Me & the parents all got new S4's (SGH-I337) a few days ago & my mom got the red one. I noticed its soft keys are also red & I think it would look sweet on my black S4. Is there any way to change the colors of the soft keys on S4's that aren't red? :fingers-crossed: So far I've only read one thing, somewhere from a google search, that its hardware dependent for the red phone only. :crying:
KCH2005 said:
Me & the parents all got new S4's (SGH-I337) a few days ago & my mom got the red one. I noticed its soft keys are also red & I think it would look sweet on my black S4. Is there any way to change the colors of the soft keys on S4's that aren't red? :fingers-crossed: So far I've only read one thing, somewhere from a google search, that its hardware dependent for the red phone only. :crying:
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U mean the menu and back light up keys next to the home button ?
If so ya no way to change up other then tearing ur phone apart and changing the LEDs since they r one color only unlike the notification led which is multicolor
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oddspec said:
U mean the menu and back light up keys next to the home button ?
If so ya no way to change up other then tearing ur phone apart and changing the LEDs since they r one color only unlike the notification led which is multicolor
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Damn of course Samsung would do that to me.
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Hello all,
Please don't flame me for this simple question, I did a search but couldn't find the answer
I just purchased a used 8525 over ebay...
I was just wondering which buttons are supposed to light up when using the phone?
Currently, only the ON and OFF telephone buttons light up as well as the keyboard...
Is this normal or are the buttons corresponding to the soft button also supposed to light up?
Thanks.
Good question...
I just got one too, and now that you mention it, it looks like they should light up, doesn't it?
Mine don't either.
Sorry guys...only buttons that light up are the green and red phone buttons...the rest is by feel
Thanks for the info dwcliff703
Just wanted to make sure my 8525 wasn't defective.
Thanks again
dwcliff703 said:
Sorry guys...only buttons that light up are the green and red phone buttons...the rest is by feel
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I've noticed light leakage on the right side of my home button when menu and back buttons light is on and i wonder how many of you have this problem. Also is this enough for Samsung to replace my device or will they just send it for repair ?
Coinz said:
I've noticed light leakage on the right side of my home button when menu and back buttons light is on and i wonder how many of you have this problem. Also is this enough for Samsung to replace my device or will they just send it for repair ?
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i have this too, but I dont consider this a problem and doesnt bother me at all
if your device is working fine I wouldnt recomment changing it because I may get one with some actual problem, but that's my opinion
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116252
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Thanks for the replys. I've switch off the button lights in settings so it doesnt bother me.
Hi guys!
The back button of my SGS stopped working (no light and unresponsive). So I dismantled the phone in order to check if there was any problem inside of it. Apparently everything was fine, but I saw something like a transparent and knda sticky film on the capacitive buttons zones. I thought that it was just a protection and removed it. After that I assembled the phone but now the "back" and "menu" buttons are not working (no light and no response to touch).
Im sure that nothing is broken! Can you give some hints on what can I do to bring the buttons from the dead??
Tks in advance
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Hi guys!
The back button of my SGS stopped working (no light and unresponsive). So I dismantled the phone in order to check if there was any problem inside of it. Apparently everything was fine, but I saw something like a transparent and knda sticky film on the capacitive buttons zones. I thought that it was just a protection and removed it. After that I assembled the phone but now the "back" and "menu" buttons are not working (no light and no response to touch).
Im sure that nothing is broken! Can you give some hints on what can I do to bring the buttons from the dead??
Tks in advance
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Nooo... Now its out of warranty.
burakgon said:
Nooo... Now its out of warranty.
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The warranty was already over!
chantas said:
Hi guys!
The back button of my SGS stopped working (no light and unresponsive). So I dismantled the phone in order to check if there was any problem inside of it. Apparently everything was fine, but I saw something like a transparent and knda sticky film on the capacitive buttons zones. I thought that it was just a protection and removed it. After that I assembled the phone but now the "back" and "menu" buttons are not working (no light and no response to touch).
Im sure that nothing is broken! Can you give some hints on what can I do to bring the buttons from the dead??
Tks in advance
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Did you fix your capacitive keys? I was changing a frame bezel and when I was dismantle it capacitive keys flat cable snaped. I ordered a new keys kit over ebay and mount them back today. Home button is working well but capacitive keys aren't. They dont respond and no light. Tryed to do a factory reset and reboot but no luck.
If you cant find any way to repair the buttons use the MOD in my signature
chantas said:
Hi guys!
The back button of my SGS stopped working (no light and unresponsive). So I dismantled the phone in order to check if there was any problem inside of it. Apparently everything was fine, but I saw something like a transparent and knda sticky film on the capacitive buttons zones. I thought that it was just a protection and removed it. After that I assembled the phone but now the "back" and "menu" buttons are not working (no light and no response to touch).
Im sure that nothing is broken! Can you give some hints on what can I do to bring the buttons from the dead??
Tks in advance
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Easy. Flash fake buttons!
Livebyte said:
Easy. Flash fake buttons!
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What is Fake buttons and where it can be found?
What does fake buttons do
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hertzschi said:
What does fake buttons do
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It's the on screen buttons. You will find it in selected 4.0-4.1.2 roms
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It's the on screen buttons. You will find it in selected 4.0-4.1.2 roms
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The "fake" buttons are the same as the ones found on the Galaxy nexus phones. Rather than being on the bottom like our I9000 are they are on the screen. There are a number of roms you can flash if your capacitive buttons don't work. Any of the new JB roms all have these buttons in the Navigation Bar settings under rom control under SETTINGS. Hope that helped. By the way if you are going to flash a JB rom please go from gingerbread to ICS to JB in that order. If you dont you could loose your IMEI number which is important! Either way you should do a backup just in case.
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The "fake" buttons are the same as the ones found on the Galaxy nexus phones. Rather than being on the bottom like our I9000 are they are on the screen. There are a number of roms you can flash if your capacitive buttons don't work. Any of the new JB roms all have these buttons in the Navigation Bar settings under rom control under SETTINGS. Hope that helped. By the way if you are going to flash a JB rom please go from gingerbread to ICS to JB in that order. If you dont you could loose your IMEI number which is important! Either way you should do a backup just in case.
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IMIE is in your efs folder under backup
I recently bought a Note 3 (very excited about the device), and once i got it, i started playing around with it. The capacitive buttons were working fine and were only lighting up whenever i touched the sides of the home button (as they should). After some time with playing around with the phone, i decided to install Nova Launcher just to check it out and see how i liked it (i was running the standard touchwiz before). The first thing i noticed with Nova Launcher was that once it was running, the capacitive buttons would light up every time i touched the screen. If i went to unlock the phone, they would light up. If i swiped to go to another home screen, they would light up. If i scrolled a webpage in the browser, they would light up. This really irked me, and so i decided to uninstall Nova Launcher (hoping this would make the buttons light up normally again). However, i have not found the solution to this issue. I don't want to completely disable the capacitive buttons so they don't light up even if i press them. I simply want to go back to the standard capacitive button routine where they light up only when i touch them, not whenever i touch the screen.
Can anyone please help me fix this issue? Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Settings > Device > Display > Touch light key duration and just set your desired time
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Settings > Device > Display > Touch light key duration and just set your desired time
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I have looked into that already, but my issue isn't the time limit. My time limit is at the standard 1.5 seconds (which it has always been at), the issue is that the capacitive buttons light up whenever my finger touches the touchscreen, and i want to go back to the buttons only lighting up whenever i actually touch them next the home button.
Yeah they will light up when you touch the screen, it's been like that for a while now. Mine does it to.
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Actually mine doesn't do it all the time only sometimes, - disable it then clear cache and clear default launcher then try it again
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radicalisto said:
Yeah they will light up when you touch the screen, it's been like that for a while now. Mine does it to.
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Actually mine doesn't do it all the time only sometimes, - disable it then clear cache and clear default launcher then try it again
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When do the capacitive buttons light up for you? I did all of that and it doesnt seem like anything changed, and i even did a settings reset through the menu.
I have the 6 second time set on mine, they light up when I use certain apps, or text msgs via hangouts - I use a kitkat launcher too
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When I touch the screen they light up as well...
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What confuses me is this article then:
" connect(dot)dpreview(dot)com/post/7967117746/ "
If you scroll to the third paragraph in the subheading "Body & Design", it says:
"To the left and right of the home button you'll find two more capacitive buttons but they only light up when touched"
This is what i thought was true to - that the buttons only light up when you touch them, not when you touch the screen.
Strange - Mine only light up when I touch them.
Does anyone know if the capacitive buttons are supposed to light up when you press the screen? It seems like different people have different situations of when the buttons light up.
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Does anyone know if the capacitive buttons are supposed to light up when you press the screen? It seems like different people have different situations of when the buttons light up.
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They only light up when I touch the buttons or turn on the screen when the phone is locked.
(SM-N900W8)
Capacitive button lights (EASY FIX)
Make sure the power save mode is off
So there's a menu entry under the display menu for keypad lighting, but flipping the toggle seems to do nothing and there's no mention in the manual. So is this for non existent backlighting for the capacitive buttons at the bottom?
Been wondering the exact same thing since I got the phone last night!
Waiting on an answer for this lol.
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So there's a menu entry under the display menu for keypad lighting, but flipping the toggle seems to do nothing and there's no mention in the manual. So is this for non existent backlighting for the capacitive buttons at the bottom?
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biglilsteve said:
Been wondering the exact same thing since I got the phone last night!
Waiting on an answer for this lol.
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Same here, got it yesterday and at night or dark places for some reason I thought it will automatically light up, but not...
Ok, that makes 4 of us, Lol.... I have NO IDEA what that is for either, and don't see anything different with it on or off?
It may be an unused option for this model but intended for use with the 6gb model that had true capacitive keys. The keys on this model were a last minute addition.
Is it possible to have it work with an update?
Seeing as how the capacitive keys were a last minute addition and the device lacks the hardware to light up, I doubt it.
That is, if that is what the option is even for.
They are painted on, do not light up, there are no lights underneath it to make it light up!
I guess if it is true that other models will be getting the backlit capacitive buttons, then that might make me wait to get another model (hopefully with similar band-support as the NA model) and then trying to unlock the bootloader to get some legit English-based ROM like CM on it.
One can dream, right?
... if not... then these little (but significant) corner cutting issues are going to kill this phone for me unfortunately
Ogre6473 said:
So there's a menu entry under the display menu for keypad lighting, but flipping the toggle seems to do nothing and there's no mention in the manual. So is this for non existent backlighting for the capacitive buttons at the bottom?
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I don't see this option. Can you share a screenshot?
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I don't see this option. Can you share a screenshot?
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It went away after an update or two. Turns out it was some old code from the Chinese version which does have backlit buttons.
Ogre6473 said:
It went away after an update or two. Turns out it was some old code from the Chinese version which does have backlit buttons.
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I'm amazed that they even removed them in the first place... If they weren't going to remove the bezel where the buttons were, why would they remove the buttons?
Just an alternative software buttons:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.app58us.backkey