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App that turns off keyboard light

Is there an app that will turn off the keyboard lights? i know about Display > Touch Key duration. Thanks

Doubt it. Why would you want to turn off the keyboard lights?
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Waste of battery in daylight

Another really great reason to turn them off is so you can watch Netflix at night. Screenfilter works, as do Keyboard backlight controller and AdjBrightness.

You can change it's duration to the lowest settings which is 1.5 seconds in the settings.I did that and trust me it's hardly on. It's in settings - display - touch key light duration.
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At some point I was running a battery saver that did this when I dropped below a certain percentage of battery life. It might have been Easy Battery Saver. Then again, it also could have been the built in Power Saver function. Has that been tried?

Did the last two posters even read the thread? Not only did OP say he knows how to reduce the time, I just gave the names of 3 apps that can do it and people are still posting suggestions to reduce the on time.

Yeesh. No need for the hostility. My suggestion was not for reducing the light timeout, but shutting the keyboard light off completely, as was requested. I did see that you posted some apps and I was merely suggesting another app.

Nardholio said:
Did the last two posters even read the thread? Not only did OP say he knows how to reduce the time, I just gave the names of 3 apps that can do it and people are still posting suggestions to reduce the on time.
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Take it easy....I was simply stating that at 1.5 seconds it is hardly on and does not waste much battery.

Haha get the New ICS 4.0.4 Leak, There ya go, simple as that
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Haha get the New ICS 4.0.4 Leak, There ya go, simple as that
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Lol!
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Haha get the New ICS 4.0.4 Leak, There ya go, simple as that
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Hahaha

Well almost a good solution but the ICS update would switch it of permanently...

ninthsense said:
Well almost a good solution but the ICS update would switch it of permanently...
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Haha, you happen to know when its coming out? The newer version with bug fixes
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ajt1995 said:
Doubt it. Why would you want to turn off the keyboard lights?
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So that you can save battery and BTW our mind is good enough to remember where the touch captive keys are...

You can use Screen Filter app to do this (just set filter to 100% and unset Enable buttons backlight checkbox)

Cyanogenmod 10 softkey light settings.

I am using the Cyanogenmod 10 nightly builds and was wondering if there are supposed to be settings to adjust the time out of the softkey lights and if so where am I missing them or is there a possible work around?
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You can turn them on or off. That's it.
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No way to make them stay on whenever screen is on?
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burntjuggalas said:
No way to make them stay on whenever screen is on?
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I'm lookimg for that as well. The "unofficial leaked" Samsung rom has that feature.

burntjuggalas said:
No way to make them stay on whenever screen is on?
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I could possibly create an app for this. If you change the permissions of /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness to read only, they stay on. But when you shut the screen off the lights shut off, but when you turn the screen back on, they stay off and never come on. So if i created an app to right a value of 1 to the brightness file then change the permission to read only after receiving the screen on broadcast, it should work.
Only issue is, i just reinstalled windows. NOTHING is set up yet other than basic drivers so it might take some time unless someone else has the ability to create it.

That sounds great. No real hurry its more of a quality of life improvement for me. If you or anyone wants to definitely let me know I and I'm sure many others, would greatly appreciate it
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Screen stays on ALL NIGHT

I dont know if anyone is facing the same problem I have now, my n2 screen wont turn off by itself. I have set the timer on 15secs, smart stay disable. It juz wont turn off when idle. And if its fully charged, it will stay up all night as well.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Does it relate to my Omega rom or Redpill kernel?
Thanks

Do you have motion on?

Reboot?
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Check developer options, stay awake. Make sure its unchecked.
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Motion is off, stay awake is off. but i noticed if i check the AUTO screen, sometimes it will shut off but not always.

ststar8623 said:
Motion is off, stay awake is off. but i noticed if i check the AUTO screen, sometimes it will shut off but not always.
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I was just discussing the same in some other threads here. I tried everything up my sleeves and nothing helped. Do post if you've already found a fix Thank you
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experienced this after upgrading to 4.1.2 weeks ago. backed up everything, complete-wipe then reflashed my rom(always on stock). no more issues. must have been a hiccup.

badbadtz.carlo said:
experienced this after upgrading to 4.1.2 weeks ago. backed up everything, complete-wipe then reflashed my rom(always on stock). no more issues. must have been a hiccup.
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I had this even when I was on 4.1.1. Thought the upgrade would solve it for me but it didn't. Tough luck. Still searching for 3rd party apps that could give me a permanent solution.
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i noticed this problem sometimes with 4.1.1 but not with 4.1.2

I dun have a fix to this problem but I have a tasker profile that turns the screen off when battery is fully charged. You might want to try that as an interim.

What is your screen time out once mine was changed automatically check that
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There's a button on the side for that
Just kidding, that's very strange. I noticed if you reboot the phone and don't touch it, when it comes on the screen never turns off either. Doesn't matter if it's plugged in or not.

Seifer1975 said:
I dun have a fix to this problem but I have a tasker profile that turns the screen off when battery is fully charged. You might want to try that as an interim.
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I dunno if I'll be able to use tasker. I've not rooted my phone I'm still a noob and dunno if I can pull all that off on my own ^_^
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I had that problem when using smart stay and smart rotation settings turned on in display settings. After I turned them off the screen shut off after 30 seconds as it should every time.
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Yes I noticed when 'smart stay' is turned on it causes the screen to stay on all the time. It's not a perfect feature. So I've turned it off
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do you have the power option to stay on whilst charging?

It's not smart stay, not the screen rotate with your head thingy nor the developer option that keeps the screen on while the device is being charged. I turned all that off. This is clearly a big that I've had from 4.1.1. Can't get rid of it. Annoyance at its peak.
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It's not smart stay, not the screen rotate with your head thingy nor the developer option that keeps the screen on while the device is being charged. I turned all that off. This is clearly a big that I've had from 4.1.1. Can't get rid of it. Annoyance at its peak.
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Weird. That is annoying.
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Are you saying that the screen just won't turn off, or that it turns itself on and then won't turn off?
If it's the first, my guess is an app which prevents the screen from turning off, didn't release its lock after being shut down. This can happen with some games, I've seen it with angry birds and jetpack joyride, titanium backup has done it too. Try to empty ram and kill processes, and/or reboot, though I would guess you might have tried that already.
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adytum said:
Are you saying that the screen just won't turn off, or that it turns itself on and then won't turn off?
If it's the first, my guess is an app which prevents the screen from turning off, didn't release its lock after being shut down. This can happen with some games, I've seen it with angry birds and jetpack joyride, titanium backup has done it too. Try to empty ram and kill processes, and/or reboot, though I would guess you might have tried that already.
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If doesn't turn on on its own. When the bug kicks in, the screen doesn't go off if it's manually turned on or If a missed call or message is left unattended. Hope you got that. But yes, I can turn off the screen manually but doing that every time is ridiculously annoying. The bad thing is I cannot know if the bug is active or not without actually watching my screen till the timeout. Annoying bug! I've tried various things and I do not know what's causing this. I'm on stock rom, never rooted.
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Screen flicker in sun with keyboard popped up?

I have tested this with two of these phones and it is confirmed there for sure. I live in Miami Florida there is a lot of Sun here so I have no problem testing this. Within any app if I am in the Sun and it is directly hitting my screen and my keyboard is popped up my screen flickers it's not a super bad Flicker it's light but it's definitely there looks like your screen is blinking really fast. I'm going to try on as many of these devices as I can but can anyone tell me if they are experiencing the same?
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I have tested this with two of these phones and it is confirmed there for sure. I live in Miami Florida there is a lot of Sun here so I have no problem testing this. Within any app if I am in the Sun and it is directly hitting my screen and my keyboard is popped up my screen flickers it's not a super bad Flicker it's light but it's definitely there looks like your screen is blinking really fast. I'm going to try on as many of these devices as I can but can anyone tell me if they are experiencing the same?
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I too live in Miami, I was at the beach today texting, facebook, instagram and of course xda and did not see this happening....
Deviant Development Take Over!!!!!

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I too live in Miami, I was at the beach today texting, facebook, instagram and of course xda and did not see this happening....
Deviant Development Take Over!!!!!
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Try while in the texting app w white backgrounds.. Only happens while keyboard is popped up and sun directly hitting the screen
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see if it happens with auto adjust tone turned off

amorek13 said:
see if it happens with auto adjust tone turned off
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it does

Go to settings, my device, display, screen mode. Set to standard. Fixed it for me.

elesbb said:
Go to settings, my device, display, screen mode. Set to standard. Fixed it for me.
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I just went outside, took off adapt display and tried every screen mode. did not work.

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I just went outside, took off adapt display and tried every screen mode. did not work.
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I definately recall seeing it. I know exactly what you are talking about. I don't see it anymore so either my kernel (ktoonsez) fixed it or it was a bloat app.

I can confirm the issue on my I9500. Its not only limited when under the sun, also happens when you turn the brightness level all the way down. I'm still on stock kernel, maybe custom kernel may solve the issue. No settings in stock has mitigated or fixed this issue for me.

The people who are seeing this, have you turned off "Adapt Display" ?

elesbb said:
The people who are seeing this, have you turned off "Adapt Display" ?
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Yes it doesn't matter what screen mode or what setting or anything it just happens in the Sun
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pezlomd said:
Yes it doesn't matter what screen mode or what setting or anything it just happens in the Sun
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have you tried disabling the setting under the power saver settings? I forget exactly what its called.

Power saving isn't on when this happens
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Wake up lag?

I get about a 2-3 second delay when I turn my S4 on. I know that's not a big deal but it just annoys me, and I'm not sure what's causing it to happen
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kevinrubio1 said:
I get about a 2-3 second delay when I turn my S4 on. I know that's not a big deal but it just annoys me, and I'm not sure what's causing it to happen
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Are u rooted? If so wat rom and kernel?
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bzlik88 said:
Are u rooted? If so wat rom and kernel?
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Yes; stock rom with the ktoonsez kernel installed (w/ ktoonsez recommend settings)
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Do you have s voice enabled? I read somewhere that if you disable the double tap home to open svoice it will help
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Do you have s voice enabled? I read somewhere that if you disable the double tap home to open svoice it will help
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No, I disabled it; it makes the home button more responsive!
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I read somewhere it has to do with deep sleep. Ktoonsez will probably fugue something out. It's not related to the home button though. Happens with power button too.
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Are you using Set CPU or any other clocking software. I notice if I set my screen off profiles higher setting too low it will lag while trying to clock up to speed. Maybe this will help.
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elesbb said:
I read somewhere it has to do with deep sleep. Ktoonsez will probably fugue something out. It's not related to the home button though. Happens with power button too.
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the Note2 has the same issue. theres a mod to fix the lag but not sure if it works with s4

PENKO956 said:
the Note2 has the same issue. theres a mod to fix the lag but not sure if it works with s4
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Got a link? Im working on my ROM, don't really have time to search but if you have a link i will take a look at the MOD and see if it would work.

Cal-El said:
Are you using Set CPU or any other clocking software. I notice if I set my screen off profiles higher setting too low it will lag while trying to clock up to speed. Maybe this will help.
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Yeah, I'm using ktweaker from ktoonsez!
I just increased the screen off setting to see if anything happens!
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the Note2 has the same issue. theres a mod to fix the lag but not sure if it works with s4
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can you link me to the mod?
elesbb said:
I read somewhere it has to do with deep sleep. Ktoonsez will probably fugue something out. It's not related to the home button though. Happens with power button too.
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Hope so I love his work!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208267
let me know if it works!!

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208267
let me know if it works!!
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I don't think it'll work
I'll just get used it
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kevinrubio1 said:
I don't think it'll work
I'll just get used it
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If you edit the smali it will work. But keeping your device from deep sleeping? Um i dont care what is in that thread. Your battery will die very quickly. You can simply write an app to hold the wake lock without going through all the smali code.

elesbb said:
If you edit the smali it will work. But keeping your device from deep sleeping? Um i dont care what is in that thread. Your battery will die very quickly. You can simply write an app to hold the wake lock without going through all the smali code.
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um not really on the "battery will die very quickly" I actually have the mod on on my note2 and the battery difference is very minimal. yes you will loose a little but we're talking about 1-2% per hr less when mod is on. not really a difference considering the battery size of the note2. Dont know if the same will be with the much smaller battery of the s4 but it has a smaller screen as well (less power).
*s4 wake up lag is terrible imo

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um not really on the "battery will die very quickly" I actually have the mod on on my note2 and the battery difference is very minimal. yes you will loose a little but we're talking about 1-2% per hr less when mod is on. not really a difference considering the battery size of the note2. Dont know if the same will be with the much smaller battery of the s4 but it has a smaller screen as well (less power).
*s4 wake up lag is terrible imo
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1 to 2 percent is a lot multiplied by 24 hours in your day minus the drain while using the device.
To each ones own I guess
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And I don't have much wake up lag at all.
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I seem to have this issue too, on Wicked V3 rom, right after getting a text message. Most other times there isn't really any lag when waking up the phone. Have you noticed it every time you wake up the device, or just after getting a text?