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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relic120 said:
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).
ErikWithNoC said:
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.
rmc69 said:
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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Jrbourque said:
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...
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I'm currently using the Telus version of this phone (SGH-959D) and i'm finding it rather annoying that the home key backlight turns off very very quickly. Can anyone suggest an app (maybe make one?) that would keep the backligh on when the screen is active (adjustable brightness?)
I'm currently running 2.2 and have rooted the phone.
some people told me that the DISPLAY activates the buttons to light up, and messing with the screen it-self is very dangerous and most people wouldn't do it, but idk if theres a app/program to do this yet i'd love it as well. its making me go blind at night when im reading a book on my phone lol
xriderx66 said:
some people told me that the DISPLAY activates the buttons to light up, and messing with the screen it-self is very dangerous and most people wouldn't do it, but idk if theres a app/program to do this yet i'd love it as well. its making me go blind at night when im reading a book on my phone lol
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I'm mostly having problems when using the navigate in the car at night, the screen stays on, but the buttons go right out, so it's guess work on wether you are hitting the home button or the menu button. I could see similar problems when using other apps that leave the screen on for an extended period of time.
I finally got around to watching the green Hornet last night and I realized the capacitive buttons do not turn off. I remember a setting on the epic that controlled them but it was for the keyboard. I looked in the display settings and didn't see anything for them; am I missing something?
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This was one of the biggest complaints when it was released. As of right now, no, there is no way of turning it off. Gotta wait till root. There is an app that some have been using (can't remember its name) that does it in a certain way.
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I'm looking for this as well. I was able to turn off the LEDs on my HTC EVO 4g back in the day with LEDs Hack (ROOT ONLY) in the marketplace but it doesn't work for the 3VO. The capacitive buttons on the 3VO are bright as **** too.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.geekherd.softbuttonshack&feature=search_result
I use "Screen Filter" In the market, works great other then the notification icon and I have learned to live with it.
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Jeremiah239 said:
I use "Screen Filter" In the market, works great other then the notification icon and I have learned to live with it.
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I just tried this and it seemed to have issues consistently turning the button lights back on.
Now if only I could turn off the charging led light too.
Oh, I totally forgot about that. I just made a widget that dropped the brightness to 96.1 (highest i could get) and checked the box. Works great though it makes the magnifying glass light up a bit. Still, cool beans!
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tsumi83 said:
Oh, I totally forgot about that. I just made a widget that dropped the brightness to 96.1 (highest i could get) and checked the box. Works great though it makes the magnifying glass light up a bit. Still, cool beans!
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Yeah my search key lights up too lol I hate it, but its better then the BRIGHT lights.
Someone made a script to toggle capacitive button lights on/off. It does require temp root though. Haven't tried it myself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176607
I've mentioned it a few times. Tasker+ screen filter.
As soon as a game/movie starts it goes to 96.1 and turns capacitives off. Then, as soon as you exit, screen filter gets turned off.
I also have it do that when I plug the phone in it pops up a menu asking "car, home, night" if I choose night screen filter comes on at 40% to dim the screen past its lowest level. (girlfriend is a light sleeper)
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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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Got my GS3 yesterday and I've been super pleased with it so far except for one issue; when I use my phone at night, the soft keys light up whenever I do anything on the screen, and they can be REALLY bright! Is there a way that I can make the soft keys turn on only when I press them, or something similar to that?
Thanks!!!
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Got my GS3 yesterday and I've been super pleased with it so far except for one issue; when I use my phone at night, the soft keys light up whenever I do anything on the screen, and they can be REALLY bright! Is there a way that I can make the soft keys turn on only when I press them, or something similar to that?
Thanks!!!
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I turn off at all times makes the phone looks better and I know why rge are so, I just go to settings / screen/ touch screen light duration
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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.
banksc said:
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