure the LED for various events including missed calls. The developer has an app thread here on xda.
The app allows you to even configure the LED light blink rate (or can set it to continuous). Please try and post back if this feature works on this phone!
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Not surprising actually, since the same situation holds for google phones like the Nexus 4 and 5 for example.
Try the excellent Led Blinkerapp which allows to configure the LED for various events including missed calls. The developer has an app thread here on xda.
The app allows you to even configure the LED light blink rate (or can set it to continuous). Please try and post back if this feature works on this phone!
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Actually both the nexus 4 and the nexus 5 have colored led's that can be set using lightflow. I never really used it as much as I should.
Thanks guys. I installed the lite version of LED Blinker and it actually worked! It apparently uses it's own blinking light on the center bottom of the screen which is ok. So, this is at least a solution for the Idol 3 until something better comes along. By the way, "Missed Call Reminder" didn't work. "NoLed" did work, but I didn't like it.
Re you saying LED Blinker uses the home button in the nav bar for the blinker? If so that's pretty cool. I may have to try it.
Actually, I think it's right above the home button if I recall. Give it a try.
Although I have the setting enabled, I miss messages for hours because I never see the LED blinking. I know the hardware works because it lights up during charging and Textra can enable the LED through it's app. Do any of you have notification LED working for non-messaging apps like email, xda, banking, etc?
After searching around the forums and the web, it appears that EMUI only shows LED notifications for stock apps. It will only blink for 3rd party apps if those apps have an option within the app's setting. I am missing so many notifications because of this. Without that blinking light, the phone looks like nothing has happened, causing me not to wake it up to view the missed notifications. I hate this so much! This is the same problem I have with iPhones. You never know when a message is waiting for you because it doesn't blink. The phone could be completely powered off and you wouldn't notice until you tried to wake it up.
There option like Light Manager and Light Flow may want to give them a try for led notifications
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There option like Light Manager and Light Flow may want to give them a try for led notifications
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Thanks for the suggestion. Light manager works great, but it prevents the phone from sleeping and caused horrendous battery drain. I'll just have to get used to waking my screen regularly to check for notifications. Not only does this look like an iPhone, it acts like one too! Lol
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Thanks for the suggestion. Light manager works great, but it prevents the phone from sleeping and caused horrendous battery drain. I'll just have to get used to waking my screen regularly to check for notifications. Not only does this look like an iPhone, it acts like one too! Lol
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LOL like the quote.. "Even acts like one" (iphone)
I must say I use Lm Pro 11.2 and I don't get the battery drain now. I used to but after a few clicks of the Phone manager my device has settled down OS is B360 L09.
Since I have read this I saw that notification led is working. At least for viber and it is like viber an purpel led color.. I did not saw for regular messages at least for now.. couse all was over viber.. but yeah its working..
Will report if the regular message will trigger the led notification
Yeah, I know messaging apps will trigger the LED, but a lot of my other apps don't get the same treatment. My banking app, my home security app, and even Google now traffic alerts don't trigger the LED. It kinda sucks!
For now it worked for normal messages with green led and viber with purple led..
Will try to see what about other apps like notificstions from you tube maybe..
If it is like you said for banking app and thoese other apps it may be incompatibility with this sistem or just with the setting option..
Becouse if it would not work at all then it would be something different.. but since some of default apps works and some not.. it could be the app incompatibility..
I think it'd a flaw in EMUI, because this didn't happen with any other Android phone I've ever owned.
You are right
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I think it'd a flaw in EMUI, because this didn't happen with any other Android phone I've ever owned.
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So, I have been reporting back to you that it works but for default sms and viber. And that would be it for me
Couse it does not work for other notifacations like you tube and other apps
So you are right, some of them just dont work
Honor 8 LED light not working all of a sudden
I have a problem with the LED light stopped working at all. Yesterday, there was a red light going on for hours, which made me turned the phone off. Today, the LED light just stopped working for any apps and doesn't even lights on while charging. I have switched into the option of setting the screen on whenever I get a notification, but it's not the same as the LED light, because this drains the battery. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this problem? I'll appreciate it.
Did you try a wipe cache or an Hard Reset?
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I have a problem with the LED light stopped working at all. Yesterday, there was a red light going on for hours, which made me turned the phone off. Today, the LED light just stopped working for any apps and doesn't even lights on while charging. I have switched into the option of setting the screen on whenever I get a notification, but it's not the same as the LED light, because this drains the battery. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this problem? I'll appreciate it.
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How old is your phone? Maybe the LED got busted.
Led manager on honor 8
I dont know if u guys try on led manager there is an option for led blinking version 1 -2 and 3 try to change them and see if that works for u or any app that will blink i try it on xiaomi option 1 work but the led didnt show the right color it only show rainmbow kind of color then option 2 also work but first it blink green and then after the color i put...option 3 worked just fine u have to play with the led manager...hope it helps and just to let u know i have the paid version