am I missing it or is there no option to keep the nav buttons always off. them jokers are bright!
I know right
guess imma have to do what i did with the an old htc phone and put red litho tape on the buttons. looks ugly a bright ass light shining when not needed is even uglier, lol.
Yeah setting is missing. I was looking for the setting when I got the phone as well.
I used an app called galaxy button lights. It has optio s to keep them of or change the time out
yeah, i just saw that in the other note thread, thanks!
No problem. Anything i can do to help.
That app or enable power save mode
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so heres a thought
Turn off Capacitive buttons backlight
it would save battery life and when i watch videos it can be strictly just the video screen n not the 4 buttons light too...
even better would be a feature where if u hold the back button for 5 seconds it toggles the capacitive buttons backlight on n off....
any support on this guys? im sure it wouldnt be too difficult
There is an app in the market to do this.
Its called "LEDs hack" (without thr quotes.
Type that exactly otherwise it wont show.
Sometimes regular market doesnt show it but appbrain will everytime.
First time it starts you select the phone u use. Only like 2 or 3 phones show.... you have to scroll that list to find the evo.
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You would have found the answer to this if you searched this forum.
I'm feeling nice today so here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=816128
I am now using tasker to do this for me.
Is there a way to turn off the HOME, MENU, BACK, SEARCH button light permenatly? I just want the screen on and the buttons to remain off.
thanks
gessin64 said:
Is there a way to turn off the HOME, MENU, BACK, SEARCH button light permenatly? I just want the screen on and the buttons to remain off.
thanks
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I haven't found anything yet. There are triggers that will turn the buttons back on. One trigger is if you are on a call and the screen shuts off, when the screen comes back on the buttons light back up.
I am trying to find a way to block this and many triggers with tasker but it is a trial and error process.
gessin64 said:
Is there a way to turn off the HOME, MENU, BACK, SEARCH button light permenatly? I just want the screen on and the buttons to remain off.
thanks
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leds hack works perfectly. runs for as long as you have it active. no noticeable battery drain either.
i've been using it since my old moto droid days.
I was frustrated trying to see the hard buttons in the dark, so I bought a 10 pack of 1/4" diameter rubber O-rings at Home Depot (Danco #60, #96774, less than $3), and super-glued one to the right of each hard button, on the right edge. They are small enough that they do not extend beyond the top or bottom of the G-Tab.
Best way is to use super-glue with a brush applicator. Hold a ring with a tweezers, brush a TINY amount of super-glue on the bottom, carefully place and apply.
Photo is attached - works great for me in the dark.
Good Idea!
Good idea...but, the solution I have found is to use the Vegan rom and all of your buttons are in the the tool bar up top. I think that is the thing I love the most about that rom. I hate the fact that viewsonic didn't backlight their menu buttons
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or Use Button Saviour and disable the backbutton on the tablet with remapper.
I hate keep touching that back button on the tablet. YMMV.
I couldn't live without Button Savior It tucks all the buttons you need in a tab on the right side of the screen. The tab hides (OSx Dock style) when not in use, and rotates based on your orientation.
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I couldn't live without Button Savior It tucks all the buttons you need in a tab on the right side of the screen. The tab hides (OSx Dock style) when not in use, and rotates based on your orientation.
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+1 for Button Saviour,
That and I have VEGAn as my daily driver as it has "Home" "Menu" and "Back" keys on the Notification bar. GoJimi showed a preview of this feature and a few others with the CM/VEGAm merge on his website.
I patiently wait for that Beta.
ah chooooo! Someone needs to clean their screen
JK. Good Idea. But I use a program that pulls out a side menu with those options so I dont need the buttons.
Thanks
Scott
AWESOME IDEA!!!! i am going to hit home depot tomorrow on the way home! i am always hitting those damn buttons it seems... THANKS!
glow in the dark puffy paint
the solution i came up with was glow in the dark puffy paint. i placed a drop of it to the left of every soft key. i was quite surprised that the screen didnt wash out the light emitted from the paint. took a lil trial and error to get the proper placement of the piant. if you put it too close to the soft keys it desensitizes parts of the virtual keyboard. i also found that the white glow in the dark paint is better than the green.
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the solution i came up with was glow in the dark puffy paint. i placed a drop of it to the left of every soft key. i was quite surprised that the screen didnt wash out the light emitted from the paint. took a lil trial and error to get the proper placement of the piant. if you put it too close to the soft keys it desensitizes parts of the virtual keyboard. i also found that the white glow in the dark paint is better than the green.
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I like that idea. Sounds like you have to be a bit careful though. Still may have to try it.
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or Use Button Saviour and disable the backbutton on the tablet with remapper.
I hate keep touching that back button on the tablet. YMMV.
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Just installed button mapper and button saviour. Its an awesome combo. I was hoping to just shut them off but I was able to re map them as a dpad. Now its even easier to select small, close together links while surfing the net or scroll through a PDF or ebook. Pretty cool.
Still wish there were back lights. Saw pics of a home mod using blue leds online but never saw any instructions.
Mantara said:
Still wish there were back lights. Saw pics of a home mod using blue leds online but never saw any instructions.
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This might be the thread, has lots of instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899132
I did the same type of thing, but I used those black nail head covers you can get at the home improvement stores. I put superglue on the back side and stuck it to the side of the tablet next to each soft button. Then in the dark I can just feel and tap. I like the LED methods though better!
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This might be the thread, has lots of instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899132
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Yes... that's the mod (by ThaiGai)...
and here's what it looks like (with just 2 of the 4 LEDs hooked up)...
- michael
I think I know the answer....but I am hoping someone knows if there is a way to turn this off. It's so big. Hate it. As far as I can tell...its not optional.
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Nope, can't turn it off.
not yet, give it time for the framework to be ripped apart. root and s-off have just arrived, patience
Agreed that it's a bit large, but I actually like the feature.
My biggest complaint with the TB (other than TFT vs SAMOLED screen) is the placement/arrangement of the capacitive menu buttons at the bottom of the screen. I don't have tiny hands, but they're not particular big either, so the size of the phone and the placement of the Home button make it just about impossible for me to use the phone with just one hand like I do my 4" phones. My thumb just can't reach the Home button when holding it in my right hand without risking dropping it, so it's difficult to do the long press to get the recent apps screen up. I can comfortably drop the shade and select from there, though, so I like it. Obviously a YMMV thing, and accessing the Home screens still takes two hands for me.
yeah, the recently used apps in the notification bar was poorly thought out. It's redundant as holding the home button does the same thing and isn't needed. If they were going to put anything up there, it should've been the quick toggles like the Galaxy S line of devices.
Yes...I also miss the quick toggle from Cyan....I still find myself pulling down the shade only to realize its not there.
And I miss being able to dismiss notification with a sideways swipe.....A LOT!
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Yes...I also miss the quick toggle from Cyan....I still find myself pulling down the shade only to realize its not there.
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Check out Widgetsoid. It does what you want but takes a bit of setup
Couldn't you just use a different launcher like ADW? Or is it built into the framework? If so, what a turn off.
ok so i downloaded the kindle app and im actually liking it but i like to read in bed and everytime i flip the page the 4 buttons lights come on
is there a way to turn them off?
ive looked through the settings on the kindle and the phones screen settings but cant seem to find anything.
theres no built in way.. there's also no convenient way. check out LG Optimus TX touch Key Lights ( https://market.android.com/details?id=com.guenmat.android.optimus2x ). Horrible name, I know, but it does what you want.. just not conveniently. what I would suggest is this. go into the keylight app.. back out to home.. launch Kindle.. then use the "hold home key" button to bring up recent apps.. switch back to the keylight app and dim your buttons aalll the way down (this will be system wide.. not just for that app) then hold home and switch back to kindle.. no more lights! hold home to switch back to keylights to turn them back on.
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you could do what i did and just dim the keys really low. Mine are at 500... saves battery and not so bright.. you could go lower if you'd like.
Hope I helped!
I just picked up a gTablet and I noticed that the hardware menu buttons on the top right side are very hard to see on the black bezel. at night it is impossible.
Are these buttons supposed to light up? If they do, does anyone know why mine might not light up?
Thanks !
Frogbone said:
I just picked up a gTablet and I noticed that the hardware menu buttons on the top right side are very hard to see on the black bezel. at night it is impossible.
Are these buttons supposed to light up? If they do, does anyone know why mine might not light up?
Thanks !
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No they don't light up.
In the dark... I use the Force to locate them
Search for threads on how to workaround this problem,
ButtonSavior (to get on screen buttons)
Fluorescent tape near buttons.
Opencase and add LED
add drops of glue on the side across the buttons
etc etc
Frogbone said:
I just picked up a gTablet and I noticed that the hardware menu buttons on the top right side are very hard to see on the black bezel. at night it is impossible.
Are these buttons supposed to light up? If they do, does anyone know why mine might not light up?
Thanks !
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I use the digital buttons that appear in the bottom bar. They work fine.