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Android smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S1 do not have an LED notification light to indicate when a text message or phone call was received by the device. If you’re used to looking for a notification light but no longer have one on your newer phone, there is a solution. Thankfully, there is an app called NoLED that provides a great solution. I generally keep my phone on my desk while I work and can see the LED light blinking when a notification comes in. So I was shocked when my Pixel XL didn’t blink the LED light from a notification coming in. At first I thought there wasn’t an LED light in there, but it turns out that Google has simply disabled it by default. So to turn it on.

In theory, LED notifications are pretty awesome. They are designed to make life easier by letting you know at glance if you have missed important notifications on your device.

In reality, not all notifications are created equally. You might want to run to your handset if you’ve been waiting for an important call or your phone’s battery is low, but you might not care so much if it’s nothing more than an email or text message.

Unfortunately, most Android devices give the same basic Notification blink for most types of alerts.

Luckily, there are easy ways to take control of LED notifications, whether you wish to silence your LED notifications completely, or even assign color codes to the LED light so you actually know what’s going on before you turn your display on.

So how do you go about making more out of your LED notifications experience? A quick Google Play search will reveal a plethora of apps that can get the job done, including Light Flow and Light Manager. The problem with many of these solutions is that they often require root access of the phone in order to work.

If you are looking for an easier, root-free solution, you’ll certainly want to check out LED Blinker Notifications app! Not only does this app work without root but it’s interface is very simple to use too. We also show you how to completely disable these LED alerts in case they’re being a nuisance.

Getting Started

Before grabbing the LED Blinker Notifications app, you’ll need to ensure that you have a phone that supports multi-color LED lights. If you have a newer device from Samsung, HTC, Motorola or LG then you’re probably covered.

If your device doesn’t support multiple colors? The only thing this app will be good for is shutting off LED notifications completely. Okay, so now that you know what you’re up against, its time to head over to Google Play and download the LED Blinker Lite app.

Although LED Blinker Lite includes support for quite a few apps, if you want or need more, you might want to check out the pro version. The pro app costs $2.17 in the Play Store and works with just about any app imaginable.

Customizing Colors with LED Blinker Lite

Once you start the app, you should immediately be greeted by a simple interface that is divided into different tabbed sections. The only section that will work with the Lite version is the Free tab. To access other tabs you will need to pony up for the paid version.

Let’s start by showing you how to turn on the LED notification for specific apps and how to set it to different colors.

Step 1: First, go through the list and hit the LED On button to turn on LED Notification functionality, or LED Off to disable it.

Step 2: Next, choose a color. There are several predefined colors, or you can even create a user defined color if your phone supports it.

Step 3: If you are okay with the default blink rate for your device, that’s it – you’re done. Want to change it? Tap on the top right button with the three dots (as circled in the screenshot below) and then choose settings.

Step 4: Scroll down through the settings until you reach the Blink Rate option underneath the Extended section. Tap it and you will be given a prompt that will allow you to set the rate in seconds or even milliseconds.

That’s it! Everything should now be set up and ready to go. Looking to turn off LED Notifications temporarily or even permanently? Keep reading.

How to Disable LED Notifications

While customized LED Notifications can be very helpful, what if there are times when you simply want to turn off the functionality? No problem. LED Blinker has an option that allows you to define a time period where the notifications will be shut off. This is ideal for times when you are sleeping or simply don’t want to be disturbed.

Step 1: Tap on the top right button with the three dots (as circled in the screenshot below) and then choose settings.

Step 2: Scroll down through the list until you come to the Other section. Click on the Disable LED Blinker option and a new prompt will appear.

Step 3: In the prompt, define the hours that you wish to disable the LED Notifications feature.

Cool Tip: Want to shut down LED Notifications permanently? While in Settings, go to the General Section and hit the LED Blinker Activated button to uncheck it. This should take precedence over your default LED settings.

Conclusion

As you can see, LED Blinker Notifications really does allow you to take your LED notifications to the next level, and we’re just scratching the surface. With the Pro version you can customize notifications for specific games and apps, specific social networks and so much more.

While LED Blinker Notifications is known for occasional bugs that cause crashing and other minor issues, it is a relatively stable and offers an easy to use method for spicing up the way your LED notifications work. What do you think of LED Blinker Notifications? Is there another LED notification app you recommend instead? If so, let us know in the comments.

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Welcome to another installment of our troubleshooting series where we help our readers who own the #Samsung #Galaxy #S7 fix the issues that they are experiencing with their device. Today we will tackle the Galaxy S7 no text message notification issue & other related problems. What happens in this case is that the phone doesn’t have a message notification sound whenever a text message arrives. We will address this issue as well as other text messaging related problems that have been sent our way by our readers.

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S7 No Text Message Notification

Problem: For some reason i can send and receive texts but no notification at all. Went and changed the volumes to high and still nothing. I have to randomly look down at my phone to see if i have a message. All my other notifications still work tho like fb messenger and stuff

Related Problem: Hi, I am not receiving notifications when I recieve texts. My phone doesn’t vibrate or anything, so the only way i know if i have a text is if i unlock my screen and see that there’s a new message. how can i fix this problem?

Solution: Try checking the notification setting of the messages app and make sure that it is turned on. To do this go to Settings – Notifications – Make sure that the switch is on for Messages.

Try also changing the notification sound for messages as the current notification sound might have a problem. To do this go to Settings – Sound and vibration – Notification sound – Messages Notification.

If the above steps don’t work then proceed with the troubleshooting steps listed below.

• Start the phone in Safe Mode. Check if the issue occurs in this mode. If it doesn’t then you might have installed an app in your phone that’s causing this problem. Find out what app this is and uninstall it.
• Backup your phone data then do a factory reset.

S7 Text Message Just Says Downloading

Problem:Good morning, I just purchased this phone about 2 weeks ago and I often receive text messages and it just says downloading. I received two messages last night and it is still showing downloading this morning. I am using the sms app. Please help! Thanks so much!

Solution: If it says downloading when you receive a message then you are most likely getting an MMS. To be able to download or send an MMS you should have an active mobile data connection and you should turn on the mobile data switch of your phone. The APN settings of your phone should also match the settings being used by your network.

S7 Invalid Recipient Error In Group Messaging

Problem:I just got a new Samsung S7 yesterday and I can make and receive calls as well as sent individual text messages with no problem. But when if I try to send a text to multiple people or respond to a text with multiple people on it, I always get a failed message that says “invalid recipient.” I’ve tried restarting my phone, turning on my mobile data, checking the phone numbers I’m trying to text back, force stopping my messenger app, clearing the cache on my messenger app…

Solution: If the phone numbers of your contacts are correct and you have already cleared the cache and data of the messages app then proceed with the troubleshooting steps listed below.

• Start the phone in Safe Mode. When the phone works in this mode only the pre-installed apps are allowed to run while apps you downloaded are prevented from running. Check if the issue occurs in this mode. If it doesn’t then app could be causing the problem. Find out what app this is and uninstall it.
• Wipe the cache partition of your phone from the recovery mode.
• Backup your phone data then do a factory reset.

S7 Stopped Sending SMS To Premium Numbers

Problem:My s7 all of a sudden stopped sending SMS (the numbers to get coupons, like target, 95730 type of numbers) I have been to the Verizon store and they called tech support. I was there for over an hour and the problem is still not fixed. I can’t even reply to the messages to opt out. We even reset my settings and it did nothing. Tech support said there was nothing on my account. I need this fixed!

Solution: You can change this setting by going to Settings – Applications – Application Manager – Messages. From here look for Permissions and on the Send Premium SMS portion set it to always. Now there are some owners of this device who don’t have this setting, probably due to a software bug. Try checking if your phone is running on the latest software version. If it is and you can’t find the setting to change the way you send a premium SMS then your only other option is to do a factory reset. Make sure to backup your phone data before doing the reset.

S7 Cannot Send Group Messages To iPhones

Problem:Hi, I just bought an unlocked Samsung S7 SM-G930U. I cannot send or receive group messages with iPhones through MMS. Mobile data is on. I previously had the S5 and group messaging worked fine. Is the issue related to converting from a Micro SIM to a Nano SIM? Do the iPhone’s need to delete the original group chat with my number in it?

Solution: Can you send a group message to Android phone users? If you can and the issue only occurs when sending out to iPhone owners then have them delete the previous group message in their phone’s. Make sure that when they send you a group message it is sent as a text message and not as an iMessage.

S7 Randomly Stops Sending/Receiving Text Messages

Problem: Phone randomly stops sending/receiving messages. Sometimes even stops receiving data even though I consistently have LTE signal. Then the floodgates open and I receive all of them at once.

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Solution: It’s very likely that this issue is caused by some form of corrupt data. Try performing the following troubleshooting steps listed below to fix this problem. Move to the next step if the issue still occurs.

• Clear the cache and data of the messaging app.
• Wipe the cache partition of your phone from the recovery mode.
• Backup your phone data then do a factory reset.

S7 Lag In Opening Conversation Of One Contact

Problem: One of my contacts specifically is extremely slow to open our conversation in the messages app. It’s slow for the keyboard to pop up and slow to hop out of the keyboard to scroll through our msgs. All others are fine. I’d prefer not to delete our msg history as some of it is important to me.

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Solution: you should try clearing the cache of the messages app and see if this works. If it doesn’t then you will have to backup the text message conversation of the particular contact then delete your conversation thread.

S7 Old Text Messages Are Attaching To New Ones

Problem:Random really old text messages are attaching to news ones as they come in – similar to issue I saw on your forum relative to old pictures. The old message is not even from same sender. I followed advice for random picture attaching issue but not fixed. Really do not want to have to reset phone or delete all texts as this is a work phone and I need messages.

Solution: This issue is usually caused by some form of glitch in the phone software. Try clearing the cache and data of the messages app first then check if this fixes the problem. You should also try wiping the cache partition of your phone from the recovery mode. If the problem persists then you should consider doing a factory reset. Just make sure to backup the data stored in your phone.

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