Hey guys,
I've searched but I can't find an answer. I'm using an Incredible S ROM on my HD2 at the moment that leaves the hardware keys constantly on when the screen is on - I don't like this, and don't ever need the backlight for the keys as I know where they are now. Is there any way I can disable this totally?
Thanks,
Zuka
Bumpity bump
zukа said:
Hey guys,
I've searched but I can't find an answer. I'm using an Incredible S ROM on my HD2 at the moment that leaves the hardware keys constantly on when the screen is on - I don't like this, and don't ever need the backlight for the keys as I know where they are now. Is there any way I can disable this totally?
Thanks,
Zuka
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Hey,
if your build is using the same init script as rafdroid you can try this:
create a file called "config.txt" on the root of your sdcard copy/type this line: auto_btn_backlight=0 - then reboot.
this is also worked with dandiest builds, so Might work for you.
Hi, thanks for your reply
I'm not running one of Raf's or Dandiest's ROMs, mine doesn't have an init script so this won't work. Is there any other way? Seeing as those ROMs have different button backlight drivers I'm assuming there has to be a way to control their on/off states
I'm not trying to be annoying by bumping, but this keeps falling off the radar and I'm sure there's a way to do this, if anyone could point me in the right direction that'd be awesome
zukа said:
I'm not trying to be annoying by bumping, but this keeps falling off the radar and I'm sure there's a way to do this, if anyone could point me in the right direction that'd be awesome
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Sound like an unstable ROM. My only advice is to try a different one. If you like pure android you can try tytung's ROM. It's the best, just follow my sig.
...what?
Why does my ROM sound unstable? The button backlights aren't actually causing a problem, I just don't need them. Ever. I'm looking for a way to disable them, but I like (love) my ROM after months of searching
zukа said:
Hi, thanks for your reply
I'm not running one of Raf's or Dandiest's ROMs, mine doesn't have an init script so this won't work. Is there any other way? Seeing as those ROMs have different button backlight drivers I'm assuming there has to be a way to control their on/off states
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Hey
guessed u didnt have a rom from raf or dandi, they havent released an Incredible S build yet.
mind telling us which Incredible S you have or is it a secret
& you are right, it has nothing to do with stability, its the newer light drivers, this was implemented to fix the led notifications, not sure if you can change this (always on) behavior without going back to the old drivers.
p.s. how do you know your build doesnt have an init script, have you tried the config.txt?
Hey mate,
I'm using Korand's stripped down Incredible S build - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019489
The reason I'm assuming it doesn't have an init script is because, apart from the battery percentage icon, I think everything else is stock, judging from Korand's first psot. It's hard to tell because there's not much support for the ROM
I wouldn't mind going back to the old light drivers though, or just rendering both the notification LEDs and button backlights inoperable. Don't use either really
bumpity bumpity yeah
zukа said:
Hey guys,
I've searched but I can't find an answer. I'm using an Incredible S ROM on my HD2 at the moment that leaves the hardware keys constantly on when the screen is on - I don't like this, and don't ever need the backlight for the keys as I know where they are now. Is there any way I can disable this totally?
Thanks,
Zuka
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Theres an app in android market for that...its called "ADJ Brightness" which basically allows yoy to adjust and lock the screen brightness. It can be set to extremely low (much lower than android lowest setting...or extremely high, again higher than android default max
But if you hit menu then chose "options" there near the bottom you will see the option to Lock the button lights OFF...works a treat and saves me a lot of battery jiuce. Also in this options menu you can chose to have the little charging led either On or Off...I find this used in conjunction with "button saviour" and another app that allows me to wake the phone with the volume rocker means i dont need to use the H/W keys at all
Dont know if this is what your after but hopefully it may help.
Thanks Con, I installed the app
It does let me control the hardware buttons, allows me to turn them off, but whenever I press them they just come back on again, despite checking "always off" in the settings
But at least this shows that they can be controlled, even on an HD2
any other ideas?
Ah, sorry zuka, i have only just noticed this as well...yes it seems the backlight does reactivate when i again use the buttons. However i am using Rafdroid 4.2 rom which allows the backlight to off after 10 seconds. So i guess your issue does lie within your rom
I no longer use the hardware buttons (or very rarely) instead i opt to use the onscreen replacments within button savior, Which is why i didnt notice that the backlight does re-activate when the buttons are used...this seems to overide the adj.bright app. But like i say my light is only on for 10 secs or not at all using adj & BS.
Sorry dude am at a loss as to how you could fix this as it does sound frustrating
Nah, thanks for your reply anyway. It's not like this is a horrible bug, it's just annoying because I don't want the hardware buttons at all, I know that they can be controlled but I just can't figure out how to keep the damn things off...
if anybody has any other ideas, I'd welcome them. at this point I'm stumped
Has anybody been thinking about this for a while and has a solution?
Hey
ADJ Brightness should do the work for you
just play with the setting( Menu-option)
lock screen brightness, so it stays off.
good luck
tried this app a while a go and it solved this problem.
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Hello,
I own a Qtek 9100 and i believe it has worked, but now the softkeys do not lightup when using, only the phone keys light up. Is there a way to correct this? Is iut my imagination and it never worked?
Your experts help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Luis Faustino
I believe soft keys never light up...
I believe soft keys never light up...
indeed they do not
I had somewhat hoped that e.g. the messaging button (top-left) would light up if you had a new message, myself - but alas The buttons are non-transparent, so even if there were a little LED behind them, you wouldn't see it :>
I had somewhat hoped that e.g. the messaging button (top-left) would light up if you had a new message
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That's an awesome idea! You should work for HTC
I know, right? And have the PIE / T-Mobile hotspot (silly branding!) one light up if your wifi is on and a publically accessible hotspot is within range. Whee!
meh, anyway 8)
I know some people wanted to increase the keyboard backlight time. In case this hasnt been posted already, mad monkey has a cab for it:
http://www.dweiniger.com/tips/k-jam.shtml
No i have not seen this posted. tried on my qtek did not work - does it work on your device. i have seen a hack for the universal not wizard
cheers
nope this don't work on the T-Mobile MDA (US model)
Is it supposed to be a DWORD value? Anyone has gotten this to work?
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Is it supposed to be a DWORD value? Anyone has gotten this to work?
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No joy here
didnt work either on 2.8
nope - doesn't work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=38314
You would think someone at HTC would know how to do it. Do any of those guys/girls post on this forum?
not that I've ever seen - not on any of the official retailer sites either. good luck
p.s. the question might not be 'how to do it' but 'can it be done'
yeah, I'm beginning to believe that the whole thing is completely implemented with hardware: a keypress starts a LED "On" timer. This is also why the kbd doesn't illuminate when it gets extended. Even though WM senses this and flips to landscape, it has no control over the backlight: It takes a keypress to start the timer circuit that illuminates the backlight you see.
bummer.
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This is also why the kbd doesn't illuminate when it gets extended. Even though WM senses this and flips to landscape, it has no control over the backlight: It takes a keypress to start the timer circuit that illuminates the backlight you see.
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Working under the assumption that it is indeed in-hardware, there would've been nothing to prevent the engineers from making the magnetic switch enable the backlight, too
Working under the assumption that it's purely software, there should be nothing to prevent WM5 from doing this... other than that nobody has coded it to do so
Working under the assumption that it's hardcoded in the driver, somebody would have to hack the driver to extend the backlight; adding functionality to turn the backlight on would be a bit more difficult.
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Working under the assumption that it is indeed in-hardware, there would've been nothing to prevent the engineers from making the magnetic switch enable the backlight, too
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I'll give you "glass half full" on that one :wink:.
However.... the magnetic switch would be more difficult to implement than a simple key press which also resets a timer circuit. You'd have to tie that additional input into a circuit that could be hard-wired with the keyboard itself.
there's my "glass half empty" viewpoint.... I've just got a bad feeling on this one..... sorry.
I guess I'm going to have to take a closer look at some of the disassembled wizard pictures to make up my mind on this.
I sure hope a way is found to fix this as well as control those other blinking leds.....
well the point was, basically, there already -is- a magnetic switch. It's used to signal the OS that the keyboard has extended, and allow it to react on that; the chosen reaction being that the screen orientation is changed.
There would be nothing whatsoever stopping the engineers who actually put the thing together (not talking about somebody taking it apart and tinkering in there and whatnot) to have hooked that up to the backlight control /if/ that is in hardware %)
And if it's in software, then nothing would have technically stopped the software developers from making the keyboard slide-out trigger the backlight that way; assuming they already do as much on keypresses.
exactly. But the kbd does't light up when you extend it you see.... This behavior shoud be obvious
ok weird doesnt even put this into perspective ... i edited that value and softreset my phone. backlight timeout is still 5 seconds and now my bottom ( previously skinned) bar has gone back to default colours ... tried removing the value and resetting again had no effect either ... lovely hack this is now i can try and figure out why the hell this just happened ... running newest official qtek rom only for info
I think this is one of the largest downsides to this device. When I pull the keyboard out the lights should come on AND it should be longer then 5 seconds. It would also be nice if it had a light sensor (like on the SMT5600) to know if the light SHOULD come on or not.
If someone (or HTC) would fix this it would be awesome.
oh, they'll fix it - for their next device models The Universal already works that way, and you can tweak the backlight time. I'm sure by now they've gotten all the feedback they need to decide that that is better than the fixed behavior of the Wizard (not sure who at HTC ever figured that would be a good idea to begin with).
I tired quite a few roms.
And most of the roms have the problem when I am speaking, my ear touch the screen.
Is there anyway to auto lock the screen once the call is connected??
PocketShield perhaps solves your problem
MegaPower said:
I tired quite a few roms.
And most of the roms have the problem when I am speaking, my ear touch the screen.
Is there anyway to auto lock the screen once the call is connected??
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I turn off the screen with the power button when I take the call.
anyway to make it like the stock rom that you need to slide in order to use the number pad.
Or use regedit to change the setting??
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=488991
It uses the g-sensor to detect when the phone is held in the typical in-call position, and turns the screen off. Turns the screen back on again when you move the phone back down from your ear.
Well that option is just fine, it helps you to keep your phone bill affordable ...but without kidding there is another app that let's you phone go to quick sleep it's called:
advanced configuration tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151
next to those options, there is a lot more to change..if you ain't an expert user, don't mess around with things that you don't understand!!!
thanks for all the input, my rom comes with the advanced configuration tool.
I play around with the light senser and g-senser, but still cant get it work.
I guess I will just keep playing with it.
RiZK said:
Well that option is just fine, it helps you to keep your phone bill affordable ...but without kidding there is another app that let's you phone go to quick sleep it's called:
advanced configuration tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151
next to those options, there is a lot more to change..if you ain't an expert user, don't mess around with things that you don't understand!!!
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anyone can give me your configuration??
I play around with the light and g-sensor setting, but it doesn't work on me.
It is quite surprising that HTC did not put any proximity sensor in topaz. It's not that they aren't aware of this issue, they have put one in rhodium. Then why would they not put one in topaz?
HTC took 3 years to come up with a hardware comparable to iphone. IMHO HD2 is the only one that is comparable and in fact better than iphone. I like HTC and windows mobile... but sometime I feel that they are just using my trust to force me into buying a new phone every year by doing incremental upgrades to their phones.
Kinda says it all in the Title.
Ive recently changed my theme to be very minimal,
including removing the start & close softkeys on screen (WM6.5.5)
Now, I use the hardware keys instead.
The problem is that because I use the hardware keys a lot,
they light up a lot & I have actually seen a slight drop in battery life.
The other problem is when I want to use my phone at 3am after being woken
by a text from a friend & all of a sudden Im blinded by the backlights behind
the four buttons.
Does anyone know if there is a way to permenantly disable them without taking
the device apart & ripping them out?
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Kinda says it all in the Title.
The other problem is when I want to use my phone at 3am after being woken
by a text from a friend & all of a sudden Im blinded by the backlights behind
the four buttons.
Does anyone know if there is a way to permenantly disable them without taking
the device apart & ripping them out?
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the blinding lights ! XD
but i used a soldering iron and melted the everlasting amber charging light.....
cris_rowlands said:
Kinda says it all in the Title.
Ive recently changed my theme to be very minimal,
including removing the start & close softkeys on screen (WM6.5.5)
Now, I use the hardware keys instead.
The problem is that because I use the hardware keys a lot,
they light up a lot & I have actually seen a slight drop in battery life.
The other problem is when I want to use my phone at 3am after being woken
by a text from a friend & all of a sudden Im blinded by the backlights behind
the four buttons.
Does anyone know if there is a way to permenantly disable them without taking
the device apart & ripping them out?
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I've been searching endlessly for this also. any luck?
Sure is guys... not sure if its the bsb Tweeks... you can disable and control led lighting as well as in call settings and sms backlighting and screen.
Hi
Is there a method to keep HD2 keypad light On (all the time) while screen is ON and turn it off while in standby?
Thanks
I second that.
Anybody? I've been lookin for such a fix for a long time now.
Specially when I read in my bed and the lights are off i wish for a solution that would keep the lights on for easy navigation.
Thanx in advance
Could be in theory possible with the latest cyanogen builds.
You can specify your buttons luminosity (0-255), depending on your light sensor (dark room for example) !
But it doesn't work with me (hastarin 7.6), maybe with another kernel?
please anyone have a solution?
Yeah !!!
I'm also still looking for à method or a trick to keep my hd2 keypad on as well as the screen remain on...
Please, share, find à solution... tanks.
Did you tried cm 6.1 ?
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Did you tried cm 6.1 ?
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Yes, I'm using CM6.1 but I dont'know how to solve.
Can you help me?
thanks
Check into cyanogen mod settings, where you can set the screen luminosity depending on the light sensor. On the second column you can set too the buttons backlight. try it and please report if it works. It didn't for me two weeks ago, could be a cm6.1 nighty bug, or our kernel that doesn't recognize well the demand.
Else I was thinking about the xda developer that made blinker, maybe you can ask him for a app that so that, could be very ready for him to do.
zolom said:
Hi
Is there a method to keep HD2 keypad light On (all the time) while screen is ON and turn it off while in standby?
Thanks
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+1
Someone have solution?
I have tried with CM6.1 RC2 and Hastarin 8.5.1, still no joy with the cm6 keypad led settings....
+1 For a solution from me as well...
Is there anyway to switch them on from the console?
anyone got an answer?
I'm not sure but you can try MDJ kernel s7 with new lights driver. The lights only go off when you press the power button. I hope that what you are thinking of
still no solution???
Hello,
you can turn on your keypad liegt by write 1-255 ind this file "/sys/class/button-backlight/brightness" on your android-device. if you write 0 the light will be off.
The problem ist that the system change after 10 seconds the count to 0.
I like to write an android app which helps that the keypad light stay on.
I havn't much experience in programming an android app. Can anybody tell me how i edit a file?
Anyone know which ROM supports this feature nowadays? Thanks