Deactivate light when charging

[CesarHerreraG]

With OTA 12 it appears a light when you charge rhe batery. This may deteriorate the diode.

[wdehoog]

There is a PR for unity to address your concern: ubports/unity8#283.

Considering the lifetimes of leds and of phones I doubt the led may deteriorate in a way you will be able to notice though.

[CesarHerreraG]

ok

[FlavioMala]

It depend on how much current the designer has decided to “pump“ into the led, its characteristics, working temperature, etc.
keep in mind also that “charging“ occurs for a limited time...
In conclusion, what wdehoog wrote is perfectly applicable!
(But an on/off button somewhere should be a good thing.)

[CesarHerreraG]

ok again.

[CesarHerreraG]

You could close if you want.

[wdehoog]

You have a valid wish: to be able to tun of the charging notification using the led. There is a PR to do just that. (Not very friendly yet though. No UI to disable/enable it.)
So I think we should keep the issue open.

[CesarHerreraG]

Thanks.

[gbdomubpkm]

Totally agree to have the possibility to disable the diode.
But an idea : if it is feasible, whether the phone is charging while being switched on or off, the LED could only be switched on, for example, as soon as 90% of the full charge is reached to signal that we are getting closer to the goal.

[wdehoog]

So where should the switch to en-/disable the charging indicator be available?

The PR already allows to do so using the terminal command:
dconf write /com/lomiri/ledindication/charging-state-visible false. Is that acceptable and sufficient?

I can't find a good place in the system settings for it. Adding a switch to the battery indicator seems more appropriate.

[Flohack74]

Hmm I think Android does this in the same way, and also there you have no option to turn it off. So, lifetime considerations should be no issue, otherwise Android would probably already offered a similar option.

[CesarHerreraG]

Ok.

[mateosalta]

So where should the switch to en-/disable the charging indicator be available?

The PR already allows to do so using the terminal command:
dconf write /com/lomiri/ledindication/charging-state-visible false. Is that acceptable and sufficient?

I can't find a good place in the system settings for it. Adding a switch to the battery indicator seems more appropriate.

that would be a good solution for the short term, we could always add it into the uttweak tool for advanced users