Is there a way to keep the keyboard light on?
I have searched the settings and can't find it. If I am in low light it seems to go off after 30 seconds and then I can't see the keys!
Workaround only
press cursor right key then cursor left key ... for another 30 secs
That was quick....Thanks!
Here are some other options I found in another thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329450
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Hi guys!
Is there a registry modify to set the qwerty timeout? I think that 10 sec more or less is too short.
Tnx
Strange my keyboard backlight stays on longer than 10 sec...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330235
HKCU >Control Panel>Backlight>QKeyLedTimeout
Tap on this entry and in the "value data" box enter the time you want the keyboard to stay on in seconds. Mine is set to 360 or 6 minutes. (default is 10 seconds)
gogol said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330235
HKCU >Control Panel>Backlight>QKeyLedTimeout
Tap on this entry and in the "value data" box enter the time you want the keyboard to stay on in seconds. Mine is set to 360 or 6 minutes. (default is 10 seconds)
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gogol said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330235
HKCU >Control Panel>Backlight>QKeyLedTimeout
Tap on this entry and in the "value data" box enter the time you want the keyboard to stay on in seconds. Mine is set to 360 or 6 minutes. (default is 10 seconds)
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How can I always have the keyboard light on?
Thanks
msuk
on a related note, should the keyboard light not come back on when i press a key ? at the moment, if i pause when typing, the keyboard backlight goes off but doesn't come back on when i start typing again. is this normal behaviour ?
mrdo
mrdo said:
on a related note, should the keyboard light not come back on when i press a key ? at the moment, if i pause when typing, the keyboard backlight goes off but doesn't come back on when i start typing again. is this normal behaviour ?
mrdo
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Mine comes back on when i start typing.
thanks for that - i thought it was odd behaviour ...
The keyboard has a little light sensor and will only come on if it deems it necessary. This can be changed in the control panel somewhere.. I don't have my phone on me at the moment.
hicks said:
The keyboard has a little light sensor and will only come on if it deems it necessary. This can be changed in the control panel somewhere.. I don't have my phone on me at the moment.
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i'm assuming that if the light came on initially then the light sensor deemed it necessary. i'm assuming that it should come back on again a few seconds later when i start typing again.
can't seem to find that entry in the control panel which almost certainly means that it IS there somewhere, i just can't see it ...
cheers
mrdo
mrdo said:
i'm assuming that if the light came on initially then the light sensor deemed it necessary. i'm assuming that it should come back on again a few seconds later when i start typing again.
can't seem to find that entry in the control panel which almost certainly means that it IS there somewhere, i just can't see it ...
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mrdo
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Start/Settings/Personal tab/Buttons/Backlight tab
Uncheck the box that says
Enable keyboard backlight auto sensor
The auto sensor does not work very good. This way if the light goes off it will come back on as soon as you start typing.
Twenty4 said:
Start/Settings/Personal tab/Buttons/Backlight tab
Uncheck the box that says
Enable keyboard backlight auto sensor
The auto sensor does not work very good. This way if the light goes off it will come back on as soon as you start typing.
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thank-you VERY much indeed all, esp Twenty4.
i hadn't thought of looking in the buttons section. obviously.
cheers.
How can I disable these?? The keys above and between "I" and "O", and between "R" and "T"? I hate them. I type incredibly fast and happen to blunder on them at least once per message, email, etc...
I've tried to change my typing style, but that isn't 100% effective and only slows me down.
I would like nothing to happen when I push them. I also do not use the "soft" buttons above the IE and Mail buttons. I don't have issues with accidentally hitting them, though. But if they get disabled with the ones in the full keyboard, it won't bother me (not sure if they're tied together).
I only want the actual onscreen soft buttons to work. Can anyone help?
By the way, I went into Settings > Personal > Buttons, but only 6 are shown (not counting "push and hold").
There are a total of 13 buttons on this thing if you include the push button on the wheel, and don't count the keyboard mappings. 11 buttons if you count the front and inside soft buttons as only 2....
I am currently searching for a solution to the same problem for the same issue. I cannot even count how many times I have accidentally hit the send button when all I wanted was the letter.
I am not that an incredibly fast typist, though.
I use AE Button Plus and this allows you to remap all of the keys to other things as well as map one, two and three presses along with long press.
You could use this to remap one press of the softkey to nothing and two presses to activate the softkey. This would mean that you would have to press them twice to make them work, but would stop teh accidental presses.
dryden said:
I use AE Button Plus and this allows you to remap all of the keys to other things as well as map one, two and three presses along with long press.
You could use this to remap one press of the softkey to nothing and two presses to activate the softkey. This would mean that you would have to press them twice to make them work, but would stop teh accidental presses.
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Would that have the same affect on the "onscreen" soft buttons (touch screen).
I've just had a quick play and it appears to only affect the hardware buttons, which, I think, is what was originally wanted.
It's a good program, I use it a lot and it's FREE!
Is there nothing someone maybe found to disable these in the registry. I also hate these buttons too.
Hi,
The Keyboard light goes off after a while (idle time), and when I use it again, it doesn't come back (like backlight for the screen). Unless I slide it in and out again.
settings->buttons->backlight
uncheck enable keyboard backlight autosensor
when its checked, it does the behavior you describe (for me atleast). So unchecking it should make the keyboard lightup whenever a key is pressed
actually, there is a sensor on the keyboard on the upper left-hand corner. if you block that with something like your thumb and press a key, the backlight will go on again.
phatxsh0rt said:
actually, there is a sensor on the keyboard on the upper left-hand corner. if you block that with something like your thumb and press a key, the backlight will go on again.
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The KaiserTweak will also assist you in changing the time.
hehe, why didn't I know that
Thanks, everyone...
Is it possible to use central circle button to switch on the display of the PDA instead of use ON/OFF button?
Thank you.
would like to know if the center button can be map as the power button too.
Its not as you asked, bight might be worht considering:
If you go to settings>system>Lock Buttons and choose do not lock buttons, then all the buttons including the center button will trun on the screen.
Yes. Now every time I want to switch on the display I have to push the upper ON/OFF button and I think it would be better if i could do it by pressing the central circle button?
Thank you
Yes omar32, but i do not like this option because if all buttons are enabled, it is very easy to push them accidentalty and to do calls, etc that you do not want. I want that when the PDA is deactivated, i can switch display on with ON/OFF button or pressing the central circle button, but with others buttons disabled.
Thank you
I agree with you guys. If diamond is a phone why it can behave like a real normal phone. Using this stupid ON/OFF button is very inconvenient and annoying! I miss normal lock keypad-I mean like in SE press * and lock button(s0ft button) to unlock in reverse direction.To get this feature I have to use 3d party software like s2u2 which does the thing but destroys other like receiving MMS etc. I'm getting bored of this phone ale looking for all the time for the compromise between one feature I need and another.Just wanted a PHONE with possibilities of PDA not PDA with option of PHONE
So, is it no possible to use central circular hw button to switch on the display?
montarelonf said:
So, is it no possible to use central circular hw button to switch on the display?
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Hi
I can tell you how I "resolved" this problem possibly closest to the "normal" phone
First: in settings /system -> key lock -> set: DON't lock the buttons
Second: because pressing ON/OFF button is very inconvenient we have to bypass it..There are few programs *.exe which does exactly the same what ON/OFF button. So search the web for turnOff.exe and map it with soft key manager to any of the soft buttons you like(right or left).This lets you turn off the phone without pressing ON/OFF button on the top.
Third: Because now buttons are not locked it's easy to wake up the phone in the pocket and press sth on the touch screen so you have to use s2u2 for locking/unlocking. And that's all you have to do is spend some time on configuring s2u2 this is the hardest thing here.
Now you can wake up the phone with any button you like and unlock it in iPhone style(thanks to s2u2), when want to lock it you press the soft button mapped to turnOff.exe and that's it- you got your phone locked and turned off.
If somebody knows a different way to do it please share with us
I'm sure there is a program someone has written to switch you screen to landscape mode without sliding the keyboard out,could someone point me in the right direction please i have done a couple of searches for it and scoured through numerous pages but cannot find it.
Thanks
AEButton Plus. You can set a button press (once, twice, etc) to rotate the screen.
start - settings - personal - buttons - change assign to a button to <rotate screen>
When you get wrong direction of rotation you need to go to settings - system - screen and change orientation
Then you will get changing screen to landscape,
i got that on hold button 6
Ok i have looked into ae button plus and this is just for mapping keys,in the default rom keymapper you can't select <rotate screen> as a option to map to a button.does ae button plus somehow make this command available to you?
Just looked again and found it...DUH!
Thanks guys
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Great tip. I never realized it was in the list for buttons. I have always wanted this capability assigned to a button rather than a 3 step process. Thanks.
Thank you for the tip!!!!! Awesome... my Tomtom now displays as expected
mirorr please