Develop Bugs

Menu Lights on the Evo

The Home, Menu, Back and Search buttons are suppose to light up. But they aren't what gives?

It might only light up in dark places, I know mine isnt lighting up right now, but it has before.

Fixter said:
The Home, Menu, Back and Search buttons are suppose to light up. But they aren't what gives?
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There are some people who's don't light up, go into the closet and see if they go. Of course then you have to come out of the closet eventually

This happened to me. The lights stopped working all of the sudden... and then randomly started to work again. Don't know what the deal is.

They don't seem to light up when charging.

remailednet said:
They don't seem to light up when charging.
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I noticed this too. If you unplug the phone they should turn on.

I thought you had to be in a dark area cause mine works only in dark places. Sort of like ny work blackberry same thing they light up when its dark.
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Just confirmed it. There's an ambient light sensor on the right side of the HTC logo. If you angle your phone right in the light you can notice it....
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Hah, you're right... I just tested it too, I turned the corner lamp on in my room but the button lights kept lighting up when I waked the phone... I walked up to the lamp, waked the phone up while it's facing me, buttons light up, wake the phone up while it's facing the lamp, buttons don't light up. I'm not sure I would've noticed that if I hadn't read thru this thread, heh.

Anyone know a way to turn these off for good? It's a bit annoying/distracting when watching a movie in low light...

EVO Button LEDS not working

I am OMJ's Rom on my EVO rooted with toasts method plus the radio update and the led's under the front buttons are not working. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there an app that controls them that was removed?

The lights will be off when the phone is plugged in and charging.

When exactly are the lights under the four soft buttons supposed to be on?
On my EVO (novatec 003, stock) I have noticed an inconstancy in when they light up. Sometimes they light up when I unlock my phone, sometimes they don't. Sometimes they turn on later, sometimes they don't turn on at all.
This doesn't seem normal to me. What are other's experience with this?
Thanks

they are controled with the light sensor and should be on in low light situations and off in bright lights. you can test this by covering the light sensor to the right of the HTC logo on top of the device.

Thank you @peepeesea that was it exactly. Which is more hi-tech that I gave them credit for.
Also as a side note, since I've been reading the xda forums I feel like a phone hypochondriac. Everythings broken!!

Tilt 2 LED - Just network signal?

Hello,
I just got a touch pro2 lastweek and I am beating my head trying to figure out what the deal is with the status notification LEDs
I see one to the LEFT of the earpiece/speaker that flashes green every few seconds and then just stops - all the flashing stops. I'm thinking the bliking stops when the phone goes to sleep. So i press the power to wake the phone - but the flashing doesn't come back. I was thinking this is the network/signal indicator but doesn't seem that way.
I see another that's to the RIGHT of the earpiece/speaker that doesn't go on at all.
So no way to tell if the phone is on wifi network or if bluetooth is on (without obviously waking the phone up and checking on screen). I'm looking for a way to see status without touching the phone - like my old HTC TyTn (rest in peace!)

It turns red when you charge you're phone.
It turns green when you are fully charged (with the charger still in)
It blinks green when you have a new message/e-mail/missed call.
It blinks red when you're batterie is almost empty.
That are the basics

thanks! that's about what i seemed to have gathered too... what about that fake light like thing to the right of speaker? never lights up?
and no bluetooth/wan notification ten, right?

armedmetallica said:
thanks! that's about what i seemed to have gathered too... what about that fake light like thing to the right of speaker? never lights up?
and no bluetooth/wan notification ten, right?
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thats the light sensor for the screen
adjusts brightness depending on how much light is hitting the phone

Below is a description of the LED lights straight from the manual that came with my Tilt2.
* The Notification LED shows a:
Flashing green light when there are new SMS, MMS or email messages, missed calls, or reminders.
Solid green light when the device is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged.
Solid amber light when the battery is being charged.
Flashing amber light when the remaining battery level reaches below 10%.

jcterry said:
Below is a description of the LED lights straight from the manual that came with my Tilt2.
* The Notification LED shows a:
Flashing green light when there are new SMS, MMS or email messages, missed calls, or reminders.
Solid green light when the device is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged.
Solid amber light when the battery is being charged.
Flashing amber light when the remaining battery level reaches below 10%.
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That's pretty much exactly it. There is a program floating around that allows you to change the light and customize the reason it flashes, but I think it's just fine the way it is .

it also flashed green then the red light really quick when its overheating :O

thanks for the quick replies folks.
I saw that in the manual too - but i never go by the manuals! i can't count how many times my manuals have been wrong about a particular function.
it's a disappointment since the older Tytn was much more friendly about the notifications. but i'll deal with it.
as far as that being a light sensor - i think it makes sense. I'll try trick it to see what I notice. Then I'm guessing it's the proximity sensor that's around the HTC logo? I think I was in the sun when I saw it but there's some sort of sensor around there. I figured that's the light sensor. perhaps not.
Thanks again!

[Q] Keyboard Backlight

Hello,
I just got a new G2 today, and had a question about the keyboard back light on it. The keyboard backlight will not work, and was wondering if there was a way to get it to stay on whenever I have the keyboard open. The backlight only turns on when I change my light settings with the Power Control widget, but then shuts off.
Any ideas?
Dootuz

keyboard light is dependent on the ambient light sensor, if it is dark it will light up if it isnt it, it wont

master.peterm said:
keyboard light is dependent on the ambient light sensor, if it is dark it will light up if it isnt it, it wont
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I know that, but I think something might be wrong with it. I was outside late tonight and it was pitch black out, and the keyboard light still didn't work. But I'm not sure. Is there an override mod?

Dootuz said:
I know that, but I think something might be wrong with it. I was outside late tonight and it was pitch black out, and the keyboard light still didn't work. But I'm not sure. Is there an override mod?
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Grab AndroSensor from the Market, it'll let you know if your light sensor is working or not and help you narrow down the problem. The sensor is at the top of the screen so, with the app running, see if covering the sensor changes what light input its getting
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[Q]Light Flow - question thread

Hi..
I have set up Light flow for several applications,but, for instance, when i recieve sms , i get sound and vibrate both when screen is on and when screen is off, but i get notification light only when screen is off.. What to do folx.. I know it sounds a bit stupid, but i would like that notif light when screen is on also..
Thanks in advance

Nothing. The LED doesn't function when screen is on.

akellar said:
Nothing. The LED doesn't function when screen is on.
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Thanks mate .
One more question tho - i have set up the mod for charging battery : notif light lights up and stays on all the time while battery is charging.. Can this do any harm to led light or phone itself (heating etc)? Or it is intended so it can stay on for long time ?

I had light flow on my galaxy nexus. Although the features are nice, i uninstalled because it seemed very broken. The led would stay on evwn after i checked notifications and so forth. Yeah it was cool, but just didnt see the risk of burning out my led.

For me it works like charm .. But only think i want to know is this :
Can led stay up for longer time ? Like, for example, the HTC Sensations led is staying up for all time while you are charging (by default), and it doesnt burn out. So is GN led designed to stay up for long time, or no ? (Im asking this because i want to know if i can charge the phone whole night and have led turned up)
Thanks again folx

Yes it can! Start LightFlow, choose notifications"then pick the app of your choice. There you can able and enable (amongst many other options) the duration of how long you wish the led to stay on for that particular app.

Sweerts said:
Yes it can! Start LightFlow, choose notifications"then pick the app of your choice. There you can able and enable (amongst many other options) the duration of how long you wish the led to stay on for that particular app.
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Yes i know that .. But, will LED burn out if it stays on for all night while charging for example ?

Laynee1 said:
Yes i know that .. But, will LED burn out if it stays on for all night while charging for example ?
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LED's have a life of many thousands, if not, tens of thousands of hours. It's unlikely that the notification LED will ever burn out while you own that phone... Unless you keep the phone for six or seven years and keep the led on almost all the time!

If your led burns out consider it akin to winning the lottery.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.

Thank you all. ! I really like multi colored led.. I liked it on n900 (back in the old days).. I like it again I simply like when im charging the phone to have my led on all the time
Thanks folx

Ive let mine to constantly show an orange light while i leave the phone on charge overnight and a green when it is charged. Led's wont die on you unless you keep your led on for like 6years straight, so nothing to worry about

jjzah said:
I had light flow on my galaxy nexus. Although the features are nice, i uninstalled because it seemed very broken. The led would stay on evwn after i checked notifications and so forth. Yeah it was cool, but just didnt see the risk of burning out my led.
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Yeh I found the same thing, seemed really broken to me, was so annoying to get rid of notifications and then still have the led going off.

Guys just a quick question. I think this led is three colors right? Red, blue, and green and to get other colors it just mixes them right?
If you guys use colors other than those three I mentioned do you guys kind of obviously see that theres more then one color shining?
Like for purple it looks like purple on top and redish on bottom. Clearly like two colors.

Anyone? Just wanna know if its how others have it or just me??
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akellar said:
Nothing. The LED doesn't function when screen is on.
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Sure it does
I have Light Flow set up to show a solid yellow color while charging. When I plug in my phone, the LED blinks on then off. If I turn the screen off, the yellow light cones on like it should. If I then turn the screen on without unlocking the phone, the light remains.
Only after I unlock the phone does the LED not function.

thereddog said:
Sure it does
I have Light Flow set up to show a solid yellow color while charging. When I plug in my phone, the LED blinks on then off. If I turn the screen off, the yellow light cones on like it should. If I then turn the screen on without unlocking the phone, the light remains.
Only after I unlock the phone does the LED not function.
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You are right.. It doesnt works when you unlock the phone If you dont, its on

case0 said:
Yeh I found the same thing, seemed really broken to me, was so annoying to get rid of notifications and then still have the led going off.
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I found that problem was because of the ROM I was on. Some ROMS would need me to launch the lightflow app to clear the notification, but I use CND and it works exactly like it is supposed to. I could flash AOKP and it would work how you describe.

Does it have any kind of effect on battery life? Seems like it would keep the phone awake.

Laynee1 said:
You are right.. It doesnt works when you unlock the phone If you dont, its on
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So I wonder if the dev will be able to update the app so the LED will work at all times...

williamthegoat said:
Does it have any kind of effect on battery life? Seems like it would keep the phone awake.
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My phone deep sleeps just fine with lightflow.