Mobile phones have become essential devices in our lives, we always carry them with us and constantly look at them. In this sense , it is rare that we lose an alert , but if you are one of those who like to find out when your mobile is ringing, either by a call or a message, the following tutorial may be useful for you. Some smartphones come with a notification LED, which is usually located on the front, either on the top or on the bottom. In addition, there are manufacturers who offer the possibility of using the camera's LED flash, which is a much more powerful diode. This option is intended for users with hearing problems,to make sure no calls are missed. However, not all mobiles allow the use of the LED flash for notifications , we will tell you how you can get it on any Android mobile with the Call Flash application.
Before entering the matter, it is necessary that you verify that your mobile does not support notifications with the LED flash. As we said, this option is usually found in the Accessibility menu , which is at the bottom of the Settings menu . If your Android mobile includes this function you will only have to activate it, but if it does not have it, you must download the Call Flash application , available for free in the Google Play Store.
Call Flash is one of the most complete tools to be able to make the LED flash of our camera illuminate when receiving a notification. It also allows us to edit parameters to adjust the blink pattern and much more. The first screen asks us to test the flash before we can continue and take us to the second screen, where we can activate the flash in notifications and SMS and also in calls . Under each section there are two values that refer to the time the flash is off and the time it is on. By sliding the bars we can adjust the blinking to our liking.
The Preferences menu includes many more options to edit, but the first thing we have to do is allow Call Flash to illuminate the flash when we receive an alert. We go to "Flash in other notifications" and the Accessibility menu of our phone will automatically open . Within the list we must click on "Call Flash Notifications" and a balloon will open asking for confirmation, we say yes and return to the Preferences menu.
After activating notifications in other applications, a new option will appear in the Preferences menu, it is "List of applications". This new section allows us to decide in which applications the LED flash will light up when we have an alert. Here it depends on the user's taste, we can choose all of them or only those that we consider most important.
The preferences of Call Flash includes more options, such as operating mode . We can tell it to only activate in vibrate mode and not to do it in silent mode, or to activate in all modes. The option "Nap period" is used to configure the hours of sleep so that the flash does not wake us up.