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[Samsung Infuse 4G] millerja01a:
Does it really matter what the OP's issue is? He's citing a complaint

That's a matter of of importance for him. Now to everyone here's a truth I've come to understand about tech.

The smaller the device, the more personal it becomes. Little details quickly become big issues from user to user.

We use tech and naturally accept certain limitations of it because in other areas, the tool is exceptional. I love both the Cappy and Infuse for their screens pure and simple. I used to hate virtual keyboards and laughed at the Iphone's, until I tried it at an Apple Store..."Not bad. I'm actually able to rock and roll with my typing and my error rate is low." And yet I still stuck with WinMo 6.x sliders like the Tilt. Then the Cappy came and I was hooked.

I have long fingers that were cramped on the cappy's screen when typing in portrait. Life is better on the infuse but my point is that we all compromise with tech, giving up a little to gain alot.

The OP's post is more about a small but important detail that I would agree should be supported in Android Roms. A setting to control how long to keep the softkey light on.

If you're able to remember their placement in any light, good on you...but that's you.

Not everyone can or should want to remember, each user has a preference. There are an infinite number of things that coulda, shoulda, woulda been in XYZ phone and devs/OEM's and only focus on a few.

What I wish this thread should have led to is a request made in the Dev thread for a ROM that has this as a setting in the phone.

Now I just install KeepTheLightsOn and I'm using an Infuse. It works as the description says. When the Widget is enabled, the softkeys will stay on so long as the screen is on. When the screen turns off, the buttons do. They won't turn back on until you touch them.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MisterEdF:
KTLO doesn't work for me. Wish it did. What rom and kernel are you running?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] millerja01a:
I've been running Infused 1.5.3 for a few days and just flashed Infusion Kernel 2.0.

The BLN support in there seems to have what you're looking for. After the kernel flash, I downloaded BLN control Free off the market and enabled BLN. After then, whenever I got a notification for gtalk or gmail, the softkeys would lite up. I know the pro version will blink them from what I read.

Added plus, if your screen is off and the softkeys are off, just touch them and they light up without the screen turning on.

Sounds about close to your needs right?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MisterEdF:
Close, but I need softkeys on whenever the screen is on. Notifications by themselves don't do what I need. Unless BLN Also leaves softkeys always on, :-)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mfpearson:
I have been using the suggested keep the lights on app for about 48 hours now. Works flawlessly with infused 1.5.3 rom running infusion 1.8 kernel. For me, it does exactly what the op is looking for - keeps the 4 softkeys lit up as long as my screen is lit up.

As long as I touch one of the softkeys first, that is... they do not light up and stay lit simply upon unlocking - rather, they will stay lit up once you have actually touched one of them. So you can hit the power button and then the home key before you unlock, and the softkeys will stay lit up until your display times out, or unlock the phone and wait until you need to use a softkey in an app, after which they will also remain lit until your display times out.

Keep posting your trials and errors with the app. It does work, so maybe we can get it working properly on your infuse!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ddot196:
I installed keep the lights on as well cause I an just tired of the timeout on them. They constantly just turn on and off on and off and it really bugged me especially when surfing the web. The app is working perfect on infused 1.5.3. Adds a little widget that you can toggle the setting on and off so if you wanna watch a video or something you can switch it very easy.

Also yes they will not turn on from sleep. But I've learned that if just swipe from the bottom over your buttons up to unlock like I do it works that way in one fluid motion.

Sent from my rooted infuse flashed with infused!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bgree15:
Idk if this is where i should post or maybe i should start a new thread, but whenever my phone is locked, if i touch the capacitive buttons, they light up. They just randomly started to do this, and idk if it's that big a deal but id rather them not do that. Any idea what's going on?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jimmie48jj:
Ok I think i have got it... I have infused 1.5.3 running the kernel that came with that. i also have "No Lock" from the market installed, along with keep the lights on. when i hit power button to turn screen on the bottom lights come on and stay on until the screen is turned off or goes off. hope this helps good luck.:cool: P/S it takes about .4 sec for the bottom lights to come on after screen is on. I think this has to do with the "No Lock" I'll let you know how it is working tmrw.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MisterEdF:
Thanks for all your suggestions. I will try restoring to stock rerooting and see if that helps then add back Apps slowly. For some reason LTLO just doesn't work on this Infuse.

I am also using nolock.

Ed
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jimmie48jj:
KTLO after last night is not working like it should grrrrr... it still works some but I have to turn it off then back on to get it working again!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DeRock13:
No need to be a prick. I was seriously wondering what would be the issue. But since you'd rather be a **** about it, I'd rather not even try to help you out now. Hope you get it figured out someday.

Sent from Steve Jobs' iPhone
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MisterEdF:
Exactly what is happening to me except it mostly doesn't work.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] howardhawk1:
Keep the lights on (Infuse 4G)

Get a piece of white paper, draw the icons on it to where they will fit exactly over the existing ones and use scotch tape to fasten it over the top of the phone icons. Ugly, but it works! The black on white seems to be pretty visible. Will work later when I get time on some type of "braille bumps" that might also work (ala Evo 4G style). Keep checking back. :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] CollinsJ:
If you have a screen protector you can put a little drop of silicone on the button you wanna find.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] CZ Eddie:
A lot of unhelpful people in here.

If you don't have trouble finding the buttons, then stay off the thread because you're not needed here.

Btw, I'm using KTLO with several Infuse ROM's without any problem. It's annoying that you have to press a button to get them to light up the first time. But once you do, they stay on for me until the phone goes into sleep again.

I think you're on the right path when you said you would re-flash your ROM. That should fix whatever problem you're experiencing. Hopefully.

On a side note, I noticed that the MiUI ROM works great. I flashed the ROM this evening and right off the bat, the buttons come on and stay on. Whatever the dev did to put this feature into the ROM... I hope he passes the trick on to other Devs!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] joeclark:
I have to say that for me the lights should be on when the screen is on!

Keep the Lights on was one of the main reasons i rooted my phone on my captivate. I even bought the paid version when it first came out.

it was squirly at times but it "worked" on most of the Infused roms. and it seems to be working really well on the J4 leak (it did not work on the J2 leak)

I use my phone in the dark alot. My office stays dark other than a desk lamp and a small window with blinds. And I also use it alot at night time both walking in the morning (predawn hours) and sitting in bed reading at night. having the lights on make a huge difference when it is dark.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Simba501:
Keep the Lights On works well on my GF's Infuse.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] needabottle:
KTLO running perfectly on the latest version of MIUI. Thanks for the heads up on this widget. Always bugged me using the Infuse at night when I kept mishitting the "buttons". Works just as it should now. Man, I love this phone :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] mario7777:
my a500 has a bad habit of going to a blank screen after the Acer logo.

I have to use a clip to do a hard reset to reboot it.

After that the Android screen comes up after the Acer logo.

What is going on??

HC 3.1

any ideas??
[Acer Iconia A500] Neoprimal:
How long does the black screen last? Have you ever tried waiting it out? How long does it stay that way before you reset it?

If it gets stuck, that is definitely not normal and I would do a factory reset, 2x if necessary. If it still happens after that? Exchange or send it for repair because that shouldn't be happening.
[Acer Iconia A500] vinsonizer:
FYI, this same thing happens to me after i rooted and added CWM but tried to boot with no SD card installed. May not be the same as what you are doing, but i thought it was worth sharing.
[Acer Iconia A500] mario7777:
I left it on for 10 minutes and it was still a blank screen.

I should mention this device was rooted.

Would that be a factor?
[Acer Iconia A500] Lorthirk:
I'm experieng this since yesterday. A501 with stock rom rooted with IconiaBreak. Hard resetting fixes it.

Update: unrooting fixes the issue, it seems. Can someone confirm?
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
It would be easy to point fingers at a custom ROM being the culprit but since nobody is using one then it's tough to diagnose.

If a hard reset fixes it, I would reexamine the apps you're installing and avoid using 'bad' apps from 'questionable' places. You can start by only loading up approved and confirmed working apps from the marketplace. If the problem doesn't come back then you can test by installing your 'other' apps and testing - you might find the offender.

I don't see how rooting can have this effect.
[Acer Iconia A500] Lorthirk:
It seems a lot strange to me too, but I had no root applications, just Superuser.apk... Later I will try to root it again and see if the problem comes back. By the way, could the device being an A501 instead of an A500 be a factor?
[Acer Iconia A500] Lorthirk:
Even more puzzled... rooted again after unrooting, did a couple of reboot and everything is working fine... will keep you posted
[Acer Iconia A500] Lorthirk:
Blank screen again this morning... will try TO unroot and wait a few days. How fan I get some boot log to see what crashes?

Inviato dal mio A501 usando Tapatalk
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kokobsb:
since the update was due for today can anyone confirm in canada that they recieved OTA update.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ariesting:
Got it here in Richmond BC.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] BottleB:
got it as well in Quebec
[Eee Pad Transformer General] alech:
Cool, another Richmondite!

Got 3.2 update an hour ago, here in Richmond BC Canada.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] GibMcFragger:
Got it here in Burnaby. Too bad it's crap. I can't even type in the browser. I tried to reply to this post and after taking forever to load the page, I could only type in all caps (with caps lock OFF) and the delete key just typed random charactors. Go ASUS...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cynaru:
yup, ontario here
[Eee Pad Transformer General] skydirt:
got the update here in Edmonton.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xiophyte:
Yea i got mine about 30 minutes ago. I had to manually checkin for the update tho. But i finally got it. I'm in Toronto, ON.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jeffervesce:
Haven't gotten it in edmonton here.. =/
[Eee Pad Transformer General] krispy1:
got it at about 9pm
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kokobsb:
nops. Not me from montreal not yet
[Eee Pad Transformer General] guttertrash:
no in vancouver. but I did the nvflash to unroot, which apparently disables ota update, so I gotta figure out how to fix that first
[Eee Pad Transformer General] GibMcFragger:
I did the nvflash to unroot also and OTA worked fine. You have to make sure you flash the stock recovery and boot.img also.

I used the batch in this thread and chose option 5. : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1185104

The update check may take a few tries before it shows the update, but it will.

Then the OTA will install fine. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kentel:
not for me in Toronto too....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ikeny:
No update. London, ON. B6O Tf.... though I'm not sure I want 3.2 after hearing all the complaining from those who got it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dan0412:
So, what's the general feedback on this 3.2 update? Is it worth the trouble of unrooting?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] guttertrash:
I checked again this morning and it worked! Whee
[Eee Pad Transformer General] VersutusVulpes:
Mine is coming in right now.

B50 for what it is worth ~~ GTA
[Eee Pad Transformer General] tksc23:
Got it as well in Montreal, 9pm last night...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] johnblaze00:
I got it. I hate what they did with he scrolling on the tracked. Please copied what apple did with Lion...
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shakes The AssClown:
Does CM7 have an app/task killer? Which kernel gets better battery life? If Glitch is used which leakage works the best? Will it mess up audio?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00ffej:
Not sure about the task killer, but open there says high leakage is best for most devices.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunm3tal:
Unfortunately, there is no task killer that comes with CM7. IMO, we don't need it for this ROM. A day without restarting and it is still running smoothly/snappy for me.

If you would like some performance increase on your phone. You might try enabling 'Allow purging of assets' on CM7 settings > performance. Or you could always find a task manager on the market.

Good Luck.
[Atrix 4G General] TopDogg1:
whats up all,first off i never rooted or anything to my atrix but install the ota updates. today i unlocked my phone and there were pop ups on my screen saying, multiple processes had stopped working unexpectantly,so i pressed ok and then my phone just keeps rebooting to the moto logo or sometimes goes back to the home screen and the pop ups come up again,then it reboots. i cant use it or do anything. sometimes the LED blinks white,i dont know what that means,somebody plz help me,thx in advance
[Atrix 4G General] joshyy_rey:
Are you on gb or froyo
[Atrix 4G General] TopDogg1:
im on the official GB,from the ota
[Atrix 4G General] TopDogg1:
wow,no one want to help me out? i thought for sure i would get plenty of responses
[Atrix 4G General] live4nyy:
Can you boot it into fastboot/recovery at all? (Turn on while holding Vol down)
[Atrix 4G General] Jibraldor:
Sounds like a weird bootloop problem but then you said sometimes it goes to the home screen and then it shuts itself down. Try switching your phone off and switch it back on WHILE pressing(and holding) the volume down button on your phone and let us know if you see "fastboot" written on the screen? You should do.
[Atrix 4G General] TopDogg1:
thx for the responses,yes it says fastboot and just sits there
[Atrix 4G General] live4nyy:
So it just says "fastboot" and not "unlocked....fastboot"?

Either way, when you get to where it says "fastboot", press Vol down until it says "Android Recovery" and then press Vol up.

If you haven't flashed CWM you should get the little android with the triangle. At this point, press both volume buttons at the same time.

You should get a menu, use the volume keys to navigate to "Wipe" and then there should be an option at the bottom/left of the screen for "okay" and select that.
[Atrix 4G General] TopDogg1:
thx all,i got everything back working. the thing is,i called at&t yesterday and they have sent out a new phone.they didnt even suggest fastboot. thx again
[Atrix 4G General] frankiedizzle87:
If your phone says "unlocked" they'll charge your bill 175 because that's user damage
[Atrix 4G General] xploited:
I would have replied if I saw this earlier, but yes, other posters were right.

The solution to bootloops in 99.9% of cases is wipe data / factory reset. That should have fixed things up for you. But if you get a shiny new phone, that ain't bad either i reckon. :D
[Atrix 4G General] TopDogg1:
Thx for all the help!!!!
[Off-topic] mtd076:
Hello,

I've downloaded the android Netflix application from :

androidtablets.net/forum/android-tablet-news/19291-download-netflix-1-3-working-honeycomb-tablets

and it worked. However, the application only appears in a third of the screen in a window. Just like I had a phone sitting on my Ziio tablet playing netflix. The Ziio is a 7" tablet with a resolution of 800x480. I've tried to look at the apk through winrar but for those files I could open there was mention of width and height but no numbers.

I'm hoping someone can help. This appears to be the right forum to post this inquiry since my tablet is not listed and not a phone. Thank you. :D

I'm running Android 2.2
[General Questions and Answers] riahc3:
Hey

What in you opinion is currently the best dialer for ASOP (other than the default one and excluding CM's)?
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
For me the AOSP Dialer is the best. I don't feel the need to change it at all, although the Cyanogen ROM version does have extra features. The stock one was fine for me though too.
[General Questions and Answers] riahc3:
Rewrote my first post to make it clearer :P

Thanks for your opinion :)
[General Questions and Answers] riahc3:
There has to be others I imagine...
[General Questions and Answers] Gusar321:
There is no "best". It's all tradeoffs between features/lightness, providing some specific features or providing other ones, then there's the matter of looks.
[General Questions and Answers] riahc3:
Well on a general level:

"Best" SMS: Handcent

"Best" virutal keyboard: Swype

"Best" ROM: Cyanogen

Yes like you said there are tradeoffs but on a general level....

Im looking personally for feature rich :)
[General Questions and Answers] Gusar321:
Nope. It's purely your subjective view. I don't use Handcent, so it's definitely not "best".

I'm totally ok with the stock Gingerbread keyboard so, again, nothing "best" about Swype. And if you ssh into Linux boxes, Hacker's Keyboard is a must.

I've seen more than one post where a person is overwhelmed with all the options Cyanogen throws at you.

In that case install Dialer One, and drown in the thousands of options it has :)

But on the other hand, myDialer Lite has pretty much no configurable options and yet isn't far behind Dialer One in what you can do with it (well, there's the big difference in that myDialer isn't a Contacts organizer, while Dialer One is). So one could definitely see myDialer as "better", because it gives you the works without requiring you to sift through thousands of options.

See what I mean about there not being a "best"? :p
[General Questions and Answers] riahc3:
By nonofficial standards it is. Integration, quick reply, etc. make it better than stock and others out there.

Thats why (but as you commented) by nonofficial standards it is the "best"

Hacker's keyboard is the "best" for ssh. On another note, it is designed for tablets not phones.

Swipe has been known for its quick typing, great prediction, etc.

Thats why (but as you commented) by nonofficial standards it is the "best"

I clearifed that I was looking for features so Cyanogenmod is the best at that.

Thats why (but as you commented) by nonofficial standards it is the "best"

Sounds good to me :)

Yes there is a "best" but like I commented: by nonofficial standards. That means what you think is the best, might not be for me, you or for the garbage man.
[General Questions and Answers] Gusar321:
This sentence makes no sense. How can something be "best" if everyone chooses differently? Something that is best will have community consensus that it is the best and will be the most used of all apps that offer the same service. None of the stuff you write above meets that criteria.
[General Questions and Answers] riahc3:
A team that wins a sports event might not be the "best" They might have won on luck or another situation.

Another example :)
[HTC Sensation] kevinf1990:
i am thinking of switching from att to tmobile for the sensation 4g. i currently use a desire and the usable internal memory after fresh reset isn't a lot. i just wanted to know how much usable internal memory do you get when you get it out of the box. since some programs still use the internal memory and programs that are transferrable to the sd card will still use a portion of internal memoyr. i'm not planning to root the device either, even though it's impossible right now.
[HTC Sensation] Utorrent76:
It's different for a lot of devices. I was only getting about 100-125 megs of free ram out of the box. After I installed Launcher pro plus,I know get 175-210 megs free. Sense hogs everything up. Try a different launcher,you should get better results & a smoother running phone.
[HTC Sensation] Xcor3:
The task manager isnt working right on the sensation,, if you go to settings>applications>running services then it should tell you how many memory is being used, I get 300 up free on mine.
[HTC EVO 3D] 1wingangel:
My auto white balance was really bad. I returned my 3vo and got replacement. That one had the green camera as did the next. This one has the auto white balance problem (purple people and red skin tones when outside) AND a tilted screen, AND specs under the screen, AND reboots! Obviously I'm returning it tomorrow, but my question goes like this. If I get another one with green screen or white balance issues, can it be fixed by a software update/developer? Or is it hardware?
[HTC EVO 3D] DDiaz007:
Software. That is if you are talking about the camera white balance.

Appreciate my help? Thank me :-)

Look here...

http://therootofallevo.com/2011/07/evo-3d-getting-the-most-out-of-your-camera-2d-pictures/
[HTC EVO 3D] ydoucare:
Shouldn't have returned the phone because of a software issue in the first place.
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
If your phone is randomly rebooting and you haven't installed any unusual apps , return it at once, it is likely a hardware defect.

The poor camera white balance issue is a software problem and can likely be fixed with improved software.
[HTC EVO 3D] 1wingangel:
Should we be writing emails to HTC and sprint about this? This is the only gripe I have about my phone. Maybe if brought to their attention, multiple times, they will fix it.
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
I think we should, but I know they probably will do nothing about it. I expect HTC will fix it all at some point but I think the community released ROMs will fix the problems even before HTC does.

I don't understand why HTC is so bad about properly optimizing their software (Sense), providing a GPU accelerated UI, proper camera software, etc. Aside from the pretty looking effects of sense, it is pretty much unoptimized overweight garbage software.

I'm really glad we will be getting custom roms on this phone, it will show the true power of the underlying hardware, something which HTC failed to do IMO.
[HTC EVO 3D] EricSS619:
Just buy a sg II...
[HTC EVO 3D] 1wingangel:
Have you ever used a Samsung phone?

Touchwiz blows butts! it never gets updated, its clunky and jerky, and imo, uuuuuugllllyyy!