How to turn off lights off in capacitive Windows buttons after WP 8.1 update?

[WPCentral Question]

Before WP 8.1 you could disable button lights by activating power saving mode. After WP 8.1 power saving does not disable the lights , which are very annoying when reading a book or watching a video in dark. How to disable button lights in WP 8.1 in Lumia 920?

 

[blkvzgo]

Same issue on Lumia 1020 with Cyan. Tried everything - fiddled with every possible setting, did a soft and hard reset, flashed to Cyan directly with Nokia Care Suite using a firmware from a different region, deleted and reinstalled the 'display' app, tried both restoring from a backup and starting from scratch after a reset. Nothing works. I think the issue is caused by the most recent update of either 'Battery Saver' or 'display', because I've noticed the feature works right after a hard reset, but stops working after all the apps are updated.

 

[Futra Hurairah Salleh]

Same issue on Lumia 1020 with Cyan. Tried everything - fiddled with every possible setting, did a soft and hard reset, flashed to Cyan directly with Nokia Care Suite using a firmware from a different region, deleted and reinstalled the 'display' app, tried both restoring from a backup and starting from scratch after a reset. Nothing works. I think the issue is caused by the most recent update of either 'Battery Saver' or 'display', because I've noticed the feature works right after a hard reset, but stops working after all the apps are updated.

Exactly. After a fresh Cyan update, it works perfectly. Then further updates came in and messed it up. Whichever settings set, it doesn't turn off anymore other than being in a bright area.

 

[lsteven47]

Same problems with Nokia 920 right after upgrade to Cyan. I'll report it in as well.

 

[m a4]

Any new ideas? The problem still persists...

 

[xandros9]

Chiming in, last update broke dimming and button light disabling. Don't know if it includes the other functions.

 

[blaqui999]

We can vote a suggestion of that. "Option to turn off capacitive buttons glowing in setting."
I think it's the only one I saw in uservoice page.

 

[m a4]

We can vote a suggestion of that. "Option to turn off capacitive buttons glowing in setting."
I think it's the only one I saw in uservoice page.

Agreed. Suggestions related to this: windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/5798090-option-to-turn-off-capacitive-buttons-glowing-in-s
windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/3632803-switch-the-light-of-the-3-buttons-on-the-bottom-of
windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/3629236-abillity-to-turn-of-light-of-the-window-s-button

 

[m a4]

Has anyone got new ideas about this issue? The power save has been updated twice since my last post but it is still impossible to turn off the lights...

 

[palmujukka]

No, activating battery saver on my 920 still has no effect on the lights.

 

[wphashan]

Same with 930, thought something wrong with my phone :straight:

 

[m a4]

Does anyone know if there will be a feature to turn off the lights in the Denim update (hopefully coming soon)?

 

[vw65bus]

To fix the capacitive buttons to turn off using battery saver mode. You must go into display settings and set the reduce screen brightness with battery saver mode to on.
With it turned off it leaves buttons on. Hope this helps someone.

 

[m a4]

Reduced screen brightness with battery saver mode to on -setting did not help. However, the problem resolved for me after Denim update + hard reset .