[Q] Notification LED?

[Gizmokid2005]

I've been looking for info on this and just talked to AT&T. They are certain this device doesn't have a notification LED on it. When I first got it I thought it was DOA, as when I went to power it on I got no LED or screen for nearly 10 seconds.

Could they really have omitted the notification LED on a smartphone like this!?

*sigh* Also, hello to all!!! First post, but I've been lurking ever since the end of November after I got this device and watched the rooting threads like a hawk

 

[jmtheiss]

There is no dedicated LED (e.g. red flashing LED, etc) on the Captivate. Best we have is some modifications that cause the lights behind the 4 capacitive buttons on the bottom of the phone to light up when a message/email/event occurs.

 

[Gizmokid2005]

There is no dedicated LED (e.g. red flashing LED, etc) on the Captivate. Best we have is some modifications that cause the lights behind the 4 capacitive buttons on the bottom of the phone to light up when a message/email/event occurs.

*sigh* Go figure. I guess I'll have to look into that then at some point. It just boggles my mind that such a phone doesn't have a notification LED...the last phone I had with that issue was from 2007...and was an old school "feature phone"

 

[jmtheiss]

It's actually fairly useful - the only real drawback is that it's a little on the dim side. I'm finding it works best for me early in the mornings when it's still dark enough to see the lights easily.

 

[Gizmokid2005]

It's actually fairly useful - the only real drawback is that it's a little on the dim side. I'm finding it works best for me early in the mornings when it's still dark enough to see the lights easily.

Thanks. Would you be so kind as to provide a link?

I really do miss the notification LED. Coming from my N900, that's one thing that was always VERY good at.

 

[CuriousTech]

You could also try NoLED in the market, but it wastes power pretty bad. It's about the only alternative to a BLN kernel.

 

[studacris]

Thanks. Would you be so kind as to provide a link?

I really do miss the notification LED. Coming from my N900, that's one thing that was always VERY good at.

You have to flash a custom kernel that has bln enabled, then just go to the market and grab the bln control app. There is a free and a paid version.
Paid version offers a blinking option which if nice.

Can't really link you cause dunno what firmware you're using.
All custom froyo kernels have it. And all I9000 ported gingerbread kernels have it. Native leaked gingerbread builds do not as there is no source to build from.

 

[kbm25]

Check out NoLED in the market.

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