When the phone was otherwise in a working condition.
- cosmic_skillet ( @cosmic_skillet@lemmy.ml ) 25•4 months ago
The LED should be expected to outlast the rest of the phone by a large margin. That said, given enough units out there, it’s statistically inevitable to get a couple with some issue that die earlier.
- ComradeSharkfucker ( @sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ) 6•4 months ago
No but I did have a flashlight fail me while I was exploring a long abandoned power plant and in a dark room with evidence that someone may have been living in the facility. I only shit my pants a little
- THE MASTERMIND ( @THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch ) 4•4 months ago
I think it only fails on horror movies other than that i have never seen one fail IRL.
- ryannathans ( @ryannathans@aussie.zone ) 4•4 months ago
If phone manufacturers cheap out, they can fail to handle the heat from continued LED use (e.g. as a flashlight) which can cause premature failure
- Ludrol ( @Ludrol@szmer.info ) 3•4 months ago
Fail as in did not provide enough light to walk through the woods, then yes. I have flashlight in my EDC.
- Pulptastic ( @Pulptastic@midwest.social ) English2•4 months ago
Yes. Samsung S6 edge I think? Before flashlight was an intentional functionality. I had an app or a ROM that gave me a flashlight button but if I used it too long it would stop working for a while. It would come back eventually but made me nervous so I avoided using it for more than a few seconds.
- Lusamommy ( @Lusamommy@alien.top ) 2•4 months ago
No, at least not independently of other hardware failures.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 2•4 months ago
No
- Otter ( @otter@lemmy.ca ) English2•4 months ago
Now I’m curious as well. I use it often, but not for that long each time. I know it gets hot after a while and it drains the battery.
How long is it supposed to last?
- hallettj ( @hallettj@beehaw.org ) English7•4 months ago
LEDs should last for tens of thousands of hours. There may have been a manufacturing defect in OP’s case.
- frogmint ( @frogmint@beehaw.org ) 2•4 months ago
This isn’t necessarily true. LEDs are capable of running for years, but not all LEDs are designed this way or are operated this way. An LED in a given application can die quicker if:
- the LED manufacturer cheaps out
- the phone manufacturer runs the LED at higher current for more brightness
- the phone is poorly designed, allowing the LED to heat up
- the phone is exposed to significant heat and/or the LED is covered while used for a long enough duration
- B0rax ( @B0rax@feddit.de ) 2•4 months ago
I once got a „refurbished“ phone from a third party shop where it was not working. But I guess it was a defect from the refurbishment itself. They repaired it though.
Other than that, no. And I don’t think the LED would fail, maybe the plug would rattle loose.