Screen timeout

[kjaslow]

I attend a lot of conference calls and make frequent use of the mute function. Because the screen blacks out sometimes, I can't just press the mute button and expect the phone to toggle mute on or off. I have to keep an eye on whether the screen has timed out to determine whether to press the mute button once or twice (once to activate the screen, and once to toggle mute). If the screen has NOT timed out, and I press the mute button twice, the mute function will be back in the same state it was in before I pressed the button at all.

I'd MUCH rather live with shorter battery life, and have the ability to keep the screen on all the time. From reading other posts, I think the screen timing out was added at some point via a firmware update. Any thoughts about helping me with my mute issue?

Thx.