It lacks brightness and is hidden behind the speaker grill, I can barely see it light up most of the time. What a waste.
It is duller than I'd like but unless it is in direct sunlight, I have no problem seeing it. I wish it wads a little brighter though.
At least is has one. A lot of android phones don't.
I want to know if anyone has figured out how to make it stay on longer than 5 minutes
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I want to know if anyone has figured out how to make it stay on longer than 5 minutes
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Also how to change the color to orange? This green is so useless .
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mike2518 said:
Also how to change the color to orange? This green is pro much useless .
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Green has been HTC's standard notification color since the g1 first came out. Once the device is rooted you'll be able to use LED color changing apps.
I was wondering, there is another whole on the opposite side of the front reading facing camera and the notification led. I wonder why htc put that there it seems to have no purpose. That probably could have been a nice place to put the notification led.
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ayvecs said:
I was wondering, there is another whole on the opposite side of the front reading facing camera and the notification led. I wonder why htc put that there it seems to have no purpose. That probably could have been a nice place to put the notification led.
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It's most likely the ambient light sensor, or the motion sensor that shuts the screen off when you place the phone by your face.
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It's most likely the ambient light sensor, or the motion sensor that shuts the screen off when you place the phone by your face.
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That is correct. It is the light sensor.
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Green has been HTC's standard notification color since the g1 first came out. Once the device is rooted you'll be able to use LED color changing apps.
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If rooting will allow me to change the LED to something a little more noticeable (red might work well I would think), that might be ideal.
So far, the green barely stands out, especially since my desk is next to a window with ambient sunlight.
Damonkashu said:
If rooting will allow me to change the LED to something a little more noticeable (red might work well I would think), that might be ideal.
So far, the green barely stands out, especially since my desk is next to a window with ambient sunlight.
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I believe that we only have 2 colors to choose from, the green and the abmer, the one that comes up when charging phone. I always had the amber on my HD2 and it was always visible. Hope we could do the same on this phone later.
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I believe that we only have 2 colors to choose from, the green and the abmer, the one that comes up when charging phone. I always had the amber on my HD2 and it was always visible. Hope we could do the same on this phone later.
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The LED light can actually produce multiple colors but like someone said. It's not possible until it's rooted unless the application your using gives you the option.
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Green has been HTC's standard notification color since the g1 first came out. Once the device is rooted you'll be able to use LED color changing apps.
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Maybe the free market app 'Blink' which doesn't require root will work...
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If rooting will allow me to change the LED to something a little more noticeable (red might work well I would think), that might be ideal.
So far, the green barely stands out, especially since my desk is next to a window with ambient sunlight.
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If you use a 3rd part text messaging application like Chomp or Hancent it gives you the option to make your LED multiple colors plus the option of how long you want it to stay on.
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The LED light can actually produce multiple colors but like someone said. It's not possible until it's rooted unless the application your using gives you the option.
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The G2 LED could only turn orange or green.. I'm assuming most new HTC phones are set up like this.
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Maybe the free market app 'Blink' which doesn't require root will work...
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Just tried it. Only Green & Red work
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The G2 LED could only turn orange or green.. I'm assuming most new HTC phones are set up like this.
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I hope this isn't the case. The Thunderbolt can do Red, Green, Pink, Blue and White.
i like having a notification led, as opposed to the Vibrant, which didn't have one. I just wish it lasted longer than 5 minutes.
There is an app for the g2x that pulses the four bottom buttons for notifications. its pretty spiffy...i wrote the developer he said it's possible it could work on the sensation but he doesn't have one to try it out.
It would be a pretty nice option to have because I agree, the led as is is pretty much invisible
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There is an app for the g2x that pulses the four bottom buttons for notifications. its pretty spiffy...i wrote the developer he said it's possible it could work on the sensation but he doesn't have one to try it out.
It would be a pretty nice option to have because I agree, the led as is is pretty much invisible
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I used it on my G2X and it sucked the battery big time.
I've seen people trying to disable the bottom button backlight, but nothing about enabling it. I just got my Charge today in the mail. Powered up, no button backlight. Connected USB, no button backlight. Under what conditions are those buttons supposed to light up?
Try putting your finger over the proximity sensor. My light only turns on when it's dark.
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Try putting your finger over the proximity sensor. My light only turns on when it's dark.
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Good call. That's certainly annoying - I turned off the auto brightness and it still does that. No me likey.
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Good call. That's certainly annoying - I turned off the auto brightness and it still does that. No me likey.
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Why don't you like about that? it's great for saving battery
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Just got my Sensation today and have been setting it up etc. In all the excitement, I didn't notice until now, the notification light on my handset flashes behind the speaker, next to the front camera. Am I correct in thinking that the circle on the left of the speaker is the notification light and that's what should be flashing (when charging, message received etc)?
Faulty handset?
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Hi.
Just got my Sensation today and have been setting it up etc. In all the excitement, I didn't notice until now, the notification light on my handset flashes behind the speaker, next to the front camera. Am I correct in thinking that the circle on the left of the speaker is the notification light and that's what should be flashing (when charging, message received etc)?
Faulty handset?
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Nope. If you check the manual, that circle on the left is the light sensor and there is one in the screen under that one, that's the proximity sensor.
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Red LED lights is on on mi desire non-stop working without any problems, how to turn off the light?
Hi you turn off notification lights by going into settings, display, notifications led, uncheck all you want to stop blinking.. this should do the trick . It will only blink during changing now
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Is anyones at&t htc one X capacitive lights calibration seem to be off. I've noticed must of the time they stay on. Even under bright florescent lights at work. They only go off pretty much in direct sunlight. Or if I hold the phone up to the light. And before anybody asks I do not have a case blocking the light sensor. It does react to my finger when I place over it.
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I think that's somewhat normal for this device, which is why there's a mod in the dev section that you can flash (assuming you're rooted/bl-unlocked) that will either disable them entirely, or dim them to an acceptable level.
Use the app adjbrightness in the app market and you can fore them to be off all the time
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Yup, I think that's just how its calibrated. I've noticed the buttons lit when there is plenty of light. And there have been a few times where the room lighting was very dim, and the buttons were not lit, when it would have been useful for them to be.
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Yup, I think that's just how its calibrated. I've noticed the buttons lit when there is plenty of light. And there have been a few times where the room lighting was very dim, and the buttons were not lit, when it would have been useful for them to be.
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Well thanks everyone for the replies. I guess that's just how they work. I will try one of the apps out too and see. I appreciate the input.
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When i get text messages it doesn't light up it just makes the notification sound? isn't it suppose to light up?
You should have a green led lint blinking in the left side of the speaker at the top of the face. Same one that lights up when charging
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But isn't the screen suppose to light up for a little?
Nope, it normally does not light up (very weird on HTC's part). Some ROMs have a feature to make it light up though.
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Nope, it normally does not light up (very weird on HTC's part). Some ROMs have a feature to make it light up though.
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Oh ok i thought it was something wrong with the phone.
Yeah that's why I went the GoSMS route. A little more options for you to play around with including screen on with oncoming message.