[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Notification LED

Anyone here use the Notification LED? I do, and I have depended on it for all the years I have this phone. It is seemingly trivial to many people, yet the people who do use it, find it indispensable. I am one of those people. What do I use it for and why is it so important? I do not always have my phone in my pocket. It may be on the coffee table, out of reach, on the nightstand or dresser, charging, out of reach. What if I miss an important call, voice mail, text, or how do I know that the phone is not dead, not working, or frozen up, at a glance?

The Notification LED. (Screenshot of Settings attached.) Normal is a quick green flash, every 30 seconds or so. It is a minimal thing as not to drain the battery. But all I have to do is stare at it for up to ½ a minute and I know that everything is okay. If the light is quick and different colors, I missed a call, voice mail, text message, or anything else I wish to assign to the LED with control over the pulse length, rate, and color. This is a fantastic feature to have. Over 2 years, I do not have to get out of bed, get up from a TV show, or go out of my way to find this out, without interrupting my rest or whatever I am doing to constantly pick up the phone, light the screen, and check.

On build 03/09, it worked. On 03/23 and 24, it stopped working. On build 03/25, it is working again. Thank goodness. I wanted to know "the official purpose" from Motorola for the Notification Light and found it on page 6 of the User Guide. The purpose of the light is stated as:

Notification Light: The notification light blinks when

you have a new message or notification, and turns on

when you start charging a dead battery.

Okay, that is the "Official" description of the light. I find that mine blinks green (Normal) even when not connected to a charger and has always acted that way. Well, it *is* working the way I expect on 03/25 and man do I like this build!

By the way, if anyone wants the official manual, you can download it here. This is for Verizon with Jellybean, but it is the official owner's manual.

Just because this seems like a "trivial matter" and many members state that they never use it, don't know about it, and don't care, that I wanted to ask the group as a whole, do you use the light, set it up the way you like it, and consider it an important part of the phone and rom. I would really *hate* to see this feature, just "fade away".

I also want to keep the Notification Light on the burner for the devs. It seems that the light was overlooked for those that primarily use the phone in a dock, like Sherri. She is a senior member in good standing and because she uses the phone while docked, she has to break stride while working out or whatever she is doing to constantly check for voice mail, missed calls, text, or anything else from her kids, friends, family, or anyone. It is like Motorola totally were "out to lunch" on this issue and that is a shame that some people cannot get everything out of this phone and rom that most get. I do not use a dock so it does not affect me, but I "care" about others and this annoys me. Maybe the right dev could work in a "Use light with screen on" option or even an Xposed Module developer could do this. I don't know, but wanted to bring it forth. G'night guys.