[REQ] App to lock screen when put in holster

[jimbush3]

I've done all the searching I can and the only thing that I've been able to find are requests for this type of functionality, but no apps to provide it. Would anyone be interested in developing an app/service that would recognize the event of putting the phone into a holster with magnetic clip and trigger a lock screen? Conversely, the app/service would notice removal from holster and unlock screen.

This is a function of some blackberry devices and has got to be the thing I miss the most after switching over.

 

[LancerV]

Would be pretty much impposblie since the blackberries have a magnetic switch built in

 

[dLo GSR]

Would be pretty much impposblie since the blackberries have a magnetic switch built in

yeah, i believe the only magnetic device in the phone is for dock recognition and no holsters are designed to interact with that.

 

[jimbush3]

Yeah I had read in some other threads about android phones confusing holsters for docks and was hoping that you could capture that magnetic trigger and tell the phone to lock screen.

 

[barry99705]

The only magnetic sensor on the Atrix is the compas.

 

[dLo GSR]

The only magnetic senson on the Atrix is the compas.

not that type of magnetic sensor..

 

[barry99705]

not that type of magnetic sensor..

I know. That's why it wont work.

 

[dLo GSR]

I know. That's why it wont work.

no, there is one for sensing the dock.

 

[t0dbld]

no, there is one for sensing the dock.

incorrect, the atrix unlike droidx uses software, and hdmi plus extra events to trigger docks and appropriate modes not magnets

 

[ehvio]

Yup. No magnets in Atrix. Proximity sensor could probably work for this purpose???

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[jkurl]

try killswitch. it is made for tablets and phones. that might work for you as it uses several different sensors to work.

 

[bearsfan172]

Yup. No magnets in Atrix. Proximity sensor could probably work for this purpose???

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I was thinking something along the lines of the new iPad locking and unlocking when covered. Could something like this be pulled off on the Atrix?

 

[hotleadsingerguy]

I was thinking something along the lines of the new iPad locking and unlocking when covered. Could something like this be pulled off on the Atrix?

That functionality doesn't come from a proximity sensor, it comes from magnets placed in the covers as well as the front of the iPad.

 

[egzthunder1]

Thread moved to Q&A.

 

[jimbush3]

try killswitch. it is made for tablets and phones. that might work for you as it uses several different sensors to work.

Thanks, accelerometer works to lock screen when the phone is face down but the proximity and light sensors don't seem to be very responsive at all.