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I'd take any notification LED at this point.
by petepete 4y ago
I'd take any notification LED at this point.
- celsoazevedo 4y agoThere are 3rd party apps (if your OEM doesn't have the option) to use the display for that. It can mimic a "LED" or something else. It works fairly well, especially on devices with OLED displays (most mid/high end phones).
- causi 4y agoProblem is they don't actually use just the notification part, they actually illuminate the whole display at the minimum brightness setting, which isn't 0 for third-party applications. You can notice this if you let your eyes adjust to a room with no other lights. The power drain for eight or ten hours of this is more than you'd think. I still use it, but it's definitely not a painless replacement.
- wlesieutre 4y agoOn an OLED screen isn’t the minimum brightness setting for each pixel “off”?
- causi 4y agoOn a hardware level, yes. Apps don't actually get to access that. Try it yourself in a pitch-black room. Compare black areas in the OEM's always-on display mode to a third-party AOD app or a fullscreen image viewer showing a #000000 box.
- wlesieutre 4y agoDon't have any OLED Android devices, but on iOS the #000000 box is indistinguishable from off
- celsoazevedo 4y agoI tested on my OnePlus 8 Pro running LineageOS and the first app I found on the Play Store (aodNotify) seems to work as expected. Pure black, as if it was part of the "always on display" feature. I guess it could work differently on different Android "flavours".
- causi 4y agoInteresting. I also use aodNotify and on my S20 FE it illuminates the whole screen.
- xigoi 4y agoGet a phone with an AMOLED display.
- causi 4y agoI am.
- kayodelycaon 4y agoI mentioned this further down. If you have an iphone, you can use the camera flash for this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210065 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210065
- throwaway23236 4y agoThe Xperia line of phones still have a headphone jack, notification LED, and expandable storage.