How To Stop Your Devices From Being So Annoying

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Your phone charger throws blue light across your pillow, and the router in the next room flashes and blinks as your computers perform their night-time backups. Your MacBook’s MagSafe charger glows green or orange, and your partner’s Bluetooth noise-canceling headphones are shining right into your eyelids. Meanwhile, something’s beeping in the kitchen, and now, dammit, you have to pee again.</p> <p>Our gadgets are too annoying, and it’s time to make them stop.</p> <p>Home appliances and portable devices all contribute to a kind of notification pollution. Taken alone, your washing machine’s chime is handy to let you know when the cycle is done, but does it really need to beep every time you press a button? Likewise, your Wi-Fi router’s blinking status lights are essential when troubleshooting, but the rest of the time? No thanks. Hotel rooms are even more fun. The TV, the smoke alarm, the glowing phone number pad, even the emergency lights have indicator lights!</p> <p>Worse is that these lights seem to be getting brighter, and more numerous. And why are they all a bright, piercing blue? I slept for years with the dull red 7-segment LED glow of a clock radio (which even all those years ago managed to dim its display after lights out), and it never bothered me. But today almost everything I buy comes with a retina-searing blue beam.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">LED Blues</h3> <p>First, let’s take a look at the most common culprit of LED light pollution—the blue LED. The blue LED was the last LED color to be invented. It was first produced in the 1990s, and uses gallium nitride (the same stuff that gives us tiny, low-heat chargers) crystals. GaN was hard to grow, but turned out to be worth it—the three Japanese and American inventors <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29518521">won the 2014 Nobel Prize for physics</a> for their work.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="2304" height="1533" src="https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-104922" srcset="https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2.jpg 2304w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2-1353x900.jpg 1353w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2-324x216.jpg 324w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2-450x300.jpg 450w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014536/2009-06-07-3639-2-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 2304px) 100vw, 2304px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Not all bright status lights are bad. Photo: Charlie Sorrel</figcaption></figure> <p>Blue LEDs are important for at least one big reason. They can be combined with red and green LEDs to make white — or any other color — light. This has given us tiny ultra-bright flashlights, LED displays, and those hideously unflattering, blue-tinged energy-saving lightbulbs that cheap bars seem to love installing.</p> <p>The color-sensing cones in our eyes are <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/anatomy/cones">not evenly assigned</a>. The red-sensing cones make up 60%, green-sensing cones 30%, and blue-sensing cones just 10%. This suggests a hierarchy of importance. Could this be why intense blue light is so annoying? It’s a theory.</p> <p>Does this explain why so many gadgets feature blue blinkenlights? It does not. The reason is most probably fashion, and a me-too herd instinct. Blue is modern, clean, and so on, whereas green is kind of meh, and red is either too 1970s, or too scary (red lights are often used for warnings).</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">How to Fix Those Too-Bright Status LEDs, and Annoying Beeps</h3> <p>Annoying LEDs are easier to fix than annoying beeps, chimes, and jingles, so let’s start there. The easiest and quickest fix is, as always, duct tape or similar. Just cut a square of tape and stick it over the offending light. For particularly bright lights, you may need more than one layer.</p> <p>The kind of tape matters. I have found that electrical insulating tape works great, but will start to shed adhesive and get gloopy after a while. Duct tape leaves a residue. Gaffer tape, which is designed not to leave anything behind, is my favorite. And if you use a Dymo labeler, the old kind that embosses a plastic strip, save the offcuts and use those. One layer won’t be enough to block the light, but that could be an advantage:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" width="6240" height="4160" src="https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-104942" srcset="https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092.jpg 6240w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092-300x200.jpg 300w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092-600x400.jpg 600w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092-1350x900.jpg 1350w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092-324x216.jpg 324w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092-450x300.jpg 450w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/11/14014652/XPRO2092-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 6240px) 100vw, 6240px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Blink blink. Photo: Charlie Sorrel</figcaption></figure> <p>If your status lights are too bright, but you still actually want to use them to read, you know, the status, then you might just want to dim them instead of blocking them. This problem is so prevalent that you can actually buy special stickers to darken the lights—kind of like sunglasses for annoying LEDs. These vary in opacity and color, and come in various sizes and shapes to fit any light.</p> <p>A better option might be to disable the lights. Many more sophisticated gadgets have the means to dim or switch off their lights via a software setting. This won’t help you with a simple phone charger, but I have used this trick to subdue the status lamps on my router, and on my NAS. The best implementation of this is to switch off all the lights, but let them blink when there’s an actual problem. NetGear routers, for example, let you switch off everything except a dim white power indicator, but the other lights will activate in case of an error.</p> <p>You may also be able to silence beeping alarms with a setting. If you get lucky, this may be as easy as pressing two buttons simultaneously (some Samsung washing machines). It’s a pain to have to dive into the settings to do any of this, but clearly, if you’re reading this article, then you probably consider the effort to be well worth it.</p> <p>Finally, there’s the most extreme option—you can desolder the offending LED and remove it completely. That’s obviously also the riskiest option, compared to just taping over the light and calling it a day, but it could also be the most elegant in terms of the finished result. And if you have a nice, easy-to-deploy and accurate soldering iron like <a href="https://www.ifixit.com/products/fixhub-power-series-smart-soldering-iron">our iFixit FixHub Smart Soldering Iron</a>, then the job is easy. And removing the problem at source like this might be the only way to silence an annoying beeper or buzzer, because there’s no easy way to just block sound like there is with light.</p> <p>We’ve left the best way until last: just don’t buy gadgets with annoying lights or sounds. This is clearly the most desirable option—you don’t have to deal with any of the fixes listed above. On the other hand, it’s pretty low on the list of priorities. If a device is repairable, has available spares, and is designed and built with concern for the environment, I can live with cutting a few squares off my roll of gaffer tape.</p> </div> <div class="related-posts-wrap alignwide"> <span class="related-post-head">Related Stories</span> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-md-4"> <article> <a href="/News/6864/how-to-solder" > <div class="image-container"> <img width="600" height="400" src="https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/03/13043417/soldring_featured-image.jpg" class="attachment-md size-md wp-post-image" alt="" data-object-fit="cover" decoding="async" srcset="https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/03/13043417/soldring_featured-image.jpg 600w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/03/13043417/soldring_featured-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2024/03/13043417/soldring_featured-image-324x216.jpg 324w, 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Here\u2019s how to restore peace and darkness into your home."}</script></div> <div class="column comments js-comment-container js-page-comments" data-context="wp_post" data-contextid="104235" data-api="getCommentsHtml" id="wppost-comments-container" > <div class="row comments-header"> <div class="hidden-mobile"> <h3 class="js-comment-count" data-numcomments="3"> 3 Comments </h3> </div> <div class="comment-buttons"> <button type="button" class="addComment readonly-hidden js-add-comment js-scroll-to-editor iconLink comments-header-button button button-medium hideZero" rel="nofollow" data-context="wp_post" data-contextid="104235" data-editorid="prosemirror-wp_post-104235" data-addCount="1" title="Add Comment"> <i class="fa fa-comment-o fa-lg " ></i> <span>Add Comment</span> </button> </div> </div> <div id="comments" class="readonly-disabled js-comments"> <div class="comment-row comment-thread" id="container-986962" > <span style="display:inline-flex; width:20px; height:20px;" class="fa-svg-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M160 368c26.5 0 48 21.5 48 48v16l72.5-54.4c8.3-6.2 18.4-9.6 28.8-9.6H448c8.8 0 16-7.2 16-16V64c0-8.8-7.2-16-16-16H64c-8.8 0-16 7.2-16 16V352c0 8.8 7.2 16 16 16h96zm48 124l-.2 .2-5.1 3.8-17.1 12.8c-4.8 3.6-11.3 4.2-16.8 1.5s-8.8-8.2-8.8-14.3V474.7v-6.4V468v-4V416H112 64c-35.3 0-64-28.7-64-64V64C0 28.7 28.7 0 64 0H448c35.3 0 64 28.7 64 64V352c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64H309.3L208 492z"/></svg></span> <div class="comment-info "> <div id="comment-986962" class="comment "> <div class="commentContent" data-commentid="986962"> <p>Personally, I think that lights are important for displaying an operating condition. It would be nice if manufacturers designed them so that you could choose whether to keep them off or adjust the intensity with levels (for example: high, medium, low, off). Designers wouldn't have a hard time making it happen. It would be enough to set up a common power supply line that can be modulated with a PWM regulator. Since they are all digital circuits now, the pulses can be easily extracted from the same components provided for the device.</p> <p>Regarding the extreme choice of unsoldering the LED, at this point I would suggest for those who have a little practice and more courage: detach the LED from only one terminal and put a resistor in series. Depending on the value chosen, you can reduce the brightness to a non-annoying level without losing the functionality of the light, also obtaining a small reduction in consumption.</p> </div> <p class="commentMeta"> <a href="/User/4122229/Carmelo">Carmelo</a> - <a href="https://www.ifixit.com/News/104235/how-to-stop-your-devices-being-so-annoying?permalink=comment-986962#comment-986962" class="js-permalink comment-date" rel="nofollow"><time title="Mon, 25 Nov 2024 02:52:19 -0700" datetime="2024-11-25T02:52:19-07:00">Nov 25, 2024</time></a> <span class="commentActions"> <a class="addComment js-add-comment js-scroll-to-editor" data-editorid="prosemirror-wp_post-104235" data-context="wp_post" data-contextid="104235" data-parentid="986962" title="Replying to Carmelo" href="#reply">Reply</a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment-row comment-thread" id="container-986965" > <span style="display:inline-flex; width:20px; height:20px;" class="fa-svg-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M160 368c26.5 0 48 21.5 48 48v16l72.5-54.4c8.3-6.2 18.4-9.6 28.8-9.6H448c8.8 0 16-7.2 16-16V64c0-8.8-7.2-16-16-16H64c-8.8 0-16 7.2-16 16V352c0 8.8 7.2 16 16 16h96zm48 124l-.2 .2-5.1 3.8-17.1 12.8c-4.8 3.6-11.3 4.2-16.8 1.5s-8.8-8.2-8.8-14.3V474.7v-6.4V468v-4V416H112 64c-35.3 0-64-28.7-64-64V64C0 28.7 28.7 0 64 0H448c35.3 0 64 28.7 64 64V352c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64H309.3L208 492z"/></svg></span> <div class="comment-info "> <div id="comment-986965" class="comment "> <div class="commentContent" data-commentid="986965"> <p>Yes, I had to change the ballast resistors on my mechanical keyboard. NUM, CAPS and SCROLL lock lights. They weren't too bad by day but rendered the keyboard unusable at night. They were fiddly surface mount resistors and I had to experiment to find a useful value. Ended up using 100x the original resistor values or about 1% brightness!</p> </div> <p class="commentMeta"> <a href="/User/4615296/John+Shaw">John Shaw</a> - <a href="https://www.ifixit.com/News/104235/how-to-stop-your-devices-being-so-annoying?permalink=comment-986965#comment-986965" class="js-permalink comment-date" rel="nofollow"><time title="Mon, 25 Nov 2024 04:16:15 -0700" datetime="2024-11-25T04:16:15-07:00">Nov 25, 2024</time></a> <span class="commentActions"> <a class="addComment js-add-comment js-scroll-to-editor" data-editorid="prosemirror-wp_post-104235" data-context="wp_post" data-contextid="104235" data-parentid="986965" title="Replying to John Shaw" href="#reply">Reply</a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment-row comment-thread" id="container-987836" > <span style="display:inline-flex; width:20px; height:20px;" class="fa-svg-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M160 368c26.5 0 48 21.5 48 48v16l72.5-54.4c8.3-6.2 18.4-9.6 28.8-9.6H448c8.8 0 16-7.2 16-16V64c0-8.8-7.2-16-16-16H64c-8.8 0-16 7.2-16 16V352c0 8.8 7.2 16 16 16h96zm48 124l-.2 .2-5.1 3.8-17.1 12.8c-4.8 3.6-11.3 4.2-16.8 1.5s-8.8-8.2-8.8-14.3V474.7v-6.4V468v-4V416H112 64c-35.3 0-64-28.7-64-64V64C0 28.7 28.7 0 64 0H448c35.3 0 64 28.7 64 64V352c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64H309.3L208 492z"/></svg></span> <div class="comment-info "> <div id="comment-987836" class="comment "> <div class="commentContent" data-commentid="987836"> <p>Alarms are what really annoy me. Shrill piezoelectric buzzers and alarms drive me mad. Do I need to know when my dishwasher has finished?</p> </div> <p class="commentMeta"> <a href="/User/4511498/Oliver+Hale">Oliver Hale</a> - <a href="https://www.ifixit.com/News/104235/how-to-stop-your-devices-being-so-annoying?permalink=comment-987836#comment-987836" class="js-permalink comment-date" rel="nofollow"><time title="Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:15:40 -0700" datetime="2024-12-01T14:15:40-07:00">Dec 1, 2024</time></a> <span class="commentActions"> <a class="addComment js-add-comment js-scroll-to-editor" data-editorid="prosemirror-wp_post-104235" data-context="wp_post" data-contextid="104235" data-parentid="987836" title="Replying to Oliver Hale" href="#reply">Reply</a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row readonly-hidden"> <div class="column"> <form id="comment-form-wp_post-104235" class="add-comment-form js-add-comment-form context-wp_post" data-context="wp_post" data-contextid="104235" data-editorid="prosemirror-wp_post-104235" method="post"> <h4 class="js-add-comment-title">Add Comment</h4> <span class="comment js-reply-comment-text"> </span> <div class="formBody"> <div class="formField"> <div class="prosemirror js-user-mention-editor" id="prosemirror-wp_post-104235" data-wikitags="["Prefilter","Delimiters","Mature","Raw","Url","Link","Wikilink","Guidelink","Guides","Productlink","Partslink","Toolslink","Shoplink","Productlist","Postlink","Implicitlink","Document","Note","Quote","Linebreak","Paragraph","Strong","Emphasis","Teletype","Superscript","Subscript","Delete","Insert","Mention","Unbalancedtags","Transform"]" data-mincharacters="12" data-maxcharacters="1024" data-preset="comments" > </div> </div> </div> <div class="form-footer"> <input class="js-comment-context" type="hidden" value="" /> <input class="js-comment-contextid" type="hidden" value="" /> <p class="maxCharacters js-max-characters" data-textarea-id="prosemirror-wp_post-104235" data-minimum="12" style="display:none">1024</p> <div class="comment-form-buttons"> <button class="hidden js-cancel-reply js-add-comment button" data-editorid="prosemirror-wp_post-104235"> Cancel </button> <button class="post-comment button button-action-solid js-comment-submit" type="submit">Post comment</button> </div> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="clearer"></div> </div>  <div class="clearer"></div> </div>  </div>  <div class="react-component component-Footer" data-reactroot data-name="Footer" data-props="{"supportUrl":"https:\/\/help.ifixit.com\/","repairUrl":"https:\/\/repair.org\/","langViewID":"en","privacyPolicyUrl":"https:\/\/www.ifixit.com\/Info\/Privacy"}"> <style> .footer-placeholder { min-height: 1325.55px; 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