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[Q] Turn off capacitive button lights?

Is there any way to turn off the capacitive button lights through a mod or app? It's really annoying when using the phone at night. The app "screen filter" is great for dimming the screen but the buttons look really bright at night.

I'm pretty sure the answer is no.
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+1, atleast turn them down. I use screen filter too and those lights are really bright.
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Is it something in the kernel that needs to be modified? Not that I can do it but I'm just wondering.

In Froyo, they were tied to the keyboard timeout setting, so I could set it for 6 seconds and they'd turn off quickly. Not they stay on if the screen is on. Gotta find a mod to fix that...

When I had my moment most custom kernels came with a version with them on and one with them off. So it is possible
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I saw this when I tried CM7 1022 also. Any alarm clock app in night mode had this problem, I tried gentle alarm clock and alarm clock plus.

Keep the lights out is an app in the market that will solve the problem for you.
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lancelane said:
Keep the lights out is an app in the market that will solve the problem for you.
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Link please?
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lancelane said:
Keep the lights out is an app in the market that will solve the problem for you.
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I found this. (Is that what you were talking about?) The description says it is for keeping the buttons ON. I'll check out what options it has.
As expected, this app does the opposite. But in the thread for it, there are some options, such as a file you can create, that has other affects on the buttons.
Jason

Haven't tried yet, but this post seems to have the answer.

sneezy316 said:
I saw this when I tried CM7 1022 also. Any alarm clock app in night mode had this problem, I tried gentle alarm clock and alarm clock plus.
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They go off for me using Gentle Alarm.
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Not sure why, but mine is working now. I just reflashed my kernel- maybe I had a bad flash previously?
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I use the thumb mod on my phone. Which means I hover my thumb in front of the buttons at night. I also use Screen Filter.

dennistpm said:
I use the thumb mod on my phone. Which means I hover my thumb in front of the buttons at night. I also use Screen Filter.
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Ha! That's exactly what I do! Do you troll?
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I feel blonde. I did give you great advice to do exactly the opposite of what you wanted to do. Sorry.
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Has anyone found a software that does this? Completely shut off the vapacitivr buttons at will.
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Looneyrat said:
Has anyone found a software that does this? Completely shut off the vapacitivr buttons at will.
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Not possible for us.

Looneyrat said:
Has anyone found a software that does this? Completely shut off the vapacitivr buttons at will.
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use a hammer?
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zanderman112 said:
Not possible for us.
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Damn that sucks. On ACS ICS EI22 I can't get the lights to turn off until the screen shuts off no matter what setting I select. It is very annoying when watching videos or reading...

Camera trick (voice commands)

I stumbled upon this and think it's very useful using the camera. Taking self pics with the rear shooter is cumbersome sometimes and always mis-tap the shutter button.
Using voice commands to shoot is really neat. Shame Samsung tucks these neat features away and don't advertise them.
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Looks pretty cool, hopefully it works
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it does, I tried with camera and music
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OK. I've never tried the included music player, I use Poweramp.
I can't find the music player in the App drawer. I'm stock Tmo. I've disabled a few apps. Can see the music player in the settings>App. Manage >all, and it's not disabled.
I can put the the widget on the home screen but it didn't seem to respond to next or pause. I've checked all boxes and the camera works with voice (which is very cool).
Is the Music Player an App as opposed to the widget? Was I just not doing it right?

it doesnt seem to work for me. So basically when my phone alarms i just yell out stop? Or is there any other thing i need to do?
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Very top is what my icon looks like in Sprint. First time took me a whole to find it
Also just tried the alarm commands, it works
Just use those specific voice commands it lists
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Thanks for sharing! will make self photos much more easier!

Weird, I don't have that option on my phone.
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skatin707 said:
Weird, I don't have that option on my phone.
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You have to clicl voice cmd for apps and it will open up.
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weddywie said:
You have to clicl voice cmd for apps and it will open up.
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I'm aware, that's the option I don't have.
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hayabusa1300cc said:
I stumbled upon this and think it's very useful using the camera. Taking self pics with the rear shooter is cumbersome sometimes and always mis-tap the shutter button.
Using voice commands to shoot is really neat. Shame Samsung tucks these neat features away and don't advertise them.
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AWESOME Nice find, thanks

No problem and thanks, I share every trick I find out ")
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Sweet. I have the voice cmd option but not the individual app options. It def works though.

Droid4All said:
Sweet. I have the voice cmd option but not the individual app options. It def works though.
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Cool deal, try clicking on the text that says voice cmd for apps.
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Ah yes, you win another brownie point sir.

bump
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wow, really useful feature. thanks for finding this

VeriSkye said:
Thanks for sharing! will make self photos much more easier!
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Yup
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Ha, I wonder how I missed this. Thanks for the post!

Sweet.thanks
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No Full HD!

It looks like Sony has used a 1080x1776 display resolution in the Z rather than the original 1920x1080!
Some apps I used, showed the system specs as mentioned above, but I discarded it hoping that there was some error in their calculations. But even Vellamo benchmark shows the same as 1776. Is it true Sony that the device is not totally 1080p or what?
Or maybe, the rest of pixels was devoted to the soft buttons and the apps doesn't count it?
Very confusing on this part! Guys if you do know something about this, then please do share!
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Sigh, it's because of the soft buttons.
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wawyed said:
Sigh, it's because of the soft buttons.
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Yes, it's probably because of the soft buttons. Try using a mod to remove the soft buttons panel and see if the same app reports the screen as 1080P
Edit: Tested mine (Custom Rom with a mod for smaller soft buttons panel) and my resolution is reported as 1080 x 1812. So it is definitely the soft buttons panel.

wawyed said:
Sigh, it's because of the soft buttons.
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Even it is, but very ridiculous considering they take up that much pixels for a button!
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am i right in saying when playing videos or when the soft keys are hiden then we do have the full hd?

is there a hd recorder app for this phone?

brockyneo said:
am i right in saying when playing videos or when the soft keys are hiden then we do have the full hd?
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Yes, you are correct.

gire.prasad said:
Even it is, but very ridiculous considering they take up that much pixels for a button!
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You can resize them.
My display is '1812x1080' using smaller navbars. Also take into account this isn't a 720p display so the navbar uses more pixels (cos there is more) despite being the exact same ratio/size.

gire.prasad said:
It looks like Sony has used a 1080x1776 display resolution in the Z rather than the original 1920x1080!
Some apps I used, showed the system specs as mentioned above, but I discarded it hoping that there was some error in their calculations. But even Vellamo benchmark shows the same as 1776. Is it true Sony that the device is not totally 1080p or what?
Or maybe, the rest of pixels was devoted to the soft buttons and the apps doesn't count it?
Very confusing on this part! Guys if you do know something about this, then please do share!
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for the soft buttons

xL3thalTuRdZz said:
Yes, you are correct.
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That's good the cause thats the main time you want full hd is when playing videos and viewing pics lol

It is confirmes that the soft button causing the vellamo to report non full HD screen. When I am in full screen mode, vellamo reported full HD.
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vibranze said:
It is confirmes that the soft button causing the vellamo to report non full HD screen. When I am in full screen mode, vellamo reported full HD.
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Full screen mode?
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Oh, I now get that both status bar and soft keys take up considerable pixels in screen! Thought that excluding these, we will be getting a FHD screen. That's not the case right now I hope!
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You never go full retard...
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This is known, since Softbuttons are available in Android (4.x).
You can compare it to the HTC One X for example, surfing websites. The HTC One shows more, because it doesn't use Softbuttons.
Looking at pictures, watching videos or playing games will give you the fhd screen, because the softbuttons will be hided.
Yuo dont have additional pixels or another screen to show the softbuttons. they use the screen that is given.
It has a Full HD Screen and you can use it, when it matters.

you never go full retard
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You never go full retard...
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lol that was the best part of the movie hands down lol

gire.prasad said:
Full screen mode?
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Yes, I disabled the soft buttons and use PIE instead so it goes full screen.

vibranze said:
It is confirmes that the soft button causing the vellamo to report non full HD screen. When I am in full screen mode, vellamo reported full HD.
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Android 4.2.2??? What's that??

vibranze said:
It is confirmes that the soft button causing the vellamo to report non full HD screen. When I am in full screen mode, vellamo reported full HD.
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have you spoofed your xperia z as a Note 2? or how do you get 1080x1920 on a "GT-N7100"?

exmatproton said:
Android 4.2.2??? What's that??
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have you spoofed your xperia z as a Note 2? or how do you get 1080x1920 on a "GT-N7100"?
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Yes, I edited the build.properties to mimic GN2 in order to install FB home but I uninstalled it after that as I don't like it.
I'm on PAC ROM and in tabled mode, so yeah 4.2.2 and 1080x1920 is correct.
Cheers.

petition fix youtube app lag

The new Youtube App has a serious bug which annoys the whole world.
If u are on landscape and press screen theres a annyoing lag , its also happens if u make the video louder. Thats why I hate android poor coded apps and always lags and google still hasnt fixed it after 1 month.
Happwns on Galaxy s3, nexus 4 , galaxy ace
Fix it

my problem with the youtube app is that after the last update the slide menu on the left shows once in a 100 times. i keep getting this crap
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Well since V5 the app sucks. For me when tapping on the icon the app is like: "hey, he wanted to start the app...uuhhhm...let's wait a second...well ok let's start"

I never experience these

LoVeRice said:
I never experience these
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Go the Android page on G+ and you'll see how many people have the problem i posted. Sometimes it works, but most of the times shows this error, go figure...
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I don't have this issue on either my Android or family's iPhone.
You can side load an older YouTube version and not update it. Personally I use YouTube HTML5 on the browser.
I think you're supposed to post this on change.org if you want a petition, not here, just saying.
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rayiskon said:
my problem with the youtube app is that after the last update the slide menu on the left shows once in a 100 times. i keep getting this crap
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I have the same problem after update
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Dark Emotion said:
I have the same problem after update
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The lag is far more annoying

May I ask you, are you from India? @hamad138
Also, there's no lag. It's all you.

vanmarek said:
May I ask you, are you from India? @hamad138
Also, there's no lag. It's all you.
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No but why

rayiskon said:
my problem with the youtube app is that after the last update the slide menu on the left shows once in a 100 times. i keep getting this crap
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Same problem here. Qatar
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No lag here.. Maybe other apps or services are interfering?
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Weird. I do see others gripe. No lag, buffering issues, or menu problems on my end.
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what roms/kernels are you guys using? the app works perfectly here, in landscape and portrait. and theres no lag, when starting the app or when using the app. im in the us, and am using lte. maybe some of the lag being reported is under slower data connections?

simms22 said:
what roms/kernels are you guys using? the app works perfectly here, in landscape and portrait. and theres no lag, when starting the app or when using the app. im in the us, and am using lte. maybe some of the lag being reported is under slower data connections?
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there is no lag, none but OP here is reporting lag. the problem being reported by most of the people on G+ android community page is the problem with the slide menu. seems like most of us who have that problem are outside the US , so maybe it is location-related somehow..
it happens on both wifi/mobile data , so it's not a connection thing.

rayiskon said:
there is no lag, none but OP here is reporting lag. the problem being reported by most of the people on G+ android community page is the problem with the slide menu. seems like most of us who have that problem are outside the US , so maybe it is location-related somehow..
it happens on both wifi/mobile data , so it's not a connection thing.
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There is a lag if u go to landscape and presss the screen, the video itself isnt lagging

I can't even watch my YouTube app on my WiFi network =[ keeps saying server error
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Anyone know a fix? Only happens when on WiFi.
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I think the OP means the lag you get when a video is playing in landscape mode and then touch the screen for once to bring up the video player controls.
The screen will hang for like .1 seconds, which i do happen to experience aswell. It does not bother me too much tho, but it would be good if it gets fixed.

Immersive mode KitKat Feature on Moto X

OK, one of the new features is the immersive mode of KitKat, in other words, control keys just disappear and yo need swipe downside up to show them.
I was using QuickPick to test this out and it is not workin. QuickPick claimes to have immersive mode. I just try KitKat easter egg and it worked.
anyone else having this issue or guide me on this?

Where is this mode you speak of?
via my slapped KIT KAT moto X

I would like to know what this means exactly as well please?! Sounds exciting!

Immersive mode is part of kitkat, certain apps can take advantage of it and it makes the button and status bar slide off screen so you have the full screen to view. To bring them back you swipe in from their respective sides of the screen
It works fine for me in quick pic you just have the open the picture first.

Like this:
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beelzebu said:
OK, one of the new features is the immersive mode of KitKat, in other words, control keys just disappear and yo need swipe downside up to show them.
I was using QuickPick to test this out and it is not workin. QuickPick claimes to have immersive mode. I just try KitKat easter egg and it worked.
anyone else having this issue or guide me on this?
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Sounds like a quick pic bug. I've tested it in a couple of games and it seems to work fine
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piccit said:
Sounds like a quick pic bug. I've tested it in a couple of games and it seems to work fine
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What games are you using with this feature, none of mine has it yet.
It work with quickpick while seeing a photo.

How do you enable this immersive mode?

beelzebu said:
What games are you using with this feature, none of mine has it yet.
It work with quickpick while seeing a photo.
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Oh you know, I was only paying attention to the status bar - not the nav keys.
I can't remember if it always worked this way, but now in games that hide the status bar (i.e. Mayhem and Quadropus) I can swipe down and see it
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piccit said:
Oh you know, I was only paying attention to the status bar - not the nav keys.
I can't remember if it always worked this way, but now in games that hide the status bar (i.e. Mayhem and Quadropus) I can swipe down and see it
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thats basically another feature that on any full screen with navbar hide you can pull the notifications bar down. immersive mode is about haveing notification bar and nav buttons hide as you see in youtube. the difference is that if swipe from bottom up you bring nav bar buttos ans if you swipe upsidedown you bring notification bar.

sicmadek said:
How do you enable this immersive mode?
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^ this
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sicmadek said:
How do you enable this immersive mode?
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barondebxl said:
^ this
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You dont enable it. Its already enabled. The developer of the app has to have the feature built into it.

This is how it looks on Google play books

FYI Theres a game called Train Crisis that uses immersive mode. I downloaded it just to test the feature out but the game actually isn't half bad. It's free so go download it and give it a whirl.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uplayonline.traincrisis_lite
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_MetalHead_ said:
FYI Theres a game called Train Crisis that uses immersive mode. I downloaded it just to test the feature out but the game actually isn't half bad. It's free so go download it and give it a whirl.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uplayonline.traincrisis_lite
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I just tried it and it words like a charm thx, hope very soon all devs will bring this feature.

beelzebu said:
I just tried it and it words like a charm thx, hope very soon all devs will bring this feature.
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I'm sure a few months from now most good games will have it implemented.
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touchpro247 said:
Like this:
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I have tapatalk and it isn't using immersive mode... Wtf

buckley101 said:
I have tapatalk and it isn't using immersive mode... Wtf
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Same here... I'm confused.
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ClippinWings said:
Same here... I'm confused.
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tapatalk has no immersive mode enable yet.