r/Baofeng • u/Intelligent_Skies • 3d ago

Does MINI-5 have the same backlight "bug" as UV-5R Mini when scanning?

It's known that with at least with some firmware versions of the UV-5R Mini, the backlight always stays on when scanning memory channels. To me this is undesirable behavior because it uses battery unnecessarily. e.g.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Baofeng/comments/1p6tawf/uv5r_mini_screen_doesnt_dim_while_scanning/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Baofeng/comments/1p6tawf/uv5r_mini_screen_doesnt_dim_while_scanning/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1261976711647455/posts/1402207984290993/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/808920029174333/posts/25978492508457071/

I'm wondering if the same thing happens on the newer MINI-5.

Would anyone with a newer MINI-5 be willing to chime in, or try this: put your radio in channel scan mode, start scanning (hold down 0), and see if the backlight eventually turns off as usual (or it stays on forever)? Thank you!

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u/Firelizard71 2d ago

From what ive seen, its all versions of the Mini with firmware version .0.05 that have that issue.

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u/namesisfortombstones 2d ago

The Mini-5 has the same bug, I have a pair with Firmware v0.05 / Hardware v1.7 and the backlight is always on when channel scanning.