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
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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?
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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 ...
cheers
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.
is there a way to make the rotate screen option rotate to the left instead of the right that way it rotates the same way it would if you were to slide open the keyboard? i see the option in settings/system/screen were you can choose, but that's only a one time thing.
there's a few options...
turn on the screen rotate icon and system tray and you will have an icon on your today screen at all times.
search the forums for system tray or screen rotate icon and you will find ways to do this...
smittyofdhs said:
there's a few options...
turn on the screen rotate icon and system tray and you will have an icon on your today screen at all times.
search the forums for system tray or screen rotate icon and you will find ways to do this...
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i'm not talking about the icon, what i'm asking is there a way to rotate the screen to the same side as it does when you open up the keyboard, right now it rotates the opposite way.
brianlb said:
i'm not talking about the icon, what i'm asking is there a way to rotate the screen to the same side as it does when you open up the keyboard, right now it rotates the opposite way.
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oh yeah, I had that problem. I have SPB Pocket Plus 4 and the SPB Actions shortcuts. One of the shortcuts is "Rotate Screen Right" which rotates the screen the same direction just like you are pulling out the slider.
If you are using HTC Home and want the launcher button to rotate correctly, then you need something like I mentioned above. I map the launcher button to "rotate screen right", works like a charm.
There may be a free option out there, but I already owned pp4 so this was the easy fix. It's probably just a registry entry and screen refresh being sent to the OS.
I just mapped the `rotate screen` to a hard button and it always rotates the same way as keyboard opening now.
Check out this thread, it worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=333970&highlight=rotate+screen
anyone able to get rotate screen to rotate the same way as when you slide out the keyboard?
Yes, see my post 2 up from yours
willis78 said:
Check out this thread, it worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=333970&highlight=rotate+screen
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That works ... thanks
Mandlebrot said:
I just mapped the `rotate screen` to a hard button and it always rotates the same way as keyboard opening now.
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hmmm...somehow this doesn't work for me =/. i'll keep searching.
Dont know if this is really of any use to you but I found the reg key responsible for the auto rotate of the screen when the keyboard is slid out.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\SliderOutRotateAngle
the default (original value is) 270 (this is a dword value in Dec)
If this is missing the screen won't rotate. If missing create a Dword value in the above directory (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\) Name it SliderOutRotateAngle and add the value 270 in Dec.
Confirm Settings by selecting accept changes and soft reset.
Oh 270 happen to be the degree at which the screen rotates. I set it to 180 and pulled keyboard out and it was funny to see my screen upside down.. lol
Cough, anyway hope this helps! Oh, and Merry Xmas All!!
diigibio (diigimatrix)
Rotate Screen
I am having difficulty figuring out how to add the rotate screen option to the task bar. Can anyone help me on this one? (And I have searched the forum, I can only find people saying THAT they have it, not How they did it)
Thanks
just put this file into windows/start menu/programs and link it with htc home
It will do the trick.
http://rapidshare.com/files/66557524/scRot_0_90_0.exe.html
The keys on my slide out keyboard are inconsistent in how hard you have to press and as a result I sometimes get repeat letters. Anybody know of a setting to adjust the repeat rate or just turn it off altogether? I found a registry entry HKCU\ControlPanel\Keybd\RepeatRate but have not tried adjusting it.
Have you tried the options in Settings>Personal>Buttons>Up/Down Control?
I've used them for the repeat rate and they work for me.
Thanks,
Dave
Hey that works. I thought those settings were just for the Dpad.
Anyone else notice that the keys don't have the same feel? The "h" key has almost no feedback and the space bar is really hard to press.
ppauer said:
Hey that works. I thought those settings were just for the Dpad.
Anyone else notice that the keys don't have the same feel? The "h" key has almost no feedback and the space bar is really hard to press.
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My F and A button are sometimes a bit hard to handle.
My keys are fine. The Spacebar is wierd though. The left part of it (under the V key) has almost no feedback. The middle side has some kind of double feedback. Only the right part of it (under the B key) is fine.
NetSkipper said:
My keys are fine. The Spacebar is wierd though. The left part of it (under the V key) has almost no feedback. The middle side has some kind of double feedback. Only the right part of it (under the B key) is fine.
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I spotted virtually the same thing with my space bar too.
Also, the space bar is just a tad too far left for me, nearly catch the '.' key all the time.
DaveShaw said:
Have you tried the options in Settings>Personal>Buttons>Up/Down Control?
I've used them for the repeat rate and they work for me.
Thanks,
Dave
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THANKS!
This was annoying me for ages! Often the simplest solutions that we overlook!
the next thing thta you have to do is wear in the keys. i remember when i got the deivce was that keys were pretty hard to press. once i wore them in it does really fast
I use the softkeys sometimes on the main/normal/portrait keyboard, but I never use them when slided out - they are so tiny, and I always hit them on mistake.
Is there any way to easily disable them... ?
I use AE Button Plus, but I can't see any option in there to change these keys.
I use AEBPlus and set the Single press action to "None" and the Double press action to "Press Left/Right SoftKey" as appropriate. That way, if you accidentally hit the softkey while typing, you no longer do something stupid/annoying/disasterous like sending an incomplete email.
It means that the soft keys, when the phone is open or closed, will no longer register anything with just a single press but you soon get used to double pressing when you need to use them (or just use the on-screen softkeys).
Edit: Sorry, you said that you didn't see an option to change these keys in AEBPlus. There are options to change the Left and Right SoftKeys but these change the softkeys when the phone is closed as well as when it is open.
Before you think i'm crazy let me explain why i want it.
I want to be able to hold my nook however i want with out the fear i might turn the page by accident. Where it my be my fingers touching the screen, the sheets or cookie crumbs.
So, im looking for an app that will disable the touch screen and can be linked to a hardware button(any turn page button, probably the left ones as i use those the least) whether by script of done by the app itself.
CoolReader have a possibility to disable touchscreen while reading. It can be assigned to some of the page-turning buttons - press a button, double press or long press.
I tried some tool called Screen tools 1 and i manage to "disable" touch but it would disable the buttons as well. I'll try coolreader, thanks for the tip