On my original G Flex I was able to use an app called Light Manager, and that worked flawlessly. It seems Lollipop doesn't want to play nice. One of the features I became most accustomed to was the ability to know exactly what app had a notification before even turning on the screen.
Anybody had any luck controlling their LED color and flash rate based on specific app notifications? If so, what app do you use?
Light Flow
UPDATE:
I got Light Flow working. I'm not sure what exactly I did, but it involved toggling the sound settings until I was on loud (sound on) mode. I toggled the Notification LED switch in the settings. I have Light Flow running in Root mode, but I'm pretty sure it was working before I toggled that. I also have it controlling led:flash_0, led:flash_1, and wled under the Additional LEDs found section.
As LED control was one of the most important features for me, I'm not going to futz any further with what I have working. However, if others experience the issue, they're welcome to try each of these things individually to isolate what actually got it to work.
Lightflow not working with Flex 2
Hey Cmcarboni,
would you be so kind as to post your settings with which your Flex 2 functions with Lightflow?
The led:flash_0 and led:flash_1 I can get to work, but I am just interested in the front notification LED and tried nearly every combination of settings without any success.
Thanks in advance!
Edit: It's the H955 with Android 5.1.1 (V15c-EUR-XX)
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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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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!
wolfgrrl said:
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 .
I just added Lockscreen widgets to my app TouchLight which makes it pretty sweet.
Why not just use an led toggle in the notifications? Good question anon, the lock screen widget gives you access to multiple on screen lights as well as the led. It also turns down the screen brightness and works really well for being able to toggle the light on and off as often as you like.
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Hope you all like the app.
MinceMan said:
I just added Lockscreen widgets to my app TouchLight which makes it pretty sweet.
Why not just use an led toggle in the notifications? Good question anon, the lock screen widget gives you access to multiple on screen lights as well as the led. It also turns down the screen brightness and works really well for being able to toggle the light on and off as often as you like.
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Hey Bro,
I need help with coding.
i created a flashlight application by using camera API getCamera()
it works but when the screen goes off or i minimize the application the led light turns off.
looking forward for your reply.
thanks in advance.
and BTW nice work with your app. :good:
a-ssassi-n said:
Hey Bro,
I need help with coding.
i created a flashlight application by using camera API getCamera()
it works but when the screen goes off or i minimize the application the led light turns off.
looking forward for your reply.
thanks in advance.
and BTW nice work with your app. :good:
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The LED is tricky, lots of devices have a lot of different quirks with them so make sure your issues are not devices specific. When I was programming the LED stuff awhile ago I remember having the opposite problem.
I don't know about getCamera() and don't see anything about it in the docs. I use camera = Camera.open() (the rear camera is the default). I have to release the camera (camera.release()) on pause or else it caused problems with the stock camera app. To turn the light on I set the flash mode, parameters and then startPreview. I found this to work on the most devices. Some devices like autoFocus to be set also but a greater amount hate it.
Also remember that you have to give your users a way to turn it off when the app is not opened. I would recommend a notification. If they have to reopen your app through multitasking to turn it off that's a "fail, one star, uninstall" type of a thing.
Neither of those apps works properly. Light Manager seems to have no effect at all on notifications, and Telegram settings simply don't work. Led is working, but it does the hell he wants.
I really don't know how to control this led, I can't find something useful in settings...
Sry for my english
I'm using Light Flow to control the led, and it works quite flawlessly.
b1tt1 said:
I'm using Light Flow to control the led, and it works quite flawlessly.
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Me too
I've tried Light Flow, not working.
Are you on Nougat? Because I think this is a software problem of Honor 8, not Light Manager or Telegram's fault. (I've used it on another smartphone with Android Nougat and it has always worked flawlessy...)
Yes, I use Light Flow on Nougat without any problems.
Madden91 said:
I've tried Light Flow, not working.
Are you on Nougat? Because I think this is a software problem of Honor 8, not Light Manager or Telegram's fault. (I've used it on another smartphone with Android Nougat and it has always worked flawlessy...)
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Used Light Flow in MM and now in N without problems.
I really don't know what to say, neither Light Manager or Light Flow are working for me (yet), and I've led notification only for groups on Telegram. I'm confused
Telegram updated several times, but the issue is still here; I really don't know what to do...
I use light manager in emuli 5.0 and it works
I used both Light Manager and Light Flow but did not work (MM B131).
I'm still fighting with this Telegram thing. I really cannot understand why led is working for groups, but not for single chats, I don't know even what to do right now... don't know if it's Telegram's fault or it's a phone problem.
I'm confused
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I'm still fighting with this Telegram thing. I really cannot understand why led is working for groups, but not for single chats, I don't know even what to do right now... don't know if it's Telegram's fault or it's a phone problem.
I'm confused
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I use Telegram and I have no problems with LED notifications.
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I already know that for a lot of people led notification is working, but for me it doesn't. I'm not crazy, this thing is not working, period.
However, this morning I found out that Light Manager has been recently updated, I tried it again and this time everything is working perfectly; so I've finally found a workaround for my problem, for now.
That's good
The LED is confirmed by Motorola. I asked them a question and got an answer.
My question:
" This little dot on the right side of the flash in front is what it is then? You can see it in good lighting (moto g6). "
Response from the Motorola:
" Thanks for asking, that's interesting. The little dot on the right side part of the front flash is a sign of life LED light. It would only show/activate when the battery is deeply discharged and it's plugged into the charger. "
There is hope that in unofficial rom you will be able to use it.
Woah, woah, woah, hold up. It had an LED the entire time? So, why can't we use it? Unless it's a single color LED.
JoeGatto said:
Woah, woah, woah, hold up. It had an LED the entire time? So, why can't we use it? Unless it's a single color LED.
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Probably all Moto G6 variants have this. Unfortunately, I can not find anywhere information whether it is a single-color LED. Motorola is pursuing a strange policy, the previous models also had a hidden diode and hardly anyone knew about it.
kemoti said:
The LED is confirmed by Motorola. I asked them a question and got an answer.
My question:
" This little dot on the right side of the flash in front is what it is then? You can see it in good lighting (moto g6). "
Response from the Motorola:
" Thanks for asking, that's interesting. The little dot on the right side part of the front flash is a sign of life LED light. It would only show/activate when the battery is deeply discharged and it's plugged into the charger. "
There is hope that in unofficial rom you will be able to use it.
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I just saw this light turn on when I rebooted after flashing the OPW27.113-45 from this website
HTML:
https://www.getdroidtips.com/opw27-113-45-april-moto-g6-plus/#Firmware_Details
. Maybe it already works somehow in default ROM?
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...Maybe it already works somehow in default ROM?
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For now I do not see newer firmware and update system for Moto G6, I do not know how it is with the Plus version. This diode is useless. You have to wait for effective solutions from unofficial developers. Probably all you need is a well-functioning root and the right application to add functionality to this diode.
EX Kernel Manager can trigger the led to do things, I have root to it works. I've got it blinking on charge and solid when done.
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EX Kernel Manager can trigger the led to do things, I have root to it works. I've got it blinking on charge and solid when done.
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I can also confirm this works through EX Kernel Manager on my Moto G6 Play XT1922-7 Boost Mobile variant, I'm using the "Battery charging blink full solid full" option in the app, this is pretty neat lol! :good:
Edit: The LED is to the left of the camera on my G6 Play
Can also confirm using ex kernel manager with xt1922-7 boost variant that it does allow the led to work with charging. As well as a few other options lol just which we could choose more than one led option. Would be nice to have it for charging AND notifications lol
Maybe contacting the dev or if someone knows how that works can build an app to control it?
After installing root on my moto g6, I launched this application:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.itsmeton.motoledenabler&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cyb.satheesh.lednotify
The diode works!
We need someone who will do a more polished application for our phones.
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After installing root on my moto g6, I launched this application:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.itsmeton.motoledenabler&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cyb.satheesh.lednotify
The diode works!
We need someone who will do a more polished application for our phones.
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We know the diode works, we already confirmed that with EX Kernel Manager.
Hi! I recently rooted my G6 Plus in order to use this charging LED. My goal is to make it blink softly when a notification arrives. I tried using Tasker according to this guide, but it didn't really work: I got it to ascend the brightness level, but it won't descend at all, even when running the second while-loop separately. After this, I can't even manage to change the brightness level until reboot. Strangely though, the script works as intended when run from adb shell. I started using "echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/charging/blink" when a notification arrives and 0 when the screen is unlocked. However, this is not ideal since the default blink is not very soft and the maximum brightness is too high. How could I make the bash script work properly in Tasker?
@pake10
You will not change the brightness or color of this diode (it's one color) so do not get tired. It's a waste of your time.
@kemoti
Thanks for answering — however, I did manage to change the brightness and make it "blink" with the script. The color can't be changed and that's okay. It seems that my problem is with Tasker since it works fine from adb Shell.
EDIT: I got it working by creating my own application, for some reason Tasker and other similar applications didn't execute the bash script properly.
hahah motorola has been putting this led on every phone i eventually had bought. the first moto g had it for notifications but g4 plus and g6 play have is as a sign of life
I got the diode working via the Resurrection Kernel when my phone is charging, but the diode is so small that you can't even see that there's anything going on. The capability is still a nice touch though.
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Hi! I recently rooted my G6 Plus in order to use this charging LED. My goal is to make it blink softly when a notification arrives. I tried using Tasker according to this guide, but it didn't really work: I got it to ascend the brightness level, but it won't descend at all, even when running the second while-loop separately. After this, I can't even manage to change the brightness level until reboot. Strangely though, the script works as intended when run from adb shell. I started using "echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/charging/blink" when a notification arrives and 0 when the screen is unlocked. However, this is not ideal since the default blink is not very soft and the maximum brightness is too high. How could I make the bash script work properly in Tasker?
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Thanks--your hint worked for me!
I have a G6 with Nov , 2018 patch (OPSS27.104-92-2), I can control the LED from tasker with:
Code:
echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/charging/brightness # turn on
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/charging/brightness # turn off
Finally got the android 11 update and discovered that there is a notification light on the phone. However I don't seem to be able to get it to work. Google has drawn a blank. My best lead was a YouTube clip that mentioned permission but I seem to have all setting right but no luck. I really miss having a led notification light