My macbook pro screen brightness and keyboard brightness inop.

My macbook pro screen brightness and keyboard brightness inop. Also it does not wake up most of the time if off the charger for several hours or more. Never a waking problem when plugged in. I think I am still und

Tried a pram reset?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_US (altough I doubt this might affect this issue, it can't hurt)
Have you tried a Safe boot? Left side SHIFT at power up, hold till you see the progress bar then release and allow to finish booting,. (note this will take longer that usual) Thsi will disable 3rd party software/extensions. Login and see if the issue still persists, if not logout and boot normally.
Another thing you can try is creating a test account and see if it has the same issue there, this will help determine if it is related only to your account.
Also check About this Mac (Apple logo) option, system information, power in the left side bar and check the battery info.
If you have already tried these steps, you should include what you have already tried so people will not offer redundant suggestions.
If you still are having issues, it looked as though you were typing that you thoght you may still be under warrany, if so you may want to take it in and have it checked out, as there the keyboard/screen issues along with the no wake on battery, it may be related to a battery problem?
You can check warranty status by going here and entering your serial number.
https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

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