Any way to keep the keyboard backlight on?

[sovrce]

I don't like having to wait for my keyboard backlight to power up whenever it's dark. And while it may not be 20 seconds, it's not what I would like it to be either. Is there any kind of registry tweak out there that'll either keep the light on all the time, or speed up it's activation? I've already got my screen's backlight turn down quite a bit, and a 15% stronger battery, so I'm not worried about battery life here. I just want a *very* quick phone.

Is this something I'd be better off waiting for the for new video CAB? I know it'll speed up the portrait-landscape switch, but would it in some way also help the keyboard backlights?

[chibifs]

I'm not sure why it would be slow. My keypad lights up as soon as I tap a key even in hallways that are just dim.

[NotLutzik]

turn backlight auto sensor off

[bakntyme]

I don't like having to wait for my keyboard backlight to power up whenever it's dark. And while it may not be 20 seconds, it's not what I would like it to be either. Is there any kind of registry tweak out there that'll either keep the light on all the time, or speed up it's activation? I've already got my screen's backlight turn down quite a bit, and a 15% stronger battery, so I'm not worried about battery life here. I just want a *very* quick phone.

Is this something I'd be better off waiting for the for new video CAB? I know it'll speed up the portrait-landscape switch, but would it in some way also help the keyboard backlights?

Start>Settings>Buttons>Backlight and uncheck the box

[dcd1182]

I don't like having to wait for my keyboard backlight to power up whenever it's dark. And while it may not be 20 seconds, it's not what I would like it to be either. Is there any kind of registry tweak out there that'll either keep the light on all the time, or speed up it's activation? I've already got my screen's backlight turn down quite a bit, and a 15% stronger battery, so I'm not worried about battery life here. I just want a *very* quick phone.

Is this something I'd be better off waiting for the for new video CAB? I know it'll speed up the portrait-landscape switch, but would it in some way also help the keyboard backlights?

have you ever used a kaiser? the backlight on the keyboard is on instantly when you slide it open. i know what youre talking about with the painful slow delay waiting for it to come on, but dont know any fix for it.

[johnw230873]

This worked for me
Reg key is \HKCU\COntrolPannel\Backlight
Set AutoSensor to 0
Set QKeyLedOnOff to 1
Set QKeyLedTimeout to 0

[rajuabju]

This worked for me
Reg key is \HKCU\COntrolPannel\Backlight
Set AutoSensor to 0
Set QKeyLedOnOff to 1
Set QKeyLedTimeout to 0

AutoSenor to 0 is the same as going into the System settings and unchecking the backlight option.



HKCU/ControlPanel/Backlight/QKeyLedTimeout
Is the amount of time (in seconds) the keep the light on... so someone could change it to 30 or 99 or whatever (I dont know if there is a "max value") and it would stay on for 30 or 99 seconds.


Not sure what LedOnOff does, thats probably the key to keep it on all the time (but does that mean it stays on even when the unit is closed?). Could potentially be very battery drainining.

[johnw230873]

Thanks for the info rajuabju :cool: BUT the end result is if you make the changes does it give you the results sovrce is after.

FYI with a lot of timeout values 0 means infinity

[rajuabju]

You're right... silly of me.

0 means there is no timeout value.