When its done charging, the light goes out. Wont ruin your whole night of sleep since it charges so quickly.
yeah, but it's on for the 30 minutes i'm trying to fall asleep, which is all i care about
Here's a couple of ideas. Don't know what you do for a living, but what about charging it while at your desk if you have a desk job, and just shutting the phone off at night while you sleep? If that's not a viable option (if you're like me, and want the phone on at all times) why not charge the phone in another room. Leave it in the kitchen to charge next to your house keys this way it's not bothering you, and you are sure not to forget it.
programmer; already do the first part. however, i also use it all night at home, at least now while it's still a new toy. so, it's at 50% when i go to bed. i use the phone as my alarm clock, so it has to be next to the bed. also have some sick older relatives so need to be contactable all hours.
Some of us like the status light
Why not just put something like a paper cup on the phone? That's enough to cover the light emission and at the same time, not cause any heat issues.
but...some of us don't. so they should make it an option with a software toggle. not force either way on people.
covering it with a paper cup is as ghetto a solution as i can imagine (and you should see the paper clip holster i made for it for my desk, so don't think i'm saying that as a negative), but then again so is the electrical tape, so it might be what i have to go with if i can find a cup properly sized etc etc.
(+1 on the turn it round notion)
believe me, that's the first thing i did on the first night when i noticed it. but when you sleep in a pitch black room, any light is more light than you want. even turned around it's pretty bright, especially since my nightstand is next to a white wall - so i'm just reflecting the LED off the wall if it's facing away from my bed.
anyway, not necessarily complaining about the light, just agreeing with the original poster that it's annoying that it can't be toggled off. all power should be in the hands of the people, not the developer who decided "oh, they'll like this". it's not like it's hard to write a software switch to control an LED. just sayin. and for what it's worth i'm a huge droid fanboy, and everyone at work wishes i would shut up about it already, so don't think i'm bitchin about the phone
just my observation/experience.