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maitri1979
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‎11-04-2011 09:44 PM

I just got the Charge and when I receive a text, there is no little green/blue light in the top right corner of phone to indicate there is a new message. Is there something I can do to turn this function on?

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DC5_K20Z1
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‎11-04-2011 09:53 PM

You have to get a 3rd party app, such as NoLED from the market.

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Wildman
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‎11-04-2011 09:52 PM

If I remember correctly the Charge does not have a notification led, if you want something like that you have to search the market to find a app for this..

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DC5_K20Z1
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‎11-04-2011 09:53 PM

You have to get a 3rd party app, such as NoLED from the market.

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Wildman
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In response to DC5_K20Z1
‎11-04-2011 10:02 PM
DC5_K20Z1 wrote:

You have to get a 3rd party app, such as NoLED from the market.

Thats the app I was thinking of but could not remeber what it was called...  Thanks for posting the answer because I had a Homer Simpson Moment... :smileysurprised:

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DC5_K20Z1
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‎11-04-2011 10:16 PM

Haha nice, yea no worries! I've never tried that app but hear it works nicely if you want a notification light.

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maitri1979
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In response to DC5_K20Z1
‎11-04-2011 10:21 PM

Thank you so much! I'm gonna ask a stupid question ... there is no way to turn the led light on? Looking at my phone I swear I can see 2-3 small dots in the upper right corner that look like LED lights.

 

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Wildman
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‎11-04-2011 10:57 PM
maitri1979 wrote:

Thank you so much! I'm gonna ask a stupid question ... there is no way to turn the led light on? Looking at my phone I swear I can see 2-3 small dots in the upper right corner that look like LED lights.

 



That's probably proximity sensors for when you place device to face the backlight turns off... From what I read there isn't any leds installed on the device.
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DC5_K20Z1
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‎11-05-2011 04:46 AM
Yea there are not any led lights, just proximity sensors.
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JerryF
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‎11-05-2011 01:08 PM

Hey folks, what's with this?  With my Charge phone every time I get a message there is a notification on the display.  I get a green colored message icon in the upper left corner of the display.  It looks just like the messaging icon at the bottom of the display and my phone plays the notification tone sound.

 

I also get a notification and ring tone sound every time I receive an EMAIL. 

 

My question is, why would I need a special APP to do this when my phone is already doing it?

 

JerryF 

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DC5_K20Z1
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‎11-05-2011 03:10 PM
You don't :smileyhappy: just some peoples want that flashy indication
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RIPCharge
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In response to DC5_K20Z1
‎11-05-2011 03:47 PM

The NOLED app is made for when your phone is on standby (black screen but still on) say your in the other room and get either a text or call and did not hear your ringtone/texttone. Instead of having to check your phone everytime for a new message or call. The black standby screen will either have a colorful message looking icon flash on the standby or a phone looking icon will flash on the standby screen until you go out of standby and check you message/call. That is the point. Like my DX2. It DOES have a LED that flashes green when I miss a text or call when in another room and didnt hear it go off. I see the green light blink and I know someone has contacted me. It's just made for phones that don't have that option but you still can use it even if you do have that option. Though I do hear that the app CAN drain your battery faster as it works with your screen which we all know, the Charge's amazing screen is a majority of battery drain. (in my opinion)

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JerryF
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‎11-05-2011 04:37 PM

RIPcharge,

 

AHH...I see said the blind man.  Now I understand why some folks like NOLED.  As you said, because it is constantly monitoring and/ or displaying a red or green icon/light for messages or calls it would continuously use extra battery power with the black screen up.  There is no free lunch!  That feature is not for me but I'm sure others love it.. 

 

We have PROVEN this, in our motorhome, when we were in areas of no VZ service and forgot to go to Airplane mode or completely turn off the phone.  Later we found what was a well charged battery was down to 15%...yuk!

 

You are "spot on," the display screen uses most of the battery's power.

 

Best regards,

 

JerryF

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Richs10
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In response to JerryF
‎11-05-2011 07:26 PM

I use NOLED and am fairly satisfied with it.  I do worry it adds to the ridiculous battery life problems with this phone.  I just don't understand why Samsung (or any other manufactuerer) would design a phone without the simple LED light that I've had on every other smart or dumb phone I've ever owned.  It doesn't make any sense to me.  I need to see if I've got a message or email.  I run around a work and the "Droid" audio message is just not enough to catch my attention all the time.  

 

NOLED works most of the time, but wouldn't it have been simpler to just put the LED in the phone?

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