So I was considering taking my new RAZR HD Maxx back because my notification light seems to not be working. I ran the battery down and there was a red light flashing, so I'm wondering...... is there something I have to do to get the notification light to work for notifications of the normal things like email, text, talk, facebook etc?
Thanks in advance!
JackTheRipper13 said:
So I was considering taking my new RAZR HD Maxx back because my notification light seems to not be working. I ran the battery down and there was a red light flashing, so I'm wondering...... is there something I have to do to get the notification light to work for notifications of the normal things like email, text, talk, facebook etc?
Thanks in advance!
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So I did some more googling, looks like if you use the "restore" feature it can cause the LED not to work properly when setting up the device.... i mean WTF lmfao.... anyone found any work arounds let me know. I'll hold off until Monday to do a wipe and see if I can get this working.....
JackTheRipper13 said:
So I did some more googling, looks like if you use the "restore" feature it can cause the LED not to work properly when setting up the device.... i mean WTF lmfao.... anyone found any work arounds let me know. I'll hold off until Monday to do a wipe and see if I can get this working.....
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Odd. I did the google account restore and mine works fine... Have you done a reboot? Double checked the notification preferences?
Its worked fine for me. Might be something that works itself out after a bit. That is kinda normal to happen i guess.
W00fah said:
Its worked fine for me. Might be something that works itself out after a bit. That is kinda normal to happen i guess.
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download the light flow app and test notification. My first one didn't work at all. I exchanged it and the new one worked flawless, no issues. If the notification test doesn't work with the light flow app, I suggest you take it back and exchange it and download the app in store to test the exchanged unit.
My exchanged unit worked asap with the test I ran with the light flow app.
There is a video on droid-life I believe that shows you how to do it. Just google, droid razr hd notification light and it will show up.
JackTheRipper13 said:
So I did some more googling, looks like if you use the "restore" feature it can cause the LED not to work properly when setting up the device.... i mean WTF lmfao.... anyone found any work arounds let me know. I'll hold off until Monday to do a wipe and see if I can get this working.....
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Yeah, I had the same problem. First time I set it up, I restored from my Google account and the LED did not work at all for notifications. I tried Light Flow, but that did not get the LED's working again. I factory reset the device, but this time I did not restore from my Google account and the LED's starting working again. I had to manually restore my apps and settings.
I've done this a few times to test and everytime I restore from my Google account, the LED stops working. Definitely a bug in the restore functionality.
Dang, same problem here. Looks like I'll have to factory restore tomorrow after root and tibu.
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When doing the test mode from the light flow app, is green the only color that is being tested on RAZR HD?
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Light flow put my phone in a boot loop. Be careful. I have the paid version.
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Jay A whY said:
When doing the test mode from the light flow app, is green the only color that is being tested on RAZR HD?
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I've tested Blue, Green and Red so far. Those work well - will try yellow and white later.
My notification light works with light flow as long as screen is off. Any way to get led to work even with screen on?
recDNA said:
My notification light works with light flow as long as screen is off. Any way to get led to work even with screen on?
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Pretty sure that is a limitation of light flow. Or it may be a Motorola limitation.
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Ban-Hammer said:
Pretty sure that is a limitation of light flow. Or it may be a Motorola limitation.
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You're right. I checked with Andrew. The phone LED only works when it's off.
I wouldn't use light flow (free version). Tried it for a bit and made my phone reboot, freeze, and go really slow. Of you have bad battery, I would say light flow is the cause.
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leyvatron said:
I wouldn't use light flow (free version). Tried it for a bit and made my phone reboot, freeze, and go really slow. Of you have bad battery, I would say light flow is the cause.
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I have been using the same app since I got my phone a few days ago and I haven't experienced any problems you describe. Battery is awesome and the phone is snappy.
leyvatron said:
I wouldn't use light flow (free version). Tried it for a bit and made my phone reboot, freeze, and go really slow. Of you have bad battery, I would say light flow is the cause.
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I had it on my wifes phone, and it was keeping it awake when the screen was off. Still had awsome battery life tho. :good:
Schoat333 said:
I had it on my wifes phone, and it was keeping it awake when the screen was off. Still had awsome battery life tho. :good:
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Same here, a lot of wake ups reported by better battery stats, could be normal though?
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Anybody have the white RAZR?
Have you seen the notification light at night?
It makes the whole phone glow. It looks badass when its flashing red.
I don't know if the black phone does that.
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Anybody have the white RAZR?
Have you seen the notification light at night?
It makes the whole phone glow. It looks badass when its flashing red.
I don't know if the black phone does that.
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That sounds awesome. Any chance of you taking pictures of this?
I'll see if I can take pictures of my first night with it
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Since Charge does not have a dedicated notification LED for new message,vm,missed calls etc like HTC Phones, is it possible to make the lights of the Hardbuttons blink?
Hmm... That's a great suggestion!
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rukshmani said:
Since Charge does not have a dedicated notification LED for new message,vm,missed calls etc like HTC Phones, is it possible to make the lights of the Hardbuttons blink?
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Would probably only be useful during nighttime. I cant even tell if they're on during the day...
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or, if possible, make the camera LED flash blink. Would probably sap battery but I'm almost positive it can be done seeing as apps like Flashlight + LED exist and even have widgets to turn the LED on with a simple click, even on the home page.
Does anyone know if the noLED app works for the Charge? I had that on my Fascinate and it worked pretty well.
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Does anyone know if the noLED app works for the Charge? I had that on my Fascinate and it worked pretty well.
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Yes, noLED works.
So I took the plunge and rooted, flashed beans ROM. Loving it so far.
My only issue is that my notification light doesn't blink it now stays on constantly.
I've kept my setting the same bit cannot get this corrected.
Has anyone else had this issue?? If so how'd you fix it.
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The notification light is supposed to blink? I didn't stay on stock long enough to notice.
Rooted stock rom here and led notification works fine.
Deathbynukes said:
The notification light is supposed to blink? I didn't stay on stock long enough to notice.
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Lol, its supposed to blink. I'd like to hear from someone running another rom to see if it is happening to them as well.
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Lol, its supposed to blink. I'd like to hear from someone running another rom to see if it is happening to them as well.
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I'm running Beans R6 and my notification LED is also not blinking lol
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Rooted stock rom here and led notification works fine.
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I too am just stock rooted using noxious ninjas method and since seeing this thread i've only had a facebook notification and that is just a solid red, not blinking but i'm not sure about other notifications since I haven't had any yet.... But before I rooted, I could've sworn a FB notification showed up as a kind of purple light and now its just red!?
[Edit] I just sent an email to myself to test the notification and it does blink blue, so it is working and per the comment below, FB wouldn't make it blink anyways.
3rd party apps don't blink the light. Stock apps do.
That stinks that 3rd party apps dont blink. Is that something that can be addressed in future builds??
Any other workaround or mod??
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I agree, super annoying. Wish my led would blink for sms and mms, instead of just staying on.
Hello All,
Looking to use the phone's LED flash, as a notification... text messages for example.
any suggestions?
Not to sound like a super **** but: have you tried Google Play? I think there's apps that do that
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100%digital said:
Hello All,
Looking to use the phone's LED flash, as a notification... text messages for example.
any suggestions?
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why? that would kill battery like crazy, not to mention it would heat up the led bulb to the touch.
Try light flow on the market. They have a lite version but you may have to be rooted. I don't have time to try it right now but should work. As for heating the led that's not even a concern.
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Lightflow does allow for led use. Ive used in the past with the hox.
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if i wanna use my phones LED to cook meth, who cares... while i can see the LED using a lot power -im only looking for a couple fast blinks when a text is delivered, thought this was a native function within CM9/10, but thats not the case.
Oh what I'd do for a multi-color LED like the original nexus
+1 for light flow. Go sms also lets you set the notification light. The HOX displays green orange and red.
LEDs don't produce heat
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texaswickedtoys said:
LEDs don't produce heat
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Large ones most certainly do. Like the ceiling light ones all have heatsinks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14961111
Works great. Hope this helps.
Since this phone has the biggest notification led ever, it is distracting when I am sleeping. I thought that turning background data off with SmartActions, or data sync off with Power Toggles would help. Neither has worked and I'm still getting notifications in the middle of the night. The only way to make sure its off is to turn off wifi and I don't want to do this because I want to get updates when I wake up. I have a case on so flipping over the phone doesn't really help. Is there another way?
Wow you must be a light sleeper!
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Yeah it's annoying. If I didn't use the phone for an alarm or need it for work, I'd probably just turn it off when sleeping.
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But what notifications are you getting?
I mean, what app are doing this?
Check this, works great for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.ledwidget
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Thanks memphis that app is awesome! It's mostly emails I get at night that annoy me and this is perfect.
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So after seeing a few posts of people complaining about having to buy Tasker just to turn on the LED. I decided to help those people out and create a simple app that runs the shell command to turn on the LED on our Moto Xs
Of course props to whomever figured out these shell commands (please reply with who it is so i can give credit) and to the dev of RootTools
Once the requirement of the phone being plugged in for the LED to turn on is bypassed, this app could become a whole lot more. But that's a big road block.
In the meantime this will simply turn on your LED based on the setting chosen and based on whether your battery is fully charged or not. This app was designed for the Moto X only (4.4 rooted) but has been confirmed to work on the new DROIDs too (Maxx & Ultra)
Usage:
Select an option for the LED: heartbeat (pulses like a heartbeat), battery-charging (solid while charging), battery-full (solid when full), battery-charging-or-full (solid when plugged in), mmc0 (pulses based on disk reads/writes)
Select a brightness.
Save if you want to use your choice for when the device is charging or it's battery full - or hit both buttons to save it for both scenarios.
Scroll down and select if you want it to the apply your settings on boot then hit the execute button
Change log:
1.5 - Source code uploaded to github: https://github.com/StephenMilone/MotoX_LED
1.4 - No more crashes =)
1.3 - Fixed 1.2 issue of it not automatically switching from charging to full (hopefully - i haven't had time to fully charge my device to test)
1.2 - Added ability to pick different settings for battery charging and battery full
1.1 - Added Brightness options
1.0 - Initial Release
Have you thought about adding being able to change the brightness? echo # >/sys/class/leds/charging/max_brightness #=0-255
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Have you thought about adding being able to change the brightness? echo # >/sys/class/leds/charging/max_brightness #=0-255
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didn't know that was an option. Can easily be added. thanks!
My interest lies with it perhaps being able to be used as a notification led one day...But great job for sure.
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kj2112 said:
My interest lies with it perhaps being able to be used as a notification led one day...But great job for sure.
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We'll see how much this app gains interest, that is something that can be worked on.
But it seems the LED only goes on when plugged in, regardless of setting.
Thank you, very useful. At least now I know mine works
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Works great. Thanks for your work!
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I was sure the photos i saw where fake ...i know now that this is real !ยก! This phone is amazing really ...best phone i ever had ...2 daus ago ,went to best buy ...talking with the cellphone guy ....says he only sold 3 moto x since they have it ...its a thamn shame .
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Works like a charm. Thanks.
I hope you or some of the other smart fills here can make this work as a notification light.... like maybe for ICQ?
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Works great!
Had no problems getting it working! Thank you much!
Would love to have an option to flash while charging and solid when full... I may have to learn do this... sounds like fun.
What's the mmc0 option?
Gave you app some exposure on g+. Hopefully you can get more hits.
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Great app and option! Does the LED turn off when fully charged? Thank you for making this.
nice
whats the heartbeat option?
@StephenMilone it would be cool if you could make it so that when it's charging you get the heartbeat, and when it's fully charged it stays on.
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Works on Droid Maxx! XT1080
Confirmed working on the Droid Maxx, which unfortunately has a much uglier LED than the Moto X. @StephenMilone, do you mind if i post a link in the Droid forums?
kuz142 said:
Confirmed working on the Droid Maxx, which unfortunately has a much uglier LED than the Moto X. @StephenMilone, do you mind if i post a link in the Droid forums?
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Please that would be awesome. good to know it works on the new droids too.
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Had no problems getting it working! Thank you much!
Would love to have an option to flash while charging and solid when full... I may have to learn do this... sounds like fun.
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stacio88 said:
@StephenMilone it would be cool if you could make it so that when it's charging you get the heartbeat, and when it's fully charged it stays on.
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Very possible.
chris420o said:
whats the heartbeat option?
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It flashes the LED like a heart beat.
Pwnicorn said:
Great app and option! Does the LED turn off when fully charged? Thank you for making this.
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I'm not sure, but use battery-charging and let us know! If not, I can add options that if charging do one option (like charging), if full do another (like none)
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Gave you app some exposure on g+. Hopefully you can get more hits.
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Thanks!
dicarli said:
What's the mmc0 option?
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mmc0 flashes based on disk (storage) read/write activity.
Does this mess with active notifications? Meaning, if I turn LED on using this, do AN's cease? Thought I saw that might be an issue using other methods.
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Does this mess with active notifications? Meaning, if I turn LED on using this, do AN's cease? Thought I saw that might be an issue using other methods.
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No, you're good. At this point, this has nothing to do with notifications.....only an led for charging.
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