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[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] NoFatePPC:
if it was up to me, i leave it like it is now , working perfect

just a DND mode
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] CazeW:
Thanks for the explanation. Was unaware of that they hadn't opened the API. With your code, how much control do you have over what's displayed on every pulse? Are you for example restricted with the position and only being able to show/hide the app icon/text from the notification? What I mean is that it's not possible to use custom graphics?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Icons and text are really the only thing open to me. Position is determined by the device. I can choose what text or icons to show or hide.

Custom notifications using remote views are also restricted which is why you can't see the full content of say your weather app. I even had to give my app an empty string for the name to get it to not display Pixel Pulse on the OnePlus ambient display (Google pixel doesn't add app name).
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] CazeW:
Alright. I assume you've already looked at the undocumented/hidden API's as well? I know Google has limited access to those in Pie, but I think some are still accessible.

How about root access? Does that lift any of the restrictions?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Incredible_Culp:
I may need to include all of your reponses in the OP to help minimize all the same questions being asked :silly:

great explanation and thank you for taking time out to elaborate details for us .. Wish more devs were like this :highfive:
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] prakashdiwakar:
I understood your point but I am using since last some days and till now no battery drain from this app. Even more than 2-3% in whole day. I dont know deeply , how it works but its working as expected for me. Pixel pulse is good , just one suggestion to do some display twicks to show notifications in beautiful way. Like in center with icons only, instead of left.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] adin67:
I found a better application than "pixel". I installed "No Led"and worked well for me.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] rmaathuis:
Yeah, that was the one I was using without a problem but I heard about Pixel Pulse that it should be a better alternative but I really can't get it to work.

I enabled Ambient Display ("Tap The Screen To Show") and "Wake Screen When You Receive Notifications". Of course I disabled "No Led" first. When it didn't work I also tried disabling DND (which I don't want because I don't want any sound coming from my phone except when it rings) but that also didn't help.

So I stick with "No Led". But I also believe that that app uses a lot more battery.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] nanodan:
What kind of control would you have if you elevate your app to get/have root permissions? Do you have any plans to investigate such an option?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
The additional battery drain won't necessarily show up for that app. The app itself uses little battery but it keeps your phone from going into a low power state while it's showing something on your screen.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] shobhit92bhar:
Hey [MENTION=6730079]grokus[/MENTION], is it possible to modify the behavior in a way that pixel pulse is not triggered for low priority notifications, for ex- Google's random traffic and weather updates, WhatsApp web active notification ???
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Samsura:
In the filter settings you can choose what should trigger Pulse.

Disable everything and choose the few apps you care about and you should be good.

edit: i might have missunderstood. This might be more tricky..
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] NoFatePPC:
Is it possible to also make reminder SOUND notifications? Enable for me each service like now for icons...

Or will this have battery impact?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] roddem:
I know and as many times I filter the app, it still shows after a while. Seems the filter isnt working properly or I am doing something wrong:confused:
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Joern85:
[MENTION=6730079]grokus[/MENTION] hey, as you seem to be able to hide the clock on the ambient display when pulsing would it also be possible to add an option to hide the fingerprint symbol? That would be awesome!
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] rmaathuis:
The app is working now for me. The setting "don't show notifications at all" on the lockscreen prevented it from working.

NoLed works normally with that setting enabled, just like the real led did on my previous phones.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] shobhit92bhar:
Correct, i dont want to disable the notification completely but since it is a low priority notification i dont want pixel pulse to trigger. Like similar functionality is with notification led.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] felek73:
Hi ..does this mod works while I.am in the middle of the call ? I mean I talking to someone via my BT headset and then there is notification - will it be shown on screen ?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] srb_sagar:
Guys plz try NoLED app it's good app. I am using it.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Phuturist:
As mentioned a couple of times already, you can't really compare it with Pixel Pulse. Pixel Pulse utilizes the ambient display keeping battery drain to a minimum. NoLED uses an overlay on the lockscreen and wakes up the device which is a different strategy. This enables it to have more features and customization but will definitely result in higher battery usage.

Whatever is important to you defines the right choice.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] NoFatePPC:
indeed, i stick with Pixel Pulse , verry good app!
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] dreco:
Not working. I set it to 10 seconds, it appears at 60. If it appears ...
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] superiscch:
I get a huge drain when Pixel Pulse is active... Really odd because it shouldn't be.

Be with the app active I get 3 to 4 sot, inactive Around 6 hours. Not other behavior, just deactivation of the app.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] xgerryx:
Doesn't really work. Pulses once and never again
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] felek73:
Anyone knows how to hide lockscreen notification and leave it visible 8n status bar? For example I want to see Tasker notification in status bar and hide it on the lockscreen. I'm new to Oxygen OS
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] hisee:
Notifications action is not working like double tab to reply. Also on paid version it showing pixel plus icon instead of actual app version [MENTION=6730079]grokus[/MENTION]
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] hotstocks:
You don't know what you are talking about. I have installed both NoLED and Pixel Pulse. I tested each and Pixel Pulse flashes for 1 second every so often, you can't even see it, and the battery drain is MUCH higher than NoLED. NoLED just makes a green square that floats around the top and is always visible like a LED and uses MUCH less battery. Install both, force stop one of them, and do a test, you will see NoLED doesn't have a nice message, but it has a persistant LED and uses less battery, so until Pixel Pulse actually stays on or flashes every few seconds and uses LESS battery than NoLED, it is not as good.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] oval61251:
The time intervals still are not accurate for me
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] nanodan:
I'm actually finding that the most important settings don't work at all.

Setting time interval does nothing. App pulses apparently whenever it feels like it.

Setting which apps are opposed to activate it also apparently does nothing. Google play music is activating pulse when I'm listening to music even though I do not have it selected to activate pulse and I have "always pulse" off.

I also see the pixel pulse icon every pulse, but I've read that that is apparently a OnePlus limitation. Hopefully they recognize the desire for such a pulsing semi-always on display and they can provide it natively eventually... Seems to be the best of both worlds concerning AOD and its alleged drawbacks...

Edit: all apps are apparently activating pulse no matter what.

App data has been wiped a few times and I've uninstalled/reinstalled as well.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] wowthatisrandom:
[MENTION=6730079]grokus[/MENTION] did your 6T ever arrive?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] veatesia:
I've just discovered this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ledblinker

It's light is in a circular dot, it looks nicer than NoLED, it declared support for Android Pie (unlike NoLED has been abandoned long ago), and it blinks more nicely (NoLED doesn't blink afaik)

But again, just like NoLED, I don't know how to escape from it. Double tap to wake doesn't work, power button doesn't work. I just get stuck at the blinking LEDs screen everytime. Do you know how to dismiss it?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] hotstocks:
Actually they both use a **** ton of battery. We need a better solution/app that doesn't use full screen power usage. Why they got rid of the real LED is just stupid.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] veatesia:
Blame Oppo. Blame them for the loss of headphone jack too. The only good thing OnePlus can do for us is Oxygen OS
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] rmaathuis:
From the NoLED tutorial...View attachment 4652711
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] sh500:
I have to agree with most of the above - specifically timings and app selections. Also, any of the Global Notifications Settings only work if you have Android lock screen notifications set as 'Show all notification content'. Mine is set to 'hide sensitive content', which voids the Pulse app's notifications settings.

I had an issue with the Pulse notification showing when I joined the beta program. Reverted back to regular and now it works. Presumably you have already unselected 'Pixel Pulse Running' in Android notifications?

For me, even with the above issues, it's still better than not having regular LED notifications.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] PePPo79:
Hello, just an advice for the developer: i've tried Missed Notification Reminder using only the reminder with no audio notification and works very well. Maybe he can see how it works and update Pixel Pulse. Just my 2 cents about. Have a nice day everybody
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] nanodan:
I wasn't in the beta program. I thought the app was in beta overall. Regardless, I've tried the opposite and joined the program. I'll see if it works better or worse when it updates.

My notifications are set to show all content on the lockscreen.

Good advice about hiding the Pixel Pulse active notification setting. When the app was younger this setting prevented the app from working. Seems to be unaffected by having it off now, so I can hide the pixel pulse icon. Which is great. Thanks.

Yes it's definitely better. I'll take it pulsing for media apps even when I don't want it to over not having it at all. It's a great app and I appreciate the developer supporting us. It's not called OnePlus Pulse after all!
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] treetolber:
Has anyone mentioned maybe activating the fingerprint sensor image to pulse for notifications? Not even sure if it's possible.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] veatesia:
Does it work with full screen gesture?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] rmaathuis:
Yes it does, I also use that.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] veatesia:
If that's the case, then I think LED Blinker is better. The downside is that it's not free
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Incredible_Culp:
This, unfortunately, goes against the original post i made ... But i actually really like this app you mentioned/found (I'm also [finally] experiencing Pixel Pulse issues that others have mentioned as well).

I still "prefer" Pixel Pulse over this app, but until Pixel Pulse gets a little more stable and consistent, the app below hits the sweet spot for me.

I'll type out my reasoning below since i have some time to kill

Maybe it'll help someone decide too..

The app below (i tried the lite version first so i can play with it for a bit -- its free)

NoLED is extremely ugly -- i wont give it a review and give why it is, it just is. Its terrible.

Multiple random squares (at the same time) that float around? Yuck.

Anyways, the app below (the way i have it setup) reminds me of the ol Nexus days where the LED lights up on the bottom center of the phone.

-- Looks damn good.

When you install the app, head into settings > Screen LED > check Screen LED

I have the LED size small, the brightness at 5% (0% was too dim for my liking),

blink rate slow, and the location at the bottom center (down).

Also have pocket mode enabled (i guess for battery savings lol)

For those who (including you veatesia) want to press the power button to 'dismiss' the notification instead of using the back gesture,

there is an option in the Screen LED setting at the very bottom called 'Disable Back Button'

-- checking that option will grant you the 'normal' function of the power button (waking it up)..

I, personally, like not being able to use the power button

-- it gives a sense of 'invisible' security.. No one will be able to just pick up your phone and use it lol

Now, i cant comment on fingerprint reader, etc because i don't use a lock screen..

-- well only the 'swipe' to unlock is what i use.. Haven't used a 'lock' screen in years -- i set up my phone to be 100% gesture based,

so if you don't know the gestures i set up, you'll be unable to navigate the phone, bring up apps, etc .. So, that's my 'security'

Now for battery usage, nothing has changed, in other words -- i dont see a big difference in battery drain.. I mean, its not like I'm going to be away from a charger for a week lol -- Every where i am, if i need to charge my phone, I can; desk, car, home, etc...

Plus we have AMOLED screen, the whole screen stays black anyways.. Sure, it'll 'wake' the device from doze, but i wake the device so much anyways that 'doze' probably doesnt do much for me regardless haha

Well thats my 2 cents.. If that helped someone, great! If not, i guess keep on scrolling :highfive:

TL;DR I like LEDBlinker its dope, it works consistently, its minimal, and looks really nice :good:

Will still keep my eye on Pixel Pulse. I see this thing becoming huge. Kinks just have to get ironed out is all.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] oval61251:
What happened to the developer? He was pretty active on here and said he was getting a 6T to test on....
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] wowthatisrandom:
i asked the same q a few days ago. seems like he gave up on us 6T folk
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] wilpang:
Is there a way to stop Oneplus 6T from stopping NoLed? After a while of inactivity the app gets closed down
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] nanodan:
Turn off battery optimization for the app
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] robbo10:
Pixel Pulse has been working ok for me. But I get random notifications for Android apps using GPS or something of that nature. Also when I'm using chromecast I turn off the app to stop getting notifications. There's no way to filter these apps. For the most part it's a good alternative to the missing LED.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] sssarg:
Doubtful. Do note that he's only made one post since he last posted here. Which likely means he's just temporarily inactive, and you'll have to be patient.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] wilpang:
Tried that and it still closes if I my phone is inactive for a long period, will try the other ones to see if they close too
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] jabbeboy:
Why hav'nt i seen any mentions ever about this app ?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koo.lightmanager
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] rmaathuis:
Go to the app in recents and lock it
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] sssarg:
Does it use the Ambient Display and doesn't prevent Doze?

Seems to me it's not using the Ambient Display, which would mean it's a larger battery hog than this (still in early development, but getting there) application.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] wilpang:
I go to my recent apps and long press and no menu comes up or do you mean App lock which requires a pin/finger print etc to use?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Shemploo:
Is it possible to bring back "wave" to wake screen functionality? Somehow hijack the proximity sensor and use it as "wave to wake up" ?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] rmaathuis:
In the recent apps menu find NoLED, click on the 3 dots in the upper right corner, choose Lock
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I'm still here. Trying a few timing things right now, and yes I have a one plus 6t to test on now.

So far the device isn't reporting the screen tap sensor so I haven't been able to hook into that yet.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] veatesia:
Looks great, support double tap to wake, and is free for more apps than LED Blinker, but it doesn't blink. A persistent image will be harmful to the OLED screen
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] kantjer:
I use "Gravity Screen", it has a "Turn Screen on by proximity" feature
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] orestis.androul:
The last hours the app doesn't work. I don't understand why. I have to turn off and turn on the application again to run. Again it runs for a while and then silence...

Does anyone know why?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] jabbeboy:
So it's like NoLED then.. Not sure why everybody praises noLED when it clearly sucks battery af also
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Josh McGrath:
Probably battery optimization. It's really annoying with apps
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] orestis.androul:
I close the battery optimaziotion but still the same. Now the app continues to run but the notifications pops only the first time and then stops.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Josh McGrath:
Did you go in and disable the optimization on the app itself? Turning it all off should work too tho
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] micshang:
Same issue for me. After the update, it pulse for one time and that's it. Uninstalled and installed the app, same issue still happens :(
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] felek73:
The same here. Version 0.8 was much more reliable.. anyone could provide link to 0 8?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Phuturist:
Yes, new version unfortunately does not work. Hoping it will get fixed soon.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] emiquelet:
Great App but Version 0.9 Not Working

Let me start by thanking the author for such a useful app. It was very clever to piggyback on Ambient Display not to drain the battery. I was glad to make a well-deserved donation.

Having said that, I can also confirm that something stopped working in version 0.9. Version 0.8 was actually working quite well for me. I took the precaution of making a back-up of version 0.8, but for some reason it crashes when I install it.

I hope the author can fix it soon because I got to rely on this app quite a bit.

---------- Post added at 06:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:31 PM ----------

I forgot to mention that version 0.9 always displays the Pixel Pulse icon on the status bar on my phone but version 0.8 didn't. Version 0.8 surely got many things right.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] jdiddy_ub:
Same. Even with some issues it was good enough to use but the new version broke it
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] felek73:
There was an update in Play store but it still doesn't work. I wish developer just restore very 0.8..for some reason 0.8 restored from TB still crashes.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] micshang:
Ya.. Still doesn't work. Was happy for a while there :D
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
The latest has been pulsing over night on both my pixel and OnePlus while idle. Can you try restarting the phone if you are still having problems?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] felek73:
Yep..after clearing data and restarting phone it started to work..Thanks?
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
There's a concurrency issue with the scheduler mechanism. I'm posting another update now.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] jdiddy_ub:
just downloaded the update...let's see

After trying a bunch of apps (this one, noLed, led blinker, AOD) I'm getting closer and closer to just accepting the fact that the phone doesn't have a notification light and that there are no solutions. All are good and I thank the devs but they all have issues that keep me from using them
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] felek73:
Next update (appered about 1h ago) fixes things and for now all is good as it was in 0.8

Thank to dev and hope for future development (like quite hours :))
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] nanodan:
Patience, young Padawan. Software is iterative.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] jdiddy_ub:
trying but it's better to not expect it and be pleasantly surprised rather than think it's going to happen then realize it won't.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] micshang:
Many thanks for the great work sir :good:

Works like a charm now :D
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] lsd3k:
Please add pulse timer, that's I can choice when to blink. Like from 7 am till 11 pm. Thanks.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] haxelmans:
I second that.
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] Incredible_Culp:
Latest update works brilliant on my end -- After a day and a half, it continues to work without hiccups..

- I have the Pulse interval set to 7 (its consistent)

- Also disabled the app from battery optimizations (just for reassurance)

- Went a step further (due to me getting notifications late from other apps or not at all until i open them again) and disabled 'deep optimization' within the battery optimization advanced settings. Which may have helped this app even more as well :highfive:

Phone still sips battery.. Went to bed around 1030pm with 72%, woke up around 8am with 70% :good: (i believe the oos 9.0.7. update helped with majority of this)

However, im satisfied! Let the progress continue! Thanks dev for being so resilient!! Bought ya another beer :silly:
[OnePlus 6T  Themes, Apps, and Mods] DrRichardQuack:
I'm incredibly grateful for the effort that [MENTION=6730079]grokus[/MENTION] has invested thus far in "filling the void" after the LED was removed from most of the recent "flagship" devices (in this case, the OnePlus 6T).

At first, I was sad not to have the LED, but when I realized that an "SOD" (Sometimes On Display) (I should trademark that) is actually superior in many ways to an LED or even an AOD (Always On Display), I became invested in making this app perfect. Clearly, the major advantage of the Ambient Display is the ability to see more than a colored light sequence (i.e., the actual notification message content) for any number of pending notifications. Much more powerful!

At this point, the app "works" for me, but the major problem I experience (on the OnePlus 6T) is that the "Pulse Filter" menu seems to be inert. In other words, I see the screen come on (via Pixel Pulse) for EVERY app, despite the fact that I've checked a specific subset of apps in the configuration screen.

Maybe I'm misinterpreting the intention here, but shouldn't I see the Ambient Display illuminate only for apps next to which I've checked the "Pulse" box, within the Pixel Pulse app?

I ask because I've checked that box for only a few apps, yet I see notifications via Pixel Pulse for everything under the sun, ranging from Play Services GPS notifications to Spotify (every N seconds, the Ambient Display kicks-on to tell me which song is playing).

Also, for whatever it's worth, I see zero impact on battery. As others have stated in the thread, this phone/ROM merely "sips" battery, and this app hasn't changed that at all.

And, finally, not a "problem", per se, but the Pixel Pulse app has an empty "name" string for the application itself. I see only the icon, and no name for the app, whenever the app appears.

Screenshot demonstrating what I mean is attached, demonstrating its appearance in both the notifications pull-down and in any other context I've seen.