What is the point of the led lights in the back/recents capacitive buttons?

[ArkAngel06]

I mean really, there needs to be option to have them on always when the screen is on. As of right now, they simply flash for about half a second after pressing one. I figured the point of them would be so you can easily see the buttons and press them?

The way it is makes them very hard to find in the dark.

Am I missing something?

 

[flexte]

Agreed makes no sense the way it is

 

[kronka]

I agree 100%. When I heard they were lit I was happy and thought it'd be like on a Samsung. But these little dots are useless, you can barely see them and the only light up once you have already hit the key, anyway.

 

[flexte]

I think they are doing everything to improve battery time even if it takes away good features. Same goes for proximity wave to peek at the ambient screen. They removed that with the first update. They should give us the option if we want to waste battery on certain features.

 

[daniel_loft]

Personally I think the current consumption of the two LED's under those capacitive buttons is so small that might not even be measurable.
So having those two LED's lit while the screen is on could only bring benefits!

 

[exis_tenz]

Use Keyboard Backlight Controller from Playstore. Works. Perfect. Needs only to be reactived after reboot. It's free and open source.

 

[alan sh]

Use Keyboard Backlight Controller from Playstore. Works. Perfect. Needs only to be reactived after reboot. It's free and open source.

Seems to require root - is that correct?
Alan

 

[ArkAngel06]

Use Keyboard Backlight Controller from Playstore. Works. Perfect. Needs only to be reactived after reboot. It's free and open source.

Wow, thanks a ton.

Seems to require root - is that correct?
Alan

Yes, it required root.

 

[Webern]

I mean really, there needs to be option to have them on always when the screen is on. As of right now, they simply flash for about half a second after pressing one. I figured the point of them would be so you can easily see the buttons and press them?

The way it is makes them very hard to find in the dark.

Am I missing something?

Makes as much sense as a widget displaying the current weather. On some devices you can disable them without root. Perhaps they should be used as notifications on devices with no LED.

 

[daniel_loft]

Haven't thought about that! They could easily be used for some fancy, animated notifications!

 

[MZGSZM]

Use Keyboard Backlight Controller from Playstore. Works. Perfect. Needs only to be reactived after reboot. It's free and open source.

I'm failing to find this app, could you provide me a direct link? I would love to be able to have these lights on all the time.

Thanks!

 

[ArkAngel06]

I'm failing to find this app, could you provide me a direct link? I would love to be able to have these lights on all the time.

Thanks!

It's apparently been removed from the App store, maybe by the author.

I have the apk as an attachment on this post. If someone sees this and would like it removed, just let me know.