8130 keypad backlight
- is anyone experiencing uneven backlight problems on their keypad when lit? I just recently swapped mine. the first one had a defect in the ear piece. now, THIS one has a backlight issue. all of the key's backlighting is uneven. some keys are brighter than others. some keys are soooo dim that it's an ugly brown and sometimes yellow. Should I deal with this or should i go into a verizon store and swap it out for another one? how are the keypads out there?11-25-07 02:15 PMLike 0
- Did you try adjusting it in the menus? Mine looks fine...Under OPTIONS, SCREEN/KEYBOARD I have my brightness set to 70, Timeout 2 minutes (I like mine on), Automatically Dim to ON. See if that will make a difference. Good Luck!11-25-07 03:59 PMLike 0
- that adjusts the screen/lcd backlighting. i'm talking about the keypad. my screen is fine. my keypad just isn't bright..... and it's uneven among the keys. some are brighter than others and aren't even white. it's like a brownish yellowish hue.11-25-07 05:23 PMLike 0
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My shift key is the brightest, followed by the M/9 key and the #... after that the QW key is pretty bright.. the rest are brown/yellow/silver or whatever you might call it
Anyone else notice this?11-25-07 11:59 PMLike 0 - is anyone experiencing uneven backlight problems on their keypad when lit? I just recently swapped mine. the first one had a defect in the ear piece. now, THIS one has a backlight issue. all of the key's backlighting is uneven. some keys are brighter than others. some keys are soooo dim that it's an ugly brown and sometimes yellow. Should I deal with this or should i go into a verizon store and swap it out for another one? how are the keypads out there?
Yeah, mine is like that too. My 3, 6, 9, and # are a nice whiteish color. The 1, 4, 7, #, 2, 5, 8, and 0 are a sort of dirty white. Looking at it I think it as to do with the paint on the keys and not the lighting behind it. It looks like it's thicker paint on those key or something that doesn't let the light shine through as clearly.
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I've looked at the keypad more closely. I've convinced that what is making those others keys "dirty" are not as bright is the metallic particulate in the paint that gives it a silver(pearlish) color when you look at it closely with the backlight off. Some keys got a coating of the paint that had more particulate in it then others... Sigh. Oh well. I don't think I'll return it for this. It's not perfect, but I guess there are other things that could be MUCH worse.Last edited by kidqwik; 11-26-07 at 12:58 PM.
11-26-07 11:52 AMLike 0 - Hi again...I am new to BB's but I read the help screens and it says that the light/dim feature effects BOTH the screen AND the keyboard. Mine was defaulted to 70 and is very bright. Just wondering if fooling around with that number may help...same with auto dim...which does dim it quite a bit depending on what light you are in; of course "yellowish" color? Just a thought...Good luck. I know I would take mine back if it was like that!11-26-07 12:44 PMLike 0
- I actually took a good look at my keyboard tonight and I see now what everyone is talking about...a few rows are a slightly darker than others but they are still very readable...but it does make one wonder why they wouldn't all be the same color...same plastic, same molds. Man, at 100 brightness and no auto dim...does that effect your battery life much?11-26-07 09:51 PMLike 0
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- I actually took a good look at my keyboard tonight and I see now what everyone is talking about...a few rows are a slightly darker than others but they are still very readable...but it does make one wonder why they wouldn't all be the same color...same plastic, same molds. Man, at 100 brightness and no auto dim...does that effect your battery life much?11-27-07 06:47 AMLike 0
- I posted a while back on this same issue. My wife and I had both got a new 8130 and her keypad was much brighter and even had a blueish color to it. Mine was dull looking and yellowish even though all the settings were exactly the same on both phones. I decided to take mine back and my new one looks much better. Exchanging it was kind of a pain since I had already transferred contacts, etc. but it was driving me crazy so it was worth it.11-28-07 06:42 PMLike 0
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