Hi again,
What's with the backlight/fade control mod? Do these things typically have backlighting issues?
No issues, just that with this controller you can't control the backlight or turn the display on or off.
(ie: the .lcdOn() and .lcdOff() library functions aren't implemented for this display)
A simple hardware mod and optional (still not finalised) UTFT library mod allows this, but you need to have access on the display board to an extra PWM digital line from the Arduino. Also need space to solder 1 transistor and 1 resistor.
see:
http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,138938.0.html
and:
http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,139391.0.html
cheers,
Bernie