Maybe someone has posted this tip already, anyway here goes.
The light sensor for the home-menu-back-search buttons seems to only kick in mainly in the dark, and off on times in dim lit rooms.
If your phone does the same, put your thumb (i am right handed) over the little HTC logo in the top left of your screen, the sensor seems to be in that location, with the phone on the home screen (unlocked) see if the buttons light up when you do that, mine does.
So, you will get them to come on when needed
I'd love to find a way to do the exact opposite without strapping a flashlight to the top of my phone
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Maybe I just never noticed it, but does the pen light stay on or off on the Flyer? I thought it only came on if you were using the pen. Am I crazy or just never noticed it on all this time?
Saw a similar post from back in July, but there was no clear answer.
It stays on with green light as long as the pen is usable (which is all the time you are using it). Goes off/turns yellow when booting, going to recovery or bootloader.
yep, it stays on in GB whenever you have the capacitive buttons lit on, which is when the screen is on.
For stock HC the capacitive buttons are turned off while the pen light is left there.
I'm guessing that is why you're probably noticing it.
So maybe somebody can help me out. I know the top two sensors on top left of the amaze are proximity and light sensor. Which one is the one on the left of those two?
Last question, the top left sensor is flickering a dim red color. Is this normal? It even stays on when I turn off the screen. It's noticeable in the dark. It goes away if I restart the phone. Anyone also have this problem?
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It's the light that emmits if the phone is near your face or far to turn off or on the screen.. you supposed to get that effect when your on call mode and when your not it should turn off automatically..
I think why it kepps blinking because the red light if it is near on your face the red light bounce back to the sensor telling that the phone is on your face thus why the screen turn off..
Well It's blinking when I'm not on a call. It's staying on till I notice it and trun off my phone or restart it.
I do notice if I'm on a call for more than 5 mins I have to hit my power button to get the screen to show up to end a call. Shouldn't the screen com back on once its away from my face? Maybe I have a bad sensor.....
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So maybe somebody can help me out. I know the top two sensors on top left of the amaze are proximity and light sensor. Which one is the one on the left of those two?
Last question, the top left sensor is flickering a dim red color. Is this normal? It even stays on when I turn off the screen. It's noticeable in the dark. It goes away if I restart the phone. Anyone also have this problem?
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its normal all the phones do that, its the proximity sensor, tells your phone when your face is near the phone so the screen goes off to save battery and also prevent accidental pushing of buttons. If you have in pocket mode checked (always checking to see if its in your pocket to increase the ringtone) in the settings it's probably always on which wastes battery, you could turn in off under settings--> sound.
I swear I saw a post just like this like a month ago.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473426
If you're wondering what it is I'll save you the trouble.
Proximity sensor.
Has any one else found that the lights on the buttons only come on when it's really dark? When I'm in low light I can hardly see the buttons, I have to put my hand over the light sensor at the top to make them come on. It's as though the threshold to darkness needs to be lowered. Ideally the lights would be on all the time like my old Incredible S but I can't see that happening anytime soon.
I've spoken to HTC about this and of course their stock answer is that the lights work fine and it my be an issue with my phone but I have a couple of friends who own the original One X and they report the same issue. It's not a huge thing as I can usually hit the right button with out looking but it's pretty annoying - especially when showing it off to all my iPhone owning mates in a dimly lit pub...
Same here. Seems to need to be really dark before they come on. Anyone found any setting or app to sort this out?
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It is normal .... And there are no setings for that.
The light goes on only if is realy dark or the Sun is shining on the Display.
And you can Prof if is something wrong with the lights by puting you Finger on the light Sensor ( other side from front cam )
If the light is Not going on then you have a problem.
Cheers
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Thanks guys, so it seems that this problem is universal to the OX+ and not just my handset. Hopefully HTC will actually see that this is actually an issue and sort something out for the 4.2 build. A sensitivity slider would be nice or an option for always on - after all, how much power do them little lights use anyway?
Agreed that this is very disappointing. Obviously you can instinctively get it right after a while, but the whole point is that a smartphone of this standard should be as responsive as possible.
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Simple question, I found answers for many other HTC phones or other bands but not for the HTC One yet. Is there a way to force the capacitive buttons to stay lit up? I am coming from a Motorola phone with 4 capacitive buttons (menu back home search) and find myself having to press the home and back buttons multiple times before actually hitting them.
I've noticed they stay off if you have power saver on. Do you have it off and they still turn off?
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I've noticed they stay off if you have power saver on. Do you have it off and they still turn off?
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I turned power saver off and like you said the buttons light up more now, but I was curious if there was a way to keep them permanently lit up?
I would imagine something like that would have to come from a custom kernel
I wish I could turn mine off permanently. I don't like the color they light up. They're not exactly white and it kinda bothers me (yeah, it's stupid, but whatever).
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I wish I could turn mine off permanently. I don't like the color they light up. They're not exactly white and it kinda bothers me (yeah, it's stupid, but whatever).
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download NoLED. it has an options to permanently turn off the backlight.
My home and back buttons don't light up at all (if I turn off the lights at night for example they will "glow" however). Power saver is off and I did a restart. Am I missing something simple? I know where the buttons are so I'm not going to send it back to LetsTalk, but it is a little aggravating. I do have the phone in an Otterbox Defender case, but they know not to cover up any sensors.
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My home and back buttons don't light up at all (if I turn off the lights at night for example they will "glow" however). Power saver is off and I did a restart. Am I missing something simple? I know where the buttons are so I'm not going to send it back to LetsTalk, but it is a little aggravating. I do have the phone in an Otterbox Defender case, but they know not to cover up any sensors.
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I do know the light sensor has something do with whether the buttons light up or not. If i'm in broad daylight they never light up but in the evenings it's hit or miss.
My buttons don't show up either. I saw in another thread that they only come on when it's extremely dark. It's quite dark in my bedroom as I lie here, but still they're off. I decided to test it by lying the phone face down on my stomach while I lie here. When I pick the phone back up the buttons are lit, but they almost immediately turn back off. It sucks, because it's dark enough in here that I can't see them, and I'm just sort of stabbing around and hoping for the best. Hopefully a ROM or mod will pop up and allow for a fix.
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There's an app called Soft Buttons Light in the appstore. It is supposed to either turn the button lights on permanently (while screen is lit) or lets you turn them off permanently. It doesn't require root.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work on my One.
If you cover the sensor for a couple of seconds the buttons will stay lit up.ghetto I know lol but still turns them on
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The tmobile version of the phone has brightly lit buttons, so it appears to be the att version of the software that keeps the lights dim, probably to try to conserve battery. I have both while I'm testing out the networks, and there are several things like that. The dev version of the rom (or an upcoming custom mod?) should fix it.
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If you cover the sensor for a couple of seconds the buttons will stay lit up.ghetto I know lol but still turns them on
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With mine it only keeps them lit as long as I keep the sensor covered. Move my thumb away and the lights go out. I've developed a habit of holding the phone in my left hand with my thumb wrapped over the top left, shading the light sensor. I hope HTC adjusts the setting or just adds a toggle for turning them on or off.
Maybe a developer could make a widget...
Has anyone else had issues with their back light faulting? I've searched and have seen that other sprint evo lte users have had issues with screen flickering, but my problem seems to be more serious that that. when i wake up in the morning the screen is blank. thank god i have a custrom rom installed and can manually mess with the status bar slider to get the backlight to turn back on. It just needs to be tweaked here and there. the backlight seems to only like to work on full brightness, if not, it will flicker like crazy. if i press with more pressure on certain parts of the screen the backlight turns off completely until i remove my finger. I dont think its a proximity issue since it'll just flicker sitting on a desk. Do I need to replace the screen? is this worth it? i havent dropped to phone or anything for this to default. I can upload a video later. gonna use my OG evo for that which is still kicken by the way
I realize this thread is incredibly old, but did you ever find a solution to the flickering problem? I just started seeing the exact same behavior, including the screen going dark when putting pressure on certain areas of the screen.
Thanks!
I have a PJ75100 doing this, but the screen does not function at all. I get the orange/green light while charging, and if I power it on it acts as if it's doing it's regular startup, but nothing shows on screen.
I did update the stock firmware with the latest release ruu, but still no screen.
I'd really like to get this one going as it's not the normal Jewel, it's the white and silver one, and my girlfriend wants it to replace her iPhone 5c.
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