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Let's settle this: Is there a notification LED or not?

It seems that some say yes and some say no. How could this be so ambiguous. Can someone with the device verify this in any way?

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floepie said:
It seems that some say yes and some say no. How could this be so ambiguous. Can someone with the device verify this in any way?
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Yes there is. It is located on the bottom of the front panel. You have to enable the notification using light of course. I did find it odd that they did locate the light down there.

Yes there is! With Lightflow you can change the color of the notifications as well

Yes there is and it works well for me without the need for an app.
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Why is it odd that it's down there. That's the exact same position that is at on the nexus 4.
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Mine flashes blue for chomp which is the colour I selected, it flashes green for whatsapp which is the colour I selected and it flashes white for gmail. I don't have and led control program installed.

Works fine without app for me using rastakat rom which has a few color tweaks!

Yep, it's got a multi color LED.
Really easy to miss, though. It only flashes once every 10 seconds or so, which is pointless for a LED notification light. It's easier just to unlock your phone and check for notifications, rather than sit around for 10 seconds waiting to see if the light is going to blink or not.

LED manager works great too.
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Alex240188 said:
Why is it odd that it's down there. That's the exact same position that is at on the nexus 4.
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it was on the bottom for the galaxy nexus as well
it is odd because most phones have it on the top right corner or around there...the nexus lines have it on the bottom

I've been having problems using Light Flow with my N5. Hopefully an update will fix it!

[Q]Light Flow

Hello guys ,
As youmay understand ,I'm new on Nexus devices.I wanted to use the Notification Light to inform me if there's something new or not.
I saw the Light Manager App which works perfectly . But the Light Flow (lite~premium) doesn't work .I just can't go with it , it looks promising but it doesn't work ,as it doesn't inform me for a notification ,nor if I press the test button ,it Simply doesn't work .
It looks great but it seems that I can't do it .Please someone out there help me or if you could give me your backup it'd be great thanks anyway
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Do you have pulsing notifications on?
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dicecuber said:
Do you have pulsing notifications on?
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Sorry but ...Where is it? :what:
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blinqipa said:
Hello guys ,
As youmay understand ,I'm new on Nexus devices.I wanted to use the Notification Light to inform me if there's something new or not.
I saw the Light Manager App which works perfectly . But the Light Flow (lite~premium) doesn't work .I just can't go with it , it looks promising but it doesn't work ,as it doesn't inform me for a notification ,nor if I press the test button ,it Simply doesn't work .
It looks great but it seems that I can't do it .Please someone out there help me or if you could give me your backup it'd be great thanks anyway
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If LightManager works perfectly then what are you looking for in Light Flow? I'm using LightManager to control what color the notification light is for each different type of notification. If that's all you want to do then stick with what works.

blinqipa said:
Sorry but ...Where is it? :what:
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Settings > display > pulsing notification lights
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dicecuber said:
Settings > display > pulsing notification lights
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It is turned on
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marleyfan61 said:
If LightManager works perfectly then what are you looking for in Light Flow? I'm using LightManager to control what color the notification light is for each different type of notification. If that's all you want to do then stick with what works.
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Because Light Flow looks better and it has many more features ,one of them was Mixing the colours Red,Blue,Green (forgive me if I made a mistake on these colors)
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Light Flow works for me but it has bugs. View the help website in the app and go to Nexus 5 page.
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Light Flow works for the most part for me.
Only sometimes after SMS gets dismissed, notification seems to keep blinking, though may be a GO SMS thing, not reproduced it consistently enough yet.
I use this to set it up http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/2349

Lightflow worked perfectly on my Nexus 4 but on my 5 it's a little buggy. With the last update a couple days ago it's running much better though. I know the dev is working hard on getting all the bugs worked out and he's getting close. I'm using the paid version and I would recommend it because the developer is very responsive on a few of these threads and is actively working on making it better.
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Red notification light on the nexus 5

I suddenly got a red notification light on my device with out anything doing in my device any answer to this?
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Low battery perhaps?
(Do you have lightflow or another such app that controls LED notifications?)

My battery is still 45% at that time
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superjelly31 said:
I suddenly got a red notification light on my device with out anything doing in my device any answer to this?
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Was your phone around any type of moisture? Or did it get wet somehow? I've read in some of the water damage threads that some people experience the red flashing notification light after it's been damaged from water.

No i dont think it got wet it was on top of a table and the room was cool and dry
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Restart and see if it come back.
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It was only there for a while but when i unlocked my screen it was gone i haven't rebooted my phone
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Some apps use a red notification LED by default. I know my fiancee uses the SportsCenter app and it pulses the LED red when there's a notification.

i see the same happen on my G2, usually when i pull into my driveway and i connect to my wifi

I'm a relatively new nexus 5 user and am sometimes confused by what the color leds correspond to. Is there a tool that will indicate which app sends which color led signal?

I know Push Bullet gives me green notifications. I'm stock as well.

I think i found the problem its my zynga poker app that gets a red notification light
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Anderson2 said:
I'm a relatively new nexus 5 user and am sometimes confused by what the color leds correspond to. Is there a tool that will indicate which app sends which color led signal?
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Are you rooted,if so what custom ROM.Majority let you change led to your liking.I hope that helps
Sorry I meant to suggest a very stable build by team omni which let's you adjust led light.try it and have fun

habitformer said:
Are you rooted,if so what custom ROM.Majority let you change led to your liking.I hope that helps
Sorry I meant to suggest a very stable build by team omni which let's you adjust led light.try it and have fun
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I am rooted but using stock rom.
Various apps utilize led notifications but it is hard after a while to remember which color corresponds to which app. I thought there might be a tool, not to modify them but just to list which app sends which color. But I guess not.
Thanks.

Anderson2 said:
I am rooted but using stock rom.
Various apps utilize led notifications but it is hard after a while to remember which color corresponds to which app. I thought there might be a tool, not to modify them but just to list which app sends which color. But I guess not.
Thanks.
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If I remember correctly, the LED light does flash red when the phone is charging, I myself downloaded Light Flow, which allows you to manage all aspects of the LED light, I like it much better than not having control over it . But like you said you did nothing, so must be just an app you have.

I wonder if an app that monitored the logcat could deduce who the heck triggered the light so you could at least find out what app was responsible?

Claghorn said:
I wonder if an app that monitored the logcat could deduce who the heck triggered the light so you could at least find out what app was responsible?
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You can go to settings-apps.Check to see what is currently running. What kind of apps do you have that run all the time?

Brand new nexus5, can't get notification LED to work?

I just got my nexus 5 last night. This isn't my first android device so I unlocked and rooted it.
I installed gravity box and everything, and noticed that my led was not blinking for texts. I tried multiple texting apps and the end result is the same...it does not blink.
Now for the funny part - when I use test notifications within evolveSMS the light blinks, just not when I receive any notifications.
Does anyone have any ideas? The led is checked under display settings. I am on stock 4.4.2, with elementalX kernel.
Thank you!
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Hmm does it have to do anything with kernel settings? Have you tried your notification LED before on stock kernel? Was it the same??
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MaCroX95 said:
Hmm does it have to do anything with kernel settings? Have you tried your notification LED before on stock kernel? Was it the same??
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I'm actually heading home now to check that out. I haven't heard any issues with elementalX kernel though.
I'll keep you posted. Thank you!
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Turns out it was my screen wake from my messaging app!
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duarian said:
Turns out it was my screen wake from my messaging app!
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I'm glad that you sorted that out
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F U Facebook with priority mode!!

Why does Facebook completely ignore priority mode? I have it set up for bo notifications apart from calls at night time and yet every morning when I wake up (or if I wake up in the night) there's a bloody blue flashing light for a Facebook notification!! Anyone know how to stop it?
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as far as i know priority mode only blocks sounds & vibrations while it keeps the led notification active. while about disabling it i suppose you should dig into facebook settings, hopefully you would find it
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Ubuntu-i9001 said:
as far as i know priority mode only blocks sounds & vibrations while it keeps the led notification active. while about disabling it i suppose you should dig into facebook settings, hopefully you would find it
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I suppose that makes sense then! Although I don't have any sound or vibration set anyway. Just the led. Doh! So unless I use an led control app there's not much else to do
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Ben36 said:
I suppose that makes sense then! Although I don't have any sound or vibration set anyway. Just the led. Doh! So unless I use an led control app there's not much else to do
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In the fb app go to App Settings > Notifications > untick Phone LED
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toyes said:
In the fb app go to App Settings > Notifications > untick Phone LED
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I know. But during the day i want the led. I'm now gonna try out ledblinker apk to turn off leds at night time
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Use light flow and check no led during priority mode.