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how to turn off keyboard backlight / IE WM5 tweaks, please

Hi,
I've got an orange SPV M3000, i find the blue keyboard backlight blurred
and confusing unless in complete dark environment.
the backlighting is useless in daylight, and i loose a lot of time identifing
the letters, not mentioning battery use
is there a registry entry that could permanently turn off the backlight
or is it hardware, each press turning on power?
_
in pocket internet explorer WM5, the navigation is already excellent
but i would need a few registry tweaks to make it 100% efficient:
1\ in full screen, we can use the volume slider to scroll between links
but how about using the other hardware buttons to click,
back, fullscreen on/off, home, stop, etc...
2\ add entries in the menus like:
direct favorites entries, full screen on/off etc...in regular screen.
also add more entries in full screen mode menu
3\change the color of links; blue by default
4\ have a "underline links:never" option like in regular IE
5\ open a link in a new window!
well any advice welcome on those
thanks

Funny, most people want to keep that backlight on longer - without success
But the information from that is the same - I don't think anybody has identified where the slide-out keyboard backlight gets its information. I couldn't find anything with CeRegSpy, so it might be hardcoded in the driver - or I'm not looking hard enough.
So the only option I'm aware of, currently, is voiding warranty, opening the thing up, and physically disabling the backlight :> I cannot recommend that option

I'm one of those who want the kb backlight on longer hope someone digs out the controls for this soon.

question about kbd light etc...

as i know, there's no method for controlling keyboard and phone buttons light.
But..i discovered, that lights can be TURNED OFF completely with BKL1: device disable. I used taskmgr - task manager 2.7.
Theres no kbd and buttons light at all.
BKL1: is activated with lightsdk.dll.
Is it possible to have control of that dll functions?
I am no programmer, i just looked into hexes of that dll... there are names of few functions, that if controlled by external program, could override default lights behaviour.
So, is it real?
p.s. sorry for nooby question, but these damn button lights, while i am reading ebook at night...geez.

Brightness control by sunrise/sunset

I would like a applicaion who controls the brightness of my HTC automatic on sunrice/sunset times
is there something like this
i know there's a app "twilight" it controls it whitin tomtom but i need it for the whole pda
thanx already

maybe pocket alarm
With pocket alarm you can create profiles.
Brightness is a parameter of the profile.
Profiles activation can be scheduled.
Do not expect the exact sunrise/sunset time, it's you who set the activation time.
Another flawless is that you need to activate pocket alarm as today plugin.
regards

Brightness
This is not exactly what i mean but thanks
Has anyone an othe idea
greetz

Can I keep a program going while turned "off"?

This may be more of a question specific to WM 6.1 than the Treo Pro itself. I really enjoy using a program that acts as a client to control and listen to my police scanner called Win500. (Main reason for buying Treo Pro with WM). It's a program that uses a custon TCP port via either wifi or evdo. My problem/goal is... I want to turn off the backlight and keep this app running.
I have played with what I think are all my options. Telling the device to turn off backlight after 30 seconds only dims the backlight but it does stay on. I am looking for one of two fixes. Either to be able to keep this program running and passing the audio to the speaker after hitting the top 'off' button. Or somehow have the backlight completely shut off after 30 seconds. Ideally it would be the first option so I could lock the key pad/touchscreen and have the clock screensaver. Possible Registry hack? Could a I make shortcuts with options specific to this program? I see you can turn the backlight all the way off in the settings.. I am a new with WM. So don't know if any of this is possible?

You should search for a registry hack to keep WiFi turned on while the device is in standby. If I'm correct this setting is available in Diamond Tweak, and HD Tweak...
The description for this tweak is: "Keeps WLAN online/connected in standby mode."
The values on the HTC Diamond used are:
1.
Code:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Suspend\{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}\Default
2.
Code:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Resuming\{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}\Default
3.
Code:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Unattended\{98C5250D-C29A-4985-AE5F-AFE5367E5006}\Default
I checked this on my Treo Pro. The values are the same.
So just download Diamond Tweak and apply the tweak on your TP.
Don't mess around with other tweaks! Mind that the application is not written for the TP. There are a lot of tweaks that should work since it's both WM6.1. But better safe than sorry Backup your device before applying any tweaks!

Okay thanks I will try that. I do want more than just to keep the wifi running. Also, will need to keep the program running and have it pass audio to the speaker. Plus I use the evdo data more than the wifi. But I will give it a shot.

Use this - works great. I have it set to my HOLD side button.

Here is the Readme for it.

davidck65 said:
Use this - works great. I have it set to my HOLD side button.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a bunch! exactly what I was looking for.
Finally got to try the program and it does work great

[Q] Backlight setting help

I think this is a problem specific to the HD2 - basically, when i leave the phone on the auto backlight setting, it is too bright and therefore draining the battery. of course, setting it manually is a pain and it needs changing as conditions change etc.
What i am wonder is if there is any way of changing the auto so that it is consistently less bright? I have had a dig through the regedit but not really sure what i am looking for or doing!
I was guessing that there was a value that would be assigned to the brightness above the ambient brightness (from the light sensor) - can anyone enlighten me further?
Many thanks (and also for all those other posts i have used to help me make my phone exactly as i like it... CHT, BsB, Scilor etc!)

try Lumos.

nice. almost does too much! but good bit of software thus far. now to do some benchmarking... if only the sun would shine!

Controlling Backlight Settings
I took a different approach to resolve my problem -- keeping auto backlight turned off, but easily changing the backlight settings when I needed to change them. I created a shortcut called Backlight.lnk (that's a lowercase "L", not an "I" I discovered). I used a text editor and put in this line:
12#Powerexe.exe 2 - backlight tab
I saved it with the name Backlight.lnk and copied it to my Start/Programs folder using File Explorer. I moved the shortcut to the top of the Start menu where I can get to it quickly. I just tap Start and the shortcut icon and I am at the Backlight screen where I can quickly change the backlight level or the timeout settings. This saves a few taps compared with going in through the Settings screen.
I had tried Lumos and another program I found on the MS Marketplace, but both caused other problems for me.
PS: I found the line above in a posting at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645916
It's an excellent tutorial on creating all kinds of shortcuts.

Try MVBKLight.
Very handy popup (plus a usefull torch).
I have both Auto and Manual controls. With links I immediately switch between sensor and the MVBKLight slider.

Try searching for autobacklight toggle. Basically, its an icon which when pressed on main screen enables disables autobacklight. So much better than lumos.