Thread: Skype makes screen not dim
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2007-10-24 , 00:26
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Originally Posted by debudebu View Post
i own a netgear sph101 wifi skype phone, and i occasionally have similar problems. however, it seems random. i just made a skype-out call, and the screen dimmed. when the screen stays lit, i turn the phone off and on, and the problem goes away. i haven't found any other fix.
I can't imagine Netgear's device has much of a relationship to the Internet Tablets screen dimming issue. Yes, the Netgear falls into the category of Skype On a Device ( S.O.D.) but the N800 is a different platform. Furthermore, the auto-dimmer function issue on the N800 is not random but very consistent / repeatable.

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I am going to go out on a limb here and speculate that Skype wanted the screen NOT TO DIM while a Skype-Out call was in progress, and did so intentionally for reasons I hypothesized earlier in this thread......in the same way that Mplayer does not dim the display while you are viewing a video / movie. Skype may have invoked the same method for intentionally inhibiting the auto-dimmer as Mplayer does.

What I think may have happened is that the Skype software ( I am using the latest version as of Oct. 20, 2007 - version 10014/1.7.43.38.2) neglects to re-enable / restore the N800 auto-dimmer after the Skype-Out call concludes. If I am right and this is all it is, it should be an easy fix for the Skype team once they are informed of it. I sent them a bug report this afternoon on this. Hopefully the next N8x0 Skype release will have the bug fixed. M5
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