There is a hidden notification LED light on the Moto G3 I discovered long back. But it is only quite some time ago I have rooted my phone. So the LED only works while changing and not while there are any notifications. I tried using Lightflow but that didn't work either. So is there a way to enable it by a zip or an app.
There is a ton of threads about this on this forum.
No, it cannot be used as a notification LED because it is soldered to the usb charging port so it only gets power if it's connected to a power source.
The only thing you can do is use Tasker and have the phone connected to a power source constantly and make Tasker send a command for the led to light up but I've heard there's like a 10-20 second delay so this is not something that can help you daily and barely works even with this workaround.
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This adds simultaneous handling of notifications to the Speaker LED while charging, on CM6.1.
Behavior:
If it is plugged in, the light will stay solid (charging). If a notification comes in with the screen off, it will blink green. If you turn on the screen, the charging light will come on. If you don’t acknowledge the notification, when the screen turns off it will blink green again.
When it is not plugged in, notifications will blink green only when the screen is off.
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=1301
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This adds simultaneous handling of notifications to the Speaker LED while charging.
Behavior:
If it is plugged in, the light will stay solid (charging). If a notification comes in with the screen off, it will blink green. If you turn on the screen, the charging light will come on. If you don’t acknowledge the notification, when the screen turns off it will blink green again.
When it is not plugged in, notifications will blink green only when the screen is off.
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=1301
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So it works for the G1 and the G2? Thats interesting.
Now that I am not on Cm6.1 and rather on the official 2.2 AOSP this could be useful, thanks.
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So it works for the G1 and the G2?
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this is for the g1.
i have a seperate module for the g2 (in the g2 section).
Ineresting. I was always upset that I'm not able to notice any notification while charging phone, maybe now the problem is over .
excuse me does not work, the LED notifications for sms,mms,twitter and missed call. I'm not talking about when it is charging but during normal use.
It works for email. Twitter has their own handling and so does sms/mms. Missed call should also come through (which has not changed).
Missed called led notify should be on for missed call.
However, in earlier versions of Froyo (2.2) the led notifications worked . Because now they do not work
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However, in earlier versions of Froyo (2.2) the led notifications worked . Because now they do not work
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ill see if i can look in to it. that's out of the scope of this particular mod though, but any amendments i make that stem out of this module will be committed to the same git place and posted here.
It's kinda like Always Flash in the market. I'll give it a try and see if it uses less ram.
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Before I rooted my HTC Inspire 4G, if I recall correctly, the notification LED worked like this: it has two colors, green and orange. When plugged in, it will show orange while charging and green while charged. The LED only blinks to indicate a notification if the screen is off; if not plugged in, it blinks green. If plugged in, it blinks the opposite of the charging color. At least, that's how I think it worked.
What I am certain of is that I can no longer get the notification LED to work properly. I've been trying a number of different ROMs recently--Existz, Revolution, CyanogenMod, CoreDroid, RCMix Energize Blue--and in none do the notification LED work perfectly. Some of them do blink the notification LED, but only if the screen is off and the device is not charging. If it is plugged in--as it is the vast majority of the time--the LED does not blink to signal a new notification.
I've tried the LightFlow app--didn't fix it. I've tried NoLED as an alternative, but am not happy with that.
Is this just a quirk of all the ROMs, and I should expect that? Or could it be that something got messed up in my rooting and romming, and if so, is there a solution?
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Before I rooted my HTC Inspire 4G, if I recall correctly, the notification LED worked like this: it has two colors, green and orange. When plugged in, it will show orange while charging and green while charged. The LED only blinks to indicate a notification if the screen is off; if not plugged in, it blinks green. If plugged in, it blinks the opposite of the charging color. At least, that's how I think it worked.
What I am certain of is that I can no longer get the notification LED to work properly. I've been trying a number of different ROMs recently--Existz, Revolution, CyanogenMod, CoreDroid, RCMix Energize Blue--and in none do the notification LED work perfectly. Some of them do blink the notification LED, but only if the screen is off and the device is not charging. If it is plugged in--as it is the vast majority of the time--the LED does not blink to signal a new notification.
I've tried the LightFlow app--didn't fix it. I've tried NoLED as an alternative, but am not happy with that.
Is this just a quirk of all the ROMs, and I should expect that? Or could it be that something got messed up in my rooting and romming, and if so, is there a solution?
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1. If Im not mistaken it stays solid orange when charging (plugged in)
2. Solid green when fully charged (plugged in)
3. Blinks between orange and green when there is a notification. (plugged in)
As far as it staying blinking it should be is setting when you can shut it off or on. Usually its in the launcher settings that your using not a ROM issue. (if Im not mistaken)
If thats thats your biggest worry your worrying about a knife fight while your holding a gun. (lol) No big issue.
I rooted and flashed LeeDroid to mine. My LED notifications worked after rooting and flashing. When charging it's amber, when fully charged it's solid green. Off the charger it blinks green for a new notification and amber when it needs to be charged. Never noticed it blink between the 2 on the charger. Have you made sure it's been turned on in your settings?
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I am rooted and flashed Revoltution HD 6.3.2 and mine seems to be working as desired.... I assumed you double checked Settings--> Display --> Notification Flash Just to make sure??
Hi everybody,
got a brand new Nexus 5 from thuesday and so far I'm happy with it... There's just a thing that makes me angry; it seems to me that the notification LED is not working properly, or maybe I did not understand which are the roles which determine WHEN it should light or not.
Example: I set in Whatsapp configuration that notifications should use the LED (in particular, I also set the green color for these notifications).
Sometimes Whatsapp messages leads to a blinking led (when the screen is dark, so, in standby). This is what I expected to see everytime there's an unread Whatsapp message.
But... it happens sometimes that a received, unread whatsapp message doesn't trigger any LED activity.
Just 20 mins ago, I heard from my Nexus 5 a notification sound (an incoming Whatsapp message)... but no led activity at all.
Few mins ago I received another Whatsapp message, and this time I heard the sound and can see the green led blinking.
So... It's possible I didn't understand the correct behaviour of these LED notifications... or maybe it's a known bug and others have noticed the same issue.
Does anyone found a similar behaviour ? It seems to me it's a matter of software, because *when* the LED blinks, it blinks without any defect.
Thanks
I'm having the opposite issue from you. Sometimes the Notification LED gets stuck blinking, even after all notifications on my phone have been cleared.
This is happening on my phone, as well as the two others I purchased.
Mine seems fine so far
No issues here either. I have Handscent controlling the LED for SMS/MMS. And I let Android decide what to do for Gmail and Exchange LEDs. If you want full control you can probably download one of the LED apps and let that control all your LED settings for each app.
I'm having the same issue. Sometimes the notification light decides not to blink... I have no idea why this happens though. Just wanted to chime in that you're not alone.
Get light flow, the LED is a lot more useful with that app.
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I'm rooted and using light flow and after I've turned it on, read the notification and then switched it off I also sometimes get the light blink continuously until I open up light flow and it's again obtained root access. On the N4 it just requested root at startup and then never had to again but doesn't seem to till I've opened the app on the N5. Maybe it's a 4.4 bug.
No LED earlier when i received a Tapatalk notification. I don't know if that's the phone or the app at fault? Otherwise i seem to get LED notification in most cases.
Okie, so it seems that notification issues are quite common... I'm tempted to buy light flow just to verify it's not an hardware fault which requires RMA.... (I'm actually for the software fault ...which isn't tracked yet)
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Okie, so it seems that notification issues are quite common... I'm tempted to buy light flow just to verify it's not an hardware fault which requires RMA.... (I'm actually for the software fault ...which isn't tracked yet)
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Lightflow works perfectly for me.
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I can confirm ^. Just got the paid version of Light Flow, works like a charm so far. Lets you change LED colours. Really awesome app. SO far i tested it for missed call(red blink)/hangout MMS(purple)/gmail e-mail and hotmail e-mail (green). Its been working flawlessly so far. The stock LED function did work for my hangout text messages, however it would not work my my e-mail. With light flow everything is working perfectly now + the extra functionality that it comes with.
LightFlow is definitely a worthwhile investment. The developer is quite active on XDA as well, and is quick to reply to any feedback. The app works as advertised (had it for my N4 and now N5) and provides great functionality. For me, the LED notification was a key selling feature. I hated having to turn the screen on my previous phones to see if I even had any notifications, but now I can glance at my phone and know if I have a text, e-mail, missed call, etc. So having absolute control over the LED is awesome.
For my N5 I have had some occasions when the LED would act a bit on its own, whether it would pulse white for a second or two randomly, or not turn on when it was supposed to. It's rare when it happens and is really a non-issue. Where I haven't had much success, though, is testing the LED when I'm setting up notifications in LightFlow. Doing LED tests in LightFlow doesn't seem to work for some reason. Not sure if I'm the only one experiencing this or not.
Is there any specific configuration setting for lightflow on Nexus5 or it should work out of the box?
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Is there any specific configuration setting for lightflow on Nexus5 or it should work out of the box?
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Should work straight out of the box Although it may involve some playing around, and also make sure notifications in the apps themselves are turned off or you'll essentially have two going off at once (one for the app, one for LightFlow).
The dev just posted a helpful link that I used to get testing the LED to work, and also would help configure LightFlow for your N5 too:
http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/2349
I'm not rooted but I remembered using an app called missed call with the og droid and it works perfectly on the nexus 5. Free too!
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Hi everybody,
got a brand new Nexus 5 from thuesday and so far I'm happy with it... There's just a thing that makes me angry; it seems to me that the notification LED is not working properly, or maybe I did not understand which are the roles which determine WHEN it should light or not.
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I'm a noobi. I just received my Nexus 5 yesterday evening. When the phone goes into SLEEP mode, whether flip cover closed or just after a while in idle, the notification light keeps blinking, Is this normal? Does LightFlow have a setting to not blink when in SLEEP mode?
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KaylordTheuZ said:
Hi everybody,
got a brand new Nexus 5 from thuesday and so far I'm happy with it... There's just a thing that makes me angry; it seems to me that the notification LED is not working properly, or maybe I did not understand which are the roles which determine WHEN it should light or not.
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I'm a noobi. I just received my Nexus 5 yesterday evening. When the phone goes into SLEEP mode, whether flip cover closed or just after a while in idle, the notification light keeps blinking, Is this normal? Does LightFlow have a setting to not blink when in SLEEP mode?
Actually I use the Light Manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koo.lightmanager this app have sleep (night) mode, use only 15-20MB.
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Notification Light in Sleep Mode
BillyL said:
I'm a noobi. I just received my Nexus 5 yesterday evening. When the phone goes into SLEEP mode, whether flip cover closed or just after a while in idle, the notification light keeps blinking, Is this normal? Does LightFlow have a setting to not blink when in SLEEP mode?
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I installed LightFlow and tried to stop the blinking light in sleep mode. I enabled LightFlow and enabled sleep settings and checked the box for Stop the notification light when sleeping. The notification light still blinks when the NFC tag is triggered or when the phone times out for sleep. Please advise.
I've just got this device 3 days ago~ And i noticed that my led notification light hasnt been consistent or light up at all unless i use Light Flow but even with Light Flow its still inconsistent. I'm on stock KitKat 4.4.4 never rooted etc. Pulse notification led is on.
Without lightflow it just doesn't light up at all for applications like whatsapp,wechat,games(Does the led light up for games too?). Whenever i receive a phone calls however it lights up white for a split second and then it turn itself off.. If i don't pick it up, it doesn't light up to show me that i have a missed call either, but when i turn the screen on, it lights up for a split second and then turn itself off again.
Using lightflow , i haven't get to try it with whatsapp yet but for charging and phone calls it works great but for wechat it only works if i have the screen on. If the screen is off nothing lights up and when i turn on the screen by pressing the power button and then put it to sleep again it works. I have the run in foreground on,Reduce wake on(not sure if i need that), and Nexus 5 force LED Reset.
Also since i'm already here, how long does it takes for google to fix the lollipop if at all? Should i update it to see if the led works on lollipop? Does OTA update introduce problems and bugs? Sorry if my questions are too long and my english is bad.
Is it really that no matter how much you pay or what ever you do there is no way to get led control for Oneplus 6 without custom rom?
The things I would need from led:
- When notification comes it would be on not blinking
- When I plug the phone to charger there would not be any light on.
Then there is couple of things that would be nice to have, but not nessessary like ability to put own colors to whatever notification is coming like whatsapp messages to green led and that there would ne no lights on in silent mode or during nights.
Download Light Manager from the Play Store
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Download Light Manager from the Play Store
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Only to realise that it does not work or is there some settings that need to be adjusted? I install that app, go to settings and put led on and plug phone to charger. See the led light burning. Then no matter what I do in software it is still burning.
I've used it for half a year when I had the 6 and worked without a problem. I cannot test anymore since I have the 6t now