Titanium Grey Galaxy S3 and NOTE have notification light (LED) defects. The LED does not show the correct colours due to the absence of a cut out of the grey material when the notification LED is. So the LED shines under the grey material which results in wrong colours being deployed and not being as bright. I own both a black and grey S3 and i can see a big difference in the brightness of the LED light. Also when for example a whatsapp message comes through, by default the notification colour is white, but the unfortunately its deployed light blue on the grey phone. Also yellow is displayed as green. This is my 2nd grey S3 and i have also tested a grey Note 2 with the same results.....
How can Samsung release phones like this ?
I don't think that's true for all. My grey note 2 is showing correct colors, and it's even brighter than my s3's as a matter of fact.
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wtfshouldidonow said:
I don't think that's true for all. My grey note 2 is showing correct colors, and it's even brighter than my s3's as a matter of fact.
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Would you be so kind to take a picture or video of your grey not 2 flashing white for me please ? Also from which country did you purchase it from and what colour is your S3 ? Thanks
Also when the notification light is OFF can you see it or is there no cut out in the grey frame . On my one there no cut out and its hardky visible unless its on or flashing
There is no cut out. And only visible when light is on. Mine is not the i9300 but i have the tit_grey i9305 and is exactly the same as my previous white i9300. The light is perfect
I think u may have a light issue on your device
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btemtd said:
There is no cut out. And only visible when light is on. Mine is not the i9300 but i have the tit_grey i9305 and is exactly the same as my previous white i9300. The light is perfect
I think u may have a light issue on your device
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This is the 2nd titanium grey i9300 i have owned, i also own a black one and used to own a white one. Also i have checked 3 grey note 2's at 2 different shops so i know what im talking about. Every single grey S3 or note 2 had the same thing. Please download from the play store a app called "LED tester". Then check the white,yellow and orange colours and get back to me. You should see the white shines like cyan (very light blue), the yellow as green and the orange also like green. Please get back to me and let me know. Thanks !
djsteel3000 said:
This is the 2nd titanium grey i9300 i have owned, i also own a black one and used to own a white one. Also i have checked 3 grey note 2's at 2 different shops so i know what im talking about. Every single grey S3 or note 2 had the same thing. Please download from the play store a app called "LED tester". Then check the white,yellow and orange colours and get back to me. You should see the white shines like cyan (very light blue), the yellow as green and the orange also like green. Please get back to me and let me know. Thanks !
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No need for market apps.
Dial *#0*# and click LED.
Mine is pebble blue, but i tried a Note 2 grey in a shop and it displayed, green blue and red correctly from that menu.
There is no defect.
Skander1998 said:
No need for market apps.
Dial *#0*# and click LED.
Mine is pebble blue, but i tried a Note 2 grey in a shop and it displayed, green blue and red correctly from that menu.
There is no defect.
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Yes, i already used this code (*#0*#) and yes RED, GREEN & BLUE are all working ( not as bright as the white,black,blue and red S3's that have the cut out. But the lighter mixed colours are the ones that dont work correctly on the grey phone. If you would like try this app (LED tester) on a grey S3 or Note 2 you will see what i mean.
i also have a standard white s3 in my house and it was mine previously there is no cut out where the led is,
And the led effects are the same.
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led not even turning on
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Yes, i already used this code (*#0*#) and yes RED, GREEN & BLUE are all working ( not as bright as the white,black,blue and red S3's that have the cut out. But the lighter mixed colours are the ones that dont work correctly on the grey phone. If you would like try this app (LED tester) on a grey S3 or Note 2 you will see what i mean.
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i have a new 9300 i have even tried the new jb update still i dont see the led light i have tried led tester and *#0*# still led is not displayin anything
I can confirm that problem.
I also have Titanium Gray GS3 and I'm quite disappointed with those LED colors which are not real
same problem with pebble blue s3
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Titanium Grey Galaxy S3 and NOTE have notification light (LED) defects. The LED does not show the correct colours due to the absence of a cut out of the grey material when the notification LED is. So the LED shines under the grey material which results in wrong colours being deployed and not being as bright. I own both a black and grey S3 and i can see a big difference in the brightness of the LED light. Also when for example a whatsapp message comes through, by default the notification colour is white, but the unfortunately its deployed light blue on the grey phone. Also yellow is displayed as green. This is my 2nd grey S3 and i have also tested a grey Note 2 with the same results.....
How can Samsung release phones like this ?
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I'm facing the same problem with my pebble blue s3. All colours except red, blue and green are more or less incorrect. Most of the colors infact show up as a mixture of two or three colours all appearing at the same time. It's such a disappointment to see all those lovely colors of lite flow not being displayed correctly.
Have you found out the solution to this problem yet? Is it even a fixable issue? I'd appreciate any help regarding this problem, as its driving me nuts. Thanks
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Most of the colors infact show up as a mixture of two or three colours all appearing at the same time.
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that's exactly what happens, that's how rgb leds work. It has a red, green and blue lights, that turn on at the same time with different intensity to make a new color
Glebun said:
that's exactly what happens, that's how rgb leds work. It has a red, green and blue lights, that turn on at the same time with different intensity to make a new color
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Yes, that's widely known.
The question is why do we see these colours one by one, when other people don't experience that kind of a problem.
Ynt: Notification light issue with TITANIUM GREY Galaxy S3's & Note 2's
Thx a lot
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celeronix said:
Yes, that's widely known.
The question is why do we see these colours one by one, when other people don't experience that kind of a problem.
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Exactly!! Does anyone have any answers?
As people have already said, none have a cut-out and the LED should be invisible when turned off. Don't know what gave you the impression to the contrary.
Not seeing it when it's off is, presumably, the whole idea of not having a cut-out.
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esist said:
As people have already said, none have a cut-out and the LED should be invisible when turned off. Don't know what gave you the impression to the contrary.
Not seeing it when it's off is, presumably, the whole idea of not having a cut-out.
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Okay, let's leave this behind. Obviously that's not the problem.
So?
I have the same exact problem with my Grey Note 2....although I noticed something..the latest update for Light Manager fixed the problem completely and I now get correct colors... but my biggest problem now is with Whatsapp..if I don't add it to light manager it will still display wrong colors..and with light manager I can't configure the color for private messages or group messages..it's just one color for all which is not useful for me.
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I have the same exact problem with my Grey Note 2....although I noticed something..the latest update for Light Manager fixed the problem completely and I now get correct colors... but my biggest problem now is with Whatsapp..if I don't add it to light manager it will still display wrong colors..and with light manager I can't configure the color for private messages or group messages..it's just one color for all which is not useful for me.
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+1 I think this is cause by the opacity of the LED screen filter is too low so the color is not well combined before showing out its color And the color is spreading :crying:
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Does anyone have a problem with their Atrix flashing a yellowish flash rather than a bright white when taking a picture or using it as a flashlight? I was wondering if it was just my phone that had a bad LED flash or if it's all Atrix..
Mine is yellow also.
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olieebur said:
Does anyone have a problem with their Atrix flashing a yellowish flash rather than a bright white when taking a picture or using it as a flashlight? I was wondering if it was just my phone that had a bad LED flash or if it's all Atrix..
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mine is yellow but i'm more concerned about the flickering when on a flashlight app. warranty time if yours does the same.
I think the yellowish tint is intentional to mute the buttons. My Fascinate buttons were bright white and really drew attention. I like the muted off white color.
edit: I mis-read the thread and posted about the led backlit buttons, not the LED flash... my bad. However, there are threads about the yellowish buttons!
Yeah i prefer the yellow, i had the bright white on my nexus one and it always washed pictures out.
Yes my flash leds are yellow as well I think this is standard.
I honestly like more the yellow tint than the insane white of other phones. Gives a more natural color to the shots.
Hmmm good to know this seems to be standard. I took some test pics and looked very odd to me. Maybe it was a combo of the off screen colors and yellow flash..
My Atrix is yellow but my girlfriend's atrix is white... I will show pictures later if there is any interest...
Is this the Samsung galaxy s3 in black ?? Or is it just poor lightning condition ??
Does look cool though
SOurce: http://www.sammobile.com/2012/06/04/did-samsung-change-the-galaxy-siii-pebble-blue/
The above site quotes that everyone is changing the name to metallic blue !!
Wouldnt be surprised if they launched one
What do you guys think ??
Made it to engadget :
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/galaxy-s-iii-new-color/
PhoneArena :
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Blue...appears-on-video-in-a-different-shade_id30876
These people are Reporting a GUN METAL SHADE
That looks more like a gunmetal color. But, since I don't speak that language, hard to say what color he said it was. LOL.
Looks better than any pebble blue GS3 that I have seen.
If that is the pebble blue in natural light. I'm so glad I waited!
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Looks like the Blue version to me tbh.
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What do you guys think ??
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It's the blue one (which is i think nearly black really and what I am hoping when mine turns up! ) Lighting makes a huge difference as well as correct white balance and the screen you're using to look at things (unless properly calibrated). You can bet the advertising shots were lit in a way that really emphasised the blue. In the video you can clearly see a blue tint when he moves the phone around and it catches the light
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Still not sold. Even the closeups show no fine lines or blue tint like EVERY other review in any other type of light has shown.
My local carphone warehouse have blue demo units and they look nothing like that in the flesh it looks proper light blue in hand
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That is the comercial blue color.
Metallic Blue says on the video
And confirmed by SamMobile: Pebble Blue = Metallic Blue
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/06/04/did-samsung-change-the-galaxy-siii-pebble-blue/
I wish it actually looked like it did in that video.
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I wish it actually looked like it did in that video.
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Yup it looks really slick
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Still not sold. Even the closeups show no fine lines or blue tint like EVERY other review in any other type of light has shown.
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Thats the thing !! The normal Pebble blue Version shows off its blue hue even in minimal lighting !!! But this is totally different !!! Its more on the Grayish Base !!! couldnt find a little bit of the blue tinge normally available !! ANd mind you its quite a well LIT ROOM !!! I have seen the Pebble blue in a far more darker room and could easily make out the Color
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It's the blue one (which is i think nearly black really and what I am hoping when mine turns up! ) Lighting makes a huge difference as well as correct white balance and the screen you're using to look at things (unless properly calibrated). You can bet the advertising shots were lit in a way that really emphasised the blue. In the video you can clearly see a blue tint when he moves the phone around and it catches the light
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I hope this is TRUE !!!
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Still not sold. Even the closeups show no fine lines or blue tint like EVERY other review in any other type of light has shown.
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Look again at around 2min30... You clearly see the "fine lines" they are, just like the blue hue, more or less visible depending on how the light falls. Would be great if one of the German speakers on the forum could translate the gist of it
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Made it to engadget :
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/galaxy-s-iii-new-color/
PhoneArena :
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Blue...appears-on-video-in-a-different-shade_id30876
Well if it would have been the same shade, these guys wouldnt have bothered to make a post out of it
They are reporting it as gun metal shade
Well a guy can surely dream right
Do you believe everything you read on the net
I'll see what my blue one actually looks like when I get it...
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Isadora said:
Do you believe everything you read on the net
I'll see what my blue one actually looks like when I get it...
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No but a part of me wants to believe this
Fingers Crossed
I've been wondering this ever since I checked out the LED on my S3.
I've had the GNexus before this and it appears that both these phones (GNexus and S3) have the same LED module.
However, the S3 isn't able to display most of the colors that the GNexus can. I can only think of one reason for that: Drivers.
I was wondering if some dev here can look into this and post here. I'm sure we'd all love to have access to all those colors!
The LED model seems to be LED-AAT1290
list out the colours mate?
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I've seen Blue, Green and Red. I9300 XXDLID
I did a test using the LED color tester app, and the only real problem seemed to be the Orange, all others in the app worked fine.
White led always seems to be bluish white....
Indeed not at all white...sky blue color....
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I'm using an International GS3 and well... First of all that LED tester app doesn't work since I have lightflow installed.
Now lightflow itself fails to produce most of the colors accurately (other than red blue green).
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I read in the LED Tester App reviews that the Tmobile GS3 can produce most of the colors accurately. For example one guy says that he can get PINK displayed correctly. For me, it appears as a rainbow-ish white lol
interesting...hope someone can do that
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I've seen Blue, Green and Red. I9300 XXDLID
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With Light Manager, I'm currently using white, blue, cyan, green, red, purple. When I was using Lightflow I was also using orange.
Using Light Manager, I've just tested orange, yellow, pink, In some cases the colours aren't perfect; yellow for instance looks a bit funny but still works and I can tell it's a different colour from others. I'm in Australia with international i9300.
You do realize that with Light Manager ...
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With Light Manager, I'm currently using white, blue, cyan, green, red, purple. When I was using Lightflow I was also using orange.
Using Light Manager, I've just tested orange, yellow, pink, In some cases the colours aren't perfect; yellow for instance looks a bit funny but still works and I can tell it's a different colour from others. I'm in Australia with international i9300.
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You do realize that with Light Manager you can customize the hex value of each color to your precise value?
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You do realize that with Light Manager you can customize the hex value of each color to your precise value?
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Just explored this option.
Yep, we have terrible LED colours.
But then I use a few basic colours: White, Red, Green, Darkas**** Blue and my notifications are sorted out.
Can you guys try and bring this to some good devs attention?
Im sure this can be fixed with a lil programming magic.
Phew! I thought that my notification light was busted or something!
If you go to GO SMS settings and change the colour, it doesn't appear as it should! Red, Blue, and Green are perfect! The rest of the colours aren't perfect. In fact, it looks like there's a bit of blue mixed into most of them. It is very annoying and it makes the colours purple.
DeadSOL said:
Phew! I thought that my notification light was busted or something!
If you go to GO SMS settings and change the colour, it doesn't appear as it should! Red, Blue, and Green are perfect! The rest of the colours aren't perfect. In fact, it looks like there's a bit of blue mixed into most of them. It is very annoying and it makes the colours purple.
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Its not
When I sold my GNexus and bought the S3, I didn't know that the S3 has a full-fledged proper Tri-color LED. I had seen internet videos but they all appeared so dim (weird). It was a very pleasant surprise when I saw this thing blink
I hope some dev gives this problem a look. They could tout it as a main feature in their ROM
Accurate LED Lights!
I've used Light Flow, Light Blinker and Light Manager, and noticed that the S4 doesn't seem to display custom colors very well.
For example if I chose cyan, the LED light just looks blue. If I chose magenta or pink, the light just looks purple; choosing orange, light just looks yellow. Because of some insurance mix up, Verizon sent me two S4s, and I tested this issue on both phones and they're both like that. Is this a hardware issue? Or is there a way to correct it? I remember the custom colors on my S3 were very accurate. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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I've used Light Flow, Light Blinker and Light Manager, and noticed that the S4 doesn't seem to display custom colors very well.
For example if I chose cyan, the LED light just looks blue. If I chose magenta or pink, the light just looks purple; choosing orange, light just looks yellow. Because of some insurance mix up, Verizon sent me two S4s, and I tested this issue on both phones and they're both like that. Is this a hardware issue? Or is there a way to correct it? I remember the custom colors on my S3 were very accurate. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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If you indeed have an S4 and not the S4 Active, you are in the wrong forum.
poor color reproduction
melella said:
I've used Light Flow, Light Blinker and Light Manager, and noticed that the S4 doesn't seem to display custom colors very well.
For example if I chose cyan, the LED light just looks blue. If I chose magenta or pink, the light just looks purple; choosing orange, light just looks yellow. Because of some insurance mix up, Verizon sent me two S4s, and I tested this issue on both phones and they're both like that. Is this a hardware issue? Or is there a way to correct it? I remember the custom colors on my S3 were very accurate. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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I've had the same problem with mine, I haven't found a way yet to correct the colors. I've resorted to depending more on the blink rate for some things. Would love to have a better selection of colors though.
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If you indeed have an S4 and not the S4 Active, you are in the wrong forum.
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No, the OP was posted in the Verizon Galaxy S4 Q&A/Troubleshooting forum, I think you might have been confused when you posted. Happens to us all at some point.
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I've had the same problem with mine, I haven't found a way yet to correct the colors. I've resorted to depending more on the blink rate for some things. Would love to have a better selection of colors though.
Is that an issue with all the S4s or I just have a bad one (or 2)?
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No, the OP was posted in the Verizon Galaxy S4 Q&A/Troubleshooting forum, I think you might have been confused when you posted. Happens to us all at some point.
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Not confused at all. It was originally posted to the Galaxy S4 Active subforum and got moved here after I posted.
Hi guys, I wanna buy white version of MOTOROLA MOTO E (1st generation). But.. Do we see (white) led notification in white version of phone?
I'll be grateful for replies
Yup, there are in fact 2 white lights...
The less bright one works out of the box and flashes for notifications;
the brighter one is always off, but if you're rooted it can be mapped to system events depending on the kernel (make it a charging or disk access light!)
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Yup, there are in fact 2 white lights...
The less bright one works out of the box and flashes for notifications;
the brighter one is always off, but if you're rooted it can be mapped to system events depending on the kernel (make it a charging or disk access light!)
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Thanks for reply!
Is it visible during daylight at white phone? I'm worry that led notification in black version of phone can be so much better visible than white version of phone, isn't it?
He wants to know of its visible. I dont think that you HAVE to do the mods to use the phone
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I'm worry that led notification in black version of phone can be so much better visible than white version of phone, isn't it?
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It will likely have less contrast, but the led still illuminates (unlike the one on the Xperia U, which actually looks like a painted disk outside of a pitch dark room!!) -- and a semitransparent white paint over the LED area will also probably attenuate the light less than a semitransparent black one!
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I dont think that you HAVE to do the mods to use the phone
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Nope!
There is a black hole technology integrated into the white version. Black one has a simple white LED. But on the white one, when a notification arrives, a black hole will be created at the top right of the bezel. It appears like "black light" (or better call it a singularity) and is clearly visible because of the white background
Well, jokes apart, it is clearly visible even in the sun, of course you will need to look at the phone in the sun in order to know it's blinking. In the dark, it illuminates my room. Don't worry, go for it. White looks classy
thanks a lot guys,
so i'm going to buy white version