So I'm a newbie here so sorry if I do something wrong. I just installed my headunit and when I turned it on, I thought the lights could've been a little brighter so I saw the elements setting and messed with it to get a brighter color. After I did that, my button lights no longer work but the rest of my illumination lights in my car work except the headunit. Does anyone know what the problem could be?
Got exactly the same problem. Would be very appreciate if someone could give an advice.
I know on my unit the button lights won't work unless my interior lights are set to the highest setting.
lmattiso said:
I know on my unit the button lights won't work unless my interior lights are set to the highest setting.
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Also heard about that, but didn't work for me. :crying:
You could go into the factory settings menu and select RGB LED or keylight and see how if that changes anything.
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Already tried that too. Actually, I tried almost everything that is known except modifications of hardware. I just was wondering if there are some other tricks to fix it.
zahni_tue said:
Already tried that too. Actually, I tried almost everything that is known except modifications of hardware. I just was wondering if there are some other tricks to fix it.
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Did you take out the Head Unit?
You may have dislodged the illumination cable on the unit. This happened to me.
I had no illumination, searched forums then found out that I needed to connect ACC to the "orange wire" (Xtrons head unit) then all the lights were illuminated.
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My wife's evo is running stock rooted 1.47 with some basic battery saving tweaks.
I noticed today that her capacitive buttons aren't lighting up. Anyone else had this issue? Is there a setting somewhere that controls them?
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Seems like they sort of work. Sometimes they light up sometimes they don't. I'll try to figure out if there is a pattern to it.
DanBergundy said:
Seems like they sort of work. Sometimes they light up sometimes they don't. I'll try to figure out if there is a pattern to it.
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Yes, as even a cursory search would have told you, they are controlled by the light sensor.
Hey there,
my screen was broken and i fixed it by myself (i had no warranty anymore, so...)
Screen is working well now, but the keys on the bottom won't light up.
Anyone has experience with that and could give me a tip, what i could do?
Thanks,
Prexx
I am using Miui, and there are settings to manually calibrate brightness levels and key light levels. You should check that out
My first guess is that you somehow accidentally might have disconnected a cable which leads to the lights. You might want to open it up again and recheck all connections.
check if its a hardware prob or software try several roms of the same results i suggest u fixe the light prob in any htc center
I have a Touch Pro2 Vodafone, but unlocked, and flashed with custom 6.5 ROM and it continually has the problem of the screen going blank and not coming to life.
I have tried Energy Rhodium 29022 and another ROM but both have the problem.
I guess it might be a hardware fault, but not sure really.
Any suggestions for fixing?
task29?
Does it "always" go to the blank screen, or is it intermittent?
Also, when you say going blank and not coming back to life - does this mean when the phone is rebooting? When it's off and being turned on? What are you doing that induces this behavior? Has the phone always done this? Have you tried the stock ROM?
You could also try remapping one of your buttons as a 'Power Management' button using the keyboard configuration to see if your power button is at fault. If all else fails, try flashing the shipped Rom to see if the problem continues. Good Luck!!
Sounds like a failed light sensor. Somewhere there was an app you could install that would display the sensor reading. If it was 0 then you had a bad sensor.
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Sounds like a failed light sensor. Somewhere there was an app you could install that would display the sensor reading. If it was 0 then you had a bad sensor.
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I know of such a thing for Android, but does one exist for WinMo?
arrrghhh said:
I know of such a thing for Android, but does one exist for WinMo?
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I want to say that there was. It wasn't the primary function of the app, but info you could get from it. It has been more than 6mo since I was fooling around with WM on the TP2.
I ran task29 before
Have tried three roms
Problem occurs e.g., today, blank screen, cannot activate, remove battery, try to turn on, get the buzzing sound which means it's turning on but still blank.
Press buttons, oops looks like I'm calling someone.
Phone still blank. Then get incoming call - it wakes up.
This happens regularly, blank and cannot wake up.
Usually charging it wakes it up.
Flash back to stock, if it's still occurring there it's probably a hardware issue. As was stated earlier, the proxy sensor is suspect for sure.
thelawnet said:
I ran task29 before
Have tried three roms
Problem occurs e.g., today, blank screen, cannot activate, remove battery, try to turn on, get the buzzing sound which means it's turning on but still blank.
Press buttons, oops looks like I'm calling someone.
Phone still blank. Then get incoming call - it wakes up.
This happens regularly, blank and cannot wake up.
Usually charging it wakes it up.
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That really sounds like a bad sensor.
And the advantage to that is, if it is a bad sensor, you could always perform some surgery on your device and install a new screen & digitiser as I did on mine. I had a problem with a slightly rattly earpiece afterwards but I think it was something I did. Handily I was able to purchase a pre-built screen and digitiser as a single unit complete with ribbon cables, I just had to swap it out and reattach the various ribbon cables. Proximity sensor and LDR are all in the one unit above the screen... Which is quite useful as they're all tiny surface mounted components
If you don't want to invest money, and like android I think that FRX07.1 does not use the sensor. That build would let you use the phone as is.
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Any suggestions for fixing?
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Any updates there OP? Did you make any advancement? =]
Has anyone else noticed that when in a dark area, pressing the main button will turn on the screen but it will then automatically and immidiately turn off?
Several times I've gotten into a battle with the phone only to lose, turning it on and it turns off, then turning it on again and so on...
To compound the issue, in these situations it seems that double tap is signifigantly less responsive to activate the screen as well.
I'm pretty sure this phone is using some sort of facial recognition, it has smart stay doesnt it? I think it has gravity/accelerometer to turn on the screen when you pull it out of your pocket. In the back of my mind I'm thinking that since it cant see me it is shutting off but this doesnt seem consistent...
I'm running stock rom, rooted with twrp. Any ideas?
I have not experienced that. Did your G3 do that out of the box?
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Never heard of it. Screen is set to auto off in 30 seconds. Change it to 2 min and you should be good. If u running without a case then maybe the hand is touching the edges of screen this will also shut screen off in double tap.
BAD ASS G3
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I have not experienced that. Did your G3 do that out of the box?
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I didn't notice it until the last week or so. but I kind of feel like that was because I hadn't used the phone that much up until then. I didn't make any major changes to the phone immediately before I started noticing it either, I had already had it rooted for about a week. I feel like the stock rom does have some glitches to it.
The G3 does have a "smart screen" feature that detects your face (Settings > Display). Disable that and see if it helps.
I've not run into this in the dark but have when I try and use my arm band holder when running. The holder covers the ambient light sensor so the phone thinks it was accidentally turned on like in a pocket and shuts right off. Super annoying.
Noticed similar behavior when the phone is in my bike mount at night. Basically it's acting like the proximity sensor is covered. In my bike mount's case, it is covered by a clear screen cover, but normally that doesn't trigger the proximity sensor. But when it's very dark out (not under a street light etc.), it seems to think it's blocked and turns itself off. Annoying.
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I've not run into this in the dark but have when I try and use my arm band holder when running. The holder covers the ambient light sensor so the phone thinks it was accidentally turned on like in a pocket and shuts right off. Super annoying.
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speedrabbit said:
Noticed similar behavior when the phone is in my bike mount at night. Basically it's acting like the proximity sensor is covered. In my bike mount's case, it is covered by a clear screen cover, but normally that doesn't trigger the proximity sensor. But when it's very dark out (not under a street light etc.), it seems to think it's blocked and turns itself off. Annoying.
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Have you tried disabling smart stay as sublimaze recommended?
Apache0c said:
Have you tried disabling smart stay as sublimaze recommended?
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Tried but remains the same... This was the only thread I found concerning this.
Ive had this issue too investigating now
Had that issue when I was using the lock screen face unlock. In the dark it didn't see my face and then it shut off. Setting is in lock screen section
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Had that issue when I was using the lock screen face unlock. In the dark it didn't see my face and then it shut off. Setting is in lock screen section
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Lol.
I have the same issue EVERY night. Why is that? It's very annoying
Same issue here
it seemed to resolve itself when I factory reset my phone
but after I got my apps reinstalled from my google backup it started again
so it seems like it's a software issue - not sure to which app it is related to
let me know if you find a fix - this is quite annoying
Me too. I've been facing this issue at night, when it's very dark.
Me and my buddy were in the car during a roadtrip and it was very dark, I mean like: No lights outside, no lights inside the car, the double tap feature didn't even work to begin with and whenever I tried to use the "Power Button" It would come on and then suddenly 'boom' Turn off, now this would happen a few times until it stays on. Weird...
I just experienced this myself, first time I've seen it happen in the 30 + G5's that I've sold. If it's in the dark it just doesn't turn on at all. I hope LG is fixing this. I'm about to Factory Reset it right now and hope for the best! Someone else mentioned that this is the only forum that is disccusing this issue. It must be a very few that are effected. I'm testing another one as we speak.
Has this issue been resolved? My friend's G3 also has this issue. Day time no problem. When it is dark the screen wont' stay on.
Same problem, no fix yet
Same problem here - Pointing it at any light and pressing the power button will turn it on. (As will plugging it into power). Tried tinkering with all sorts of settings (face recognition/auto dimming feature/etc) nothing worked. Tried factory reset, that didn't work either.
My issue started after i had my screen replaced (by a shady shop) who probably didn't do a good job of packing it back together....I'm going to see if I can have someone open it up and clean it out a bit..
I have the same issue on my G3. Even if you're under the covers in bed, the thing doesn't turn on until it gets light. It basically doesn't turn on in the dark through double tap and actually not even with the power button. It could become a safety hazard for someone in an emergency situation.
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I have the same issue on my G3. Even if you're under the covers in bed, the thing doesn't turn on until it gets light. It basically doesn't turn on in the dark through double tap and actually not even with the power button. It could become a safety hazard for someone in an emergency situation.
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I have also same problem. No solution yet.
Hey guys,
I have two questions. Now that I've got everything running like mtc-keys, start up etc there are only two questions left.
1. If I'm turning on my light of the car the radio is dimming the brightness down. In the night not bad but I like to have my angel eyes turnes on by day, too.
So can this be disabled by software or hardware? There is an extra illumination cable on my unit, maybe if I connect this to power?
2. My steering wheel got a mode button. I would like to change the mapps in this "cyrcle". I dont nee the standard media player or radio. But I would like to have Spotify and PowerAMP there.
Also if im cycling threw the apps, I'm getting to a point where the boot logo shows up and the unit is stucked. Its everytime the same point, looks like an app cant be started. But I dont know which one it should be because all standard media apps are working (radio, dvd, media player, ...)
Thank you guys in advance.
I have the same problem when cycling through apps, I get boot logo looping. Hopefully someone has a fix
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Light dimming is done on an MCU level. To my knowledge there is no programmatic way to disable it.
There's a cable you can cut though.
On my unit I have the schematic at the top, and the cable is labelled "Illumination wire", which is orange.
Problem is - there's multiple orange wires.
To narrow down which orange it is, here's what you can do:
Get a voltmeter. Measure voltage coming from the car where one of the orange cables is supposed to go (Plus to orange, minus to ground).
When your headlights are off, it'll be 0V. When you turn on the headlights you'll get 12V. This is the cable to cut.
Thanks for your advice.
My unit got an extra cable, its orange and called illumination but it isnt even installed.
So I thought if I connect this one to a permanent 12V, the illumination should be constant?
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Wait, so the orange cable labelled as "illumination" doesn't go anywhere, but the stereo still dims when turning on headlights?
Do you have a canbus box? It's possible that the lights trigger from car goes to canbus box which then sends the signal to stereo via serial, and illumination cable is there as backup. This was my setup with SWC.
If that's the case, see if there's an orange cable going to canbus box and measure voltage on that. This may be the one you need to cut
As for the 12V
The cable triggers dimming.
So, when 12V is supplied, the screen dims (becomes darker)
If you connect the cable to 12V, the screen will be constantly dark, which, to my understanding, is the opposite of what you want.
In either case, check the canbus box first, see if that solves your issue.
If you want to retain the dimming when the lights are on, but not during the day, you could wire in a photocell relay such as this to your canbus illumination wire. Then just snake the photo sensor up near the windshield.
You could also tap into an existing one, if your car is so equipped, but that would mean modifying the stock vehicle wiring.
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Wait, so the orange cable labelled as "illumination" doesn't go anywhere, but the stereo still dims when turning on headlights?
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Yes, exactly.
kvantum said:
Do you have a canbus box? It's possible that the lights trigger from car goes to canbus box which then sends the signal to stereo via serial, and illumination cable is there as backup. This was my setup with SWC.
If that's the case, see if there's an orange cable going to canbus box and measure voltage on that. This may be the one you need to cut
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Yes, I have got a canbus box. I will look for this in some days. The unit isnt that fast to disassemble from my car.
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As for the 12V
The cable triggers dimming.
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Correct, it should be bright the whole time.
Funny thing, today when I was entering my car the illumination didnt work anymore. I tried yesterday to set the keylight trigger in the factory menu, but there was no change and so I canceled this step.
Now there is no more illumination. No matter if headlights are on or off ir anything else.
Will check this again later when I'm back at home.
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If you want to retain the dimming when the lights are on, but not during the day, you could wire in a photocell relay such as this to your canbus illumination wire. Then just snake the photo sensor up near the windshield.
You could also tap into an existing one, if your car is so equipped, but that would mean modifying the stock vehicle wiring.
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Nice idea, that could be a possibilty.
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At my device in Factory Settings if you activate "Keylight" Dimming stops. Even at night and day. You may use this with a work arround: Use "Keylight" to deactivate the function. Download PCV app and use dimming function there. It dims the display depending on the time instead of the light key. So in the evening it dims and in day its full illuminated.
I tried it with activating and deactivating the keylight, and nothing changed.
I managed to dim the illumination of the display by time, but if turning on the headlights its gonna be dimming the unit everytime.
It isnt dimmed by the software, its still on full brightness but not that bright.
However now the key illumination is completely off, and I dont know how to fix it.
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Tryden said:
I tried it with activating and deactivating the keylight, and nothing changed.
I managed to dim the illumination of the display by time, but if turning on the headlights its gonna be dimming the unit everytime.
It isnt dimmed by the software, its still on full brightness but not that bright.
However now the key illumination is completely off, and I dont know how to fix it.
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Day Brightness 250
Night Brightness 150
Yes, it should shortly dim, but the software restores the old value some seconds after. Thats happen to my unit. Disable keylight to get keylights illuminated back again.
Where to set these values?
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Where to set these values?
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Inside PCV App. 2nd Option from the bottom (Edit).
I have malaysk rom which has an option in setting to change brightness between dark, light and auto. Auto is the default setting which dims the screen when the car lights are on but changing it to light keeps the screen bright at all times. I like to keep it at "light" to be able to see the screen during the day when I have my lights on. The downside is that the screen seems to bright at night.