Hi there.
Is there a way to automatically lock the screen and keys when the phone is idle for a while?
Kinda like the device lock funktion, but without entering a password.
I'm not worried about abuse, rather about accidentally activating telephone functions while carrying it around.
Basically I just want the phone to automatically push and hold the "hangup/lock"-Button when the phone is idle for 5 minutes.
I know something similar can be done in the system settings, but only in combination with a password which gets rather annoying over time.
alternatively: is there a way to deactivate WM6's password complexity rules (so it will accept empty/trivial passwords)?
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Hey !
Use - csdevctrl -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=386451
Greets !
Hi fotoingo,
This is just what I needed - thanks.
As a non dev and just returning to WinMo after a long absence, please can you advise how I would get the hard keys on the X1 to work during a call and just disable the touchscreen?
Thanks
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,
Phone Lock on my HD2 is set to ask for password if phone is unused for 15 minutes. But my HD2 ask for Phone Lock password each time the screen goes off. Is it possible to change this behavior?
I have the same problem. The phone lock is set to 24 hours, but if the dispaly goes off and i power it on the hd ask for the phone lock password, too.
Can someone help?
Usually if I don't want the phone to lock, I just set the screen not to turn off at all. Under settings, display etc.
HI,
i want, that the screen is locked but only with the slider. At the moment i slide to unlick and then i have to enter the phone lock passwort. But this password should only appear if i restart my HD2 (for this reason i set the phone lock password option to 24 hours).
with my "old" HD this works great.
Download this cab file to your device > run > switch off > switch on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=246722&d=1258236796
Strange, does this fix work for everyone else?
After I installed it, once I press the power button to shut the screen off, when I press any of the hardware buttons, it dumps me to the screen that I was on, but no longer asking me to swipe. I guess I'm looking for the fix so that the below behavior happens:
1) If I press any of the buttons before my "timeout" happens, phone should ask me to swipe my finger to "unlock" the screen.
2) If I press any of the button after the "timeout", then phone should ask me to swipe but then also ask me to punch in a PIN or complex passwd, depending on the setting.
Are there any registry hacks that can do what I described? or does it do exactly that and it's my particular phone that isn't working?
thanks!
m1k1 said:
Download this cab file to your device > run > switch off > switch on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=246722&d=1258236796
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Having been interested in exactly the same thing, it seems like this cannot be done at present. The lock is either there with a password or not there at all. My current compromise is to set a one digit pin, but that's a bit pointless really.
The slider can be added with S2U2 but this seems to defeat the object somewhat...
I have the same problem. I'd like to be able to lock the device (or at least to turn off the screen) without typing the password at each unlock. I set it to 24 hours.
The patch should be fine as temporary solution
Password lockout problem solved
Great,
this has solved my problem that intermittently and usually overnight I get 'incorrect password message' when I try to unlock, only solved by a soft reset which is rather worrying.
I don't want to have autolock, especially every time I switch on and off like you all.
This little add on allows manual lock (by setting widget on screen with SPB mobile shell), and I have set default to 12 hrs for password screen.
Many thanks
Rory
RoryC said:
my problem that intermittently and usually overnight I get 'incorrect password message' when I try to unlock, only solved by a soft reset which is rather worrying.
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Ha! Think that's worrying? ...You're right.
I had this a few times in the past and each time was able to solve it by a soft reset.
Not the last time, though. After trying numerous soft-resets, I finally saw no other way out than to hard-reset my device. In the end, it didn't even display the "incorrect password" dialog anymore. I suspect I had entered an "incorrect" password too many times, but the device did not manage to present me with the "enter a1b2c3" prompt that it usually does when that happens.
Very, very frustrating. Some quick googling gives a few reports of this happening to other people, not just on HTC handsets either. Not too many though, so it sounds like it's pretty rare.
(For the record, running 1.48 WWE here, had a 7-digit simple PIN set as the device lock password, with Windows Default display)
i have the same problem it asks for password every time i unlock the phone and the bad thing is that sometimes even correct password doesnt seem to work so that i have to soft reset or wait for half an hour b4 trying the password again , just confused about it . australia
i took out my password for now. i have to reset once in 2 days now to unlock phone. i wont be able to make a call in case of an emergency so better option take it out.
mobilebuddha said:
Strange, does this fix work for everyone else?
After I installed it, once I press the power button to shut the screen off, when I press any of the hardware buttons, it dumps me to the screen that I was on, but no longer asking me to swipe. I guess I'm looking for the fix so that the below behavior happens:
1) If I press any of the buttons before my "timeout" happens, phone should ask me to swipe my finger to "unlock" the screen.
2) If I press any of the button after the "timeout", then phone should ask me to swipe but then also ask me to punch in a PIN or complex passwd, depending on the setting.
Are there any registry hacks that can do what I described? or does it do exactly that and it's my particular phone that isn't working?
thanks!
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Is there any fix for this problem yet?
with S2U2 you can set up a password config. (require password every: 5mins/15mins/1hr/ 4hrs or 12 hrs) S2U2 seems to eat my battery up though, thats the downside. also you have to download the "disable autolock" cab for it to work from the tweaks an mods sticky in themes/ apps forum. its a shame about the battery drain as this app is awesome but definately worth a look.
sorry heres linkhttp://s2u2.ac-s2.com/
Same problem and no answer until now ?
I also have the problem that I cannot configure my HTC HD2 that the screenlock works without PIN. I like to start the secure lock only after a certain time i.E, but there is only the way everytime with PIN or at anytime with PIN.
Sometimes mostly overnight the device "forgets" the correct PIN and I have to make a softreset. After done this , I can enter the oriinal PIN.
Is there no solution until now ?
Is there any idea what to do.
Read tip 27 of the Sticky Tips and Tricks - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638 - then the PIN will only be required after the timeout, not every time you lock the screen.
The bit where it doesn't accept the password is a known bug reported elsewhere, but there's no fix yet; I wish there was, because I get it occasionally.
Resolve screen lock issue by editing registry
Enable/Disable the Exchange security policy – HKLM\Security\Policies\00001023: 0 = Enabled; 1 = Disabled
Inactivity time
HKLM\Comm\Security\Policy\LASSD\AE\{50C13377-C66D-400C-889E-C316FC4AB374}\AEFrequencyType: 0 = No inactivity time; 1 = Activity time enable
HKLM\Comm\Security\Policy\LASSD\AE\{50C13377-C66D-400C-889E-C316FC4AB374}\AEFrequencyValue: number of minutes before timeout
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Enable/Disable the Exchange security policy – HKLM\Security\Policies\00001023: 0 = Enabled; 1 = Disabled
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Until the buggers push it out again and you get fed up of having to set a PIN then edit the registry every day
Incidentally, is there a way to lock the screen without a PIN after a set period of time? All I can find is either a manual lock or a lock with a PIN.
Slidelock & pin code every time driving me nuts!
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Enable/Disable the Exchange security policy – HKLM\Security\Policies\00001023: 0 = Enabled; 1 = Disabled
Inactivity time
HKLM\Comm\Security\Policy\LASSD\AE\{50C13377-C66D-400C-889E-C316FC4AB374}\AEFrequencyType: 0 = No inactivity time; 1 = Activity time enable
HKLM\Comm\Security\Policy\LASSD\AE\{50C13377-C66D-400C-889E-C316FC4AB374}\AEFrequencyValue: number of minutes before timeout
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I made these exact reg edits (my very first registry edit!) and it's made no difference at all, my HD2 still asks for pin every time I switch off & on.
I want to keep the slide lock to prevent accidental button presses when device is in my pocket, but the pin input is a pain my previous device only asked for it once every 24 hours or after powering up the phone. Has anyone solved this yet?
Should I change the registry back to pre-edited?
Disable hardware buttons
I realized one thing that is draining my battery is the accidental press on hardware buttons when my hD2 is in my pocket. Is there a way to disable the hardware buttons other than the end/power button when the screen is turned off ? It is silly that the press of any hardware button turn on the screen ...
Hi all,
i use StocK ROM ICS, no root and Stock Kernel on my Note.
Most times i set my events on google calendar with settings popup 10 minutes before appointment will start. if you do so you will get a reminder on the phone like this one on screenshoot attached.
The big problem is now that i use PIN for security lock the phone, but after this reminder the whole phone is unlocked and you can use it normal without the need of the correct PIN!
In settings the phone still says, phone locked with PIN, but you can shut off the screen or let phone as it is until screen shuts off, but with power button or home button you can access the phone again without the need of the PIN
Phone stays in in this status until you set the PIN config again or some times it will be locked if an email or call gets in.
Does anybody else get this issue already?
Anybody else with this issue?
Can some one with LPY ROM test please?
-set phone via volume button to silent, vibration off also
- make an appointment with reminder 10mins before start time
than same screen should appear like on screenshot from previous post
now close the appointment and check if you can access the homescreen without the need of a PIN or pattern.
Thanks for a feedback.
Noticed this today while a friend was messing with my phone while it was standing on the table locked.
He pressed the lock button, the screen showed up with the clock, wallpaper and stuff.
My phone has a pattern lock, so he was unable to access the main launcher screen. But he was able to pull the notification/status top bar and do stuff like change brightness, disable wifi and bluetooth and so on.
To me it does look like a security flaw. Is there any way I can block that?
Thanks everyone!
I see that. But when i try to open anything, my pin code is required. Do you have a screen lock pin set up?
Edit. Ok i see what u mean. Quick settings can be changed, but not the settings gear icon. That requires a pin. Huh!
This is bonkers! Some of these may even potentially involve more serious security concerns, but in any case there ought to be a way to turn off this access. I do not want to allow anyone to change my Wifi network, Bluetooth device, open a hotspot, use the flashlight or even change the volume while it is locked - especially since I can instantly unlock it myself with a fingerprint.
This is really crazy indeed. I hope Google fix this on the next Android release or even let the users decide if they want this or not. I really don't want to root my device because of this but I don't see another option right now.
i don't like that a potential thief can turn off DATA even though the phone is locked.
I think this was meant to make toggling wifi, Bluetooth, airplane mode, flashlight, do not disturb easily accessible.