kencam

I have an original Droid. While booting up the backlight is bright but right before it enters the OS, right when the buttons light up and you feel the vibrator bump, the backlight dims. You can slightly adjust it in the display settings but it is too dim to use. I've tried 2 stock roms and a custom one with the same result. The backlight is very bright when booting and in recovery. Anyone run across this before?

johnlgalt

You have turned off the auto brightness, right?

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kencam

Yes, The slider actually makes it brighter but not nearly enough.

johnlgalt

When you say 2 stock ROMs, which two?

Also, are you attempting to use this in sunlight?

kencam

When I got it yesterday it was running an older stock rom. There was a system update which I assume replaced it with a newer rom. There were several reset/wipes along the way. It is currently running Steel Droid.

Nope, just in my office with the lights out.

kencam

BTW. I have no history on this phone. It was bought as a low end test device for app development.

kencam

Here is a video of the issue

johnlgalt

I wonder if it is steel droid causing the issue?

That definitely is pretty dim....

kencam

No, I had the issue with stock rom as well.

johnlgalt

Did you buy it new?

kencam

no it is used. I loaded CM7 and it still does it. Must be hardware. I have no idea what though.

johnlgalt

Try loading an SBF that is pure stock - that will replace all files, including possible scripts that the previous user might have had on there that made the screen dimmer than it is supposed to be....

Although loading a ROM should have taken care of anything like this, you never know....