keyboard backlight - Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General

Is the keyboard supposed to have a sensor so the backlight automatically comes on in the dark? Mine only lights up if i press a key and then turns off after a few seconds. It gets really annoying having to press a random key in the dark just to light up the keyboard.

yes there is a setting for that in settings>buttons>Backlight

austinsnyc said:
yes there is a setting for that in settings>buttons>Backlight
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I have that setting enabled, but it only lights up when you first slide the keyboard out and then after a few seconds it turns off (until you press key).

click it off and then hit ok and close out to the today screen. go back in and click it on and then hit ok. the light is also not suppose to stay on the whole time you have it open to save battery.

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Screen Turning Off During Calls?

I just got my Kaiser and am playing with it and noticed one annoying thing so far.
The screen will turn off during a call and I have to hit the "power" button to get it to come back on.
Is this normal? This is the first PPC Phone that does that to me and I haven't been able to figure out what program to adjust to make it stop behaving like that.
Thanks!
I have read about this at 2 other places. It's a feature I think and it's 'solved' by using the scroll button untill the screen gets dark again
jamng said:
I just got my Kaiser and am playing with it and noticed one annoying thing so far.
The screen will turn off during a call and I have to hit the "power" button to get it to come back on.
Is this normal? This is the first PPC Phone that does that to me and I haven't been able to figure out what program to adjust to make it stop behaving like that.
Thanks!
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You need to change the backlight settings.
I've adjusted it, but the backlight doesn't dim. The screen goes out entirely and you have to use the power button for it to come back on.
Normally when the backlight dims, touching any part of the screen will resume the normal brightness. When this blanks the touchscreen is "off".
sherpa said:
You need to change the backlight settings.
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jamng said:
I've adjusted it, but the backlight doesn't dim. The screen goes out entirely and you have to use the power button for it to come back on.
Normally when the backlight dims, touching any part of the screen will resume the normal brightness. When this blanks the touchscreen is "off".
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from what ive read it seems to be a feature to save battery life and keep you from accidentally pressing buttons on the touchscreen with your ear. i dunno if there is a way to shut it off though
I can see how it would prevent me from messing with the keys and all that. It's fine when I'm on the call, but its annoying when I listen to my voicemail and then go to hit keys to do something and realize I need to hit the power button first .
XSIVSPD said:
from what ive read it seems to be a feature to save battery life and keep you from accidentally pressing buttons on the touchscreen with your ear. i dunno if there is a way to shut it off though
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jamng said:
I've adjusted it, but the backlight doesn't dim. The screen goes out entirely and you have to use the power button for it to come back on.
Normally when the backlight dims, touching any part of the screen will resume the normal brightness. When this blanks the touchscreen is "off".
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Then check your Power settings.
This is a known bug...
Hopefully HTC will be addressing this issue - for those experiencing it, no backlight, power, or software app, or any other settings have been discovered (as of yet) to eliminate it.
R
jamng said:
I can see how it would prevent me from messing with the keys and all that. It's fine when I'm on the call, but its annoying when I listen to my voicemail and then go to hit keys to do something and realize I need to hit the power button first .
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FYI: I found that modifying the DWORD stored in:
Code:
\HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL\EnableFastDormantDisplayDuringCall
from "1" to "0" will leave the screen on long enough for voicemail use (probably falling back to the backlight/power settings)...
AlD044 said:
FYI: I found that modifying the DWORD stored in:
Code:
\HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL\EnableFastDormantDisplayDuringCall
from "1" to "0" will leave the screen on long enough for voicemail use (probably falling back to the backlight/power settings)...
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good catch!
Woohoo! Thx!
Nice work! I tweaked the reg and it didn't seem to work, I powered the phone OFF and then it worked like a charm, Thanks!
Worked Perfect!!!
Thx!!!
Is there a registy hack to NOT DIM the light out when key-locking the device?
thank you sir ald044
ROOSH315 said:
Is there a registy hack to NOT DIM the light out when key-locking the device?
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Kind of.
\HKCU\ControlPanel\BackLight\LockLevel\
Change LockLevel to what ever value you want the backlight set to when your device is locked.
Jason Lee said:
Kind of.
\HKCU\ControlPanel\BackLight\LockLevel\
Change LockLevel to what ever value you want the backlight set to when your device is locked.
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Thanks Jason,
I tried that before and when I change the value to "1", it completely dims out my phone and I haven't even locked it. Any suggestions?
ROOSH315 said:
Thanks Jason,
I tried that before and when I change the value to "1", it completely dims out my phone and I haven't even locked it. Any suggestions?
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try 4. That should be 4 notches up on the backlight slider in the control panel.
AlD044 said:
FYI: I found that modifying the DWORD stored in:
Code:
\HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL\EnableFastDormantDisplayDuringCall
from "1" to "0" will leave the screen on long enough for voicemail use (probably falling back to the backlight/power settings)...
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And may I ask how one accomplishes this? I have no idea how to edit the REG in Windows mobile.
Thanks!!
Do a search for PHMregedit, it's a good, free, mobile editor.

FakeCursor

Does anyone have experience in configuring FakeCursor?
I've kind of got it to work so far, I've assigned a hardware button to launch FakeCursor via it's shortcut, however when I press the button again to turn FakeCursor off it always goes back to the Home screen, which is annoying.
What I'd like to be able to do is just have one button which turns the cursor on and the same button to turn it off? Any ideas how I could get that configured?
Cheers
try sphelper, this is i think better...
darksider said:
try sphelper, this is i think better...
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SPHelper doesn't work with TomTom at all.
Mark Hewitt said:
Does anyone have experience in configuring FakeCursor?
I've kind of got it to work so far, I've assigned a hardware button to launch FakeCursor via it's shortcut, however when I press the button again to turn FakeCursor off it always goes back to the Home screen, which is annoying.
What I'd like to be able to do is just have one button which turns the cursor on and the same button to turn it off? Any ideas how I could get that configured?
Cheers
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I have it mapped with Long_Home.lnk. The cross-hairs will appear for a second, then disappear and only reappear when you move it (with the directional pad).
Hold home to turn it on, hold home to turn it off (it will put you back on the home screen when it exits, this is a [poor] function of FakeCursor).
bigflavor said:
I have it mapped with Long_Home.lnk. The cross-hairs will appear for a second, then disappear and only reappear when you move it (with the directional pad).
Hold home to turn it on, hold home to turn it off (it will put you back on the home screen when it exits, this is a [poor] function of FakeCursor).
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That's exactly how I have it configured . I was wondering if there was a way it wouldn't dump you back to the home screen, but it seems not?
Mark Hewitt said:
That's exactly how I have it configured . I was wondering if there was a way it wouldn't dump you back to the home screen, but it seems not?
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I'm pretty sure that is a function of FakeCursor, not the mapping. It would be nice, but FakeCursor hasn't been updated for several years.

Button/Keyboard back lights problem

Hey only had the kaiser about a week now on o2. Iv found a very annoying problem but im now sure if this is just a fault with my pda or a common problem.
If I unlock the device and just press a random button with keyboard closed the button back lights come on, and if I wait for them to go out again and press any key they come on again, Which is good! When I slide out the keyboard the keyboard lights come on, but if I wait for them to go out and press a keyboard button again the lights dont come on. Infact if I press any button at this stage the lights come on. So I then have to be continuously opening and closing the keyboard!
This is really annoying when im trying to use my pda in the dark!
Any help will be much appriciated.
Scott
Keyboard backlight - bring back the light
scottsmith1984 said:
Hey only had the kaiser about a week now on o2. Iv found a very annoying problem but im now sure if this is just a fault with my pda or a common problem.
If I unlock the device and just press a random button with keyboard closed the button back lights come on, and if I wait for them to go out again and press any key they come on again, Which is good! When I slide out the keyboard the keyboard lights come on, but if I wait for them to go out and press a keyboard button again the lights dont come on. Infact if I press any button at this stage the lights come on. So I then have to be continuously opening and closing the keyboard!
This is really annoying when im trying to use my pda in the dark!
Any help will be much appriciated.
Scott
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Go to Settings>Personal>Buttons>Backlight, and uncheck "Enable keyboard backlight auto sensor", then the keyboard lights will come on whenever you press any keyboard button.
I know, doesn't make much sense - counter-intuitive - that's the Kaiser for ya!
Fixed it! Thankyou very much. I would have never found that option.

Accidently ending calls

Hey, I'm having some technical problems with my TyTN/Kaiser. Most times I'm in a voice call I will have the phone against my cheek like all people do, but the problem is that when I move around slighty or whatever the end button is being pressed on the touch screen by my cheek.
This is so annoying and I've read through the manual and couldn't find anything to disable touch screen in a call, so now I come to you folk
Is there any way to lock touch screen only (not buttons) in a call?
A_Cs S2U2 has some of this functionality.
My Tilt allows me to do a quick-press of the power button while on a call. That turns off my screen, but still allows me to end a call with the "hard" end button.
you could use advance config/kaiser tweak to enable fast sleep when in call that turns the screen off while still keeping it unlocked so the buttons work after a few seconds..... otherwise press the power button quickly as soon as you have made the call/answered the phone
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you could use advance config/kaiser tweak to enable fast sleep when in call that turns the screen off while still keeping it unlocked so the buttons work after a few seconds..... otherwise press the power button quickly as soon as you have made the call/answered the phone
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Cool, this sounds alright, but when you say turns the screen off but keeps it unlocked, does that mean the end button is still pressable on the screen?
I can't believe nobody has this problem.. happens to me almost every call.
deXtrous said:
Cool, this sounds alright, but when you say turns the screen off but keeps it unlocked, does that mean the end button is still pressable on the screen?
I can't believe nobody has this problem.. happens to me almost every call.
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When the screen goes off, either by time-out or quick press of the power button, the screen "buttons" are not enabled.
You can end the call with the red end button. Or, if you prefer... another quick press of the power button to "wake up" the screen, and you can use the soft buttons again.
gavink said:
When the screen goes off, either by time-out or quick press of the power button, the screen "buttons" are not enabled.
You can end the call with the red end button. Or, if you prefer... another quick press of the power button to "wake up" the screen, and you can use the soft buttons again.
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Cheers! that's what I wanted to hear.
Thanks everyone else to, I think this is a wrap
deXtrous said:
I can't believe nobody has this problem.. happens to me almost every call.
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No, I had it happen frequently in my first few weeks of ownership, but it's not happening of late. I don't know what I'm doing different, but it was a real pain.

Capasitive buttons backlight

The backlight on them only lights up when I press them.. surely they should light up whenever I am using the phone so I can see where they are?
you can activate it with gravitybox (xposed).
Seansmit17 said:
The backlight on them only lights up when I press them.. surely they should light up whenever I am using the phone so I can see where they are?
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There needs to be an option to have them illuminated when the screen is on. I've had to try to hit the button a couple times for it to activate on multiple occasions at night or in a dark room.

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