When the phone was otherwise in a working condition.

  • cosmic_skillet@lemmy.ml
    31·
    10 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.

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
      91·
      10 months ago

      I do not take them for granted. everything I use, I use sparingly because I know what it’s like when things burn out & die & need to be replaced which is always an infuriating inconvenience, so to prevent that from ever happening, everything I use, I use exactly as long as I need to and then I turn it off.

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
    7·
    10 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

  • ryannathans@aussie.zone
    7·
    10 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

  • B0rax@feddit.de
    3·
    10 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.

  • Pulptastic@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    10 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.

  • Ludrol@szmer.info
    31·
    10 months ago

    Fail as in did not provide enough light to walk through the woods, then yes. I have flashlight in my EDC.

    • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
      31·
      10 months ago

      Why is it whenever I see someone say they have an EDC, I imagine fingerless gloves?

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    10 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@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      LEDs should last for tens of thousands of hours. There may have been a manufacturing defect in OP’s case.

      • frogmint@beehaw.org
        2·
        10 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
  • nutsack@lemmy.world
    12·
    10 months ago

    no but I have often thought that it would be a good thing if it did because I hate light