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Very weak lighting on bottom buttons

tcv

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Mar 16, 2010
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The responsiveness of the buttons is fine, but they seem to barely light up at all, and when they light up, you can see several dots. It is not a big deal, but it really takes away from the appearance of the phone.

Is this a problem you have experienced, or should I try to get a replacement?
 
The responsiveness of the buttons is fine, but they seem to barely light up at all, and when they light up, you can see several dots. It is not a big deal, but it really takes away from the appearance of the phone.

Is this a problem you have experienced, or should I try to get a replacement?


every one I have seen is dim .. Im guessing they are all like that
 
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My 2 cents: for someone with poor eyesight, this is especially troubling. The light of the button turns on only when you press the button? What's the point of that? The issue being that I don't know what the 4 buttons are yet, and although I'll memorize them soon enough, I will forever be annoyed that the button only lights up after I press the button, when I no longer need the light of the button I want because my finger is covering that light!

This phone is such a piece of crap, I am SO disappointed in Samsung!
 
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My 2 cents: for someone with poor eyesight, this is especially troubling. The light of the button turns on only when you press the button? What's the point of that? The issue being that I don't know what the 4 buttons are yet, and although I'll memorize them soon enough, I will forever be annoyed that the button only lights up after I press the button, when I no longer need the light of the button I want because my finger is covering that light!

This phone is such a piece of crap, I am SO disappointed in Samsung!

The buttons light up any time you touch the screen...not just when you touch the bottom buttons.
 
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My 2 cents: for someone with poor eyesight, this is especially troubling. The light of the button turns on only when you press the button? What's the point of that? The issue being that I don't know what the 4 buttons are yet, and although I'll memorize them soon enough, I will forever be annoyed that the button only lights up after I press the button, when I no longer need the light of the button I want because my finger is covering that light!

This phone is such a piece of crap, I am SO disappointed in Samsung!

Saying this phone is a piece of crap, I think, is going a bit overboard but to each their own. :D
 
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I know... what's your point? I need see what the buttons are before I hit them, and usually I need to hit something down there before I hit something on the main screen...(?)

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be snarky. Your post said "The light of the button turns on only when you press the button?" I thought you didn't realize that you could turn them on by pressing anywhere on the screen. Just trying to be helpful.
 
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