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Old 03-15-2014, 11:08 PM   #1
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Can I shutdown the Built-in light?
The built-in light was on even though I use the setting to "0"
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Old 03-16-2014, 03:09 AM   #2
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You could install this script. It can be configured to turn off the light at power-on if the light is below a certain level.

On the Paperwhite 2, check that the FL variable is set to "/sys/class/backlight/max77696-bl/brightness" in the scripts.
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You could install this script. It can be configured to turn off the light at power-on if the light is below a certain level.

On the Paperwhite 2, check that the FL variable is set to "/sys/class/backlight/max77696-bl/brightness" in the scripts.
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The built-in light was on even though I use the setting to "0"
You can also use CoolReader. There is an built-in option to switch on/of frontlight, reachable via configurable tap touch zone.
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Yes, this is an old thread, but it was a top result for GoogleFor. So for posterity, on my PaperWhite2 (PW2):
* echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/imx-i2c.0/i2c-0/0-003c/max77696-bl.0/backlight/max77696-bl/brightness
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