Hey, ive been having problems for a long time now with the device lock feature of the HTC Touch HD. I've set the device so that the lock screen only prompts for the password if the device is idle for 5 minutes but when using applications such as Album or TomTom that don't require the user to touch the screen that often, the screen locks itself!!! This is really annoying as well lol does anyone know how to fix this? Maybe a registry hack or something? Thanks.
and by the way i did perform a hard reset and had the same problem
any? any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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So, I have PocketShield installed and it's set to slide or light unlock and answer. Quite often when I get a call it takes so long to unlock and answer, the person is gone...
There are maybe a few options -
1) I've installed and uninstalled so much stuff, maybe I need to start fresh? I have noticed the HD is a little 'laggy' now. Should I hard reset and install things back on slowely, testing it's responsiveness as I go?
2) Maybe I should switch to S2U2? I used this for a long time on my Kaiser, but have been concerned by everyone saying it drains battery power.
3) Do I need a screen lock program? The device only wakes up on a phone call and now you have a slide to answer/ignore anyway. Do the hardware keys do anything at this point? Am I safe to carry it round in my case without a screen lock?
Does anyone else suffer from this, or just me?
Thanks for any help/advice in advance.
Having the same issue. Sometimes my slide option simply doesn't work first few attempts. My solution is to use the "answer call" key beneath the main screen until this gets resolved.
S2U2 works like a charm on the HD and it doesn't draw additional battery as far as I have seen over the past few days.
When u have a call, u don't need to slide so you unlock the device then accept/reject the call.
Depends on what you have set, you can either have the original accepting/rejecting HTC screen poping up to take/reject your calls,
or you can set it so u have a new slider appearing on the wallpaper of S2U2 to accept/reject the calls
Try it, you won't regret it guys.
Well, yesterday I hard reset my HD and installed just the stuff I wanted. I've gone back to S2U2 and everything seems much much better so far. The only annoying thing is sometimes the phone wakes in landscape mode still, even though it's set to not rotate in Gyrator (and doesn't when it's woken, it stays in whatever it is in.)
Whats the difference between S2U2 and the phones default slide to answer phone ?
In other words, why install S2U2?
Its a very well presented Screen Lock, that's why. The question is just how to go from that to answering a call...
Id I have S2U2 installed, and a call comes in on my HD, what happens? does s2u2 take over from the default "slide to answer" system?
Yes it does. I think the problem I had was it wasn't doing that properly before hand. They were obviously conflicting with each other and I was struggling to answer calls.
gt112 said:
Whats the difference between S2U2 and the phones default slide to answer phone ?
In other words, why install S2U2?
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Well S2U2 will lock your phone screen and buttons so you do not start by mistake an application or a phone call when the device is in your pocket.
Even if by mistake u click on the power on button, ur device is still locked until u unlock it using a slider like on the i-phone.
It allows u to display a wallpaper of your choice, different then the one on your today screen or in TF3D. It allows u to display clock date, network signal, tasks, missed calls, SMS, etc ...
Try it, it's free and very nicely designed
I tried to use S2U2 and found that just like every other locker it is behaving wrongly after a call - it leaves the device unlocked! So if I listen to music and get a phone call I'll have to pull it out of the pocket to lock again. There is a silly option to lock after each call of course, but this is just stupid - I just want the device to stay locked until I unlock it - how difficult is this?
Funnily, the only locker behaving properly is the stock Windows one, but it has a backlight bug and switches the device to Home screen.
It's just amazing how nobody can do such a basic function right.
vangrieg said:
I tried to use S2U2 and found that just like every other locker it is behaving wrongly after a call - it leaves the device unlocked! So if I listen to music and get a phone call I'll have to pull it out of the pocket to lock again. There is a silly option to lock after each call of course, but this is just stupid - I just want the device to stay locked until I unlock it - how difficult is this?
Funnily, the only locker behaving properly is the stock Windows one, but it has a backlight bug and switches the device to Home screen.
It's just amazing how nobody can do such a basic function right.
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Just tried it few seconds before posting, called myself from the office phone, answered the call using the slider is S2U2, the screen turned off, I ended the call by pressing on the end call button on my HTC touch HD, and the S2U2 screen lock was there, the device was still locked.
It works perfectly with the touch HD.
Hello All,
I've just got my self a HTC touch HD and am very happy with it. I've moved from a Nokia N95 and have a couple of questions regarding locking and unlocking the Touch HD.
What I would like to do is
1. lock the touch pad with a time out or on demand when Im not using it.
2. Have a password lock set on the device on demand.
I can do number 1 if I dont put a password on the device lock but If I do then I cant do 2.
They way I am used to using the Nokia is I often want to lock the device with a pin.. e.g over night so no one can snoop.
If I set the PIN device lock, I have to set a timeout value but I can't do it on demand. Even if I set it to 0 minutes, it locks after a while which is annoying.
What I have done at the moment (until I find a better solution is) to set the PIN lock to 0 minutes and unlock it every time it locks when I have it on the desktop. I've also managed to get SU2?? to give me the slide touch screen lock. Not really what I would like....
So my question is... Is there any apps out there that can let me lock my deevice with a PIN on demand and also let me lock the key pad / touch screen without a PIN on demand?
Second query is regarding profiles. I would like to set up 2 profiles, I which has a phone ringtone and a sms message alert and a second profile which has a ringtone but no sms alert tone. I can't seem to set this on the Touch HD. Any one know how I can do this.
Any response will be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Domain105
Hi,
You can set the "end call" soft button to when you hold it down to either "lock" your device or bring up a quick menu for you to choose if you want to lock your device, turn on flight mode, end data transmissions etc.
Hope this helps
domain105 said:
Hello All,
I've just got my self a HTC touch HD and am very happy with it. I've moved from a Nokia N95 and have a couple of questions regarding locking and unlocking the Touch HD.
What I would like to do is
1. lock the touch pad with a time out or on demand when Im not using it.
2. Have a password lock set on the device on demand.
I can do number 1 if I dont put a password on the device lock but If I do then I cant do 2.
They way I am used to using the Nokia is I often want to lock the device with a pin.. e.g over night so no one can snoop.
If I set the PIN device lock, I have to set a timeout value but I can't do it on demand. Even if I set it to 0 minutes, it locks after a while which is annoying.
What I have done at the moment (until I find a better solution is) to set the PIN lock to 0 minutes and unlock it every time it locks when I have it on the desktop. I've also managed to get SU2?? to give me the slide touch screen lock. Not really what I would like....
So my question is... Is there any apps out there that can let me lock my deevice with a PIN on demand and also let me lock the key pad / touch screen without a PIN on demand?
Second query is regarding profiles. I would like to set up 2 profiles, I which has a phone ringtone and a sms message alert and a second profile which has a ringtone but no sms alert tone. I can't seem to set this on the Touch HD. Any one know how I can do this.
Any response will be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Domain105
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If you go to Start/Settings/Personal/Lock you can set the phone to automatically lock after a period of time.
You can also go to Start/Settings/Personal/Phone/PIN/PIN2 and set a code for when the phone is first turned on to prevent thieves from using your phone.
Hope this helps
Try MobileMagic
You should try MobileMagic (search for it on this forum). I've set it to toggle screen when face down.. all I have to do to turn off screen is rotate my HD over its length axis...
hi, i'm having trouble getting my touch hd to lock the keypad. i've searched the forum for similar threads but cant find too much. I've followed the advice of people in other threads.
I have tried a soft reset, and a hard reset. Gone to settings changed the End Button properties. But still cant get it to lock. In the End Button i have set it to show a quick menu. On this when i click the Lock Keypad, there is a couple second delay, then the screen flashes (as if it has done something) but the keypad is still not locked.
Anyone help me out??
windstate said:
hi, i'm having trouble getting my touch hd to lock the keypad. i've searched the forum for similar threads but cant find too much. I've followed the advice of people in other threads.
I have tried a soft reset, and a hard reset. Gone to settings changed the End Button properties. But still cant get it to lock. In the End Button i have set it to show a quick menu. On this when i click the Lock Keypad, there is a couple second delay, then the screen flashes (as if it has done something) but the keypad is still not locked.
Anyone help me out??
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Not sure why your End button isn't working after you hold it down to lock.
However, you do have many other options for locking your device.
For example you can can use LockMeLite. Or use HD Tweak and set Autolock to enable so everytime your backlight goes off the device is automatically locked.
There is also various other options if you search a bit more
Seen this happen on Windows mobile phones before.
Do you happen to use a PIN code to unlock your phone?
If you do, this interferes with the screen lock facility.
Try disabling the PIN lock (Settings/Lock) and you will probably find it will then start to work.
Don't know of a way around this problem but someone else may..
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Not sure why your End button isn't working after you hold it down to lock.
However, you do have many other options for locking your device.
For example you can can use LockMeLite. Or use HD Tweak and set Autolock to enable so everytime your backlight goes off the device is automatically locked.
There is also various other options if you search a bit more
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Thanks for the advice. I will look into other applications to use on the phone.
Farsquidge said:
Seen this happen on Windows mobile phones before.
Do you happen to use a PIN code to unlock your phone?
If you do, this interferes with the screen lock facility.
Try disabling the PIN lock (Settings/Lock) and you will probably find it will then start to work.
Don't know of a way around this problem but someone else may..
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Thanks. I had a pin code thing on the phone. Took that off and the keypad lock now works! Excllent advice. You sorted out my problem. The keypad lock issue was annoying me so much that I was considering returning the phone. Now I'll be keeping it!
Hello everyone,
Searched the forums but couldn't find an answer.
The problem is that when i switch my hd2 off and then back on after using Tomtom navigator it always returns to the home screen . It has to go back to Tomtom just like any other program. Any idea how i can fix this? Thanx
anyone? Help is highly appreciated!
Hi,
When you say switch it off, do you mean power down the device, or turn the screen off using a quick press of the power button?
If you're powering the device down, then thats your issue.
If you're turning the screen off/putting the device to sleep, then is TomTom maximised when you do it? Is it only TomTom that has this issue?
i have this too, its a perplexing and annoying issue that I have not come across on any other winmo phone...
Just put the tomtom shortcut on your HOME Screen! everyone has this little "issue"...but if you tap the shortcut it will instantly open where you left.
First I noticed that my Lock button doesn't work anymore. When I press it, nothing happens. I thought it's a bug or something so I flashed different Roms but the problem still exists...
it is not a hardware problem, because i can hard reset my device normally.
When the phone goes to stand-by mode, it stays off for one second and then it turns the screen and backlight back on. That runs my battery out quite quickly.
I have searched forum for this problem, but did not find any answer.
Is there a solution for this??
the same problem here!!!
have someone an idea?!
I've had the same problem with my Omnia i8000.
But my Phone will come back on only if I am listening to Music.
Does this happen to you while listening to Music ? If Yes, then just turn the volume one step down. Thats a workaround I've found for my phone.
has anybody fixed this issue on their omnia pro yet?
i am facing the same issue, the screen is always on as the lock key doesnt do anything....the only time the screen shuts off is when using the touch music player after 60 sec.(backlight setting when phone not on external power)......screen turns on when the song ends.....hard reset to factory settings doesnt fix the issue......plz help if u hv a solution figured out....thnx
SangisettyNaresh
Amazing... You are my lifesaver...I have been facing this problem since last one month.
Your idea worked for me but can you tell why this problem occurs? and this is a temporary solution...Is there any permanent solution to this problem?
Greetings to all. I had this problem for a while. I solved it with 2 programs - the first is AEButton and the second Smart Lock. I mapped the W&L button to "lock device"(AEButton). After that going to SmartLock ticked: Lock screen and then stand-by. In this way I used the W&L buttons as lock key. Worked for me, hope it works for you!
P.S. I am using custom rom without the touchwiz interface, I dont know if that makes any difference!
EDIT: It fixes the issue partly...the screen pops out every 20 seconds or so.... Seems to me it is a hardware problem. Flashing with different ROMs doesn`t seem to work.