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Backlight goes out on MDAIII - Help!

Hi all
I've got a T-Mobile MDAIII. I've set the backlight to be always on in both battery and powered situation. However, sometimes the backlight just switches off and when I check the setting all seems okay!
Usually rectified by doing a soft-reset but this is a bit of a pain!
I know it's not a battery issue, just seems to be some sort of bug or fault somewhere.
Any solution/help would be appreciated.
John

seem to recall that if you hold down the power button for awhile it toggle backlight on and off try that next time and make sure you dont hold it down for too long when you dont want to mess with the backlight

My backlight wont go off since last night.

It wastes lots of battery. I think i might have damaged the light sensor but i've tried turning it off but it doesnt change anything.
Anybody know?

Even if the light sensor is damaged, your backlight will go off after your device idles for some. Check your settings

thanks for the prompt reply.
ive checked all my power managment settings and they're all on the lowest time settings..
i dont understand why it would do this.

Are you using any softwares that manages the backlight timeout? Such as Tweak2k2, etc

it seems to be working fine now after i restarted my phone.
i wasnt using any software.
thanks for your help.

ducamie said:
it seems to be working fine now after i restarted my phone.
i wasnt using any software.
thanks for your help.
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my phone did this before. but yea just a simple reset fixed it

Maybe you installed maniac's AutoKeyLock, I had the same behavior a couple of time...
It seems like after some time, it overrides by mistake the power mgt values.

Hi!
I have the same problem. Wm6 The back light turn to the dim mode and that"s all. It does switch off the screen. If I connect to the AC power It does the same. When I lock the keypad, every thing seems to be all right. It switches the screen off. Any idea. I restarted the phone, but nothing changed, i didn't install any Autokeylock program.

Hi, this problem exist occasionally after you install some apps (i.e. AutoKeylock). You can fix it easy - enter registry and open key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Power" then modify value in key "Display".

Thanks, it is working.

treo 750v after wm6, screen keeps turning on

anything im missing guys?
after flashing with the new ATT wm6 all works fine except the screen backlight keps coming on, even after pressing the screen off button it comes back on after a few secs.
peeps. anyone experience this?

i had the same problem
u cent stop it by turning your screen brightnes to 50% or above (using palm bult in brightness program (press function button (the white spot) + "P" ))

vladimir2989 said:
i had the same problem
u cent stop it by turning your screen brightnes to 50% or above (using palm bult in brightness program (press function button (the white spot) + "P" ))
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woohoo! problem solved, thanks man!

My Voda WM6 works fine with backlight set to 40%

Sigh...I should have come here to see the solution first before I hard reset my phone.
I got the same problem, but I perform a hard reset to resolve it.

Guys I posted this on another thread here but I thought I'd mention it here as well just in case you guys can help me out.
I have my Treo 750v to connect to the net and check for emails every 30 minutes but whenever it does, the screen comes on!
Is there anyway I can get around this?
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks.
D.C

Dead Cell said:
Guys I posted this on another thread here but I thought I'd mention it here as well just in case you guys can help me out.
I have my Treo 750v to connect to the net and check for emails every 30 minutes but whenever it does, the screen comes on!
Is there anyway I can get around this?
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks.
D.C
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Stupid as it sounds, this does appear to be a bug in the Treo WM6 update. It's still there in 2.23 VF as well. If you have Keyguard set to kick in at screen off and you set the brightness to anything other than 20% or 60% (at least for me) then the screen keeps turning on and often won't turn off after the 1 minute timeout. Got mine at 60% and its fine.

Suspending doesn't work any more

Hi,
after upgrading to WM 6.1 a first while everything was ok. But after a while suspending didn't work - when pressing the power switch nothing happens. After about an hour the display goes black and I can't get the pda to work any more without a soft reset. But when I receive a phone call or an sms, the display gets bright again and I can continue working.
Do you know how to fix that?
Thank you in advance!!

is it a ROM issue? the ROM you installed might be helpful to some here.

Hi,
I tried the original O² (German) Rom, the newest O² (German) Rom and the newest "Kitchen" - no matter what Rom I choose the problem still persists

I just detected the source of the problem: The powerswitch doesn't work any more - I can't event turn the device on or off by pressing it.
I don't want to send it back because that needs so much time and I don't have any replacement for the 3-4 weeks it need.
Do you have any ideas what else I can try (without endanger the warrenty)?
Thank you so much in advance!

You know I never use that button. Used to use it regularly when I first got the phone but not anymore. However, is there a way to turn on the phone without that button. I would send it back in but might be worth to see if any other guys here have ideas.

power button issues
got the same problem with my orbit 2, the power button has gone west. pain in the rear as it drains the battery fast, even with the backlight off. anyone any ideas for a fix, would rather not be without my phone for any length of time
cheers
Chris

Hardware-Button / on untill display goes off

hi all,
how can i tell my phone to let the Hardware-Button on untill the display goes off.
thanks for your help

Install this app, it wil keep the hardwarebutton backlight on as long as the display is on.

many thanks !