Backlight on pocket Edge

Sylvie604 · 09-19-2011, 04:20 AM

I have read somewhere it is possible to download an app to have backlight on the reader (want to read in the bed without using an external light). Somebody knows if this is true, if yes where i can find it?

Gunnerp245 · 09-19-2011, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Sylvie604

I have read somewhere it is possible to download an app to have backlight on the reader (want to read in the bed without using an external light). Somebody knows if this is true, if yes where i can find it?

No backlighting of the eInk screen is possible. What others have/are doing is to either increase the LCD lighting through the widget or obtaining an app that does the same thing which then increases ambient lighting.

ivanjt · 09-19-2011, 06:14 AM

As Gunner says it is physically impossible to have a backlight on an e-ink screen - how do you shine a light through a piece of metal?

You could do what I do, that is use a reader (in my case CoolReader) on the LCD screen for reading at night with the lights out.

pendragginp · 09-19-2011, 08:45 AM

I use the Flashlight app - works great. Let me see if I can find the old post -

pendragginp · 09-19-2011, 08:55 AM

Okay, it's at the Amazon App for Android store.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...efix=flashligh

As others here suggested back in May I just fold the LCD side over a bit so it shines on the eink side. =)

obsessed2 · 09-19-2011, 10:12 AM

Some users say a USB light works with the Edge.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ighlight=light

09-19-2011, 04:20 AM	#1
Sylvie604 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Netherlands Device: Pocket eDGe	Backlight on pocket Edge I have read somewhere it is possible to download an app to have backlight on the reader (want to read in the bed without using an external light). Somebody knows if this is true, if yes where i can find it?

09-19-2011, 08:55 AM	#5
pendragginp Guru Posts: 985 Karma: 4567263 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The End Of The Earth Device: Several	Okay, it's at the Amazon App for Android store. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...efix=flashligh As others here suggested back in May I just fold the LCD side over a bit so it shines on the eink side. =) Last edited by pendragginp; 09-19-2011 at 09:01 AM.

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09-19-2011, 06:14 AM	#3
ivanjt Guru Posts: 858 Karma: 1027478 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: South of France Device: kindle dx; eDGe	As Gunner says it is physically impossible to have a backlight on an e-ink screen - how do you shine a light through a piece of metal? You could do what I do, that is use a reader (in my case CoolReader) on the LCD screen for reading at night with the lights out.

09-19-2011, 08:45 AM	#4
pendragginp Guru Posts: 985 Karma: 4567263 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The End Of The Earth Device: Several	I use the Flashlight app - works great. Let me see if I can find the old post -

09-19-2011, 10:12 AM	#6
obsessed2 Wizard Posts: 1,041 Karma: 4694121 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia Device: Pocket Edge X 2 , Edge, gTab, Kindle Fire, Nextbook 7S	Some users say a USB light works with the Edge. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ighlight=light

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