Backlight - How to Keep it "ON" without Dimming - P3600 General

Could someone help and let me know how can i keep the Backlight ON continueously when i'm on Battery or External Power, for some reason i can get the PPC to stay on but the backlight "Dimms" after about 2 minutes. Do i need a special program?? (I have SPB Pocket Plus 4 installed but it doesn't help).

Start - Settings - System - Backlight - External power -> Uncheck "turn off backlight if device is not used for"

Radashka said:
Start - Settings - System - Backlight - External power -> Uncheck "turn off backlight if device is not used for"
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Thanks, but off-course this is what i tried first, be aware that this keeps the PPC ON but after a few minutes the Backlight is "Dimmed".
If you have more ideas i'd love to hear them.

ausi said:
Thanks, but off-course this is what i tried first, be aware that this keeps the PPC ON but after a few minutes the Backlight is "Dimmed".
If you have more ideas i'd love to hear them.
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erm... did you actually try it?
There's 2 menus: Power and Backlight.
If you go to the Power page, yes, light will dim while ppc stays on
But if you change it in the backlight page, the light will not dim at all.

chunga168 said:
erm... did you actually try it?
There's 2 menus: Power and Backlight.
If you go to the Power page, yes, light will dim while ppc stays on
But if you change it in the backlight page, the light will not dim at all.
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Yes i tried it, but on my Backlight control page the ONLY thing you can do is change the BRIGHTNESS of the Backlight (for both Battery & Extenal Power),
there is no other control possibility there.

ausi said:
Yes i tried it, but on my Backlight control page the ONLY thing you can do is change the BRIGHTNESS of the Backlight (for both Battery & Extenal Power),
there is no other control possibility there.
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There is another tab at the bottom of that page which says 'Battery Power' click this and then you can alter the setting for allowing the backlight to stay on.

The FD said:
There is another tab at the bottom of that page which says 'Battery Power' click this and then you can alter the setting for allowing the backlight to stay on.
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Unfortunatly my DoPod-810D WM5 doesn't have such a Tab, so i'm looking for a small program that controls the Backlight Dimmer?

You could edit the registry with the following
Change the keyboard backlight duration
To change the duration of the keyboard backlight, you can set (example is 30 seconds):
HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\QKeyLedTimeout = 30 (DWORD decimal)
Please note that this may not work on some devices. One such notable exception is the HTC Wizard.

The FD said:
You could edit the registry with the following
Change the keyboard backlight duration
To change the duration of the keyboard backlight, you can set (example is 30 seconds):
HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\QKeyLedTimeout = 30 (DWORD decimal)
Please note that this may not work on some devices. One such notable exception is the HTC Wizard.
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Thanks but even if it worked on my Device this would make it "permanent", what i need is something i can control in the Settings menu.

Related

Automatic backlight adjustment

I will soon release a application that will adjust the backlight brightness,
depending on the sunrise/sunset at a specific location.
This utility is most useful especially when the device is mounted in the car
for navigation, handsfree etc.
When its getting dark, the brightness is automatically decreasing gradually,
and increasing when its getting lighter.
this will enhance the security wile driving, because you will not be
distracted by the bright backlight, and you don't have to fiddle with the
backlight adjustments while driving!
The application will be available in English and Swedish languages.
The application have so far been tested on Compaq iPaq 3870, 3970, 5450 and Qtek 2020.
I am interested in getting suggestions and comments for this application!
Here a short description and screenshots of the settings for the application:
General
==========
Activate adjustment of backlight when program starts
Activated
Even set on battery power
When checked backlight will be adjusted on both battery and external power
Lowest Backlight Setting
The highest and lowest numbers for the backlight adjustments varies for
different device models.
Adjust the backlight to the lowest setting possible (without turning
backlight off) and click the Get button.
Highest Backlight setting
The highest possible setting for the backlight brightness.
Adjust the backlight to the highestsetting possible and click the
Get button.
Day
===========
Adjust the slider to the highest desired brightness.
Sunrise Offset
Sets the backlight at the brightest setting in minutes offset from the sunrise
time (the time is shown below the setting according to the current sunrise time).
Keep Setting
Determines how long the brightest setting will be kept in minutes after the above
setting (the setting the time is shown below the setting according to the current
sunrise time).
Night
===========
Adjust the slider to the lowest desired brightness.
Sunset Offset
Sets the backlight at the lowest setting in minutes offset from the sunset time
(the time is shown below the setting according to the current sunset time).
Keep Setting
Determines how long the lowest setting will be kept in minutes after the above
setting (the setting the time is shown below the setting according to the
current sunset time).
Location
===============
Lat
Latitude in degrees, minutes and seconds
Long
Longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds
Sunrise / Sunset
Displays the current sunrise and sunset times according to the Latitude / longitude
setting.
does it have expections for when there is a full eclips?
just kidding
usefull program
Rudegar said:
does it have expections for when there is a full eclips?
just kidding
usefull program
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:lol:
Yes this is a nice idea . Don't know if it is catered for, but I guess a quick 'Return to default' option with a simple tap would be a good thing (by default, I mean the settings in place as set up by the user in backlight settings).
Rudegar said:
does it have expections for when there is a full eclips?
just kidding
usefull program
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Hmm, didn't thought about that :lol:
But it does have expections for when there is no sunrise or sunset!
if Northern hemisphere and spring or summer, or if Southern hemisphere and fall or winter, the previous sunrise and next sunset will be used.
if Northern hemisphere and fall or winter, or if Southern hemisphere and spring or summer, the next sunrise and previous sunset will be used.
The Sunrise/Sunset calculations are based on the calculations used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Surface Radiation
http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/highlights/sunrise/sunrise.html
dcs said:
Rudegar said:
does it have expections for when there is a full eclips?
just kidding
usefull program
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:lol:
Yes this is a nice idea . Don't know if it is catered for, but I guess a quick 'Return to default' option with a simple tap would be a good thing (by default, I mean the settings in place as set up by the user in backlight settings).
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Thanks for you comments!
The application adjusts the backlight brightness by setting the brightness value in the registry, and then raise a BackLightChangeEvent event.
So it's done in the same matter as the settings-backlight. The default settings will be gone as soon as the application starts to adjust the brightness...
One way to set it back to the brightest or lowest setting is to deselect the Activated checkbox and click the Proof button on either the Day or Night settings tabs.
OR I could put a Set Button next to the Get button on the General tab!
GeirFrimann said:
Thanks for you comments!
The application adjusts the backlight brightness by setting the brightness value in the registry, and then raise a BackLightChangeEvent event.
So it's done in the same matter as the settings-backlight. The default settings will be gone as soon as the application starts to adjust the brightness...
One way to set it back to the brightest or lowest setting is to deselect the Activated checkbox and click the Proof button on either the Day or Night settings tabs.
OR I could put a Set Button next to the Get button on the General tab!
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What I mean is for there to be a method of setting the brightness levels back to the values that a user would have set in the standard settings for backlight, before they even installed your application. For example, I have mine set to low brighness on battery and about half brightness when cradled. When indoors, the sunrise/sunset times are irrelevant and I wouldnt want to keep setting the backlight back to my preferred settings everytime I turned off your feature. In summary, I would like to define the settings to be applied if your feature is disabled/turned off etc.
I hope this makes sense
dcs said:
What I mean is for there to be a method of setting the brightness levels back to the values that a user would have set in the standard settings for backlight, before they even installed your application. For example, I have mine set to low brighness on battery and about half brightness when cradled. When indoors, the sunrise/sunset times are irrelevant and I wouldnt want to keep setting the backlight back to my preferred settings everytime I turned off your feature. In summary, I would like to define the settings to be applied if your feature is disabled/turned off etc.
I hope this makes sense
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I agree with dcs, you may need to quickly switch on/off the time settings independently from the real time for indoor use.
IMHO
dcs said:
What I mean is for there to be a method of setting the brightness levels back to the values that a user would have set in the standard settings for backlight, before they even installed your application. For example, I have mine set to low brighness on battery and about half brightness when cradled. When indoors, the sunrise/sunset times are irrelevant and I wouldnt want to keep setting the backlight back to my preferred settings everytime I turned off your feature. In summary, I would like to define the settings to be applied if your feature is disabled/turned off etc.
I hope this makes sense
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I agree with dcs, you may need to quickly switch on/off the time settings independently from the real time for indoor use.
IMHO
dcs said:
GeirFrimann said:
Thanks for you comments!
The application adjusts the backlight brightness by setting the brightness value in the registry, and then raise a BackLightChangeEvent event.
So it's done in the same matter as the settings-backlight. The default settings will be gone as soon as the application starts to adjust the brightness...
One way to set it back to the brightest or lowest setting is to deselect the Activated checkbox and click the Proof button on either the Day or Night settings tabs.
OR I could put a Set Button next to the Get button on the General tab!
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Click to collapse
What I mean is for there to be a method of setting the brightness levels back to the values that a user would have set in the standard settings for backlight, before they even installed your application. For example, I have mine set to low brighness on battery and about half brightness when cradled. When indoors, the sunrise/sunset times are irrelevant and I wouldnt want to keep setting the backlight back to my preferred settings everytime I turned off your feature. In summary, I would like to define the settings to be applied if your feature is disabled/turned off etc.
I hope this makes sense
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I got it..
I will add a couple of up/down numeric boxes for backlight values for AC and battery.
This settings will be set when the Activated checkbox is cleared.
Does that sound OK?
GeirFrimann said:
...I got it..
I will add a couple of up/down numeric boxes for backlight values for AC and battery.
This settings will be set when the Activated checkbox is cleared.
Does that sound OK?
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Sounds OK to me. If there was a Today plugin with it, it could also provide a toggle to the activated state with a single tap.
dcs said:
GeirFrimann said:
...I got it..
I will add a couple of up/down numeric boxes for backlight values for AC and battery.
This settings will be set when the Activated checkbox is cleared.
Does that sound OK?
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Sounds OK to me. If there was a Today plugin with it, it could also provide a toggle to the activated state with a single tap.
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unfortunately I haven't done any Today plugin programming, not even sure it possible with VS.NET. I'll look in to it.
The application runs in the background, acessible from the tray menu on the Today screen.
GeirFrimann said:
unfortunately I haven't done any Today plugin programming, not even sure it possible with VS.NET. I'll look in to it.
The application runs in the background, acessible from the tray menu on the Today screen.
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Today plug-ins can be written with Compact Framework VB or C# - see here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/TodayScrn.asp
However, in the absence of a today item, I think a tray icon is good.
dcs said:
GeirFrimann said:
unfortunately I haven't done any Today plugin programming, not even sure it possible with VS.NET. I'll look in to it.
The application runs in the background, acessible from the tray menu on the Today screen.
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Today plug-ins can be written with Compact Framework VB or C# - see here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/TodayScrn.asp
However, in the absence of a today item, I think a tray icon is good.
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I downloaded the code, but I don't have eVC to compile the source code
GeirFrimann said:
I downloaded the code, but I don't have eVC to compile the source code
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Visual Studio .NET will build C# or VB as you must already know Embedded C++ 4.0 can be downloaded from Microsoft free of charge. It is a little tricky to install but allows you to write embedded C++. You also need to download the platform SDKs.
"BackLightChangeEvent" ???
Hi,
how do you change the backlight settings on the XDA II?
I want my app to keep the backlight on. This app should be launched when I press a button, so I can enable the backlight when running tomtom on buzz WM2005.
I tried changing the registry and then setting the event named "BackLightChangeEvent". But this does not work.
Also I tried using the SetPowerRequirement but that also fails.
I tried this while not running tomtom, just to try to get my app to modify the backlight.
Can somebody please give me some pointers.
Ikkuh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=22660&start=0
sjubb said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=22660&start=0
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Thanks for the link.
Ikkuh
GeirFrimann said:
I will soon release a application that will adjust the backlight brightness,
depending on the sunrise/sunset at a specific location.
This utility is most useful especially when the device is mounted in the car
for navigation, handsfree etc.
When its getting dark, the brightness is automatically decreasing gradually,
and increasing when its getting lighter.
this will enhance the security wile driving, because you will not be
distracted by the bright backlight, and you don't have to fiddle with the
backlight adjustments while driving!
The application will be available in English and Swedish languages.
The application have so far been tested on Compaq iPaq 3870, 3970, 5450 and Qtek 2020.
I am interested in getting suggestions and comments for this application!
Here a short description and screenshots of the settings for the application:
General
==========
Activate adjustment of backlight when program starts
Activated
Even set on battery power
When checked backlight will be adjusted on both battery and external power
Lowest Backlight Setting
The highest and lowest numbers for the backlight adjustments varies for
different device models.
Adjust the backlight to the lowest setting possible (without turning
backlight off) and click the Get button.
Highest Backlight setting
The highest possible setting for the backlight brightness.
Adjust the backlight to the highestsetting possible and click the
Get button.
Day
===========
Adjust the slider to the highest desired brightness.
Sunrise Offset
Sets the backlight at the brightest setting in minutes offset from the sunrise
time (the time is shown below the setting according to the current sunrise time).
Keep Setting
Determines how long the brightest setting will be kept in minutes after the above
setting (the setting the time is shown below the setting according to the current
sunrise time).
Night
===========
Adjust the slider to the lowest desired brightness.
Sunset Offset
Sets the backlight at the lowest setting in minutes offset from the sunset time
(the time is shown below the setting according to the current sunset time).
Keep Setting
Determines how long the lowest setting will be kept in minutes after the above
setting (the setting the time is shown below the setting according to the
current sunset time).
Location
===============
Lat
Latitude in degrees, minutes and seconds
Long
Longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds
Sunrise / Sunset
Displays the current sunrise and sunset times according to the Latitude / longitude
setting.
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Hi,
i saw this post starts with nov 18, 2004 and then jumps to jun 04, 2005.
Does this means it was running for so long or was it just a date
set wrong?
If it is that long, is the software already available?
Dodger said:
Hi,
i saw this post starts with nov 18, 2004 and then jumps to jun 04, 2005.
Does this means it was running for so long or was it just a date
set wrong?
If it is that long, is the software already available?
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Any day now, have been QUITE busy on other projects :?
Hopefully I'll be able to finish it within the next couple of weeks.
I'll post a message here when it's ready to download!

Screen Backlight

How do you change the time out on the backlight for the screen. I changed it for the keys but my screen goes dark after 5 seconds. Its really annoying when trying to read web pages.
speoples20 said:
How do you change the time out on the backlight for the screen. I changed it for the keys but my screen goes dark after 5 seconds. Its really annoying when trying to read web pages.
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Start menu --> settings --> system --> backlight, "Battery Power" tab, and configure preferred settings.
Also ... Start menu --> settings --> power, "Advance" tab, and configure your preferred settings.
Hope this helps
Yeah I figured it out for some reason the option wasn't under my settings.
speoples20 said:
Yeah I figured it out for some reason the option wasn't under my settings.
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Good for you. Just curious, where was that option to configure your backlight, if it wasn't under "Settings"?
Well I installed advance configuration tool and i guess it got rid of it or something. But its under battery setting with that program.
speoples20 said:
Well I installed advance configuration tool and i guess it got rid of it or something. But its under battery setting with that program.
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Interesting ... all long as you safely figured it out, that's all that counts
HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\QKeyLedTimeout = 30 (DWORD decimal)
30 = 30 seconds

Cant Adjust Backlight... Please Help

I was watching a video in SPB TV when the screen suddenly went dim. I go to Start > Settings > System > Power and see that the backlight adjustment slider for when the phone is plugged in has disappeared . I went back to SPB TV and I can adjust the screen brightness while watching a video but as soon as I exit it the screen goes back to being dim. I think the program might have messed with the registry or something. The phone was plugged in the entire time and I can adjust the screen brightness when the phone is unplugged (thank goodness).
Does anyone have any insight or experience with this problem? I am trying to avoid a hard reset. Is there something in the registry I can check out.
Thanks
s0leFUNK said:
I was watching a video in SPB TV when the screen suddenly went dim. I go to Start > Settings > System > Power and see that the backlight adjustment slider for when the phone is plugged in has disappeared . I went back to SPB TV and I can adjust the screen brightness while watching a video but as soon as I exit it the screen goes back to being dim. I think the program might have messed with the registry or something. The phone was plugged in the entire time and I can adjust the screen brightness when the phone is unplugged (thank goodness).
Does anyone have any insight or experience with this problem? I am trying to avoid a hard reset. Is there something in the registry I can check out.
Thanks
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Try scrolling from the Home Screen to the "Settings" tab. The third option is "Sound & Display", choose that. Flick down that screen to the "Display->Backlight" option.
Let us know if that doesn't work!
Snarksneeze said:
Try scrolling from the Home Screen to the "Settings" tab. The third option is "Sound & Display", choose that. Flick down that screen to the "Display->Backlight" option.
Let us know if that doesn't work!
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Nope. The slider is still missing..
Added a screenshot if it will help. Thanks anyway though
i had the same problem i figured out how to fix it!
go to the registry
hkey current user
controlpanel
backlight
change acbrightness to 10
and
brightness to 10
save and exit
its fixed
now you have your sliders back
enjoy!
WOW
Good work Radiohead. I had to factory reset my HD2 and cussed the hell out of SPB mobiletv!!! Hahaha
lol.... i was also when it first happened
hope this helps people
10x man, save me from hr
спс, о мудрейший радиобашкамногоцифер, усе робить

Timeout to turn screen off

hey m8s,
got a problem:
since i use cookies 1.7.1, the smallest timeout to choose in settings to turn off screen on battery is 1 minute.
i remember before i could choose smaller timeouts like 10/20/30 seconds.
the timeout to dim brightness down is 10secs.
i guess there mustbe a registry setting to change this, isnt it?
thanks in advance,
DN41
push....any help?
DN41
I have co0kie's home tab 1.7.1 as well but using S2U2 for locking screen.
The setting that you mentioned is in
Start > Settings > Sound & Display > Backlight
I can and had set it to 10 secs when "On Battery Power" for dimming and 1 min to "Turn off device when not in use".
PS: I found the registry setting after posting the above - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight
thanks. i'll try that.
DN41

[Q] turn off keyboard backlight?

The buttons on the face of the phone are illuminated along with the keyboard backlight. When reading in the dark, these buttons are too bright. Is there any way to turn the keyboard backlight off temporarily?
check Settings>Sound and Display>Keyboard Timeout
DevilDogVIKING said:
check Settings>Sound and Display>Keyboard Timeout
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Thanks DevilDogVIKING for that tip.
Yes, I can set that to a minimum of 3 seconds, but what I'd really like is to find an app or widget to completely disable the keyboard backlight. A button on the Power Control widget would be perfect. The lights are very annoying when reading with a dim display in the dark.
retrobits said:
Thanks DevilDogVIKING for that tip.
Yes, I can set that to a minimum of 3 seconds, but what I'd really like is to find an app or widget to completely disable the keyboard backlight. A button on the Power Control widget would be perfect. The lights are very annoying when reading with a dim display in the dark.
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Same here. I was wondering if I was the only one with this complaint!
............................ +1 Bump!
retrobits said:
The buttons on the face of the phone are illuminated along with the keyboard backlight. When reading in the dark, these buttons are too bright. Is there any way to turn the keyboard backlight off temporarily?
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Why not just close the keyboard when u not using it?
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