When I have a Google Now notification, which is almost all the time, the notification lights blink. And since the lights only come with three colors, and it seems almost all notifications use the SAME color, I never know if it's flashing because my battery is low, if I have an email, text, or a Google Now notification, missed call, voicemail, etc!
If only Lightflow worked on the stock DNA, then I could at least change colors for some of these things. So irritating.
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When I have a Google Now notification, which is almost all the time, the notification lights blink. And since the lights only come with three colors, and it seems almost all notifications use the SAME color, I never know if it's flashing because my battery is low, if I have an email, text, or a Google Now notification, missed call, voicemail, etc!
If only Lightflow worked on the stock DNA, then I could at least change colors for some of these things. So irritating.
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I have to agree, especially because the light is so dim, I never notice it unless I'm staring right at it.
agreed. i also think that the same led powers both lights. I could be wrong, but they are useless for me as well
Personally I LIKE the fact that they are useless. I hate annoying blinking lights.
They do shine fine in the dark I guess.
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Personally I LIKE the fact that they are useless. I hate annoying blinking lights.
They do shine fine in the dark I guess.
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Seconded. I think they're perfectly subtle. I hate devices with super bright LEDs that light up the whole room when they flash.
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Seconded. I think they're perfectly subtle. I hate devices with super bright LEDs that light up the whole room when they flash.
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yeah, the s3 and that stupid blue led. and light flow didn't even work on the s3 to change it
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The point isn't whether you prefer notification lights or not but that HTC chose to implement them and therefore it is reasonable to expect them to serve their purpose adequately, which they don't. They truly are almost useless being as dim and color-unchangeable as they are (not to mention how far recessed into the speaker grill the front light is).
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They could've been a tad bigger imho... I rarely even notice it flashing until I actually pick the phone up and look at it... And at that point I mine as well turn the display on to check. Lol
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I miss the RAZR HD maxx light at times... So yes I wish it was multicolored and a bit bigger
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Loll are we ever going to be able to change the colors of them?
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ummm yeah.... the notification light isn't exactly HTC's strongest feature.
I like how they tried to implement them, I like them on both sides and think it could be very well done. With that said they are very dim and pretty weak so they aren't that useful.
I personally find it rather useful for certain things. I often have my phone face down (which I feel is the position it was designed to sit in) and the rear notification light has been really helpful this far.
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yeah, the s3 and that stupid blue led. and light flow didn't even work on the s3 to change it
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I have lightflow working fine on my gf S3, what seems to be your problem with it?
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I have lightflow working fine on my gf S3, what seems to be your problem with it?
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instead of blinking, some notifications would stay a solid color even after making it set to blink. some colors would show up as other colors. horribly, awful battery drain.
lightflow was great on the gnex and terrible on the s3.
Wait, I was unaware the notification led was 3 colors? What are these colors? I'm assuming green, orange, and...?
I'm getting the phone tomorrow though
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Wait, I was unaware the notification led was 3 colors? What are these colors? I'm assuming green, orange, and...?
I'm getting the phone tomorrow though
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Green, Orange and Dark Orange
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I guess my main problem is the fact that the led comes on even for Google Now notifications, and I have those on all the time. I can somewhat live with the limited colors, but because the light comes on for Google Now (and like I said, I always have those on), I never know if I have any other notifications because the light is always blinking.
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i would love a s3 sized lamp on the s3. I can see if i had a message from a mile away. particularly useful when im at the gym and my phone is on another bench. I miss that
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Green, Orange and Dark Orange
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Well that was anti-climactic.
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Has anyone heard if this phone will have a multi colored LED, or just the lame orange/green one..
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Has anyone heard if this phone will have a multi colored LED, or just the lame orange/green one..
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They will probably stick with the green/amber just like ALL the other HTC phones have had. Id rather HTC put a camera with a better ccd/cmos sensor in than a multi-colored led.
Id rather then do both and also up the damn battery to 2 days use lol
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They will probably stick with the green/amber just like ALL the other HTC phones have had. Id rather HTC put a camera with a better ccd/cmos sensor in than a multi-colored led.
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I agree.....they can and should improve the camera.....and I'd take a thicker heavier phone in order to have at least a 2000mah-2200mah battery in there.....and my old tilt aka touch pro had all types off led colors on that bad boy!!!
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They will probably stick with the green/amber just like ALL the other HTC phones have had. Id rather HTC put a camera with a better ccd/cmos sensor in than a multi-colored led.
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There's no reason they could't spend an extra .001 cents per phone and put in a multicolored LED. Plenty of other HTC phones have had them too FYI.
I've had red, green, amber and blue on my current og evo. I dont see y we won't at least have the current colors we have.
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Has it been confirmed to have one? The Nexus S i'm using now doesn't have one which I think is ridiculous!
But yea, multi-colored would be awesome. The Droid had one and it was cool to be able to customize it based off of what notification it was.
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I've had red, green, amber and blue on my current og evo. I dont see y we won't at least have the current colors we have.
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How'd you get blue????????
HTC EVO = my best friend
Yall know there is another led right across from the amber one behind the mesh.
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Using handcent sms u can assign colors to ur notifications and blue is an option and I selected it and it worked
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Using handcent sms u can assign colors to ur notifications and blue is an option and I selected it and it worked
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Mine never did. Actually after an update a while ago it Jo longer gave me colors. Just green, amber, and red because those are the only colors the led supports.
I like the nice green wimax led across from the main led. But the only time I've seen it work on messages is on the MUIU ROM.
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Not all evos have the blue for whatever reason... my first one did. My replacement doesn't.
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Not all evos have the blue for whatever reason... my first one did. My replacement doesn't.
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Now I'm pissed!! You mean to tell me the evo does have blue !! Can anyone else confirm this? What hardware rev. has this? 002? 003?
And which led is it? the left one or the right(wimax) one?
Some ppl have found a way to mix yellow and green to get a blueish/purpleish color. But that's not the same as a blue led !!
I take back what I last said, I currently have the latest version of handcent and it only offers the green or amber light for text. So I have no clue about a blue one. I hope the E3D has one. I mean, isn't it suppose to for Bluetooth so you know its connected lol??????
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Its the notification led. Sorry, I don't remember what revision it was... It was very much blue, and not a mix. It surprised me a lot the first time... facebook used it.
yeah I agree, It would be cool to have a 256 color led, Id have one color be sms, one for missed call, one for voicemail, and random color strobe for incoming call.
That would be pretty sick but ill just be happy with a blue light! And a back cover with a blue camera ring instead of red
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Does anyone else find that the:
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there is some bleeding yes but that would have to be modified by whoever will make custom kernels
I notice this too, I think its just because of the similar color of led and face color. I'm sure its not as noticeable on the carbon blue. Slight side effect of such a great color.
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Yea, did not have that issue with my blue one. I swapped it out for the white one yesterday.
I was jealous of my girlfriends white Note. Just turned the lights off. Issue fixed for now.
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Yea, did not have that issue with my blue one. I swapped it out for the white one yesterday.
I was jealous of my girlfriends white Note. Just turned the lights off. Issue fixed for now.
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I did the opposite...I swapped to the carbon one because the bleed bothered me.
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If you think that's bad you should see the white skyrocket. Now that was bright. Gnote is no where near as bright as the skyrocket. I think the skyrocket uses some kind of LED lighting which if you can get pass how bright it is, it looks a lot better.
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If you think that's bad you should see the white skyrocket. Now that was bright. Gnote is no where near as bright as the skyrocket. I think the skyrocket uses some kind of LED lighting which if you can get pass how bright it is, it looks a lot better.
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I actually noticed them in the AT&T store. I figured it was a Samsung issue. I just turned off the lights. Don't really need them anyways.
This is a problem? Really??? Not trying to be an A-hole but I didn't notice it at all. The Beast needs bright lights! lol
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This is a problem? Really??? Not trying to be an A-hole but I didn't notice it at all. The Beast needs bright lights! lol
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LOL.. On some phones it's kinda overkill.. Just a stray bright light in the corner of your eye when you're looking at the screen.
Is there any way we will ever get the torch app from cm6 from the incredible I loved that light but when I try to use it its just a normal flashlight I want it bright than my room like the Droid incredible
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I never used that specific one, but have you tried this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408341 Seems to work great for me.
This is the app I use, its a nice app, has worked on any device I have put it on, even non rooted devices.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kZXZ1bmkuZmxhc2hsaWdodCJd
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This is the app I use, its a nice app, has worked on any device I have put it on, even non rooted devices.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kZXZ1bmkuZmxhc2hsaWdodCJd
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I never used that specific one, but have you tried this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408341 Seems to work great for me.
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ive used both of them i like them but nothing like the droid incredible flashlight which was schorching bright like twice as bright as these flashlights!
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ive used both of them i like them but nothing like the droid incredible flashlight which was schorching bright like twice as bright as these flashlights!
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The brightness of the Flash LEDs on the Rezound has nothing to do with the app you use
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The brightness of the Flash LEDs on the Rezound has nothing to do with the app you use
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or it can also be the fact that on my incredible i had cm7 and had torch which pushed the leds to their limit and made them really hot but i just loved that flashlight helped out when i needed to look for something in the dark
again, as a.mcdear pointed out - this is a 100% hardware capability thing. while some software might not set the same brightness levels in settings, the limits are the limits of the hardware.
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again, as a.mcdear pointed out - this is a 100% hardware capability thing. while some software might not set the same brightness levels in settings, the limits are the limits of the hardware.
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yes i know but i took out the leds out of my broken rezound i have a second one that i bought retail for not getting insurance never again and connected to a 3.5 volt connector and was significantly brighter so i know it can be forced to be brighter!
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yes i know but i took out the leds out of my broken rezound i have a second one that i bought retail for not getting insurance never again and connected to a 3.5 volt connector and was significantly brighter so i know it can be forced to be brighter!
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Sure, and you can hook them up to a car battery and they will explode, but that does not mean that another app can miraculously cause the hardware to deliver more power to the Flash LEDs. The fact is that the torch setting on any app is probably already using the maximum brightness that the hardware is capable of.
Snowman is not making things up. The nexus torch on the Incredible would overpower both LEDs at once for a crazy bright light. When I would run non-CM7 ROMs on my Incredible, I always looked for an alternative app that did the same thing, but never could. Most could only run one of the two LEDs. If they could light both at once, they were not overpowered.
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The galaxy torch works for me. Its free on the market.
It's a kernel tweak I believe, find someone who knows how to change it then there you go
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Snowman is not making things up. The nexus torch on the Incredible would overpower both LEDs at once for a crazy bright light. When I would run non-CM7 ROMs on my Incredible, I always looked for an alternative app that did the same thing, but never could. Most could only run one of the two LEDs. If they could light both at once, they were not overpowered.
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Yes thank you that's what I meant to say
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Try something for me then say again that the hardware limits the brightness.
Enter a dark room and turn on any of the available flashlight apps. Then, turn it off and take a picture with flash on. No comparison.
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Try something for me then say again that the hardware limits the brightness.
Enter a dark room and turn on any of the available flashlight apps. Then, turn it off and take a picture with flash on. No comparison.
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Yes I know all of the apps are the same but that torch one on cm7 is just the best and brightest I think they force the LEDs on the phone to go brighter because they do get hot
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Yes I know all of the apps are the same but that torch one on cm7 is just the best and brightest I think they force the LEDs on the phone to go brighter because they do get hot
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Yeah the torch app on the incredible was so bright that every time you turn it on it had a warning popup saying not to leave it on long because it would melt **** lol
No offense, but if having a bright flashlight is really this important to you, why not just get an actual flashlight?
Otherwise, if you're in a pinch and just need a quick light, the rezound is definitely bright enough for illuminating a dark area (like putting your keys in the car door in an unlit parking lot)
I still have my incredible (gf uses it actually) so I know how bright that app is.
What I was saying is that the rezound is clearly capable of the same bright flashlight as the incredible. The incredible one turns on the leds as if to flash while taking a picture but keeps the lights on. I see no reason why the rezound could not do the same. Now do I know how to get that working at the moment - no. But I'm interested enough to do some research and I'll post what I find.
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I still have my incredible (gf uses it actually) so I know how bright that app is.
What I was saying is that the rezound is clearly capable of the same bright flashlight as the incredible. The incredible one turns on the leds as if to flash while taking a picture but keeps the lights on. I see no reason why the rezound could not do the same. Now do I know how to get that working at the moment - no. But I'm interested enough to do some research and I'll post what I find.
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Refer to my post before, it is the answer y'all are looking for
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Yeah the torch app on the incredible was so bright that every time you turn it on it had a warning popup saying not to leave it on long because it would melt **** lol
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Yes no lie the plastic around the LEDs melted a little but I love it so much I am going to do some research to try to get this on our rezounds because it simply is amazing!!
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Anyone try changing the LED light's color to like.... maybe blue or red?
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Anyone try changing the LED light's color to like.... maybe blue or red?
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It's not possible, all we have are two colours, orange and green. Any other colours? We have yet to see them, maybe they need to be enabled at a kernel level, but we need source to find out.
It's quite possible(and is the case, in my opinion) that it is simply a dual-color LED, and that changing the color would require you disassembling the phone and changing the physical LED on the board.
Ohhhh I see. Well, only time will tell lmao. I'm too scared to take apart this phone xD
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Does anyone actually know if its a bicolor led or not? If its more than that it would be great! Cause I like the blue color like the droid razr has.
And even if it is a bicolor led, we can still get 3 colors. Green, amber, and red. (Amber have both colors turn on at the same time.)
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Does anyone actually know if its a bicolor led or not? If its more than that it would be great! Cause I like the blue color like the droid razr has.
And even if it is a bicolor led, we can still get 3 colors. Green, amber, and red. (Amber have both colors turn on at the same time.)
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No way we can know unless a kernel dev takes a look at the source.
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No way we can know unless a kernel dev takes a look at the source.
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i wish we had a hardware map that was so detailed it narrowed the parts down to the screws that hold this beast together!
then we would know lol
Anyone know what the color options are for the LED (s)? I'm messing around with light flow without much success.
It seems the back one only does orange and the front us yellow green or red?
Thanks in advance
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I recall reading somewhere light flow not working on droid DNA right now, they need to update.
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They should both be able to do green, orange, and yellow.
Both of them have a green led and a orange led, and if they are both on it makes yellow.
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I recall reading somewhere light flow not working on droid DNA right now, they need to update.
sent from HTC Droid DNA on Verizon.
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it works, kinda.... Really what I use lightflow for is not so much the actual light, although it was nice with my gnex, its more so for the repeating notifications with custom ringtones/sounds for different contacts. I am able to get that by just turning off every led notification and just use the sound and vibration. When ever I tried to use the lights I just had problems, so I gave up on them, besides, the front LED is maybe the worst I have ever seen, and I hardly ever see the back as I lay my phone down with the screen up. So yes, lightflow works, just not 100% as its name would suggest.
Yeah in really hoping it ends up having a little more control over the front LED. I relied on the difference between white/red/pink for text/call/whatsapp on my Nexus and was really hoping for the ability to do that on this phone.
At this point I just wanna get the light to stay solid rather than blinking...
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Yeah in really hoping it ends up having a little more control over the front LED. I relied on the difference between white/red/pink for text/call/whatsapp on my Nexus and was really hoping for the ability to do that on this phone.
At this point I just wanna get the light to stay solid rather than blinking...
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Well the different colors are not gonna happen.
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Well the different colors are not gonna happen.
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Yeah that's cool as long as I have three different colors I'm satisfied.
I got everything working now my only issue is the front LED blinks and the rear is solid when I want both to be solid.
We'll see what happens.
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