Keyboard Status Lights

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Hello everyone,

Looking forward to the X1, just like everyone else. However I noticed something whiles drooling over the photos.

I currently have a AT&T Tilt, and the keyboard (which I hate otherwise) has 2 status lights, one for Caps Lock/Shift, and the other for "Fn". This status light is pretty useful in determining if the key modifiers are selected before typing, which is great when entering passwords. Not so useful in other settings.

On the other hand, looking at the Xperia, I did not find any similar status indicators. Does anyone know if I just missed it, or there are software indicators? Like on a windows desktop?

Please let me know if I missed it. Not a dealbreaker , but a nice to have.

yea it got software indicators

Indeed it has, but the software Indicators suck since they are useless when you are fullscreen.

Why they didn't rig the 'corner-LEDs' with that function is beyond me.

Originally Posted by SomeoneSimple

Indeed it has, but the software Indicators suck since they are useless when you are fullscreen.

Why they didn't rig the 'corner-LEDs' with that function is beyond me.

Thats a very cool idea. Should be possible i guess.

Originally Posted by nurps

Thats a very cool idea. Should be possible i guess.

At the moment, nobody has yet figured out how exactly the LED's are controlled. Xperiatweak does already allow you to choose what patterns to use at what events, but the patterns themselves remain unchanged as it is. I'm sure someone will figure that out, which means they can eventually be used as keyboard status indicators, but I find that the software indicator works just fine. It's next to the keyboard icon at the bottom of your screen and I hardly ever use fullscreen - in which setting it is indeed not visible.

Does anyone know what the corner LEDs are supposed to be good for? I still have not figure this out. They blink way too slow to be useful as a battery charge indicator. They cannot be seen while using the phone as they are "around the corner"..

So what are they supposed to do?

The only thing they are good for is making me aware that the battery level is low since the red LED's are pretty well visible. The rest of the lights are useless and berely see-able.

I use them a missed call / SMS / mail indicator. Actually i really like that.