is there a way to change the choices for the default amount of time before the backlight turns off?like having a 30 mins choice in the "on battery power" setting.maybe by tweaking the registry?anyone?
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No matter what I set in Settings -> Power, screen dims after a (short) while of inactivity both on battery or power. I had similar issue sometimes with my Elf. I just had to check those boxes and uncheck them and press OK, sometimes I had to restart it. But it never worked with my HD. It always dims backlight after some inactivity no matter what I set in power settings. I want to have backlight on full power (according to L-sensor) all the time even if I don't touch it for hours. It's really annoying to tap screen every minute when reading something because it dims.
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No matter what I set in Settings -> Power, screen dims after a (short) while of inactivity both on battery or power. I had similar issue sometimes with my Elf. I just had to check those boxes and uncheck them and press OK, sometimes I had to restart it. But it never worked with my HD. It always dims backlight after some inactivity no matter what I set in power settings. I want to have backlight on full power (according to L-sensor) all the time even if I don't touch it for hours. It's really annoying to tap screen every minute when reading something because it dims.
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did you install any extra software? could be some conflicting settings/registry entries
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did you install any extra software? could be some conflicting settings/registry entries
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I remember it was like that out of box ;-( but the time was longer, now it dims after one minute.
I've got the same problem. Very frustrating indeed.
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I unchecked the "Turn off backlight if device is not used for x sec" and the phone never dims, so it seems to be a problem in your devices/software only.
Does anyone know of a tweak to lengthen the time the backlight stays on when device is not in use in battery mode, longer than the default maximum?Thanks.
I've done the usual search and can't find anyone reporting this . . .
If I turn mt AT&T Pure off with the power button (not complete power down, just normal on/off) I notice a faint glow from the screen like it's still trying to show the backlight.
If I power up and then power down a second time, there is no glow.
This phone is running stock AT&T ROM, and it happens on battery power - so I'm concerned that it's draining the battery unnecessarily.
Battery settings -- "Auto adjust backlight" NOT checked
power save sliders around 30%.
Advanced tab -- "On battery power" - both boxes checked, 30 sec backlight off, 3 minutes turn off. "On external power" - neither box is checked
Any ideas?
Thanks
Try installing this cab, changes registry to auto lock with power button.
If it doesn't work, you may consider a lock screen such as smart lock.
Thanks for the post, but I don't understand what it does -- could you explain how the phone should behave after installing the CAB?
Thanks
Using this reg edit makes the device go into standby once you press the power button, no backlight staying on etc.
Includes the following reg edits.
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight]
"ACBrightness"=dword:0000000a
"ACTimeout"=dword:00000000
"ACTimeoutTemp"=dword:00000000
"ACTimeoutUnchecked"=dword:00000000
"AutoBklOffset"=dword:00000000
"AutoDeviceLockEnable"=dword:00000001
"AutoDeviceLockTimeout"=dword:00000005
"AutoSensor"=dword:00000001
"BatteryTimeout"=dword:00000078
"BatteryTimeoutTemp"=dword:00000000
"BatteryTimeoutUnchecked"=dword:00000078
"Brightness"=dword:00000007
"DimBKLinUnlockScreen"=dword:00000000
"LedOnOffAdcValue"=dword:0000013f
"LightDetectOn"=dword:00000000
"MAXBrightnessScale"=dword:0000000a
"MINBrightnessScale"=dword:00000001
"QKeyLedTimeout"=dword:0000000a
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight\LockLevel]
"LockLevel"=dword:00000000
Thank you very much!
I set my Backlight setings "Turn off backlight if phone is not used for 1 min "
The problem is when i charge my phone the 1min i going change to 30sec every time
"Turn off backlight if phone is not used for 30 seconds"
how to change my registry or anything else
Thank you!
i have that stupid thing too.
then i use phonewaever to change it - force the system to 2min turn backlight off.
hi all
i want to know what are these keys and what they do?
BattSuspendTimeout
ACSuspendTimeout
BatteryTimeout
ACTimeout
... etc (similar to these)
thanks a lot friends
The easiest thing with those keys is just to make a change to your power settings, and see which one was changed. I can never remember which is which. Also, just set up the device with the power settings you like, and then export all the reg keys and you'll be good to go. These are the ones that I save:
;*** battery timeout ***
;=============================================================================
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts]
"BattSuspendTimeout"=dword:0000012C; 300 seconds-this is the time to shut off the device
"BattSuspendTimeoutSave"=dword:0000012C; same thing; dunno why there are two
"ACSuspendTimeout"=dword:00000000; 0 means that it doesn't shut down at 30 min (see below)
"ACSuspendTimeoutSave"=dword:00000708; 1800 seconds; shuts down at 30 min on AC
"BatteryPoll"=dword:000001F4
"BattResumingSuspendTimeout"=dword:00000001
"ACResumingSuspendTimeout"=dword:00000001
"BattUserIdle"=dword:00000000
"ACUserIdle"=dword:00000000
;*** Change Power Settings ***
;====================================================================================
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight]
"ACBrightness"=dword:0000000a; 10-the backlight level on AC
"LightDetectOn"=dword:00000000
"Brightness"=dword:00000005; 5-the backlight brightness on battery
"BatteryTimeout"=dword:00000078 ; 120 seconds-this is the time to turn the backlight down to 1 on battery power
"LedOnOffAdcValue"=dword:0000013f
"DimBKLinUnlockScreen"=dword:00000001
"AutoBklOffset"=dword:00000000
"ACTimeout"=dword:00000000; no backlight dimming on AC power (box unchecked)-set a time here if the box is checked, and set below to 0
"ACTimeoutUnchecked"=dword:0000003c ; 60 seconds-this is the time for the backlight to dim on AC power; I have it unchecked. I guess you set this to 0 if the box is checked
"LightSensorPollingEnable"=dword:00000000
"ACBacklightOnTap"=dword:00000001
"BacklightOnTap"=dword:00000001
"ExtOnOff"=dword:00000001
"OnOff"=dword:00000001
"LightSensorToScreenOff"=dword:00000005
"LightSensorThreshold"=dword:00000005
"LightSensorInterval"=dword:0000012c
"LightSensorTimeout"=dword:0000001e
"AutoDeviceLockTimeout"=dword:00000005
"AutoDeviceLockEnable"=dword:00000000
"AutoSensor"=dword:00000001
"QKeyLedTimeout"=dword:0000000a
"BatteryTimeoutUnchecked"=dword:00000000
"BatteryTimeoutTemp"=dword:00000000
"ACTimeoutTemp"=dword:00000000
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It sets the backlight to 5 on battery power and 10 on AC power. The timeouts on battery are 2 min to dim and 5 to power off. On AC power, it doesn't power off (I think the two values are 30 min, or whatever the max setting is). So, you basically have 10 setting that you want cooked in. The first two are the backlight power levels, and the last 8 are for the timeouts on battery and AC power (as well as the check-boxes for whether or not you want the timeout). I've never found the dimbacklight unlockscreen value to do anything.
The keys I'd like to change are the ones in the boot.rgu for the backlight levels during startup. I've never messed with them before, because there are a bunch of them, and I don't know which is which. Mainly, I'd like to turn the backlight down during a soft reset.
Edit: I added notes for some of the keys you wanted (figured out what they did).
You can edit them by Advanced Config and export your settings easily. There are some explanations also.
Would it be possible via registry to force different times for dim backlight and standby than the options which appear in settings-> System -> Power -> backligth?
Just an example the min time for dim the backlight are 30 sec, but the min time for standby is 1 min. is it possible to force both to dim and standby in a shrter time E.G: 20 secs?
Would these be the right keys?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight
BatteryTimeout: 30
ACTimeout: 60
Yeah, you can input different choices; I haven't done it before myself, but there was a thread in Q&A a while ago where a poster was doing that.
I tried, but I couldn't force values lower than the minimum defaults.
I guess that I'll need to use a 3rd party solution (like S2U2) to turn the screen off quicker than the WM minimum timeouts