C500 / C550 Backlight & TomTom

[Guest pjam001]

Everytime I close down Tomtom on my C500 the backlight stays on and I have to reboot the phone to reset this to normal.

A collegue has a C550 with Tomtom and he doesn't have this backlight problem.

Does everyone have this problem with the C500 or is there a registry fix?

Cheers

[Guest whitestar]

What version of TomTom do you have? I'm using version 5 without any problems on a C500 with 4.2.1.2 ROM

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

It's a known bug with TomTom5 and is caused by playing with the

backlight settings in the TomTom app.

Pain to fix as you need to reboot the phone.

[Guest whitestar]

It's a known bug with TomTom5 and is caused by playing with the

backlight settings in the TomTom app.

Pain to fix as you need to reboot the phone.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Glad I looked at this thread, won't be doing that then ;)

[Guest pjam001]

I remember playing with them when I first got it but don't mess anymore and still have the problem each time I use it.

Tomtom 5 by the way. Would copying the original files back onto my larger card fix this, without messing with my settings again?

Is there a specific combination of settings that work? I like to have the screen permanently on when using Tomtom.

Cheers

Edited October 31, 2005 by pjam001

[Guest pjam001]

Re-Copied most files and no change.

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

The bug is with TT5 and yep you could try copying the files over again and see what happens.

[Guest pjam001]

Copied all files back over and performed a factory restore. Didn't work.

I can't believe the way tomtom5 works on a c550 can be so different to a c500.

I was running c500 ver 4.2.1.2 but updated yesterday to 4.2.1.4. just in case it would fix it.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Edited October 31, 2005 by pjam001

[Guest MGTF]

Copied all files back over and performed a factory restore.  Didn't work.

I can't believe the way tomtom5 works on a c550 can be so different to a c500.

I was running c500 ver 4.2.1.2 but updated yesterday to 4.2.1.4. just in case it would fix it.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi

I Have TT5 on a C500 and have no issues with Backlight, Stays on when TT5 is running and goes back to power save mode when i Exit TT5. i always exit through the menus if you don't TT5 will still be running in the background.

Using ROM 4.2.1.4

Edited November 4, 2005 by MGTF

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

The backlight issue was on the retail version but did not appear on beta versions that are doing the rounds.

[Guest pjam001]

I also always exit through the menus.

Its annoying that a C550 works ok. I've looked through the registry at the various backlight settings but haven't come up with anything. (Although I'm no expert at this).

One thing I have noticed is that when I manually change my backlight settings on my phone I have to reset the phone before the new settings take effect. I don't recall this happening on the previous c500 firmware. (Although I may be wrong)

Just wondered if this could have anything to do with the problem. I never believe that problems can't be fixed in some way.