Why do the menu lights go off so quickly? - LG Thrill 4G

Like this phone, not sure why they would not allow the bottom capacative lights to stay on longer. They don't even light in dim lighting! If anything, it would be nice if they lit with a screen tap. Hope this gets addressed someday soon.

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how do i hangup a call?

how do i hangup a call?
the screen is black and therefor inaccessible after a very short while so i cant use the
on-screen red end-call buttun, and also the button on the right-bottom (phone-icon down)
doesnt work!!! (or sporadically: cant put my fuinger on that yet....)
i tried the tweak where my screen will stay up while having a call, but that one doesnt seem
to work on my rom-version or so? (standard 1.35 dutch version).
is there another (or new) way to keep the screen up while on a call maybe?
please help: this is highly annoying as you probably understand.....
Thanks group!
The (hardware) button on the bottom right should work normally if you want to end a call. It could be that there is just a little leg between pressing it (once) and the phone actually responding to it.
If you want the screen to pop on during a call, just press the power button on top of the phone. Could have figured that out yourself... (even by searching the forum)
what a problem.... lol.. did you assign the hang up button to something else??
thx guys!
no, not assigned to something else.
the power-button is ok yes, thanks. still: the screens display should stay on, right?
thank you!
much appreciated
babedieboe said:
thx guys!
no, not assigned to something else.
the power-button is ok yes, thanks. still: the screens display should stay on, right?
thank you!
much appreciated
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No the screen light will not stay on when your making a call. Simply put and its been repeated so many times on here now...that when you make a call the diamond light goes off as soon as the sensor senses that its near your ear...the sensor is next to the earpiece...clear little led light. What you can do to get around it...which is what i do is ring the number you want to ring and dont put it next to your ear until you get the vibrate ie when the call connects then put it next to your ear and the light should stay on...well it does on mine but if that dont work then when in a call just press the middle navigation button and that will turn the phone backlight on for you.
Spawn12 said:
No the screen light will not stay on when your making a call. Simply put and its been repeated so many times on here now...that when you make a call the diamond light goes off as soon as the sensor senses that its near your ear...the sensor is next to the earpiece...clear little led light. What you can do to get around it...which is what i do is ring the number you want to ring and dont put it next to your ear until you get the vibrate ie when the call connects then put it next to your ear and the light should stay on...well it does on mine but if that dont work then when in a call just press the middle navigation button and that will turn the phone backlight on for you.
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Spawn, you're absolutely wrong about the sensor... the screen light goes off regardless of whether you hold the phone against your face or not.. it's a timer..
Older phones like the Touch Cruise didn't have the sensor but yet it turns the backlight off after a few secs...
It's a timer setting in the Registry.
It turns the backlight off to save battery.
happyguy82 said:
Spawn, you're absolutely wrong about the sensor... the screen light goes off regardless of whether you hold the phone against your face or not.. it's a timer..
Older phones like the Touch Cruise didn't have the sensor but yet it turns the backlight off after a few secs...
It's a timer setting in the Registry.
It turns the backlight off to save battery.
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i thought spawn is right but i did a very simple experiment.
called my self from my fix phone and live the diamond on the table face up. i answered without picking the phone and after a few sec the light went off.
happyguy82-1, spawn and kukuriku-0
if there is a timer it has a registry and where there is a registry it has to be a "tweak".
btw, another way to have the light back and a safe background for yr ear is simply pull out the pen. you''ll get a note that will not bother anyone because it is not actionable by yr ear lol!
if you'll light on the screen with any other means you and your partner in the conversation will get for sure a few "beeps" when the phone pad is touched by yr ear.
happyguy82 said:
Spawn, you're absolutely wrong about the sensor... the screen light goes off regardless of whether you hold the phone against your face or not.. it's a timer..
Older phones like the Touch Cruise didn't have the sensor but yet it turns the backlight off after a few secs...
It's a timer setting in the Registry.
It turns the backlight off to save battery.
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Ermm no it doesnt...i just made a call to test your theory....didnt put the phone to my ear and when i did the light still stayed on. Left the diamond still connected for about a min or so and still the light stayed on...
On my phone i have the TLR version 1 rom running and made a few adjustments in the power settings so dont know if thats made any difference to the light staying on etc.
Spawn12 said:
Ermm no it doesnt...i just made a call to test your theory....didnt put the phone to my ear and when i did the light still stayed on. Left the diamond still connected for about a min or so and still the light stayed on...
On my phone i have the TLR version 1 rom running and made a few adjustments in the power settings so dont know if thats made any difference to the light staying on etc.
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you are right ...i think i didn't pickup the phone but i was too close, looking at the screen....and that was enough to start the sensor.
checked again keeping asafe distance from the phone and the screen doesn't turn off...

Light Sensative Back-lighting?

Hey guys, I know that the Kaiser has a light sensor to tell the keyboard when to light up (at least I think I read that somewhere)... So does anyone know a program that uses this light sensor to adjust the backlight of the screen according to how bright it is outside? I would love it so that when I'm indoors the backlight is dimmer to save battery, but when outside in direct sunlight it gets brighter so I can see it well. Anyone know if this is plausible?
If a program doesn't exist, I'd really like to develop one. However, considering I have no experience, I would need considerable help. If someone is interested in developing this, that would be awesome!
SectorNine50 said:
Hey guys, I know that the Kaiser has a light sensor to tell the keyboard when to light up (at least I think I read that somewhere)... So does anyone know a program that uses this light sensor to adjust the backlight of the screen according to how bright it is outside? I would love it so that when I'm indoors the backlight is dimmer to save battery, but when outside in direct sunlight it gets brighter so I can see it well. Anyone know if this is plausible?
If a program doesn't exist, I'd really like to develop one. However, considering I have no experience, I would need considerable help. If someone is interested in developing this, that would be awesome!
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I don't think there are any light sensors on the Kaiser.The keyboard just lights up anytime when you want it, I think there is a setting for that.
to the left of the letter q on the qwerty keyboard there is a sensor that makes the keyboard light up when it is dark
If you press a key and it is dark, the keyboard backlight will invoke, and if its light out and you press the keyboard, the backlight does not invoke.
what dyou mean lights out
the backlight will light up whenever the sensor next to the q senses no light
jayjay8585 said:
what dyou mean lights out
the backlight will light up whenever the sensor next to the q senses no light
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He said when it's light out, as in when there is a lit environment.
Anyone have any ideas how to tap into that sensor? Or perhaps have the lens of the camera sense light when the keyboard is closed somehow for the backlight? Am I thinking way to hard about this? lol
keyboard light sensor
Turning off light sensor for keyboard:
Start/settings/buttons/backlight tab/uncheck "enable keyboard backlight auto sensor". That's it.
Cheers
Keyboard Backlight Time-Out
My backlight comes on fine, but no matter how dark it is, it will not stay on for more than a few seconds. So then I have to hit just ANY old key to try and start typing again.
Anyone know how to make the KEYBOARD backlight stay on longer?
Thanks.

Auto brightness not working as it should?

I have been noticing that my auto brightness doesn't work like it did when I first got my phone a few months ago.
Back then it seemed like it changed brightness after a few seconds when it should.
Nowadays it doesn't seem to do that anymore.
Now if I hold my phone close to a bright light, hit the power button and unlock the phone, the screen is very bright, as it should. When I hold my phone in a dark place, it doesn't adjust the brightness. It keeps being very bright.
BUT, if I hold my phone in a dark place and hit the power button and unlock the phone, it's dark, but when I move my phone to a brighter location it does make the screen brighter.
I first thought this had to do with CM, but now on stock froyo it does the same thing.
Is this normal, and am I just mistaken? And should the phone adjust the brightness when I hold my thumb on the sensor thats just right under the power button on the front of the phone (I expect the screen to be less bright)? Because it doesn't do that.
Thanks in advance.
No it's not normal, mine reacts to changes in ambient light in a second or 2 (FRF50), just like yours used to.
When I cover the light sensor with my thumb, the screen dims right down.
Thanks for your reply.
Is there anything I can do to check why this doesn't happen on my phone?
Can I perform a check on the status of my sensor, on it's behavior?
And are there any known reasons why this could happen?
Thanks in advance.
This exact issue is happening with me ever since I updated to 2.2. It worked perfectly before but now I notice that once the screen adjusts to maximum brightness in a well lit area, it never dims....don't know what the problem is. But I hope there is a solution.
Good to hear I'm not the only one with problem, that gives me hope this might be a software issue rather than a non-working sensor.
Rusty! said:
No it's not normal, mine reacts to changes in ambient light in a second or 2 (FRF50), just like yours used to.
When I cover the light sensor with my thumb, the screen dims right down.
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Actually I may have to take this back, in retrospect, the dimming actually could have been the screen timing out.
When covering the sensor with my thumb and not having the screen set to 15secs, it doesn't dim until I lock/unlock the screen.
Reading on another forum this is by design rather than a flaw, as people complained the screen would fade in and out in certain light conditions... now it can't.
Ah, okay. Good to hear.
Thanks again, Rusty.
froyo seems to fix the autobrightness for me, at least now i can see the screen brightness is changing according to lighting condition, previously i don't notice it (using cyan ROM prior to froyo).

Possible to keep bottom buttons backlight on?

Can the buttons on the bottom of the phone stay on? Ive noticed they dont stay lit for more than a few seconds, can this be increased?

Button backlights not working

Even in a dark room the backlights for home and back do not light up. The only way to light them is to cover the top of the phone. Any suggestions? Thanks
I found my answer to this. The light sensor is too sensitive...it does not work as it should. The sensor is the top left corner circle on the front of the phone. I just put a piece of black tape over it. Now the backlight buttons stay lit and I can see them in a dimly lit room.
ha. :silly:
I didn't even know they had lights?
Learn something everyday.:good:
I really don't want top have to put tape on my pretty new phone. But I'm glad to find out that I can cover the light sensor and then the buttons will show up. Hopefully that will get fixed with an update
I'm using an app: capacitive buttons backlight (i think it's called)
Edit: Capacitive Buttons Brightness
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