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hi guys,
i'm looking for a program for my sx66 that will allow me to lock the hardware keys and screen when i place it in it's holster. i have tried screenlock 1.2 and mortsaver but they don't seem to work.
anyone know of any programs that do this?
thanks!
try settings ->system ->button lock
it is already build into windows
Isn't that designed for only when the phone is turned off? I'd like to keep the phone on and lock the keys.
The phone will keep functioning with keylock on just lock the keys and give yourself a call from another phone , you'll see it works
Doh! Why didn't I think of that?
You are referring to toggling the keylock on from within the programs, not pressing the power button (which I assume does power the unit off), correct?
Thanks.
The power button does not power off the unit, it just turns off the screen or if you hold it for a few seconds, it turns off the backlight.
you may try Start->Settings->Personal->Password along with Button Lock in the System Settings. This will have your keys completly locked.
Thanks guys. That will do what I need.
I think that mortsaver is sort of a work in progress. There is a beta that works way better, but the only place I've found it is here not on any website:
http://www.pdaphonehome.com/forums/...0aa759&threadid=37160&perpage=20&pagenumber=1
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You can get the latest beta from the last or second to last page, but you might want to read the entire thread to get an idea of how to use the program. I think it will soon be a killer app up there with pzp
Hi,
In general I am very happy with my new TP2, however, I keep forgetting to press the lock button (hold down the call end buttoun until it vibrates) prior to pussing the power button and putting it in the case.
Does anyone know of a way of adding this function to the power button, so that it automatically locks?
richkidd said:
Hi,
In general I am very happy with my new TP2, however, I keep forgetting to press the lock button (hold down the call end buttoun until it vibrates) prior to pussing the power button and putting it in the case.
Does anyone know of a way of adding this function to the power button, so that it automatically locks?
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If you use S2U2 you get this functionality, I don't know how to do it with normal screen lock.
Dave
Or if you use Throttle Lock you can use a pattern to unlock your device, and you can set it up that when you push the powerbutton it gets locked with the pattern, or that when you push the powerbutton it will wait a x given minutes and then your device get's locked with a pattern.
I don't know how to do it with normal screen lock.
i have this on mine dont know how i got it take it came with some app i have installed
Anyone know how to fix this so that the phone's standard lock autolocks? Tried throttle etc but I still really like the simplicity of the normal phonelock, just need to get it to do it by itself.
Homescreen plusplus (Batterystatus) has this option. You can select lock on standby, it uses normal wm lock app. Used it on my Wizard, not sure if it's compatible with the TP2...
http://www.chi-tai.info/cs_batterystatus_xda_neo_wm5_im_cs.htm
aiaob said:
Anyone know how to fix this so that the phone's standard lock autolocks? Tried throttle etc but I still really like the simplicity of the normal phonelock, just need to get it to do it by itself.
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Use TouchLockPro as locking utility. Automatically locks at power on and unlocks by light sensor. And you can configure a key unlock sequence. And with a slide to answer solution, you can only lock the hardware keys at incoming call.
if you simply press the power button that switches off the screen and locks all buttons.
uilt-in WM feature.
If you set a password it also automatically locks it
how do you enable ALL BUTTONS UNLOCK ?
in older devices there was an option somewhere in the keys section, now only the power button turns the phone on,. i want all the keys to turn it on, since i use the s2u2...
thanx
otohabibi said:
how do you enable ALL BUTTONS UNLOCK ?
in older devices there was an option somewhere in the keys section, now only the power button turns the phone on,. i want all the keys to turn it on, since i use the s2u2...
thanx
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When not removed from ROM you will find it as \Windows\keylock.exe
Otherwise try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5875933&postcount=5
I am still looking for auto lock at suspend. I don't want to install a program bringing with it 100.000 functions.
I dont see the point in adding extra features to a lock screen. its there to keep the screen locked and thats it lol
Anyways, try 'lock device GUI'
It just adds the function to lock the device when the power button is pushed (Sleep).
Keeps the old lock screen, only adds function
Yea check out LockDevice. I use it and it works great..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542482
DeviceLock.cab Works As Well...
I had similar issue. So I installed "DeviceLock.cab" and added it as a Quick Link on HCT Sense 2.5 Homescreen. Now I just have to click on the link to lock the device. Once the screen if off the keys don't matter.
Also used "Lock Screen With Bottom Slider" for easy access.
I can't post links, but if you search for quote phrase, you should be able to find a download.
Hope that helps.
Try smartlock. Works perfect! Just install the cab, then it can be found in: Start/Settings/System
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505032
Hey so I've tried all the different music players and I'm back to WMP as my favorite.
My question is, how can I lock the screen and shut off the lcd at the same time?
I bike with it in my jersey pocket and the screen is sensitive enough that it needs to be locked, but I'd also like to turn off the LCD.
Lock is programed as long hold of the end key, and I remapped the windows button while in WMP to shut off the lcd (used the keyboard mapper posted in these forums to do that).
Is it possible to use the powerbutton on the top, and keep the music playing?
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Very simple and very very light application.
Does exactly what it says on the TIN.
The reason I compiled this application is purely to avoid using power button as I don’t want it to worn out. To turn the screen on or off we have to use power button which might stop working if we use the button too much. This application will cut the use of the power button by 50% at least
Rather than using the power button to turn the screen on and off, tap on this application to turn the screen off. Very small application V1.0
I might release another one when I get feedback from the users.
If you want just exe file then copy it in to your phonewindows->start menu-> program folder
Or use cab file which will install it on the above location for you
Enjoy !!!!
Trying to be contructive, the way this application could be more useful (to me) would be if it triggered the standard screen lock at the same time as switching off the screen. This would save me tapping 'start' then 'lock' and then pressing the power button.
Major_Sarcasm said:
Trying to be contructive, the way this application could be more useful (to me) would be if it triggered the standard screen lock at the same time as switching off the screen. This would save me tapping 'start' then 'lock' and then pressing the power button.
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That makes a lot of sense!
Major_Sarcasm said:
Trying to be contructive, the way this application could be more useful (to me) would be if it triggered the standard screen lock at the same time as switching off the screen. This would save me tapping 'start' then 'lock' and then pressing the power button.
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hiya,
much appreciate for your comments. do you mean turning screen off as well as locking the screen..? so that when you touch the screen it won't come back on...?
I'm working on to prepare better version i.e. it would be on the home screen so that no clicking on start menu and then this app.
cheers
Major_Sarcasm said:
Trying to be contructive, the way this application could be more useful (to me) would be if it triggered the standard screen lock at the same time as switching off the screen. This would save me tapping 'start' then 'lock' and then pressing the power button.
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I think he means that you program should not only turn off the devise, but also lock it with the standard WM lock at the same time. That would be good for me, at least.
EgorLev said:
I think he means that you program should not only turn off the devise, but also lock it with the standard WM lock at the same time. That would be good for me, at least.
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screen off + lock at same time only pressing Powerbutton.
It work perfectly for me so as it is. I changed the left soft-key so that it will start "turn off the light.exe" .When the screen is off S2U2 will lock the screen. So I can turn off and lock the screen with only one click.
To change the soft key do this:
with a registry editor go to HKLM/Software/HTC/manila/ . in HomeLSKPath (left softkey) or HomeRSKPath (right softkey) write the address to "turn off the light.exe". HomeLSKText and HomeRSKText are the text for the softkeys.
That´s it!
update for touch diamond
hi everyone,
massive thanks to all those who provided replies. I have tried on my blackstone (Touch HD) and it does seems to turn off the screen plus all keys as well.
I can confirm that it doesnt lock all the keys i.e. doesnt lock the device on touch diamond model. I'll modify the program and upload the newer version with the feature of locking the keys plus turning off the screen.
once agian special thanks to everyone.
Certainly reading the comments above, people seemed to understand what I was getting at. With the screen off, the buttons on a HD will indeed be non-responsive, however if an event (SMS or similar) woke the screen, the device would be in an unlocked state. What I would be interested in is a program that turned off the screen and invoked the standard WM lock program (gwes.exe?).
Hope that makes sense.
i like this application but i think the icon is really ugly..
Hi,
is there a possibility to do a screen unlock application which can be activated by voice commander? the situation is this...
I used voice commander to launch google maps while my hand is busy when the screen is lock. however, i will need a program which can be initiated by the voice commander to unlock the screen so that i can navigate the maps. Right now i will have to unlock the screen the normal way which i find voice commander redundant since i'll have to use my finger during lunching anyway.
Can you help me on this? Many thanks in advance. =)
Major_Sarcasm said:
Certainly reading the comments above, people seemed to understand what I was getting at. With the screen off, the buttons on a HD will indeed be non-responsive, however if an event (SMS or similar) woke the screen, the device would be in an unlocked state. What I would be interested in is a program that turned off the screen and invoked the standard WM lock program (gwes.exe?).
Hope that makes sense.
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Here is the app that has the feature which you prefer:
LockDevice => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542482
Thanks for the link!
Been using this app so i dont have to fumble with the power button to turn the screen off. Seems this app only turns off the screen and doesnt actualy put the phone in sleep. I would like an app like this that acts as the power button does. So when i put the phone to sleep with the icon, i cant accidently slide the keyboard out a touch and have the phone wake up.
The whole deal has to do with tilt 2's keyboard sensor and magnet cases. With this app, the keyboard sensor still activates when sliding into a magnet flap case, while having slie to wake disabled
carhigh said:
Been using this app so i dont have to fumble with the power button to turn the screen off. Seems this app only turns off the screen and doesnt actualy put the phone in sleep. I would like an app like this that acts as the power button does. So when i put the phone to sleep with the icon, i cant accidently slide the keyboard out a touch and have the phone wake up.
The whole deal has to do with tilt 2's keyboard sensor and magnet cases. With this app, the keyboard sensor still activates when sliding into a magnet flap case, while having slie to wake disabled
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Hiya,
I'm working on the program so that you can have configuration option to simulate power button to put phone in sleep mode or jus to turn the screen off. This utility was just for people who want to save power whilst listening to the music, etc.
Please keep any ideas/suggestion coming. Much appreciated guys.
Watch the space guys....
That is great inítiative. I use the screen off function actually for the purpose to save power when navigation. screen off when there is a long straíght way to drive.
Put device to sleep mode will cause gps signal lost, which is not so nice.
I can image that there will be a lot of person who wnat to have different adds-on on this small application, it might be a solution to provide command argument.
Thank you.
I will try to see whether this one works for my purpose. Actually in my situation, I even don't want any key be locked as these keys are mapped for navigation.
How about screen toggle thus it is possible to map this application to a key?
awesome, i mapped the exe to a hardware key next to standby. now i can easily save power while wardr listening to music. ^_^
it combines very well with s2u2 locking function too.
big thanks!
tom_hungston said:
Very simple and very very light application.
Does exactly what it says on the TIN.
The reason I compiled this application is purely to avoid using power button as I don’t want it to worn out. To turn the screen on or off we have to use power button which might stop working if we use the button too much. This application will cut the use of the power button by 50% at least
Rather than using the power button to turn the screen on and off, tap on this application to turn the screen off. Very small application V1.0
I might release another one when I get feedback from the users.
If you want just exe file then copy it in to your phonewindows->start menu-> program folder
Or use cab file which will install it on the above location for you
Enjoy !!!!
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Tom, may be it was to late to find your toggle light off switch, but it was very important for me to find it, thank you man, you solved a terrible issue for me, which is that programs stop updating (eg: twitter) when the device is in standby mode.
I heard that you can release another one, so my feedback is:
it takes about 2 seconds to turn off the light, isn't there any faster??? ))
This application is great. Combined with the S2U2 and HD Tweak i don't even have to use the power button at all. Device locked by S2U2 as soon as i turn off the light, waking up device by pulling out the stylus and rebooting with the help of HD Soft reset. Thanks
P.S. You should really add a decent icon, even though people can change it if they want to.
Now im sure i had this working, but not 100%, now it dont work, ive searched, but there only seems to be mention of in the media players, ie tcpmp, core, nitrogen etc, the option to turn the screen off.
Theres other threads on here about getting the screen off, but not locking the keys, i allways seem to dial someone when doing it this way!
Now ive just dug out my TyTn 2 and tested
run tcpmp, played an mp3, gone back to my main screen, locked the keys and hit the standby button, = phone screen off, phone lock, but still getting mp3 playback.
Why cant i get my touch pro 2 to do this????
I use Nitrogen with S2U2 and it works just fine. No amount of button presses turn the device on, except for the power button.
agentdr8 said:
I use Nitrogen with S2U2 and it works just fine. No amount of button presses turn the device on, except for the power button.
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Tried that, but you still cant lock the phone 1st then turn the screen off, unless im missing something?
Has this S2U2 got anything to do with what i want?
I think it has to do something with the headphones being used. I can lock my device with s2p running being pluged in to a 3.5 cable while i drive.
no one share this issue then? still bugs me i can do it on older devices and not my TP2?
fil said:
Tried that, but you still cant lock the phone 1st then turn the screen off, unless im missing something?
Has this S2U2 got anything to do with what i want?
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I'm guessing you're trying to use the standard windows lock screen and then power button? I don't use the built-in screen lock, and just use S2U2, which I've set to only come on when the power button is pressed. So I can start nitrogen, play music, hit the "screen off" button on the default skin, which blanks the screen, and when I hit the power button, S2U2 comes up first.
The other thing to look at is possibly the Keylock under start, settings, system. Not sure which ROM you're running, so it may or may not be there. I have mine set to disable all buttons except the power button when screen is off.
I'm having the same problem, when I play my music on my TP2 on speakerphone and press the power button to turn the screen off (to save power) it shuts the music off. I would like this to stop.
Try looking at
Code:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\BattPowerOff
I think on some ROMs it's set to 180. Try changing it to 0 and soft-reset & test.
not to be thick in the head...but could you spell it out for me what this would do before I do it
ok, so I regedit it and the value was 0 already so now what do I do? I tried changing it to 2 but I don;t know what I'm doing
since no one seems to care about this lol, I found a solution. I just downloaded "turn off the light" app and that works great. it cuts off the screen to conserve power but doesn't kill the music
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
grant9908 said:
since no one seems to care about this lol, I found a solution. I just downloaded "turn off the light" app and that works great. it cuts off the screen to conserve power but doesn't kill the music
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
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I realize I am a bit late to the discussion, but mortsaver is an older but functional utility for this. There are probably more elegant ones nowadays, but on my apache I use mortsaver with wm6.5 when I am listening to music or even with google maps when it used to freeze if the phone was put on standby.
Hope this is helpful. It's attached. Thanks to everyone on these forums!
agentdr8 said:
Try looking at
Code:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\BattPowerOff
I think on some ROMs it's set to 180. Try changing it to 0 and soft-reset & test.
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Just had a look and get asfar as the power part then theres no Battpoweroff
grant9908 said:
since no one seems to care about this lol, I found a solution. I just downloaded "turn off the light" app and that works great. it cuts off the screen to conserve power but doesn't kill the music
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
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Can allready do that with the nitrogen player
cameld00d said:
I realize I am a bit late to the discussion, but mortsaver is an older but functional utility for this. There are probably more elegant ones nowadays, but on my apache I use mortsaver with wm6.5 when I am listening to music or even with google maps when it used to freeze if the phone was put on standby.
Hope this is helpful. It's attached. Thanks to everyone on these forums!
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Installed but still cant get it to what i want?
Going back to my 1st post, all i want it to do as my previous WM did
run tcpmp ( or any other media player )
play an mp3
go back to my main screen
lock the keys
hit the standby button
= phone screen off, phone locked, but still getting mp3 playback.
fil said:
run tcpmp ( or any other media player )
play an mp3
go back to my main screen
lock the keys
hit the standby button
= phone screen off, phone locked, but still getting mp3 playback.
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I just tested this and you're right, it won't work this way. By pressing the standby button, it suspends the audio. I'm sure it does that by design, and most likely to save battery. So there's possibly a regkey to address that. But in the meantime, why not do it this way:
setup s2u2 to lock on power button press
run nitrogen
play an mp3
hit nitrogen's screen off button on the default skin
profit
That's how I do it, and the music keeps on playing indefinitely. All the keys are locked, and the only one you can hit is the standby/power button, at which time s2u2 comes up and prompts for either a password (if enabled) or a slide to unlock, all the while music is still playing.
Cheers agentdr8 that does the job, but after using s2u2 for a day, i dont like it! The touching the slide to unlock tab on the screen just aint big or as usable as i like.
Pocket Player by default has "do not suspend power while playing," it keeps the music playing when your phone turns off.
Unfortunately, pocket player costs $25 or something like that.
I use psshutxp to turn off the screen & hold the end key to lock it....
http://ppcsoft.narod.ru/psshutxp/psshutxp_eng.vga.xscale.cab
Description:
With psShutXP for Pocket PCs you can easily control power and display of your PDA. psShutXP is good free extension for Wisbar Advance 1.x and 2.x. Extend WisBar Advance functions with psShutXP. Unlike other similar utilities psShutXP covers all power functions:
Soft Reset;
Shutdown;
Display switch Off/On (You can bind it to any hardware key);
Password lock;
You can also schedule all these functions using timer dialog;
Icon in "Today" screen in the tray for quick access
Microsoft Windows XP-style main dialog with gray background and shadow;
Program is very small, only 35 Kb;
look for and apply funny skins for psShutXP or create new one;
for advanced users psShutXP has a hidden function: hard reset with double confirmation;
Also we have special version for WM2003SE that supports VGA screen.
some WisBar Advance themes include skin for psShutXP!
pimppoet said:
I use psshutxp to turn off the screen & hold the end key to lock it....
http://ppcsoft.narod.ru/psshutxp/psshutxp_eng.vga.xscale.cab
Description:
With psShutXP for Pocket PCs you can easily control power and display of your PDA. psShutXP is good free extension for Wisbar Advance 1.x and 2.x. Extend WisBar Advance functions with psShutXP. Unlike other similar utilities psShutXP covers all power functions:
Soft Reset;
Shutdown;
Display switch Off/On (You can bind it to any hardware key);
Password lock;
You can also schedule all these functions using timer dialog;
Icon in "Today" screen in the tray for quick access
Microsoft Windows XP-style main dialog with gray background and shadow;
Program is very small, only 35 Kb;
look for and apply funny skins for psShutXP or create new one;
for advanced users psShutXP has a hidden function: hard reset with double confirmation;
Also we have special version for WM2003SE that supports VGA screen.
some WisBar Advance themes include skin for psShutXP!
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this worked fine for me thanks