Screen blank when receiving messages and notifications?

[steelcity]

this may be a stupid question but ill ask it anyway...

when i receive a text message or notification (ex. email) i'll hear my notification tone and/or the phone will vibrate but there the screen remains off and gives no visual alert.

all i really want is the screen to flash when i recieve a notification

 

[steelcity]

i just installed google voice which has an option to make the screen light up when receiving a notification so i guess that works

 

[steelcity]

also a program i saw on xda called noled seems useful if it functions right