bug: 4 lower buttons don't glow if charged and on charger

[xorbe]

If the phone is plugged into a charger and fully charged (green light) -- then when the phone is clicked on, the lower 4 buttons remain off.

If it's charging (orange status) then the 4 buttons light up.

Anyone else see this?

My ambient light sensor is disabled.

 

[Rudementry]

Check your ambient light sensor. Make sure nothing is covering it up. (its to the right of the htc logo, right below the beginning of the speaker grill.

 

[anon(26204)]

I noticed that too last night when I was charging my evo. Then I unplugged the charger and the lights worked again. Maybe it happens when the phon is fully charged.

Sent from my Sprint HTC Evo

 

[anon(21601)]

My Evo does this as well. When I wake up in the morning, and the phone is fully charged, the four buttons do not light up. Minor issue, if it is one at all.

 

[EVO Navian]

When mine is charging or not, the 4 button lights go on and off depending on the lighting of the room/area I'm in. It didn't matter if it was orange/green light charging indicator.

 

[clafountaine]

yep, same problem here. Suck when lying in bed and you wanna check your phone and you can't see the buttons Good thing I'm getting good at remembering where and what they are!

 

[eyecon82]

yea, same issue here...it seems very intermittent

i'll see if the fully charged thing is the culprit

 

[xorbe]

Maybe it's a "feature" ... when the phone is fully charged and used as an alarm display -- the button lights will be off (well with Alarm Clock Plus V2 anyways.)

Lemons, make lemonade!

 

[sagamore]

Solution: Unplug the charger from the phone and then plug it right back in while the phone remains on. Then the lights will stay on even with the charge light glowing green.

The lights go off when you power off the phone, and unlike the screen they do not come back on when you power on the phone if the charger is plugged in. Unplugging for a second gets around that.

 

[shaolinfinest]

it is not a bug guys, I carry the EVO and the Incredible and both of the devices do the same when charging. It is what HTC phones do when they are being charged.

 

[xorbe]

@shaolin - No, the button lights work while being charged. It's when the charge is complete, but it's still on the charger. It's just odd.

@sagamore - yup that's exactly what I've been doing.

 

[gojeda]

it is not a bug guys, I carry the EVO and the Incredible and both of the devices do the same when charging. It is what HTC phones do when they are being charged.

If it isn't a bug, then I fail to come up with a good reason why HTC would do this by design. It is not a major inconvenience, but it is still an inconvenience nevertheless.

 

[Paladin]

While we are here do you guys notice when the phone is off do your buttons glow very dim when in total darkness? I am just wondering if that is normal.

 

[eyecon82]

is there any apps out there to fix this?

 

[gojeda]

While we are here do you guys notice when the phone is off do your buttons glow very dim when in total darkness? I am just wondering if that is normal.

Hmm - well you have to define "very dim". From what I've seen, the 4 bottom soft buttons are either on or off. I have not discerned any varying degrees of illumination.

When its on, it isn't particularly bright at all. Certainly not bright enough to cause any sort of distraction.

 

[Paladin]

Hmm - well you have to define "very dim". From what I've seen, the 4 bottom soft buttons are either on or off. I have not discerned any varying degrees of illumination.

When its on, it isn't particularly bright at all. Certainly not bright enough to cause any sort of distraction.

Maybe mine just stays dimly lit when it is set to off. I don' t think my light ever goes completely off.

 

[xorbe]

You might want to start a different thread for that issue. Mine are definitely on or off. The button icons are stenciled in white ... maybe you thought that was slightly lit but they're white by design.