It seems my notification light is not working regardless what I do. Has anyone else had this issue after rooting and loading the fission rom?
I'm able to reproduce it as it happened both to my phone and a family members phone. I returned to stock rom by SBF and still my notification light doesn't work anymore.
Anyway idea's on how to fix this? Is it possible that our current rooting process breaks the notification light? I have also already tried booting into safe mode to make sure it wasn't an app.
mine works just fine running fission.
Well unfortunately mine is not working at all in either stock unrooted or rooted forms. This only started after I rooted the phone. Please don't tell me Motorola added a new "feature" that breaks the notification light if the phones been modified.
I would really like to figure out how to fix this .
101 views and no suggestions?
Notification light only works with screen off, you know that, right?
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leobg said:
Notification light only works with screen off, you know that, right?
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Oh I know that. Light will not work with the screen off. I've sent my self several emails to test this. I also have events in my calender at 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. which should also be triggering the light and never do. And no I'm not sitting there with the screen on waiting for it.
Every time I sent my self and email I waited to hear the sound notification and then waiting 2 minutes after yet still no light blinks. I think finally turn on the screen to clear the notification from the bar.
Even my facebook notifications which should trigger the light don't either. So far for the last week I've had no notification lights at all no matter what I do.
Right now I've SBF my phone back to stock and have left it unrooted and I'm still not getting any notification lights with the screen off.
I'm not stupid and know that the screen must be off.
possibly the LED is broken...these things happen. it may or may not even be related to the rooting either could of just coincedently broken at the same time. since youve returned your phone to stock and it still doesnt work then that seems the logical conclusion. not sure if someones found a service mode yet where you can test the LED, thats the next thing to try.
anothadave said:
possibly the LED is broken...these things happen. it may or may not even be related to the rooting either could of just coincedently broken at the same time. since youve returned your phone to stock and it still doesnt work then that seems the logical conclusion. not sure if someones found a service mode yet where you can test the LED, thats the next thing to try.
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That is a possibility but I find it quite unlikely that both phones would have broken notification lights at around the same time.
Is there any applications out there that allow you to flip on the notification light without notifications? I've seen some applications that allow you to change the color of the light if your phone supports but.
Anyone know of a hack or app that will enable the notification light when I plug in my Razr Maxx HD to charge? I am sick of having to check if its plugged in correctly when I have it in my car. My old bionic use to have a solid light that went on when it charged, so I always knew it was working.
I use an app called "light manager", however it cant get the colors right. IE: I select orange and get green.
Be ready to tweak it. It has options for most everything
Its called "notification light widget" made by Motorola to fix some issue with the RAZR HD. You can find it in the Google market.
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I use light flow app from the market. They have a free and pay version the free one works great you can assign specific colors to contacts and more I see an option for charging as well
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I use Light Manager and all colors work great on my phone. Like you, I wanted my light to show if my phone was charging when in sleep mode. Lots of colors to choose from and did exactly what I needed!
I'm fairly certain that my "green" LED is either burned out or the circuitry is no longer working properly. I know it's highly unlikely that LEDs burn out, but it seems to be. I noticed today that i wasn't getting any blinking lights when i got texts (green) but i am getting facebook notification blinks (blue). After much googling, i read all about the "restore" issues people had. I did several FDRs without restoring and even reflashed my firmware with no luck. Finally fed up, i tried testing settings with Light Flow. After trying red, green, blue, yellow, orange, and white. The only settings that made my LED work were blue and white, but the weird part was that both white and blue settings caused the LED to blink blue, but at least it blinks now.
Anyone else have anything like this happen? I've had the phone since it came out so i can't exchange it, i guess i'll just live with it until my upgrade. Just wondering if i'm the only one.....
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I'm fairly certain that my "green" LED is either burned out or the circuitry is no longer working properly. I know it's highly unlikely that LEDs burn out, but it seems to be. I noticed today that i wasn't getting any blinking lights when i got texts (green) but i am getting facebook notification blinks (blue). After much googling, i read all about the "restore" issues people had. I did several FDRs without restoring and even reflashed my firmware with no luck. Finally fed up, i tried testing settings with Light Flow. After trying red, green, blue, yellow, orange, and white. The only settings that made my LED work were blue and white, but the weird part was that both white and blue settings caused the LED to blink blue, but at least it blinks now.
Anyone else have anything like this happen? I've had the phone since it came out so i can't exchange it, i guess i'll just live with it until my upgrade. Just wondering if i'm the only one.....
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Download LightFlow from the play store. The free version will support quite a few applications (the paid one supports more apps and has a few more features.) In any event, Lightflow allows you to set the color of the light for different apps, and it has a test feature which will cycle all the colors. On my phone, I can get green, red, blue, light blue, purple, red, yellow-ish, and a white/indigo-ish color. Not all the colors work, some default to a similar color.
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Download LightFlow from the play store. The free version will support quite a few applications (the paid one supports more apps and has a few more features.) In any event, Lightflow allows you to set the color of the light for different apps, and it has a test feature which will cycle all the colors. On my phone, I can get green, red, blue, light blue, purple, red, yellow-ish, and a white/indigo-ish color. Not all the colors work, some default to a similar color.
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I appreciate the reply, but it's clear you didn't actually read my post. I did all that with light flow. The only color that works is blue. So far in my research, i've found one other person that had a similar story where only his blue LED worked, But the thread ended with no solution and no one else had issues.
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I appreciate the reply, but it's clear you didn't actually read my post. I did all that with light flow. The only color that works is blue. So far in my research, i've found one other person that had a similar story where only his blue LED worked, But the thread ended with no solution and no one else had issues.
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Hmm sorry about that -- missed that you were using Lightflow. So, the LED is not burned out because other colors work, as far as I know it's only one light up there, not one per color (I could be wrong about that though.) Have you tried a factory reset?
-- Dan
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Hmm sorry about that -- missed that you were using Lightflow. So, the LED is not burned out because other colors work, as far as I know it's only one light up there, not one per color (I could be wrong about that though.) Have you tried a factory reset?
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he said he tried multiple FDRs...FDR means factory data reset
Correct, several factory resets. The way LEDs work is that there has to be a different LED die for each color. So it's not technically just one LED. Even if it's one housing. Knowing what I know about LEDs, my guess is that it is an issue with the circuitry and not just a bad die in the LED. If this phone wasn't glued together for a watertight seal, I would open it up and investigate. But seeing as how the only problem I'm having is the color of the LED, I'll leave it alone so I don't break something else.
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Sheesh - I'm really not scoring any points today, somehow I missed the FDR line too. Have you tried using RSD-Lite (or one of the RAZR HD tools) to flash everything back to stock?
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Sheesh - I'm really not scoring any points today, somehow I missed the FDR line too. Anyway, there are definitely RGB LEDs, that produce an array of colors from a single light, so I'm still not convinced this is a hardware problem.
Have you tried using RSD-Lite (or one of the RAZR HD tools) to flash everything back to stock?
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Haha, you lost more points yet again.... yes in my original post I stated that I reflashed the firmware.
Also, I don't mean to sound like a know-it-all... but LEDs can only produce 1 color of light. Those RGB LEDs you speak of actually have a different die for each color. Even though it is in the same housing, it is controlled by 3 different inputs (circuits). That's what leads me to believe it's the circuit more so than having a die or two burned out.
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Haha, you lost more points yet again.... yes in my original post I stated that I reflashed the firmware.
Also, I don't mean to sound like a know-it-all... but LEDs can only produce 1 color of light. Those RGB LEDs you speak of actually have a different die for each color. Even though it is in the same housing, it is controlled by 3 different inputs (circuits). That's what leads me to believe it's the circuit more so than having a die or two burned out.
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Good grief! Anyway - yeah - I read more about those because I was curious, and you are correct, they appear to just house three separate circuits inside them.
So, yeah, I think it is a hardware problem now. Should be easy to get a replacement though, just have the Verizon person use Lightflow on a working phone...
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Good grief! Anyway - yeah - I read more about those because I was curious, and you are correct, they appear to just house three separate circuits inside them.
So, yeah, I think it is a hardware problem now. Should be easy to get a replacement though, just have the Verizon person use Lightflow on a working phone...
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I've had the phone since last October, I'm pretty sure it's too late to get a replacement, or is it? Also, I don't have the insurance on it.
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Maybe not a direct replacement in a VZW store, but you should be able to -- the phone has a 1 year warranty from Moto.
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You should be able to -- the phone has a 1 year warranty from Moto.
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Would I have to go through moto though, or can I go through vzw? I'm rooted but I can flash back to stock if I want to. The only concern I have is that if I get a replacement, it will most likely have the latest unrootable firmware. I don't want that either.
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Not sure - I've never done a warranty replacement before. Getting a refurbished one is a concern -- but I wouldn't worry too much about the firmware. If you search thorough here and droidrzr.com you'll find some posts from people who've been in this predicament. Supposedly people have successfully flashed back to the old rootable/unlockable firmware and then protected root and re-updated the phone via an OTA.
One year is standard i think
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You have one year. I'd call up verizon. Hopefully they give you a decent replacement that isn't updated so you can unlock the bootloader (just in case you ever decide you want to have full access some day).
Crazy idea here but maybe you could try this. Go to play store, then my apps. Look at a Motorola app like smart actions. Click more by motorola. Install the notification light app. It's just a toggle. Add the widget to a home screen. Toggle the light off. Keep it off all day. Then try turning it back on and see what happens.
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Well after looking up the teardown procedure and seeing that it actually is very easy on this phone, only about 2 minutes to disassemble this phone, I opened this bad boy up and discovered it is definitely hardware related. Pic below. Good news is that I can get the replacement part I need for $9 online. Then I don't have to deal with firmware issues or having moto or Verizon say it was my fault and charging me. Here's the pic.
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Nice. Hope that fixes it. But I also hope if you ever need to send your phone in they don't complain. Oh well guess the warranty is almost up anyway...
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Great! Which tools did you need? I want to do this too. Can you please post the link for where you got the replacement part from?
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skpamnani said:
Great! Which tools did you need? I want to do this too. Can you please post the link for where you got the replacement part from?
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Not sure of I can post links, but if you search eBay for RAZR HD ear speaker, you can find it for $19.99 and free shipping from California. It'll be refurbished. The one I screen captured above from etrade supply was only $9 but it was $20 for shipping from China. So I went with the eBay one.
I used a single torx wrench (shown below) it's an XTD-6. It's all I had. But according to the teardown procedure, the specified tool you need is a T5 torx. I guess either will work.
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Hello all. I am using the latest AOKP on my S3. I had previously used it on my Galaxy Nexus and the LED Control worked great. But i can't get any LED notifications at all on my S3. The only time the LED comes on is when i have an incoming call, which isn't a setting that I have anyway. Does anyone know if there is a setting somewhere that i'm missing that is turning off the LED notifications? Or does it just not work on the S3? The stock rom LED notifications worked.
Just came to my mind, on the Nexus i was using the last milestone build and on the S3 I have the latest nightly build. But that shouldn't be the cause.
Any ideas? Light Flow, light manager also provide no LED notifications.
Thanks
Go to setttings->display->pulse led notification (or something like that)
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haha, that did it...thanks.
btw, the LED quality is much poorer on the S3 than on the GNexus. Light what is supposed to be orange is mostly green, a spec of orange. other users have same result?
teamgood2001 said:
haha, that did it...thanks.
btw, the LED quality is much poorer on the S3 than on the GNexus. Light what is supposed to be orange is mostly green, a spec of orange. other users have same result?
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Yes. Its because of the led that's used. They used 3 different LEDs instead of one multi colored one. So when you're using a custom color, its a mixed rgb color.
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I have Motorola droid maxx (xt1080) device running android 4.4.4. I purchased this second hand device few days ago in karachi. Its led notification is not working. Some sites says that this set does not have led notification led and some sites say that it do have a notification light. I have gone through the manual of this phone and found that this phone does have a notification led that works in low battery.
Does after rooting this device and installing the above program will switch the notification light on? And is there any way to root android 4.4.4 version?
Thanks
fairy8902015 said:
I have Motorola droid maxx (xt1080) device running android 4.4.4. I purchased this second hand device few days ago in karachi. Its led notification is not working. Some sites says that this set does not have led notification led and some sites say that it do have a notification light. I have gone through the manual of this phone and found that this phone does have a notification led that works in low battery.
Does after rooting this device and installing the above program will switch the notification light on? And is there any way to root android 4.4.4 version?
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Have you tried making full factory reset?
The only way to get fully functional root access at the moment on 4.4.4 is bootloader unlocking. I prefer you to go across fully reading Moto Droid Ultra forum to prevent asking silly questions.
Droid maxx actually does have a led (green only) but it is not usable for notifications, it can only be used to show charging status (charging / fully charged). And you would need root.
here is the application:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/app-moto-x-charging-led-control-tasker-t2602689
Today I suddenly find out a flashing purple light in my droid maxx. I was taking pictures of my mobile through another mobile camera and found a purple light flashing on it. after I connected charger to mobile. That light turned to green so I think that is the notification light in droid maxx.
Thank you for your replies to my post
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Today I suddenly find out a flashing purple light in my droid maxx. I was taking pictures of my mobile through another mobile camera and found a purple light flashing on it. after I connected charger to mobile. That light turned to green so I think that is the notification light in droid maxx.
Thank you for your replies to my post
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This is quite an interesting post.
I have also read about the notification LED being present, but never found any lights coming ON on my Droid Maxx. I had purchased it brand new.
I have bootloader unlocked and I am rooted. Still on 4.4.
I can try some app from playstore and see if it turns on the LED (though I find Active Display as a good replacement to notification LED).
i'm using Driod maxx 32Gb in setting it says xt1080 not 1080M. so what is this i mean it is ultra or Maxx?? this M
if you are rooted on xt1080(which is now possible) you can use
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-ultra/themes-apps/app-led-control-motorola-devices-t3043252
i checked this and its working fine
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i'm using Driod maxx 32Gb in setting it says xt1080 not 1080M. so what is this i mean it is ultra or Maxx?? this M
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For some reason it's both. The casing is printed XT1080, I believe that the software says XT1080, but technically the Maxx is XT1080M. The only major differences are battery size, storage size (though the newer Maxxes are 16 GB), and wireless charging is Maxx only.
@dooglad you know any app that show battery capacity in mah, like 3500 mah most of the apps that i downloaded shows values in mv .
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@dooglad you know any app that show battery capacity in mah, like 3500 mah most of the apps that i downloaded shows values in mv .
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Battery Monitor Widget? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw
Take another mobile or laptop webcam and hold your mobile in front of it. Then you will see a small purplish light showing on left side of your mobile. Below is the picture of this mobile and here you can find a light in the left side of the mobile.
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fairy8902015 said:
Take another mobile or laptop webcam and hold your mobile in front of it. Then you will see a small purplish light showing on left side of your mobile. Below is the picture of this mobile and here you can find a light in the left side of the mobile.
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That is not a purple led, but the infrared proximity sensor, the infrared is visible as purple on cameras (test your TV remote, you will also see a purple light)
As already mentioned, the droid maxx has got a green led only, but that is not usable for notifications as it will only work when plugged into charger.
Ok.thanks for sharing this information
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Front light
I have updated my phone in 4.4.4,But still same problem not showing front light option.
i have motorola ultra droid its not charging when i plug in charger then its green light turns on and not charging i love this phone provide the best solution.