My Battery Lasts Longer Now Yes! - XPERIA X1 General

These are my current customizations and turning off screen taps save me too much battery. It is important to turn those settings off because if you tap on the screen, the speaker will stay on for 1.5 second each and every time. You can hear the 1.5 second hiss if you listen closely. Disabling it makes my Xperia lasts almost forever.
Keep:
S2U2
SPB Diary on Today Screen
Alarm Master on Today Screen
Date on Today Screen
Uninstall:
Phoneweaver
Hourly Chime
Touch Flo 3D
Wisbar Advance
Turn Off:
Screen Taps Sound (each tap will eat your battery 500% more than without sound)
Hardware Buttons Sound (verbatim from above)
Auto adjust backlight
Modify:
Backlight is constant at 80%
Turn off backlight if device is not used for 10 sec
Turn off device if not used for 2 minutes
Habits:
Never turn off your phone to save battery if you are carrying the phone
Only turn off your phone if you are in the movie theater or if away from phone

What's "forever" for you? What do you do with your phone?

Firefall! said:
What's "forever" for you? What do you do with your phone?
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It lasts 1.5 hours longer on media playback
2 hours longer on games
2.5 hours longer on business activities
5 hours longer on standby

Sounds good, but why does auto adjust backlight drain the battery quicker?

WhyBe said:
Sounds good, but why does auto adjust backlight drain the battery quicker?
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was wondering that my self too - maybe because its calculating info from the LDR and such? Is the 80% what it is usually at because that seems pretty high

WhyBe said:
Sounds good, but why does auto adjust backlight drain the battery quicker?
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Oh, it's just an assumption. I'm only guessing that the ambient light sensor is no longer automated and therefore it takes less processing. And constant lighting allows for the light to not need to adjust itself.
Background applications and automatic function and unnecessary bits waste battery
comeradealexi said:
was wondering that my self too - maybe because its calculating info from the LDR and such? Is the 80% what it is usually at because that seems pretty high
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I chose 80% because I want my screen constantly bright and when in the dark doesn't burn my eyes.

is there any way to shut off the sound that the lock/hang up key generates while on the today screen?
that also produces a bit of a short sound wave.

poetryrocksalot said:
Habits:
Never turn off your phone to save battery if you are carrying the phone
Only turn off your phone if you are in the movie theater or if away from phone
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or never turn it off at all... standby barely uses any power and turning it on again uses a lot. Just sayin'

gundamboy said:
is there any way to shut off the sound that the lock/hang up key generates while on the today screen?
that also produces a bit of a short sound wave.
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Yes, follow my Steps:
1) Press Call
2) Tap Menu
3) Tap Options
4) Look for "Keypad:"
5) Change the "Keypad:" option with OFF.
6) This will turn off the end key and the numeric keys.
7) Seriously though, if you want to disable the end key tone but keep the numeric key tones active, then you obviously have no logic at all.
8) Chances are that you dial the numeric keys more often then you press the end call button. Might as well turn if all off.
9) Since you know that the end key is pressed very rarely you might as well not mind it being enabled as a tone (especially if you need tactile hearing for the dialpad).
Therefore the end key is not a very big battery drainer.
Also I have a Samsung SCH-i760 Windows Mobile phone and when I press a numeric key / end key / or enable button and tap tones... there are no 1.5 second hissing noise. The stereo speakers are always inactive. This is a major flaw that causes your Xperia to lose a lot of battery very quickly. Perhaps this is how all mono speakers work? Does anyone know?

I was referring to the physical button.
probably should have been more specific, but it's fine, I barely touch it anymore!
and thanks for the tips, although the remark about me having no logic was hurtful.

Haha, sorry but the title of driving me crazy. It should be either; "Yes! Now my battery lasts longer." or "My battery lasts longer now(, or : or Yes!". Still it works better the first way. Sorry hah, it's just one of those things that keeps repeating itself over and over in my head.

USB Charge
I have got some experience with the battery charging.
Using USB charge or any charger with 500MA can make my x1 live 30min long than the original battery charge.

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How to turn off magician?

how the hell do you turn off the device, if i press the power button once the screen goes completely black and i cannot tap anything but i can still recieve calls and if i press any of the buttons it comes alive. if i press and continue pressing for two seconds, the screen simply dims and i can still tap on the screen?
so how do you switch it off?
and if you reset how do you prevent it from loading the T-Mobile customization?
Also, mine has a dead pixel and i have just opened it can i take it back as faulty? it's only one dead pixel but it's really really annoying...does it count as a fault. i'm gonna try and take mine back tomorrow
A short press turns the unit off
A longer press will shut down the backlight, but leave the unit on
Longkesh said:
A short press turns the unit off
A longer press will shut down the backlight, but leave the unit on
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Well, when i do that the screen goes blank but i can still recieve calls and if i press any of the buttons it goes back on again!!!!!!!!!!!!
To totaly turn off the device you need to slide the battery lock button out and then back in. It is the only way I have found to totaly turn the device off.
To lock the keys go into "settings" then "system" and choose "button lock" then choose "Lock all buttons except power button".
John
oh, i see. i thought it was like the other phones, nokia SE etc.
thanks alot for all your replies
thank you
this is not a phone, this is a pdaphone, it works like a pda... if you want tu turn off the phone, you can use the flight mode.
sayreul said:
this is not a phone, this is a pdaphone, it works like a pda... if you want tu turn off the phone, you can use the flight mode.
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I dont think it has anyhting to do with PDA. I have had 3 PDA's before. All of them had an "off" button that turned the thing off. Ditto for phones. So this is just Microsoft's strange decision. Dont make the guy feel back just because he is thinking logically - and they are not.
I've had quite a few PDAs over the years:- Casio E80? Psion 3, 3a, 3c, 5, 5mx, iPaq 3630, XDAI, XDAII, MDA Compact.
None of them have ever had an off button. They turn off the screen and may even slow the processor or put it in sleep mode. But they all kept their memory powered up and clock / alarms / appointments alive at all times.
This may change in the future as flash ram is now fast enough that you could actually run stuff from it so you could truly kill power (apart from clock and wakeup stuff) without emptying your memory.
My old Visor Edge, Palm Tungsten T, T2 and TE all had off buttons. I dont know of any electronic device where anyone should expect that the "off" botton doesn't turn it off.
If that button on Windows Mobile devices is a "sleep" button, then they should mark it with a "sleep" symbol, rather than the intl symbol for "power", which is what they have on there - and which is what confuses people.
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My old Visor Edge, Palm Tungsten T, T2 and TE all had off buttons. I dont know of any electronic device where anyone should expect that the "off" botton doesn't turn it off.
If that button on Windows Mobile devices is a "sleep" button, then they should mark it with a "sleep" symbol, rather than the intl symbol for "power", which is what they have on there - and which is what confuses people.
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So, if your Palm completely powered down when you pressed this magic "off" button, how come the alarms still worked? How come it woke up when you pressed any of the four application buttons or tapped the screen? How come your data was still kept in RAM?
More wisdom from the skagen...
My Nokia 6100 has an off button and it works. Doesn't stop my alarms from waking me up. So did my SE T610 before that
Everybody here has had a cell phone before. The all have "off" buttons that turn the device off. Only Microsoft, in its infinite stupidity, has decided to have a an "off" button that should in fact be labelled "sleep".
You are the one with no clue.
If you press the "off" button on your N 6100 or SE T610 you are right in that they would really be off. You can not receive a call, any alarms will not sound until you turn the phone on again and so on.
But this is not so for most PDA:s on the market.
Most PDA:s will go into some kind of sleep mode when you press the "off" button. And mostly it is not even a true sleep mode, a lot of processes are still running, and even network connections can be kept active. This is also the way most PDA users would want their PDA to work. Also, the way most PDA:s are built, a power down means resetting everything back to defaults and thereby loosing all of your data and third party applications. This could be cured by using non volatile RAM for all of the memory, but I guess there is probably a good reason why this is not normally done.
Actually, on most modern computers a short tap on the power button will put them in suspend mode and holding it for more than two seconds will turn them off. So the only thing that is really strange with the PDA is that a long press on the button will not even put it in sleep mode but only shut off power to the display. And as I actually don't know anyone that has ever used that worthless function I think they should probably replace it with a "real" sleep mode, where all of the hardware is actually shut off except for support voltage to keep the memory "alive".
bamse said:
If you press the "off" button on your N 6100 or SE T610 you are right in that they would really be off. You can not receive a call, any alarms will not sound until you turn the phone on again and so on.
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On N 6100 ,and on all nokia phones, the clock alarm wake's up the phone... You then have a choice of whether to activate the phone or not...
Same with all the Siemens phones I owned ( 4 so far). When shutting off the phone, the clock and alarms keep working. The only thing that does not work, off course, is the radio so incoming calls are diverted to voice mail. But with the phone off, the alarms still wake me up!
It would indeed be a good idea if using the power button on any type of XDA would turn the device really off, using power only for keeping the clock working and the data stored...
If the alarms jeep working on your phone when in "off" mode it is not actually off but in a low power mode with the phone functions turned off. So what you are really asking for is that the power button should turn off the phone but keep the pda running. This seems quite useless to me. Exactly how often are you in such a hurry to turn off the phone?
Yes, the device is in sleep mode, but it is a very deep sleep indeed, since it uses close to zero power. When I put my Compact in sleep mode, running programs will not shut down but will stay running, the Today screen is still running and the same goes for the phone radio and GPRS. This means that the battery drains much quicker. So in order to save power, I have to turn off the radio (flight mode), kill running apps and then put the device to sleep with the power button. Seems like rather a hassle, doesn't it, compared to a normal phone? So I don't mean for the PDA to keep running ful operations, but rather to power down to a level where it only uses a little power to keep the storage working. And when waking up, I don't need to see the Today right away, a few seconds loading the screen like on a normal phone is worth the power save to me.
skagen said:
My Nokia 6100 has an off button and it works. Doesn't stop my alarms from waking me up. So did my SE T610 before that
Everybody here has had a cell phone before. The all have "off" buttons that turn the device off. Only Microsoft, in its infinite stupidity, has decided to have a an "off" button that should in fact be labelled "sleep".
You are the one with no clue.
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This guy is unbelievable. You were claiming that your Palm turned completely off when you hit the off button - not a cellphone, jerk.
Koksie said:
When I put my Compact in sleep mode, running programs will not shut down but will stay running, the Today screen is still running and the same goes for the phone radio and GPRS. This means that the battery drains much quicker. So in order to save power, I have to turn off the radio (flight mode), kill running apps and then put the device to sleep with the power button.
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Wrong - programs that can be _are_ suspended when you put the PDA into standby. Try it with MediaPlayer.
How do you know the Today screen is still running? Like you know the fridge light really stays on when you shut the door?
Wouldn't you be complaining more (because of the missed calls) if turning the PDA off to save the battery also killed the phone?
Most of us can get our heads round this - the Standby button on the side controls the PDA. The Flight mode controls the phone. Not exactly difficult, is it?
Koksie said:
And when waking up, I don't need to see the Today right away, a few seconds loading the screen like on a normal phone is worth the power save to me.
That's where you fall into sjkagen's trap, again. For the zillionth time, the Jam/Compact is not just a phone. It's primarily a PDA. That's why it costs so much more than a phone. And on a PDA, you need to be able to look up information instantly - not have to wait a minute for the darn thing to boot up.
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skagen said:
My Nokia 6100 has an off button and it works. Doesn't stop my alarms from waking me up. So did my SE T610 before that
Everybody here has had a cell phone before. The all have "off" buttons that turn the device off. Only Microsoft, in its infinite stupidity, has decided to have a an "off" button that should in fact be labelled "sleep".
You are the one with no clue.
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Oh skagen, how ignorant you are. Seems you cannot understand pictures, let alone words.
The label on the Jam "off" button is a line through a broken circle, which is the IEC symbol for STANDBY, not POWER OFF. Just like on all other PDAs, and your TV remote control.
See
http://eetd.lbl.gov/Controls/overview/symbols1.pdf
Now look again at all your "phones" which completely shut down when you press the "power" button. What symbol do they have?
Seeing as you obviously have so much difficulty telling the difference between a cellphone and a Palm, a phone and a PocketPC, or a power switch from a standby button, here's another teaser for you.
1. How do cellphones manage to keep their memory when they are turned off or the battery is removed?
2. What is the difference between the memory in cellphone and that in most PDAs?
3. Why do most PDAs have Standby (Soft Off) and not Power (Hard Off) buttons?
Wow, seems like some people are getting really sensitive when I call the Magician a phone... Sorry if I insulted you guys, it is just that I compare it to a phone because I use it for that the most, but I do understand that it is actually much more than that!
I have no problems with the way the sleep button works, it is ok for me, I just wanted to say that there are other possibilities that could have been used to map the button to. Especially since some people would have liked the button to work more "phone wise". But since it is primarily a PDA, I see that this current application is the most logical thing for the button to do.
BTW you are totally right that most running apps are termintated when pushing the power button. Although WMP stays active in the running programs menu, the music is cut off. However, since the prog stays loaded, does this consume more power than shutting it down completey (e.g. with SPB Pocket Plus)?
I think the Today screen stays loaded BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT THERE AFTER WAKE UP, just as you say: it does not have to be booted first. BTW: I have a little window in my fridge door to check wether the light goes off .
And please guys, don't call each other jerks or ignorant just because someone's questions or remarks anoy you. Reply polite or don't reply at all!

Turn Universal on/off by opening/closing Lid

Hi all,
I upgraded to an O2 Exec a little over a week ago from a Blue Angel.
Initially I had a few concerns about it, but thankfully I found this forum, and have managed to get a number of enhancements, from increased storage and better radio (v1.09) to being able to turn on the flash light using a hardware button. My Exec is now running faster than my Blue Angel ever did, and hasn't frozen once. I've already become quite attached to it.
One thing that I think would be useful would be to have the unit turn on when the lid is opened, and off when it is closed. In the Power settings you can uncheck the box that turns off the device if it is not used for x mins, which has the effect that the screen will come on whenever the lid is opened. However, because the device is still running the battery still takes quite a hit even though the screen is turned off, and even when you lower the cpu speed.
Is it possible to turn the device on and off by opening and closing the lid?
Cheers
Rowan
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Hi, I have mine set to come on and off when you open close the lid, and it's set exactly how you have said. Power settings, and stop the device going off. And Backlight settings, stop the backlight dimming, and lower the backlight when on battery mode.
There is no "off" mode like Nokia handsets, only Standby, which is what happens when the screen is closed. (I think).
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Hi, I have mine set to come on and off when you open close the lid, and it's set exactly how you have said. Power settings, and stop the device going off. And Backlight settings, stop the backlight dimming, and lower the backlight when on battery mode.
There is no "off" mode like Nokia handsets, only Standby, which is what happens when the screen is closed. (I think).
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You're not really going into standby mode by closing the case, try switching on wifi or bluetooth and look at the flashing indicator LED, it will still be going whien the case is closed. Nowtap the power button to put the device into standby, no more flashing LED. The phone LED still flashes which is a good thing otherwise you wouldn't be able to recieve calls in standby.
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Nowtap the power button to put the device into standby, no more flashing LED. The phone LED still flashes which is a good thing otherwise you wouldn't be able to recieve calls in standby.
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From what I know, the Universal has no real OFF mode, only standby, EVEN WHEN YOU PRESS THE POWER BUTTON. On mine, BT and WiFi still flashes even when I press the power button or just close the screen.
Pressing and holding the power button turns the backlight off, a quick press (or tap as I said before) makes it go to standby and should turn off everything but the phone part.
Okay well weve taken a really fun detour discussing the technicalities of standby and 'power off' but lets digress for a moment back to the original topic...
Rabangus, seems the best option you have is what you were doing. The hit to battery shouldnt be that large. I gave it a try not too long ago the way you and the other member had it set up again, and yes youll definitely have to charge it every night but it was doable. But I wasnt using wifi or bluetooth either. I am surprised that using Xscaler it still takes way to much battery. I assume thats what you are using to lower the CPU.
Oh well unfortuntely thats the way it is chief.

How to change the holdtime of long press end key?

When I long press end key, the phone will be locked. The holdtime is about 3~5 senconds. Can I change the holdtime to 1 or 2 senconds?
I would love to know this too - it's always really bugged me that there isn't a quicker way to lock the phone (apart from using the power button).
I would also like to know this, 1-2 seconds would be perfect.
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nobody found a registry key yet?
I'd be interested in knowing if there's a way to speed up locking the screen//buttons too.
I know that you can set the device to "lock" whenever the screen is turned off (single press of power button), but this is awkwards as you never get the screen to come back on at the "normal" brightness, and it's annoying for the device to lock in the middle of a call (for example).
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I'd be interested in knowing if there's a way to speed up locking the screen//buttons too.
I know that you can set the device to "lock" whenever the screen is turned off (single press of power button), but this is awkwards as you never get the screen to come back on at the "normal" brightness, and it's annoying for the device to lock in the middle of a call (for example).
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You should look into these apps:
G-Light - save battery and adjust screen brightness based on ambient light. Very useful and completely configurable.
HD In-Call Screen Tweak - turns screen on and off based on vertical/horizontal position and/or using light sensor to check when it is close to your ear. Also very useful and configurable.
With these apps I never have to worry about brightness level and never need to lock my phone. During a call if I put the phone to my ear the screen turns off. If I take it away from my ear it turns back on so I can use the keypad. If I lay it down on a surface the speaker turns on. Oh, and as far as configuring the amount of time required before triggering the long-press-send-key event... it is unfortunately hard-coded
I have had the same issue with the lock function.
What I did was use AE Button Plus and set it so that a double press of the end call button will lock the phone. And through settings, changed hold end call to set ringer/vibrate. So now holding the end key is more useful and I can lock the phone with a quick double press.
And I also use HD In-Call Screen Tweak (well mine is called Touch In-Call Screen Tweak, maybe iv got the wrong one!) and its excellent in the features mentioned earlier.
Hope this helps
cRaCKwHoRe said:
You should look into these apps:
G-Light - save battery and adjust screen brightness based on ambient light. Very useful and completely configurable.
HD In-Call Screen Tweak - turns screen on and off based on vertical/horizontal position and/or using light sensor to check when it is close to your ear. Also very useful and configurable.
With these apps I never have to worry about brightness level and never need to lock my phone. During a call if I put the phone to my ear the screen turns off. If I take it away from my ear it turns back on so I can use the keypad. If I lay it down on a surface the speaker turns on. Oh, and as far as configuring the amount of time required before triggering the long-press-send-key event... it is unfortunately hard-coded
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Would second this. Both excellent apps and worth looking into
cRaCKwHoRe said:
You should look into these apps:
G-Light - save battery and adjust screen brightness based on ambient light. Very useful and completely configurable.
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Will look at that.
cRaCKwHoRe said:
HD In-Call Screen Tweak - turns screen on and off based on vertical/horizontal position and/or using light sensor to check when it is close to your ear. Also very useful and configurable.
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Already using it.
The problem ( as I stated) is that if you're using the HDTweak setting where anytime the screen is blanked (eg phone call using the in-call tweak, pressing the power button once tec etc) the phone locks: you never get the same level of brightness back - which is annoying.
Will look at G-light and see if it answers the issue.
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Will look at that.
Already using it.
The problem ( as I stated) is that if you're using the HDTweak setting where anytime the screen is blanked (eg phone call using the in-call tweak, pressing the power button once tec etc) the phone locks: you never get the same level of brightness back - which is annoying.
Will look at G-light and see if it answers the issue.
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G-Light should take care of that for you. It routinely polls the light sensor for the screen brightness, as well as anytime the screen turns on it immediately polls it. There be a split-second or so delay from the point you turn your phone on to when the brightness level is adjusted but hey, nothing's perfect.
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G-Light should take care of that for you. It routinely polls the light sensor for the screen brightness, as well as anytime the screen turns on it immediately polls it. There be a split-second or so delay from the point you turn your phone on to when the brightness level is adjusted but hey, nothing's perfect.
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Does the continues polling affect the battery life?
dataSaMm said:
Does the continues polling affect the battery life?
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Yes, but in all reality it makes the overall battery life better by keeping the backlight at an optimal level. I notice huge improvements in battery life with it installed.
dbgoku said:
When I long press end key, the phone will be locked. The holdtime is about 3~5 senconds. Can I change the holdtime to 1 or 2 senconds?
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you can try this program...you can remap the hard keys to just about anything and the long press is about 1-2 secs to execute...
cRaCKwHoRe said:
Yes, but in all reality it makes the overall battery life better by keeping the backlight at an optimal level. I notice huge improvements in battery life with it installed.
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Thanks for the prompt reply, what matters is the long run. I will install it and see how it works out.

How to turn the screen off automatically when I am in a call?

First of all, I was using PM Recorder and now I use Audio Notes Touch from VITO, to record all my phone calls. It is very useful to have the phone call recorded when somebody gives you an address, a phone number, or a name of a person, you don’t need a pen to write it down.
Now the problem: After the other person answers or you answer and the application starts recording, the backlight of the screen turns on to maximum level of intensity and it stays like this until you finish your phone call. It does not reduce the light level of intensity after a minute or so. When not using the application to record, the light is reduced to minimum level and it stays like this until I hang up. I have found a workaround to press the power button to turn off the whole screen and the light when I am in a call, but sometimes I forget and a lot of battery power is consumed during the call. I have also tried to set the backlight level both on battery and on power to minimum level, but still the recorder application is able to turn the light at maximum level, I don’t know how.
If you want to do a test, set the backlight level on battery and on power to the lowest level, and then start the Voice Commander. You will be surprised, because you will see the backlight to maximum level.
Now the question is: How can we turn the backlight off completely and automatically when in a call? I think the battery consumption is double or maybe triple when in a call and with the backlight turned on to maximum level.
Maybe using S2U2 will help you. Also look at this thread.
I have installed the application.
With the black screen option the screen is black, indeed, but the backlight is still on at maximum power.
How is it possible to put the device into standby when talking instead of black screen? Something similar when I press the power button one.
Thank you.
there is a design flaw that prevent the backlight from turning off when blanking screen..the only solution is to use the backlight controller to turn off the screen.
I am not aware of any ways to put the phone in standby when talking.
If you are using custom rom you can use built-in in-call recording if it is good enough for you
Hello keyx. I tried all the custom roms including yours, I really appreciate your work, but for me the original rom fits the best.
Audio Notes Touch and even S2U2 somehow have a method or triggers a function to detect when a conversation is started.
Is there a possibility to add a script via Mort Script, maybe, to launch the backlight controller when I am on the phone?
I have no idea you would have to try to code that yourself..
Does anybody have an idea how can I trigger a started conversation?
What function or procedure can I call to find this?
Thanks.
Finally I succeded. If anyone interested I will post my solution. Thanks for your answers.
nickey1982 said:
Finally I succeded. If anyone interested I will post my solution. Thanks for your answers.
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post ahead!
I have created a script with MortScript.
While(1)
If(ProcExists("Audio Notes Touch.exe")=1)
Run("\iPAQ File Store\Program Files\Backlight Controller\WM6_612C_Backlight.lnk")
EndIf
Sleep(10000)
EndWhile
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WM6_612C_Backlight.lnk it is a shortcut with the /togglescreen parameter.
I have made a copy for Audio Notes Touch.exe and renamed it to Audio.exe and modified the Start Menu shortcut to point to the Audio.exe. This way I can listen to my recorded phonecalls afterwards.

Disabling the lockscreen after waking the phone up

Hi guys!
So I'll have to wait for my preordered HD2 untill 20th November here in Poland, but watching all the preview videos, a question arose in my head. I know the device isn't out yet, but its rom builds are already flying around, so maybe someone knows the answer. Will it be possible to disable showing of the lock screen after waking up the phone with the end call/power button and the device taking you immediately to the homescreen? I'm used to that on my TD2, and I think that using the phone this way is just much faster.
If i have undersood ur question correctly by completely disabling lock screen of ur future Leo, then yeah, thats possible. If u navigate through ur moving cursor to Settings, then Sound and Display and finally to Backlight options, there two options exist, when phone its on battery and/or External power, to either set the time limit to have the screen locked (and dim backlight of course) or to completely diselect it, which actually disables Leo to show and/or show lock screen.
Hope that clarification helped you
It sure did, thanks a lot I just hope that the buttons on the face of the HD2 will turn out to be as "shallow", flat and "stiff" as they look like in the vids, so that no accidental pressing of the end key while the device is in the pocket will be possible in practice
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It sure did, thanks a lot I just hope that the buttons on the face of the HD2 will turn out to be as "shallow", flat and "stiff" as they look like in the vids, so that no accidental pressing of the end key while the device is in the pocket will be possible in practice
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I did not think about the accidental pressing of END key before, but this will surely worry me, atleast I get the handset myself and test it in real-life...
Well even if any accidental cliks will be happening, then the lock screen will actually come in handy
well even if the buttons get pressed somehow, the screen won't react to pressure so only buttons will work if there's no lockscreen
You're right, good point hehe I guess all of us WM fans will have to get used to capacitive screens and their advantages/disadvantages
I think there will be 2 potential risks...
1. "Send" button is pressed accidentally more than once (last dialed number will be dialed)
2. Any keys get accidentally pressed continuously (device will remain on impacting battery life)
So yet a good screen locking solution will be recommended
3. "end call/power" button pressed and hold -> device turns off (at least I think so..or is there a "confirmation screen"??) -> you don't get any incoming calls/messages/etc at all =)
Btw, if you turn off the stuff as B3ler3fonte said, would there be any locking at all? So would touchscreen etc be allways "ready" and consuming battery?
In my Diamond2 (I dont use any lock screen or anything) when the screen is turned off and I press long the power button, the confirmation for powering off the device does in fact pop up, but the screen remains turned off, so its impossible to confirm the power off prompt (I see the prompt popped up when I press the pwr button once again to turn on the screen). So probably no threat from here. And even if the screen activates and the prompt for turning off the phone does come out, there's no way of confirming it in your pocket - thats the capacitive screen advantage. But the battery draining issues may occur at some scale... I guess we'll see how it all turns out in real life. The probably unavoidable problem will be if the end button would be possible to get pressed by accident - then we would be facing constant battery drainage with the lockscreen always appearing for no reason.
kabakara said:
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Btw, if you turn off the stuff as B3ler3fonte said, would there be any locking at all? So would touchscreen etc be allways "ready" and consuming battery?
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That could help but won't much, because(at least current models) they wake up upon any reminder, battery low, call, text, etc. Besides you will have to use both hands to turn phone on (the top button, unless you got ET fingers ) HD is tall...
Cannot see that menu item
B3ler3fonte said:
. If u navigate through ur moving cursor to Settings, then Sound and Display and finally to Backlight options, there two options exist, when phone its on battery and/or External power, to either set the time limit to have the screen locked (and dim backlight of course) or to completely diselect it, which actually disables Leo to show and/or show lock screen.
Hope that clarification helped you
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Sorry but there is no setting for lockscreen in this menu. There is only settings for the backlight in battery or charged mode.
There is no control for the lockscreen at all Still looking for a way to completely disable this damned lockscreen.
Agreed - even the entry in the Settings tab that claims to control the lockscreen seems to have no impact (I have mine set to 12 hours and it completely ignores that) and the standard registry hacks don't seem to have any effect.
This is a real puzzler!
jgal said:
Hi guys!
So I'll have to wait for my preordered HD2 untill 20th November here in Poland, but watching all the preview videos, a question arose in my head. I know the device isn't out yet, but its rom builds are already flying around, so maybe someone knows the answer. Will it be possible to disable showing of the lock screen after waking up the phone with the end call/power button and the device taking you immediately to the homescreen? I'm used to that on my TD2, and I think that using the phone this way is just much faster.
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back to the original topic:
changing the registry key: HKey_current_user/ControlPanel/Backlight/AutodevicelockEnable to value '0' (zero) works with other 6.5 roms
by default it must have seen to '1'
edit: my bad, its been solved already
idrisito said:
back to the original topic:
changing the registry key: HKey_current_user/ControlPanel/Backlight/AutodevicelockEnable to value '0' (zero) works with other 6.5 roms
by default it must have seen to '1'
edit: my bad, its been solved already
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Is it solved already?? i can`t find it
mika34 said:
Is it solved already?? i can`t find it
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the clarification was made to the guy who started the thread in post 3. if thats not it then the reg change i have put it should disable/enable the lock screen if the power button is pressed

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