[Q] Does the M8 have a notification LED?

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Redline80

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Good to know. I was comparing it to my Note2 on PhoneArena and they didnt list that as a feature. I was thinking it didnt have it and how much I hated that on my Droid Charge(?). Thanks for the info.

It's really small though. I'm coming from the Droid Razr HD so I'm used to the nice light that phone had. This one is harder to see.
 

Troden

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Hey Guys,

Does the M8 support multiple color LED notifications, ie Blue for Facebook, White for SMS, Pink for e-Mail etc?

Generally you need to have Root and installed some Apk/app like 'LightFlow' from the play store.

Such a small feature but a big impact for me to be able to tell what notifications there are from a distance or in a meeting with out waking up the phone.

Im keen to buy a HTC M8 tomorrow if it supports this, if not ill wait for the S5 next week.

Thanks :)
 

replica9000

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Hey Guys,

Does the M8 support multiple color LED notifications, ie Blue for Facebook, White for SMS, Pink for e-Mail etc?

Generally you need to have Root and installed some Apk/app like 'LightFlow' from the play store.

Such a small feature but a big impact for me to be able to tell what notifications there are from a distance or in a meeting with out waking up the phone.

Im keen to buy a HTC M8 tomorrow if it supports this, if not ill wait for the S5 next week.

Thanks :)

Any HTC phone I've had uses only green and orange. It's the same for the M8.
 
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steelersmb

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Hey Guys,

Does the M8 support multiple color LED notifications, ie Blue for Facebook, White for SMS, Pink for e-Mail etc?

Generally you need to have Root and installed some Apk/app like 'LightFlow' from the play store.

Such a small feature but a big impact for me to be able to tell what notifications there are from a distance or in a meeting with out waking up the phone.

Im keen to buy a HTC M8 tomorrow if it supports this, if not ill wait for the S5 next week.

Thanks :)

Lightflow does not work. I've tested every option and could not get it to work wit the M8. It sucks.
 

replica9000

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yeah its at an odd place , two down and seven from the right lol (top speaker grill dots). Another thing I noticed is the orange charging/low power light is rather dim but the green notification light is very bright (compared to the other). Anyone else notice this?

Yeah, can't see the orange unless I'm looking at the phone dead on, but I can see the green from across the room.
 

djakrse

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Jun 7, 2010
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Before buying this phone, I was well aware of the lack of (customizable) LED notification support with HTC, and it still didn't stop me. This phone makes up for it in so many ways. After using it for a while, I thought for sure someone would at least figure out how to choose between amber and green LEDs for notifications, or even a combination of the two, but it seems only green is allowed somehow. Lightflow didn't work for me either. What a pity, as my Moto Droid could do many colors.
 

Pauls57

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Lightflow worked pretty well for me, currently not using it, but there is a thread around that has a pretty good setup proceedure. I just found that it had some quirks, so I'm back to stock. You can disable the timeout if you edit the default.xml

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Napoleones

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The stock LED light is pretty doing fine for me. Haven't tried the Lightflow yet for what I know, M8 has a limited colors for its LED light.
 

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    Good to know. I was comparing it to my Note2 on PhoneArena and they didnt list that as a feature. I was thinking it didnt have it and how much I hated that on my Droid Charge(?). Thanks for the info.
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    Hey Guys,

    Does the M8 support multiple color LED notifications, ie Blue for Facebook, White for SMS, Pink for e-Mail etc?

    Generally you need to have Root and installed some Apk/app like 'LightFlow' from the play store.

    Such a small feature but a big impact for me to be able to tell what notifications there are from a distance or in a meeting with out waking up the phone.

    Im keen to buy a HTC M8 tomorrow if it supports this, if not ill wait for the S5 next week.

    Thanks :)

    Any HTC phone I've had uses only green and orange. It's the same for the M8.
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    yeah its at an odd place , two down and seven from the right lol (top speaker grill dots). Another thing I noticed is the orange charging/low power light is rather dim but the green notification light is very bright (compared to the other). Anyone else notice this?