# Android phone flashes LED on incoming call since upgrade

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-flashes-led-on-incoming-call-since-upgrade/678533 "2014-01-11T19:28:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-flashes-led-on-incoming-call-since-upgrade/678533/1 "2014-01-11T19:28:30Z")

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I just did the automatic OS upgrade to my Samsung Galaxy III to Android 4.3 and suddenly it flashes the LED (camera flash) on incoming call. There is no third-party app installed to do this, accessibility settings have “flash on notification” unchecked, and I can’t find it anywhere else in settings. How do I turn this off?

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-flashes-led-on-incoming-call-since-upgrade/678533/2 "2014-01-11T19:34:20Z")

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Try checking the option and then unchecking it again. I know that sounds like “have you tried switching it off and on again?” 😉 , but that’s the solution provided in this thread:

> **[S4 Incoming calls / texts & camera flash going off](https://forums.androidcentral.com/threads/s4-incoming-calls-texts-camera-flash-going-off.290507/)**
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> just upgraded from S2 to S4 and love it so far, but what bugs me is that when I get a phone call or text the camera flash goes off as part of the alert. I tried searching the forum as well as youtube and can't find out how to disable it. It's pretty...

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-flashes-led-on-incoming-call-since-upgrade/678533/3 "2014-01-11T19:36:56Z")

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There seem to be about nine control menus for the LED. Go through everything (you’ll find other things you want to change).

My Note II just got the 4.3 update and it’s been annoying me with newbie messages for a week. I spent a half hour going through the menus and tweaking things and both of us are now a lot happier.

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-flashes-led-on-incoming-call-since-upgrade/678533/4 "2014-01-11T19:37:06Z")

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-flashes-led-on-incoming-call-since-upgrade/678533/5 "2014-01-11T22:31:42Z")

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> [@Baron\_Greenback](#):
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> Try checking the option and then unchecking it again.

Thanks, that did the trick!