Turning the damn thing off! - JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General

Hi there,
This is probably a daft question, but how do I completely turn off the device? At the moment if I press the silver power button; it just turns off the backlight the way it does if you close the lid. It's not THAT much of a problem, just a huge drain on battery power.
Any ideas would be great,
Ta

You can't turn the device off completely like a regular phone. If you press the silver button once quick it will put the device into low power standby mode. The backlight AND screen should turn off. If you hold the silver button for longer only the backlight will go off which is different.
There are also a number of power saving options in the settings which will determine how long the backlight is turned off and how long the device will go into standby automatically.

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I thought I had the same problem, but it turned out to be my own fault.
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ardarby is quite right. It's a great option once you know about it to save battery... I use it all the time now, when I'm outdoors if you push and hold in the power button it turns off the back light. If you want it back on just do the same.. Push and hold the power button...
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Cheers! I was on the verge of a 20 minute wait to speak to Orange support, thinking I had a hardware fault!
I had the same thing when I had my XDAI. Strangely it seemed to happen every time my gf had been using it, and in the end I worked out she had assumed to turn it "off" it was the same as Nokia's where you have to hold the power button down.
Saved me a similar call to o2!
Anthony
thanks for the hint, I had the same problem with my qtek 1010, that I got mad at my kids (poor kids) every time they used it I get it back with no back light. It is a bit different with the 1010, you press for power, and then you can toggle between back light on/off by a second long press on the power button.
Well, now I see no need to buy a new one :lol:
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To get it back on, I have to press the power button.
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Seems a simple request, am I missing anything? This is under the Mr Clean ROM, if it makes a difference.
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Now this is not always the case, if I press it multiple times, let's say I press it 10 times, 7 out of 10 it will switch the backlight and 3 out 10 it will power on and off as it supposed to.
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I have a strange problem with my Nexus. My power button is acting strange. Long hold brings up power menu, but:
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So your screen will not turn off at all besides powering off the device?
PrizmaticSmoke said:
So your screen will not turn off at all besides powering off the device?
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Thats right.
Well i don't think the power button itself is the problem since it works to power it off and on, and since the screen wont sleep by other methods either.
Did you flash a new ROM, kernel, or other mod before this happened?

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