I'm just wondering if the capacitive buttons backlight depends on the ambient light condition? I thought they were always on when the screen is on, but after flashing a new rom, it only turns on sometimes. When they are not on, I have to change the light condition (covering the light sensor or pointing it towards the window) to toggle it on. Is that normal?
Not sure if it's ROM/kernel related.
BB88 said:
I'm just wondering if the capacitive buttons backlight depends on the ambient light condition? I thought they were always on when the screen is on, but after flashing a new rom, it only turns on sometimes. When it's not on, I have to change the llight condition changes (covering the light sensor or pointing it towards the window) to toggle it on. Is that normal?
Not sure if it's ROM/kernel related.
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Should be normal lol on cdma 2.17 update lights shut off if you are in bright light kernel thing . Saves battery life tho turn your brightness down a lot and it will also save battery life.
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it probably is ^^^
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Hi all
I am having an issue with the backlights behind the soft keys. Sometimes they light up, other times they do not.
Is this a common issue? Is it possible software related, or is it definitely going to be a hardware problem?
Many thanks
James
surrealjam said:
Hi all
I am having an issue with the backlights behind the soft keys. Sometimes they light up, other times they do not.
Is this a common issue? Is it possible software related, or is it definitely going to be a hardware problem?
Many thanks
James
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i started to get this also on CM7 but i also changed the backlight density to lower then it was from 20 to 1 so i think that might be the issue for me
I have WTFOMGBBQ backlit softkey lighting control on my aria and inspire, but ATRIX is okay (actually, it's always on when the phone is on).
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jeremyshaw said:
I have WTFOMGBBQ backlit softkey lighting control on my aria and inspire, but ATRIX is okay (actually, it's always on when the phone is on).
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they shouldnt be on. on the sunny day or when its very light because of the light sensor
Ilkinansr92 said:
they shouldnt be on. on the sunny day or when its very light because of the light sensor
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I think I may have been embarrassingly stupid here. I did not realise the lights behind the buttons were connected to the light sensor. It is possible I have just been using the phone in light conditions right on the cusp of the on/off and hence, it can look a little odd.
I will keep an eye on it for the time being and assume it was me, not Motorola's engineering, at fault.
Thanks for the responses.
Is there anyway to keep them light up? They only come on when i cover the sensor.
Not yet, but with when we get S-Off I am sure a custom kernel can be built to keep them on or off
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Not yet, but with when we get S-Off I am sure a custom kernel can be built to keep them on or off
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They should have left it optional to turn it on or off in the settings.
Its depends on the ambient light, if its light enough, it turns soft key off.
If its in low light places, then it turns on.
Any updates on this?
Ineffibilis has the option in "miktweaks" to keep soft keys on or off...
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Ineffibilis has the option in "miktweaks" to keep soft keys on or off...
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Is that the only way to get it?
Thanks
Does anyone know how to dim and/or turn off the light on the capacitive buttons on our Notes?
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Not sure if you can dim it but you can turn it off.
Settings -> Display -> Touch key light duration -> Always off.
I should have looked there. Thanks. It's the next best thing.
Dim option would still be great for the battery. I thought how wasteful the capacitive light is looking at it in bright sunlight (couldn't see the light at all) and all I've read in the i717 forums about the screen being the biggest battery hog.
It was a great option on my Sensation Insertcoin ROM.
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The 4 LEDs inside the capacitive buttons use very, very little power. Turning them off won't make a noticable difference in battery life. The millions of LEDs and control circuitry in the screen, that's a different story.
Just turn them off. It's easy enough to memorize the position of each of them after like a week, so at that point it's useless to have them illuminated. I almost wish you couldn't see them at all when they are off and just have a complete white lower Bezel. That would be awesome.
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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...
I have the AT&T H900 V10 and I can't figure out how to keep the second screen from dimming when the main screen is off. It's so dim that I can't see it unless it's directory in front of my face, and no buttons seem to brighten it without during the main screen on. Is this something that can be changed? I'm not worried about battery life since it stays plugged in 99% of the time.
Same
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So far there doesnt seem to be any way to control this, other than covering the light sensor until the second screen goes off, then letting it come back on at greater brightness for 3 seconds or so until it dims again. Maybe LG is trying to make sure it doesn't drain battery but maybe they will adjust it with updates or give us control over it.
It pretty much makes the second screen useless as I can't see any notification without turning on the main screen.... and no LED light so this kind of makes me want to rage.