Backlight timeout keeps reverting to 10secs

[Guest dreamsurfer141]

Hi All,

Every time I lock my device the backlight time out reverts back to 10secs... Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

[Guest]

Hi All,

Every time I lock my device the backlight time out reverts back to 10secs... Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

Hi, I had exactly the same problem on my SPV M600 which necessitated a hard reset. So far it hasn't happened on my SPV M3100 (which by the way I now back up using Sprite Backup on a daily basis!).

[Guest M1TNT]

Hi, I had exactly the same problem on my SPV M600 which necessitated a hard reset. So far it hasn't happened on my SPV M3100 (which by the way I now back up using Sprite Backup on a daily basis!).

HA ! I am not the only one ! Same problem - as often as I change it to longer than 10 seconds the quicker it changes back. Got to a stage where it no longer bothers me any more - life it too short.

Would love to hear of a solution for it mind you.

[Guest marisa4755]

Have you tried any of these solutions:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread...backlight+reset

You probably have, but you never know.

[Guest dreamsurfer141]

Thanks for the replies. marisa4755 good find, I'll try this from the xda-developer thread soon:

"What eventually worked for me is this:

Change your backlight settings but soft-reset using software instead of poking the reset hole. I used Tweaks2k2 to perform the soft-reset but any other tool should work. "

My backlight problem has come after doing a hard reset then restoring from a sprite backup, then changing the backlight brightness when on battery.

Before the hard reset everything was fine and I have installed the exact same apps. Was the problem the hard reset or the restore? most probably the restore as the backup wasn't particularly good as not everything was restored. I'm reluctant to do another hard reset as I don't want to loose my SMS messages as Jeyo v2.5 is unfortunately not working properly at present - Inbox is syncronising OK, but not Deleted Items or Sent Items . I don't want to do a back up of pim.vol or cemail.vol but may be forced to...

[Guest dreamsurfer141]

Ok I have found a fix (or arguably a workaround). I didn't realise but there are two settings for turning off the Backlight and another for Power. Its the backlight setting under Start | Settings | System Tab | Backlight "Turn off backlight if device is not used for" that keeps reverting to 10 secs no matter what time out period you select.

However, the setting for turning off the Power is under Start | Settings | System | Backlight, click Menu | Power (or just tap the battery icon along the top of the Today screen) click Advanced then under On battery power: check the Turn off device if not used for and configure your desired setting.

As the Backlight setting won't stay and also if the Backlight goes off you can't see the screen, I would say that it is best to turn the Backlight setting off (surprisingly turning it off does stick) and only configure the Power setting.