Galaxy S7 - Way to keep lighted buttons at bottom on longer?

[anon(730457)]

I was playing with the S7 yesterday and it's a great phone, but the damn buttons on the bottom keep turning off after a second, and I kept mistapping because I couldn't exactly tell where to tap in my peripheral vision. This is no problem on other Android phones for me; I dislike having to look or guess where the Back button is, but I found no option to keep them on or just fade to 50% or something, which seems more reasonable. I don't understand Samsung's obsession with trying to look like the iPhone or reverse Android's Back button.

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[dpham00]

Re: Way to keep lighted buttons at bottom on longer?

On the s6/note 5 , certain verisons had it in the settings. If it didn't then you can use the Galaxy Button lights app from the play store or do a few adb commands. Root isn't needed. Hopefully it will be the same for the s7

 

[20blks]

The buttons are part of the screen back light timer if I'm not mistaken.

 

[williams448]

On the S6 you just got to settings > display > touch key light duration & set it to your preference. I hope the S7 still has this feature.

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[Ricky Ramirez1]

There's an app called Galaxy button lights that you can use without root

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[AXEL314]

On the S5, the timeout for those keys are actually adjustable in the settings. Hopefully they'll be the same case for the S7

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[Kohl MajeskyHalfChocolateCow]

The buttons are part of the screen back light timer if I'm not mistaken.

They're not. You have to download an app called galaxy button lights. Only the at@t version has the setting built in. Or at least it did on the s6. I'm not sure about the s7.