Does the S4 have notification LED??

[bradyapba]

Hated it. It would "catch" my texts as soon as the phone received one. It would immediately stop the notification sound, turn the screen back off, and start flashing the missed text icon. I'm like..bitch! I didn't miss a text! You stole it!!

that never happens to me. but i customed each app to show what i wanted. Not sure if thats the difference. But that never happens to me. And i love being able to see at a quick glance where the notification is from, from txts to words with friends to facebook.

 

[Puddin422]

I did all that, too. Tinkered with it for a few weeks and gave up. Maybe it works better now? This was probably 1.5 yr ago on my GS2.

 

[bradyapba]

well, yes, I only downloaded it a few weeks ago.

 

[TheyCallMeBT]

I just looked at NOLED. I'm curious why you'd want to see it on the screen, rather than use the actual notification LED? If you didn't like that one, just check out Lite Flow Lite. I think I first heard about it on Droid Life.. or maybe it was on here. But I get the impression that it is the main/ top app that people use for this.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlite&hl=en

 

[CrimsonPride]

NoLED is a good option for phones that dont have LEDs, but it is a battery drain, and I dont see a reason to use it on a phone with an LED

 

[Podivin]

I tried LightFlow, but it was too intrusive on the process - seemed like it was always 'in the way'. I'm using Light Manager now and really like it. You set it to control the led the way you want, and then you never have to see it again.

 

[bradyapba]

simple. I work in an office. My phone is across the room a lot of the time. you cant always see the light. And what if I have 4-5 different apps giving me notifications? Do i have to wait for the colors to rotate? Once quick glance, and i can see them all. I like it way more that lite flow, or any other light led manager.

Do i have 3 txts waiting? 4? 10? 1? with LED all you know is you have one. NOLED tells me how many.

 

[Podivin]

simple. I work in an office. My phone is across the room a lot of the time. you cant always see the light. And what if I have 4-5 different apps giving me notifications? Do i have to wait for the colors to rotate? Once quick glance, and i can see them all. I like it way more that lite flow, or any other light led manager.

Do i have 3 txts waiting? 4? 10? 1? with LED all you know is you have one. NOLED tells me how many.

You like/want/need more info about your notifications than I do.

I'm a fairly 'basic' kind of guy.
I have notifications, or I don't.
If have notifications, I'm either going to check them now, or I'm not.
'How many' just doesn't even come in to play for me.

I think that's one of those 'to each his own' things.

 

[TheyCallMeBT]

simple. I work in an office. My phone is across the room a lot of the time. you cant always see the light. And what if I have 4-5 different apps giving me notifications? Do i have to wait for the colors to rotate? Once quick glance, and i can see them all. I like it way more that lite flow, or any other light led manager.

Do i have 3 txts waiting? 4? 10? 1? with LED all you know is you have one. NOLED tells me how many.

That makes sense. It's not what I need right now, but if I ever found myself in a similar situation, I might give it a try. So if you have a notification, does the screen stay on until your clear it? Granted, most of it is just black. But how does that do on your battery life?

 

[bradyapba]

i have it set to stay on, but its got settings to where you can have it shut off at any time frame you want. I dont notice it being a hog for battery, but I also rarely am away from a charger to have to worry about it, I have a wireless charging pad at my desk, and at home, and a plug in the car. So my phone is rarely away from a charger long enough for me to notice.