Even in a dark room the backlights for home and back do not light up. The only way to light them is to cover the top of the phone. Any suggestions? Thanks
I found my answer to this. The light sensor is too sensitive...it does not work as it should. The sensor is the top left corner circle on the front of the phone. I just put a piece of black tape over it. Now the backlight buttons stay lit and I can see them in a dimly lit room.
ha. :silly:
I didn't even know they had lights?
Learn something everyday.:good:
I really don't want top have to put tape on my pretty new phone. But I'm glad to find out that I can cover the light sensor and then the buttons will show up. Hopefully that will get fixed with an update
I'm using an app: capacitive buttons backlight (i think it's called)
Edit: Capacitive Buttons Brightness
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I have been noticing that my auto brightness doesn't work like it did when I first got my phone a few months ago.
Back then it seemed like it changed brightness after a few seconds when it should.
Nowadays it doesn't seem to do that anymore.
Now if I hold my phone close to a bright light, hit the power button and unlock the phone, the screen is very bright, as it should. When I hold my phone in a dark place, it doesn't adjust the brightness. It keeps being very bright.
BUT, if I hold my phone in a dark place and hit the power button and unlock the phone, it's dark, but when I move my phone to a brighter location it does make the screen brighter.
I first thought this had to do with CM, but now on stock froyo it does the same thing.
Is this normal, and am I just mistaken? And should the phone adjust the brightness when I hold my thumb on the sensor thats just right under the power button on the front of the phone (I expect the screen to be less bright)? Because it doesn't do that.
Thanks in advance.
No it's not normal, mine reacts to changes in ambient light in a second or 2 (FRF50), just like yours used to.
When I cover the light sensor with my thumb, the screen dims right down.
Thanks for your reply.
Is there anything I can do to check why this doesn't happen on my phone?
Can I perform a check on the status of my sensor, on it's behavior?
And are there any known reasons why this could happen?
Thanks in advance.
This exact issue is happening with me ever since I updated to 2.2. It worked perfectly before but now I notice that once the screen adjusts to maximum brightness in a well lit area, it never dims....don't know what the problem is. But I hope there is a solution.
Good to hear I'm not the only one with problem, that gives me hope this might be a software issue rather than a non-working sensor.
Rusty! said:
No it's not normal, mine reacts to changes in ambient light in a second or 2 (FRF50), just like yours used to.
When I cover the light sensor with my thumb, the screen dims right down.
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Actually I may have to take this back, in retrospect, the dimming actually could have been the screen timing out.
When covering the sensor with my thumb and not having the screen set to 15secs, it doesn't dim until I lock/unlock the screen.
Reading on another forum this is by design rather than a flaw, as people complained the screen would fade in and out in certain light conditions... now it can't.
Ah, okay. Good to hear.
Thanks again, Rusty.
froyo seems to fix the autobrightness for me, at least now i can see the screen brightness is changing according to lighting condition, previously i don't notice it (using cyan ROM prior to froyo).
Like this phone, not sure why they would not allow the bottom capacative lights to stay on longer. They don't even light in dim lighting! If anything, it would be nice if they lit with a screen tap. Hope this gets addressed someday soon.
Today I've noticed that there is a light bleed on edge of my screen when I look at it with angle. I do not know if it was there before or it is new,but I've noticed when I was trying to root my 2.3.4 update!
any idea? should I take my phone to guarantee service?
Thanks!
Check your phone with the (uhh..) key combination
It's 3845#*970# in my country,don't know if yours the same
do some search
But if it's clearly a screen bleed, take it to the center
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I noticed too that the bottom end of the screen, shows some "bleeding" when in total black.
I carefully watched though, that, it's not color bleeding or LCD issue, it's the capacitive buttons back-light which glares from the inside of the screen film.
I turned off the back-light of the capacitive buttons and my screen was plain black.
Give it a try for yourself mate, if it's not plain smooth black, then it's indeed an LCD issue and you have to take it on a service center.
Thank you for replies!
as you see in below images the light is only visible in close angles.
Does anybody have the same problem?
I've tried 3845#*970# and no problem found.
Thanks!
the left one ? the strip of light ?
i think it's just the led
On the HTC one the home and back button does not come on all the time. When i turn the phone on should those the home and back button light up right away??? mine don't. If im in the dark they sometimes come on, not all the time. Just trying to figure out how those 2 buttons are suppose to work.
thanks
steve
They are triggered by (a lack of) ambient light via the light sensor.
Mine come on as soon as i press the power button and turn off soon as i press of
jaythenut said:
Mine come on as soon as i press the power button and turn off soon as i press of
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Your device is special
nobnut said:
Your device is special
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or broke:laugh:
Mine light up when not needed and refuse to shine in the dark. So far I've not been worried about it; thumb finds the right place most of the time
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The light sensors on the front top left determine when to turn it off or on. cover them with your finger and the home and back should light up. If not - the light sensors are not working. I've noticed that very little light will trigger these things. even the light from the lcd will be enough light to not allow the home and back keys to light up especially in the dark... Hopefully there will be a tweak forth coming.
Tetsumi06 said:
Mine light up when not needed and refuse to shine in the dark. So far I've not been worried about it; thumb finds the right place most of the time
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My sensors must be faulty then as mine don't come on when I put my fingers over the sensor?
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hpsauce37 said:
My sensors must be faulty then as mine don't come on when I put my fingers over the sensor?
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do you have a screen protector on? try taking it off and see
Hi all,
the capacitive buttons on my black HTC One do not light up. I couldn't find any setting which toggles the backlight or did I miss something?
Is this normal/different for the black version?
try covering the top part of the phone and see if it lights up.
i find its app dependent.. or so i thought. maybe it is just lighting?