Buttons backlight - HTC One X+

Hi all.
Silly question
I'm on stock 4.2.2 since it came out in Sep/Oct.. I had my phone only a few weeks before that.
I just realized that my buttons (the red home, back, recent apps) don't light up. Maybe I'm going crazy, but I think they did light up some time ago.
Could I have switched that off in some settings? Or these buttons just don't light up
Thanks

never mind. brain freeze I guess.
Buttons come on when it's dark

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Request/Suggestion - Home/search/back/menu backlight

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.

SERIOUS ISSUE with capacitive buttons...

All of a sudden the two right capacitive buttons are only lit to about 10% brightness, the left 2 buttons are fine.
What the he'll happened?? I didn't do anything! Anyone else had this issue?
Sounds like an LED light burned out and you are seeing the stray light from the remaining bulb?? Just a guess. I don't even know if there is more than one light in the thing...
i haven't had that issue but i have noticed that as of late, when i come back from idle, the right two capacative buttons will light up and then a split second later the left two will light. Its not that big of an issue for me to take it into sprint for, but it can be kind of annoying.
All of my capacitive button lights went out once. Pulling the battery got it working again. Try pulling the battery.

Pen Light - Stays on or off?

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.

Is there a way to change when the softkey lights turn on?

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!!!
monkeyhihi said:
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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[Q] Force Capacitive Buttons Lit Up

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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