Led Notification

[trtmazda3]

I turned the led notification off and back on, then checked it by calling and texting myself. It wasn't working until I turned it off and back on again.

Same here. Apparently, every time you turn the phone off and back on, it breaks the notifications and you need to flip the switch off and back on.

Also, mine blinks for my alarm, Facebook, SMS/iMessage, incoming calls, and calendar alerts.

 

[jsox78]

This is the only thing I miss from my BlackBerry.

I'm sure I won't miss it for long though.

 

[rich67]

OK, I was getting frustrated with this, but realized it only works when the ambient light is low. But it works just fine for what it's intended to do.

 

[ThePinkChameleon]

This is the only thing I miss from my BlackBerry.

I'm sure I won't miss it for long though.

Really? I had be buzz on my bb, with each notification set to a diff set of lights. The day I switched to the iPhone, I never even though twice about it, and still don't miss it. This is why I never even bothered to use the flash notification the iPhone has avail. I think using it on my bb raised my anxiety level of like "omg, what msg came in now" type of thing. as silly as that may sound lol.

 

[phillies20]

It doesn't work at all for me either.. light, dark, whatever light.. strange apple has this in their OS and it doesn't work...

 

[bonesb]

It doesn't work at all for me either.. light, dark, whatever light.. strange apple has this in their OS and it doesn't work...

You know, you could have a defective device and be driven to needing therapy and never know why? Kidding....

I believe it's either a bug in 5.0x or Apple didn't get it working the way we'd expected, but it appears to be fixed in 5.1 (I'm running the beta).

I had issues with the LED flash not working too during testing of 5.0 and after the GM came out, and "fixed" it by turning on the two "Vibrate" settings in Sounds panel and enabling the Custom Vibrations setting in the Accessibility panel.

Keep in mind that for the LED to flash for notifications that Accessibility setting must be enabled (duh, I know), the app(s) you want to get the flash working need to have notifications in the Lock Screen enabled, and for some apps - like the Gmail app - the app's "Sounds" setting in the Notifications panel needs to be enabled as well. Of course, the LED will flash in the Lock Screen or if the device is in sleep mode.

In 5.0x, when I had the settings set up and the 3 vibration toggles set to on my devices worked perfectly for me. Good luck.

 

[anon(4742778)]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I am having a Blonde moment... I can't find the led light notification???

It is under Settings>General>Accessibility

 

[hoosieriphone]

I really wish there were LED notifications like on BlackBerry and my previous Motorola Android phones but at least things have gotten a little better with iOS 5.

Hopefully it will be on the next iPhone. I loved the notification when I had a BB. BTW....That's the only thing I miss from my BB days. I love coming over to the Dark Side.

 

[Ginbill]

It was too much for me. I didn't like it. My phone is usually on it's back anyways so it wasn't really getting noticed anyways until I was in the car or something with my phone laying in my lap. At that point it was really distracting and even startled me a few times. I've disabled it.

 

[7ftRussian]

Actually it blinks for TXT on my iPhone 5 and email too. But it's the camera LED light that does it and I do not want to waste the light on those notifications.