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They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I gotta say, sometimes I miss my fully customized LED on my blackberry back in the day. It could be in the bottom of a gym bag and I’d still know if I missed a Google Talk message (green) or a Facebook alert (dark blue) or an email (light blue), etc etc etc.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had a Galaxy Nexus with a custom ROM and was able to set the led to any color I wanted per app. It was awesome.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Did it go through multiple colors when you had notifications from different apps at the same time?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, being able to set different colors to show up depending on the app is so cool. Still an option in LineageOS with a section for Notification LED.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

My Nexus one did

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I had a cool LED on my old Sony which pulsed to the beat of music playing. It also covered the whole of the bottom of the phone and also showed when the phone was upside down. It was well cool.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't understand how Blackberry managed to drive itself into the ground like it did. I need a modern BB 9900 ASAP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Shit management + greed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Still have one on my sony xperia 5 iii (and no notch, micro sd, headphone jack, zoom camera)