Guest TDK Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Slightly annoying, but it appears that the backlight on my phone won't turn off - unless I lock the phone. The backlight dims down after the preset time, but no matter how I configure the settings in Home Screen or Power Management it just won't turn off completely. The only way to get the backlight to go off is to lock the phone and then the screen finally goes black. Anyone got any ideas before I reset the phone and have to set it up again and re-install all my apps? Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrwolf Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) Slightly annoying, but it appears that the backlight on my phone won't turn off - unless I lock the phone. The backlight dims down after the preset time, but no matter how I configure the settings in Home Screen or Power Management it just won't turn off completely. The only way to get the backlight to go off is to lock the phone and then the screen finally goes black. Anyone got any ideas before I reset the phone and have to set it up again and re-install all my apps? Simon. I have the same exact problem. But in my case, even if I lock the phone, backlight STILL STAYS ON. I have a TomTom Mobile 5.21 installed. May this cause that problem? Edited April 20, 2007 by mrwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrwolf Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I have the same exact problem. I have a TomTom Mobile 5.21 installed. May this cause that problem? Tried uninstalling TomTom but no luck. Any suggestion before I try an hard reset too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrwolf Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Tried uninstalling TomTom but no luck. Any suggestion before I try an hard reset too? I confirm that the problem appears after you run tomtom 5.21 for the first time. Then you have to hard reset to restore backlight functionality. Maybe I have to upgade to TT6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TDK Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Well. I'm not running TomTom - yet I'm still having the same problem; the backlight dims down, but never completely turns off, unless I lock the phone. I did a hard reset last night and then reinstalled my apps. The backlight was working perfectly until I installed my last couple of apps. So, at this point I think it might be down to The Core Pocket Media Player as that was the last app I installed and the backlight is playing up again? ;) Is anyone else having problems? Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kiran_mk2 Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Well. I'm not running TomTom - yet I'm still having the same problem; the backlight dims down, but never completely turns off, unless I lock the phone. I did a hard reset last night and then reinstalled my apps. The backlight was working perfectly until I installed my last couple of apps. So, at this point I think it might be down to The Core Pocket Media Player as that was the last app I installed and the backlight is playing up again? ;) Is anyone else having problems? Simon. I've read at another forum that it was Core Player/TCMCP that is causing this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TDK Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 I've read at another forum that it was Core Player/TCMCP that is causing this problem. Thanks for the info - in that case it looks like my suspicions were correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest michaelm Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Thanks for the info - in that case it looks like my suspicions were correct. The Corplayer is the problem.. I can confirm. 1 day power without making any calls.. Sad but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest laita56 Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 you have to change a registry key i think it is HKCU/CONTROL PANEL/POWER then values and change it to 30 or 60. this is a knowm bug on vox (see www.smartphonefrance.fr for further info) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TDK Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 you have to change a registry key i think it is HKCU/CONTROL PANEL/POWER then values and change it to 30 or 60. this is a knowm bug on vox (see www.smartphonefrance.fr for further info) Awesome! That worked a treat - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nexxexium Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Awesome! That worked a treat - thanks! Which registry editor did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TDK Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Which registry editor did you use? I used regeditSTG2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JesperR Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 should i greate a new string or how shall i change the value. I have no value right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nexxexium Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 should i greate a new string or how shall i change the value. I have no value right now. Then you should have no problem. Or maybe you are not looking very well. \HKCU\Control Panel\Power\ value display. Use mobileregistryeditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iangray Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 I have only taken deliver of a new E650 yesterday, I have not installed any software but I have the bug, the backlight does not turn off it just dims. I have tried the registry hack but the value refered to is not present. e650reg.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Create it ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adicken Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 This was the same for my E650. I created the value and now all is fine ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iangray Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Create it ;) P I am now confused. Do you mean edit the default string, or create a new string key called value. A screen shot would be nice. Also when I try and experiment myself using MobileRegistryEditor I keep getting Access Denied, am I missing another trick I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Create one called 'Display'. You will need to Application Unlock your device. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skazz Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Great tip. I had the same problem after installing tomtom 5.2 on my SPV E650 and was searching for a solution. I have some feedback too: Using MobileRegistryEditor.exe (version 1.1) I was able to make the setting change without needing any application unlock. Maybe that's because my Dutch SPV E650 doesn't have an application lock, or maybe that's just because of how MobileRegistryEditor.exe works. Anyway, solution tested and working great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jporch316 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Hey I Presume the 30 is refrring to seconds before backlight dims - Using PHM registry editor i didint need to unlock phone to alter the value - after installing core media player the value was set on 4 miliion odd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Griff_FFOC Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I'm getting a slightly different issue, but it could be the same solution. Current Power settings: Backlight timeout on Batt - 15 seconds Display time out on Batt - 1 minute. Now, it seems that if I lock the devce holding the red key down, it dims and switches the screen off in seconds, which is fine. But if I leave it unlocked, the screen dims in the correct time scale (actually 10 seconds instead of 15 but that's fine) , but it seems the display takes, well, it's getting on for 5 minutes now and it's still only dimmed. So far i've installed: Facade, MS Live Search, Smart2Go, Resco Trial Suite The current value of display in HKCU/CONTROL PANEL/POWER is 4294967295. Is this value correct, or does it need changing to something else? If it needs changing it may be a prob if it needs app unlocking as the cab I got from http://spvunlock.rd.francetelecom.com/ won't run on my E650 for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dster Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 The registry hack worked for me. But, after a while, and without installing any new software, it changed back to 0. Has anyone else had to do the registry hack multiple times without installing new software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Griff_FFOC Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Well, I ran "Clear storage" before the phone went back and now it switches the screen off fine without having to lock the phone. Will have to check this issue after installing each software to see what was the culprit for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jporch316 Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Griff HKCU/CONTROL PANEL/POWER is 4294967295 is what mine was set at after installing TCPMP - thats the value I changed back to 30 Jporch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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