I am the developer of Light Manager. It is an app to configure notification LED color and its flashing frequency for different notification types. Quite a number of people reported that it is not working properly on Samsung Galaxy S 4, however at the same time there are people reported it is working perfectly. I am confused since currently I do not have a device to test.
So I created this thread to gather more comments about Light Manager on Samsung Galaxy S4. If things go serious, I would consider getting a S4 device for testing. I would like to make it compatible with S4.
For more information, you may go to the original thread at Samsung Galaxy S IIII section at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735331
Works ok for me (i9590, rooted stock) except for Aquamail notifications.
Using it for missed calls and SMS , works fine
Using it only for SMS, calls and battery states and works fine. Only sometimes when I plug the charger, "stock" LED indication appears instead of Light manager indication...Very randomly. Im on stock MDM firmware with kernel 3.4.0-526204 if it helps.
Alternative mode is working fine on my GS4 but it would nice to have a little break before swiching color between to different notifications.
example: green green green break break blue blue blue ecc...
Working fine for me too.
Another thing that isn't working (also on GS3) is the battery pergentage setting when the led should start to blink to aller that the battery level is low. Also if I set 5%, the led starts blinking on 15%.
Using it for missed calls and SMS; works fine. But doesn't work with whatsapp!!
Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 16Gb..
kultus said:
Using it only for SMS, calls and battery states and works fine. Only sometimes when I plug the charger, "stock" LED indication appears instead of Light manager indication...Very randomly. Im on stock MDM firmware with kernel 3.4.0-526204 if it helps.
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The best way is to turn off "stock" LED indicator for battery in your phone settings.
MattyDip said:
Another thing that isn't working (also on GS3) is the battery pergentage setting when the led should start to blink to aller that the battery level is low. Also if I set 5%, the led starts blinking on 15%.
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Yeah, this is a bug on the current version. It will be fixed on the next update.
mabmed said:
Using it for missed calls and SMS; works fine. But doesn't work with whatsapp!!
Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 16Gb..
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After you have granted root permission, remember to click "Restart light manager". For whatsapp, you need to turn off the notification LED in whatsapp settings as well. Let me know if it is not working.
It is working fine for me on the t-mobile variant of the GS4 in the united states. Wicked v2 with faux's kernel
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mckoo said:
The best way is to turn off "stock" LED indicator for battery in your phone settings.
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THX for advice, I will monitor it...
For the most part, the app is working fine!
I don't know if this is normal, with these leds, but some colors are way off. Red, blue and green are fine, but yellow is greenish and white is blueish. So sometimes it's hard to distinguish which notification is showing...
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Pinocheckio said:
For the most part, the app is working fine!
I don't know if this is normal, with these leds, but some colors are way off. Red, blue and green are fine, but yellow is greenish and white is blueish. So sometimes it's hard to distinguish which notification is showing...
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I have also noticed this on my rooted att sgs4
sent from my black at&t sgs4
I will test it out shortly, I have been using it on my S3 all the time but after upgrading to CM10.1 it didn't work too well, it clashed with the system led settings...
Just found this app because of your thread. Tested it and it works with whatsapp,sms,calls !
I'm reallyhappy right now because I was used to LightFlow but that app has to be enabled in de accessability settings and ruins the gallery.
Yours Sir is just perfect!
Thank you! :good:
Pinocheckio said:
For the most part, the app is working fine!
I don't know if this is normal, with these leds, but some colors are way off. Red, blue and green are fine, but yellow is greenish and white is blueish. So sometimes it's hard to distinguish which notification is showing...
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I guess this is some LED hardware variation for different devices. You may adjust the hex color code in Advanced Setting to suit your S4 device. Could someone help to post a set of accurate hex color code for S4? Then I might be able to add a one-click button to preset all hex color code for S4.
benni2903 said:
Just found this app because of your thread. Tested it and it works with whatsapp,sms,calls !
I'm reallyhappy right now because I was used to LightFlow but that app has to be enabled in de accessability settings and ruins the gallery.
Yours Sir is just perfect!
Thank you! :good:
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I thought Samsung has fixed the accessibility issue on S4? The talkback issue is still there? This is the main reason I am not using accessibility in Light Manager but might include it when Samsung fixed the issue.
I have the 9500 not rooted /stock do I need root to get this application to work for whatsapp?
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Hi everyone,
Thanks to KarrdeNZ's well written guide, I managed to flash my rom to
********Hero ROM for Magic modded for TW users (based on Fatal1ty2787's releases)********
07/18 myhero-08 by redglasses
I just noticed that my phone's LED lights are missing. The LED doesnt light up while charging, and it doesnt light up when receiving SMS as well. I think the LEDs just disappeared completely.
Anyone encounters this and is there anyway to solve it?
Thanks!
Hero ROMS currently have the following issues
Bluetooth headset/mic support is broken, though Bluetooth headset playback works fine - no known solution.
TouchFLO sluggishness - don't use it or minimise widget use - especially clocks.
LEDs mapped incorrectly - no known solution.
Camera flipped/oriented wrong - need to reinstall old Camera package to fix
Take a look here : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking
I got my sms led working, via chompsms.
Charging still doesn't work but tats not really.important I guess
Yeah you can use chompSMS or SMS popup to get the message notification LEDs working again.
Also the LED does work while charging, well sort of, it will turn green when it's 'charged' but won't glow orange like it used to whilst 'charging'.
cenedra said:
I got my sms led working, via chompsms.
Charging still doesn't work but tats not really.important I guess
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Roy_Drage said:
Yeah you can use chompSMS or SMS popup to get the message notification LEDs working again.
Also the LED does work while charging, well sort of, it will turn green when it's 'charged' but won't glow orange like it used to whilst 'charging'.
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mine don glow at all while charging.
Well its a minor issue, so im not really concerned abt it
Maybe this belongs in the development area but...
The evo3d got a notification led wich i like...what about if we can make the capacitive button led's blink or something when we have a mail and sms...
Maybe more guys have this idea but well....tell me if its possible and a good idea
It is probably possible and I think developers will have a hand on it if they havent yet.
It will be eventually supported.
this idea is awesome. i think it is possible
joker20 said:
this idea is awesome. i think it is possible
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Glad someone's liking it
This would be a nice to have for sure. If can light up those "buttons" to use for notification, it will be great.
This is already done with O2X, so it is definitely on the way for us
My previous phone was GalaxyS which had no led aswell.
I used a programmed called NoLed on the Galaxy. Installed on Optimus 3d and seems to work fine.
Link to developer - http://www.devasque.com/noled/index.php
HTCtouchuk said:
My previous phone was GalaxyS which had no led aswell.
I used a programmed called NoLed on the Galaxy. Installed on Optimus 3d and seems to work fine.
Link to developer - http://www.devasque.com/noled/index.php
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It doesnt support the capacitive button led's.
Sorry i was only suggesting this as a temporary alternative until further developments.
I really like this idea!
But is it possible to expand on it further?
Since there's 4 capacitive buttons on the phone, are we able to make them blink individually?
For example... home button blinks when we have a missed call, menu button blinks when we have a message, back button blinks when we have an email, and etc?
Noled seems to be working fine for me...
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Noled seems to be working fine for me...
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Yeah works fine for letting the SCREEN blink?
Were talking about the buttons
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Sorry i was only suggesting this as a temporary alternative until further developments.
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Unfortunately not. As the app page states, AMOLED uses no power displaying a fully black pixel so displaying alerts on the screen takes very little power.
Now as the O3D has an old fashioned LCD, it consumes potentially a ton of power just to turn the screen on at all, because it has to light the whole screen just to start. Plus, it uses the MOST power displaying black (least displaying all white), so it would need the opposite behaviour.
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Ah I see you can make the screen blink, I didn't notice that at first. Might actually be useful then.
i've tested it with the developer of the LG notification app. it seems, that the files which have to be used are'nt writeable. so without root it won't work
perhaps we should send tons of mails to LG, that they make it possible.
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Ah I see you can make the screen blink, I didn't notice that at first. Might actually be useful then.
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Also the notifications can have a time limit, i have set at 15mins and haven't noticed any battery drain.
Modified 2X/Black touch led notification app
Hi guys,
I've modified Martin Börjesson's app and now it works on ROOTed O3D and I'll upload it soon.
To-do:
1) fading doesn't work
2) change of brightness doesn't work
What will never work
1) separate LEDs - I don't think there's a way to control each of them, only all 4 LEDs
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Hi guys,
I've modified Martin Börjesson's app and now it works on ROOTed O3D and I'll upload it soon.
To-do:
1) fading doesn't work
2) change of brightness doesn't work
What will never work
1) separate LEDs - I don't think there's a way to control each of them, only all 4 LEDs
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i am checking every 15 minutes for an update to this
Here it is!
I'm new to android, so I hope the "apk" file is enough for installation:
Fileserve: http://www.fileserve.com/file/qqFjsfS/Optimus3Dnotifications.apk
Mirror: http://home.zcu.cz/~chylek/Optimus3Dnotifications.apk
Source code:
http://www.fileserve.com/file/YvbqKbk/optimus3DnotificationsSRC.zip
Hi
I have a problem with downloading app
Cane you upload to other server
Megaupload or rapid
Thankyou
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I used LF in the past before I rooted and had issues with it.....does it work better on a rooted phone?
I used Blackberry's before Android came out and miss the function of changing the LED to colors for specific apps.
Please advise and thank you!
Idk if it'll work better on rooted devices, but I know on AOKP, there's a feature built in to change the color depending on the app and also just standard notifications.
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If I've helped, please hit the thanks button.
Idk the difference in use if you're rooted or not but as a rooted user Light Flow hasn't failed me personally. I've been using it since the dev fixed the LED issue on GSIII's in Nov or Dec and I think its great. Since I use TW roms, LED color tweaking isn't supported within the rom settings so Light Flow cemented its presence on my phone. As tylerawhon said, AOSP roms often have this built-in so those folks may not have as much a need for Light Flow.
I'm giving Light Manager a try, and it seems to have what I'm looking for in an LED app. We'll see how it goes!
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I used LF in the past before I rooted and had issues with it.....does it work better on a rooted phone?
I used Blackberry's before Android came out and miss the function of changing the LED to colors for specific apps.
Please advise and thank you!
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Since the new VRBMB1 or the last update VRBLK3, Light Flow has been working without the need to use root or the special US S3 mode. I found out myself that for VRBMB1 you must have the Notifications enabled in the LED Indicator settings or you won't be seeing any LED statuses. Just as long as you uncheck all the other stuff, it won't conflict with Light .
Hello all. Since our Motorols do not have LEDs, I have found a very good application that solves this problem by enabling flash notification. The application is free and without advertising. Maybe some of you know her but maybe I helped someone.
Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trendy.frontflashnotification
XDA:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-frontflash-notification-v1-6-t3734332
A big thank you to the author of the application.
actually i noticed a LED in the top right upon booting the phone for the first time, so physically, there is a notification LED. But, i think its disabled in the android software, maybe a custom rom can fix that at some point.
Dadud said:
actually i noticed a LED in the top right upon booting the phone for the first time, so physically, there is a notification LED. But, i think its disabled in the android software, maybe a custom rom can fix that at some point.
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In fact, if you look at it in good light, you can see a small dot on the right side of the flash. However, I'm not sure if it's a led. It would be fun because then they will do it in unofficial roms.
News:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76857721&postcount=1
kemoti said:
In fact, if you look at it in good light, you can see a small dot on the right side of the flash. However, I'm not sure if it's a led. It would be fun because then they will do it in unofficial roms.
News:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76857721&postcount=1
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It is a white LED. If you let your phone discharge its battery all the way down to nothing, this light will turn on when you charge it. After a few moments, it then turns off. No idea why Moto set it up this way. I'd rather have the LED on all the time when charging.
Ex kernel manager gives you options to use the white led. I have it set to be on when my phone is charging lol
ninjakira said:
Ex kernel manager gives you options to use the white led. I have it set to be on when my phone is charging lol
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how did you find how to operate front led light?
my one is always on for some reason, phone is operating well, i did a factory reset recently that didn't help.
any advice?
Hi, I recently bought this phone, made all updates then a factory reset.
While testing everything is working correctly, I noticed that the LED didn't work with notifications, instead with a LED testing app the LED lightened up, so I guess the hardware is fine.
I enabled the LED under the display settings.
Currently I'm on android 10 firmware with all latest updates.
Has anyone had the same problem? How did you solve it?
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Has anyone had the same problem?
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I am using my ZF6 for 8.5 months now and I've never had a problem with notification LED. I started with A9 WW_16.1210.1904.116, now I have A10 WW_17.1810.2002.133.
Just now is LED green blinking because I have got a new SMS message in Messages app.
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I am using my ZF6 for 8.5 months now and I've never had a problem with notification LED. I started with A9 WW_16.1210.1904.116, now I have A10 WW_17.1810.2002.133.
Just now is LED green blinking because I have got a new SMS message in Messages app.
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Hi, I just found that the blue led is not working and the telegram app uses that color for new messages. Any other app that doesn't need the B led works fine. So the LED is working as intended, but not as needed.
toxic0 said:
Hi, I just found that the blue led is not working and the telegram app uses that color for new messages. Any other app that doesn't need the B led works fine. So the LED is working as intended, but not as needed.
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It is a pity that you did not mention in what application you have a problem or with what color you have a problem. It's not that blue doesn't work but we don't have it at all
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-6-2019/help/notification-led-testing-t3938454
ZF6 have not RGB LED, but rather just RG and it can be combined to show Orange/yellow. Same design as Zenfone 5
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