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jgreenme
20th May 2008, 04:30 PM
Hello all,

I need some advice on a locking program. Here is my problem.... I generally use the power button to "lock" my phone before I put it in my pocket. Usually that works fine until I get a reminder alert or something else that causes the phone to wake up in my pocket. At that point the touch screen becomes active and all sorts of odd things start to happen as the phone bounces around in my pocket.

I really only want to lock the touch screen, not the handware buttons so I can respond to whatever caused the phone to lock up in the first place, i.e. reminder, incoming call, etc.

I also need it to be easy to unlock the touch screen using one hand and without entering a security code.

Thanks,

Jay

madmaso
20th May 2008, 05:40 PM
I use Lockdown: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1795969
it's small and simple.

jgreenme
20th May 2008, 09:27 PM
Looks almost like what I need except it also locks the hardware buttons. I only want to lock the touch screen.

da9th_one
25th May 2008, 10:18 PM
Looks almost like what I need except it also locks the hardware buttons. I only want to lock the touch screen.

the closest thing I can think of for you is....

step 1.

menu » settings » personal » buttons » lock » do not lock buttons.

this will only lock the screen and not the hardware buttons (with the exception of the d-pad.)

step 2 is to set up the enable the device lock which is different than the security lock due to the fact it DOES NOT require a password to unlock the phone.

menu » settings » today » items » and check the box for "device lock".
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I tested it and it only takes 1 screen tap to lock the phone and two to unlock it.

any email or text will not unlock the phone.

if you receive a call the screen will remain locked however, you can answer the call without unlocking the screen by pressing hardware button with the green phone icon on it.
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that's the best I can come up with. I hope this helps.

I bid you peace....

thezoltar
26th May 2008, 05:15 AM
Check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=261277

and go to this link http://www.mr2-power.com/downloads/DeviceLock.CAB

I've been using DeviceLock forever and it has always worked for me.