Question regarding backlight

[corky]

Hi, i have just got a new xda orbit and noticed that when the backlight goes off after a set period (30 secs), it seems to be still lit but only very slighty, so at night you still see the today screen etc. But if i press the power button then the display goes off. Is this correct ?

The reason im asking as i have been using an xda mini s for over a year and when the backlight times out the display is not visible at all in the dark. You have to press the power button to see the screen again.

Hope this makes sense :)

[MaskedMarauder]

Yes, that is fine. The dim backlight will go out in time too.

[PPCNUT]

MaskedMarauder is 100% right. It will go out eventually.

[corky]

Ok thanks guys for the quick reply, just obsevered it last night and noticed it was different.

Thanks again...:)

[Furbious]

I've tried posting about this before, but it never gets answered - i've got a mda III, and that dims to brightness 1 (from within the registry), but will never go out - regardless of what rom i've tried.
I've also noticed that i can force set it to 0 in the registry, but thats the overall screen brightness. None of the other reg keys (putting bkl1:, etc in the various power keys) seem to work.
Any one got any ideas or utils to sort this? I'd try to code this as there are some code samples which allow you to force this, but i've not got VS :(

[meschle]

Like you i've tried all the registry edits i can think off to no avail. I too have a wizard and find this irritating - plus backllight stays on when media player on etc.. No difference with wm6 so i guess it maybe a hardware issue. I use a small app to turn off display when apps are running and i want the display off.
I use backlight time of 30 secs and power of 1 minute - so overall similar to my wizards backlight time of 1 minute.

[mrnicksta]

why not just pres the I/O button on the side to turn off the backlight when u don't want it on? obviosuly a bit of a hassle, but if u get into the habit of doing it, no problems :)

[MaskedMarauder]

Because that puts the device into standby and turns everything else off too (except the phone etc.) So if your listening to music your plunged into silence.

I had an XDA2i (Alpine) previous to my Orbit and I actually prefer the dimmed screen.

[Joe Pinball]

A brief press on the 1/0 power button WILL make the device go into standby.... BUT...

press and HOLD the power button for LONGER than 2-3 seconds and it toggles the backlight on and off, whilst STILL keeping the device on!


hope this helps

Joe