Anyone actually able to control notification LED with Tasker?
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BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 2:01:51 AM10/11/18
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I've been trying to get this to work off and on with multiple devices since android 2.3. It has never once worked. Not any color or for any context.
Is this a lost cause? Is this possible? I'm tired of unnecessary apps cluttering up my phone.
I'm currently using an xperia xz1 compact running android 8.0.0... is there some sort of plugin to make this functional?
Thanks in advance.
João Dias
Oct 11, 2018, 3:20:05 AM10/11/18
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If you're not rooted, controlling the LED can only be done through notifications. Are you aware of that?
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BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 9:37:03 AM10/11/18
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But I am rooted. And I've rooted every one of my devices. What am I doing wrong?
João Dias
Oct 11, 2018, 9:39:07 AM10/11/18
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BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 10:20:20 AM10/11/18
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I use the notify led action, but it does nothing. Flashes a notification but light doesn't come on.
C S
Oct 11, 2018, 10:27:40 AM10/11/18
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Put in a wait and have your screen off.
João Dias
Oct 11, 2018, 10:38:02 AM10/11/18
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Yes, the screen needs to be off for Notify LED to work.
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 3:27 PM C S <cshe...@gmail.com> wrote:
Put in a wait and have your screen off.
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BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 10:39:35 AM10/11/18
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Be happy to try that but that really shouldn't matter considering the context to activate it is an sms received and i have the screen off when I receive it. No point in trying to test the led if the screen is on.
BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 10:43:39 AM10/11/18
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Nope. No light.
BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 10:46:06 AM10/11/18
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Do I need to revoke all other permissions to control the LED or allow Tasker to do so or something like that?
C S
Oct 11, 2018, 11:00:44 AM10/11/18
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Remove the screen off part and try it again.
Make a new test task that is just Wait 5 seconds, then flash led. Run that and manually turn off the screen.
BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 11:05:43 AM10/11/18
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That's exactly what I tried after your first message. Manually ran a test task wherein waits five seconds and then notify led. I hit play and manually turn off screen.
No LED. There's a tasker notification when I turn it on... but no LED.
I've never been able to get this to work with any device. I can only assume I'm doing something wrong since it hasn't been removed from Tasker. I've had to rely on LightFlow which is completely unreliable and also can't manage to overrule the stock led settings.
C S
Oct 11, 2018, 11:14:43 AM10/11/18
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Are you picking a colour for the led flash? I had a task with LED working on my Nexus 5. But new phone doesn't have one.
BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 11:22:15 AM10/11/18
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Yes and I've tried multiple colors. I can verify that all the colors work with Light Flow. I use the led for all sorts of notifications, I won't buy a device if it doesn't have an rgb led. It's one of Android's best features in my opinion.
C S
Oct 11, 2018, 11:25:25 AM10/11/18
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Ight. Thats all I got for you.
BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 11:29:59 AM10/11/18
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Let's get high tonight? Hahaha.
There's got to be something I can do to enable this. It's driving me insane.
Robert Ryan
Oct 11, 2018, 11:36:37 AM10/11/18
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Also not working on my Galaxy S9 with Oreo 8.0.0 using this test task:
Test
A1: AutoInput Screen Off/On
Screen Off Or On: Turn Off
Timeout (Seconds): 60
A2: Wait
MS: 0
Seconds: 5
Minutes: 0
Hours: 0
Days: 0
A3: Notify LED
Title: test
Icon: null
Number: 0
Colour: Blue
Rate: 500
Priority: 5
Repeat Alert: Off
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Robert Burton
Oct 11, 2018, 11:41:03 AM10/11/18
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Doesn't appear to work on my Note 9 either. Android 8.1
BLaFord
Oct 11, 2018, 11:58:29 AM10/11/18
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Is there some sort of permission I need to allow? Do I need to revoke lightflow permissions even though I have disabled the app?
Also, this is unrelated but... this is my first time rooting with magisk... there aren't any known issues vs traditional supersu?
João Dias
Oct 12, 2018, 4:24:48 AM10/12/18
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Ok, seems to not be working for me either. Maybe because Tasker is not targeting Android 8 yet...
But I tried AutoNotification (which does target Android 8) and it works! On my Galaxy S9 it didn't respect the pattern, but it respected the color. Can you try that?
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 4:58 PM BLaFord <bla...@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there some sort of permission I need to allow? Do I need to revoke lightflow permissions even though I have disabled the app?Also, this is unrelated but... this is my first time rooting with magisk... there aren't any known issues vs traditional supersu?
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BLaFord
Oct 12, 2018, 12:35:48 PM10/12/18
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As in your app AutoNotification? I'll give it a try. Thanks so much.
João Dias
Oct 12, 2018, 12:57:29 PM10/12/18
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Josh
Nov 12, 2018, 10:08:23 AM11/12/18
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I'm using a G. Pixel with Android Pie, maybe in a coming tasker update leds will work again out the box? I just want to switch on led when charging without using light flow app.
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