Has anyone been able to see if the LED’s on the hardware navigation buttons can be customized for notifications, etc?
Such as pulse speed, individual LED’s, duration and order?
For instance, if all 3 are slowly pulsing, I have an SMS.
If only the back button is pulsing, it’s an email..
Etc, so on and so fourth?
lemonspeakers said:
Has anyone been able to see if the LED’s on the hardware navigation buttons can be customized for notifications, etc?
Such as pulse speed, individual LED’s, duration and order?
For instance, if all 3 are slowly pulsing, I have an SMS.
If only the back button is pulsing, it’s an email..
Etc, so on and so fourth?
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No you can't.
You have the notification LED at top of the phone for that.
Info4Geek said:
No you can't.
You have the notification LED at top of the phone for that.
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I guess this would be a great development for a developer.
Btw, how do I customize the LED color at the top? I'm on the SLIM rom?
lemonspeakers said:
I guess this would be a great development for a developer.
Btw, how do I customize the LED color at the top? I'm on the SLIM rom?
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Yes it's possible
To customize the LED color at top try to go on Settings > Display > Notification LED.
If you don't have this option you need to use an app to control the LED (search the "LED" word on the Play Store).
yeah you have an rgb notification light at the top that you can set on a per app basis. you can set different colors and pulse timings. theres not much demand to not use it and instead a much more complex alternative.
lemonspeakers said:
Has anyone been able to see if the LED’s on the hardware navigation buttons can be customized for notifications, etc?
Such as pulse speed, individual LED’s, duration and order?
For instance, if all 3 are slowly pulsing, I have an SMS.
If only the back button is pulsing, it’s an email..
Etc, so on and so fourth?
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this was done back in the day on my Tmobile Galaxy s2 so I get what you want and dont see why it cant be attempted. I believe BLN was the app we used but it had to be activated within the kernel if I am not mistaken
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No you can't.
You have the notification LED at top of the phone for that.
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This is possible with a custom kernel. They call it BLN (button light notification). I haven't seen a kernel yet that has this feature but we might be lucky enough to get one, or to have this feature included in one of the existing kernels.
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This is possible with a custom kernel. They call it BLN (button light notification). I haven't seen a kernel yet that has this feature but we might be lucky enough to get one, or to have this feature included in one of the existing kernels.
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Yes, but it's useless when you have the notification LED...
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Maybe for you, but that's only your opinion, many people find the feature very useful.
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Maybe for you, but that's only your opinion, many people find the feature very useful.
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Yes yes, I think we need to see
Lightflow gives the option to control the button lights. I haven't played around with it, but its there.
Perhaps @andrewpmoore can chime in.
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This would honestly be a cool feature to have as an option. I remember having it on Galaxy S1, S2 & my Nexus S because of the lack of LED. The kernel will have to be modified for this to be enabled.
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I had this function in my HTC One via ElementalX kernel. It would be nice to have on my OPO.
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It looks like the touch surface at the bottom of the device has slight translucent look about it. Might it serve as a notification LED as well?
I think the chances are good. I noticed that as well.
Also, in the video over on android central of the g4 rom running on the nexus, he mentions led notifications built into the rom. I'm not sure if he mean built into the hacked rom or the standard rom.
Hopefully there is
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Problem is that development will now have to corporate that in to the roms
I can confirm that there is LED notification located just to the left of the ambient light sensor. There is also a Notification flash setting under the display settings. Flash LED light notifications optinos include: Missed call, SMS/MMS, Email, Voicemail, Reminders, and Alarms. Of course it is also used as a charging notification.
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I can confirm that there is LED notification located just to the left of the ambient light sensor. There is also a Notification flash setting under the display settings. Flash LED light notifications optinos include: Missed call, SMS/MMS, Email, Voicemail, Reminders, and Alarms. Of course it is also used as a charging notification.
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I have a really hard time finding a phone that is more exciting than this one.
ryanbreton said:
I can confirm that there is LED notification located just to the left of the ambient light sensor. There is also a Notification flash setting under the display settings. Flash LED light notifications optinos include: Missed call, SMS/MMS, Email, Voicemail, Reminders, and Alarms. Of course it is also used as a charging notification.
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aaaaand im sold lol thanks
Are they color coded in terms of what sort of notification is presented?
floepie said:
Are they color coded in terms of what sort of notification is presented?
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There are multiple color options. I do not know which colors are for what but I do know that emails are green.
Great now I have to decide... HD7, or myTouch 4g?
I'm kinda scared to shift to a new OS, just because it is so new that I have no idea if it will adjust well with how I use a device, however... if I get the 4g it will take forever for official updates to come to the device...
So hard... I guess I will have to try both devices at the T-Mobile store.
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Great now I have to decide... HD7, or myTouch 4g?
I'm kinda scared to shift to a new OS, just because it is so new that I have no idea if it will adjust well with how I use a device, however... if I get the 4g it will take forever for official updates to come to the device...
So hard... I guess I will have to try both devices at the T-Mobile store.
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Definitively android. wp7 will be a flop.
I too can confirm. youtube wirefly's channel. they got a unboxing AND a small review. (the review has the notification light blinking)
Can anyone who has actually used the phone confirm that there's an LED for notifications and that it's functional? Thanks.
bredemey said:
Can anyone who has actually used the phone confirm that there's an LED for notifications and that it's functional? Thanks.
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Yes it is functional and customizable.
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Are you all talking about the notification light at the top that turns on as orange for charging and blinks green for emails? If not I have no idea where this is located :/
Aspeds2989 said:
Are you all talking about the notification light at the top that turns on as orange for charging and blinks green for emails? If not I have no idea where this is located :/
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Yeah i only see the one in the top left hand corner. But it would be nice if the track pad had an led light
Don't know if it is a problem or what but when receiving a new text, the screen does not light up but rather just vibrates, make noise, and have the buttons lit up.
Is this a problem or is it a setting I can adjust so the screen lights up as well?
The AOSP mms app doesn't turn on the screen when messages are received (on this ROM). But you can probably try using something like SMS pop up to have the screen turn on and quick reply if you want. I haven't tried that myself, though.
Anyway to change that?
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The AOSP mms app doesn't turn on the screen when messages are received (on this ROM). But you can probably try using something like SMS pop up to have the screen turn on and quick reply if you want. I haven't tried that myself, though.
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SMS popup is definitely the way to go. allows you to use your preferred messaging app but gives you awesome functionality with the popup notifications. and quick reply is the best.
McLovin113 said:
Don't know if it is a problem or what but when receiving a new text, the screen does not light up but rather just vibrates, make noise, and have the buttons lit up.
Is this a problem or is it a setting I can adjust so the screen lights up as well?
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You can disable the bottom button lights in recovery...Advacned ULK..BLN and disable it.
jhernand1102 said:
You can disable the bottom button lights in recovery...Advacned ULK..BLN and disable it.
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I want the screen to light up though, not the bottom button lights to go away. But good to know!
McLovin113 said:
I want the screen to light up though, not the bottom button lights to go away. But good to know!
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if you use the samsung mms.apk provided on the serendipity website, the screen will light up upon receiving a text message.
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slifer315 said:
if you use the samsung mms.apk provided on the serendipity website, the screen will light up upon receiving a text message.
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Ahh thank you! Finally what I was exactly looking for!
I have been receiving plenty of texts, but I don't see the notification LED coming on. I downloaded LightFlow and the test works, so it definitely isn't a hardware issue with the LED. I also have "Enable Notification Light" checked in Display settings. Am I missing something else?
Try led manager. Works great for me plus you can add apps with different colors.
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I use the light manager app. Works pretty good. I have restarted app from time to time tho,, maybe different app conflicts with me. But work 9timrs out of 10
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mrro82 said:
Try led manager. Works great for me plus you can add apps with different colors.
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@mrro82 it would be nice to see a color for a hangout vs a color for SMS/MMS.
mtoomey79 said:
@mrro82 it would be nice to see a color for a hangout vs a color for SMS/MMS.
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You can do that. Set the hangout app and the color you want.
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mrro82 said:
You can do that. Set the hangout app and the color you want.
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I believe what he was saying is that it would be nice to see a separate color for each one. i.e. say blue if he receives a SMS/MMS, and green if someone tries to get a hold of him through Google Hangout.
As for the LED with text messages... it works for me, but i will say that there's a BIG gap between blinks. Maybe you're just used to seeing a more rapid blink than what is set up by default on the N5?
elementaldragon said:
I believe what he was saying is that it would be nice to see a separate color for each one. i.e. say blue if he receives a SMS/MMS, and green if someone tries to get a hold of him through Google Hangout.
As for the LED with text messages... it works for me, but i will say that there's a BIG gap between blinks. Maybe you're just used to seeing a more rapid blink than what is set up by default on the N5?
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Since sms and mms are combined with hangouts, Idk if they can be separate colors. Or regular hangout messages for that matter. The blink rate is about the same as it was on my S4.
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elementaldragon said:
I believe what he was saying is that it would be nice to see a separate color for each one. i.e. say blue if he receives a SMS/MMS, and green if someone tries to get a hold of him through Google Hangout.
As for the LED with text messages... it works for me, but i will say that there's a BIG gap between blinks. Maybe you're just used to seeing a more rapid blink than what is set up by default on the N5?
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that may be it. I will stare at the phone next time.
ethantarheels123 said:
I have been receiving plenty of texts, but I don't see the notification LED coming on. I downloaded LightFlow and the test works, so it definitely isn't a hardware issue with the LED. I also have "Enable Notification Light" checked in Display settings. Am I missing something else?
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There is currently an issue with Light Flow so that if you have "always on" setting for any LED notification it can mess up the other notification light settings (specifically hangouts).
An update should be out soon, according to the dev. For the time being, disable any notification you have set to "always on" and make it blinking or something (or off).
Off the train of thought here, but Google Voice uses a green notification light by default.. Not sure what makes it different except maybe the app is never updated.
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elementaldragon said:
I believe what he was saying is that it would be nice to see a separate color for each one. i.e. say blue if he receives a SMS/MMS, and green if someone tries to get a hold of him through Google Hangout.
As for the LED with text messages... it works for me, but i will say that there's a BIG gap between blinks. Maybe you're just used to seeing a more rapid blink than what is set up by default on the N5?
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You're right. I would like to see two (three is a stretch) different light colors available within Hangouts for hangouts, SMS and MMS. That said (and completely unrelated) Hangouts is a bit crowded with everything in there. I'd like to see a filter or a swipe to see only Hangouts OR SMS/MMS, almost separate inboxes. If this concept went live, I'm willing to bet they could be recognized as separate notifications and therefore different colors. I'm actually playing with my GNex/4.4 with the MMS.apk from 4.3 AOSP to determine how I will setup my N5.
Not working for me as well
Update. It does work for hangouts. You just have to wait a bit for the LED to light up. Don't know how long exactly, but certainly more than 10 seconds.
I seem to have the same problem as the OP. LED works for emails, but not for hangouts. I'd rather not have an extra app running and don't really mind the white LED. Curious to know what might be causing the issue.
I didn't have LED notification for Hangout SMS too. I used Xblast Tools (Xposed module, needs root) to set it up. Works great now.
I wanted to see if anyone is using Light Flow for your Led and sound notifications.
It works fine. Light notifications are turned off by default. I'm using light flow legacy
Thank you !
Just downloaded it and tried it...not impressed. The colors are a bit off. They were great on my S6, but it looks like the LED on the Pixel has some sort of filter or something over it and it dulls the colors.
Pixel has LED support by default. You don't need to use crazy hacks like lightflow to make it work.
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Pixel has LED support by default. You don't need to use crazy hacks like lightflow to make it work.
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You do if you want to actually customize it at all.
When I installed light flow. My gmail notifications sounds, lights and vibrate settings functioned as intended. I had many issues with getting full functionality with any of sms notifications. I contacted the developer about my sms notification issues and his replay with a work around works.
This can be used with any app, BUT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW EACH STEP FOR EACH CONTACT or Notification.
From the developer: 10.25.16
I'd recommend the following.
1. remove the contact specific notification you have set up and the standard text message notification.
2. get a text message from the contact you want specific notifications for and don't yet read it.
3. go into lightflow, notification settings and press "+" and select from all installed apps and select messenger.
4. Press "+" again and select from an outstanding notification and select the unread text message and select it and click add.
5. Find this notification and click on it (then press the pencil icon in the title to give it a meaningful name)
6. Enable the "notification person matches..." switch
7. Finally in notification settings click on the 3 lines with an arrow button at the top and drag the contact specific notification above the default messenger notification.
Messenger and be replaced with any app that you want notification from.
cambunch said:
You do if you want to actually customize it at all.
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Enjoy your battery consumption and NOT ACTUALLY CUSTOMIZED AT ALL notification lights.
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Enjoy your battery consumption and NOT ACTUALLY CUSTOMIZED AT ALL notification lights.
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How would you make your notification LED flash white for SMS notifications and blue for Gmail notifications on the stock ROM?
cambunch said:
How would you make your notification LED flash white for SMS notifications and blue for Gmail notifications on the stock ROM?
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Each application has control over the way it makes its own notification blink.
doitright said:
Each application has control over the way it makes its own notification blink.
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Some do, but most of them don't.
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Some do, but most of them don't.
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I didn't say they HAVE TO USE IT.
I said they have CONTROL of it.
So ditch the crappy gmail program and use k9mail instead.
doitright said:
I didn't say they HAVE TO USE IT.
I said they have CONTROL of it.
So ditch the crappy gmail program and use k9mail instead.
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Replacing apps with ones that support the control of custom LED notifications isn't a viable solution for most people. How would you replace the Phone app if you want custom notifications for missed calls and voicemails?
You don't seem to have any interest in helping the OP, so I am done here.
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Replacing apps with ones that support the control of custom LED notifications isn't a viable solution for most people. How would you replace the Phone app if you want custom notifications for missed calls and voicemails?
You don't seem to have any interest in helping the OP, so I am done here.
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It certainly is viable, especially when doing so increases functionality.
And yes, you CAN replace the phone application. There are HUNDREDS of alternatives.
Do we have to use Legacy?
I am using the regular one, and it is not working for me.
Did you have to set any special config options? In the device settings page?
Edit: I realized hiding notifications for LightFlow in the settings app (to hide the persistent icon) disabled the LED, so switched to legacy.
Hey all,
I'm so used to all the features of Light Flow that I didn't realize how much I depended on it. Since the 3 does not have an LED, I'm looking for an alternative app to manage my notifications. I want to be able to choose the notification sound and the vibration pattern per app.
Light Flow does this but not without requiring a persistent notification. Normally you'd be able to avoid this by installing Light Flow Legacy, but it does not show up in the app store on the Pixel 3.
Does anybody have any recommendations?
Thanks
Go to apk mirror and download light flow legacy that way. Let us know how it goes. I really hate the lack of notification LED, but I'm not willing to go as far as you to customize the vibrations etc.
PuffDaddy_d said:
Go to apk mirror and download light flow legacy that way. Let us know how it goes. I really hate the lack of notification LED, but I'm not willing to go as far as you to customize the vibrations etc.
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Already tried this. It doesn't seem be on there.
I've been using Light Manager. It displays customized colored icons on the screen in place of the LED, with AOD turned off. I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would.
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Since there is no LED, we have no way of knowing if my phone is charging when plugged in without turning on the screen. Does light manager have a solution for this too?
Yes, it shows a charging icon and the %
PuffDaddy_d said:
Since there is no LED, we have no way of knowing if my phone is charging when plugged in without turning on the screen. Does light manager have a solution for this too?
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perfoliate said:
Yes, it shows a charging icon and the %
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I tried it and it looks like the default lock screen prevents the icons from displaying. Do you have your screen set to stay off when new notifications come in or is there something else you changed in either the app or system settings? Sorry for hijacking the thread with all the questions, but this lack of LED makes my phone useless while the screen is off.
Yes I have always on display off, and new notifications off. Double tap and lift for notifications I still have on though.
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perfoliate said:
Yes I have always on display off, and new notifications off. Double tap and lift for notifications I still have on though.
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What other settings do you have? My phone isn't waking up with Light Manager with AOD/new notifications off and double tap/lift for notifications on. I do not have a lock screen enabled nor does it work with lock screen (swipe) enabled.
The "tests" aren't working either.
perfoliate said:
Yes I have always on display off, and new notifications off. Double tap and lift for notifications I still have on though.
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Does this require you to double-unlock to get to your phone, or is there someway around that?
finger11 said:
What other settings do you have? My phone isn't waking up with Light Manager with AOD/new notifications off and double tap/lift for notifications on. I do not have a lock screen enabled nor does it work with lock screen (swipe) enabled.
The "tests" aren't working either.
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Are you setting Light Manager to "Screen Mode" in the top right?
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Are you setting Light Manager to "Screen Mode" in the top right?
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That got it working. I have to tap the screen once, home/back button then shows, then double tap to get to the home screen.
Yeah I use fingerprint unlock and realize it requires it being done twice. We need a cleaner solution.
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perfoliate said:
Yeah I use fingerprint unlock and realize it requires it being done twice. We need a cleaner solution.
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A cleaner solution was the $0.03 LED that Google removed from the phone! It shouldn't be this hard to tell if my phone is charging.
If I wanted a useless notification system, I would've purchased an iPhone!