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What is everyone using for notification, since Vibrant doesn't have LED

1MoreMinute

1MoreMinute

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As the title states, somewheres on here there was a post where it said someone made a app for this.

But Id like to know what people are using and if its working good, the one thing I don't like about this phone is that, I know I can just use the side button to light it up to see, but I miss by led light off the Cliq.

Thanks
 
Can't help, as my last three phones have (intentionally) not had LED indicators.


However, AndroidSpin seems to like the NoLED app.
 
I use the sound notifications. I have a different sound for email, SMS and tweets. And if i happen to miss the sound, i just look. It isnt that much effort to push the side button to look. I mean really.....is it that hard to do? I just did it and it showed i have 15 tweets, 1 facebook and email. Took a whole 2 seconds.

I tried that LED thing and i didnt like it. Wouldnt let me open my lockscreen and i had a hard time shutting it off to reboot to get it out of that funk.

You have to push a button to see what your notification is anyways if you had a LED light so this is no different.
 
I really dont understand the need for an led notifier.... I mean if I wanted one of those I would have got a blackberry... the sounds plus vibrate are good enough for me.... and I check every once in a while to see if I missed one. Like said it takes only one button click to see if you had missed something.
 
mavictb said:
I really dont understand the need for an led notifier.... I mean if I wanted one of those I would have got a blackberry... the sounds plus vibrate are good enough for me.... and I check every once in a while to see if I missed one. Like said it takes only one button click to see if you had missed something.
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speaks the truth
 
Maybe because I am in construction (owner of a co.) and alot of times I have something on my hands that I don't want on my phones, so I would leave it somewheres screen up so I could see the led blink (on my old Cliq), than if it was blinking Id get a rag clean up alil and check to see if it was a customer (some customers, tradesman don't like to wait, so I like to call them back ASAP) of mine that called/ texts etc. I don't feel like waisting time cleaning up and checking for no reason. Time is MONEY in the line of work I do, so to me thats important.

Geez, didn't think I needed to plea my case on this. You guys know that some people have different lifestyles that might make the led more important than others right? :rolleyes:
 
I too am in construction. I appreciate having a multi colored LED on my G1. I can lay the phone down and tell from a distance what type of notification I have missed. Sometimes the sound of a chipping hammer covers the phone sound notification or the vibration. That is one of the reasons I returned my Vibrant. Let's hope that the G2 announced today has the $.05 LED installed so there is no future complaints.
 
I do miss my multi-colored notification on my blackberry. I paid $6 for that app & thought it was worth every penny. I'd be happy for a single-color led @ this point! I love everything else so it's not a deal breaker, but still.
 
pantlesspenguin said:
I do miss my multi-colored notification on my blackberry. I paid $6 for that app & thought it was worth every penny. I'd be happy for a single-color led @ this point! I love everything else so it's not a deal breaker, but still.
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Pretty much my feelings as well.. I think who ever overlooked it or left it out for other reasons should get smacked in the head, but since I really like everything else I'm willing to over look it.. :D
 
pantlesspenguin said:
I do miss my multi-colored notification on my blackberry. I paid $6 for that app & thought it was worth every penny. I'd be happy for a single-color led @ this point! I love everything else so it's not a deal breaker, but still.
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What app was that?
 
I've never had a phone with led notification, i've always relied on looking at the screen or feeling the vibration. One thing I miss from the Behold II was you could set it to vibrate repetedly until you read the txtmsg, but I suppose you could just install handcent or something like that for that feature.

Oh anyone remember the palm pda days? they had this cool dongle that would attach to the pda and had a short length of cord, about 5 or 7 inches and a multicolored led at the end, so even say if the pda was in a backpack or purse, if the led was out, you could see it. heh that would be something cool to have.
 
1MoreMinute said:
Maybe because I am in construction (owner of a co.) and alot of times I have something on my hands that I don't want on my phones, so I would leave it somewheres screen up so I could see the led blink (on my old Cliq), than if it was blinking Id get a rag clean up alil and check to see if it was a customer (some customers, tradesman don't like to wait, so I like to call them back ASAP) of mine that called/ texts etc. I don't feel like waisting time cleaning up and checking for no reason. Time is MONEY in the line of work I do, so to me thats important.

Geez, didn't think I needed to plea my case on this. You guys know that some people have different lifestyles that might make the led more important than others right? :rolleyes:
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Haha, you don't need to plead your case with me, I really miss the not. led that I got used to with my Cliq XT. I really don't see why ANY smartphone would be without this honestly. It obviously wasn't a deal breaker for me but it makes the phone a bit less convenient to use on a day to day basis for me as well. If only Samsung knew someone to source cheap leds from perhaps the Vibrant would've included this feature.;)

What I'd LOVE to see is an app or even an update from Samsung that would blink the navigation buttons on the bottom of the phone in place of the not. led.
 
rfdesq said:
I'm not sure it's an oversight. The Sprint version Epic 4G has the led notification.
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Personally, I think it was an oversight at least as far as Tmobile is concerned. Someone there should have caught the missing led as well as the numerous typos and odd phrasings before it ever hit consumers hands.
 
NoLED works pretty good. For those of you who use it, whenever you get the led on your homescreen push the home button not the power button. the power button just makes it disappear and re-appear. hit the home button wakes the phone up and that's how u check your notifications.
 
kbohip said:
If only Samsung knew someone to source cheap leds from
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Somehow I doubt the King of LED display makers needs to source a $.02 LED from anyone. :)

Two things I miss about my Crackberry Bold... the LED notifier and the 3500mAh Seidio extended battery. The minute Seidio comes out with an extended batt for the Vibrant I'm all over it. What good's a 500 hp motor with a 2 gallon gas tank?
 
Wonder why they did not include a LED light on the phone.
It's so much easier not having to turn the phone on and off all day to check for messages.
Using noLED since the start on stock vibrant and loving it.
 
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