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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] 51 points 1 year ago (9 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.

[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain 19 points 1 year ago (5 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.

[–] caut_R 5 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?

[–] Tabooki 3 points 1 year ago

My Nexus one did

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