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LED notification light
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thanks for clearing that up (about it being in the ios5 beta), I was beginning to think it was only a jailbroken thing
Hey guys. I know that that latest iOS betas had LED notification light settings in them. Does the IP4s have a dedicated light or is it just the camera light? Thanks!
I loaded ios5 GM last night (i'm not a dev). I have not come across this option. Assume its in settings somewhere??
Yup- thanks. Makes sense that I didn't see it before- I think i've only ever looked at those settings once.
That's the whole point. If someone is hearing impaired they can leave their iPhone face down and not miss when a notification happens.
It's actually a great feature; I plan on turning it on myself because I'm often in my home office with music blaring loud enough that I can't hear the phone. The blinking I'll notice immediately!
LED notification - brilliant idea, but seems useless since the flash is on the back of the phone. This makes no sense to me. Who sets their phone down on it's face? This defeats the purpose of an LED light, considering that most people tend to look at the front of their phone for an LED notification. Not the back!
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LED notification - brilliant idea, but pretty useless since the flash is on the back of the phone. This makes absolutely no sense to me. Who sets their phone down on it's face? Am I missing something obvious here? This defeats the purpose of an LED light, considering that most people tend to look at the front of their phone for an LED notification. Not the back!
They should've just left this whole idea alone if they couldn't execute it the right way. Disappointing.
The screen turns on when there is a call or notification, so when the phone is face up the whole screen is visible. That said, I do miss the notification and service LEDs on my old Sony-Ericsson phones.
Yes. Anyone who needs/wants to see the LED flash, whether it's by choice or necessity. Your answer has been debunked in many other threads and folks that need to see the LED have found it insensitive.
LED notification - brilliant idea, but pretty useless since the flash is on the back of the phone. This makes absolutely no sense to me. Who sets their phone down on it's face? Am I missing something obvious here? This defeats the purpose of an LED light, considering that most people tend to look at the front of their phone for an LED notification. Not the back!
They should've just left this whole idea alone if they couldn't execute it the right way. Disappointing.
They did leave the idea alone, that's why it's in the Accessibility settings and not advertised as a new feature . If your not hearing impaired, don't complain.
I place my phone screen down because I don't want nosy nellies around me looking at my texts/notification. I could toggle the message preview off, but the LED notification will eliminate that cruddy option!
I didn't know this, my apologies. Never meant any offense to our hearing impaired folks. Joke is on me
If Apple decided to implement notifications, the LED would not light up as a call is coming in but rather after a missed call, voicemail, text or whatever.