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Posted by FirePsych Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On

 
 
Posted by savage.marlagnus Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 702 days ago

On

 
 
Posted by JMak00 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 702 days ago

It's on but it doesn't work properly on my Tour. Sitting a dark room it remains very bright. Sucks!

 
 
Posted by dean_fx Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

off

 
 
Posted by tattoofreak25 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On

 
 
Posted by tattoofreak25 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On

 
 
Posted by ja29 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I have to keep mine turned off. I would turn it to on but my berry wants to run full power, and I always listen to my berry.

 
 
Posted by talon2fe Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On...question though. I have a storm, when Im in standard screen the backlight stays on. When i turn it to portrait view it dims to about 50%. Any ideas how to fix this?

 
 
Posted by mpatchez Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

My guess is that when your turning your storm you may be covering the light sensor which is located in the same slot as the LED indicator. Then again I guess that can't be the issue in portrait view. LOL

 
 
Posted by jcrawford777 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

you probably mean in portrait it stays on and in landscape it goes to 50%. Like the other poster said. So try to watch where your hand is in relation to the LED when you turn it. If you move your hand away it should relight.

 
 
Posted by talon2fe Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 702 days ago

Yes, that is what I meant to say. I can have my hand no where near the sensor and it dims. Its very annoying. If I turn it back to portrait it comes right back to bright.

 
 
Posted by MarcSMASH Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 702 days ago

You're not the only one. My Storm does the same thing. I can be outside in the direct sunlight and it will still dim. I agree... Very annoying. =)

 
 
Posted by aubinhick990 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

That's actually a software issue in 5.0.0.328. Later OSes fix it, like .419 from MTS.

 
 
Posted by savage.marlagnus Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 702 days ago

I have .419 on my  storm 1 n it still dims wen I rotate it n undims wen I rotate it back. Strange.

 
 
Posted by retro77 Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 702 days ago

Mine does the same thing. Running. 5.0.0.328.

 
 
Posted by Mojave Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On.

 
 
Posted by Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

auto dim works good

 
 
Posted by loupat Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I leave it on for the most part. But as anything else at certain times I have to turn it off.

 
 
Posted by mrscott45 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On

 
 
Posted by Leafan Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Don't know why though.... Maybe I will try on for a while and compare

 
 
Posted by qrescue Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Off

 
 
Posted by donefsky Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On......what purpose could leaving it off serve other than to drain the battery?

 
 
Posted by narci Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Even if you turn if off, it's still on.

 
 
Posted by SlcCorrado Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Bingo

 
 
Posted by awperk Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

i leave it on but there are times when it is too sensitive and dims the keyboard backlight when i need to see it. otherwise, i think it's a very useful feature as it really does save precious battery life

 
 
Posted by bkebrian Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Dim backlight is set to off because when I'm done looking at my screen I lock my divice anyway and I hate it dimming when I'm doing something. It's a no brainer locking my device shuts my screen off completly and thus saves my battery.

 
 
Posted by mr.rickeyk Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Definitely off. Always bugged me when the screen would dim. And even with it off I still have awesome battery life!

 
 
Posted by ba_hamilton Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Yeah, this one has always puzzled me. I have a 9530 and the backlight dims whether I have it set to yes or no. On my phone I can't tell any difference one way or the other. It's just one of those things I've learned to live with.

 
 
Posted by JGP92 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Off

 
 
Posted by PolarPaladin Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I have it set to off and the screen brightness set to 50% but it seems that under certain lighting conditions it still will dim itself even further. This usually happens to me in the car.

 
 
Posted by junkmaster75 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I'm on my BB all day so I use whatever I can to save as much battery life as possible.

 
 
Posted by mkurz12 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I have mine (on my Tour) set to off so it doesn't dim on me but it still does after about 5 seconds. Happended on the Storm when I would rotate the screen and my Curve 8330's back light never worked right.
I know for a fact that my cousin using an 8310, 8900 and now 9700 on Tmobile has/had the same problems with all three. No matter what it is set to it seems to dim after a few seconds. Another friend of mine using a 9700 on Tmobile has the same problem. She asked me to "make it not do that anymore" I tried but after about 5 to 7 seconds it dims completely then goes off after another few seconds.

 
 
Posted by filmusikat Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I'd love to have it off just because I want my berry to be running on its best...but to save battery life I have it on. Sometimes I turn it off when I know I'm going to be near a charger for a while. Its on when I'm looking at my phone under the covers, its way to bright under there !

 
 
Posted by HarryHusker Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Wow Adam, you guys are really reaching for some topics huh??

 
 
Posted by Adam Zeis Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Can't look at it as an individual post .. its really more of a series that will ultimately get some cool results. Sure a poll about Auto Dim may not be thrilling, but when you pair it with the others down the road it will show how users tend to set up their devices as a whole.

 
 
Posted by dvsrunt Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Love it! Dim feature is great! And does help save battery life.

 
 
Posted by tibbar Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I leave mine on now. At first I set it off because it would go in and out at times when lighting situations did not change but I'd rather have this rather than it burn my eyes out due too being too strong at other times. And I'd like to think it's squeezing out as little more battery life to my already awesome 9700 battery.

 
 
Posted by moopenguin32 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I leave it on because I find that the brightness level it provides is always adequate. I have never had an issue with it.

 
 
Posted by garymait Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I guess I must use it a lot under adverse conditions when I use it with Geocaching app so to have it too bright at night or too dim in daylight is a pain.I have seldom found during normal office use that 10% back light isn't OK but it sure is handy to have it brighten up outdoors or high lighting situations.

 
 
Posted by fjerske Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I have mine set to off. But it still dims. No matter what OS I use.

 
 
Posted by jcrawford777 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I have mine set to Auto-On and 1 minute. I use my Storm to take notes in church and meetings and so forth. So it's much nicer when I don't have to worry about it getting on someone elses nerves. I charge my Storm every night because I use the daylights out of it.

 
 
Posted by JamesR987 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On

 
 
Posted by dan1701a Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

Mine is on and works well. Backlight is set to 70% to save battery.

 
 
Posted by aubinhick990 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

It annoys me too much. On the 9530 it doesn't seem to be accurate and randomly goes in and out.

 
 
Posted by DervMan Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

It's always on; a lot of the time the screen seems too bright so I think I'll try turning it off! The article has inspired me.

 
 
Posted by MaestroDarius Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On! Never had trouble with the results!

 
 
Posted by iDennis08 Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

I would like to turn my lighting allll the way down(liKe on a iPhone) so ppl couldn't tell I'm on my phone and I wish I could turn my keys. I mean I'm on the bus right now and they are on WASTING my batter on my 9700 but that would. Be a lil neat. And a option for differnt color notifications built in I don't won't no damn app for tthat. ! But yee I hope BlackBerry™ reads this and thinks about it.. Who all agrees. ?

 
 
Posted by lacandela Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

We use the auto on. Also use the flashlight a lot. Well not really a flashlight but the video cam light

 
 
Posted by SpanishBoyAlej Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On

 
 
Posted by rrrebo Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 703 days ago

On. Always have. Saves battery life, eases eye strain. Always seems to hit a nice comfortable brightness for my eyes.