LED notifier

jamesbond_28_007 · Apr 7, 2014

Just bought (and about to return) the HTC One M8 because the LED notifier/blinker is a shocker. It is very small, only has Red, Green and Blue (!!) and no apps like LED notifier can manipulate it.

My old S3 was great and had a lovely big LED blinker but am considering the Z2 as I fancy a change. Can someone please reassure me that the LED is big, has all the colours and will work with an LED app?

Thanks.

jamesbond_28_007 · Apr 7, 2014

Or maybe an S5...

Chad_Petree · Apr 7, 2014

I'm not sure but I think the Z2's LED can only display green and red, I hope I'm wrong

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Howdoin · Apr 7, 2014

Chad_Petree said:
I'm not sure but I think the Z2's LED can only display green and red, I hope I'm wrong

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I have orange and blue also but have not figured out a way to assign a specific color to a specific type of notifications (like blue for SMS, Orange for email...).

Xernoxis · Apr 7, 2014

Howdoin said:
I have orange and blue also but have not figured out a way to assign a specific color to a specific type of notifications (like blue for SMS, Orange for email...).

You should be able to change it with an app. Try out Light Manager? Some of the changes require root, but not all.

benengyj · Apr 7, 2014

I've tested out mine via the test menu. It's able to output R,G,B there. It would make sense that it is possible for the phone to mix those colours to display other colours (like the orange and purple that some system events use) but I've been unable to get it to show using LightFlow.

schecter7 · Apr 8, 2014

I see a lot more colors than R,G,B on my z1 and zl (purple from yahoo mail, white from gmail for example). So there is no reason z2 notifier will output only those three colors

jamesbond_28_007 · Apr 8, 2014

Could someone be so kind as to test it with LED Manager or Light Flow? It's really simple. Select the app, the colour and then test it. Appreciate any that could this. About to buy but need all the colours!

KyleSforza · Apr 8, 2014

Howdoin said:
I have orange and blue also but have not figured out a way to assign a specific color to a specific type of notifications (like blue for SMS, Orange for email...).

There's blue for sure. Seen in many videos. There's no yellow?

But yes, its quite large. Another thing I love about the Z2. Its the second largest in current flagships after Oppo Find 7.

benengyj · Apr 8, 2014

schecter7 said:
I see a lot more colors than R,G,B on my z1 and zl (purple from yahoo mail, white from gmail for example). So there is no reason z2 notifier will output only those three colors

There are LEDs for each of the 3 primary colours (red, green and blue) and those are mixed in different intensities to show other colours. :cyclops:

lunarken · Apr 8, 2014

jamesbond_28_007 said:
Could someone be so kind as to test it with LED Manager or Light Flow? It's really simple. Select the app, the colour and then test it. Appreciate any that could this. About to buy but need all the colours!

tried... but the default SONY light will overwrites with theirs.
i've been trying lightflow for hrs.
can have many colours. but still sony light overwrites it.
if i turn off sony light aka default notification light, lightflow will not work.

jamesbond_28_007 · Apr 8, 2014

lunarken said:
tried... but the default SONY light will overwrites with theirs.
i've been trying lightflow for hrs.
can have many colours. but still sony light overwrites it.
if i turn off sony light aka default notification light, lightflow will not work.

Really appreciate you doing this. I'm afraid that rules the Z2 out for me then which is a shame as I fancied a change. S5 it is then.

Seifer1975 · Apr 8, 2014

Using WhatsApp, the LED was able to display the notifications in different colours. So far I have used yellow, green, cyan and purple.

KyleSforza · Apr 8, 2014

Seifer1975 said:
Using WhatsApp, the LED was able to display the notifications in different colours. So far I have used yellow, green, cyan and purple.

CYAN

<3 Sorry, but I just had to do this.

webusermy · Apr 9, 2014

The Z2 indeed can display other colours etc like Pink/Yellow/Orange/Lime etc etc..

Tested using Lightflow.

Only down is, you can't use it together with the "Extended Standby" feature with STAMINA mode as that will disable any fiddling with the LED notification.

MasK · Apr 9, 2014

Yup.. I'm using LightFlow. Works well.. I got blue for SMSes, red for miss calls, green for whatsapp and purple for viber.

The LED is nice and big enough for viewing... however it sits below the level of the front glass, right where the top speaker slit is. If your phone faces you parallelly, you'll be seeing the LED well enough. If you have your phone lying on your desk in front of you and when you are looking at the face of the phone at an angle, you might just miss it.

Cheers.

lunarken · Apr 9, 2014

i thought the sony default light will overwrites the lightflow?

MasK · Apr 9, 2014

Hmm.. perhaps since LightFlow is turned ON under accessibility settings, it works?

lunarken · Apr 9, 2014

i just tick every box in the settings... it seems to work.

Sh4dovv · Apr 9, 2014

I will be using the SCR10 style case when I get the phone - looking at the front flap of the case and the phone, I am guessing the LED notification should be visible with the case closed?

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