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Trackball breathing light while in call

The trackball light flashes when the screen go out while in call because of the proximity sensor.
is there a way to stop that? It is really bothersome, specially when you're in a dark place.

Yer I hate it 2.....
Please someone fix this
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aboda7es said:
The trackball light flashes when the screen go out while in call because of the proximity sensor.
is there a way to stop that? It is really bothersome, specially when you're in a dark place.
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tell the person to hold and clear your notifications?
you don't have to clear them, just drag down the status bar.
this is the only way I can think of.

dudebro said:
tell the person to hold and clear your notifications?
you don't have to clear them, just drag down the status bar.
this is the only way I can think of.
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you shouldn't have to do that is what we are saying its silly
just want a way to turn it off for good...
waste of batt

It's an led light, it uses as much battery as a static shock from the a carpet drag.

Hey...anything to set the Nexus One uniquely apart from any other smartphone is fine by me...breathing LED trackball light and all.

How often are you in a dark place exactly? People are entitled to their opinions of course, but something that barely isn't even noticeable when the phone is up to your ear doesn't exactly seem worth wanting to remove. As said before, the excuse it uses battery won't exactly work as well..

light glow under buttons?

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?

True Black

So, I stumbled across something really cool (quite) a few minutes ago: apparently our devices really can power a few pixels selectively. In my accidental confirmation of Samsung's claim, I was able to get one of NoLED's notification icons to show on the screen without lighting up the rest of the black area for literally a split second.
Here's how:
1. You will need the app "NoLED" in order to continue. In the NoLED settings, make sure you have the icon for sms activated as well as the proximity sensor. My sms icon is set to a lime green, but I doubt that will affect this "test."
2. Send yourself a text message either from your own phone or from some other sms capable device. If sending it to yourself from your own phone, quickly lock the device using the power button after pushing send.
3. Allow NoLED to start flashing around the icon for sms. Wait roughly 5 seconds for the proximity sensor to activate.
4. For steps 4 and 5, it would be wise to be in a completely dark room to be able to more easily tell the difference between the true black and the lit black. With the proximity sensor now active, place your finger over it. The screen should turn off.
5. Now, upon removing your finger pay close attention to the icon that will appear. The icon will show up a couple of milliseconds before the rest of the screen activates.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 if needed to witness the true black.
This is proof that our SAMOLED screens can display true black.
I am not a developer so I have no idea how to act upon this find to, if possible, adjust settings in the our software to allow true black.
If you happen to know someone who is capable of modifying the kernels or ROMs for our devices to allow this behavior, then by all means have them follow the above steps to see the proof.
Though I hope this minor find can give someone the inspiration and/or start place needed to make these adjustments, I realize this is but a pebble in a world of boulders. Therefore, I remain skeptical and strongly advise others not to get your hopes up.
If anything, it is at least nice to see that Samsung wasn't just lying about the capabilities of SAMOLED screens, but also makes one wonder why they don't allow true black from the start.
Now, time to hit the hay.
Goodnight all.
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On the epic, when you power it up to the initial "galaxy s" screen, you can see true black...the fascinate doesn't have that opening animation?
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A_Flying_Fox said:
On the epic, when you power it up to the initial "galaxy s" screen, you can see true black...the fascinate doesn't have that opening animation?
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It probably did at one point but since I changed kernels and boot animations trying to get rid of verizon crap that animation doesn't show up anymore, which sucks cause I actually liked that one.
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When i power the device off in a dark room, at the end of the power off cycle I get a black screen that isn't black like the other black screens when the phone is on. It looks like it's glowing in the dark or some junk, and you can see a weird pattern like something smudged across the screen.
Is this the type of thing you're talking about? That our devices, when showing black, are actually working to show that black and not just "turning the pixel off" er whatever?

chronster said:
When i power the device off in a dark room, at the end of the power off cycle I get a black screen that isn't black like the other black screens when the phone is on. It looks like it's glowing in the dark or some junk, and you can see a weird pattern like something smudged across the screen.
Is this the type of thing you're talking about? That our devices, when showing black, are actually working to show that black and not just "turning the pixel off" er whatever?
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Yes, if I'm understanding you correctly that is what I'm talking about. That glowing, almost grey effect shouldn't need to occur in order to show black. I hope it is something that can be hacked, but I don't know.
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I guess this makes me lucky to have 1 pixel stuck on blue. I can easily see the screen turn off in almost any lighting condition.

Couldn't it be that what you're seeing is some kind of residual charge left at power off or some pixels that change states at slightly different rates? I've seen it too and it seems to be a different pattern every time. Also, some of the forums regarding screen burn have talked about samoled break-in so maybe that has an impact as well. Can't factor out power supply leakage either, I guess.
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garywojdan81 said:
Couldn't it be that what you're seeing is some kind of residual charge left at power off or some pixels that change states at slightly different rates? I've seen it too and it seems to be a different pattern every time. Also, some of the forums regarding screen burn have talked about samoled break-in so maybe that has an impact as well. Can't factor out power supply leakage either, I guess.
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It is true all of those things could be probable, but in order to prove that the pixels aren't turning off you could disable the lock and screen dimming functions with an app and display a black image. Then in low light conditions you could easily see the blacks are actually a very dark shade of grey. If the pixels were turning off the image would over time obtain deeper blacks as the residual charge runs out.
I, and many others, suspect the phones are programmed to not turn off the pixels. Only question is, why? The only thing this type of test wouldn't be able to prove or disprove is power supply leakage.
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atrich0608 said:
I guess this makes me lucky to have 1 pixel stuck on blue. I can easily see the screen turn off in almost any lighting condition.
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That sucks to have a stuck pixel! Have you tried having the phone replaced? I don't know for sure but a stuck pixel might fall in the manufacturer defect category, so you might be able to have the phone swapped for free?
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Or you can go and download Screen Test and get to the black screen part of the test. It is so hard to notice, but blacks are ever so slightly lighter than if you were to turn the screen off, but it is really hard to catch. Either way, they trump any LCD black levels. They even make my Panny plasma look bad

GoogleAndroid said:
Or you can go and download Screen Test and get to the black screen part of the test. It is so hard to notice, but blacks are ever so slightly lighter than if you were to turn the screen off, but it is really hard to catch. Either way, they trump any LCD black levels. They even make my Panny plasma look bad
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Didn't know about that app but I'm sure it would work just as you say. And by the way that would be much easier to notice if you were in complete darkness. I'm completely satisfied with these amazing screens, but it would be awesome if we could obtain true black.
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evilhunter101 said:
Didn't know about that app but I'm sure it would work just as you say. And by the way that would be much easier to notice if you were in complete darkness. I'm completely satisfied with these amazing screens, but it would be awesome if we could obtain true black.
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I HAVE tested it in darkness. It is just such a small difference most people's eyes probably couldn't even pick up on it. Blacks are pretty black on this.

evilhunter101 said:
That sucks to have a stuck pixel! Have you tried having the phone replaced? I don't know for sure but a stuck pixel might fall in the manufacturer defect category, so you might be able to have the phone swapped for free?
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It's only one and it's on the side, it does work sometimes. I use noled and it seams to come on at the exact same time as the notifications. Cover the proc sensor and it turns off.

Have you tried jscreenfix from the market? It's free and alot of feedback suggests it can work on stuck pixels.
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GoogleAndroid said:
I HAVE tested it in darkness. It is just such a small difference most people's eyes probably couldn't even pick up on it. Blacks are pretty black on this.
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Calm down man, was just a suggestion lol. But that's interesting, considering mine is extremely noticible in darkness even with the brightness turned all the way down. I suppose each phone would behave differently in this respect though.
atrich0608 said:
It's only one and it's on the side, it does work sometimes. I use noled and it seams to come on at the exact same time as the notifications. Cover the proc sensor and it turns off.
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Well I guess that isn't too bad, hopefully it isn't a sign of things to come. Back when I had my Storm 1, I had a red stuck pixel. It wasn't too bad either until it started spreading a few months later. That's okay though, I was one of the lucky ones who got a Storm 2 as a replacement from Verizon. If you havent, you should definitely try that app mentioned above though.
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Yep I tried that app. I kind of like it now, maybe I will name it lol. I will save it for later, if I scratch the screen or something It will give me an excuse to get a new phone

[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.

ESKIMOn00b said:
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

Atrix camera LED flicker

When I use the flashlight app one of the lights on the face will flicker on and off after about thirty seconds and then turn off. I was wondering if anyone else was having issues using the flashlight app and whether its a defect, or just buggy software?

It happened to mine when I had it for a while.
Not sure why it flickers on/off when it could shut off one led, which they do get hot at extended uses.

normal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eye_effect
Using the red-eye reduction capabilities built into many modern cameras. These precede the main flash with a series of short, low-power flashes, or a continuous piercing bright light triggering the iris to contract. (This should not be confused with the autofocus assist beam, which uses a series of flashes for focus instead.)

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When I use the flashlight app one of the lights on the face will flicker on and off after about thirty seconds and then turn off. I was wondering if anyone else was having issues using the flashlight app and whether its a defect, or just buggy software?
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I got my Atrix replaced. The replacement Atrix's LED flash is yellowish now but at least it's not flickering.

squarejp said:
I got my Atrix replaced. The replacement Atrix's LED flash is yellowish now but at least it's not flickering.
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The one with the flickering wasn't Yellow?

The outside bulb has done that on my phone as well. I used the app search light. I tried it again the next day for a shorter time span and both bulbs lit up normally. There might be a work around. Auto-off flash first? No clue... I'd like to know, if anyone figures this out.

My right LED flickers on and off after about 15 seconds then switches off. After about 30-45 seconds both start flickering on and off.
This happens when recording videos or when using Droid Light :/ Faulty?

I have the same problem on my Atrix, but I was like, "Eh, one is fine for me, I don't care too much". It seems moody, as sometimes both light up for extended peiods, sometimes only one lights up, and some times the left one flickers..
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I left the LEDs on using 'Tiny Flashlight + LED' app for 2-3 hours the day I got the phone as I tried to accelerate battery drain. They never flickered or turned off.
Sidenote: This phone's battery lasts forever!

This is a major defect in these devices!!!!!! I recommend everyone test their leds with a light or camera app. I retured 4 phones due to this issue. My brother and his wife also replaced multiple atrix's to resolve. You only have 30 day from ORIGINAL purchase date to resolve this issuse. After that you must go through warranty which will only issue refurbished phones. That is phone that were defective that they fixed. Dont get screwed. Great phone nonetheless.
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YellowGTO said:
The one with the flickering wasn't Yellow?
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My LEDs don't flicker at all, but I have noticed (is everyone's like this?) that there is an inner circle where the light is white/blue and the outer circle is yellow.

Now that you mention it, yeah the center is white/blue with yellow around it.
I'm trying keeping the light on again, at 10 minutes now. The LEDs are getting hotter than I remember from the first time around... like now the temperature stings the finger a bit.
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20 minutes no flickering and both LEDs are still on, turning it off now.