Just curious if anyone's notification led has went dimmer. When I got the phone it was bright but now it's dim and I'm trying to figure out why.
Psych0t1c20 said:
Just curious if anyone's notification led has went dimmer. When I got the phone it was bright but now it's dim and I'm trying to figure out why.
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Dim notification light is randomly occurring on my phone. Sometimes bright, sometimes not... trying to correlate a specific action on my part (auto screen off, etc) triggers it...
The notification LED obeys the ambient light sensor on the phone (it has its own auto-brightness, essentially), so your experience might be due to that.
If I am in a dim environment and I get a notification, the LED comes up very dim. If I am in a bright environment and I get a notification, it comes up as very bright. It also worked this way on the Note7 and S7/S7 edge.
Sevael said:
The notification LED obeys the ambient light sensor on the phone (it has its own auto-brightness, essentially), so your experience might be due to that.
If I am in a dim environment and I get a notification, the LED comes up very dim. If I am in a bright environment and I get a notification, it comes up as very bright. It also worked this way on the Note7 and S7/S7 edge.
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Makes sense as to why it's so random.
any way to customize the colors? i use to rock lightflow back in the day but not sure it works for this phone.
I have just found a method to get the led always shining bright, weather in pocket or dark !!
I was about to return the phone because of the dim led issue but then put my thinking Cap on and managed to fix the dam thing.
You just need root and Light Flow.
If someone is interested to know , PM me or Skype at [email protected]
Happy bright LED.
Cheers.
IshanSharmaBiz said:
I have just found a method to get the led always shining bright, weather in pocket or dark !!
I was about to return the phone because of the dim led issue but then put my thinking Cap on and managed to fix the dam thing.
You just need root and Light Flow.
If someone is interested to know , PM me or Skype at [email protected]
Happy bright LED.
Cheers.
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Be hyper careful i saw some threads where lightflow was able to make the led stop lightning. Only hardware fix was able to bring it back alive. This happened on various s8 and s8+
From0toHero said:
Be hyper careful i saw some threads where lightflow was able to make the led stop lightning. Only hardware fix was able to bring it back alive. This happened on various s8 and s8+
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I had my led light module replaced as it stopped working. But not sure if Lightflow was responsible...
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Café King said:
I had my led light module replaced as it stopped working. But not sure if Lightflow was responsible...
/CK
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I remember reading the producer of the app lightflow
Hade to change a value in the app code making the led going broke.
A lot of users reported that the LED that seemed to be broken was fixed after an update from Samsung. Most likely a software issue. I have been using Lightflow and Lightflow Legacy (most recently) with no problems. The legacy version is recommended for the S8.
Smithfolk4 said:
A lot of users reported that the LED that seemed to be broken was fixed after an update from Samsung. Most likely a software issue. I have been using Lightflow and Lightflow Legacy (most recently) with no problems. The legacy version is recommended for the S8.
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Anyone else is using Light Flow again? I have been using it since S3 with no problems at all, but now my notification LED went off at second day until last firmware. I know the problem was not due to Light Flow but maybe the software failed more easily in presence of Light Flow. Now I am afraid the problem only could be partially solved and still sensible to Light Flow software commands.
So what settings did you use to get lightflow to always show a bright led... I have a S8+ and a S9, both rooted.. Both with Lightflow and no matter what settings I try I can't override the ambient display.
IshanSharmaBiz said:
I have just found a method to get the led always shining bright, weather in pocket or dark !!
I was about to return the phone because of the dim led issue but then put my thinking Cap on and managed to fix the dam thing.
You just need root and Light Flow.
If someone is interested to know , PM me or Skype at [email protected]
Happy bright LED.
Cheers.
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It seems my notification light is not working regardless what I do. Has anyone else had this issue after rooting and loading the fission rom?
I'm able to reproduce it as it happened both to my phone and a family members phone. I returned to stock rom by SBF and still my notification light doesn't work anymore.
Anyway idea's on how to fix this? Is it possible that our current rooting process breaks the notification light? I have also already tried booting into safe mode to make sure it wasn't an app.
mine works just fine running fission.
Well unfortunately mine is not working at all in either stock unrooted or rooted forms. This only started after I rooted the phone. Please don't tell me Motorola added a new "feature" that breaks the notification light if the phones been modified.
I would really like to figure out how to fix this .
101 views and no suggestions?
Notification light only works with screen off, you know that, right?
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leobg said:
Notification light only works with screen off, you know that, right?
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL
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Oh I know that. Light will not work with the screen off. I've sent my self several emails to test this. I also have events in my calender at 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. which should also be triggering the light and never do. And no I'm not sitting there with the screen on waiting for it.
Every time I sent my self and email I waited to hear the sound notification and then waiting 2 minutes after yet still no light blinks. I think finally turn on the screen to clear the notification from the bar.
Even my facebook notifications which should trigger the light don't either. So far for the last week I've had no notification lights at all no matter what I do.
Right now I've SBF my phone back to stock and have left it unrooted and I'm still not getting any notification lights with the screen off.
I'm not stupid and know that the screen must be off.
possibly the LED is broken...these things happen. it may or may not even be related to the rooting either could of just coincedently broken at the same time. since youve returned your phone to stock and it still doesnt work then that seems the logical conclusion. not sure if someones found a service mode yet where you can test the LED, thats the next thing to try.
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possibly the LED is broken...these things happen. it may or may not even be related to the rooting either could of just coincedently broken at the same time. since youve returned your phone to stock and it still doesnt work then that seems the logical conclusion. not sure if someones found a service mode yet where you can test the LED, thats the next thing to try.
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That is a possibility but I find it quite unlikely that both phones would have broken notification lights at around the same time.
Is there any applications out there that allow you to flip on the notification light without notifications? I've seen some applications that allow you to change the color of the light if your phone supports but.
Is there not a notification LED for the Charge? You know, when you get a message or something? My Droid X had an LED indicator light that would flash until the phone was checked. For the life of me I can't seem to find where to enable/disable this? Please help.
It does not have a notification LED, quite disappointing for such a high priced phone. Just like the galaxy S2, even with its insane specs and high praises they still couldn't manage to put a notification LED, I'd rather have that then a front facing camera
You can use the free app NoLED if you would like a way to simulate having a notification LED
The led not being there has been a big con for me but if that's the worst I guess I can live with it. I would not reccomend using led "simulated" apps as your battery life is killed by them because of the screen being in the on state
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yutzybrian said:
The led not being there has been a big con for me but if that's the worst I guess I can live with it. I would not reccomend using led "simulated" apps as your battery life is killed by them because of the screen being in the on state
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Ya that is true, I'm also pretty sure it keeps your phone from sleeping since the screen is on which of course means even more battery drain. Just recommending a way to simulate the LED though I'm hoping someone makes an app to just have your back LED(for your camera) do a small flash every 15ish seconds, sure most people set their phones face down but still!
Missed Message Flasher works for me with few complaints.
NOLED I didn't care for.
What are the small circles up at the top of the phone on the right for? Photo sensors of some kind?
mulk777 said:
What are the small circles up at the top of the phone on the right for? Photo sensors of some kind?
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I'm thinking they are sensors to detect light and adjust your screen brightness and I know one of them detects when your face is in front of the phone while on a call to prevent the screen from staying on..
Anyone else noticing any LED notification inconsistencies? It seems the LED has a mind of its own. Sometimes shutting down the phone and restarting seems to help, other times not.
I'm on pure stock and version 4.4.2.
I'll get an email and get no notification at all. Then I'll get another email (same application) and then get LED notification. Sames goes for SMS. It just seems so sporadic. There is no notification ever for missed calls at all.
I've tried programs like Light Flow and Light Manager, but really don't want to pay for the pro version of Light Flow to make my LED work as it should and Light Manager seemed to conflict at times with certain apps.
The LED notification is one of the most important things to me. It just needs to work and work all the time. Seriously thinking about trading my Nexus 5 for an LG G2 because of this.
Op turn off pulse notifications in settings reboot phone and than turn it back on and reboot.
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Pretty sure I've done that before, but I'll give it another try. Thanks.
Sorry can't provide a solution, but I can confirm that I've had that issue on CM11 and SlimKat. But then I had it on my GNex with various ROMs sometimes too. I had just kind of resigned myself to the LED doing its own thing...
TheIgster said:
Pretty sure I've done that before, but I'll give it another try. Thanks.
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i noticed that also,,,but yesterday i reset my phone since then everythng is ok,,,dont know how long it will last,,,,,but i dnt thnk u should trade N5 just because it has sum soft issue which can easily be solved by an update or app like Light flow or Light manager..
Same problem here, the led shine when he wants when I receive a whatsapp message
ch0c0lateb0yctg said:
i noticed that also,,,but yesterday i reset my phone since then everythng is ok,,,dont know how long it will last,,,,,but i dnt thnk u should trade N5 just because it has sum soft issue which can easily be solved by an update or app like Light flow or Light manager..
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Well, it's not working as it should. What good is an LED light for notification if it works when it feels like it. I explained why I don't want to use either of those apps. Again, the LED light should work properly. It doesn't. I never had any issues with the LED on my GS3. It worked all the time without issue.
Every phone has its issues. I know it doesn't help but for the record I do not experience these issues. Never installed Light flow as the default functionality "just works" and even blinks more often since 4.4.2 I hope light flow isn't causing more issues then it helps.
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Any luck with finding an app to customize the LED notification colors? Was a big fan of Lightflow back in the Galaxy Nexus & S4 days, not sure if that still works on the S8+ and S8? I don't use AOD so would be nice to tell what kind of notification I have based off color. Also the LED blinks kind of slowly.
dansan382 said:
Any luck with finding an app to customize the LED notification colors? Was a big fan of Lightflow back in the Galaxy Nexus & S4 days, not sure if that still works on the S8+ and S8? I don't use AOD so would be nice to tell what kind of notification I have based off color. Also the LED blinks kind of slowly.
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Lightflow - works perfectly with Sammy's S8+.
PapaWangsta said:
Lightflow - works perfectly with Sammy's S8+.
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thanks, downloaded the lightflow legacy version. working great!
I saw that the recommend the legacy version, but I have stuck with the "new" ? version and it is working fine as well. I am not using the AOD, and they mentioned something about that. Maybe that is why I don't need the legacy version. i have only been using it for a couple days, but all is well.
I got the notification that 'Legacy' version works better for Galaxy phones didn't try it after downloading, will try it now!
Does light flow let u customize the flash rate of the led? I've used light manager in the past but on my s8 plus it doesn't let me have the led flash fast. It's Alot slower then when I had light manager on my phones in the past. Even when I have it set to .01 second
powerstroke said:
Does light flow let u customize the flash rate of the led? I've used light manager in the past but on my s8 plus it doesn't let me have the led flash fast. It's Alot slower then when I had light manager on my phones in the past. Even when I have it set to .01 second
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Yes you can. There are presets or you can make your own for each app. For instance, if you set your own to "50,8000", the led will be on for 50ms, then off for 8000ms
Does anyone notice dim LED while the phone is in dark place or pocket?
Is this due to the fact that the LED is also Light Sensor controlled?
Also, can someone check on the Settings - > Led Control, are there any LEDs listed under the additional LEDs section?
I have a way to fix(dim led) it on my S7 edge but want someone with S8 / + to confirm if this issue exisit there was well please.
First of all I am not talking about Notification light.
A Red light in proximity sensor next to sony logo is always on when device is connected to wifi, or when connected to mobile data only whrn the arrow indicators appears.
This red light is on even if i disable adaptive brightness.
I am shocked why no one raised this quesrion.
Hence here I am.
I hope this is not intentional by Sony.
Coz ffs i cant get one thing to my mind that how it is helpful. It is rather annoying.
Anyone with a clue pls share.
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First of all I am not talking about Notification light.
A Red light in proximity sensor next to sony logo is always on when device is connected to wifi, or when connected to mobile data only whrn the arrow indicators appears.
This red light is on even if i disable adaptive brightness.
I am shocked why no one raised this quesrion.
Hence here I am.
I hope this is not intentional by Sony.
Coz ffs i cant get one thing to my mind that how it is helpful. It is rather annoying.
Anyone with a clue pls share.
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It's on on my phone as well. It was also like that on my Xperia X
I call it the "I'm watching you." light. I think its the proximity sensor's lazer. I dont think it should be on 24/7, but then there is this "Led light's lifetime depends on how many times they are turned on/off" thing. May be it is some kind of an optimisation?
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I call it the "I'm watching you." light. I think its the proximity sensor's lazer. I dont think it should be on 24/7, but then there is this "Led light's lifetime depends on how many times they are turned on/off" thing. May be it is some kind of an optimisation?
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It definitely has to do with data recieving signals.
But whatever it is for I am concerned about battery life
It is just plain stupid of sony to not recognize this.
Coming from z5 I thought speakers were average on z5, but I doubt XZ even have any speakers at all.
Sound is that bad on XZ. I can barely listen to ringtone and I was sitting right next to the phone. What if we are in the other room or @ some distance? We' ll definitely miss the call.
Disable adaptive brightness and the flickery red dot will go off. I can only see it in a darkened room so it doesn't bother me. I'm looking at the screen lol!
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LadFromWales85 said:
Disable adaptive brightness and the flickery red dot will go off. I can only see it in a darkened room so it doesn't bother me. I'm looking at the screen lol!
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It bothers me when people don't read ?
agentsandy007 said:
First of all I am not talking about Notification light.
A Red light in proximity sensor next to sony logo is always on when device is connected to wifi, or when connected to mobile data only whrn the arrow indicators appears.
This red light is on even if i disable adaptive brightness.
I am shocked why no one raised this quesrion.
Hence here I am.
I hope this is not intentional by Sony.
Coz ffs i cant get one thing to my mind that how it is helpful. It is rather annoying.
Anyone with a clue pls share.
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this is wierd...becouse if i turn off adaptive brightnes the red led light turns off but it blinks when turned on...definetly something wrong with ur sensor..nothing new these days,its a comon thing for sensors to be broken
cocagenda2 said:
this is wierd...becouse if i turn off adaptive brightnes the red led light turns off but it blinks when turned on...definetly something wrong with ur sensor..nothing new these days,its a comon thing for sensors to be broken
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Interesting.
With the same settings as before, now red light is on only on the lock screen.
I noticed just when i was reading your reply.
agentsandy007 said:
Interesting.
With the same settings as before, now red light is on only on the lock screen.
I noticed just when i was reading your reply.
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so u say that red light turns on only on lock screen...what happens when u unlock the phone is it still on (red light)? becouse mine is always on except when screen is locked and turned off course and then it turns on again when i turn the screen on...this is how sensor should work... If urs doesnt work that way then go send the phone to waranty... I wouldnt investigate anyomre just go to Sony.
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so u say that red light turns on only on lock screen...what happens when u unlock the phone is it still on (red light)? becouse mine is always on except when screen is locked and turned off course and then it turns on again when i turn the screen on...this is how sensor should work... If urs doesnt work that way then go send the phone to waranty... I wouldnt investigate anyomre just go to Sony.
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Until yesterday it used to be always on, but now only on the lockscreen. It stays off when I unlock the device.
Why can't we seen to find the real use of that light?
Is it even a feature?
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Until yesterday it used to be always on, but now only on the lockscreen. It stays off when I unlock the device.
Why can't we seen to find the real use of that light?
Is it even a feature?
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looks like this proximty sensor works that way by having red light turned on...so does ur adaptive brightnes still work after it turns off when u unlock the screen?i feel its faulty sensor!i can share u my experience with Z5...i had white spots on screen so i send it to repair and they replaced the screen but also they managed to break proxity sensor aswell... i actualy laughed out loud how can they be so careless ahhh nwm hope u fix it soon.
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looks like this proximty sensor works that way by having red light turned on...so does ur adaptive brightnes still work after it turns off when u unlock the screen?i feel its faulty sensor!i can share u my experience with Z5...i had white spots on screen so i send it to repair and they replaced the screen but also they managed to break proxity sensor aswell... i actualy laughed out loud how can they be so careless ahhh nwm hope u fix it soon.
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Well now I get it, atleast I think so.
Red light stays on if we turn on adaptive brightness.
It also turns on when data packets are being sent to our device (via wifi or mobile data)
But why? That is the main question here.
Previous devices never had this feature, and what diff does this make?
Looks like my adaptive brightness works fine.
Do you mean the light in the attachment?
It should be the infra-red light used by the proximity sensor anmd it is not meant to be seen by human. I can only take this from the camera of another device but I cannot actually see it.
Trust me, if you tries to use the camera of another device to view it, you will see it blinks a lot when the screen is on.
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Do you mean the light in the attachment?
It should be the infra-red light used by the proximity sensor anmd it is not meant to be seen by human. I can only take this from the camera of another device but I cannot actually see it.
Trust me, if you tries to use the camera of another device to view it, you will see it blinks a lot when the screen is on.
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That is exactly what I am talkin about.
It is not supposed to be visible for naked eye until you use a camera.
This one just stays on. Doesn't blink.
l3enjamin said:
Do you mean the light in the attachment?
It should be the infra-red light used by the proximity sensor anmd it is not meant to be seen by human. I can only take this from the camera of another device but I cannot actually see it.
Trust me, if you tries to use the camera of another device to view it, you will see it blinks a lot when the screen is on.
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OK so looks like im having a camera in my eyes LOL cuz i can see that red dot light constantly turned on...ill see what Sony will say about that.im gonna call waranty just for curiosity.maybe they know something
There may be some variation of the wavelength produced by that LED from device to device, while I cannot see it in my XZ, I can saw it in my last LG device. It won't cause any battery draining problem because either you see it or not, it is still blinking.
My God
This is not a problem
By using this proximity sensor our phone controls the automatic brightness setting.
which is called Adaptive Brightness
zohaib0001 said:
My God
This is not a problem
By using this proximity sensor our phone controls the automatic brightness setting.
which is called Adaptive Brightness
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hey buddy we all know that but we just want to clarify why some ppl can see the light and some not.... read next time
Xperia X and XZs does this and its annoying, Sony obviously did a bad job in defining what's visible to humans.