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LED Notification Light Discussion Thread

Does anyone know? It looks like it does but I'm not sure.

Wow, that's something that I never considered. The LED notification light is something that comes in very handy on my EVO, especially when I'm in meetings and don't look at my phone until later. It's not really a "crucial" element for me because it's just as easy to turn the phone on and look at the notification bar, but just a convenient thing that would be nice if the phone has it.

Motorola Mobility, Inc. - Media Center - Fact Sheets - Motorola PHOTON? 4G Fact Sheet

From the Motorola spec sheet, I don't see any mention of LED w/ exception to the dual-LED flash for the camera.

I'm not too familiar with all the other Motorola phones, but do any of the others have it (e.g. Atrix, Droid X2)?
 
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id like to think its safe to assume that yes, it will be included. as mentioned, all recent motorolas have had them. i owned the droid 1, droid 2 and droid x, all in which had the notification LED

Although it wouldn't have been a deal breaker for me, it's good to know other folks that have had the other Motorola phones can confirm they had LED notifications.
 
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The lack of an indicator LED is one reason I didn't upgrade to the Nexus S (the lack of integration with Sprint Visual Voicemail being the other). Ended up with an Evo Shift for now.

I guess it hasn't been a big issue for me, just because I'm always checking my phone for any messages, especially when I step away from it for a period of time.

Nontheless, the Photon will have it, which is definitely better than not having it.
 
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I guess it hasn't been a big issue for me, just because I'm always checking my phone for any messages, especially when I step away from it for a period of time.

Nontheless, the Photon will have it, which is definitely better than not having it.

One thing I loved about my gfs droid was the multicolor led notification light that allowed her to set up specific led lights for text messages from different people. I forget the total number of colors it had but it was quite a few.
 
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When I get a text (pop up) and the screen turns off before I dismiss it, the led just to the right of the lens of the front camera illuminates with the specified color at the specified frequency (default keeps the led on). I get nothing when the screen is on.

This is a possibility, or maybe some other app is interfering with your notifications? Have you turned off notifications in the stock app?
 
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For some reason my notification light doesnt turn on when I plug my phone in to charge anymore. This happening with anyone else? First day I got the phone I plugged it in and it lit a yellow/orange color until it turned green when fully charged. Ever since then it doesnt light up at all.

I still get notification lights for missed calls, etc, just not when plugged in. Any ideas?
 
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Ive never seen it light up during charging, was the phone originally turned off when you noticed this?

Ive grown to like this feature as it allows the notification light to work as it otherwise would, for texts and emails, etc.

Hmm. You make a good point, maybe the phone was off when I initially charged it. Ill turn it off just to test, but I think you're right.
 
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Hmm. You make a good point, maybe the phone was off when I initially charged it. Ill turn it off just to test, but I think you're right.

Were you able to confirm if that was the case? I actually noticed this tonight and was hoping there was a way to change the settings so that the LED would activate whenever the phone was plugged in and charging.
 
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