Successfully installed gingervolt. But after some time of setting things up I noticed the bottom buttons on the phone are not lighting up anymore. I'm not sure what could have caused this. Can anyone please help me figure this out? Thanks
platinum8317 said:
Successfully installed gingervolt. But after some time of setting things up I noticed the bottom buttons on the phone are not lighting up anymore. I'm not sure what could have caused this. Can anyone please help me figure this out? Thanks
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Temporary fix, turn off auto brightness. Doesn't always hold apparently.
Ice Cream Kanged & GingerVolted VS910 4G
S.Meezy said:
Temporary fix, turn off auto brightness. Doesn't always hold apparently.
Ice Cream Kanged & GingerVolted VS910 4G
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Thanks for the advise. It all of a sudden worked for me this am before i read all the other people having same issue. thanks.
Happening to me on stock, not yet rooted Gingerbread too, just this morning in fact. It's not GV's fault.
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Might be related to proximity sensor
Had a bout where the soft keys lights did not come on. Anyone notice that this rare issue seems to happen when using phone in dim or unlit room? I was in a dark room and the lights went out on my revo so I held my phone up to my pc screen and the lights came back on. Could this be related to a issue with the sensor?
Mine behaves the same way. I turn it on in the dark and the keys stay off until I hold it up to a light source, or put the phone up to a mirror with a bright screen on.
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Sensor causing soft key light issue?
So I guess the stock GB or GV1.2 is not responsible for soft keylight issue? Hardware related?
Glad someone else correlates this to the sensor. Fantastic ROM GV 1.2, works well.
I never had it happen on stock zv4, Decrap 1.1, or Revolt. I am on stock zv7 Gingerbread and have heard of others too. I think it's the OS, Gingerbread, where the problem lies.
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drutman said:
Had a bout where the soft keys lights did not come on. Anyone notice that this rare issue seems to happen when using phone in dim or unlit room? I was in a dark room and the lights went out on my revo so I held my phone up to my pc screen and the lights came back on. Could this be related to a issue with the sensor?
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That was exactly it for me as well, everything has been fine since I rooted, then all of a sudden the soft keys stopped lighting up. Tried everything I could think of, but yes I am in a dark room, as soon as I did the above it started working again for me.
The problem came up right after changing the color to the progress bar with zipthemer and cwm.
Either way seems fine now that i gave it some light. No idea what actually caused the problem.
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Please, any input is useful. ):
I just bought a nexus one the other day, and i think I was scammed. THe power button works fine, but occasionally, the screen would get super dim. It doesn't black out because I can faintly see all of the icons and menus, and I can tap them. ALso, its not automatic brightness, because its horribly horribly hard to see. Pulling the battery (sometimes) fixes this problem.
I'm currently running Kang-o-rama with SP2.
Has this ever happened to anyone? If so, how did you fix it?
It does sound its the auto brightness. If you're outside and its dims it is very hard to see. You the default android power widget to test it. It has brightness toggle on it. Full /auto/dim/ and basically the middle.
I'll take a picture of it once my dad comes home, but I tested it last night if it was autobrightness.
I waited for it to dim, then went into settings, disabled autobrightness, and put the brightness all the way up. It was still super dim, and didn't return to normal until I pulled the battery.
I would look for support in the thread for that rom. Or flash another rom. Sounds like it is just a bug in your rom.
I just installed a Miui rom hoping it'll fix it (cause I was using cm7 based roms) and it worked for a while.
Now it began to Flicker and finally turned off. It'll ring when phones call it but nothing will show on the screen. I'll pull the battery but this time nothing shows up (though it vibrates indicating it turns on).
I know this is a hardware problem now, do you guys know what part it is?
Please, any input is appreciated.
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Does anyone else have problems with the screen not turning off when on a phone call? Mine doesn't turn off unless I directly cover the proximity sensor with my fingertip. I believe it has been this way the whole time I've had the phone, but maybe it's been worse since I went to ICS. I'm on Dark Raider right now.
I have been turning off the screen when in a call, but it would be nice if the sensor just worked. Is there any calibration tool available for the vivid? Or is this probably a busted sensor? My fiance's vivid also does the same thing.
I get the opposite. The screen turns off when put on my ear but doesn't come back when taken away from ear. Very annoying when you're dealing with an automated teller. Anybody know know anything?
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Did you find a solution for the proximity sensor? My screen stays one while calling.
ntothes said:
Does anyone else have problems with the screen not turning off when on a phone call? Mine doesn't turn off unless I directly cover the proximity sensor with my fingertip. I believe it has been this way the whole time I've had the phone, but maybe it's been worse since I went to ICS. I'm on Dark Raider right now.
I have been turning off the screen when in a call, but it would be nice if the sensor just worked. Is there any calibration tool available for the vivid? Or is this probably a busted sensor? My fiance's vivid also does the same thing.
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I just received my nexus and I thought the battery was dead cause it showed the battery icon briefly. I left it charging for an hour and nothing. I tried the flashlight trick on the screen and I could see the welcome screen. I disable the automatic dimming feature and now my screen turns on. It must be a software issue on the sensor. I don't know yet.
So you shine a flashlight at the ambient light sensor and it turns the screen back up? Like the sensitivity of the sensor is too low? I'll have to make a mental note of this for when mine finally comes in.
Yes if you can't see the screen. If it still doesn't work, shine the light on the screen and you should be able to see the welcome screen. I don't know if you ever had your laptop LCD inverter burn out?
Thanks for this post. I had the exact same problem. I struggled to get up and running, but figure it out with the help of my GNex.
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Thanks for the info.
I had this problem and I'm getting mine replaced. This is almost certainly not a software issue, else everybody would be having it (and if it were a misconfiguration, it would go away with a flash of the factory rom).
mewantnexus7 said:
I had this problem and I'm getting mine replaced. This is almost certainly not a software issue, else everybody would be having it (and if it were a misconfiguration, it would go away with a flash of the factory rom).
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Do a search for light sensor, and you'll find other people with this problem.
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True, I can't even see youtube in landscape mode cause the screen will shutoff. I have to have it in portrait mode.
Sounds more like a hardware problem. A light should DIM the screen, not brighten it. The sensor is reversed.
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mkiker2089 said:
Sounds more like a hardware problem. A light should DIM the screen, not brighten it. The sensor is reversed.
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So when you walk outside to the bright sun, you would want your tablet's brightness to be at the lowest setting? I doubt it
So I didn't notice this until I went into a darker room, but the function buttons (menu, home, back, and search) stay dimly lit even when the phone screen is off. Is there some ICS setting I need to adjust? Any help would be appreciated.
I haven't seen or heard of anything like that (settings). So I would adventure to say you have a bad flash, or your using an app / mod that is causing it. Aside from that all I can think of is a phone going south.
GL!
Turns out it was a bad flash! Back to normal again
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Turns out it was a bad flash! Back to normal again
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Happened to me once. Clear Cache fixed it.
I currently have a stock HTC One in Canada on the Telus network.
The last few weeks i noticed the LED light growing dim. About a week ago the phone rebooted itself only to say it had an issue and that it was not shutdown correctly.. and asked if i wanted to report the problem to HTC.
The phone the froze with the Screen on but a black background.
After 15 minutes i powered off the phone.
At this point the phone would not power back on.. when i plugged the power in to the phone from the wall the phone would not indicate that it was charging via LED.
I tried booting no response.. no vibrating,.. just slight flashing lights on the Home/back buttons
I ended up booting up the phone by shining a bright light into the light sensor while holding Power and DOWN volume..
Phone has been working fine ever since, however still no LED.
I did a factory reset and still no LED.
Has anyone see anything like this?
I want to root and install Google Edition Android however if the hardware is faulty i dont want to risk voiding the warranty and being stuck with a faulty phone.
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I currently have a stock HTC One in Canada on the Telus network.
The last few weeks i noticed the LED light growing dim. About a week ago the phone rebooted itself only to say it had an issue and that it was not shutdown correctly.. and asked if i wanted to report the problem to HTC.
The phone the froze with the Screen on but a black background.
After 15 minutes i powered off the phone.
At this point the phone would not power back on.. when i plugged the power in to the phone from the wall the phone would not indicate that it was charging via LED.
I tried booting no response.. no vibrating,.. just slight flashing lights on the Home/back buttons
I ended up booting up the phone by shining a bright light into the light sensor while holding Power and DOWN volume..
Phone has been working fine ever since, however still no LED.
I did a factory reset and still no LED.
Has anyone see anything like this?
I want to root and install Google Edition Android however if the hardware is faulty i dont want to risk voiding the warranty and being stuck with a faulty phone.
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This has happened to me too. Just one day noticed no led light anymore. Strange thing to break down on a phone! Have you had any joy in getting a fix?
chaz81 said:
This has happened to me too. Just one day noticed no led light anymore. Strange thing to break down on a phone! Have you had any joy in getting a fix?
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Unfortunately I have not been successful getting the LED back.. I am debating sending the phone in for Warranty work... or just sucking it up and rooting/flashing custom roms.
My main concern is that there may be a bigger hardware issue going on internally.
I'm really just trying to get a feel of how common this issue is..
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Unfortunately I have not been successful getting the LED back.. I am debating sending the phone in for Warranty work... or just sucking it up and rooting/flashing custom roms.
My main concern is that there may be a bigger hardware issue going on internally.
I'm really just trying to get a feel of how common this issue is..
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Try this: in dialer type *#*#3424#*#* (3424 = DIAG), that will bring up HTC internal diagnostic, there's a "LED Test", select and run it to see if it's a hardware defect or not (you will get Orange and Green LED tests).
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Try this: in dialer type *#*#3424#*#* (3424 = DIAG), that will bring up HTC internal diagnostic, there's a "LED Test", select and run it to see if it's a hardware defect or not (you will get Orange and Green LED tests).
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Thanks for the info.. Just tried it the LED test .
To my surprise the Green and Orange lights actually show up but I have to hold it to my eye and block out any external light to see anything.. kind of defeats the purpose of an LED notification light..
I guess the light works its just extremely DIM.
Any way of controlling the LED light brightness?
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Thanks for the info.. Just tried it the LED test .
To my surprise the Green and Orange lights actually show up but I have to hold it to my eye and block out any external light to see anything.. kind of defeats the purpose of an LED notification light..
I guess the light works its just extremely DIM.
Any way of controlling the LED light brightness?
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Don't know, but I just ran the same test in a very well lit environment and the Green and Orange LED are quite bright... I don't have to "go look for them" they pop out nicely.
Are you using a cover of any kind? Or maybe the LED has somehow shifted it's position and is being partially covered by the speaker grill? Hate to say it, but sounds like a hardware issue. Sorry
Hope someone else has other ideas.
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Don't know, but I just ran the same test in a very well lit environment and the Green and Orange LED are quite bright... I don't have to "go look for them" they pop out nicely.
Are you using a cover of any kind? Or maybe the LED has somehow shifted it's position and is being partially covered by the speaker grill? Hate to say it, but sounds like a hardware issue. Sorry
Hope someone else has other ideas.
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Not using any case that would cover the LED.. that being said even with the Case off.. the LED is still very dim.
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Not using any case that would cover the LED.. that being said even with the Case off.. the LED is still very dim.
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I ran the diagnostics tool. Mine didn't work guess it's going back
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Try this: in dialer type *#*#3424#*#* (3424 = DIAG), that will bring up HTC internal diagnostic, there's a "LED Test", select and run it to see if it's a hardware defect or not (you will get Orange and Green LED tests).
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Hmm tried and then the screen just refesh by no diagnostic screen at all..
Not sure is my custom ROM affecting it.
Using ARHD 20.1
turtleism said:
Hmm tried and then the screen just refesh by no diagnostic screen at all..
Not sure is my custom ROM affecting it.
Using ARHD 20.1
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Shouldn't affect it. I've been using ARHD 9 through 13.3 and works with all of them.
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I've ran the LED test, and all of them work. But they dont light up for notifications, and i have it enabled in the settings.
te5ter said:
I've ran the LED test, and all of them work. But they dont light up for notifications, and i have it enabled in the settings.
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I have the same problem. Did factory reset two times. Red when charging, green when full but no flashing green for notification. I enabled it in settings.
Have you manage to find a solution for the problem?
Thanks.
bachje said:
I have the same problem. Did factory reset two times. Red when charging, green when full but no flashing green for notification. I enabled it in settings.
Have you manage to find a solution for the problem?
Thanks.
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I am having the same issue! The light works, but it doesn't blink for notifications!!
nuggstein said:
I am having the same issue! The light works, but it doesn't blink for notifications!!
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I also have the same problem: when it is charging and when it is fully charged the light works OK but doesn't flash for notifications. But it worked OK some time ago. Actually, when I think about it, it seems that the problem started after I had updated to the current firmware: Android version 4.3, HTC Sense version 5.5, software number 3.62.401.1
It must be issue with firmware/software because LED test works fine.
There's another thread similar to this one and someone there figured out the solution - you do a factory reset but, when the phone reboots, you do not restore everything using your Google account. Go through the setup as normal (without restoring) and once that is complete then you can add your Google account details.
It means you have to download and set up your apps again, but it is worth it to get the LED working.
HI I had a similar problem I cleaned out the hole with a needle and all is well, pin came out dirty (the one on the grill dirt was blocking led )