Hope someone here can help me out.
Basically my Razr loses haptic feedback during bright conditions. Its seems as though the strength is dependent on the capacitive buttons. If the buttons are lit up, then the feedback is strong. If not lit, weak to non existence feedback.
Pls tell me theres a simple fix to thins. Thanks guys.
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Am I the only one experiencing this?
Is there an app that will help me lessen the ambient light sensor? I'm hoping that my making it less sensitive, the lights of the capacitive buttons will stay on even if the light source is pretty strong.
Thanks.
It is designed to work like that and not a bug.
Are you sure? It doesn't only affect the hard keys, it's on onscreen keyboards and game-related vibrations too
Its designed for that? Well that would explain it then. Thanks for the reply. Don't feel too bad then.
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I use Swifrkey X, has much stronger haptic feedback then the stock keyboard.
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...but it still fades out when lights are dimmed.
That's probably engineered to save battery. Dim light=more need of alternative feedback (haptic), bright light=more reliance on visual feedback.
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Nothing has been solved..
Guys nothing has been solved.
This just happened to me earlier this day.. the haptic feedback just keeps turning on and off for some time even without changing any configurations...
not just the keyboard, also the home, search, menu, back buttons at the same time. now its working again.. later it won't.. help?
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just wondering if anyone elses phone has different brightness levels for the capacitive buttons. back is much brighter than all the rest.
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acoleman1981 said:
just wondering if anyone elses phone has different brightness levels for the capacitive buttons. back is much brighter than all the rest.
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Mine look pretty similar in brightness.
The question that I have about the buttons is there a way to change their brightness or turn the backlight off? I when the phone is in the dock and in night mode the screen dims but the buttons are still at full brightness which defeats the purpose of dimming the screen backlight.
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The question that I have about the buttons is there a way to change their brightness or turn the backlight off? I when the phone is in the dock and in night mode the screen dims but the buttons are still at full brightness which defeats the purpose of dimming the screen backlight.
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Yup, just download "led's hack" from the market and after opening app it'll ask what phone you have, choose "Droid X" and you'll be able to disable the bottom led's and top too if wanted. Don't forget to hit thanks
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Looking into this
I'm a Sprint Product Ambassador supporting the launch of the Motorola Photon. I wasn't able to find any settings that would control the backlight for the capacitive buttons natively on the Photon. I know on some of our other Android devices you can match button backlight to screen timeout, etc but I am not seeing anything similar for Photon. I am researching thid further but did a little testing for you today with my own HDMI dock and while it's no real fix, I did see that after leaving it on the dock for a couple of minutes in night mode, the capacitive button backlight did go off after a couple of minutes.
I guess I didn't leave it on long enough to see them go off. I'm trying the app for now and so far it's doing what I need. If the lights go out like you said there must be a timer value somewhere that I'm going to see if I can find.
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Mine seem the same, although of course apparent brightness is different because the buttons are different sizes.
I exchanged the phone and this is my third photon and its rock solid.
P.S. I was having issues with lag and removed "watchdog" and that may have been my problem. it was the free app on amazon a while back and I got it. does anyone else use that program?
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Just bought one but the haptic feedback vibrate when I press the touch key like home button is too weak and keyboard as well.
Any1 have the same issue? Any solution?
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Just bought one but the haptic feedback vibrate when I press the touch key like home button is too weak and keyboard as well.
Any1 have the same issue? Any solution?
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Mines exactly the same, prefer it to be softer
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As a usar of CM7 on the Atrix, I know it (and some other ROMs for other phones) have the setting of how long the haptic feedback lasts. Take note, what you are experiencing isn't a "week", feedback, it's a short one, as phones don't really have the possibility of calibration in it's strenght.
Maybe future ROMs for the razr will enable this configuration...
My vibrate is weak too, was going to go to Verizon today to see if it is defective.
When a text or call come in it seems more like a fast jiggle than a hard vibrate...also when typing I can barely feel a vibrate at all (it is turned on)
Is this normal?
I see lots complaining about this. Remember the more vibrations it's going to drain battery faster. Personally I never used haptic feedback till now, the softer vibration is nice to me.
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I have a feeling thats just how it is cause mine is too. Keep in mind it's a skinny phone!
Mine vibrates well but is a fairly loud noise when vibrating.
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Mine seems to have enough vibration feedback, but what doesn't work is the "screen press sound" I called Verizon tech support for the heck of it just to hear what they would say, and told me I could exchange it. Anyone else having this issue?
A lot of this thread has pertained to haptic feedback, but what about regular vibrate notifications when the phone is in silent mode. My phone barely does anything at all. Even when I'm holding it in my hand it barely vibrates compared to the GSII or iPhone.
Is this just the way it is, or is mine defective?
I've literally missed every single call, text, and email that have come in. This is the only thing keeping me from loving this phone, but I have to say, it's a dealbreaker if I can't have the phone in silent mode and still know when something comes in.
I actually prefer the amount of haptic feedback the RAZR provides. I didn't much care for the keyboard feedback, but that was fixed with SwiftKey. Like Bond32 said, less vibration, less battery usage!
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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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Hy
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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After my bootload unlock and root, my softkeys don't work, help!
working fine here not sure what would have caused that
I just realized its an auto lighting issue, cover your light and proximity sensor and they come on. Voila!
I find something new/different every couple hours it seems like.
My soft keys don't light up either but I've been looking around and it appears in all the reviews I've seen, they don't lite up. Can someone confirm or deny this please?
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My soft keys don't light up either but I've been looking around and it appears in all the reviews I've seen, they don't lite up. Can someone confirm or deny this please?
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Mine do light up. It needs to be dark or you need to cover up the sensor.
turn off your lights or go in a dark room. They DO light up and if yours don't, you have an issue.
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Mine have been intermittent. Sometimes they light up and most of the time they don't. I love it when they work, it really helps. I keep missing the right spot for the back button unless I can see it. Mine would turn on when I rotated the phone to landscape and then go off again when rotated back to portrait. For the last hour they've been on all the time.
I just tried the light sensor theory and it's 100% right. I shined a bright flashlight at the ambient light sensor and the buttons turned off. Took the flashlight away and the buttons turned back on.
edit: crap, I spoke too soon. They turned off again and now won't turn on no matter what I do. They came on for a few seconds and then went off again. Now they're still off. I look forward to seeing them again soon, just wish I knew what makes them stay lit up.
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I feel stupid. After using the phone while in the darkness of my bedroom the soft key lights came on just fine. Problem solved. They don't turn on during the day. What a smart phone!
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I feel stupid. After using the phone while in the darkness of my bedroom the soft key lights came on just fine. Problem solved. They don't turn on during the day. What a smart phone!
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My keys don't turn on unless I'm in a totally dark room, with no lights on anywhere. Frankly I think it's pretty stupid. I can't see the keys at all for about 90% of the time I'm using it. It would be nice to have a switch to just turn them on and leave them on. Maybe a widget but would probably require root.
This whole thread seems weird to me cause my keys don't shut off
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shook187 said:
This whole thread seems weird to me cause my keys don't shut off
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If this phone weren't so awesome in every other way the (un)lighted buttons would be a deal breaker for me. It's pissing me off although I know eventually I'll get used to where the keys are supposed to be. The few times when the keys light up makes me pissed off for all the times when they don't.
If your keys stay lit all the time there must be a setting somewhere to turn them on. ??
Maybe a poll would be appropriate - see if this is a big problem or if I have a defective phone.
Am I the only one who soft keys are always lit up?
By the way I like them to be lit up all the time.
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shook187 said:
Am I the only one who soft keys are always lit up?
By the way I like them to be lit up all the time.
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Do you mean even when the screen is off?
Mine worked.. then stopped.. took 3 factory resets to get them going. But now have to be in a really dark room for them to work..
Not pleased but this phone rocks. Hopefully HTC fixes this. Just chock it up as early adopter pains..
P.S glad I'm not the only one this bug is affecting..
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you can Restore to factory status,and try this again.:silly:
def. seems like the sensor to initialize the backlight for the buttons is very sensitive. Wish it would pop on in low light not complete darkness.
Bump. For anyone interested making their capacitive buttons turn on with the screen, regardless of lighting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44478387&postcount=4
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Bump. For anyone interested making their capacitive buttons turn on with the screen, regardless of lighting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44478387&postcount=4
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What Simba really meant to say:
For anyone rooted and interested in making their capacitive buttons turn on with the screen, regardless of lighting.
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What Simba really meant to say:
For anyone rooted and interested in making their capacitive buttons turn on with the screen, regardless of lighting.
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Ah. I assumed anyone here would be rooted. You can stay stock, and it's easy to do.
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EDIT: For anyone else interested, the developer of the app has just added official support for our devices. He has a thread in the international One forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2402153
Is anyone else having issues with the capacitive touch buttons not lighting up? I am not in power saver mode and my buttons only light up every once in awhile. Seemingly random.
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slopra said:
Is anyone else having issues with the capacitive touch buttons not lighting up? I am not in power saver mode and my buttons only light up every once in awhile. Seemingly random.
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Mine lights up when the LCD turns on and also on low light environment. This seems to be the normal behavior from what I read.
That's what I assumed usual behavior would be, and mine sometimes acts just like that. But most of the time they don't turn on at all. I'll be rooting and flashing soon and hopefully that'll fix it
Does anyone have any ideas in the meantime or maybe I'm missing a setting?
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They are supposed to light up? Wow, I don't think I've had that happen at all. Is there a way to keep them on? I was thinking to myself it was annoying not being able to see them clearly.
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Is anyone else having issues with the capacitive touch buttons not lighting up? I am not in power saver mode and my buttons only light up every once in awhile. Seemingly random.
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This is a bug and has been fixed in newer software in the Main HTC One forum. T-Mo just needs to update the software.
From what I've seen on my device, mine only light up in "low light". Discovered it by tilting the phone towards a direct light, the buttons dimmed, then tilted away and they came back on. I just assumed that was normal behavior. Picked mine up on the 24th and no software update yet
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From what I've seen on my device, mine only light up in "low light". Discovered it by tilting the phone towards a direct light, the buttons dimmed, then tilted away and they came back on. I just assumed that was normal behavior. Picked mine up on the 24th and no software update yet
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Hmm you're totally right. I just covered my light sensor with my hand and they are constantly on. I wish there was a way to turn that feature off and just have them on all the time or at least change the sensitivity cause sometimes I can't see the buttons still. Well at least I have a reason now. Thanks.
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