The corpora cavernosa's on each side of your cock are simply cauterized to put in the implants. They are not removed as so many men seem to think. So they're actually still there and wrapped around the new implants. This often adds to the increased girth in an implanted penis. They do still get active if they were active before your operation! Lots of guys have/had venous leaks so the CCs would go flat, or leak. Now they have an implant which consists of two rods which keep the liquid contained inside of them. I love waking up with night hardness. I love having an implant. It's so nice to be actively horny, and often! When I had ED for so many years, this was a dream to me. I cannot believe that the dream has come true and I'm thankful each day that I wake up hard as a rock.
I saw that others have explained to you to press the deflate button if you do not hear the "pop". I'm also guessing that you have an AMS LGX if you're looking to hear a POP. If you have a Titan, things may be different. I have not heard you specify which implant you have, but then I do not read each and every discussion in here either. Pressing the deflate button also keeps the tubes open to your implant, which may contribute to your night hard. The solution can run back and forth at will once the deflate button has been activated. Initiating it (squeezing the pump and hearing the POP) closes off the lines and allows you to get the implant to fill with solution thru the action of inflating (pumping) it. At this point you can pump your cock to whatever size you want. Some like it hard, some like it semi-hard. I find that having it less than full gets me a better BJ, with fewer teeth burns.
INFLATING AN LGX:Hold on to the area where the pump joins the tubes with the weak hand, and then squeeze the pump with the strong hang. (Make sure to do complete pumps with as many fingers as necessary, not weak little squeezes) You will hear or feel a POP as you start squeezing, to let you know that the pump is in inflation mode. After completing the first complete pump, wait til the pump refills with solution and do the next complete pump. Continue in this way until you get rock hard. Just to reinforce: Remember, do complete pumps. You should feel hardness in 8-20 pumps, depending on the size of your implant.
DEFLATING AN LGX:Press the deflate button. You will feel or even hear the solution flowing back to the holding sac. I lightly squeeze my cock to get more of the solution out of it and to get my penis to a normal flaccid state. Now remember, you do still have a urethra in the middle of all of this and it is tender and easily damaged, so don't squeeze too hard. For you guys who like to show, you can now re-pump (hearing/feeling the POP) to the desired size to make those often noticed bulges in your pants.
If this doesn't work, make an appt. with your doctor immediately!
Best of luck, LGX_Man
62. Retired. AMS 700 LGX implanted Nov. 18, 2013. Ask me any questions about being implanted or life afterwards.