Hi everybody,
Question: I'd like the backlight from the keyboard to be always on when loading, or most ideally: to have manual control over it. Right now the only control there is, is the setting 'Light Sensor Enable', but this turns it only on for some period of time. Usefull to save batterypower, but when on AC (like at night in the car) I really find it annoying to have to press whatever button in order to get the keyboard lit.
Anyone knows a solution for this, or can write a small program to handle it? Or change values via Regedit?
Found another thread here about keyboard backlight, but there it didn't work at all.
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Hi I was wondering if there was a program or cab file that would disable the keyboard light from ever turning on. The light is unnecessary for me and I would like to turn it off. Also I would like to know if there is a program that would apply a progress bar when you are sending files through bluetooth. Thanks in advance.
why you don't swith on the option, that the keybord light ist controled by the lightsensor? then your keybord light only goes on when it's dark outside.....
I dont want the keyboard light to turn on. Even when im outside. I hate when it turns on when i dont want to waisting battery.
I beleave this registry change will do it for you (dword 0 is off & 1 is on):
This value is responsible for turning Keyboard Led on/off in general:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\"QKeyLedOnOff"=dword:00000000
Hello all: I really like the subdisplay feature of the HTC 7501, but it seems to be pretty fickle !!! I mean, it activates when I put the keyboard cover over (but only sometimes), and even when it activates, it will go away with the slightest motion of the keyboard.
Is this happening to all of you? I have searched in this forum, and there appear to be a few registry tweaks that modify the settings of the subdisplay, but do not solve the problem.
All I am trying to get the subdisplay to appear (and stay) as long as the keyboard cover is on. That way, I can see an incoming call's phone number and be able to answer it without removing the cover.
This shouldn't be too hard, should it?
Thanks in advance for your help.
ditto
happens to me too. bloody irritating (until i ditched the hardware keyboard)
Someone posted a Youtube video about this stuff. It was mentioned in a previous post in xda-developers but here is the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3KH6LS4j7Y
I have the same problem, I have asked in other threads for a way to toggle this manually, can a developer help us out PLEASE?
Also I found the commands in the registry that turn it on or off, but it relies on the magnetic switch, and there isn't a registry setting to toggle the setting to another feature such as a button....
The sub display turns on depending on the location of the keyboard. It's kind of a trial and error thing to find the exact location for the keyboard. For my unit, I have to nudge the keyboard a tiny bit to the right hand side (with the sub on the bottom & facing me) for the sub display to activate. I wish they would have designed it so that the presence of a keyboard is enough to activate the sub display...
I tried to find how activate the subdisplay via software, without success.
Then I decided to remove the bottom bar (I used vijay utility) and I installed resco today plugin in the bottom part of the screen. Turning on the display I see the status with keyboard closed.
Sometime I see the subdisplay menu so I move the kyboard to see the resco status
is there any way to jsut turn off the sub display?
Just turn off the unit, or place the keyboard like you usually would and you will see contacts/calendar
Mine rarely works, cant belive they missed this in QA.
It is really anoying, wonder if the X7501 suffers from this as well.
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...Moreover I found the subdisplay really usefull. It shows even the picture of the contact, using ATHENA with BT headset is great!
Many features, bur also no way to have it working with PIEFRAMA case (the one with transparent window to see the subdisplay). Infacts, because of the cover, the magnets are weaker and the alignment is even more critcal!
I think we will pay to have a button activated subdisplay
Just to have an idea of the functions it has (call status, battery, network, data connection, sound):
1) close the keyboard, activate it, and slide the volume slider
2) receive a call from a contact with picture
3) receive an sms or mms or e-mail (3 different way of displaying)
4) Is working in any VGA resolution
The best solution could be to use a button to activate/disactivate it when the keyboard is closed
GuardianZX9 said:
Just turn off the unit, or place the keyboard like you usually would and you will see contacts/calendar
Mine rarely works, cant belive they missed this in QA.
It is really anoying, wonder if the X7501 suffers from this as well.
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Indeed, mine is a 7501, so this appears to be an ATHENA device issue, and not limited to the 7500.
Too bad, such a great idea and so poorly implemented!
its a magnetic switch in the top of the unit the magnet on the keyboard must latch the swith for it to activate..
I have NO issues with mines always works...
if you run the right side of the KB along the right side on the unit you will see the subdisplay activates
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x7501 here, and same problem. This is one of the top 5 problems with the Athena. At this point I just pretend this 'feature' doesnt exist; I rely on my Jabra to tell me who is calling.
Is there any program or other way do turn off the screen LEDs for example when docked at night? LEDs Hack from the market has an option for Hero with Froyo. Have tried that and it works except the row of LEDs with the home menu back and search buttons. I emailed the developer, but didnt know if anyone here had any solutions. I'm running KF v35 btw.
sorry double post
Why don't you just turn the face of the phone down? That's what I do and the lights don't bother me anymore. The speaker for the alarm is on the back of the phone anyway.
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That's what I do now, but I was looking at replacing my clock on my bedside table with a dock that would hold the phone upright so I could see the time. I can keep the display on, but wanted the bright lights on the front off. With the program I mentioned, I can turn off all LEDs except the white ones behind the keys mentioned.
http://www.amazon.com/Seidio-Innodo...UTF8&coliid=I3NXBLD8N3TSV9&colid=R3NHEZ8B3HKA
Oh. I didn't quite understand what you were trying to do. I'll look into it and see what I can find.
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I was trying to use this app with some success. I tried all the different phones. One of the first times I tried it, the LEDs all went out and would not come back on. Did a reboot and dalvk wipe which restored the LEDs. The Hero version can stop all LEDs except the leds i mentioned. Thanks for the help.\
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.net-geekherd-softbuttonshack-wmjD.aspx
please post if you find a solution, i have the same desire...
Still haven't heard back from the developer. I will let you know if i can find something else online.
also found this program: http://www.andbot.com/apps/tools/simple-led-toggle/com.squakmt.SimpleLedToggle but it states it will not work on verizon droid phones. :-(
my workaround. I can use http://www.androlib.com/android.application.net-geekherd-softbuttonshack-wmjD.aspx to turn off the leds except the lights as mentioned above. under settings->cm->userinterface->auto backlight->use custom to "on" ->edit other levels set all of the buttons column to "0". This will turn off the front lights i was referring to whenever the brightness is set to auto. I use the powercontrol widget and set brightness to auto when I want to have the lights off and to low when I want the brightness down but front lights on. It would be awesome to have an app like a toggle to turn the leds off combining the leds hack and the cm setting. unfortunately, i can only write code in html and some flash and java and even those skills are getting rusty...lol.
edit: with the program listed above, phone set to sprint hero, top led, bottom led, and trackball leds selected the leds will all go out. however, the trackball will not blink with this setting. when option to turn leds on is selected, the leds come on as they should after a few minutes.
I say save your $25 and prop that mofo up, with a sock or something covering the bottom lights.
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Well, the program is free, but my dock was about $25 and broke after the first day. Lets hear it for poorly made parts. I contacted the seller through amazon. We shall see what happens.
Hi there! I got an HP2 recently and picked up the FRX07.1 bundle. Everything is pretty solid except for the fact that the keyboard backlight does not turn on when the keyboard is slid open. It used to work though? So I don't know why it stopped lighting up all of a sudden.
Any solutions to this problem would be greatly appreciated since I can't text worth a damn in the dark.
First, you posted in the wrong section - probably because you only have 0 posts before this one.
Second, I assume you mean TP2? I was thinking you meant HD2 at first and were in the wrong section entirely, but that doesn't have a keyboard.
Either way I kind of lost track of this bug. Last time I remember, you have to disable automatic brightness for the keyboard backlight to work.
Settings -> Display -> Automatic Brightness, uncheck.
Does anyone know if there is a particular e-reader app, or any kind of hack, that will allow the S4 to turn off the capacitive button backlights while reading, but leave them on the rest of the time? (I realize I could turn them off entirely, which is what I normally have to do.) This worked fine for me with Cool Reader on my S3, but the "Turn off key backlight" setting doesn't work on my S4, and it is a real annoyance to have the buttons light up each time you turn the page, especially when reading in the dark. I'm assuming this is related to the S4 itself, since I've tried a bunch of different e-reader apps (FBReader, Moon+ Reader, etc), and can't find any that this will work with. Is there any way to get it to function like the S3 did with regard to the button lights?