I need to get LightFlow - i heard it drains battery/ runs in the background a lot?
I have a quick question about Light Flow. Does it hijack full control of the LED? I have a few apps (go sms, K-9 mail, etc) that have their own color LED options. Will those app notifications still flash their colors?
For example, I have different colors assigned in K9 based on which email account has new mail. If I use LightFlow for gmail (since there's no color option in the gmail app), and there's new email from one of the accounts of which K9 handles, will the LED sequence through so that I see both colors? I am aware that I could just use LightFlow for K9 notifications (don't know if it supports separate email accts though), but I'm just using it as an example.
[edit]Better example... Just installed it, and see that GoSMS isn't supported. So in the above question, I'd like to ensure my GoSMS LED notifications will still function.
....I found the settings in Light Flow bit complicated. It works well w/most alerts, not well with battery charging and status......
Okay....how are you guys getting Light Flow to work???
I've had Light Flow Lite for a few days now. I can't get it to work properly at all. I've seen one LED for a low battery, and one LED for a missed call. No LEDs at all for Gmails, texts, calendars, etc. All I get are tones, even at night, when I have it on sleep. Yes, I have the Settings Accessibility set to Light Flow ON.
Any help, please?
Sorry for my ignorance, but is a reboot on these phones anything more than a complete power off/on again?
If not, then I've done that too. I've yet to see a LED over the past few days, with several gmails, texts, and calls coming in.
I've seen a light once, several days ago, so I know the LED works. I still have the Lite version since it doesn't seem to work. I've read every forum thread and review that I know of, and nothing has fixed the problem. I sit here sending myself gmail messages from a PC, and nothing at all happens with the phone while the screen is closed.
Totally drained the battery on mine. It was keeping the phone awake all the time. I uninstalled it and, oddly, the notification colors that I set in Lightflow have persisted. They don't stay on as long, but the colors at least distinguish the kind of notification for me. That was a pleasant surprise.
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The audible tests have always worked, but I didn't know about pushing test/power button at the same time to see the LED, so thanks for that!
Now I can see it in test mode for the first time.
Screen mode: Is there a difference between screen closed and screen off? (Is that as stupid as it sounds?)
UPDATE: Okay, screen off means power button pushed quickly (black screen), but not enough to power down phone, right?