Help Led notification too slow between blinks

cjustice42 · Oct 2, 2011

Is there anyway to speed up the LED Notification on this phone. It is about 10 seconds between blinks which is easy to miss when looking at the phone for any new texts, missed calls, voicemails, etc.....

I tried searching and couldn't find an answer, so I am sorry if this has already been discussed. I am relatively new to this forum.

BenChase7 · Oct 2, 2011

I highly agree with you. But, I dont think this is adjustable. Hopefully someone can prove me wrong.

_Epic · Oct 2, 2011

At first, when i got the phone. I thought there wasn't an LED light.

orb · Oct 2, 2011

Would be great if it was adjustable on many phones (maybe requires root for that?) However I'd rather not root my Inc S but would love a faster flashing LED. Sometimes messages etc are overlooked on my phone with just a quick glance at it.

The 1 flash per second or so is a basic R&D flaw IMHO.

unplugged1 · Oct 2, 2011

I find my self staring at my phone to see if the LED is showing. It makes you realize that there is someone, somewhere who decides what the blink rate is.

And he should be fired.

Chase32 · Oct 3, 2011

cjustice42 said:
Is there anyway to speed up the LED Notification on this phone. It is about 10 seconds between blinks which is easy to miss when looking at the phone for any new texts, missed calls, voicemails, etc.....

I tried searching and couldn't find an answer, so I am sorry if this has already been discussed. I am relatively new to this forum.

Download the SMS Popup app from the Market. It lets you set the LED blink rate speed (you can even set the milliseconds for the time it illuminates and the pause between the next flash) and color (although on the E4GT you're limited to red, blue, and purple).

You can customize a few other settings too and this app is the only way I've found so far to let you know when a text message comes in while you're on a call. The stock phone seems to keep silent and you have to notice it after you've hung up.

Here's the link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.everythingandroid.smspopup&hl=en

Trickyd76 · Oct 3, 2011

Chase32 said:
Download the SMS Popup app from the Market. It lets you set the LED blink rate speed (you can even set the milliseconds for the time it illuminates and the pause between the next flash) and color (although on the E4GT you're limited to red, blue, and purple).

You can customize a few other settings too and this app is the only way I've found so far to let you know when a text message comes in while you're on a call. The stock phone seems to keep silent and you have to notice it after you've hung up.

Here's the link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.everythingandroid.smspopup&hl=en

doesnt this app drain the battery...like i dont need more leakage...

derango1 · Oct 3, 2011

SMS popup is pretty awesome, but for some reason I can't get the led blinking frequency to work right. Awesome other than that though.

unplugged1 · Oct 3, 2011

derango1 said:
...for some reason I can't get the led blinking frequency to work right.

Same here. I tried frequency and color change, but got nothing. Do I have to disable the email notifications also? (Then I wouldn't get any email light.)

Thrash · Oct 3, 2011

The NoLED app works great for me.

derango1 · Oct 3, 2011

I'm going to have to try NoLED. SMS popup has another problem, it unlocks my phone when it does the reminder and then locks it up when I'm responding to the message.

Gaspowered · Oct 4, 2011

Lightflow from the market lets you change the colour and flash frenquency of the led.
(Note, only three colours will work with the E4GT, but it's better than the red only in stock form)

Cheers

Sycobob · Oct 4, 2011

Gaspowered said:
Lightflow from the market lets you change the colour and flash frenquency of the led.
(Note, only three colours will work with the E4GT, but it's better than the red only in stock form)

Cheers

+1 for Light Flow. SMS Unread caused some nasty battery drain for me on my Photon.

unplugged1 · Oct 4, 2011

Gaspowered said:
Lightflow from the market lets you change the colour and flash frenquency of the led.
(Note, only three colours will work with the E4GT, but it's better than the red only in stock form)

Cheers

I must be doing something wrong. The testing mode only turns on the red light constant. When I try to get it to come on regularly, gmail doesn't show at all o the LED, although the notification sound works.

bad1550 · Oct 4, 2011

What is the setting to announce contact name when the phone rings?

My phone used to announce name but no longer does?

unplugged1 · Oct 4, 2011

bad1550 said:
What is the setting to announce contact name when the phone rings?

I believe that feature is part of the "Driving Mode" in the Samsung Voice commands area. No guarantees, though.

bad1550 · Oct 4, 2011

unplugged1 said:
I believe that feature is part of the "Driving Mode" in the Samsung Voice commands area. No guarantees, though.

Thanks - That was it!

kenn · Oct 5, 2011

unplugged1 said:
I must be doing something wrong. The testing mode only turns on the red light constant. When I try to get it to come on regularly, gmail doesn't show at all o the LED, although the notification sound works.

I get the same with lightflow. I tried both "modes" and it's not working. The app says in the notes that it doesn't work with Samsung phones. Can someone who has this working on THEIR ET4G confirm their settings that enable it to work and the "test" to actually show up correctly?

Javeline4 · Oct 17, 2011

Has anyone had problems with lightflow?
Used to work great for a few days, but now my led doesn't come on at all for anything.
Tried clearing defaults, looked at system display settings, unistalled lightflow, nothing works.

Then tried reinstalling lightflow to see if that was the cause, but doesn't appear so.

Sierra255 · Oct 19, 2011

I agree about the LED blink rate. Way too fast and way too long in between blinks. I'm using the app Blink to adjust it. It's not great, but it is better than stock. You only have three settings for the rate (slow, medium and fast) for missed calls, text messages and emails. I didn't notice much of a difference between the three. And I can only get red and blue to work, no purple. It, however, has given me no other problems.

unplugged1 · Oct 19, 2011

Sierra255 said:
I'm using the app Blink to adjust it.

I can't get Blink to work. Is there some magical setting I am missing? I turned off my notifications in Settings, but that just means that I get no LED.

Anything else I can try?

Sierra255 · Oct 19, 2011

unplugged1 said:
I can't get Blink to work. Is there some magical setting I am missing? I turned off my notifications in Settings, but that just means that I get no LED.

Anything else I can try?

After launching the app, touch the menu button and go to 'LED Manager'. Check that the colors work for you. As I said earlier, I could only get red and blue to work. When you select the color, the LED will automatically turn on to tell you it's working. (If you have any questions about this, press the 'LED Field Test Guide' button. It has instructions.) If that color works, check the box and save the color so you can choose it later.

After you have all of your colors that work chosen, go to the Blink Colors tab and select 'Enter Blink'. First, make sure it says it is on down at the bottom. It's a bar, green for on, red for off. Also make sure each item you want to use Blink for is checked, like SMS, MMS, phone calls, etc. That's pretty much it.

unplugged1 · Oct 19, 2011

Sierra255 said:
That's pretty much it.

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, the Blink app doesn't appear to work with Google Voice. I get mey text and phone messages from GV, so this is a nonstarter. (I'm not even sure it's working for Gmail.)

psychotron · Oct 19, 2011

unplugged1 said:
I find my self staring at my phone to see if the LED is showing. It makes you realize that there is someone, somewhere who decides what the blink rate is.

And he should be fired.

Too difficult for you to pick it up and actually look at it?

unplugged1 · Oct 19, 2011

psychotron said:
Too difficult for you to pick it up and actually look at it?

You mean turn it on and look at it? That would sort of defeat the purpose of an LED notification, wouldn't it? The reason the LED is on a phone is so that you can glance at the phone to determine if you need to bother to "look at it."

Help Led notification too slow between blinks

Lurker

Android Expert

Well-Known Member

Newbie

Android Enthusiast

Lurker

Lurker

Lurker

Android Enthusiast

Lurker

Lurker

Newbie

Well-Known Member

Android Enthusiast

Well-Known Member

Android Enthusiast

Well-Known Member

Android Enthusiast

Newbie

Well-Known Member

Android Enthusiast

Well-Known Member

Android Enthusiast

Android Enthusiast

BEST TECH IN 2023

Smartphones

Best Android Phones

Upcoming

Best iPhones

Upcoming

Tablets

Best Tablets

Upcoming

Laptops

Best Laptops

Upcoming

Televisions

Best TVs

Upcoming

Game Consoles

Best Game Consoles

Upcoming

Wearables

Best Wearables

Upcoming

Smart Home

Smart Home Tech

Upcoming

Similar threads