When the phone was otherwise in a working condition.

  • cosmic_skillet@lemmy.ml
    31·
    9 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·
      9 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·
    9 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·
    9 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·
    9 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·
    9 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·
    9 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·
      9 months ago

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

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    9 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·
      9 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·
        9 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·
    9 months ago

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