[Q] Only two notification light colours, red and green?

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Simple question guys: My phone only shows red or green for notifications - is there no orange on this bad boy? I came from G1/Wildfire so I'm used to there being an orange in between...

Originally Posted by NEUR0M4NCER

Simple question guys: My phone only shows red or green for notifications - is there no orange on this bad boy? I came from G1/Wildfire so I'm used to there being an orange in between...

Well there are two led colors, red and green. I think when both are on orange happens :P
By default green is set for fully charged/90%+
orange is charging
red is low battery

I can't find an orange option in whatsapp so maybe you can't set orange for notifications. On trying colors other than green or red I still get red.

Orange isn't charging. There is only red and green

Red flashing - low battery
Red solid - charging
Green flashing - notification
Green solid - >90% battery on charge

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Cheers guys.

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Hi

It is a bi-colour LED which seems to be an after thought given it sits behind the ear piece grill and on the grey phones is just a tiny point of light you can only see looking head on to the phone.

There are two types of bi-colour LED, one has 2 connections, the other has 3. A bi-colour LED with 3 pins allows both LEDs to be lit independently, giving Red, Green and Red + Green for Orange. A 2 pin LED will light Red when the current flows one way, and Green when it flows the other, meaning you can only have Green or Red and no mixture. Given there is no orange in use now I suspect the LED is a simple 2 pin affair, so there will be no way it can ever display Orange.

Regards

Phil

Originally Posted by PhilipL

Hi

It is a bi-colour LED which seems to be an after thought given it sits behind the ear piece grill and on the grey phones is just a tiny point of light you can only see looking head on to the phone.

There are two types of bi-colour LED, one has 2 connections, the other has 3. A bi-colour LED with 3 pins allows both LEDs to be lit independently, giving Red, Green and Red + Green for Orange. A 2 pin LED will light Red when the current flows one way, and Green when it flows the other, meaning you can only have Green or Red and no mixture. Given there is no orange in use now I suspect the LED is a simple 2 pin affair, so there will be no way it can ever display Orange.

Regards

Phil

Your LED has the same problem that my two returned grey ones had - the white model I have has a far more visible LED - I can see it clearly from a distance and also when it's at a near 90 degree angle.

Hi

Originally Posted by pingu01

Your LED has the same problem that my two returned grey ones had - the white model I have has a far more visible LED - I can see it clearly from a distance and also when it's at a near 90 degree angle.

That is because the white plastic allows more light through, but I don't want a white phone as it isn't my preference so I'm living with it, it isn't that big a deal for me personally, certainly not enough for me to sacrifice my preference for the grey phone.

Regards

Phil

Originally Posted by PhilipL

Hi



That is because the white plastic allows more light through, but I don't want a white phone as it isn't my preference so I'm living with it, it isn't that big a deal for me personally, certainly not enough for me to sacrifice my preference for the grey phone.

Regards

Phil

I guess that makes sense - what a bad design flaw as the dark model just lights up the size of the tiny pinhole and the white one creates a light around the size of a circle drawn around four of the pinholes. If I'm spending over £400 I'd rather have one that I can see the notifications so glad my replacement is going to be a white one. Hopefully the wifi on this one will be ok.

Originally Posted by PhilipL

Hi



That is because the white plastic allows more light through, but I don't want a white phone as it isn't my preference so I'm living with it, it isn't that big a deal for me personally, certainly not enough for me to sacrifice my preference for the grey phone.

Regards

Phil

I have a black model and mine is silimilar to what the other members white phone. I can see it at different angles and from a distance and in a darkened area it's bright with a quarter inch halo around it.

My black one doesn't show much light, just a pin prick. It's bright enough to be seen as long as it's not in sunlight though.

My Sensation's LED was easier to see, i dunno if it was a bigger LED, or the silver grille just allowed more through.