Backlight

[vio112]

Even in sport activity it turn on if I hit middle button

[isazi]

@vio112 select “off” for standby.

[vio112]

@isazi
I did before my testing. Backlight is stil turned on during any action.

[vio112]

@isazi

During sport activity:

[vio112]

@isazi

[vio112]

I would expect that if I disable Backlight in shortcuts than it will be permanently disabled:

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@vio112 that is the backlight not the standby light.

Turn off the standbylight most probably

[isazi]

@vio112 you mean that if you press a button the light is on, or is permanently on? Mine is always off unless I do something.

[vio112]

@isazi
Yes, if I press any button (action) the backlight turns on. I would like to have it permanently turned off as before with Toggle mode. For me it is absolutely useless, I do not need it automatically turned on, I would like to turn it on if I need it = toggle mode. Also it doesn’t make sense for me to have it turned on during activity, during my activities I have enough daylight and this will decrease battery life.

[vio112]

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos
I did before testing, my Standby is turned off.

[isazi]

@vio112 I thought it was always like that, a button press turns on backlight.

[vio112]

@isazi
No, it wasn’t. It was completely turned off in toggle mode and that was cool.

[isazi]

@vio112 never used this toggle mode, it was always working like this for me. Sorry.

[ChrisA]

@isazi just checked on my not yet updated S5 and in toggle mode only a long press upper left button turns on and off the backlight - any other button press leaves the backlight turned off. So if the „toggle“ option got removed it may be that it doesn’t work like before. For me I am happily awaiting the raise to wake Option on the S5 since for my older eyes the display was always a bit hard to see - and of course I am even more happy when my S9Peak will arrive in the next weeks

[Gerbs]

I too am unhappy with the removal of Toggle mode. I liked being able to have the backlight off at all times and being able to quickly activate it via tapping the screen (when needed). As noted, whenever I am using the watch the backlight now stays active. It seems that Toggle mode could have been kept with the latest update.

[Egika]

@gerbs same here.
We covered this topic already in the FW announcement post and in a separate one.
This is the third about it…

[isazi]

Things may change again in the future, who knows.

[Tomas5]

@isazi toogle mode is even stated in suunto 5 manual. It is very weird that suunto removes functions specified in product manual. I am happy that there is development of firmware and happy that they want bring snap to route to suunto 5. But if it is in cost of loosing toogle mode, i will stay with older firmware. I used toogle mode in ambit 2s, and i use toogle mode in suunto 5 and it was one of must have features for me. I don’t need backlight during day or daylight activities but i need to be able to turn on backlight during night by simple upper left button long press.

[vio112]

Is there any option how do downgrade it? I really need toggle mode, this is useless for me.

[isazi]

@tomas5 I don’t doubt it existed, I just never used it.