Everyone has their preferred method to receive notifications on their phone. Perhaps you have your favorite theme song started bellowing at full volume or, if you're like me, you have not activated a ringing since 2006.
Fortunately, modern smartphones give us some different choices in how we are alerted to our devices. However, there is another option for iPhone users that many people are not aware of.
Most users know the three most common restaurant notifications: Ring, silent and vibrate, or a combination of all three. But there is an additional option to allow the LED light on the back of your iPhone blinking in models for alerts.
This may be old news for some pros of the iPhone, but it's a unique way to differentiate your notifications others in your group, if you work in a team and you have all iPhones.
To start, press the "Settings" app on your home screen.
Under Settings, you will then want to press the "General" tab to open the general settings on the phone. On the General tab, you can also find information on your iPhone and your specific use, settings for things like the date, time and keyboard, as well as options to reset your phone.
Once you're on the General tab, the next step is to tap the "Accessibility" tab. While in accessibility, you can change the parameters that have to do with hearing or vision assistance and change some of the ways you interact with your phone.
Finally, to allow light notification on your iPhone, tap or drag the cursor around the term "LED flash for alerts," found on the "audience" header. Sliding right key for turn green, enable the feature, while sliding the right button to disable the function.
Once you have the feature is enabled, you can go back to the Home screen and expect a bright flash on the back of your phone the next time you receive a call or text.
This function is available on iPhone 4 or later, iOS 5 and later versions. There are no customization settings, but the indicator flashes three times when you get a standard notification as text message, and flashes non-stop with an incoming call until the call is answered or the caller hangs up.
Keep in mind, however, that this notification function is not universally loved and it stands out as particularly bad in low light situations. So if you're in a dimly lit room watching a presentation, or have a romantic candlelight dinner with your significant other, you might want to just to keep your phone in your pocket.
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