My htc sensation touchscreen broke. As the softkeys are separate from the digitiser,should they work if the touchscreen broke? They still light up but I get no reaction from them. Im asking this to know if I have to change the softkeys too.
clau22bv said:
My htc sensation touchscreen broke. As the softkeys are separate from the digitiser,should they work if the touchscreen broke? They still light up but I get no reaction from them. Im asking this to know if I have to change the softkeys too.
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The soft keys are capacitive buttons. This means that it is basically a touchscreen without a screen but buttons. So it is actually part of the digitizer. The only way to change the digitizer is by changing the soft keys as they are the same piece. As for the lighting up, it is because of the buttons' own backlight behind which lights it up.
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The touchscreen on the Defy seems a little over sensible .. i can press keys without actually touching the screen (same goes for the touch panel buttons)
Can anyone help me find a way to calibrate it ? I get a lot of accidental button touches.
astearon said:
The touchscreen on the Defy seems a little over sensible .. i can press keys without actually touching the screen (same goes for the touch panel buttons)
Can anyone help me find a way to calibrate it ? I get a lot of accidental button touches.
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You might get flame posting on wrong section.
But, capacitive touch screen doesn't require calibrate.
Your body / Phone build up statics..
For your part, wash your hand often or touch anything grounded.
For your phone, you could try wipe it w/ wet towel.
Why get flamed ? i wanted a software fix not hardware, i keep both my hands and the phone clean all day. And i know it can be fixed because i had the same problem on a iphone android port... In iOS the touchscreen was fine but in android i could get it activated even 3mm off of screen so it's definetly the way the software uses the screen.
I just got my phone back from a phone reaire store because my screen was cracked but i have noticed that the home menu back and search buttons are very dim and you almost cannot see the lights even in a dark room,what could the problem be? maybe led slid a little bit after they reassemled it?How can i fix it? I have had to bring it back to the store # times and they gave me my money back and the screen is fixed but would like this problem resolved?
If I recall, the lights are actually on the capacitance buttons. Could be a defective overlay on the screen, adhesive misplaced when removing or installing the new screen, or I guess they could be failing. You would have to tear it back apart to see what the issue actually is.
Okay thanks for your reply...I already know where the buttons are so I think I will just leave them
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Soft keys work but do not light up. Iam on stock TMobile ICS
Did you try to reset the device? Its worth a try to see if it might help fix this problem.
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redx64 said:
Soft keys work but do not light up. Iam on stock TMobile ICS
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Hmm.. Were there any recent software changes to the device?
Get Z-device test on your phone and test the light sensor on the phone by holding it near a bright lamp or sunlight and then covering it with your finger.
The light sensor is located at behind the black strip towards the top of the screen to the left of the HTC logo.
kgs1992 said:
Hmm.. Were there any recent software changes to the device?
Get Z-device test on your phone and test the light sensor on the phone by holding it near a bright lamp or sunlight and then covering it with your finger.
The light sensor is located at behind the black strip towards the top of the screen to the left of the HTC logo.
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Im having the same problem. Since i rooted the device the backlights do not work but the soft keys themselves do. The light sensor appears to be working. It was at 100% under a strong light and when i covered it with my finger it dropped to 2%
Had the same problem, go to brightness settings change it to automatic, the lights go on, then back to manual and leave a bit below the maximum, the lights stay on and now works.
I found a software solution for this problem
Hello. My soft keys (T-mob Sensation 4G, stock ROM, ICS) would not light under *any* circumstances and I have tried everything suggested here and elsewhere after scouring the Internet and finally happened upon a thread that mentioned this guy's utility.
Now happily soft-keying in the dark and the app has endured several battery-pulls and restarts without a hitch.
HTH someone else. Cheers.
Hello. Basically I need to know are the Touch-Capacitive buttons on the Skyrocket part of the screen or a separate part altogether? Can they be replaced? My friend gave me the phone and it works just fine it's just that before he gave it to me he accidentally dropped it in water so the only issue I have is the buttons will stop working at random times. The screen still functions just fine but the buttons will not respond whatsoever. They'll still light up but I cannot press them. Thank you for your time.
Ryan6700 said:
Hello. Basically I need to know are the Touch-Capacitive buttons on the Skyrocket part of the screen or a separate part altogether? Can they be replaced? My friend gave me the phone and it works just fine it's just that before he gave it to me he accidentally dropped it in water so the only issue I have is the buttons will stop working at random times. The screen still functions just fine but the buttons will not respond whatsoever. They'll still light up but I cannot press them. Thank you for your time.
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Use lmt launcher or a rom with PIE or nav bar built in. No need for capacitive buttons anymore. Cheaper than replacement too.
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I think I saw somewhere awhile back that the capacitive buttons are actually separate from the screen itself. You can look up a teardown on Google though to confirm it.
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Capacitive buttons are indeed separate. Replacing them without damaging the screen can be tricky, though.
I'd clean the main board of the phone and the connectors.
So on various android devices with capacitive buttons over the years, mostly Samsung, I've always had an issue fat fingering the capacitive buttons. OPO seems to be no different. I'm running the latest CM nightly and its been driving me crazy. What i mean is ill be doing something on the screen close to the bottom edge and accidentally hit one of the capacitive buttons. I know the obvious answer is to switch to on screen buttons. I am currently using the on screen buttons while I wait for a CM build I think will fix my issue to finish, but I've noticed something else. Switching to on screen buttons seems to really help with touchscreen issues.
So my questions are A) does anyone else "accidentally" hit the capacitive buttons while using their OPO like all the time, and B) has anyone else noticed using the on screen buttons helps with touch issues? Or appears to at least.
Yup. This build does indeed fix my issue with the capacitive buttons.