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dmc1068 01-20-2009 10:58 PM

Keypad issues
 
I am having an issue with my keypad. I have had this phone since a week before it was available to the public at Sprint stores. I've never had an issue till tonight. I have done the registry hacks for sound and battery life. I have the Seidio extended battery. My keypad, application buttons and talk/stop buttons stopped lighting up tonight. I tried a hard reset and then tried the original battery. Nothing. I can't find a setting for it. On my 700 I had a program to shut it on and off. Any suggestions?

CozBoogie 01-21-2009 12:19 AM

Re: Keypad issues
 
If after a hard reset the lighting system is still non-existent, then I would say that the device is defective.

late,
Coz

dannzeman 01-21-2009 06:55 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dmc1068 (Post 655043)
I am having an issue with my keypad. I have had this phone since a week before it was available to the public at Sprint stores. I've never had an issue till tonight. I have done the registry hacks for sound and battery life. I have the Seidio extended battery. My keypad, application buttons and talk/stop buttons stopped lighting up tonight. I tried a hard reset and then tried the original battery. Nothing. I can't find a setting for it. On my 700 I had a program to shut it on and off. Any suggestions?

The 800w doesn't come with a program to turn your keyboard on and off. But there is an app called Keylight that will do the same thing. Search for it in the forum.
Quote:

Originally Posted by cozboogie (Post 655243)
If after a hard reset the lighting system is still non-existent, then I would say that the device is defective.

late,
Coz

Yep, if it doesn't after this I'd take it to a store and exchange it.

JAVIERBOND007 01-21-2009 10:27 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cozboogie (Post 655243)
If after a hard reset the lighting system is still non-existent, then I would say that the device is defective.

late,
Coz



Nothing else to say, if hard reset does not fix it then take it back.

dmc1068 01-22-2009 04:34 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
I'm waiting on my new one. I want it fixed so I can sell it to get my Pre.

JAVIERBOND007 01-23-2009 12:44 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dmc1068 (Post 658967)
I'm waiting on my new one. I want it fixed so I can sell it to get my Pre.

Iam sure it can be fix...

SkipJack 01-23-2009 12:49 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
I had the same problem a few months ago. I contacted palm and they said to return the device. I returned it to them and they diagnosed it to be some kind of bug i acquired through some email attachment. replaced the devise and all is well now. Took about four weeks of frustration though.

JAVIERBOND007 01-23-2009 12:59 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SkipJack (Post 661147)
I had the same problem a few months ago. I contacted palm and they said to return the device. I returned it to them and they diagnosed it to be some kind of bug i acquired through some email attachment. replaced the devise and all is well now. Took about four weeks of frustration though.

Did you hard reset it before contacting Palm?

SkipJack 01-23-2009 01:59 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Yes. Didn't solve it. It was a weird situation for lack of a better term, but they said whatever bug it had had affected the hardware (shrug) so they replaced it due to the warranty.

dmc1068 01-24-2009 01:21 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Well I got it but now I am having issues with the extended battery. I know I read the same problems here before. I am looking to see if anyone found a fix or if I have to order another one, The screen keeps getting very dim but not shutting off and sometimes jumps back on. The battery low indicator comes on even though it's at full charge. After soft reset sometimes the screen is nothing other than a few verticle red dotted lines. This is before I installed anything. I did 2 hard resets. I finally put in the original battery and set it up a backed up. Put in the extended and same issues.

skeegcpp 01-25-2009 02:29 AM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dmc1068 (Post 663813)
Well I got it but now I am having issues with the extended battery. I know I read the same problems here before. I am looking to see if anyone found a fix or if I have to order another one, The screen keeps getting very dim but not shutting off and sometimes jumps back on. The battery low indicator comes on even though it's at full charge. After soft reset sometimes the screen is nothing other than a few verticle red dotted lines. This is before I installed anything. I did 2 hard resets. I finally put in the original battery and set it up a backed up. Put in the extended and same issues.

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

JAVIERBOND007 01-25-2009 12:11 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SkipJack (Post 661411)
Yes. Didn't solve it. It was a weird situation for lack of a better term, but they said whatever bug it had had affected the hardware (shrug) so they replaced it due to the warranty.

Well good thing you got it replace and i agree thats a weird situation.

SkipJack 01-25-2009 07:14 PM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Yeah very odd. But ever since the replacement i haven't had any such problem.

dmc1068 01-26-2009 11:06 AM

Re: Keypad issues
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by skeegcpp (Post 665153)
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.


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