Visual Notification When Phone Is "Sleeping"

[JoshHart]

yeah the green light should flash for any notifications I believe, it flashed earlier for my voicemail.

[omellet]

It's not consistent. A few times I've had new email that showed no notification light. Also, I notice that it doesn't seem to turn green when I'm charging it, either.

[omellet]

I think I may have found the bug: I sent a few test messages, and I only get the notification light when I don't have the Gmail app open on the G1, even if it's sleeping. When I hit the "end" key and still have Gmail open, no green light for new mail.

[Technickal]

hmmmmmmm, I see what the problem is, the green light is flashing when you have new notifications?

it would be awesome if the trackball lit

[withoutclass]

It is true that if you have the application open that you want a notification for, you wont get one because the phone assumes you are using the application and will see the new message. So if you want a notification, close out of the ap using the home or back button.

The only applications I have noticed a lack of notification from the light on the phone, or sound/vibrate, are IM applications. To me these applications only notify me if I do as you say, and wake the phone up.