Whatever engineer designed the timing of the lights on the capacitive touch keys on the Infuse ought to be fired twice. Once for the design and once for not having an option for an adjustable or always on setting when the screen is on.
There must be a way to make the <OPTION/HOME/PREV/SEARCH> bar to stay lit up. It is driving me absolutely nuts. It goes out in like 2 seconds after I have touched it. No idea why they did that. Stupid stupid stupid stupid design. 9 out of 10 times I hit the wrong key while in an app. It is so annoying.
I am really surprised no DEV has built a longer time option or even an always on option for those keys into a ROM. It's dumb design like that that makes me almost miss my iPhone.
From reading & searching it seems this doesn't bother too many people. I just can't understand why not.
I have tried "KEEP THE LIGHTS ON" app but it is pretty much useless on the Infuse.
there is an app called "keep the lights on" i havent tried it on the infuse but it works on some of the sgs phones.
edit: sorry didnt read the last line of the first post,
its not that hard to memorize 4 buttons, and if you touch the screen, the buttons or the volume rocker they come on.
Just tap the screen and they come back on.
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Just tap the screen and they come back on.
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Lol
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Dani897 said:
there is an app called "keep the lights on" i havent tried it on the infuse but it works on some of the sgs phones.
edit: sorry didnt read the last line of the first post,
its not that hard to memorize 4 buttons, and if you touch the screen, the buttons or the volume rocker they come on.
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As my OP says: "I have tried "KEEP THE LIGHTS ON" app but it is pretty much useless on the Infuse."
Memorizing them isn't the problem, it's hitting the wrong spot. For some people, with specific physical disabilities, it's not that easy.
Just a simple OPTION would resolve the issue. Still a stupid design. If the screen is lit why shouldn't those keys be lit. The amount of power that backlight draws is probably negligible.
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Just tap the screen and they come back on.
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Not always depending on what is happening on the screen and sometimes tapping the screen causes problems with the app that is running.
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Whatever engineer designed the timing of the lights on the capacitive touch keys on the Infuse ought to be fired twice. Once for the design and once for not having an option for an adjustable or always on setting when the screen is on.
There must be a way to make the <OPTION/HOME/PREV/SEARCH> bar to stay lit up. It is driving me absolutely nuts. It goes out in like 2 seconds after I have touched it. No idea why they did that. Stupid stupid stupid stupid design. 9 out of 10 times I hit the wrong key while in an app. It is so annoying.
I am really surprised no DEV has built a longer time option or even an always on option for those keys into a ROM. It's dumb design like that that makes me almost miss my iPhone.
From reading & searching it seems this doesn't bother too many people. I just can't understand why not.
I have tried "KEEP THE LIGHTS ON" app but it is pretty much useless on the Infuse.
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You must really have BIG fingers!
(there are only 4 buttons)
After about an hour of messing around with my phone I am so used to selecting those touchkeys that most the time I do not even look anymore!
Misterjunky said:
You must really have BIG fingers!
(there are only 4 buttons)
After about an hour of messing around with my phone I am so used to selecting those touchkeys that most the time I do not even look anymore!
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Unfortunately for some people there are things that prevent some of the simple things in life that others take for granted from being simple tasks.
They aren't that hard to see with the lights off...My phone is about 5 feet away from me and I can still see the home keys just fine.
wow what's going on, i think we are exhausting the op withthe same advice, lol
like i said, i missed that you tried keep the lights on, and yeah there is no reason the lights shouldnt be on all the time. its just something to deal with. sorry
Is it set on timing or a light sensor? Maybe try ro put something over screen sensor black tape or something.
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Is it set on timing or a light sensor? Maybe try ro put something over screen sensor black tape or something.
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it is timing, not sure if iti is in services.jar or framework or the kernel. nobody has ever seemed interested in addressing this outside of the keep the lights on app, not sure why.
Let me just say, I am truly pleased that it is not a problem for those of you who replied how easy it is for you, but for those of us that it is a problem it remains a problem.
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Let me just say, I am truly pleased that it is not a problem for those of you who replied how easy it is for you, but for those of us that it is a problem it remains a problem.
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I hear you. This is one of the few things I don't like about this device. Most of the time it's not an issue, but in low light or darkness it's a bit of a pain trying to locate the right button to press.
"Keep The Lights On" app works fine for me
I just installed the "Keep the Lights On" app, and it works flawlessly. The bottom menu buttons stay on as long as the screen stays on.
Question: When you installed the app, did you add it as a widget, and then enable it? You need root access for this app to work.
I am using Infused 1.5.3, so, not sure if that makes a difference or not.
Edit: Just an FYI, I am using the free version. I would use the pro version, but I'll probably just end up uninstalling this app .
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I just installed the "Keep the Lights On" app, and it works flawlessly. The bottom menu buttons stay on as long as the screen stays on.
Question: When you installed the app, did you add it as a widget, and then enable it? You need root access for this app to work.
I am using Infused 1.5.3, so, not sure if that makes a difference or not.
Edit: Just an FYI, I am using the free version. I would use the pro version, but I'll probably just end up uninstalling this app .
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Yes, I installed it as a widget and I do have root access. I am also running Infused 1.53. What kernel are you running? Maybe that is the difference?
It did work for the first few minutes I had it installed than eventually it started getting weird. Sometimes it would work in reverse, most of the time it wouldn't work at all, sometimes it would never shut off (which was OK with me). I contacted the DEV and he said it wasn't compatible with the Infuse and that would be the behavior he would expect.
I think if you use it for a while you'll see what I mean.
Edit: Just uninstalled/reinstalled. First time phone wakes up it works. Once it "sleeps" then wakes up lights NEVER come back on. If I turn widget off/on the same thing recycles. Works once than fails.
I've got to agree with the OP. Since we don't have a nice physical home button, it would be nice to get this thing lit up so we can see. I'm always in a dark environment and I keep hitting the 'back' instead of the 'home' key.
While we're at it, I like to know who the genius is that decided the location of the power button. It's almost impossible to push the button without squeezing the volume buttons. If they come out with a Infuse2 with the power button on the top, I'll switch in a second.
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While we're at it, I like to know who the genius is that decided the location of the power button. It's almost impossible to push the button without squeezing the volume buttons. If they come out with a Infuse2 with the power button on the top, I'll switch in a second.
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I absolutely love that... It's actually within reach unlike the top. If it's on top you can't unlock with one hand.
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I have massive hands and I have no problem with the power button.
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These sorts of issues (both the OP and the power button placement) are easily avoided if you actually go to a store and play with a phone instead of ordering online.
While I do agree that those two issues could have been handled better, I also understand that we're never going to get a perfect phone. So you live with what you like best.
Hello all,
Just got the SmartWatch 1 for a good price. I'm enjoying the notifications and call screening a lot.
But I can't wake the watch.
Double tapping does not work.
Having the phone on all the time while it's moving will drain the battery in 3 seconds flat.
The one where you are supposed to move the watch horizontally and the display will turn on is a joke. It simply doesn't do a thing.
A friend got his too and we have the same issues.
Other than turning it on with the power button, is there a ay to "fix" the double tapping thing?
Any help will be appreciated!
Mine does the same thing intermittently. No rhyme or reason to it. Mine was a door prize at XDA Devcon
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Mine does the same thing intermittently. No rhyme or reason to it. Mine was a door prize at XDA Devcon
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It's strange. Yep, it'll sometimes wake up and most of the time it won't. But I have better luck tapping the strap, as someone suggested. So. Weird!
Still. This looks to me like one of the greatest stupid things ever. I mean, it doesn't do much - but in a single day, I now wonder why nobody invented it before. It rocks!
This thing is an error.
Double tap to wake function only works if the watch goes to sleep when its on the default clock screen.
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I have used the power button double tap to wake up the watch and it still displays the last app that was showing.
I've done this with a few apps now.
Dear xda community,
Since I received my Nexus 5 more than a week ago I am experiencing something which keeps me thinking.
Sometimes when I want to pick up my phone to check something, the screen will wake up without me touching any buttons. Is this supposed to happen?
What's happening quite often because of that is: I want to pick up my phone -> grabbing it -> screen awakes -> but since I am pushing the power button myself half a second later -> screen turns dark again. This is a little annoying from time to time...
I tried to recreate this incident but it just happens every ~30th time.While doing this I keep attention not to hit a button accidentally.
Any Ideas whats going on? Bug or feature? Are you experiencing something similar?
Thank you and best regards!
Same thing happening with my Nexus 5. Screen opens on picking it up. It happens on randomly.
I cannot see any pattern though.
Could be a faulty power button switch? Making a connection under the movement?
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It will wake up if the surface you put it on has a magnet in or near it. It's the hall effect sensor that does this, used for a cases that wake up the device when opened
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Are you using a Custom rom?
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There are some custom ROM/Kernel combo's which give the option to wake the phone by double tapping the screen. However this isn't present in stock. As some have already said the phone will wake if placed near a magnet, if I put my N5 on top my iPad it wakes when I pick it up. If none of these apply its probably faulty.
Not sure if anyone else has experienced this or not:
During initial setup, I chose the minimum edge sense force, because it still seemed to take a pretty good squeeze.
Yesterday, at one point, the sensitivity went off the charts. It took maybe 1/10th the normal force to activate it. I think the phone was pretty hot from being outside and shooting some 4k video.
The other thing I see happen seems lag related. The short squeeze to launch camera works very fast most times. But on occasion, it takes a while to get the camera up and running. Once or twice, the lag has made a short squeeze register as a long one.
Also, it seems odd to me that a long squeeze to launch Google assistant (screen off) gets trapped at the lock screen and requires a fingerprint scan / pin. Not very convenient.
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The edge sense does not work . Turn it off . My jeans triggers it, pretty stupid
The phone is crazy hot. Yes.
I'm keeping it on. Hopefully, they will improve it. It's very useful in my eyes.
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It's a little handier turning on flashlight at night by just squeezing rather than turning on phone, pulling down notification bar, and selecting the light. I find it useful.
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I've had no issues here yet (touch wood)
Even after bumping up the force level, my ability to launch the camera from a sleeping phone is hit or miss.
Quite often I'm giving it a short press, but it doesn't register the release. I feel it vibrate the second time, indicating a long press, but then it prompts to release the edge sense to take action.
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Even after bumping up the force level, my ability to launch the camera from a sleeping phone is hit or miss.
Quite often I'm giving it a short press, but it doesn't register the release. I feel it vibrate the second time, indicating a long press, but then it prompts to release the edge sense to take action.
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Could be an issue with how he phone handles waking up from Doze...
Where should we report things like this in hopes of them being fixed? Does HTC have a dev site?
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Has anyone else experienced this? It's kinda hard to explain, but often times when I press the back button, the phone either 1. ignores the press (though I can confirm the press is registered because it vibrates and I have "show taps" enabled) or 2. there's quite a bit of delay before the action happens.
Unfortunately I can't figure out a pattern when this happens or what triggers it. I don't have a screen protector. Is there any way to fix/change this? I am rooted.
I've been using gestures for a year. I was surprised at how quickly I got used to it and wondered why I resisted for what seemed like so long. I know it's not for everyone, but I don't notice this issue with the gestures. I've even implemented a few custom gestures through Nova Launcher Prime.
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I've been using gestures for a year. I was surprised at how quickly I got used to it and wondered why I resisted for what seemed like so long. I know it's not for everyone, but I don't notice this issue with the gestures. I've even implemented a few custom gestures through Nova Launcher Prime.
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I try to like gestures with every new phone. This time I completely forgot and I guess I'll give them a shot again but man they really don't click with me.
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I try to like gestures with every new phone. This time I completely forgot and I guess I'll give them a shot again but man they really don't click with me.
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Maybe they'll fix whatever the other issue is and you can go back to them eventually. Try them again after each month's firmware update (first Monday of each month, normally - some exceptions for holidays).