HTC One (M8): Notification LED not working

[Jerry Teo]

Simple quick way to solve led problem.disable your any power saving mode on your m8 n do a restart on the phone

 

[Thb91]

I was having the same issue of my notification light not working either from day one, I had everything checked to have LED notification, however no go. After searching and searching I found https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.jannux.switchledon LED Notifier On and it worked, I didn't have to factory reset which I was dreading.. Just wanted to post it in case it helps someone else, I found the information from a poster on xda developer.

Guys this works. Didn't believe it would but it actually did!! Check it out. No need to reset or restore! Thanks so much!!

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[imartez]

This worked for me too

 

[coronaboy10]

Thats great, but you shouldn't have to download an app from google play to make the notification LED work.

 

[imartez]

Thats great, but you shouldn't have to download an app from google play to make the notification LED work.

You're right, but until a fix is released for this, installing this app is a better workaround then having to do a factory reset on your phone.

 

[LLcdPH]

Bought a new M8 on Saturday and had the same issue, no LED notifications, Spent an hour on the phone yesterday with first Verizon and then HTC. The HTC support guy was great (in Eastern Tennessee). Tried several things with no success and the last resort before returning the phone was a factory data reset. That worked! No more issue with receiving the LED notifications. Although they only stay on for 5 minutes. Apparently there was a recent update pushed to the phone that needs the factory data reset.

 

[coronaboy10]

Bought a new M8 on Saturday and had the same issue, no LED notifications, Spent an hour on the phone yesterday with first Verizon and then HTC. The HTC support guy was great (in Eastern Tennessee). Tried several things with no success and the last resort before returning the phone was a factory data reset. That worked! No more issue with receiving the LED notifications. Although they only stay on for 5 minutes. Apparently there was a recent update pushed to the phone that needs the factory data reset.

Seems like the fix for this.

 

[LLcdPH]

Does anyone have an answer to the issue of the notifications LEDs only remaining on for five minutes? Is there anyway to have them stay on until the phone is turned on? The five minute time limit isn't useful if you don't look at your phone within that time.

 

[haevolution]

Does anyone have an answer to the issue of the notifications LEDs only remaining on for five minutes? Is there anyway to have them stay on until the phone is turned on? The five minute time limit isn't useful if you don't look at your phone within that time.

I haven't heard of anything. It would be nice to be able to keep it blinking until messages/notifications are checked. I can't imagine that tiny LED uses much power. They sure don't have a problem having the light blink constantly when the battery gets low.

 

[speedindre21]

So I have the M8 on T-mobile and my led wasn't working either for notifications. But after doing a master reset I finally got it working. I really think what causes it not to work is using an HTC account as your backup account, because every time I connect my htc account as my backup account, my led stops working. Now I just use my gmail as my backup account (under settings > backup &reset) and now my led works. I found this out after doing several trial and errors, factory reset then doing little by little things that could possibly cause my LED to stop working, and as soon as I connected my HTC backup account, it stopped working. I would send a text to myself and no green LED would pop up. Coincidence? maybe, but its the only thing I concluded. I haven't found any 3rd party apps that affect the LED.

 

[H3cks]

So I have the M8 on T-mobile and my led wasn't working either for notifications. But after doing a master reset I finally got it working. I really think what causes it not to work is using an HTC account as your backup account, because every time I connect my htc account as my backup account, my led stops working. Now I just use my gmail as my backup account (under settings > backup &reset) and now my led works. I found this out after doing several trial and errors, factory reset then doing little by little things that could possibly cause my LED to stop working, and as soon as I connected my HTC backup account, it stopped working. I would send a text to myself and no green LED would pop up. Coincidence? maybe, but its the only thing I concluded. I haven't found any 3rd party apps that affect the LED.

Google backup or HTC backup both cause it. It has to do with something put on phone when restoring, especially if you come from another oem. Haven't seen HTC m7 owners complain. ex Samsung people are abundant.

Sent from my HTC M8

 

[Ted Ockels]

I was having the same issue of my notification light not working either from day one, I had everything checked to have LED notification, however no go. After searching and searching I found https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.jannux.switchledon LED Notifier On and it worked, I didn't have to factory reset which I was dreading.. Just wanted to post it in case it helps someone else, I found the information from a poster on xda developer.

You sir are a gentlemen and a scholar! This was the fix for me and my notification light works perfectly now.

 

[coronaboy10]

Google backup or HTC backup both cause it. It has to do with something put on phone when restoring, especially if you come from another oem. Haven't seen HTC m7 owners complain. ex Samsung people are abundant.

Sent from my HTC M8

I'm on Tmobile as well and coming from an M7 to an M8. And I had the notificaton not work til I factory reset. I thought it was the tools the store rep used to move my data to the new device. I know for a fact he didnt use the HTC tool to do it. But when I restored from the cloud backup and facory reset I had everythign the way it was on my M7. My screen also wouldnt go to sleep before I did the reset and restore either.

 

[tnstra]

I thought I replied to this thread 2 or 3 weeks ago ....
The culprit is BLINKFEED move it to the trash (you can not disable it) and the LED will work just fine for notifications ALL THE TIME except when charging.
To move it to the trash long press on any home screen and select "Manage home screen pages" then scroll to Blinkfeed and drag it to the trash
If you start using blink feed again or uninstall the updates to Blinkfeed it will wipe any personalization to your screens (back to the startup settings) and your notification LED will stop working
If you don't want to stop using Blinkfeed then make certain you use a Lockscreen because it will work with lock screen and Blinkfeed

 

[Ezduzit]

I thought I replied to this thread 2 or 3 weeks ago ....
The culprit is BLINKFEED move it to the trash (you can not disable it) and the LED will work just fine for notifications ALL THE TIME except when charging.
To move it to the trash long press on any home screen and select "Manage home screen pages" then scroll to Blinkfeed and drag it to the trash
If you start using blink feed again or uninstall the updates to Blinkfeed it will wipe any personalization to your screens (back to the startup settings) and your notification LED will stop working
If you don't want to stop using Blinkfeed then make certain you use a Lockscreen because it will work with lock screen and Blinkfeed

I've had blink feed disable since day one, my notification just started acting up and the temporary fix was a shut down completely then power up, I'm now trying the app everyone has recommended.

Sent from my busa!

 

[Cynner]

After spending all day trying the various suggestions in this thread, I found that with my unlocked HTC 1 (M8), which I use on the T-Mobile network, the solution was to perform a factory reset and skip all of the restoring or moving data from another phone. The factory reset alone did not solve the problem on its own, it was a factory reset without restoring. This, of course, is less than ideal since I have to forfeit my message history, photos, and all other data stored on my phone. For me, this is less of a problem than it might be for others since I store very little locally. The text message history was the biggest loss.

My main objection is that for $700, I should not have to choose between working LED notifications and restoring data. Both should work ? flawlessly.

I'm resigned now to spending the next hour or two setting up my phone environment.

... could be worse ...

 

[H3cks]

After spending all day trying the various suggestions in this thread, I found that with my unlocked HTC 1 (M8), which I use on the T-Mobile network, the solution was to perform a factory reset and skip all of the restoring or moving data from another phone. The factory reset alone did not solve the problem on its own, it was a factory reset without restoring. This, of course, is less than ideal since I have to forfeit my message history, photos, and all other data stored on my phone. For me, this is less of a problem than it might be for others since I store very little locally. The text message history was the biggest loss.

My main objection is that for $700, I should not have to choose between working LED notifications and restoring data. Both should work ? flawlessly.

I'm resigned now to spending the next hour or two setting up my phone environment.

... could be worse ...

Another option is using sms backup app. Syncs to Google and will back up and restore without root.

But as was the case with me, factory restore without resorting any apps or settings fixed for me too.

Sent from my HTC M8

 

[Dogmann]

Hi all,
I also had a non working led due to having used Google restore on my M8 and having read this thread every now and then just to keep up and see what was going on with others it was only today i found a fix that was acceptable to me. As although there are various ways of fixing it anything that involved a factory reset, not restoring from Google and installing each app from scratch was quite simply a non starter for me as that all seemed like much too much work just for an LED light to work.

So i really have to thank bigchris for his incredibly simple fix of installing LED Notifer On as it just works and is so much less hassle than anything else that has been suggested here that also works I mean really just download a free app touch it once to activate it and that's it how much easier than that can it get?

Marc

 

[Thb91]

Hi all,
I also had a non working led due to having used Google restore on my M8 and having read this thread every now and then just to keep up and see what was going on with others it was only today i found a fix that was acceptable to me. As although there are various ways of fixing it anything that involved a factory reset, not restoring from Google and installing each app from scratch was quite simply a non starter for me as that all seemed like much too much work just for an LED light to work.

So i really have to thank bigchris for his incredibly simple fix of installing LED Notifer On as it just works and is so much less hassle than anything else that has been suggested here that also works I mean really just download a free app touch it once to activate it and that's it how much easier than that can it get?

Marc

I've found that since using the app I now can't get my LED to stop flashing despite me having no emails, text, missed calls etc. So I'm back to square one.

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[haevolution]

I've found that since using the app I now can't get my LED to stop flashing despite me having no emails, text, missed calls etc. So I'm back to square one.

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Whoops that doesn't sound like the fix after all.