# Backlight Issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Pebble Help!\ **Created:** [May 7, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618 "2026-05-07T23:44:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smoozle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Smoozle](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Smoozle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618/1 "2026-05-07T23:44:06Z")
Morning everyone! (At least, in Australia). Got my lovely new Pebble Time 2 just the other day and am loving it so far, however, I seem to be having an issue with the backlight, and not sure if this is expected behaviour, or if, perhaps, I have a faulty accelerometer. To turn the backlight on, I either have to press the back key, or flick my wrist REALLY hard. A gentle raise/turning motion from the side _does not work_ to turn the backlight on, and it’s a bit frustrating. I’ve checked through all the settings: Wake on Motion: On Wake on touch: Double tap Ambient Sensor: On Dynamic Backlight: On I’m out of ideas to make it easier on my wrist to see the time. I’ve tried restarting the watch, but this has had no change. I’ve also tried turning off ‘Wake on Motion’, then back on, to no avail. Any thoughts? Pebble is connected to an Android phone, running Android 16, if this is important. ---
**Author:** ![Trevor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/trevor/32/253_2.png) [@Trevor](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Trevor)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618/2 "2026-05-07T23:56:18Z")
Hi Smoozle! The ways to get the backlight to turn on would be: - Receive a notification - Flick your wrist - Tap (or double tap depending on your settings) the screen - Press a button The difference between an Apple Watch and Pebble watch, for example, is that on an Apple Watch you can slowly rotate your wrist to activate the backlight/screen. On a Pebble watch that’s not how it works. Let me know if that answers your question and if you had any others! ---
**Author:** ![Smoozle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Smoozle](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Smoozle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618/3 "2026-05-07T23:59:30Z")
OK, thanks Trevor. I was hoping it would be a little more of a ‘gentle’ flick as opposed to wrenching my wrist back and forth. I don’t recall this from my original Time Steel. Maybe it’s just how the watch is positioned on my wrist, or the movement I’m making that’s causing it to not work so well. Thanks for taking the time to reply. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flynn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/flynn/32/73_2.png) [@Flynn](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Flynn)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618/4 "2026-05-08T16:10:44Z")
On the watch go to Settings \> System \> Debug and then change the motion sensitivity. ---
**Author:** ![Smoozle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Smoozle](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Smoozle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618/5 "2026-05-08T19:39:09Z")
OMG, thank you! That’s exactly what I needed to know. That has made the flick so much gentler. ---
**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/awesomerobot/32/104_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://forum.repebble.com/u/awesomerobot)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618/6 "2026-05-09T13:22:18Z")
thank you! very helpful tip - I’ve also found the default wrist flick difficult to trigger so I’ve been relying on double tap ---
**Author:** ![particles](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/particles/32/519_2.png) [@particles](https://forum.repebble.com/u/particles)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618/7 "2026-05-20T12:07:53Z")
I believe very strongly that the sensitivity should move out of the debug menu. I also went on a google spree just to find that the sensitivity is a debug mode thing. ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@Leo](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618/8 "2026-10-13T00:57:03Z")
Does this affect other features like step calculation? ---
**Author:** ![Flynn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/flynn/32/73_2.png) [@Flynn](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Flynn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/backlight-issues/618/9 "2026-10-13T01:46:02Z")
No just the backlight