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Re: [CAB] GSM&CDMA Project Android Port and Startup Utility [8/30] FIXED NOISE!

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Originally Posted by imnuts View Post
I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this or not when running Android as I don't keep up with much on troubleshooting in the threads here, but I noticed something today related to power usage. When my phone is 'sleeping' with the screen off, the screen isn't actually off completely. The backlight appears to still be on when its in standby. I never noticed it before as my phone was always in a well lit area until today when sleeping. No idea how to fix it, but I'm sure that if the devs could find out why this is happening (unless this is a random occurence), it may help improve battery life for folks.
Its a fairly well know issue.

The work-around is to turn off auto backlight control in WinMo before booting Android.