light glow under buttons? - EVO 4G General

Whats up with this? Why do i see light shinning through the buttuns when i lock the screen and I can only see it when its pich black at night...??

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700211

No, see, mine glows even when the buttons arent lit up?

Like i said, if i "lock the screen" (which turns off the buttons) and its really dark in my room, and i let my eyes adjust to the darkness, i can see light glowing through the buttons. Try it. Maybe this is the cause of most battery drain issues?

BAleR said:
Like i said, if i "lock the screen" (which turns off the buttons) and its really dark in my room, and i let my eyes adjust to the darkness, i can see light glowing through the buttons. Try it. Maybe this is the cause of most battery drain issues?
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Mine does that too. But not bright enough to notice unless it's pitch dark. I'm sure it is draining the battery a bit too though.

I know it prolly wont help this, but i cant wait till froyo comes out for the evo, its suppose to fix alot of bugs i.e. the 30fps thing

Im running froyo and it is wicked fast. zoom zoom zoom
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thorpe24 said:
Im running froyo and it is wicked fast. zoom zoom zoom
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any chance I could get my hands on the rom you used to get froyo? or direct me to it?

AssassinsLament said:
Mine does that too. But not bright enough to notice unless it's pitch dark. I'm sure it is draining the battery a bit too though.
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I noticed this too - but I thought they were glow-in-the dark?

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Screen on = Lights on

Title says it all. Anyway to keep the 4 capacitive buttons lit up while the screen is on? I know they're controlled by the sensor and I don't want to disable the sensor, I just want the keys lit up while the screen is on.
Thanks!
What would be the point. I can see em just fine in the daylight and when it gets dark I see em light up and can see em hair as good. Can't see the epic's buttons though so that would be handy for that phone.
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bharris25 said:
What would be the point. I can see em just fine in the daylight and when it gets dark I see em light up and can see em hair as good. Can't see the epic's buttons though so that would be handy for that phone.
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It's just another way for me to enjoy my phone
Half the crap we do on this forum has no point but we still do it, ask for it, mod it, skin it, theme it, over-clock it, etc...
True dat, actually I've noticed that when my phone hits fully charged the capacitive buttons don't light up until I unplug it. Weird huh...
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how about turning them off entirely
Indiana Jones said:
how about turning them off entirely
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I would love to have the option to turn them off. Sometimes I'm in bed reading on the kindle and find them to be distracting. I found this app on the market that can turn them off but when I exit the app and go back to the kindle to continue reading they turn back on.
it would be amazing to turn the capacitive lights off. specially for dark settings, since the light from the buttons shines up on my display and washes out my screen. it drives me nuts.

[Q] track pad light

The track pad had a very dim red light in it when you wake the phone youll see it, its nothing like a notification in the center right side... Just questioning what it is and if we can get to it :/
once you see it youll always see it
I had no idea there was a light in there...ive noticed the red tint to it in some lights but assumed that it was something to do with the touch sensors
civicvx94 said:
I had no idea there was a light in there...ive noticed the red tint to it in some lights but assumed that it was something to do with the touch sensors
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yeah when its completely dead it and you plug in the charger it has an extrealy dim red light in the center of the left side
but i thought it has a notification light that goes around the whole thing like the g2... maybe im wrong?
also has anyone noticed if your in the dark and light up the keypad light comes through the bottom right corner (right next the the G button) kinda like the paint faded... not a big deal just pissed i noticed it cus now i always see it lol just wondering if everyones is like this... btw sorry if i made you notice it lol
pack said:
yeah when its completely dead it and you plug in the charger it has an extrealy dim red light in the center of the left side
but i thought it has a notification light that goes around the whole thing like the g2... maybe im wrong?
also has anyone noticed if your in the dark and light up the keypad light comes through the bottom right corner (right next the the G button) kinda like the paint faded... not a big deal just pissed i noticed it cus now i always see it lol just wondering if everyones is like this... btw sorry if i made you notice it lol
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Yea the corner by genius button is just like yours.
I havent noticed a light on the trackpad tho. I even looked around for an app or something to activate it. No luck tho....
its not a light... its a dark red lens that covers the optical trackball... there is no (visible) light what so ever in there... you just held the phone at a odd angle in the right light...
go look at any other optical TB if you dont believe me...they all have a dark red hue (regardless of the battery status on the phone)
unplug phone from charger, pull battery and look closely, it'll still be red, and without power nothing could possibly be "lighting up"
ESKIMOn00b said:
its not a light... its a dark red lens that covers the optical trackball... there is no (visible) light what so ever in there... you just held the phone at a odd angle in the right light...
go look at any other optical TB if you dont believe me...they all have a dark red hue (regardless of the battery status on the phone)
unplug phone from charger, pull battery and look closely, it'll still be red, and without power nothing could possibly be "lighting up"
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i wasnt saying it was like a led its just a dim light thats behind it which looks red because of the cover on the trackpad... but seeing that made me question if there was a notification light down there like on the nexus one's trackball for instance
There is definitely a light on mine. I see it every time I wake the screen.
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Noticed the dim red light too
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Mine has it too when I wake the phone up
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i though it may just be light from the menu button peeping through but itll do it when the keys arnt lite up :/ hopefully its an led and we can get it brighter for notifications cus that'd be sick (thats one thing i would of liked how the g2 has it going around the pad)
Afaik the only light down there is infrared... if you can see it you got some sick ass eyes, or the lens on the trackpad is somehow reflecting the light or something... but like I said turn the phone off and pull the batt and I still see a faint red hue in the trackpad...
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ESKIMOn00b said:
Afaik the only light down there is infrared... if you can see it you got some sick ass eyes, or the lens on the trackpad is somehow reflecting the light or something... but like I said turn the phone off and pull the batt and I still see a faint red hue in the trackpad...
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There is definitely a light in there that illuminates for a brief moment towards the left hand side of the button when you wake up the phone with the track pad. It is no reflection of the infrared, it's a light. Do it in a completely dark room and it will be obvious.
I don't have this at all. If it's a light, it would certainly be more obvious, no? How could a light be so dim?
I noticed this last night when I was cleaning my phone. It is definitely a dim red light.
ESKIMOn00b said:
Afaik the only light down there is infrared... if you can see it you got some sick ass eyes, or the lens on the trackpad is somehow reflecting the light or something... but like I said turn the phone off and pull the batt and I still see a faint red hue in the trackpad...
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lol u got some sick ass eyes
Yeah definitely seeing it now too once it has been pointed out. It's more in the left center of my track pad.
I think it's just the trackpad sensor light, similar to the laser light under your optical mouse.
I don't see it doing anything but registering where your finger moves.
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Afaik the only light down there is infrared... if you can see it you got some sick ass eyes
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Thank you for solving this crazy mystery... just got off the phone with my eye doctor had to canceled my next examine...
I told my doctor; "I don't need your examines... ESKIMOn00b says I got some sick ass eyes!"
pack said:
Thank you for solving this crazy mystery... just got off the phone with my eye doctor had to canceled my next examine...
I told my doctor; "I don't need your examines... ESKIMOn00b says I got some sick ass eyes!"
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LOL!!!
10 characters..
pack said:
Thank you for solving this crazy mystery... just got off the phone with my eye doctor had to canceled my next examine...
I told my doctor; "I don't need your examines... ESKIMOn00b says I got some sick ass eyes!"
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bwahahhahaha

There is little light on my phone when I lock my screen.

How to solve it? Thanks everyone.
Settings-display-turn off notification light.
Oh, it is not always light, but a little light.
I think you need to elaborate a little bit, not really sure what you are experiencing. Do you have a camera so you can take a photo of what you are seeing?
Yeah, could you take a photo to make yourself clearer please? I can't tell if you mean a small amount of light (i.e. the backlight of the display is still on) or a physically little light (i.e. the notification LED).
But no problems in the day, the problem is happens at night, when I lock my screen, there is little light on my screen, I fell worried. I can't take a photo, because photos can't press the problem. the problem is happened when all the lights have turn off.
https://www.google.de/search?ie=UTF...ht+bleed&redir_esc=&ei=61ZpUfylDdHo4QTQxoGIDg
skyme said:
But no problems in the day, the problem is happens at night, when I lock my screen, there is little light on my screen, I fell worried. I can't take a photo, because photos can't press the problem. the problem is happened when all the lights have turn off.
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So are you saying that your screen stays on when you try to lock it? Do you mean that the backlight always stays on and you only notice this issue when it's all dark?
How is your battery life? If your screen stays on I'd expect your battery to not last very long...
Still confused about your particular situation though
Oooh light bleed? Mine has one visible when booting on google loading screen
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I think he's talking about that light when you press the power button. The transition effect. It looks like when you power off the TV. The old TV with the big butt.
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scream4cheese said:
I think he's talking about that light when you press the power button. The transition effect. It looks like when you power off the TV. The old TV with the big butt.
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But he says it's only happening at night... a power-off CRT animation would happen all the time
A quick look on the forum page and you can sort of tell this guy "skyme" is trolling for entertainment purposes. This post claims there is a light when you lock the screen at night, and his other post asks whether he can run Gingerbread 2.3 on his nexus 4.
Quit trolling and get a job buddy
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my phone has this , is it ok ??
help how do i phone? pls help
But it is not the case, I just ask my question.
hoangtungst said:
my phone has this , is it ok ??
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Light bleed shouldn't be too much of a concern, because most of the time your screen will not be black and you will not be in complete darkness so the "problem" shouldn't be noticeable.
You are right. But it is really a problem. And thanks all the same.

Screen issues in SUNLIGHT .A very unhappy LG Fan.

Let me start by telling you that I am a fan of LG screens and lcds and I can't stand the AMOLEDs on cellphones and the unnatural colors. I have an LG TV, LG monitor and had G2 and the G3. I am a new owner of the G4 that I just purchased yesterday.
The reason I switched to this phone is to have better camera and better visibility in sunlight which is where I work. I work outside and need good sunlight visibility and take a lot of photos and videos outside.
The problem I have and I'm sure all the G4 owners will have this, is that the color of the screen fades out especially the greys and the blacks on screen. I'm not having the typical light bleed here. the whole screen fades out almost turning very very grey with texts and other colors fade out in color.
Its doing it on a cloudy day as well. Ive swtiched the phone out to a new G4 because of this problem and the issue is still there with the new phone. I'm really shocked by this because all of the reviews going around the net are raving how its visibility is great in sunlight!
I think LG messed up really bad here, made the display awesome indoors and wasn't fully aware that the lcd is sensitive to sunlight.
I was wondering if anyone else is noticing this problem.
To do the test, go to a random website or some site with text which is more noticeble than other colors(grey texts turn really white so its a better test), hold the phone out for 3-5 seconds then look at the phone. You'll notice that the texts are very grey or even white. It has to be done in natural sunlight. It wont work in indoor lighting.
Then turn the phone upside down for 3-5 seconds then look at the text again to see it come back to dark black or visible color.
Please tell me I'm not the only one noticing this....
I might never come back to LG after this one... At least for my cellphones...
I don't even think it's fixable with firmware updates... oh and my brightness is on 100% when I test it. I've tried it with auto as well and same thing with the first G4 and the new G4 I switched out.
I would hate to pay a restocking fee of $50 just to return the phone.... LG what should I do?!
Yes - I've seen this twice when outdoors at work this week. Hoping it's a software issue they can address? What has been said in the past?
Thanks for the reply. I hope its a software issue as well but I doubt it... I looked all over the internet and not one thing has been said...
I can't believe all the reviews are raving about the visibility outside.... how is this better than G3??? even the G2 had better visibility
I think its like the Note 4 it goes into a high contrast mode, but I use Lux Light for auto brightness and it doesnt do it anymore
Agree on that.
Additional the display isnt as bright as LG made me belive, my G2 is noticable more bright than my G4 ?
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This is a design by LG - to lessen the contrast in direct sunlight, so that you can supposedly can see more. If you cover the light sensor, it'll revert. It only does it at 98% brightness or higher.
It doesn't help me, but it's doing what it's supposed to..
I have lux full version and it still does that...
skym0903 said:
I have lux full version and it still does that...
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Yes, that's because LUX controls brightness, not contrast.
You're talking about the contrast changing to lessen when under bright sunlight, no?
Did I completely misunderstand this thread?
How is that a design... Its not contrast... It doesnt do that indoors... It fades out everything
skym0903 said:
How is that a design... Its not contrast... It doesnt do that indoors... It fades out everything
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You can't replicate this indoors when you have 100% brightness on? That's weird, because I can...
How is it not contrast? Darker colors are not as dark in comparison to the lighter colors...
Does this video work for you:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lgg4/comments/38hfrw/lg_g4_the_little_things_hidden_features_maybe_not/
Yeah it doesn't detect it tell the lux gets really high, but if you take a flashlight to your sensor it will turn on. But either way its still easy enough for me to read I dunno guess I got good eyesight
I just took whole bunch of pictures of my kids at the pool full sun. I have a nexus 5 and 6 and the G4 is almost in another league as far as outdoor visibility imo. At least with the camera app. Haven't had the phone for long so will have to report back if I see this issue
Sfkn2 said:
This is a design by LG - to lessen the contrast in direct sunlight, so that you can supposedly can see more. If you cover the light sensor, it'll revert. It only does it at 98% brightness or higher.
It doesn't help me, but it's doing what it's supposed to..
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LancerV said:
Yeah it doesn't detect it tell the lux gets really high, but if you take a flashlight to your sensor it will turn on. But either way its still easy enough for me to read I dunno guess I got good eyesight
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Wow... How does that help... I dont get how thats a feature..... Is there a way to turn it off???
skym0903 said:
Wow... How does that help... I dont get how thats a feature..... Is there a way to turn it off???
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Sorry, but I don't know. My eyes have gotten used to this, but I'll admit - it was weird in the beginning because I started thinking that my phone had weird viewing angles and thought it was a defect.
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Wow... How does that help... I dont get how thats a feature..... Is there a way to turn it off???
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It does actually. Most text isn't gray, it's like the note 4 would do the same thing
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Good to hear it's by design. Still weird though - came from a note 3 and it didn't do that. Will now relax!
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It does actually. Most text isn't gray, it's like the note 4 would do the same thing
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I use google keep for my main home screen and I hate how it fades out... At least give us an option to turn it on and off...
Is there a hidden settings in the phone where I can change it maybe??
I'm try to find something myself as well.
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It does actually. Most text isn't gray, it's like the note 4 would do the same thing
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pcoulson said:
Good to hear it's by design. Still weird though - came from a note 3 and it didn't do that. Will now relax!
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Yup good to hear that its not a defect. Still annoying me tho since Im outside most of the time...
The funny thing is that when I called LG from the Tmobile store they didnt even know about it. Thats why they swapped out the phone for me. Good CS

Is your Iris Scanner always blue?

Seems on the far right at the top of the phone, the Iris Scanner's blue light or whatever is always on. It's almost like a notification light that never turns off. Anyone else seeing this?
Semantics said:
Seems on the far right at the top of the phone, the Iris Scanner's blue light or whatever is always on. It's almost like a notification light that never turns off. Anyone else seeing this?
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Thats just the color of the lens
YellowGTO said:
Thats just the color of the lens
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Makes sense as it's an IR camera, reflective coating to reject most visible light.
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Thats just the color of the lens
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Thanks. It's the one thing about the phone I do not like. Its quite reflective and distracting while looking at the screen.
I must admit I didn't notice this last night when inside, however when I used it this morning in daylight it is pretty blue. Quite annoying really but I suppose I will get used to it
i have been having the same issue with the light blue light. its not the lens or reflection either. most of the time its on and hurts my eyes if i look at it to long. that or maybe its just big brother watching 24/7. haha

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