Thanks for playing! You're right. An unlit brazier is only a small dim red ember, and on a dark phone screen it's easy to read as noise. Only cave 1 gives it a pulse. I've already built a soft glow for every unlit stand, and it'll ship in the update once voting closes.
The brazier fix is live now (v1.3; the jam host said updating during voting is fine). Unlit braziers have a soft warm glow and a faint outline, still far dimmer than a lit one, so you can spot them on a dim phone without the caves getting brighter. Thanks for flagging it.