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2018-11-05 , 17:23
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Originally Posted by bradvesp View Post
but my biggest problem is that some old voltage shorted a circuit and now a keyboard backlight stays on (even when the device is off), and the microusb port doesn't get enough power to run mass storage nor the flasher.
Maybe you are in developer mode (keyboard backlight always on) and you device doesn't switch really off. So what happens when you pull the battery, wait for 20sec, and put the battery again, does your backlight from the keyboard switch on?
When you backlight stays off, try to use the flasher now and reflash N900. When the device powers up by insterting the battery the developer mode is active.

edit: to turn off the developer mode:

Code:
flasher-3.5 --disable-rd-mode
Or use package flasher on device to disable rd mode.

Disable keyboard light in r&d mode (not tested by me):
Edit /etc/pmconfig and change "sleep_ind 1" to "sleep_ind 0", then reboot
Disable keyboard light with mce in general:

Go to mce.ini and look for this line:
Modules=display;keypad;vibrator;led;battery;filter-brightness-als;inactivity;alarm;accelerometer;callstate;camer a;homekey;audiorouting

Remove the word 'keypad' to make it look like this:

Modules=display;vibrator;led;battery;filter-brightness-als;inactivity;alarm;accelerometer;callstate;camer a;homekey;audiorouting

Restart the phone and remove the battery. Now turn it on again.
A script that turns it on and off. It changes the behavior of some switches (maybe worth a try).
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