Thread: Giving up the ghost: Paperwhite alternatives thread
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Old 10-10-2012, 09:07 AM   #47
lettuceman44
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Originally Posted by geekmaster View Post
You can turn the light off on the Paperwhite too -- just not with the slider.

Using a launcher of root shell, the commands to read or change the screen brightness (including completely off) are shown here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2252313


The screen brightness values are 0 to 255, but the slider only goes form 1 to 254. I am not sure if that was by design, or a coding error in the firmware.
Hmm, interesting. Anyone got a picture of their paperwhite with the light off?
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