Hi all, there's a program which allows me to automatically change the backlight on a determinied time? For example, i'd like to save power by lowering the backlight after a determinied hour, for example 10PM... And i may need an higher backlight during the day because with the sun reflection is difficult to use the PPC...
I'm not english so excuse me if i made something wrong, and i don't know if there's something can help me... If so, please answer me
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Hello all. Fantastic forum and many thanks to all those contributing.
I received my O2 Xda Orbit 2 last week and I'm very pleased with the unit.
I only have two small issues with the device.
The first is more with WM6. As a left hander I would really appreciate being able to place the scroll bars in applications such as IE on the left hand side of the screen so that I don't obscure the screen almost every time I'm reading something. I don't suppose there's much hope of this happening though.
Secondly, I've read with interest the issue regarding the backlight on the keylock screen and I will try the registry tweak to get the backlight to come on at full brightness so that you can see the lock-code keys in daylight.
However, is there any way of making a short cut to adjust the backlight brightness from the 'today' screen? I'm finding that I adjust the backlight brightness for my office/indoors and then when I go outside and use the unit I can barely see the screen and it takes several attempts to get in to the unit and vary the backlight brightness.
It would be lovely if you could say press the central button and then turn the jog wheel clockwise/anti-clockwise to brighten/dim the backlight. Does any bright spark know if there's a means to do this or at least make backlight adjustments simpler?
Same goes for backlight on the Co-pilot software. As it's usually plugged into the car's fag-lighter socket the backlight's on full. Then when you drive at night it blinds you. It would be lovely to be able to press the central button and twirl the wheen to adjust screen brightness. All it actually does is to zoom in/out of the Co-pilot map.
Otherwise, a fantastic unit.
Hello,
First: If you find some software to handle the device easier for left handers please tell me. I'm always interested.
Second: If you install the GPRS Monitor Software (was delivered with my device) it places an slider for backlight on your Today Screen. So you can easily vary the intensity of your backlight.
Maybe not the best solution, but better than nothing.
Hope that helps...
P.S. Do you know a trick to disable the screen, so I can only hear the commandos? (Would be helpful when I go for a walk and get lost in the wood. In most cases I don't have some breadcrumb to mark my way home...)
Hi,
Yes, backlight control isn't all it could be on the orbit2/touch cruise (or any other windows mobile device).
For Copilot if you go into settings / map styles and select "automatic" under day night mode then it does behave better at night.
As for easy control over the backlight - after searching for a few days I noticed that the HTC Home screen that I'd already installed, had a backlight control app on the third tab. Each time you press on the app with your finger it changes the backlight intensity (in 4 stages)
Finally - The bluetooth light was really irritating me whilst the phone was in the car cradle at night. The following link discusses a means of disabling the light.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365892&highlight=bluetooth+light
Backlight adjustment
Thank you for your replies.
I've been experimenting with the HTC home plugin.
I downloaded the version for WM6 that supposedly correctly the backlight adjustment this morning but have discovered that the backlight function does not work on my Orbit 2. Of course, I may be doing something stupid.
May I ask which version you're using and which works with the Orbit 2?
I've also installed the GPRS monitor software but I can't see anywhere where it displays a backlight slider on the today screen.
Many thanks again.
Lom
Backlight and gprs monitor
Sincere apologies,
I just discovered the backlight slider on the notification icon of the gprs monitor. Not the best solution but something.
Many thanks for the suggestion.
Hi, I wonder if there is a possibility to make the TC adjust backlight automatically? I know there's no light sensor, but can't the front-cam be used as one?
What do you think?
Or am I overseeing an already existing tool for this?
Many thx,
Eric
Same idea provided in "development and hacking" but no response!!
I think it would be a great thing
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to interest many people, both of my postings have so far been ignored... It's a pity, because I think it could be done by some pros inhere.
Greetings
I want to save some energy on my Vox, and I'm wondering, is it possible to change (reduce) brightness of backlight on Vox, by using specific program or other trick? Original backlight is really too strong for me!
I've searched for information about it, but I've found nothing...
And if that is not possible, I want to totally turn off backlight. Without it screen is bright enought, I can clearly see everyting on it. Only in good sunny weather could be some problems with it, but I can always turn it on again. So is there any program or other trick to disable backlight?
I founded program called OldSap's OS Power, which should do this. But download page is offline! So maybe someone has got that program and want to share it?
Any solution?
Thanks to all
To decrease brightness you can use Light Toogle from this topic. It works fine with my C600 and should with Vox.
For enegry saving you can also reduce CPU clock (manual with OmapClock or automatically with Tornado PowerControl).
Unfortunately this program doesn't work on my device (it shows only white screen with some chinese "软件大" and do nothing...). Backlight works normal with this program background running...
Other solutions? Maybe this OldSap's OS Power?
It's seems to be easy thing to shut down the backlight, isn't it?
Vox has only two backlight states (excluding no backlight) - full and dimmed. You can use Tornado LowLight or Tornado Power Control to switch between dimmed and full backlight.
torrentonly, thank you very much! This is what I'm looking for!
Program runs perfect, problem solved
Once more time - thanks!
I'm not a programmer, but I would like a simple app/mod that allows us to set the 'target brightness' level with a slider, but leave the backlight in automatic mode so that it handles different environments.
Adjusting other parameters such as the time-delays would also be handy.
Give a toggle for whether we want the trackball to light at all! - I certainly don't want that blazing light in my face at night unless we can figure out a way to dim it.
Finally make the screen come on at minimum brightness every time it is switched on, then take sensor readings and ramp it up to the appropriate level (quickly snap-up if the sensor says its full-sunlight-bright). I hate being in a darkened environment and having my screen come on so blasted bright that I can't see for the next 10 minutes after answering a text message.
I realize we need the .29 kernel source before this is likely going to be possible, but I'm just throwing it out there.
Fird
Fird said:
I'm not a programmer, but I would like a simple app/mod that allows us to set the 'target brightness' level with a slider, but leave the backlight in automatic mode so that it handles different environments.
Adjusting other parameters such as the time-delays would also be handy.
Give a toggle for whether we want the trackball to light at all! - I certainly don't want that blazing light in my face at night unless we can figure out a way to dim it.
Finally make the screen come on at minimum brightness every time it is switched on, then take sensor readings and ramp it up to the appropriate level (quickly snap-up if the sensor says its full-sunlight-bright). I hate being in a darkened environment and having my screen come on so blasted bright that I can't see for the next 10 minutes after answering a text message.
I realize we need the .29 kernel source before this is likely going to be possible, but I'm just throwing it out there.
Fird
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try this app in the market- it will let you turn off the ball if you want
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6368781&postcount=1
I have an LG Optimus 7, its a great phone but the battery on it seriously sucks. I lowered the backlight, turned off bluetooth, wifi etc but I can barely get through the day of usage.
My phone is unlocked and I have access to the registry, I want to lower the backlight further beyond what the control panel will let me do. Does anyone know the registry key for the backlight?
I found:
HKEY_CURRENT\CONTROLPANEL\BACKLIGHT
The value is currently set to 1099958376
However before I change it I would like to know what the value represents so I don't mistakenly set the phone backlight to 0.
Thanks
"HKEY_CURRENT\CONTROLPANEL\BACKLIGHT" is a directory, not a value. You shouldn't edit it directly.
But anyway, don't bother with the registry. I've modified every single key that seemed minimally related to brightness, with no success. This seems to me like a driver/firmware issue. Although I would be happy to be proven wrong...
(And by the way, allow me to redirect you to this thread. It wouldn't hurt to complain about it... )
That is too bad
If anyone has an answer to this please help.
Hello there. I would like to know if there's any app that enable Vox users to set display bright by percentage, or like High, Medium, Low.
I wish I could set my phone to stay always at the brightness level it gets after 30 seconds without use . I think the screen is to bright normally, and really want it to be in a low level.
Sorry for bad english, hope You guys could understand.
Thanks in advance.
"Tornado LowLight" also works on the Vox. Search for that.
I also recently discovered a tool called "LightToggle". It originates from Far East and may work without staying resident. Copy the files in the ZIP to the \Program files folder on the device and try the different .lnk files. For the Vox I noticed that the LT31.lnk toggles half/full brightness. Not sure if any system action will reset brightness before toggle again - just try out. Find it attached below.
Mind that the VOX driver only supports full and dimmed light level - nothing else.
Thanks a lot tobbie! I'll be trying it right now.
Mrkblo said:
Thanks a lot tobbie! I'll be trying it right now.
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This app called half back light is designed for vox. It is good.