It's Not Light Leakage!

[squick]

I kept reading about this in the forums until I got mine and noticed it for myself. It's actually not light leakage. The light from the capacitive buttons is so bright, it reflects off of the, ever so slight, edge around the glass. If you feel around the edge, you can just barely feel the raised edge. The way this thing is built, I find it hard to believe that they would skimp on that part.

 

[ydoucare]

The light is visible even if you cover the buttons, so it's not reflecting from outside the chassis. No doubt it's hitting and reflecting off the glass, but it's internal, where you would expect there to be some sort of enclosure around the LEDs to prevent such an occurrence. Doesn't really bother me though.

 

[vWvSTATICvWv]

I kept reading about this in the forums until I got mine and noticed it for myself. It's actually not light leakage. The light from the capacitive buttons is so bright, it reflects off of the, ever so slight, edge around the glass. If you feel around the edge, you can just barely feel the raised edge. The way this thing is built, I find it hard to believe that they would skimp on that part.

I believe you're right. Reaper said the same in a similar thread around here. This phone is sealed tight, it's not like the OG EvO. HTC needs to tone down the capacitive buttons in an update. For now, Screen Filter works.

 

[vinterchaos]

the buttons on the bottom sometimes active when your thumb is hovering over it, not even touching it.. pretty crazy, i thought i was nuts but i've replicated it on not only my phone but my wife's phone as well

 

[phatmanxxl]

I like it better turned off.

 

[squick]

Damn, your right! Oh well, not a deal breaker by any means. I guess I was quick to jump the gun, lol.

 

[shark1987]

the buttons on the bottom sometimes active when your thumb is hovering over it, not even touching it.. pretty crazy, i thought i was nuts but i've replicated it on not only my phone but my wife's phone as well

haha, i've noticed this too. I keep doing this.

 

[wardfan220]

haha, i've noticed this too. I keep doing this.

Mine too, it sucks, but I guess it's better than them being under responsive, lol.

 

[awenthol]

The light is visible even if you cover the buttons, so it's not reflecting from outside the chassis. No doubt it's hitting and reflecting off the glass, but it's internal, where you would expect there to be some sort of enclosure around the LEDs to prevent such an occurrence. Doesn't really bother me though.

Exactly...why don't you guys cover the buttons and tell me yours magically doesn't have the ring anymore...very annoying and unacceptable.

 

[phatmanxxl]

Geez some of you guys gripe over the most minor design flaws.

 

[oldjackbob]

the buttons on the bottom sometimes active when your thumb is hovering over it, not even touching it.. pretty crazy, i thought i was nuts but i've replicated it on not only my phone but my wife's phone as well

Mine does it too. The capacitive threshold is set too light. Hopefully that's a build.prop value (or something along that line that can be edited) that we can adjust when we get root.

 

[ohwut]

Exactly...why don't you guys cover the buttons and tell me yours magically doesn't have the ring anymore...very annoying and unacceptable.

Very clearly light leakage. I covered mine with electrical tape and it was still EXTREMELY obvious. I could honestly care less though.

 

[vWvSTATICvWv]

Call it what you want, but it's due to the capacitive buttons being excessively too bright. People are complaining regardless of "light leakage". It needs to be toned down a tad.

 

[awenthol]

Geez some of you guys gripe over the most minor design flaws.

A flagship phone should not have "minor design flaws"...don't recall any of my phones prior to this having any light leakage.

 

[gmfeny]

A flagship phone should not have "minor design flaws"...don't recall any of my phones prior to this having any light leakage.

Well not every phone has the same flaws. Name a phone that doesnt have a flaw.

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[awenthol]

Well not every phone has the same flaws. Name a phone that doesnt have a flaw.

Never has a single problem with my EVO in the year I had it, with the exception of dropping it down a flight of (concrete) stairs last month and completely destroying it. No light leaking. No speaker issues. No camera issues. No flash issues. No button issues...need I continue?

Clearly HTC is capable of making a (physically) good phone...don't know that this one is it.

 

[lafester]

there are plenty of people who had light leak and screen lift with the evo.
just because you got a good one does not mean that overall the build quality was better then the evo 3d.

 

[Cubfan99]

Those damned lights are so bright, I can see the outside on a sunny day. What a waste. Gimme a setting to kill them permanently. I know there's an app, but I like auto brightness on the rest. Somebody make an app that let's me leve auto but turns off those lights!

 

[awenthol]

there are plenty of people who had light leak and screen lift with the evo.
just because you got a good one does not mean that overall the build quality was better then the evo 3d.

And yet every single 3D does have leak...

Anyway, done arguing ...There's nothing I can do about it now. I just don't want people trying to claim it's not leakage when it clearly is.

 

[saf100792]

Sheesh.. light leakage isn't the end of the world people..

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