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LED by the ear peace?

Hi
This maybe a daft question but is the clear plastic square on the TP inside ear peace an actual LED??
Previously on WM phones this was used as notifcations and bluetooth, I know the TP has the circle that lights up but I have noticed this LED doesnt light up at all like when I have bluetooth on. Is there a way of turning this on?
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Thats the light sensor.

That is the light sensor. No LED there...

have to say that this is annoying. I would have preferred an LED, don't know why they ommitted it.
when my phone is in stand-by, there is no way of determining if it's on (and in stand-by) or if the battery has died and it's actually off!!

lol thanks guys, now i feel dumb lol
Although I do agree with twisted on this one, seems odd to remove the LED. Is there anyway of knowing if the bluetooth is on now without powering on the screen? I miss the blueness lol

Well... most ppl don't need to know whether their phone "died" (ran out of power). Including me. At first I was wondering myself about the absence of any LED. But I liked it the first day I went to bed... no room blinking anymore! And even if I had received a message I don't need to stare at the phone waiting for blinking, instead I can recognize that almost immediately.

You still have the LED indicator...its just moved underneath the D-pad and its white now, but it`ll still blink if you got a msg or missed call. im sure someone can cook a rom which can keep it indicating all the time, not only for calls and msgs.

Personally, I like the lack of lights. As Chatty mentioned, the bedroom isn't turned into a cheap nightclub now. Plus I've never been the biggest fan of the 'Mug me now' flashing blutooth lights

omg, i couldnt stand the sidekick's annoying flashing trackball every 5 seconds... thank God this one isnt like it!

I hated the constant flashing of the Tytn II bluetooth LED at night so much that I got a cover for it. So, when I put it in the cradle at night then on went the cover !
What would be nice in Touch Pro "II" would be multiple colours in the ring?

keyboard leds stay on after sliding back in

A couple of times I was shocked to notice that the keyboard leds on my TP weren't shut down with the keyboard slid in. Since there is a slight gap between the keyboard and the screen, in a dark environment, looking at the TP's right edge, white light was clearly visible just 1-1.5 cm's above the stylus (display and the hardware buttons were OFF, so no, no light "bleeding" effect).
After promptly sliding the keyboard out and back in, the lights went out; actually they went out right when I started to move the keyboard, possibly indicating that there might be a loose contact somewhere. Once, I actually waited for the light to go out by itself; it certainly stayed on after the regular "timeout" value...
So, I wonder: if the contact that is supposed to cut the power to the keyboard when you slide it back in sometimes doesn't work, but the device thinks it's locked and doesn't "timeout" the leds anymore, can this be the cause of mysterious battery drains reported so many times on this forum? Sure enough it's quite hard to spot, especially if you're using a case for the phone. It would most certainly explain why battery drain varied on my device rather wildly even though the usage pattern hardly changed from day to day.
I tried reproducing the effect but it's quite hard (I'd say for my device it would kill the lights correctly at least 9 out of 10 times) and I didn't want to stress the sliding mechanism too much...
Anyone notice this?

Just so noone thinks I'm seeing ghosts, today, just after unplugging it from my laptop, eventhough the keyboard hadn't even been opened, I saw the leds were on again. Just to be sure this wasn't a "feature" I waited about 5 minutes and they were still ON. So yes, this is most definitely a bug and a quite serious one at that.
I took a photo with a friends phone camera (sorry for the low quality). The bright, white, dots seen in the pic are the leds from the underlying keyboard (the phone had always been shut, keyboard fully slid in: display and hardware keys were completely off and no, there was no light from the D-pad either).
I can now easily understand how, occasionaly, the battery managed to run out so quickly... Has noone noticed this before? Am I the only one with a potentially defective unit/keyboard contact?

Vibrate does not work

Since the day I purchased my Fuze, the vibrate has been hit and miss. I have checked Sounds and Notifications and such, but it still almost never vibrates when it should. Sometimes it will work when I press the Volume buttons to change to vibrate, but it usually does not. Touch Response does not vibrate either, and a Hard Reset did not fix the problem.
It worked better with the stock rom then it did with either RRE or Energy. Any help?

maybe the little motor inside the phone is broken. try different roms and see what happens. could be a hardware issue though...

In my old 6700 that issue was caused by a slightly dicey connection between battery and phone. Try moving or 'jiggling" the batt - that fixed it for me every time. Also, occurred more often when using 3rd party batts as the size probably wasnt as precise as the OEM.

Thought about the motor, was hoping it wasn't that.
Battery doesn't really move much. I was going to test it with a voltmeter, but one of the points on mine is broken so I can't get it to reach the contacts for the battery.
I think I might see if I can exchange it where I bought it.

[Q] Desktop Dock mutes the Epic??

I am unable to watch a video on the Desktop dock. When I put the Epic into the dock it hits the volume rocker and it then turns the volume to mute. On a couple of occasions I have been able to barely put it in and it will play at what ever volume but once I touch it and mutes it again.
Anyone having a better experience with it?
Thanks

dws51 said:
I am unable to watch a video on the Desktop dock. When I put the Epic into the dock it hits the volume rocker and it then turns the volume to mute. On a couple of occasions I have been able to barely put it in and it will play at what ever volume but once I touch it and mutes it again.
Anyone having a better experience with it?
Thanks
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ive got said dock. same issues. totally cuz the volume rocker is hitting the cradle in just the right manner. ive just gotten really good at putting it in at just the right angle to not hit it, but your right. if i touch pretty much anything, it starts to turn the volume down all the way. what i do when im not going to try to have a movie playing is always make sure the screen is off. the dock will turn on the screen about a few seconds after its plugged in. it shouldnt be this big of a pain in the ass and im thinking about taking the dock back. i think its a legitimate reason.

austin420 said:
ive got said dock. same issues. totally cuz the volume rocker is hitting the cradle in just the right manner. ive just gotten really good at putting it in at just the right angle to not hit it, but your right. if i touch pretty much anything, it starts to turn the volume down all the way. what i do when im not going to try to have a movie playing is always make sure the screen is off. the dock will turn on the screen about a few seconds after its plugged in. it shouldnt be this big of a pain in the ass and im thinking about taking the dock back. i think its a legitimate reason.
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I didn't have any of these problems with mine and was wondering what everyone was talking about.
That is until I took my phone charm off. Apparently the tiny string the charm uses is enough to keep the phone from hitting the volume and causing problems.
That being said, you can control volume, too, through the function and arrow keys on the keyboard. It helps but it is still annoying if you don't have a charm and keep hitting the hardware volume keys.
(My charm is ninja stars, so not all charms are "girly".)

ya. i had an old psp wrist strap on and noticed it kept it from happening too, but the strap is kinda garish and i didnt want it on there all the time. im still on the fence about taking it back.

I put three layers of electrical tape along the right half of the groove, just before it dips down for the volume keys (alas, not down far enough.) It works great for me... since I was going to cover that bright blue light anyway.

Galaxy S4 Makes Siren Like Noise and Screen Won't Turn On

Hello,
Unfortunately I have dropped my Galaxy S4, however the screen did not shatter. It only has small scratches on it, however the screen does not work and it won't turn on. The phone turns on and the home, menu and back buttons work however the screen does not display anything and it seems to be unresponsive. Everyonce and a while, the phone also makes a really loud, siren like noise and vibrates. I am guesing that this might be because of the low battery. I would really apprecaite it if anyone could tell me what to do and if a screen replacement would work.

mmaster261 said:
Hello,
Unfortunately I have dropped my Galaxy S4, however the screen did not shatter. It only has small scratches on it, however the screen does not work and it won't turn on. The phone turns on and the home, menu and back buttons work however the screen does not display anything and it seems to be unresponsive. Everyonce and a while, the phone also makes a really loud, siren like noise and vibrates. I am guesing that this might be because of the low battery. I would really apprecaite it if anyone could tell me what to do and if a screen replacement would work.
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This forum is for the Galaxy S 4G. This is t-mo's 4G Galaxy S.
I think you're in the wrong device forum.
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