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Originally Posted by skeegcpp

lol..don't take this the wrong way,
but u be having the strangest issues. stuff i haven't heard of before
but which model extended battery are you using? i used the 1300mAh seidio extended, with no issues. Now as for the screen going dim, u can try start/settings/system/backlight. now uncheck the top box on the battery power tab. and also uncheck the top box on the external power tab.
another thing u can do, is tap power on the bottom of the screen. tap the middle tap, and uncheck the top box here also. NOW, u have to remember to tap the red phone key(for this i suggest reading Danneman's reg edit thread in the 800 forum) to put it to sleep. i noticed as long as i had certain things unchecked, it would not go dim. Also, read around and you'll notice that, the battery dimming issue, is believed to be a hardware issue, therefore making it difficult to fix. so i just decided to keep my phone set this way. i got used to putting it asleep all the time, others felt the opposite way. HTH

I have read these same issues on other forums. I thought they were nuts because I wasn't having these issues. It must be a hardware issue with certain 800s. I tried your settings and it didn't work. Looks like I'm badk to Sprint today to order another one. It is really a waste of time since I am going to order the Pre the day it comes out.