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[Q] LED not working?

Hey all. I just recently got an HOX and of course the first thing I did was root and flash a ROM. I'm on cm10 with rohan kernel and my LED isn't lighting up for notifications. It turns on when charging, red and green. It also works for notifications when plugged in but not when unplugged. Anyone else have this issue and or a fix?

pOLLYpOCKET said:
Hey all. I just recently got an HOX and of course the first thing I did was root and flash a ROM. I'm on cm10 with rohan kernel and my LED isn't lighting up for notifications. It turns on when charging, red and green. It also works for notifications when plugged in but not when unplugged. Anyone else have this issue and or a fix?
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Which version of cm10 did you install (I mean date)
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Q: My Notification LEDs dont seem to work right?
A: Go to Settings -> Display -> Notification LEDs -> Add each application you want to have a notification for -> Set it to green color and long. (thanks to Richard V. for digging through this!)

abhipati said:
Which version of cm10 did you install (I mean date)
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11/26/12 nightly.
area51avenger said:
Q: My Notification LEDs dont seem to work right?
A: Go to Settings -> Display -> Notification LEDs -> Add each application you want to have a notification for -> Set it to green color and long. (thanks to Richard V. for digging through this!)
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Did this. I'll try it out and report back. Thanks!

Getting the LED Notification Light to Work?

Has anyone got the LED notification light to work?
I can confirm mine works when using 3rd party apps, but shouldn't it come on when screen is locked and a new sms is received? Maybe there is a setting I am missing somewhere?

Mine was blinking this morning for emails. Its very bright.
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download the app Light Flow

I wasn't getting any LED notifications at all, I also tried Light Flow lite and it didn't work. The paid version however works for me, but you have to enable the "Pulse notification light" setting in the Android Display settings menu.
edit. Actually not sure if the notifications are actually triggering the LED yet. The test inside Flight Flow worked with the different colours though.
edit2. OK, yep all seems to be working fine for me.

Its in the settings
Settings>Display>Pulse Notification Light

I'm also using Light Flow but for some reason it ignores my settings like "LED always on".
It just keeps blinking
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If you are using Lightflow make sure you also turn on the notification listener for it.

Yeah, LIghtFlow looks promising.
I did notice at one point it kept flashing the LED even after i had cleared the notification though. However I read somewhere on here a message by the developer of the app, who said he is busy working on a new version for the nexus 5 which may even be out this week.
Think it included additional fixes LED staying on constantly and better support for the Hangouts app. Looks good.

Stal said:
Yeah, LIghtFlow looks promising.
I did notice at one point it kept flashing the LED even after i had cleared the notification though. However I read somewhere on here a message by the developer of the app, who said he is busy working on a new version for the nexus 5 which may even be out this week.
Think it included additional fixes LED staying on constantly and better support for the Hangouts app. Looks good.
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Where did you read this? What is his username? Sounds good!

With the LED option enabled in the default settings, I was able to get a notification pulse for getting an email in my gmail primary folder. It takes about 10 seconds in between pulses.

I just received my replacement phone after the first one has speaker issues and now the LED will not work at all on this way.
I've tried light flow etc with the same settings that worked on the old phone and nothing. Thinking of just getting a refund now...

Someone please tell me: Will the LED notification work WITHOUT a third party app installed?
I too can not see any lit notifications at all. Settings are correct, "pulse notification" on, nothing... no notifications on text, email, missed call, nothing.
If an outside app is needed for the light to work, that is the most absurd thing ever...

lite flow is still VERY buggy on the N5 despite his latest update saying "N5 support"
only works sometimes for email and almost never for hangouts. Plus you cant have a different color for MMS in hangouts.
Even with "run in foreground" enabled it still doesn't work reliably

What kind of colors are guys seeing? I'm using Light Flow Lite for now and when I do the all enabled LED Test, it cycles through:
orange
teal
red
green
blue
and then back to orange.
I thought I saw others getting other colors like yellow, purple, and white to name a few. Is it because I have the free version and/or maybe issues with 4.4?

Only works for me when I have an unread message on whatsapp.
Hangouts and emails and also missed calls don't switch the led light on my nexus 5 which I do find so strange
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Mine only work now with using light flow. Don't get why. But at least it works.
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Stock LED settings are horrible, however, I installed lightflow and noticed a SMS message sent to a 4 digit # right after (light flow was the only app with access to those permissions and the text was sent at the time it was installed). No thanks.
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Buffalo66 said:
Someone please tell me: Will the LED notification work WITHOUT a third party app installed?
I too can not see any lit notifications at all. Settings are correct, "pulse notification" on, nothing... no notifications on text, email, missed call, nothing.
If an outside app is needed for the light to work, that is the most absurd thing ever...
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It does work though you need to check if it's activated in
Settings > Display > LED thingy (don't have english settings).
Lightflow does give you more control. Also it seems the N5 can't have the LED always on, only blinking mode
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Am I the only one that doesnt see the display settings anywhere?
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Never mind. I'm a dumbass
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Patt_E said:
It does work though you need to check if it's activated in
Settings > Display > LED thingy (don't have english settings).
Lightflow does give you more control. Also it seems the N5 can't have the LED always on, only blinking mode
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Thanks yes I did have the settings checked properly. Light did not work. Installed Light Flow, made sure everything was set right, still did not work even on test mode. Oh well guess it's defective. I've had enough annoyances with this device, it's going back...

[Q] Looking for Color LED notification app

Guys, I have tried light flow and light manager and I can't get these apps to work properly. Do you guys know any other app that works properly on Nexus 5 to control color of notification LED?
Thanks

erikmarko said:
Guys, I have tried light flow and light manager and I can't get these apps to work properly. Do you guys know any other app that works properly on Nexus 5 to control color of notification LED?
Thanks
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LEDBlinker is another one

Yup, LEDBlinker Pro gives me no issues whatsoever, whereas Light Flow and Light Manager gave me nothing but issues.

Perhaps I'm just lucky then, LightFlow has been working fine for me on OmniRom.
Did you set up the app as per the developer website instructions?

Yes, I have tried many settings but it never worked right. I'm gonna try ledblinker now... fingers crossed.
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Perhaps I'm just lucky then, LightFlow has been working fine for me on OmniRom.
Did you set up the app as per the developer website instructions?
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LG G3 - Lightflow LED

Has anyone got lightflow working on their device? I can't seem to get certain apps like whatsapp to display a notification.
Can anyone recommend any alternatives to lightflow?

Its working fine here. Have you ticked the checkbox in Settings-Display-Led and then very last downloaded apps? Also see in whatsapp the colour you want it to display.
Sent from G3

Got it working now thanks. Just incase anyone else runs into issues:
I had to enable the notifications access under android security options, disable lightflow under android accessability options.
Enable Notification LED under android display options. I unchecked all led's except downloaded apps.
I disabled all options under lightflow device settings.

Luckyman79uk said:
Got it working now thanks. Just incase anyone else runs into issues:
I had to enable the notifications access under android security options, disable lightflow under android accessability options.
Enable Notification LED under android display options. I unchecked all led's except downloaded apps.
I disabled all options under lightflow device settings.
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does it allow you to display all the colors?

Yes i get the option of 18 different colors plus a custom color option

I tried Light Flow before on my Xperia and it sucked out battery. Is this the same case with the G3?

You can try using Light Manager, from my experience it much more battery friendly.

I've checked my battery stats and it doesn't even appear so I'm assuming it takes near to no battery at all?

Still No Go
Tried the instructions above but lightflow still isn't working. Anybody else have tips? BTW, using the free version if that makes a difference, which I doubt. LG G3 AT&T

PersonOfKnownOrigin said:
Tried the instructions above but lightflow still isn't working. Anybody else have tips? BTW, using the free version if that makes a difference, which I doubt. LG G3 AT&T
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im using light flow paid and working fine , free or paid should not make any difference should work
i do have mine in root mode

I'm using lightflow paid unrooted without any issues. Been using it about a week.

I was having issues and I cleared the data and started over and now it works
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I can't seem to get the stock notification sound to silent.. I tried clearing data but still does not work..do I have to turn off the other notifications also or leave them on..?

Light flow draining battery life?
Has anyone else experienced battery drain when running light flow? My battery life was fantastic and I've noticed a decline recently. I've uninstalled most recent downloaded apps except for Light Flow . I also noticed in the Battery setting that my device is staying awake quite a bit. Without rooting (I can't since it's a work phone), I don't know of an app that will tell me exactly what's waking the device, however my hunch is light flow.

Light Flow Issues
Could not get Handcent or any calendar app to light the LED. Tried light flow and light manager. Eventually went to a different SMS app and that fixed one. Found that freezing the native calendar app was causing the lack of notifications for the calendar. Now it is all working.
No noticeable battery drain.

No notification icons was showing my Verizon LG G3 despite having all LED settings turned on. Downloaded Light Flow and even though it worked, too much customizations for me. I ended up downloading Light Manager. This also worked but it was straight to the point even with customizations.

luckyman79uk said:
got it working now thanks. Just incase anyone else runs into issues:
I had to enable the notifications access under android security options, disable lightflow under android accessability options.
Enable notification led under android display options. I unchecked all led's except downloaded apps.
I disabled all options under lightflow device settings.
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thank you thank you thank you!!!

I was having the same issue up until a few minutes ago. I had installed Light Manager and done all the proper settings and given it the permissions, made sure the LED was enabled and that apps box was checked. but the problem was that sometimes (usually only the first time) when I got a text it would blink at the set rate and others it would blink at the normal stock rate (once every 12 seconds).
The key to fixing this for me was unchecking all the boxes in the stock LED options except for the APP one. This allowed Light Manager to be the sole controller of the LED.
Hope this helps people!

apex25 said:
I was having the same issue up until a few minutes ago. I had installed Light Manager and done all the proper settings and given it the permissions, made sure the LED was enabled and that apps box was checked. but the problem was that sometimes (usually only the first time) when I got a text it would blink at the set rate and others it would blink at the normal stock rate (once every 12 seconds).
The key to fixing this for me was unchecking all the boxes in the stock LED options except for the APP one. This allowed Light Manager to be the sole controller of the LED.
Hope this helps people!
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I'm thinking about getting the LG G3. I'm happy to hear that it has an LED notification. I take it that it is multi-color? I would actually probably not get the phone if it didn't have the LED notification. Does anyone have any regrets about the phone?

no regrets here!

Problems with LED notification apps

Hi guys,
I hope somebody can help me.
I'm using the S6 on stock rom (Android 5.1.1.). However, none of the LED changer apps is working. Tried light flow, LED Blinker, Light Manager ...
I enabled LED lights under android settings, gave each of the apps the necessary rights, even priorities. None of it worked.
Light Flow - > Messenger app color is not changeable, all others are (but somethings they don't work either)
LED Blinker & Light Manager -> dont work at all
Thank you for any help!!!

Hey! Light Manager has been updated today. It is working for me, even though it was working in the last release too. Try to re-check your led indicator toggle on settings

I'm going to try this too I subscribed to this forum to see the problem everything works even when I test the led but every time I receive an sms, it just blinks to stock blue.
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Still not working and I haven't gotten an update for the paid app today at all. It just keeps blinking stock blue at the stock rate. All the settings and all the permissions are where they are supposed to be. I have the app set up the way I want to but it's like the phone is just ignoring the app.
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Thanks for the advice. However I tried light manager, but I still have the same problem as Clyff. Only some functions like recharging work.
Gmail still uses the stock color blue and ignores the app, no matter what settings/restarts etc. I did.

try to use different collors, as some collors look really different. Pink works, red works, purple works, white works.... And yeah, it is definitely working for boxer (my email client), whatsapp, facebook, charged/charging/low batt statuses, etc.

All of you with working apps are on 5.1.1? I have also not been able to get any apps working correctly since the 5.1.1 update, even with root. Seems numerous users are reporting problems with Light Manager since 5.1.1.

Yes 5.1.1.

nah, I haven't updated yet. 5.0.2 XtreStoLite deodex here.

Yeah 5.1.1 lightflow paid version.
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Clyff said:
Yeah 5.1.1 lightflow paid version.
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You got LightFlow to work on 5.1.1? Mind sharing your settings - did you set anything special, like root mode or direct, etc?
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It works for the most part with the screen lighting up and for basic settings but I couldn't get it to change sms mms and other aps led settings. That's the only problem I'm having. It works with low batt missed calls etc. But won't work with sms mms messenger kik etc.
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Sorry to bump this up but I worked out what the problem was for all out there with issues with the LED notification app's since update to 5.1.1. On settings under sounds and nonotifications, right at the bottom there is the LED INDICATOR switch. And its default to off. Not sure if it was there before. But after switching it on and clearing cache on LED blinker pro. All my notifications work as before. Hope this helps

bigmem said:
Sorry to bump this up but I worked out what the problem was for all out there with issues with the LED notification app's since update to 5.1.1. On settings under sounds and nonotifications, right at the bottom there is the LED INDICATOR switch. And its default to off. Not sure if it was there before. But after switching it on and clearing cache on LED blinker pro. All my notifications work as before. Hope this helps
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Glad that sorted out your problem. That is not the issue affecting most users, unfortunately. McKoo who develops Light Manager is continuing to do some research with user submitted logs. I'm still holding out hope.
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meh3884 said:
Glad that sorted out your problem. That is not the issue affecting most users, unfortunately. McKoo who develops Light Manager is continuing to do some research with user submitted logs. I'm still holding out hope.
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What happens if you try using led blinker lite? Not sure I if I understand the issue some folks have sorry. Not being a pain. For some reason I never managers to get light manger or light flow to work on my S6 from day one on 5.0.1. And then blinker stopped working too. Which I am glad I found the remedy. I'm on stock everything not rooted.

Lightflow app developer is working on a fix.

I have started a own thread for led blinker.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...em-s6-edge-t3158807/post61896247#post61896247

Workaround für Samsung 5.1.1 Firmware Probleme ist in Arbeit!
Workaround for Samsung 5.1.1 firmware problems is in progress!

✔ Samsung 5.1.1 support added (see appsettings at the top!)
Does the LED of your Samsung device just blink blue since you updated to Android 5.1.1? Start the accessibility service (if available) AND enable the notification access (under sound and notifications or security). Furthermore you SHOULD disable the light/LED in the activated apps, do NOT disable the notification itself (e.g. in Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, Google Inbox). With these settings LED Blinker should work as usual.

I have the S6 (SM-G920F). Lightflow does work for my LED's, but for some, e.g FB Messenger, the colour doesn't flash the colour I've set it as (flashes green & I have it set to blue). I also have Light Manager Pro on here, same prob. (I know it's the least of everyone's probs here, as some hadn't got it to work at all, though hopefully they have now).
5.1.1 - the scurge of Android!!! I bricked this model the last time I tried to root it (& I've rooted a lot of phones) so am too scared to risk it again, even with a Custom ROM.

rockluvva said:
I have the S6 (SM-G920F). Lightflow does work for my LED's, but for some, e.g FB Messenger, the colour doesn't flash the colour I've set it as (flashes green & I have it set to blue). I also have Light Manager Pro on here, same prob. (I know it's the least of everyone's probs here, as some hadn't got it to work at all, though hopefully they have now).
5.1.1 - the scurge of Android!!! I bricked this model the last time I tried to root it (& I've rooted a lot of phones) so am too scared to risk it again, even with a Custom ROM.
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Try my app LED Blinker, it should work Uninstall other led apps first!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ledblinker.pro&hl=en