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backlight and camera settigs

hi,
did u notice that in camera setting the backlight is switched at higher values than maximum one normally used?
u can also notice when press the camera button, for a second the screen is brighter.
now the question is...
is possible to have this amount of brightess with some registry hack??
thanks

Hi,
I was wondering. Did you get any reply to your posting? I also noticed that screen gets brighter before camera is turned on. I would like to figure our a way to keep that brightness level. Anyone has any ideas?

Registry fix for Universal keyboard backlight duration?

Does anybody know of a way of extending the Universal's keyboard backlight duration longer than the highest option of 10 secs? My eyes are hurting trying to see the keyboard at night. :shock:
Don't want it a lot. Maybe 20 or 30 seconds? Perhaps this is a registry setting?
TIA

Dont even need to change a registry setting mate
Go to Start > Settings > Buttons
Then click on the Backlight tab, it brings up the options here to either have the light sensor enabled or disabled, and also how long you want your keyboard backlight on for

Sorry
read ur post wrong
Only realised myself the highest option is 10 secs!
Doh!

Yes, there is a registry setting...
HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\QKeyLedTimeout
Change it from 10 to whatever you want. I originally set it to 60, but found that was way too long. I've got it set at 30 right now and that seems to be working well for me.
You need to soft reset after making the change before it will go into effect. Remember to turn the device off before you soft reset to make sure the cache is flushed and your change is saved.
HTH,
Brett

What about a way to change the sensitivity of the keyboard light sensor? We all I think find it not sensitive enough, and when it's too dark to see the keys, it still doesn't come on.

BrettS said:
Yes, there is a registry setting...
HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\QKeyLedTimeout
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Perfect! Thanks a bunch.

My light sensor does not work, I thought it was a firmware glitch !! does your keyboard light sensor work ??????????
O2 XDA Exec UK
also at full brightnes does your screen dim slightly when the keyboard lights up !!!

ice_coffee said:
My light sensor does not work, I thought it was a firmware glitch !! does your keyboard light sensor work ??????????
also at full brightnes does your screen dim slightly when the keyboard lights up !!!
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In what way doesn't it work? Are the keyboard lights always on or always off? At night, in the dark, do the keyboard lights come on when you press a key? Have you got the ambient light sensor enabled in the Control Panel?

I thought my light sensor wasn't working either when I first got it, not realising that you had to tap a key before it would light up.
I was also one of those that didn't know where the stylus from the box went (it was the spare)

SiliconS said:
ice_coffee said:
My light sensor does not work, I thought it was a firmware glitch !! does your keyboard light sensor work ??????????
also at full brightnes does your screen dim slightly when the keyboard lights up !!!
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In what way doesn't it work? Are the keyboard lights always on or always off? At night, in the dark, do the keyboard lights come on when you press a key? Have you got the ambient light sensor enabled in the Control Panel?
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Thanks for your reply, I have since hard reset and gone for corporate mode, and it has started working originaly in a pitch black room no matter what key I pressed, it refused to light up.

Turn Off the Keypad Light

I'm wondering if there is a way to turn off the keypad light.
The keypad light only makes sense. I know you can dim the display backlight (a registry change) and that helps a bit, but it would be even better to turn off only the Keypad.
Is there a registry hack for this? I've searched around and haven't found anything. Any help is appreciated

the keypad can be turned off by selecting minimum backlight display. if you want to have backlight but no keypad ilumination then you have to change some registry... anyway, this is not a hacker forum, so dont ask such things. shame on you for thinking this way

My screen is too bright, what will make it dim below "10"?

Even on the dimmest settings, the Vibrant is too bright for me in bed, where the light disturbs my wife.
It seems that, with root, you can lower the brightness further - at least on other phones. Is there any way to do this with the Vibrant?
Thanks!

The "Dimmer" app will toggle it from your current brightness down to 10 but if you find something that will go lower let me know.

It has an automatic brightness control based on input from the sensor. You may need to disable this in the settings too, but I would think it would be automatically dimming itself already in a dark room.

Dallasalien said:
It has an automatic brightness control based on input from the sensor. You may need to disable this in the settings too, but I would think it would be automatically dimming itself already in a dark room.
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Right, but that doesn't get dim enough in some situations and the minimum brightness you can select manually is 30. "Dimmer" will take it all the way to 10 but I would like to see something that would take it to 1 or 2.

I agree. It's too bright in low light situations.
If you find a solution please post it.

Try the Screen Filter App from the market. You can get UNBELIEVABLY low brightness. Which means much better battery.

+1 on screen filter. New version now dims taskbar too.

A way to reduce backlight brightness beyond default settings?

Hi peoples
Does anybody know of a way of reducing the backlight brightness below the stock settings?
I've tried various screen filters, such haxor Screen Filter, but these apps are rubbish IMO. All they do is apply a grey transparency filter over the screen, they don't actually reduce the backlight brightness The result is a trick, the screen looks darker but it's really only because the white pixels are made grey. The problem with this approach is that it messes up the contrast and colors, and gives a washed out look.
I like to sometimes use my N10 in a pitch black room, which needs a very dark screen. My old Galaxy Tab 8.9 was good for this, because the backlight was able to go much darker than the N10. The thing is, I know the N10 hardware is capable of having a darker backlight because if you don't touch the tablet for a few minutes, the screen first goes dim before it turns off.
I would like to be able to manually activate the very dim screen setting, or better still, have a lower brightness range available in the brightness settings.

RootDim

mag13 said:
RootDim
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Thanks - works a charm!