Starting to lose it over the "zero brightness" bug

[Roboe]

It is tagged as blackscreen in the forum.

Software workaround:

Critical: #Blackscreen after minimal brightness

Workaround (ADB pre-enabled, no root required) From your computer, launch on a terminal with your FP2 connected by USB: adb shell settings put system screen_brightness_mode 0 adb shell settings put system screen_brightness 50 First command disables auto brightness. Second command may not be needed, but ensures brightness level is not low (range goes from 0 to 255). For future reference, settings's keys can be found in Java constants on the Settings app source code (values in quotes after lin…

Hardware workaround:

@Simone_Ricotta

Disable the sensor** (found by @guillaume)

Disable the proximity sensor by putting a small piece of aluminium foil on it (picture). It makes the sensor feel that there is always light and the screen never turns off.

Then use the power button to switch the screen on and off.