Backlight reset after reboot

[gogol]

Hi,

Anyone is having problem with backlight setting reset after reboot (soft-reset)?

I set the backlight under battery to turn off after 5 minutes.

However, after soft-reset it is reset back to 10s ...

This issue is quite famous, but I cant find a definite answer or solution.

Please let me know if you have a workaround, etc.

PS: I checked the HKCU\ControlPanel\BackLight\ and the LogLevel is set to 0

Thanks.

[eastpaw]

I'm having the same problem, and I've tried all the suggested reg fixes. I've also tried the Battery Status plugin, but its reputed backlight fix is nowhere to be found.

Since there's no other reply to this thread and I can't find a working solution elsewhere on xda-devs (have searched for 'backlight', 'fix', '10 sec', and combinations of these terms), I guess no-one's got a fix for this yet?

[omar302]

I have a similar problem, only that i need it 10 seconds but it resets to 30 seconds.

[eastpaw]

My problem's been resolved magically.

Being idiotically stubborn, I kept setting my timeout to 120 and soft-resetting. Finally, for no rhyme or reason, it stuck. Hm.

Incidentally, that last reset that worked was of the stylus-poke sort, not the hold-power-button sort.

[PaxtonRd]

I have the same issue with the backlight - but biggest headache is the backlight turning off on the phone after a couple of seconds. This is a real problem...
Last week I realised I'd lost amex card when going to pay at an airport duty free shop. Made the call the call to Amex but didn't have time to input the option number I wanted to get through and talk to someone before the backlight killed the interface.
Gave up trying and swapped out SIM to old Sony Ericsson which did the job in a minute.

Only way I've found to get the backlight back whilst making a call is to toggle the thumb wheel - you get the volume icon but can at least see the keypad.

The idea for killing the screen was supposed to prevent unintended pushes of the keypad when phone in use. But if the keypad is hidden anyway - and you have to select it to get it back I'm struggling with the logic here.

I have also reluctantly removed the PIN security request to get round the start menu locking after using the phone.

Backlight issue again - as previous post entering security code outdoors.

I'd like to try the edit suggested above but I'm new to windows mobile. Can someone tell me how you actually get to a file to edit it - I've tried making a path but that's obviously wrong. Is there a simple command line or navigation protocol withing the file explorer? Dumb I know, I'm not an engineer but like to think I know my way around things :confused:.

On the whole I really like the device for email etc but hate it as a phone which is an important aspect of what I need it for!

Any help or workarounds very gratefully received - and thank god I found this site - it has been a huge help so far.

[nikagl]

Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=360657

try this:
\HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\LockLevel

ignore the LockLevel key inside the LockLevel folder...RENAME the folder to LockLevelx...i tried various other strategies but this caused the phone to eventually recreate the LockLevel folder with the proper key inside...but this time the key was set to 0 instead of 1. it's been 2 weeks with multiple soft resets and the backlight settings have been surviving as they should...

It seemed to fix it for some people :)

Regards,

Nika.