Is there not a notification LED for the Charge? You know, when you get a message or something? My Droid X had an LED indicator light that would flash until the phone was checked. For the life of me I can't seem to find where to enable/disable this? Please help.
It does not have a notification LED, quite disappointing for such a high priced phone. Just like the galaxy S2, even with its insane specs and high praises they still couldn't manage to put a notification LED, I'd rather have that then a front facing camera
You can use the free app NoLED if you would like a way to simulate having a notification LED
The led not being there has been a big con for me but if that's the worst I guess I can live with it. I would not reccomend using led "simulated" apps as your battery life is killed by them because of the screen being in the on state
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The led not being there has been a big con for me but if that's the worst I guess I can live with it. I would not reccomend using led "simulated" apps as your battery life is killed by them because of the screen being in the on state
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Ya that is true, I'm also pretty sure it keeps your phone from sleeping since the screen is on which of course means even more battery drain. Just recommending a way to simulate the LED though I'm hoping someone makes an app to just have your back LED(for your camera) do a small flash every 15ish seconds, sure most people set their phones face down but still!
Missed Message Flasher works for me with few complaints.
NOLED I didn't care for.
What are the small circles up at the top of the phone on the right for? Photo sensors of some kind?
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What are the small circles up at the top of the phone on the right for? Photo sensors of some kind?
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I'm thinking they are sensors to detect light and adjust your screen brightness and I know one of them detects when your face is in front of the phone while on a call to prevent the screen from staying on..
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Since we all know the primary notification light indicator in the top-left corner of the Aria is less than adequate brightness-wise and visibility-wise I would like to propose a new alternative LED indicator: Use the capacitive menu buttons instead!
I was thinking if, at all possible, only one would need to be lit up - which I'd like to use the home button. I'm not sure if each one can be lit up seperately though.
What do you guys think?
Cool idea, but I have a feeling all of the button lights are linked. If you take the back housing off the phone and look at the glass from the edge, it looks like it's just one light...
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Since we all know the primary notification light indicator in the top-left corner of the Aria is less than adequate I would like to propose a new alternative LED indicator: Use the capacitive menu buttons instead!
I was thinking if, at all possible, only one would need to be lit up - which I'd like to use the home button. I'm not sure if each one can be lit up seperately though.
What do you guys think?
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Less than adequate in what way? With CM 6.1 mine flashes when I get an email, text, missed call or voice mail. Its RED while its charging and changes to GREEN when its full charged. Am I missing something?
I don't see how flashing the Home button would be any different than what we have now.
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Less than adequate in what way? With CM 6.1 mine flashes when I get an email, text, missed call or voice mail. Its RED while its charging and changes to GREEN when its full charged. Am I missing something?
I don't see how flashing the Home button would be any different than what we have now.
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I should have been more specific, the brightness and visibility is what is less than adequate!
I have to actually hold the phone up to my face and directly look at it to see the light emitting any "light" - what's the point of that??? Mine as well is turned on and the fact that I don't even notice it is a shame really.
With other devices I've owned (blackberry comes to mind).. I could see the notification light clearly visible from afar.
If you're judging my idea because you think it's stupid, then please keep your comments out of here - it's development, not judging time.
Thank you.
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I should have been more specific, the brightness and visibility is what is less than adequate!
I have to actually hold the phone up to my face and directly look at it to see the light emitting any "light" - what's the point of that??? Mine as well is turned on and the fact that I don't even notice it is a shame really.
With other devices I've owned (blackberry comes to mind).. I could see the notification light clearly visible from afar.
If you're judging my idea because you think it's stupid, then please keep your comments out of here - it's development, not judging time.
Thank you.
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Thanks for the clarification. Yes I would agree that compared to other phones I have had, the LED is not near as obvious, especially with a case on. Using the Home button may be more obvious, but you would lose the color aspect that the LED offers.
Is there an app available to turn the rear lcd on the nexus 4g into a notification light. I tried noled from the market but it is crap because it actual leaves your screen on the entire time. Battery waste!. O yeah I don't want to bother rooting my phone. Please help.
What do you mean by rear lcd? I know there is BLN, but that requires root I believe. Don't know of any others. Someone suggested making the LED flash into a notification light, but I don't think anyone has made one for the NS.
I would think the LCD is more of a battery waste then the screen running.
BLN is the way to go.
The screen uses the most battery on the phone constantly. There should be plenty of people who do not want to root their phone who would benefit from an app that uses the rear camera lcd as a notification lcd. This LCD blinking on/off would use far less power than the screen constantly being on with the noLED app. Can somebody who knows more than me write this simple app? Please Please?
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The screen uses the most battery on the phone constantly. There should be plenty of people who do not want to root their phone who would benefit from an app that uses the rear camera lcd as a notification lcd. This LCD blinking on/off would use far less power than the screen constantly being on with the noLED app. Can somebody who knows more than me write this simple app? Please Please?
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It's an LED, not an LCD. I think that might be causing confusion between people.
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It's an LED, not an LCD. I think that might be causing confusion between people.
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Hmmm....I wonder how much juice the flash led would suck up?
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The screen uses the most battery on the phone constantly. There should be plenty of people who do not want to root their phone who would benefit from an app that uses the rear camera lcd as a notification lcd. This LCD blinking on/off would use far less power than the screen constantly being on with the noLED app. Can somebody who knows more than me write this simple app? Please Please?
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OP use BLN it uses the light source from the capacitive keys not the screen and you can customize
also using the camera LED you would have to have your phone face down to see IMO its un natural considering the phone has a curve to it and inconvenience not to mention the risk of scratching if you dont have a case
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also using the camera LED you would have to have your phone face down to see IMO its un natural considering the phone has a curve to it and inconvenience not to mention the risk of scratching if you dont have a case
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That hurts just thinking about it laying face down. Any way, @tmorisol I've been using noLed and haven't noticed a difference in battery consumption. I'm coming from an evo so I know what its like to try to conserve battery.
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You should only use NoLED if you have a Super AMOLED version of the Nexus S.
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Has anyone used the "Blink" feature of NoLED?
It seems that when I enable the "Blink" feature, the screen never turns off for notifications. It just stays on wasting away battery, which defeats the purpose of the feature.
Has anyone been able to use this feature successfully?
Doh, the app developer has confirmed that it looks like it's caused by Sense 3.0:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15044056&postcount=2657
Does anyone have a NoLED alternative?
Just looking for something that will continue to vibrate/make sounds if a notification hasn't been looked at, but without keeping the screen on permanently.
Missed Call Deluxe? I believe its working fine for me...
Wouldn't recommend this app on anything besides an amoled screen.
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Wouldn't recommend this app on anything besides an amoled screen.
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Why?
Not sure if you knew this but you can set it to turn off the screen via proximity sensor (when in your pocket/bags/etc) so it doesn't waste battery.
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Why?
Not sure if you knew this but you can set it to turn off the screen via proximity sensor (when in your pocket/bags/etc) so it doesn't waste battery.
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Amoled will only turn on a few pixels for the icon rather than the whole screen. Even if it's off for proximity sensor you'll likely still run into sleep issues due partial wakelock to activate the sensor.
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Amoled will only turn on a few pixels for the icon rather than the whole screen. Even if it's off for proximity sensor you'll likely still run into sleep issues due partial wakelock to activate the sensor.
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I've been using it for 2 weeks, zero wakelock issues.
Try using an app first before trashing it
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Amoled will only turn on a few pixels for the icon rather than the whole screen. Even if it's off for proximity sensor you'll likely still run into sleep issues due partial wakelock to activate the sensor.
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I would have thought the same thing. Only rather than wake lock issues, the screen will show a lot of battery usage if it's constantly turned on. I guess I'm saying I was also under the impression that it was only for AMOLED screens.
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I would have thought the same thing. Only rather than wake lock issues, the screen will show a lot of battery usage if it's constantly turned on. I guess I'm saying I was also under the impression that it was only for AMOLED screens.
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Nope. Aside from the "Blink" feature, it works amazingly well!
The screen feature isn't even what I find the most useful part.
The best thing is that I can set it to re-vibrate and make a sound every 10 minutes if I have a notification I haven't looked at.
If you get a notification and you're not in the room, well, you'll never EVER know with the Sensation just by looking at it since the LED turns off after 5 minutes (seriously, who the hell made that decision????).
But with NoLED, the re-vibrate and periodic sounds are just downright amazing, even if you choose to not use the screen-on feature.
Even better, you can customize the re-vibration strength/pattern. I'll rarely ever feel the vibration in my pocket of normal app notifications. But I have NoLED set to 3-vibrations which I'll definitely feel in my pocket (or even hear!).
By the way, is there an app that does *just* the periodic vibration/sound?
I hope we get BLN later on.
Been using NoLED for a month without any issues.
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Been using NoLED for a month without any issues.
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Have you been using the Blink feature?
I haven't tried the Blink feature.
Is that feature working for you?
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I haven't tried the Blink feature.
Is that feature working for you?
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Did you even read the first post at all?
Auhhh... Sorry Paul22000 for any noob confusion on my part.
I had just read 286 pages from:
[APP] NoLED v4.4.3 - Use the AMOLED screen for incoming notifications
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692
I got a bit brain dead and a bit tired. Didn't realize how brain dead till I read your last post.
Can a Senior user forgive the shortcoming of a noob homegirl
blink feature works great with "LED me know" app in the market.
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Auhhh... Sorry Paul22000 for any noob confusion on my part.
I had just read 286 pages from:
[APP] NoLED v4.4.3 - Use the AMOLED screen for incoming notifications
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692
I got a bit brain dead and a bit tired. Didn't realize how brain dead till I read your last post.
Can a Senior user forgive the shortcoming of a noob homegirl
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Haha of course Just read the OP next time haha
I absolutely love NoLED and think it's pretty much a necessity for Sensation users given the notification LED stops blinking after 5 minutes.
I just wish that the NoLED Blink feature worked. If I'm away from my phone for a while (ie when working out) and I get a notification, the screen will stay on and kill the battery. Even if I leave the phone face down, I find that the battery still gets totally destroyed, not sure why.
Hello everyone,
I'm thinking to buy this very good devices but I read on some italian sites that there are some batch that have notification led bugged.
I'm explain better: they told that the led is shifted from the normal position and isn't so visible as other batch.
Anyone of you have this problem?
BR
nope, mine is at the right position and works well
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nope, mine is at the right position and works well
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Thanks.
Can you do a photo so I can compare with the one that I will buy today?
Will seems strange but on internet there aren't any photo of the one s notification led.
For me hte LED, comparing to the Desire is less noticable
I don't know if this is a bug or a feature, but the led is definitely too back behind the ear-piece net.
Just got my grey one s yesterday so not sure what is normal what is not in terms of notification light.
My light is located at the second row of the speaker holes, the 5th hole from the left. it is yes quite small compared to my incredible s, and during daylight, you have to be close to the phone in order to see it.
Is it normal?
This is my same location of hte led as well
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Just got my grey one s yesterday so not sure what is normal what is not in terms of notification light.
My light is located at the second row of the speaker holes, the 5th hole from the left. it is yes quite small compared to my incredible s, and during daylight, you have to be close to the phone in order to see it.
Is it normal?
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my led is in the same location and it is much less visible as compared with my 2 years old desire...
The problem is not where is the led, but the fact that notification is still buggy after update 1.78.401.2: the other morning for example I had 3 emails but there was no led blinking. Others too reported led not working or working just for the first 5 minutes...
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The problem is not where is the led, but the fact that notification is still buggy after update 1.78.401.2: the other morning for example I had 3 emails but there was no led blinking. Others too reported led not working or working just for the first 5 minutes...
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I have the opposite problem. My LED flashes for new emails, but does not stop when I access the mail app! (Still on original 1.53 base).
Have some problem.
LED blinking for a few minuts and after don't blinking
Mine is just fine.
Mine was useless. You can't even see the led from the sides,only when u look pretty much straight at phone. Led is behind the speaker grill.
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my led is in the same location and it is much less visible as compared with my 2 years old desire...
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Also coming from Desire, this is a topic of concern for me as well, since I usually look at my phone from an angle when it isn't in my hand...
Same issue with the One X
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Mine was useless. You can't even see the led from the sides,only when u look pretty much straight at phone. Led is behind the speaker grill.
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Mine was useless. You can't even see the led from the sides,only when u look pretty much straight at phone. Led is behind the speaker grill.
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good and cool idea as far as design goes, but most definitely not good for notifications
Mine is international unlocked, but with french CID. The led is too down and catches up just the first row of holes on the grill.
I must say it's completely unusable. I'm looking for a way to hardware fix it with some light conductive material.
Maybe a software patch to boost up the LED current will be also needed.
On HTC Mozart it's also under the speaker grill, but it's way to bright compared with the One S one.
mine works except I notice it only blink for like 5 minutes and turn itself off.
Mine is kinda useless, since it's almost impossible to see it unless you hold the phone in your hands...
First of all I am not talking about Notification light.
A Red light in proximity sensor next to sony logo is always on when device is connected to wifi, or when connected to mobile data only whrn the arrow indicators appears.
This red light is on even if i disable adaptive brightness.
I am shocked why no one raised this quesrion.
Hence here I am.
I hope this is not intentional by Sony.
Coz ffs i cant get one thing to my mind that how it is helpful. It is rather annoying.
Anyone with a clue pls share.
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First of all I am not talking about Notification light.
A Red light in proximity sensor next to sony logo is always on when device is connected to wifi, or when connected to mobile data only whrn the arrow indicators appears.
This red light is on even if i disable adaptive brightness.
I am shocked why no one raised this quesrion.
Hence here I am.
I hope this is not intentional by Sony.
Coz ffs i cant get one thing to my mind that how it is helpful. It is rather annoying.
Anyone with a clue pls share.
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It's on on my phone as well. It was also like that on my Xperia X
I call it the "I'm watching you." light. I think its the proximity sensor's lazer. I dont think it should be on 24/7, but then there is this "Led light's lifetime depends on how many times they are turned on/off" thing. May be it is some kind of an optimisation?
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I call it the "I'm watching you." light. I think its the proximity sensor's lazer. I dont think it should be on 24/7, but then there is this "Led light's lifetime depends on how many times they are turned on/off" thing. May be it is some kind of an optimisation?
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It definitely has to do with data recieving signals.
But whatever it is for I am concerned about battery life
It is just plain stupid of sony to not recognize this.
Coming from z5 I thought speakers were average on z5, but I doubt XZ even have any speakers at all.
Sound is that bad on XZ. I can barely listen to ringtone and I was sitting right next to the phone. What if we are in the other room or @ some distance? We' ll definitely miss the call.
Disable adaptive brightness and the flickery red dot will go off. I can only see it in a darkened room so it doesn't bother me. I'm looking at the screen lol!
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Disable adaptive brightness and the flickery red dot will go off. I can only see it in a darkened room so it doesn't bother me. I'm looking at the screen lol!
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It bothers me when people don't read ?
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First of all I am not talking about Notification light.
A Red light in proximity sensor next to sony logo is always on when device is connected to wifi, or when connected to mobile data only whrn the arrow indicators appears.
This red light is on even if i disable adaptive brightness.
I am shocked why no one raised this quesrion.
Hence here I am.
I hope this is not intentional by Sony.
Coz ffs i cant get one thing to my mind that how it is helpful. It is rather annoying.
Anyone with a clue pls share.
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this is wierd...becouse if i turn off adaptive brightnes the red led light turns off but it blinks when turned on...definetly something wrong with ur sensor..nothing new these days,its a comon thing for sensors to be broken
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this is wierd...becouse if i turn off adaptive brightnes the red led light turns off but it blinks when turned on...definetly something wrong with ur sensor..nothing new these days,its a comon thing for sensors to be broken
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Interesting.
With the same settings as before, now red light is on only on the lock screen.
I noticed just when i was reading your reply.
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Interesting.
With the same settings as before, now red light is on only on the lock screen.
I noticed just when i was reading your reply.
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so u say that red light turns on only on lock screen...what happens when u unlock the phone is it still on (red light)? becouse mine is always on except when screen is locked and turned off course and then it turns on again when i turn the screen on...this is how sensor should work... If urs doesnt work that way then go send the phone to waranty... I wouldnt investigate anyomre just go to Sony.
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so u say that red light turns on only on lock screen...what happens when u unlock the phone is it still on (red light)? becouse mine is always on except when screen is locked and turned off course and then it turns on again when i turn the screen on...this is how sensor should work... If urs doesnt work that way then go send the phone to waranty... I wouldnt investigate anyomre just go to Sony.
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Until yesterday it used to be always on, but now only on the lockscreen. It stays off when I unlock the device.
Why can't we seen to find the real use of that light?
Is it even a feature?
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Until yesterday it used to be always on, but now only on the lockscreen. It stays off when I unlock the device.
Why can't we seen to find the real use of that light?
Is it even a feature?
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looks like this proximty sensor works that way by having red light turned on...so does ur adaptive brightnes still work after it turns off when u unlock the screen?i feel its faulty sensor!i can share u my experience with Z5...i had white spots on screen so i send it to repair and they replaced the screen but also they managed to break proxity sensor aswell... i actualy laughed out loud how can they be so careless ahhh nwm hope u fix it soon.
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looks like this proximty sensor works that way by having red light turned on...so does ur adaptive brightnes still work after it turns off when u unlock the screen?i feel its faulty sensor!i can share u my experience with Z5...i had white spots on screen so i send it to repair and they replaced the screen but also they managed to break proxity sensor aswell... i actualy laughed out loud how can they be so careless ahhh nwm hope u fix it soon.
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Well now I get it, atleast I think so.
Red light stays on if we turn on adaptive brightness.
It also turns on when data packets are being sent to our device (via wifi or mobile data)
But why? That is the main question here.
Previous devices never had this feature, and what diff does this make?
Looks like my adaptive brightness works fine.
Do you mean the light in the attachment?
It should be the infra-red light used by the proximity sensor anmd it is not meant to be seen by human. I can only take this from the camera of another device but I cannot actually see it.
Trust me, if you tries to use the camera of another device to view it, you will see it blinks a lot when the screen is on.
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Do you mean the light in the attachment?
It should be the infra-red light used by the proximity sensor anmd it is not meant to be seen by human. I can only take this from the camera of another device but I cannot actually see it.
Trust me, if you tries to use the camera of another device to view it, you will see it blinks a lot when the screen is on.
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That is exactly what I am talkin about.
It is not supposed to be visible for naked eye until you use a camera.
This one just stays on. Doesn't blink.
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Do you mean the light in the attachment?
It should be the infra-red light used by the proximity sensor anmd it is not meant to be seen by human. I can only take this from the camera of another device but I cannot actually see it.
Trust me, if you tries to use the camera of another device to view it, you will see it blinks a lot when the screen is on.
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OK so looks like im having a camera in my eyes LOL cuz i can see that red dot light constantly turned on...ill see what Sony will say about that.im gonna call waranty just for curiosity.maybe they know something
There may be some variation of the wavelength produced by that LED from device to device, while I cannot see it in my XZ, I can saw it in my last LG device. It won't cause any battery draining problem because either you see it or not, it is still blinking.
My God
This is not a problem
By using this proximity sensor our phone controls the automatic brightness setting.
which is called Adaptive Brightness
zohaib0001 said:
My God
This is not a problem
By using this proximity sensor our phone controls the automatic brightness setting.
which is called Adaptive Brightness
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hey buddy we all know that but we just want to clarify why some ppl can see the light and some not.... read next time
Xperia X and XZs does this and its annoying, Sony obviously did a bad job in defining what's visible to humans.