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Can anyone tell me if it is possible to activate the notification light on this phone since the sprint version has one? I am coming from a bb and htc phone.
I don't think our hardware has it in there. If it did and there was a way to activate it though I would be amazed/overjoyed
We dont have a notification light
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mziol said:
I don't think our hardware has it in there. If it did and there was a way to activate it though I would be amazed/overjoyed
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I wonder why samsung would not put it for Tmobile? this is a very valuable feature to have on a phone. This forces you to constantly turn on your phone to see if you missed or received any communication or if your battery is fully charged when plugged in the outlet. I guess sprint cares more about their customers to have asked samsung to add this feature on theirs. This is one of the reasons i am little hesitant to walk away from my blackberry simply because of this feature. Otherwise, this is a very cool phone to have. I hope the SGS3 will have it.
I knew this buying this phone ... I'm hoping for a soft-button LED mod (like this app for LG phones).
I, for one, say good riddance to those pesky leds! It's the same reason I hate flashing lights on bluetooth devices. First, you have to remember which lights and which sequences mean what, and then if you're in a dark theater or restaurant, it looks like you're a Christmas tree. Plus, it is very annoying and distracting to have that light blink in my peripheral vision while I'm using the phone.
To me, it's not all that hard to press power to check my notifications. But that's only my opinion.
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I knew this buying this phone ... I'm hoping for a soft-button LED mod (like this app for LG phones).
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Exactly what I was thinking. The G2X has a soft mod that enabled led flashing. I was hoping there would be something like that for the SGS2.
Bounty? lol
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I knew this buying this phone ... I'm hoping for a soft-button LED mod (like this app for LG phones).
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How about one that turns the flash LED on and off.... Now that would get your attention.
You guys are talking about BLN- back light notification.
I do believe that this will be forthcoming once our development section goes into full swing. Why do I say this? We already have control of our soft keys - i.e. capacitive touch buttons in the "settings" menu.
On the Vibrant, BLN was only possible if we used an international Galaxy i9000 Kernel, which caused other battery-drain issues. On the S2, i believe it is a native function of our phone.
Just hang in there. BLN will be coming. In the meantime, be patient
very interesting.
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You guys are talking about BLN- back light notification.
I do believe that this will be forthcoming once our development section goes into full swing. Why do I say this? We already have control of our soft keys - i.e. capacitive touch buttons in the "settings" menu.
On the Vibrant, BLN was only possible if we used an international Galaxy i9000 Kernel, which caused other battery-drain issues. On the S2, i believe it is a native function of our phone.
Just hang in there. BLN will be coming. In the meantime, be patient
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awesome!! i can't wait for your team to make it available. I will patiently check on this "life changing" development. This will make my transition from blackberry to samsung android smooth and worth it.
Thanks A4moda
coming from a blackberry.. the lact of a notification light is .. soothing..
that thing just makes you addicted to you phone. You see the light flash and it's like AWWWW gotta reply NAO!!!11one
i'm looking forward to the BLN kernel
i've been using it on the Nexus S and it's great!
Wish I had that virtue.
One of the thing I missed most about the G2X was the ability to light up the keys for notifications. I hope it comes to the Galaxy S2, it would make my phone complete!
My friend is willing to ditch his iphone for an S3, but he needs an easy solution to mimic his physical ringer switch. He needs to easily turn off his ringer from his holster. Any ideas? Thanks.
Use the volume down button to turn the ringer all the way off.
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Use the volume down button to turn the ringer all the way off.
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Does this work while screen is off?
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Does this work while screen is off?
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No
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you could use an NFC sticker
Theres an app called shush that lets you program the phone so it will automatically go silent at certain times of the day that you specify.
I use setting profiles, it lets me set profiles then conditions and actions for each profuile.
It knows when im at any of my offices, at home, asleep, in a meeting (calendar item) by gps, cells, time, lots of other criteria.
Its a little sketchy to program at first, but I have moved my settings to 4 phones now and its really slick. I dont have to remember to flip a switch even.
If you pull down the notification bar there is a tab for silent /vibrate/ normal
Obviously before u holster it
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Use to use settings profiles. Now I use Llama. Silence based on time/location.
Thanks guys. These options are cool, but a hard sell over the convenience of a physical master sound button. Let me know if you guys can think of anything else. Custom rom holding down the power button or something of the like?
No one should need "convincing" to leave the iPhone for an SIII. This guy seens sketchy
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No one should need "convincing" to leave the iPhone for an SIII. This guy seens sketchy
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Exactly.
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No one should need "convincing" to leave the iPhone for an SIII. This guy seens sketchy
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I would have been an asshole if I said that lol
My buddy has a iphone every time he sees me he starts to reconsider his phone but he doesn't want to switch hes afraid of horrible battery life he had a older android phone before he got his iPhone so he like many other people are afraid of it lol
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No one should need "convincing" to leave the iPhone for an SIII.
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Although I agree 1000%, I can certainly understand of an iphone user who is reluctant to switch again when they have finally got one that "just works"
An engineer friend of mine struggled thru all the pain of a slow/laggy POS android phone with all the asinine work arounds like juice defender/custom kernels etc just to eke out a little more battery life.
Since he is not into customizing the phone AT ALL, you couldn't drag him kicking and screaming back to ANY Android phone at this point..........
Nah, I'm just kidding around. I had a 3GS before my Inspire. It was OK, but that was about it. I don't miss it one bit, but I don't begrudge anyone for wanting simplicity.
No button to switch on the side like the iPhone. But I could also list so many things that the iPhone can't do or lacks compared to the Galaxy S3 so I don't mind that at all.
I have the iPhone 4S too and still enjoy my LTE GS3 over it.
I'm sorry but I think this thread is pointless. He either wants a better all around phone or he wants to stay with his old outdated pos phone. There is no physical button able to mute the phone with the screen off. If that is the dealbreaker he definitely has some issues he needs to work out with himself
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I'm sorry but I think this thread is pointless. He either wants a better all around phone or he wants to stay with his old outdated pos phone. There is no physical button able to mute the phone with the screen off. If that is the dealbreaker he definitely has some issues he needs to work out with himself
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I would disagree the OP is asking is there any solution for a specific criteria he has. The reasons behind it maybe questionable but he is still asking does the phone have some functionality he may not know about, which is fine. The whole point of this community is to share and exchange ideas, tips, tricks and educate. There is nothing wrong with someone asking a question about the phone at all many have found features out about their phones that they had no idea it had. What I am struggling with is what your post has at all to offer other than your personal opinion about another phone manufacturer and a potential insult to the OP about his friend. Maybe in the future rather than post something of no value you don't post or post something that has value to others.
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Coming from a Treo, a while back, I agree about the usefulness of the ringer switch. It is a nice simple, elegant solution and one of the things I miss about the Treo. The best solution I have found is one of the profile managers like someone mentioned. You can set it to silence the phone whenever a calendar appointment has a word you choose like "meet" or "call" or "lunch".
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Thanks guys. These options are cool, but a hard sell over the convenience of a physical master sound button. Let me know if you guys can think of anything else. Custom rom holding down the power button or something of the like?
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Use an nfc tag that when placed in the holster its set up to shut the ringer off.
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http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/11/02/samsung-weve-sold-over-30-million-galaxy-s-iii-devices/
Samsung seems to be on a roll with their flagship Galaxy devices. Earlier today they announced that the Note II passed over the 3 million in sales. Now, according to a post on Facebook, plus a picture of proof, the Samsung Galaxy S III has surpassed 30 million in sales.
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@#$% u apple.
And still no *awesome accessories released...
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I don't know about that. I like my case (goo.gl/83Lkz), and wireless charging is getting close. =)
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Its not just the accessories.. what about All Share Cast ... (without the stupid dongle)
I'm happy to see a device aside from the iPhone have a significant effect on the smartphone market. I made the switch from iPhone to GS3 and could not be happier.
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TBH, I love how I'm seeing more and more Android (looking at things, S3 seems to be much more dominant) in the public... I feel like we're having an actual individualization rising from the ashes... I mean, way back, the dumbphones had so much selections and features aren't all that important people choose to get the phone that expresses themselves...
Then the iPhone came... and all of that was lost, until they started making cases of different designs... Then, if you think about it... people want the same features, but all along people also want to express their individuality... And the rise of androids are bringing back the actual individuality we had back when we had dumbphones... We don't need cases to show off who we are, let our phones do the talking! haha
And still no jelly bean
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Now they can use the revenue to develop the next galaxy device that will surpass that 30 million sales mark!
Hope they get rid of the physical/capacitive buttons and adopt the on screen buttons or develop something new.
I am actually quite a fan of how the S3 buttons are laid out. They are very intuitive in my opinion. Though it will undoubtedly be interesting to see where they go with it.
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Now they can use the revenue to develop the next galaxy device that will surpass that 30 million sales mark!
Hope they get rid of the capacitive buttons and adopt the on screen buttons or develop something new.
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Now they can use the revenue to develop the next galaxy device that will surpass that 30 million sales mark!
Hope they get rid of the capacitive buttons and adopt the on screen buttons or develop something new.
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I like the fact we have capacitive buttons on our phones. Is it just me?
Maybe I'm the odd one out that doesn't like the physical/capacitive buttons.
The S3 is my first touchscreen smartphone and I found that without a case I would accidentally hit the back key with my palm.
The fact that on screen buttons are raised from the button of the phone and on the screen, it would prevent that situation from happening.
In addition you are able to customize the buttons to your preference and would have a sleeker appearance than having the big physical home button.
Had the nexus 4 been built differently, I would be all over that.
With so many s3 owners, Samsung really doesn't have an excuse to leave us in the dark with regards to updates.
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I agree on the update part. As for the buttons, i like the physical home button. The only thing i don't like about the phone is the slightly concave screen. Makes screen protector fitting very annoying.
I also agree on the individuality aspect. I think that's a major contributor in Android's surge in popularity over "other os's". And we have a standardized charging plug.
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@#$% u apple.
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Haha heck yeah! :cyclops:
Maybe this is because I'm coming from the S2 family, but the physical home button is a no no for me.
Customization wise: the S3 does have a fair share of festive cases. Maybe not as many as iPhone, but I guarantee you'll find something. If you're not a case person we have something that not many other phones on the market can get - custom back covers. Besides in durability, we've got the iPhone pretty much beat!
Stock ICS on my S3
30 million is a lie! Samsung isn't cool enough to sell as many phones as Apple!
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I like the fact we have capacitive buttons on our phones. Is it just me?
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nope your not the only one.
the only thing i don't like is the home button. why oh why is that an actually physical push button when the menu and back buttons are capacitive ?!?
I have seen quite a few people now with the sgs3. Owning one and being able to talk to another sgs3 owner is a great conversation starter with people.
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Love the capacitive buttons.
Hate the mechanical home button.
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Here is what I don't like:
1. When you wake up the phone from sleep there is a noticeable delay.
2. After you hang up the phone, there is a delay of about 3-4 seconds before you are brought back to the dialer.. Until then you're just shown the "Call ended.." message. Thats quite annoying because you have to wait another 3-4 seconds before re-dialing.
3. MTP.. I have never gotten it to work on this phone. After downloading the official Galaxy Note II drivers from samsungs website all I ever get is "Hardware missing" or something like that. I really miss the plain old USB Mass Storage.
4. When you bring the phone to your ear the screen turns black, (thats good), but after you take it back down to see the screen, there's a gap of about 2 seconds before it turns back on. very annoying.
So these are the 4 things I have noticed that I don't like.
Kinda SLIPPERY
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Here is what I don't like:
2. After you hang up the phone, there is a delay of about 3-4 seconds before you are brought back to the dialer.. Until then you're just shown the "Call ended.." message. Thats quite annoying because you have to wait another 3-4 seconds before re-dialing.
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I think if you press the back button or home button to go back to whichever screen you need, it works based on my experience.
Like if i just ended a call, pressing the home button takes me home right away without any delay.
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I think if you press the back button or home button to go back to whichever screen you need, it works based on my experience.
Like if i just ended a call, pressing the home button takes me home right away without any delay.
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What if you wanted to redial? Try it. You can't get back to the dialer without waiting 3 seconds.
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Kinda SLIPPERY
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Yeah. I liked the textured back on the black galaxy note 1.
JoJo2211 said:
Here is what I don't like:
1. When you wake up the phone from sleep there is a noticeable delay.
2. After you hang up the phone, there is a delay of about 3-4 seconds before you are brought back to the dialer.. Until then you're just shown the "Call ended.." message. Thats quite annoying because you have to wait another 3-4 seconds before re-dialing.
3. MTP.. I have never gotten it to work on this phone. After downloading the official Galaxy Note II drivers from samsungs website all I ever get is "Hardware missing" or something like that. I really miss the plain old USB Mass Storage.
4. When you bring the phone to your ear the screen turns black, (thats good), but after you take it back down to see the screen, there's a gap of about 2 seconds before it turns back on. very annoying.
So these are the 4 things I have noticed that I don't like.
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You are complaining about common problems on different phones.
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I hate how you have to press home to go back to the home screen after an end call. I want it to go direct to the home screen after a call ends. I had to install an app for that: "On Call End". Works great.
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You are complaining about common problems on different phones.
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I don't think he is complaining, more just expressing his thoughts.
If they are common problems on different phones then that means exactly that, different phones. Not all phones. I'm not trying to be rude but I think all the OP was trying to say is that the four things he listed kinda bothers him, nothing more, nothing less.
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I don't think he is complaining, more just expressing his thoughts.
If they are common problems on different phones then that means exactly that, different phones. Not all phones. I'm not trying to be rude but I think all the OP was trying to say is that the four things he listed kinda bothers him, nothing more, nothing less.
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Wow OP, you are one spoiled person. All the problems you listed are way too minor to annoy a normal human being.
Download Flipboard and read the news, see how not having food to eat is annoying the rest of the world.
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EvoYas said:
Wow OP, you are one spoiled person. All the problems you listed are way too minor to annoy a normal human being.
Download Flipboard and read the news, see how not having food to eat is annoying the rest of the world.
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You do realize you're on a cellphone forum and not cnn right?
Hey everyone...stop talking about...well...anything! because other people have problems and therefore yours are no longer valid.
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Haha good one. Sadly its true and in a country like america we have forgotten what it is to be hungry
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The biggest complain I have with the Note 2 is the stylus not able to control the menu and back buttons.
I agree with you, that is the most annoying thing about this phone by far. It's one of the biggest reasons I don't use the stylus me consistently. Great point.
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EvoYas said:
Wow OP, you are one spoiled person. All the problems you listed are way too minor to annoy a normal human being.
Download Flipboard and read the news, see how not having food to eat is annoying the rest of the world.
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While I do agree that these problems may be minor: With all due respect, this is a website about mobile devices and development, and this thread is specifically for the issues regarding the user experience of the T-mobile Note 2.
There is nothing to say that the OP did not start a blog for starving families in third world countries on an appropriate website, or that he lacks common sense and or compassion towards major economic problems. . . as is implied by your remark.
Furthermore, problems must be addressed, not ignored. Many minor problems compounded can become a major one, eroding away the cumulative ease of use and overall responsiveness of the user experience.
Many people like myself regard our phones as valuable business tools rather than toys. It is important to have a high performance tool to efficaciously compete in today's "hi-tech" market.
Getting edge only speeds when using it unlocked on AT&T :banghead: yeah theres so little flaws I had to blame something it cant control .... yet.
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I didn't like that it sometimes didn't want to charge as A/C...even though it was plugged in the wall it thought it was charging through USB which took for ever. Changed the USB cable and it seems to be working good now. So I had 1 thing I didn't like...not anymore! There's nothing I don't like about this phone! Ha!
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EvoYas said:
Wow OP, you are one spoiled person. All the problems you listed are way too minor to annoy a normal human being.
Download Flipboard and read the news, see how not having food to eat is annoying the rest of the world.
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Excuse me? Yes, we live in America and can afford nice things. That said, if we are spending $300, or as much as $700 or $800 off contract, we expect these products to continue to improve over time. The intent of this thread was clearly a constructive one. Developers can't know what we want improved if we do not voice our opinions. Get off your moral high horse.
I think the white is too warm or dirty in my taste.
Other than that, I have no complaint.
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Excuse me? Yes, we live in America and can afford nice things. That said, if we are spending $300, or as much as $700 or $800 off contract, we expect these products to continue to improve over time. The intent of this thread was clearly a constructive one. Developers can't know what we want improved if we do not voice our opinions. Get off your moral high horse.
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Don't even bother, it's not even worth your time.
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Hey there just received the zenfone 2 and asking myself, if the capazitive buttons have a backlight and if yes: how to enable it?
Thanks in advance
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Unfortunately there is no backlight for the capacitive buttons. That was the first thing I noticed and was disappointed. That and the camera does not have slow motion video capture. I hope the hardware is capable and all it takes is to enable it with firmware upgrade. Otherwise this phone is amazing for the price point.
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Oma. Haven't checked that before because I thought something like this is standard in 2015. Not really a deal breaker but truthfully speaking a little bit disappointing
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Hudrator said:
Oma. Haven't checked that before because I thought something like this is standard in 2015. Not really a deal breaker but truthfully speaking a little bit disappointing
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I think a smart decision. There are 3 buttons. One on the left, one on the right and one in the middle. All in a row. If you can't find them for whatever reason, backlights generally don't light up until *after* you've pressed the button, a rather useless feature. My point, don't let this stop you from buying the Zenfone 2 if you're interested otherwise.
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I think a smart decision. There are 3 buttons. One on the left, one on the right and one in the middle. All in a row. If you can't find them for whatever reason, backlights generally don't light up until *after* you've pressed the button, a rather useless feature. My point, don't let this stop you from buying the Zenfone 2 if you're interested otherwise.
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Already holding it in my hands. So I never think about returning it die to something so trivial like this. But thank you for your answer.
Maybe you could answer me another question.
What should be shown in status bar when I am connected with an 4G network?
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Chinaphonearena said:
I think a smart decision. There are 3 buttons. One on the left, one on the right and one in the middle. All in a row. If you can't find them for whatever reason, backlights generally don't light up until *after* you've pressed the button, a rather useless feature. My point, don't let this stop you from buying the Zenfone 2 if you're interested otherwise.
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I share same opinion. On my other phone I disabled the backlight on the capacitive buttons since they're just a waste of phone energy given that I know exactly where the buttons are located and their functions.