LED colors

[mlevin]

So this trackball LED is supposed to be able to show 3 different colors, right? So far mine only blinks white. What makes it turn other colors?

 

[melterx12]

if its connected to bluetooth headsets or handsfree it will be blue.

 

[Eclair~]

That sounds kinda boring ._.

 

[staulkor]

I heard it has an RGB led under there similar to how the G1 had the RBG next to the speaker.

 

[mlevin]

I heard it has an RGB led under there similar to how the G1 had the RBG next to the speaker.

Yeah, I was really hoping that different apps could set it to different colors like the G1 can. I used to have one color for IMs, one for texts, etc. I forget how I set that up but I don't see any options for it now. But I'm sure I remember seeing apps where it asked you what color you wanted the LED to be. I think AK Notepad has that option...

 

[xManMythLegend]

Im agitated by this feature missing.

Handcent ,Missed reminder do not activate these LEDs.

Very dissapointed.

 

[Eclair~]

I was assuming the same thing, I loved that feature on the G1. It helped me know what I got, before having to view it myself. Even the Sidekick LX has more colors than the N1, that is, if it only has 3 o_o the option is completely removed it seems? How disappointing..

 

[uansari1]

On the G1, we used Missed Call to set colors.

 

[mesajoejoe]

give it some time the phone has only been out for 2 days

 

[cliffy15]

Has anyone confirmed that this is NOT a multicolor capable LED under the trackball?

My guess is that there aren't any apps, yet, to address this capability on the N1, yet. I, too, would be disappointed to lose my colors and the missed call app.

 

[JanetPanic]

http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/answer.py?answer=168442&query=trackball&type=

Short version:
Flashing White: Incoming call
Flashing Blue: Incoming call while a bluetooth headset is attached
Pulsing White: new notification

 

[Eclair~]

Has anyone confirmed that this is NOT a multicolor capable LED under the trackball?

My guess is that there aren't any apps, yet, to address this capability on the N1, yet. I, too, would be disappointed to lose my colors and the missed call app.

I was thinking this exact same thought, I figured since the mlevin said it was capable of going only 3 colors, I assumed it could do that. I once also thought that the LED on the G1 could only go; Red, Green, and Orange, but that has also changed.

EDIT: So there is also a "status light" embedded at the top of the device, hidden behind the black tracing around the screen? Why has this not been mentioned anywhere o_0

EDIT2: After taking a look in a few older Nexus pics, I noticed that its been there since the first pictures were born.