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Light Flow Lite - LED Control

Light Flow Lite - LED Control – Lots of Options for LED Notifications

by Jay O. on Jan 14, 2012 9:38:08 PM — read 5,592 times

TAGS: Applications, Apps, Free App,

Tested version: 2.11.0LITE
Latest version: 2.12.5LITE
Requires Android: from 2.2

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Summary

We’ve been playing around with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus quite a bit of late, and what can we say—it’s an awesome device. The cherry on top is that LED notifications are back! BUT it only lights up in white and can’t be configured. We can do better than that, can’t we? Yes we can—with Light Flow Lite - LED Control!

Features & Use

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Test device
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Android version: 4.0.2
Root: No
Modifications: None


A few app details
Runs as of: Android 2.2
Apps2SD: No
Total size: ca. 1.55 MB
Optimised for Ice Cream Sandwich: No, but it runs absolutely smoothly

One of the earlier and very celebrated Android smartphones, the Motorola Milestone 1, used LED notifications for calls, SMS, emails, etc. This detail proved to be a big hit with users because it allowed them to see what was new without having to activate their displays.


We were thrilled to see that the Samsug Galaxy Nexus comes with the same LED feature—except that the notification light always winks at you in the same, dreary white light colour. A quick Market search and we came across Light Flow - Lite, an application that allows users to assign different colours to different notifications (i.e. green light for SMS, red light for emails, light blue for missed calls, etc.). Please note that not all devices support all of the available colours, which can be a real let-down for some users, BUT Light Flow - Lite has lots of other tricks up its sleeve:

  • Different frequencies for the blinking contingent on battery or network
  • Automatically deletes notifications when the Android notification bar has been cleared
  • Notofications are deactivated according to certain times (e.g. night mode)
  • Select LED colour
  • Vibrations and sound FX

Light FLow - Lite is the kind of application that allows users to make adjustments according to their own preferences. Notifications can be set for SMS, MMS, emails, calls, calendar events, battery levels, Bluetooth, low/no signal, Google Talk. The lite version does not support connection to other services/apps such as Facebook – check out the pro version if you want those features, though I find that I can do without them. Another difference between the lite and pro version: when using the lite version and you ahve several pending notifications the app will switch to one set frequency.

Light Flow - Lite harbours so many features that it can feel somewhat overwhelming at first. That said, once you've taken the time to familiarise yourself with the application and made all the adjustments, you will find that Light Flow - Lite is a) easy to use, and b) that you won't actually need to make many adjustments once you've set up the app.

In order to check out how the application performs on your device, download it, go to 'Tools' and select 'All enabled LEDs Test'.


Bottom line:
We love what Light Flow Lite - LED Control does: it really allows users to stay on the ball with only minimal effort required. What's missing: a sort of 'simple mode' with far less features and options for users who are interested in setting up a few basic notifications. The app's functions are extensive and it can thus come across as somewhat overwhelming in the beginning. Our advice: give it a go, it's free, after all!
 

Screen & Controls

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The Light Flow Lite - LED Control UI is composed of a menu and it takes a bit of time getting used to how the app works. Once the learning process is over, however, you will find that the application is easy to work with.

 

Speed & Stability

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Light Flow Lite - LED Control runs very fluidly. It remains active in the background but requires very little storage space.

Price/Performance Ratio

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Light Flow Lite - LED Control is available for free from the Android Market and our guess is users will be perfectly satisfied with what it has to offer. However, if you want even more check out the full version for 1.82€.

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Market Comments

mascote9, Apr 17, 2012
More apps or custom path i setup many apps, safe and fast. maybe with more apps i give u 5 stars! great app!!
Amber, Apr 17, 2012
Aweful Won't work on the droid and the fact it can get credit card information? I'm going to laugh if y'all get sued.
Jon, Apr 16, 2012
Flawless This app is brilliant. Its just like using berrybuzz. Not had a single problem with it and will definitely be upgrading to the paid version.
LibertyValence, Apr 16, 2012
Ridiculous! Ran in addition to my regular alerts instead of in place of. Reminder notices continue to run when nothing there. Difficult to configure. Not user friendly. Not worth the hassle. Uninstalled.
kurtis, Apr 16, 2012
Doesn't work at all Moto DROID RAZR MAXX. Sorry.
ergal thema, Apr 15, 2012
Doesn't work on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus Light Flow used to work on this phone, now LED notifications (for Handcent) don't work at all. Also, the language in the settings does not make sense sometimes. Should be simple, but is very much a pain instead.
Keenan, Apr 15, 2012
Very usefull!
Fahad, Apr 15, 2012
Fix the issue then 5stars App sometime does not work and when it does the led won't stop blinking
Anonymous, Apr 15, 2012
Stupid Horrible only came up one color
chris, Apr 15, 2012
Chris Works great on Droid Bionic, I have tried others in the past and they always crashed, nice touch showing multiple colors/notifications every few seconds
mezo, Apr 14, 2012
Not Even Blinking the default colour not working on my motorola fire xt311
Austin, Apr 14, 2012
Unimpressive I have a Droid x. I tried this and it made my LED stop working period. Any ideas
aapocketz, Apr 14, 2012
Poorly coded bloat This app eats your battery and the leds flash even after you have cleared notifications. Just not worth free.
Nkiru, Apr 13, 2012
Perfection Very customizable and easy to use. Love this app!!
Jade, Apr 12, 2012
Love it Works great on my transformer by Boost.
Ashley, Apr 12, 2012
Why you no worky on HTC sensation Still doesn't work for my HTC sensation :(
Alysa, Apr 12, 2012
problem with handcent app works great, very easy to customize just doesn't seem to recognize hand cent texts. please fix - nexus 4g
Ashton, Apr 12, 2012
Great but Blocks other apps from using their notifications, forcing you to pay for full version.
gurinder, Apr 12, 2012
Permissions This app wants to read SMS, take pics and video, read my calendar,and everything else. I haven't seen a more intrusive app than this yet. I can live with keeping my LED 1 color.
Greg, Apr 11, 2012
I was warned The description said that it would not work on most LG phones so I gave it a shot on my revolution. Although my phone refused to relinquish control of the colors of the led(which I have seen light up different colors) this app did not crash my phone even with root access. But the app did try just every notification was blue. 4 stars to maintain the average.
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