Minor 5800XM issues - 3.5G - screen light - web ho...

Hi folks - newbie here so please be gentle ! Have just bought a contract with Virgin Mobile (VM) in UK with a 5800XM. Have had it about a month and generally it seems pretty good, but there are handful of minor niggles that perhaps someone can help me with.
First issue is HSDPA (aka 3.5G) - or lack of it. Before purchase I checked with VM and they said "Our network supports HSDPA, the phone will automatically switch to it". But it doesn't. Even when I have line of sight to the phone mast, and the signal indicator shows max, the screen icon remains on "3G" and won't switch to "3.5G". I have a further call in to VM to check this, but it's always possible that somewhere in the phone settings there is something that inhibits this switching to 3.5G. Does anyone know of any such setting & where it might be ?
Second issue is the screen light. I use the music player in the car connected to the aux socket on the stereo, and I want the screen light to stay on so I can see what track's playing. I know that'll hit the battery life but that isn't a problem because it'll be plugged into the car charger. But I can't find a setting to do that - all I can do is delay the auto screen-off up to 60 secs, there seems no option to have it on permanently. Have tried disabling the auto keyguard but that doesn't affect the light. Any ideas ?
Third, when I connect to the web, the phone automatically connects to the VM portal page which contains loads of graphics and isn't what I want. I want to over-write this with a homepage of my choice, but can't see how to do this. Have tried setting another page as "Homepage" and I get to this through the options with another couple of taps, but I want to go straight there without going through VM. Any idea how to overwrite this setting ?
Thanks in advance

I'd advise against changing the CCFL on your own. Chances of destroying the panel by allowing the dust specs to get in between the layers are way too high for my liking.
Presuming this is a 15" unit, a NOS LG Philips SXGA+ IPS panel can be had for $50-60...
Do you have the Power Manager installed? While battery life definitely suffers when one moves from XP to W7, it shouldn't be *that* drastic of a change...
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