front facing led? But not really

[scottybones]

Why the hell is there two little led s on the front of the phone? One actually looks like a camera and one looks like it could be a flashing led. Did att disable this or something? Or was it stripped out of the phone at the last minute? ****ed up. I miss the flashing led from my blackberry, but whatever, blackberry is light years behind every single platform

 

[La Luna]

Look for NoLED on the Market, works well for me.

 

[Andrewdroid]

I believe one might be a proximity sensor to turn off the phone's screen when it's near your face

 

[pmd5700]

I think one is a proximity sensor to determine if it's next to your face. I think the other is a light sensor used with auto-brightness.

 

[ru_benz]

One is a proximity sensor to deactivate the screen and disable touch input when held against your face, and the other is a light sensor to detect ambient lighting.

 

[NorCal Einstein]

You might consider doing some research into some of the various custom ROMs built on Froyo. Many of them have a feature called "BLN" (Back Light Notification). If you're running a ROM with BLN, when you have a notification on your phone (text, email), the 4 soft keys on your phone will light up. You can also have those 4 soft keys blink as well.

I too miss the LED on my Blackberry, and BLN has filled that void for me.

 

[btswein]

IIRC, they are ambient light sensors.

 

[Android26]

Yeah I wish the Captivate had a notification light like Blackberry phones do. Or if the BLN that NorCal Einstein is talking about was built in.