Backlight Bug

So, to reproduce the bug you must have the following settings in:

Settings/System/Backlight/Not During Activity:

Keys: ON (or after sunset)

Alerts: ON (or after sunset)

Gesture: ON (or after sunset)

(If you have the after sunset options, you must try it...after sunset!)

So, if you are laying on the bed, looking up, and bring your hand with the watch in front of your eyes, the screen may turn on or may not. In this position, if you press the Down button, the screen instantly lights on and off again. If you press again the Down button, the screen lights On again and it remains lighted for the amount of time it has been chosen in settings. So for some reason, in the first press of the down button, going from the watch face to the first widget, the light flashes. Only with the specific body state I described. If you are standing up, everything works ok.

0 NemoSandman over 5 years ago

Yep, I have noticed a different behavior too when laying. I was obliged to punch twice the light button to get it lighted. It's like the gyros knows you are horizontal... because that strange behavior occurs only when laying.
Ghost in the machine ?

0 SotirisAnagnostopoulos over 5 years ago in reply to NemoSandman

Yes, definitely it has to do with the gyroscope when the Gestures are enabled. It is not something critical but we have to report it.

0 Pasoderb over 5 years ago

Same for me

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

Same here. When watches display facing down, if exiting or entering main screen (watchface) the backlight turns off. It is not doing when display facing up.

Fenix 6x glass 5.00 firmware

0 NinjaUK over 5 years ago

I also have odd behavior with the back light when the alarm goes off. The back light doesn't show, press button to turn turn off alarm and it flashes on and off.

0 C.sco over 5 years ago in reply to NinjaUK

Alarm is buggy for sure. Whenever I make a new alarm, my screen displays "Updating" for a minute, as if the firmware is being updated, and then when it finishes it also turns on another alarm that was previously turned off. I can make it work, but it's definitely glitchy. I'm on 5.00, not the newest beta, so I'm not sure if the latest beta fixes any of that or not.

0 NinjaUK over 5 years ago in reply to C.sco

Yes I get the 'updating' screen also. Weird it takes a minute to turn it on but its instant when turning it off.

I'm running 5.00 also no beta's installed.