I've had the Acer Iconia A100 for 2 weeks now and remain really pleased with it.
One nit is the too bright blue light on the power switch. At night, while charging on my bedside table, the blue light is bright enough to be a night light. I'd taken to storing the tablet under the bed, or against a book to cover the light all-together.
A better solution is to simply coat the entire power switch with a black Sharpie marker. You'll still the light, but it won't shine.
digittante said:
I've had the Acer Iconia A100 for 2 weeks now and remain really pleased with it.
One nit is the too bright blue light on the power switch. At night, while charging on my bedside table, the blue light is bright enough to be a night light. I'd taken to storing the tablet under the bed, or against a book to cover the light all-together.
A better solution is to simply coat the entire power switch with a black Sharpie marker. You'll still the light, but it won't shine.
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@digittante:
A better way of blackening the power button would be to unplug it when it turns blue.
While it's charging, the light is orange, and it's not as disturbing as the blue light. When the charging is complete, it turns to that bright blue, so unplug it.
But, even unplugged, the power button flashes bright blue for notifications like emails. I would like to be able to turn off those notifications.
if charging it at night, you can't simply unplug it after it turns blue because you are already asleep.
It's funny, because this bothered me as well. I just ended up setting my phone up against the button so it blocked the light from me. That worked fine for me.
I actually think the coded power switch LED is a really nice touch.
It + the haptic motor (though I wish I could turn down the intensity--seems a little buzzy) make the product seem a little more finished than other tabs. But yeah, I guess I just turn the light away from me when I charge at night.
i see three main solutions:
charge it in daytime,
put the tab in another room (at toilet for example),
wear sunglasses while sleeping.
My last wise ass tip.
Most people sleep with their eyes closed.
Have you tried that yet...it's the latest fad.
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Hi
I have a Defy, with crashed digitizer. I will change it, but the notification light is always on (red colour). The light turn off only, if i remove the battery.. What is the problem? I taked down the digitizer, but the light is on, so the digitizer is not faulty.
Thank you
I had the red light issue as well. My light wasn't bright like the real notification but very faint. I took off the battery fir a few hours n repowered light went away.... but fee days later came back... its been an ongoing thing for me it just does what it likes...... try taking out the battery for a few hours.
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I dropped my HOX and I got another HOX with working mainboard. I replaced it and everything worked except for very faint backlight and flickering. So I disassembled the phone and put it back together again. Now I can't start the phone anymore and the solid red led burns when connected to the charger....after I connect it it flickers one time, very fast. Does anyone have an idea what it could be? So pissed of right now...
Hi, if you don't have any power at all eg no vibration or lights on three bottons at the bottom, it could be that the power connecter is not properly plugged in. follow cabble down from power button, plug is hard to get at unless you unstick power button from cassie.
If you have some power check lcd is working by using a bright light near the screen and closely checking to see if you can see anything, could be backlight not working.
just my 2cents
feel bad for ya!
bevan1971 said:
Hi, if you don't have any power at all eg no vibration or lights on three bottons at the bottom, it could be that the power connecter is not properly plugged in. follow cabble down from power button, plug is hard to get at unless you unstick power button from cassie.
If you have some power check lcd is working by using a bright light near the screen and closely checking to see if you can see anything, could be backlight not working.
just my 2cents
feel bad for ya!
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The cable is connected and I'm afraid the display shows nothing Thanks for your reply.
This might work
_JT said:
I dropped my HOX and I got another HOX with working mainboard. I replaced it and everything worked except for very faint backlight and flickering. So I disassembled the phone and put it back together again. Now I can't start the phone anymore and the solid red led burns when connected to the charger....after I connect it it flickers one time, very fast. Does anyone have an idea what it could be? So pissed of right now...
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Okay, I have experienced the same thing and I'll tell you what I did to fix it. I dropped my HOX after owning for only a few days and the screen was cracked. I ordered a replacement LCD/ screen digitizer part and took it apart. One of the things that I found was that there was adhesive everywhere, including adhesive on the connection to the battery.
After it was taken apart, I attempted to test the new screen. It was then the LED turned solid red and the phone would not power on (even after 10 minutes of charging). What I did was remove the adhesive from he battery connector and disconnected the battery completely. I plugged it back in 10 seconds later and it turned back to flashing green (which is normal because I had several missed texts).
So my solution was just to unplug the battery and it worked just fine. The hardest part about this whole process was putting the cover back on, especially on the side with volume buttons! Hope that helps.
I have exactly the same problem. The difference is that now that I took it off charge, the red light is flickering on and off. I cannot get the display to show! Please please help.
Stock, rooted, leaving he phone charging overnight.
Next morning (every morning) I notice the backlight is slightly glowing -- looks like the back light is on and the screen set to black. Not the LED alert signal, that's sometimes flashing sometimes not (depending on whether I have a message), but there's a soft glow. If you had any room light on you cannot see it.
This morning I used the on/off button to turn the screen on, then off -- glow vanished. So it's not always there, and not related to (just) having the USB cable plugged in (which it still was).
The phone does charge, it is not hot, there is nothing that I can see unusual in Better Battery Stats. Normal battery life (well, seems reasonable, better than my GS2, about 50% for my average day).
Can someone take a look after a normal charge in a completely dark room -- is your backlight on? Again -- LCD solid black, just a dark grey glow through it.
PS. I will check tonight -- I am not sure if it starts on or not, I only have noticed it now on several mornings in a row, and forget to look as it starts charging.
Weird. I never seen that happened to me. Mine is completely stock and rooted with Rogers.
Now I'm really confused. I was curious and woke up a few times to look.
First, on hooking it up - no glow.
Then only one of three times was there a glow, but it was there - same symptom, you bring up the screen with the power button, then put it back to sleep - gone.
I think it must be some app. It may relate to the calendar notifications, last night one went off in the middle of the night which is why I checked it.
I'll try to see if I can pin it down; it's more curiosity than anything else. The phone charges fine, and it's not bright enough to bother, and I suspect the backlight could run 24x7 and not burn out before I have 5 new phones. Just weird.
hi,
i just recently got a note 4 and i'm loving it. but just noticing that the red charging light does not come on every time i charge. actually, i'm trying to find some rhyme or reason on when it decides to light up and when it doesn't.
i've gathered so far that the light is supposed to come on when the screen is off. that's the only "behavior" cue that i'm aware of. are there any others?
and to be clear, the phone is charging. there's no problem with that. the battery level increases and i get the lightning bolt symbol and the "charging" displayed at the bottom of the screen when i turn the screen on.
but the red light lights up sometimes. sometimes not.
just now, i plugged it in and it decided to light up. but then a blue pulse turned on briefly and now nothing is lit up.
not a critical thing and i'm pretty sure this is what the phone's supposed to do. i just want to understand what exactly it's doing.
thanks.
haha,
figured it out myself. so the red light goes out when you get ANOTHER indicator light. like the blue light i got that deactivated the red one.
so if you clear your notifications, the red light comes back on and stays on... until you get another notification.
got it.
hehe, thanks for helping me think that through.
jin
jinchoung said:
haha,
figured it out myself. so the red light goes out when you get ANOTHER indicator light. like the blue light i got that deactivated the red one.
so if you clear your notifications, the red light comes back on and stays on... until you get another notification.
got it.
hehe, thanks for helping me think that through.
jin
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I do that all the time. I get stuck and can't come up with a solution, so post here. Then I figure it out even though no one has actually helped me. Lol
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So I was using my tablet one evening and the battery was drained down to 5%. I turned it off and set it away. When I returned to use it the next day it wouldn't turn on. Thinking it had no charge left, I set it to charge. I noticed the red charging light would not come on. The screen remains black at all times. I could feel a source of heat from behind the plastic backing. Some searches indicated the charging cable from the battery to the motherboard could be the culprit. I opened the back and found it seated. I removed it and reseated anyway. I left the cover off the back and plugged in the charging cable. I could feel one of the chips by the power button getting quite hot. Again, no red light to indicate charging, black screen. I have tried plugging the tablet into my computer and doing every combination of button holding for minutes that searches have supplied, POWER+VOLUME UP+ HOME, POWER+VOLUME DOWN, etc. No luck. I purchased a newer battery ( I've only used the tablet for about a month, and sparingly at that) and swapped it. No red light, same hot chip. Is the motherboard junked? Am I missing something? Appreciate any help.
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So I was using my tablet one evening and the battery was drained down to 5%. I turned it off and set it away. When I returned to use it the next day it wouldn't turn on. Thinking it had no charge left, I set it to charge. I noticed the red charging light would not come on. The screen remains black at all times. I could feel a source of heat from behind the plastic backing. Some searches indicated the charging cable from the battery to the motherboard could be the culprit. I opened the back and found it seated. I removed it and reseated anyway. I left the cover off the back and plugged in the charging cable. I could feel one of the chips by the power button getting quite hot. Again, no red light to indicate charging, black screen. I have tried plugging the tablet into my computer and doing every combination of button holding for minutes that searches have supplied, POWER+VOLUME UP+ HOME, POWER+VOLUME DOWN, etc. No luck. I purchased a newer battery ( I've only used the tablet for about a month, and sparingly at that) and swapped it. No red light, same hot chip. Is the motherboard junked? Am I missing something? Appreciate any help.
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So,
Rodserling, What happened?
Metako-a-o-yasin.
erase111
Scritterz: Nothing has happened as of yet, it's become a paperweight.
Thanks Mr niceguy, I'm going to give that a shot. Couldn't hurt. I have however already purchased and installed a new battery with no change in operation, that chip on the motherboard still gets hot, no charging indicator light is lit and it just sits there not turning on.