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Home, Menu, Back, Search lights are not on

The lights for the Home, Menu, back arrow, and search key only come on 40% of the time. Does anyone have information on how to fix this?

I assume its a hardware problem, I wish I had the option to turn mine off.

They only turn on in low light settings. Cover the light sensor and they will come on. There was a glitch so they didn't turn on when charging, but I think it was fixed (?).

The lights are tied to the ambient light sensor. They only come on when you are in a darkened room. Also, they don't come on when the phone is charging (at leasrt mine don't).

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phatmanxxl said:
I assume its a hardware problem, I wish I had the option to turn mine off.
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Just download the app "LEDs OFF" from the marketplace. It's quite useful and I use it just about every night when the lights are low and I want the device as dim as possible. If you have a problem with the lights flickering, you need to download the latest version of SuperUser... This is of course assuming your on a rooted device. Anyways, just thought I would throw my 2 cents in

My lights don't come on all the time either... Pretty sure its supposed to be that way... They always come on right after un lock and go off about 15 seconds later
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If you are charging the button lights generally don't come on.

titansfan745 said:
Just download the app "LEDs OFF" from the marketplace. It's quite useful and I use it just about every night when the lights are low and I want the device as dim as possible. If you have a problem with the lights flickering, you need to download the latest version of SuperUser... This is of course assuming your on a rooted device. Anyways, just thought I would throw my 2 cents in
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Do you mean "LEDs Hack"? That's what I'm using and it works great when reading ebooks in bed.

I noticed the lights don't always come on on mine and I always wondered why this was.
Now that I think of it I suppose it's only when I'm charging, but it's quite annoying when you're used to hitting the glowing menu or back button!

[Q] Red light in trackpad?

I noticed a dim red light in the trackpad when booting. It goes away quickly though. I am on CM7 if that matters. Just wondering if others have noticed it. Thinking it may be part of the movement detection sensor.
Also, did they remove the battery percentage display in the battery icon in CM7? I can not find it in the options any more.

The red light is normal. It's how the trackpad works. I think it's Infrared-based.

Product F(RED) said:
The red light is normal. It's how the trackpad works. I think it's Infrared-based.
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Thats what I was thinking. Its the IR LED kicking on to max output before the kernel starts regulating power to it.

It would be sweet if there were options to leave it on while the screen is on

my first impression when i saw this when turning my phone on in the dark was it was taking a picture of me in infrared night shot mode to send to Google servers...

At least it isn't followed by a "warning, this device will self destruct in 10 seconds."

It is a infared sensor. So its there Any way to use this as a universal remote at all?
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[Q] Keyboard Backlight problem

Hey.
My Droid pro is barely a month old and Im experiencing difficulty in getting the backlight of the physical keyboard to light up when its dark.
If i tilt it upwards, it comes on sometimes but this too is very random with no specific response to any particular type of lighting.
Its ALWAYS on in the day but never in the night
From what I've read, turning off automatic brightness setting is a solution but it has not worked for me - my phone has been on a custom brightness setting since day 1.
HELP!

do u have a screen protector installed?

No screen protector. that would solve the problem?

I just noticed this problem as well while I was trying to text in bed with the lights off. Couldn't see a damn thing

keyboard light problem
I have the same issue,i wished motorla would do a update and fix with a setting for that,in the meantime,I always hit the on off button and then it stays on for a bit

Not sure but...
I never had this problem until I downloaded am alternate keyboard. i installed swype and this problem started. Have not uninstalled to see if it fixes the problem

If your rooted then try installing keyboard backlight from the market. It works great for me.

Ive never had a problem with my backlight. Night or day.

backlight
I too have the same problem,im like the others,wished motorola would fix this and make it adjustable, i have a semi fix til they do fix for good,when u notice it is not on,reach up and just push the power button for the screen to temporarily shut off,then push power button again,use slider to open screen and then it should be lit up then,thanks

Any try the backlight app and see if that works?

which app is it? a link would be nice

if you have a screen protector, use a hole punch to cut a hole in it above the light sensors.
turn off automatic brightness.
with the backlight on, but keys off, cover the two sensors for a few seconds with your palm, that always gets my keyboard lights to come on.

On the DROID pro there is also a light sensor in the upper left corner.
I experienced the same issue that u did. I then put my finger over the light sensor and the backlight came on.
It seemed to stay on from that point forward in the dark.
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patmw123 said:
If your rooted then try installing keyboard backlight from the market. It works great for me.
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Pat, my Pro has just yesterday started with this keyboard light crap and the app that you mentioned doesnt seem to help. Any other ideas? thanks.

el6006 said:
Pat, my Pro has just yesterday started with this keyboard light crap and the app that you mentioned doesnt seem to help. Any other ideas? thanks.
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1. are you rooted, and did you get the specific app mentioned.
2. did you completely miss where TWO of us have mentioned that covering the light sensor briefly usually turns the lights back on?

madrabbitt said:
1. are you rooted, and did you get the specific app mentioned.
2. did you completely miss where TWO of us have mentioned that covering the light sensor briefly usually turns the lights back on?
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1. I'm currently on Rooted TBH Gingerbread.
2. Tried that, didn't seem to work.
3. Not that big a deal just kind of annoying.

backlight issue
patmw123 said:
If your rooted then try installing keyboard backlight from the market. It works great for me.
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Thank you!!! it works great now with that app.

hey all, recently added GB to my BF's non-rooted DPro and he's having this issue as well.
Looks like the best, and only, fix may be to root and add that app from the market?
Upon covering the sensor at the top the light does come back on, but only for a second or two. Have messed with the display and brightness and power settings but nothing seems to keep the backlight on when typing.
Tx

Green LED light staying on... can't figure out why

I (of course) do not have root, but I am running light flow. It seems to be working fine, the LEDs that should go on are working and in the proper colors.
I have unchecked all the LED notifications under settings.
However, when I turn my phone off, the green LED light goes on immediately. It is not plugged in, and it's down to around 92% battery or so.
I even tried disabling all charging/battery related LEDs but still the green LED is on.
Anyone else having this? Any thoughts?

Light Flow is known to cause problems on the S3.
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bigb252 said:
Light Flow is known to cause problems on the S3.
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And I was wanting to download and use that.

Yes, I see after further testing that uninstalling light flow fixes the issue. Dangit, it appears light flow is far and away the best LED app. I put a note in feedback about it, hopefully the dev will be able to solve it. I'll try it again once we have root for the US version.
Any know if the light flow creator is working on this?

It's listed in the known issues on the developer's site, so I assume they are working on it:
hxxp://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1931

it has something to do with interactions with the built in notifications.. if you disable them then light flo doesnt work.. if you turn them on then whenever the phone goes to sleep a green light comes on.. bummer

i used the LED color tester app and all the LEDs colors are off from what the previous commands were, i guess... so its going to be a while until the led programs work properly

LED Notification Light Not Working

Does any else have a issue with their LED Notification Light not working?
No light when charging, or SMS, or Email, Missed Call, Low Battery... never lights up. Almost thought they forgot to install the LED until I used LightFlow to test it. And even then it only works when the screen is off, once the power button is pressed to turn the screen on then LED goes off, even though I set LightFlow to clear notification Manually. (LightFlow was just used to test if the LED was installed/functional.)
Uninstalled LightFlow, send myself a couple test emails and text(from another phone) and There was no LED notification light, just the notification sound.
Really hoping this is a software issues so I don't have to request a replacement device from Google...
Edit/Update: I'm pretty sure this is a software related issue and not hardware, as the LED is there and functions (with the help of 3rd party app, which we should not have to use) - So I'm trying to get a poll here of how many people have issues with the LED Notification light not working. Something to report to Google/Bug Report.
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I believe the reason is that the software has not been updated to be completely compatible with 4.2+
Sent from my Nexus 4

What software are you referring too? LightFlow?
This topic has nothing to do with LightFlow...
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UberSlackr said:
Does any else have a issue with their LED Notification Light not working?
No light when charging, or SMS, or Email, Missed Call, Low Battery... never lights up. Almost thought they forgot to install the LED until I used LightFlow to test it. And even then it only works when the screen is off, once the power button is pressed to turn the screen on then LED goes off, even though I set LightFlow to clear notification Manually. (LightFlow was just used to test if the LED was installed/functional.)
Uninstalled LightFlow, send myself a couple test emails and text(from another phone) and There was no LED notification light, just the notification sound.
Really hoping this is a software issues so I don't have to request a replacement device from Google...
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Mine doesn't work either. I tried LightFlow and while it did light up the LED for some things, but not all that I selected, it was too faint to see, have to be in total darkness to see it.

The led isn't supposed to flash when the screen is on. Its been this way with every nexus.
Sent from my Nexus 4

El Daddy said:
The led isn't supposed to flash when the screen is on. Its been this way with every nexus.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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But does your LED work when the screen is off? Mine and the OP's don't unless you use a third party app.

kzoodroid said:
But does your LED work when the screen is off? Mine and the OP's don't unless you use a third party app.
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I don't know. I've had lightflow installed since first boot.
Sent from my Nexus 4

Is the Notification Light activated under display settings?

Mine worked, but not really well, I only saw it once when sending myself a test mail. Now I'm using Light Flow, which works nearly perfect (sometimes it doesn't seem to work until I enable the screen for a second and then disable it again)

phil_ffm said:
Is the Notification Light activated under display settings?
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Pulse notification light is checked

Im having the same problem. My led doesnt seem to come on no matter what. I know it worked out of the box because I have seen it light up with light flow but now im wondering if it quit completely and if I should do an RMA.

Mine has been working fine. It's white for TXT's, green for a lot of other things like FB and whatsapp

Yes the "Pulse notification light" option is checked.
I woke today with 6 New emails, 4 text messages, and 1 missed call... No LED Notification light was on, blinking or doing anything.
There not being a notification light is bugging the heck out me, 'cause I depend on them when my phone is on silent at work so I'm able to know there is a message waiting without having to stop what Im doing to turn the screen on every 5 min.
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Try 'Blink'
Try the app 'Blink' very simple and its works for my N4

are you waiting 10 seconds before turning the phone on? Thats how long it takes before it blinks again. Whoever programmed the LED truly hates LED notifications because he made it blink so slowly and dimly that nobody could possibly notice it.

M0D3RNAFR0 said:
Try the app 'Blink' very simple and its works for my N4
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Not looking for an App to make something work that should already function otb.

idividebyzero said:
are you waiting 10 seconds before turning the phone on? Thats how long it takes before it blinks again. Whoever programmed the LED truly hates LED notifications because he made it blink so slowly and dimly that nobody could possibly notice it.
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Yup, sat there watching the phone for a good 2-3 min after hearing the Notification sound for new email / text. (screen off)
Not sure if its suppose to or not, but I don't even get a LED Notification light when the phone is charging or charged (have to turn phone on to check if the phone is done charging.) Past devices I've had used the LED to notify of charging/charged.

It's normal that it doesn't glow when charging. I really can recommend Light Flow, then you can customise the notification as you wish (the free version is good, I bought the full version because I need steam support, but for normal use there is no need to buy it)
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Ok, so my notification light wouldnt work no matter what. I uninstalled sms popup and now light flow works like it should. I guess the sms popup was somehow blocking light flow from allowing it to activate.

No notification light shows while charging, hence why when you charge the phone when it's off, it shows an animation on the screen. It should for calls, texts, emails, etc. though. Mine works. It even shows blue for facebook and white for texts/emails. Not sure why it wouldn't work. Have you gotten the 4.2.1 update?
Additionally, light flow states in its description that it doesn't work on most lg phones.