Nokia E71 keypad lights

Ron J

E71 Light Sensor
The manual says there's a light sensor in E71, but I've yet to see it work.

Isn't the light sensor supposed to make the screen dimmer or brighter depending on the amount of light in the environment and turn on keypad lights when in the dark ??

I've yet to see it work. Am I missing something?

strecker

Works fine on mine. It's above the screen, to the left of the speaker. Put your finger on it: light should come on after a second or so...

Ron J

No joy. Held my finger on it for 2 - 3 mins. Is there some setting in settings that needs to be tweaked ??

strecker

Ron J wrote: »

No joy. Held my finger on it for 2 - 3 mins. Is there some setting in settings that needs to be tweaked ??

Hm, not really...
In menu, tools, settings, phone, display, see if the slider's all the way to the right... Put it in middle position, and try the sensor again. If it still doesn't work, I'd guess it's a hardware problem...???
Anyone else?

strecker

No better guesses here: http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=communicators&thread.id=23377
Seems your sensor's dead?

robinph

The keypad lights will only come on when the backlight for the screen is on though, once that times out then so do the keypad lights.

bigslick

Have E66 myself and there is an option in settings for the sensitivity of it. Maybe your sensitivety is very low

strecker

bigslick wrote: »

Have E66 myself and there is an option in settings for the sensitivity of it. Maybe your sensitivety is very low

Yeah, that's why I asked him to try setting it to medium... Although from googling the issue I'm getting the impression there might be a dodgy batch around as the o.p. is definitely not alone with the problem

bigslick

strecker wrote: »

Yeah, that's why I asked him to try setting it to medium... Although from googling the issue I'm getting the impression there might be a dodgy batch around as the o.p. is definitely not alone with the problem

Ah look what i did. I should try reading previous posts fully before opening me mouth.
As for the light sensor, ive never found it to do exactly what one would think it would. I just use it when the backlight goes off, i just tilt the phone and it comes back on lol. Useful indeed

Ron J

Tried middle position for slider - no use. Screen backlight comes on with a call/message etc but keypad does not light up. Have to turn on room light to repy to message /make call etc. Sensor must be shot.

strecker

Ron J wrote: »

Tried middle position for slider - no use. Screen backlight comes on with a call/message etc but keypad does not light up. Have to turn on room light to repy to message /make call etc. Sensor must be shot.

Yeah, pity!
Got warranty?