About

• The Motorola Backflip has one LED light around the battery-charging port on the right side of the phone. The light blinks when the battery is running low and remains lit when you charge the battery. When first released, the Motorola Backflip LED had no other function beyond a battery-charging indicator. The LED was not functional for message notifications; you needed to turn on the phone screen to check for received messages. The Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Backflip included a setting that, when enabled, gives the battery-charging LED message-notification capabilities.
  
  

Download Update

• Visit the Motorola website and download the Android 2.1 update to your computer. Connect your phone to the computer using the supplied USB data cable and tap “USB Drive” when the message “USB Connected” appears on the screen. Open “My Computer” on your computer. You’ll see phone icon labeled “Removable Disk.” Click and drag the downloaded file onto the phone. Once the transfer is complete, disconnect the phone from your computer.
  
  

Updating Phone

• Before performing the Android 2.1 update, make sure the phone is fully charged. You may also want to back up all of your data in case a problem occurs during the update and your data are deleted. Press the “Home” button below the screen to open the home screen. Push the “Menu” button, tap “Settings,” “About Phone” and “System Update.” The Backflip searches your microSD card for the update. Tap “Copy” when the option appears and then tap “Now” when the “Install Update” message appears. The update process can take more than15 minutes, after which you can use the phone as normal.
  
  

Settings

• Once the update is installed on your phone, you need to adjust the phone’s settings so that the LED turns on when you receive a message. To find the setting, go to the home screen on your phone and press the “Menu” button. Tap “Settings” and then “Sound & Display” to show a list of settings you can adjust. On the list is a “Notification LED” option. Tap the check box next to the option to place a check mark in the box, indicating it is enabled.
  
  

Considerations

• You can turn off the message notification LED by opening the “Sound & Display” menu and tapping the check box to remove the check mark. Though the LED won’t blink anymore when you receive messages, it still turns on when the phone battery is low or when you’re charging the phone. You should note that turning on the notification LED option uses more battery power than when it’s off, though you shouldn’t see a significant drop in battery life.