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Keep softkey lights on?

I know this has probably been mentioned 1000 times but why doesn't anyone make an app that will let you manually turn the soft key lights on or off on a non-rooted dinc.
So many clock apps, etc have the option of forcing the softkey lights off, prove that it could be easily done since those apps are available for non-rooted dincs.
If anyone has a solution (other than the black e-tape one) please let me know. You can't see the buttons worth a crap unless the room is very well lit. in other words useless at night in the house with normal lighting. Yes I know I could cover the sensor with my thumb but there has to be a solution lurking out there somewhere.
thanks in advance.... johncal

There is. It's called Screen Filter. You can use it to do really low brightness (like when you use your phone in bed, not what she said ) and also manually turn softkey lights on or off. Actually, I'm not sure about forcing on, but it does turn off softkey lights for as long as you want.
Seriously, why do you want to turn them off? I sorta memorized the position of the softkeys.

I find the softkeys way too bright, so I've always used apps to turn them off in the past, never on.
In addition to trying Screen Filter as recommended above, give LEDs Hack a try. It's primarily designed to turn them off, but maybe the "ON" button will work... I'm really not sure.
For what it's worth, CM7 lets you control the softkeys. Specifically, if you go into the auto-brightness levels, you can turn them on/off for a given brightness level. From my experience, it seems that these settings stick even when you're not using auto-brightness. I turned off soft-keys at all the levels, and they stay off even when I'm not in auto-brightness.
With CM7, I no longer have to use Screen Filter for turning off the softkeys, but I do still use it to dim the screen very low.

I really want to keep the softkeys on not off. I'm also running a stock non-rooted rom. Phone's fine for me the way it is except that I just want the ability to keep the softkey lights on. I guess I'm just surprised that no one has come up with a solution for that.
Screen filter is for turning them off and unfortunately, LED hack is for rooted phones. Thanks for the suggestions though.

byrong said:
I find the softkeys way too bright, so I've always used apps to turn them off in the past, never on.
In addition to trying Screen Filter as recommended above, give LEDs Hack a try. It's primarily designed to turn them off, but maybe the "ON" button will work... I'm really not sure.
For what it's worth, CM7 lets you control the softkeys. Specifically, if you go into the auto-brightness levels, you can turn them on/off for a given brightness level. From my experience, it seems that these settings stick even when you're not using auto-brightness. I turned off soft-keys at all the levels, and they stay off even when I'm not in auto-brightness.
With CM7, I no longer have to use Screen Filter for turning off the softkeys, but I do still use it to dim the screen very low.
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Where are the softkey settings in CM7? I looked under the autobrightness settings place but couldn't find anything.
Nightly 37 btw.
-CM7 ADR6300

dpwhitty11 said:
Where are the softkey settings in CM7? I looked under the autobrightness settings place but couldn't find anything.
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Menu > Settings > CM Settings > Display > Automatic Backlight > Edit other levels
Lower / Upper = readings from the light sensor
Screen = the screen brightness you want based on the lower/upper light sensor values
Buttons = whether or not you want the softkeys on. Unfortunately, they cannot be dimmed (hardware limitations, from what I've read), so 255=on and 0=off
In the default configuration, for example, if the sensor value is 0-199, the screen will be set to brightness 25 and the softkeys will be turned on. If the sensor value is >399, notice that the softkeys turn off (button value changes to 0). If you want the buttons on all the time, set all button values as 255. If you're like me, and you hate the softkey lights, set all button values to 0.

For what it's worth, CM7 lets you control the softkeys. Specifically, if you go into the auto-brightness levels, you can turn them on/off for a given brightness level. From my experience, it seems that these settings stick even when you're not using auto-brightness. I turned off soft-keys at all the levels, and they stay off even when I'm not in auto-brightness.
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Byrong, youre the man. Did not know about this. Bye bye softkey lights. Thanks!

Capacitive buttons on AOKP

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to dim or turn off the the the back lights of the four led soft keys of aokp? I can't find a way on the internets for our phone :/
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Not sure If it's the same it go to settings, display then touchlight key duration. And there you should be able to turn off
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I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
Not sure If it's the same it go to settings, display then touchlight key duration. And there you should be able to turn off
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Its not there in aokp. Weird :/
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Watch QBkings video of this rom, he shows how to turn these on screen buttons off in the first two or three minutes. Forget this, misread the question

There used to be an application called led hack that would turn off the capacitative buttons. Not on the market but you night be able to find the apk and see If it works
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I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
There used to be an application called led hack that would turn off the capacitative buttons. Not on the market but you night be able to find the apk and see If it works
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Not to be a necromancer but I'd really like to tackle this and be able to turn the backlights off.
LED Hack does not work for our device but Screen filter does, It'll turn the lights off until you turn the screen off and back on, the lights will then turn back on.
I'm not seeing anything in the logcat that gives a hint as to what the app is doing.

Any news on this?
It seems like many ICS based ROMs, not only AOKP, keep the capacitative button lights on whenever the screen is on. This causes more battery to drain and makes it hard to use as a clock radio (too bright). I have yet to find a setting to turn that off so it times out like most GB ROMs.

dlounsberry said:
It seems like many ICS based ROMs, not only AOKP, keep the capacitative button lights on whenever the screen is on. This causes more battery to drain and makes it hard to use as a clock radio (too bright). I have yet to find a setting to turn that off so it times out like most GB ROMs.
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On any TW based ICS rom, you can select them to be always off.
Menu -> Settings -> Display -> Touch Key Light Duration

there should be a flashable zip to turn off the lights either in the codename thread or the aokp thread

Miui....delay with screen turning on

Hi...plz help me I am unable to use miui due to a problem with screen turning on.. When I click.the power button to wake the screen sometimes there will be delay delay in the screen turning on or sometimes it wont turn on....I tried custom kernal but still no difference.. Thnx. Plz help

Miui which version and rom type?

Eziogamer said:
Hi...plz help me I am unable to use miui due to a problem with screen turning on.. When I click.the power button to wake the screen sometimes there will be delay delay in the screen turning on or sometimes it wont turn on....I tried custom kernal but still no difference.. Thnx. Plz help
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Go to Settings > Display > Colors & Saturation > and set it to "Standard". It will solve it.
Or if u still want to use "cool" color setting, Go to lock screen settings and turn on "Prevent pocket dials".

I had same issue with MiUi with Xposed installed ! If you RUN both....try uninstalling Xposed

jahraKaL said:
Go to Settings > Display > Colors & Saturation > and set it to "Standard". It will solve it.
Or if u still want to use "cool" color setting, Go to lock screen settings and turn on "Prevent pocket dials".
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Thnx I will try..

Screen is yellowed, but goes back to normal when opening some menus like Settings

I'm facing this issue since yesterday. I think that was after I actived reading mode, night mode or something like that, but couldn't find it anymore.
When I press the Settings button, for some milliseconds the color goes back to normal, with a neutral temperature. Then I open the notifications menu, it turn yellowish again; and neutral when I close the notifications. But turns yellow again when I close the Settings.
What's happening and how to solve it?

Are you using cyanogen? If so, try turning off livedisplay in display settings. If it doesn't work, try resetting your device or change to another rom. If it still doesn't work, then I guess it's a hw problem.

IIRC there's a night mode in stock. Could you post details about your phone?

rsb2097 said:
I'm facing this issue since yesterday. I think that was after I actived reading mode, night mode or something like that, but couldn't find it anymore.
When I press the Settings button, for some milliseconds the color goes back to normal, with a neutral temperature. Then I open the notifications menu, it turn yellowish again; and neutral when I close the notifications. But turns yellow again when I close the Settings.
What's happening and how to solve it?
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Make sure the Simulate Color space is set to disabled in Developer Options

xCalibur15 said:
Are you using cyanogen? If so, try turning off livedisplay in display settings. If it doesn't work, try resetting your device or change to another rom. If it still doesn't work, then I guess it's a hw problem.
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Uninstalled CM Locker, it was solved. So it's probably an option within it. But I'm not using it anymore.

Small annoyances with buttons and backlight

I have had the phone for a week now and am reasonably happy with it but there are a few nagging annoyances that I've discovered so I was hoping that someone might have a solution.
1. The capacitive button back-light is useless as currently implemented. they light up after one has been pressed for about a second and then go dark again. Is there a way to have them be lit up any time the screen is on?
2. The screen automatic brightness for some reason in a dark room will go to minimum and then after a few minutes will increase the brightness to maybe 50%. I can turn off the auto brightness and turn it down manually but in auto mode it won't go back down to minimum for several minutes.

+1 on both. Hope it's addressed with one of the next updates

3. Maybe an android issue, but in manual brightness mode, the first 5% of the brightness slider is mega sensitive, while the rest does almost nothing...
Why can't it be more linear? Lol
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smuengr08 said:
I have had the phone for a week now and am reasonably happy with it but there are a few nagging annoyances that I've discovered so I was hoping that someone might have a solution.
1. The capacitive button back-light is useless as currently implemented. they light up after one has been pressed for about a second and then go dark again. Is there a way to have them be lit up any time the screen is on?
2. The screen automatic brightness for some reason in a dark room will go to minimum and then after a few minutes will increase the brightness to maybe 50%. I can turn off the auto brightness and turn it down manually but in auto mode it won't go back down to minimum for several minutes.
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This automatic brightness issue has been on oneplus x from day one and seems like oneplus 3 also has it. They did not fix it even after 8 months, I hope they fix it on oneplus 3. Create ticket for that so that oneplus is aware.

smuengr08 said:
1. The capacitive button back-light is useless as currently implemented. they light up after one has been pressed for about a second and then go dark again. Is there a way to have them be lit up any time the screen is on?
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OTA update has since fixed the auto-brightness issue, but the backlights on the capacitive keys still only stay on for seconds. Has a mod (root/xposed/etc) been created to address this at all? I'd also love for them to remain on as long as the screen is on (and I want to remain on OOS)

2x4 said:
OTA update has since fixed the auto-brightness issue, but the backlights on the capacitive keys still only stay on for seconds. Has a mod (root/xposed/etc) been created to address this at all? I'd also love for them to remain on as long as the screen is on (and I want to remain on OOS)
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Yes, you can use GravityBox Xposed module to keep button backlight on.
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Explorer23 said:
Yes, you can use GravityBox Xposed module to keep button backlight on.
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What setting should I look for?

2x4 said:
What setting should I look for?
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Display tweaks > button backlight mode > always on while screen is on
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Explorer23 said:
Display tweaks > button backlight mode > always on while screen is on
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Thanks! Worked great

Has anyone noticed that the left side capacitive button backlight is slightly dimmer than right side capacitive button backlight..? In oneplus 3t..
Like there is a small difference in their brightness intensity between the left ans right capacitive button backlight..

s4chinkumar said:
Has anyone noticed that the left side capacitive button backlight is slightly dimmer than right side capacitive button backlight..? In oneplus 3t..
Like there is a small difference in their brightness intensity between the left ans right capacitive button backlight..
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Most likely the effect of positioning of the LEDs rather than their intensity.

I leave mine off all the time. I know where the spot is and prefer not to have a bright led shining