LED flash alert not working.. Updated

Go in to Camera and makesure Flash is set to Auto or On, think you will find if it is Off then the alert does not work.

Let me know success stories....

I did see it flash for some messages at the beginning even though I have the camera flash set to Off. Most of the time now, I never see any flash on alert.

Set the camera flash to Auto, put the phone to sleep, and sent myself an email. Got the lock screen alert but no flash.

This feature is broken.

Best thing to do is forget about it and wait for 5.0.1!

Another thing I've noticed - I have seen it flash (when it is actually working) for certain notifications but I have *never* seen it flash for email notifications.

Im so annoyed... mine isnt workin either on my iphone 4. This is the glitchiest IOS update I have ever seen in my life, I am really shocked at Apple...

Ok, i tried the suggestions on here and something seemed to fix it, I guess it was the hard reset and then sliding the switch as oppposed to pressing.

However, it still only works when the phone is locked, which is ok i guess. those of you who have it working , it only works when its locked on yours too, right?

Yes, it only works when the phone is asleep/locked. If it's not asleep or locked, it means you're already using it, so you will see the banner, so what's the point of flashing the LED, when it might be pointed at someone's eyes?

Please note that even if you have incoming emails set as alerts, emails will NOT flash the LED for some reason. All the other notifications seem to work.

I agree, I prefer it to only do it when locked or asleep. I just wanted to make sure that it was supposed to work that way, since it's been so glitchy so far. As long as it is, im cool with it.

I would like the option to maybe get the led alert for email, although Id probably turn it off. I can see why they didnt include it. Most people get emails very often, it would probably kill the **** out of your battery to have it flash at every email

I just found that turning on custom vibrations in accessibility options made the LED flash alert work in my 4S. I had been trying to get it to work again after having tested it when I first got my phone. The feature must have been switched off during subsequent restores (due to buggy iOS installs).

Furthermore, I've tested the LED alert flash with the camera flash turned off for both video and still cameras. It works fine irrespective of the camera flash settings.

I don't think it makes much sense that you have to turn on custom vibrations in order for the LED flash alert to work. There's no indication anywhere that one is dependent on the other.

Now I can say I have a 'flashy phone' 🙂

I have Custom Vibrations off and the flash is still working for me.

I just did a test, and it looks like the phone has to be facing down and LED facing upwards. I did have custom vibrations turned on as well.

you turn on the LED Alert option, then you have to turn on your video camera flash then exit the camera app.

zuyzuy wrote:

The iPhone needs to have the screen locked for the LED alert to work.

This worked for me!