Thread: Want to turn off backlight with JB – PW3 or Voyage?
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Old 10-11-2015, 04:58 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Annor View Post
Hi!

I'm considering buying a new Kindle – either a Paperwhite 3 or a Voyage. Obviously I'd prefer to buy a Voyage, but I need to be able to turn off the backlight after having rooted it. Does anyone have any experience with turning off the backlight on a Voyage or Paperwhite 3? Can it be done on both?

/Annor
Front light off while you continue to use it for reading?
or
Front light off while it is sleeping (and typically showing a screensaver)?

If the latter, then the 5.6.x series of firmware already does that for you -
Hold the power button down for >15 seconds and it will pop-up a panel giving you the choice to either restart the Kindle or to turn off the screen.

If the former, as others have posted, there is a KUAL Menu extension for the purpose of taking control over the screen light settings.

What wasn't mentioned earlier -
After jailbreaking, you will be installing the KUAL Menu anyway -
Since to install any of our add-in packages (the ones in update_*.bin format) you have to use MrPI, which is also a KUAL Menu extension.
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