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I've seen LED power indicator mentioned in a few reviews, but couldn't find it on photos. And I don't have Prime yet, only original TF.
So, is there really a power indicator on the power button on the tablet itself?
Also, if it IS there, I have a suggestion. There's an app Missed Message Flasher on market, which flashes LED or hardware button highlight on my phone (which don't have LED) when you got a new notification. Why don't someone make similar app for TF Prime? So with any new notifications it would flash even if screen is off.
I've found myself pressing power button just to check if I got a new messages in IM or a new email quite a lot during everyday use. Would be very useful just to look on the tablet and see if anything require my attention (new notifications) by flashing LED. Hope it's not too dim for that purpose, and power consumption should be miniscule. Yeah I know it's playing a sound when I got something new, but this isn't so convenient and I could be absent at the time when new message appears. Flashing or pulsating LED would be quiet and nice.
Maybe not as app, but as a part of custom ROM - I suspect this functionality would require root.
Because it's in such a weird place you would never check to see the color of the light
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tixed said:
I've seen LED power indicator mentioned in a few reviews, but couldn't find it on photos. And I don't have Prime yet, only original TF.
So, is there really a power indicator on the power button on the tablet itself?
Also, if it IS there, I have a suggestion. There's an app Missed Message Flasher on market, which flashes LED or hardware button highlight on my phone (which don't have LED) when you got a new notification. Why don't someone make similar app for TF Prime? So with any new notifications it would flash even if screen is off.
I've found myself pressing power button just to check if I got a new messages in IM or a new email quite a lot during everyday use. Would be very useful just to look on the tablet and see if anything require my attention (new notifications) by flashing LED. Hope it's not too dim for that purpose, and power consumption should be miniscule. Yeah I know it's playing a sound when I got something new, but this isn't so convenient and I could be absent at the time when new message appears. Flashing or pulsating LED would be quiet and nice.
Maybe not as app, but as a part of custom ROM - I suspect this functionality would require root.
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Its so small and located in such a way you would have to be looking directly at, its probably not worth it.
Well, in very bright conditions - yes... But in not-so-bright-usual-geek-dungeon even blinking reflection on the table or wall is enough. Again, I don't (yet) have one to test the brightness myself, so this is only a speculation
tixed said:
Well, in very bright conditions - yes... But in not-so-bright-usual-geek-dungeon even blinking reflection on the table or wall is enough. Again, I don't (yet) have one to test the brightness myself, so this is only a speculation
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Personally, if I am in the same room as the TP, its in my hands anyway lol.
Not worth it
tixed said:
Well, in very bright conditions - yes... But in not-so-bright-usual-geek-dungeon even blinking reflection on the table or wall is enough. Again, I don't (yet) have one to test the brightness myself, so this is only a speculation
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As others have said, the light is too small, and in a place that the odds of having it in your line of sight would be minimal. You would only have a 25% chance that the top edge of the unit would be in line of sight. Good idea, really, but it plain wouldn't work well enough to be worth it.
BTW, it IS on the power button itself, which leads ME to a question. How is everyone's power button? Mine is stiff as a day old dead dog, and I find myself squashing, pushing, pushing again to get the unit out of sleep mode. My OG Transformers (all 3 of them, have a nice springy detent of perhaps 1/32" - 1/64" (damn America for never adapting the Metric System! I don't know my milimeters from my water meter) The new button is just a mush,, with no noticeable travel)
Ive seen something that ll make a little envelope bounce around on your screen,
though im not sure how battery intense this is (then again this thing has a mamoth batterylife so I wouldnt care!)
This is one reason I still sport my Nexus One which is my main messaging device. I love the RGB glowing trackball which my co-workers all call the glowing eye of mordor.
Not sure why this feature is so overlooked. I guess as more feature phone users upgrade they don't know what they are missing.
SmartAs$Phone said:
As others have said, the light is too small, and in a place that the odds of having it in your line of sight would be minimal. You would only have a 25% chance that the top edge of the unit would be in line of sight. Good idea, really, but it plain wouldn't work well enough to be worth it.
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Okay then Well, at least it's clear that it _does_ have LED power indicator. Too bad that new button is stiff also. Not a deal-breaker, ofc, but I'd be pressing it quite a lot during use.
Wordlywisewiz said:
Because it's in such a weird place you would never check to see the color of the light
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However, once you get a keyboard dock it may be more visible when in the closed position
Wordlywisewiz said:
Because it's in such a weird place you would never check to see the color of the light
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^^ this. It is tiny and only in the dark could you see it and only if the tablet has it's edge turned towards you. In reality, it is 100% worthless and I am surprised it is even there.
Just upgraded my SGS2 to the official ICS rom and for the most part I'm happy with the changes, my biggest gripe however is the dock screen (The screen that comes up when placed in the official dock).
In the GB version the dock screen would appear with the time and and any shortcuts you added, then after ~2 mins it would fade out to just the time on the screen in yellow which would slowly move around (I'm guessing to prevent burn-in/dead pixels).
Now in ICS the dock screen appears the same as GB, but after the ~2 mins only the shortcuts disappear - The background still stays along with the time and doesn't move.
This only concerns me as I have the dock on my and my wife's bedside tables and with the new screen it remains VERY bright compared at night (So for now I've just been turning my screen off).
Does anyone know how I can get the old dock back?
Bonus points if you know of a way to get the old dock back + be able to change the text colour of the 'faded' clock to an even darker colour.
I can't help you, but I also upgraded my S2 to the official ICS and my Dock Screen won't even work! It just stays on the standard home screen, when I put it into the dock. Does anyone have any tips on this?
Guys i would recommend to use a custom rom based on the lpq release,because they are far better then the original one.
Regards
DaKiii
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DaKiii said:
Guys i would recommend to use a custom rom based on the lpq release,because they are far better then the original one.
Regards
DaKiii
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I've tried several custom ROMs and didn't like them, so I've rooted and customised the official LPQ to my liking. The only thing left to fix is the clock...
American-Baron said:
I can't help you, but I also upgraded my S2 to the official ICS and my Dock Screen won't even work! It just stays on the standard home screen, when I put it into the dock. Does anyone have any tips on this?
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Hi American-Baron,
The LPQ version of the dock clock activates after 5 minutes and goes to a built in wallpaper (The blueish one). If you go to settings and pick a different wallpaper you'll see when it activates after 5 minutes as it'll go back to the blueish wallpaper.
Now onto my question for others...
I decided that I'd try and modify the package myself. I'm having success with that (Mostly) but after de-compiling the package there's a lot of references to night and nightmode. Does anyone know if there's a secret option or way to get it into nightmode as it seems odd that it'd have references to nightmode in it's code but no option for nightmode?
*My mostly comment is due to the fact that I can change the colour of the text but it remains the same across both initial mode as well as standby mode so whilst I can have a good colour when in my dock at night, I can't read it if I use that option during the day...But I am still working on it and will post it here once I get things working better
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Hi American-Baron,
The LPQ version of the dock clock activates after 5 minutes and goes to a built in wallpaper (The blueish one). If you go to settings and pick a different wallpaper you'll see when it activates after 5 minutes as it'll go back to the blueish wallpaper.
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Mine doesn't activate after 5 minutes. It stays on the home screen...
Are you using a genuine Samsung dock? If not maybe there's something different between yours and a genuine.
acecombat said:
Are you using a genuine Samsung dock? If not maybe there's something different between yours and a genuine.
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Yep, this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Original-Galaxy-Multimedia-Station/dp/B005ZIBL1E
American-Baron said:
Yep, this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Original-Galaxy-Multimedia-Station/dp/B005ZIBL1E
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Hmmm...That is the same as I have and it works fine...
I'm not too sure what else it could be then, perhaps someone else may know.
Sorry :|
Hope to help
hey guys,
i installed omega rom v12 ics, and amongst many things (radio included), it comes with two clocks, one is 308.3k, and the other is 8.5M.
The first one when activated, you touch the screen, and it dims, and the other one, when you connect to the dock, loads automatically, and is FAB.
i'm a bit noob, i know once i saw the whole name for both apk's, but i was trying to look for them now to tell you the names, but couldn't locate.
l8rz.
Is there a way to change the colours of the LEDs for notifications o nthe EVO 3d or is it hard set as just the red and the green? I found some apps on the market to change the colour, but they don't seem to work and I'm not sure if its related to my rom or the phone just physically won't do it.
I'm running Nonsense 3.1.
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thakk said:
Is there a way to change the colours of the LEDs for notifications o nthe EVO 3d or is it hard set as just the red and the green? I found some apps on the market to change the colour, but they don't seem to work and I'm not sure if its related to my rom or the phone just physically won't do it.
I'm running Nonsense 3.1.
Thanks.
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no way to change color...
Solid green light when HTC EVO 3D is connected to
the power adapter or a computer and the battery is
fully charged.
Flashing green light when you have a pending
notification.
Solid orange light when the battery is being charged.
Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very
low.
I think the last time this was discussed, it was determined to be a physical limitation for the led. Sorry.
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Dadovvv said:
no way to change color...
Solid green light when HTC EVO 3D is connected to
the power adapter or a computer and the battery is
fully charged.
Flashing green light when you have a pending
notification.
Solid orange light when the battery is being charged.
Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very
low.
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Orange? I never got orange!
No can do.
Ready tried to look up a way. But its not possible. It comes with a stock led light and the only way of changing the color is going inside the phone lol, you don't want to do that. Hopefully in the future Htc or any other company can give us that option to change LED color. And maybe perhaps coming out with more colorful phones for once.
jdeoxys said:
Orange? I never got orange!
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Yep Orange. HTC says http://www.htc.com/help/au/howto_iframe.aspx?id=88661&type=1&p_id=398
Green and red
I changed led colours on whatsapp n tried but only green and red !
Hi
Just got home with my Note 2 and have been loving it except for a possible issue with my LED light. When charging and the screen goes off, the red LED comes on which is good, the issue is that it is very dim. The odd thing is that when I power the device off and leave it charging, the LED indicator then turns bright red like it is usually supposed to be(like it is on my S3). I was just wondering if someone could power off their device while charging and tell me if the red charging LED is brighter than when your device is powered off than when when it's powered on.
One other issue is I tried to charge the Note 2 using one of the many Android charging cables I have laying around and when I use anything other than the charger supplied in the box, I get an intermittent tone and the device will not allow me to turn the screen off.
Would be much appreciated if someone can test these two possible issues and let me know if theirs does it too or if it's just mine.
Thanks for your time!!
I believe the led light is sensitive to light, meaning it will be dimmer in a darker area and lighter in a lighter area.
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lambo172 said:
I believe the led light is sensitive to light, meaning it will be dimmer in a darker area and lighter in a lighter area.
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That was it bro, thank you!! I was doing all of this is a dim environment and after reading your post I grabbed a flashlight and shined it at the front of the Note 2 and at first no change....but then all of a sudden it switched to the bright red LED. Big time thanks man I was not wanting to have to go back to the store and exchange again. I already had to exchange the first of for what was either a stuck pixel or dust under the screen. This one the screen is perfect so I want to keep it.
Can you or anyone else test a random charger for me and see how the Note 2 reacts. Wondering if this thing needs to be used with the supplied charger to not make this sound and the screen staying on. The odd thing is I just tried my Nexus 7 charger and it works without issue but all my other chargers act wonky with the Note 2. Again man thank you for your time to post it helped me out big time
Old MuckenMire said:
That was it bro, thank you!! I was doing all of this is a dim environment and after reading your post I grabbed a flashlight and shined it at the front of the Note 2 and at first no change....but then all of a sudden it switched to the bright red LED. Big time thanks man I was not wanting to have to go back to the store and exchange again. I already had to exchange the first of for what was either a stuck pixel or dust under the screen. This one the screen is perfect so I want to keep it.
Can you or anyone else test a random charger for me and see how the Note 2 reacts. Wondering if this thing needs to be used with the supplied charger to not make this sound and the screen staying on. The odd thing is I just tried my Nexus 7 charger and it works without issue but all my other chargers act wonky with the Note 2. Again man thank you for your time to post it helped me out big time
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Used my gnex charger and supplied one and both work fine
I really like the pitch black theme but I don't like that the charging color is red - the same color as if the battery is low. Should be blue during normal operation, red when it goes below 15% but then green whenever it is charging. Anyway to change this?
Find another theme.
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Find another theme.
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Ok Thanks! The thing I really like about XDA is how helpful and welcoming the senior members are.
So, if I had posed the question as "Can someone recommend a theme that is exactly like Pitch Black except that the charging color is different?" would your answer have been as helpful or less sarcastic?
Well, you didn't ask for a recommendation on a theme. You were upset that your theme doesn't have the "correct" color for charging and wanted to change this. No one here can read your mind.
If you'd ask for a good theme, I'd say to go for Mianogen/Jelly black.
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Well, you didn't ask for a recommendation on a theme. You were upset that your theme doesn't have the "correct" color for charging and wanted to change this. No one here can read your mind.
If you'd ask for a good theme, I'd say to go for Mianogen/Jelly black.
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That's right I didn't originally ask for a recommendation on a theme. I asked if there was a way to change the color of the charging icon. Your reply to me came off as rather snarky... so I apologize if it wasn't meant that way.. it's hard to convey over text.
So, I will check out the Mianogen theme, but do you know when it comes to themes, it's not just a matter of changing a png file or something in a system folder? Like, I can replace a charging icon one with the color I want etc?
Thanks
You'd need to decompile the apk and replace the animation files. Then recompile it. I believe it's possible, though I've never done this before.