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Lock System better than S2U2

Hell yeah, S2U2 is cool, because it's as an iPhone, but it's laggy and it cost too much battery even HTC closed...
So, as i appreciate the way to unlock it, i found this program : http://www.throttlelauncher.com/downloads/files/ThrottleLock0.4.CAB
It's more than a simply unlocker, as you can create a pattern which look like a password, but you also can simply define as pattern the 3 downs buttons from left to right, and it's like S2U, without lag (and yeah without the iPhone trademark ) !
Here are some screenshot : http://www.throttlelauncher.com/portal/downloads/34-public-releases/87-throttle-lock-04
Enjoy it

I'd be interested in anyone's opinion on this.
I like S2U2, I don't find it drains my battery too much, I like the extra info it displays about next appointments and tasks etc.
Does this locking system show that kind of information too?

Zepiii said:
Hell yeah, S2U2 is cool, because it's as an iPhone, but it's laggy and it cost too much battery even HTC closed...
So, as i appreciate the way to unlock it, i found this program : http://www.throttlelauncher.com/downloads/files/ThrottleLock0.4.CAB
It's more than a simply unlocker, as you can create a pattern which look like a password, but you also can simply define as pattern the 3 downs buttons from left to right, and it's like S2U, without lag (and yeah without the iPhone trademark ) !
Here are some screenshot : http://www.throttlelauncher.com/portal/downloads/34-public-releases/87-throttle-lock-04
Enjoy it
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Tried it,very nice and cool looking, but unfortunately it wil unlock itself by an incoming call.

Ha ha, doesn't that make it kinda pointless? Many of us will want a lock so that when a call comes in, it doesn't accidentally unlock...
Does a text message unlock it to? Does turning it on unlock it?

I only use S2A2 for the Full Screen caller Option and Trotllelock for a manual devicelock (added to my start up list).
@AndyCr15 : luckyuser means that sometimes Trotllelock unlock itself (Bug). Normally you must wipe with your finger from up to bottom to answer a call. I'll use only the device lock option. Not the answer unlock option. So i'll have the best options from both apps.

AndyCr15 said:
Ha ha, doesn't that make it kinda pointless? Many of us will want a lock so that when a call comes in, it doesn't accidentally unlock...
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Yean it's unlock when a call, but HTC got the protection as you have to put your finger on the virutal block and move it to the left to answer and move to the right to ignore... so it's not a problem, it's an advantage that it's unlocked automatically...
AndyCr15 said:
Does a text message unlock it to?
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ofc not, but it is signaled by an icone

Zepiii said:
Yean it's unlock when a call, but HTC got the protection as you have to put your finger on the virutal block and move it to the left to answer and move to the right to ignore... so it's not a problem, it's an advantage that it's unlocked automatically...
ofc not, but it is signaled by an icone
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Sorry,, But you forget the hardware buttons they are not locked.. so you can accidentaly push any of the hardware buttons...

iosub said:
Sorry,, But you forget the hardware buttons they are not locked.. so you can accidentaly push any of the hardware buttons...
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The only programm who can fix that problem to is PocketShield.
Tried this app also, but I had to often gesture problems by shaking the phone! The device didn't react and awake properly for normal use!

i lock my phone by pressing and holding the "down reciever" icon. I thought that i could do that and this app would activate but it doesnt.

It's simple, S2U 1.37 corrects the advantage that thortlelock had... let's go back to S2U2 1.37
See you

luckyuser said:
The only programm who can fix that problem to is PocketShield.
Tried this app also, but I had to often gesture problems by shaking the phone! The device didn't react and awake properly for normal use!
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I use it too. Shaking does not work that good, so I only use it with finger slide. Works really good. The application is not free though, but €7 is not that much for lifetime upgrades and a lock application that does what it promises

Let's be clear, the application does not unlock itself; it merely (like S2U2) allows you to answer or ignore the call. After the call is completed the phone remains locked.
I have used both and chose throttlelock over S2U2 because of the lack of battery drain, the fact that I can mute an incoming call and that the security on throttlelock is (mildly) better than on S2U2. The other thing to mention is that there are options within throttlelock to disable the 'hard keys' if you choose.
Personally, I will continue to use throttlelock (or an alternative like Pocketshield when it becomes fully HD compatible) until some of the issues with S2U2 are fixed. These are still apparent in the latest ver 1.37.
Just my opinion
Mav.

Pocket shield is the best. I love it's option to auto-unlock with light sensor, and in the dark I just slide my finger on the screen It's also great that it can disable the hardware buttons when locked so no more problem with incidental pressing them while taking the phone out of my pocket I am very happy with this program, esspecially since it has no battery-drain issue like s2u2. The only thing that bothers me is why the h*... htc did'nt implement something like that in TF3d?! ...that, and group sms solution... and a few other things... sorry for the of topic in the end,

Mavrick said:
(or an alternative like Pocketshield when it becomes fully HD compatible)
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What is not fully compatible with the HD? if you mean the background customization, that is already fixed.

david-v said:
What is not fully compatible with the HD? if you mean the background customization, that is already fixed.
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My bad.
It wasn't the last time I checked. I'll take a look asap.
Thanks.
Mav.

kamilyo said:
esspecially since it has no battery-drain issue like s2u2.
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NEW version of S2U2 (1.40) avaliable now, has potential fix for battery-drain issue!

What do you do when you forget your code?
EDIT: Nevermindt

kamilyo said:
The only thing that bothers me is why the h*... htc did'nt implement something like that in TF3d?! ...that, and group sms solution... and a few other things... sorry for the of topic in the end,
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If you don't mind paying, use PowerSMS from Trinket Software to do your group SMS'ing - see http://www.trinketsoftware.com/powersms for details
aussiebum said:
NEW version of S2U2 (1.40) avaliable now, has potential fix for battery-drain issue!
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We'll see....I used to use S2U2 on my Kaiser but haven't bothered putting on for the last couple of months due to excessive ROM flashing - on my Touch PRO, I found that "TouchLockPro" was a brilliant alternative to S2U2 as it allows you to take advantage of the capacitive touch functionality on the Touch Pro. Have a read here for all the details.
Just my $0.02
Mark.

[REQ] WM6.5 S2A without locking

I love the new slide to answer/ignore built into windows mobile 6.5 but do not want to have to lock my phone in order to use it. Can any developers here come up with a way to activate the s2a feature without locking the phone?

DomSim said:
I love the new slide to answer/ignore built into windows mobile 6.5 but do not want to have to lock my phone in order to use it. Can any developers here come up with a way to activate the s2a feature without locking the phone?
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Why not use a opal dialer that comes with a slide to unlock?

i dont want to go back to a rom with manila in it, and the topaz, opal ... tf3d2 etc etc s2a dialers i have tried screws up the call log because it relies on files from manila i believe. unless you can point me in the direction of a black s2a dialer that doesnt screw up the call log?

DomSim said:
I love the new slide to answer/ignore built into windows mobile 6.5 but do not want to have to lock my phone in order to use it. Can any developers here come up with a way to activate the s2a feature without locking the phone?
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Have you tried Smart Lock?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505032
There is a feature for lock on call etc. I've used it and it does what you are asking, but there is an odd delay before the lock screen comes up. Try it out and let me know what you think.

trying now

Cool. I'm pretty sure it's still beta, but it seems to work. I'm just curious if the issues i'm having are throughout, or just on the ROM that I'm using.

that program seems to still require that it lock the phone to use the s2a. if i only slect the fist option of "wm6.5 new lock" it does nothing. if i select that along with incall lock, it brings up the new slide to answer locks the phone after the call which i do not want.

DomSim said:
that program seems to still require that it lock the phone to use the s2a. if i only slect the fist option of "wm6.5 new lock" it does nothing. if i select that along with incall lock, it brings up the new slide to answer locks the phone after the call which i do not want.
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I guess I mis-read your post. I thought that was what you were looking for.

bump it up

I dont think you going to find it! Unless you can get someone to build a dialer like that!

Got the same problem here ... did you find a solution ?

nope damn it

Hey guys !
Is there a solution now ?
Has someone very nice worked on it ?

Can't you guys just wait for another month or two... the official 6.5 or 6.5.1 or 6.7 whatever it is will most likely have that... I am sure someone can replicate a copy program of it, but then it wont be as smooth... just wait for the official one...
Till then, locking your screen isnt that bad :-/

Another way...but...install phone canvas 3.....
-the phone canvas doesn't conflict with lockscreen since the old phone canvas....and it goes also than the phone is not locked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542145

WM6.5 lock screen delay fix

I want to start this threat to put together information in order to sort out why the device lock delay (see below) appears and how to solve it.
wm6.5 device lock app has changed from "tap here and next there" to a slider style like app you know from s2u2.
problem:
device lock is enabled
Code:
HKCU\ControlPanel\BackLight\AutoDeviceLockEnable=1
wake up the device by short pressing the power button
device lock screen is displayed instantly
it takes ~2 seconds until the slider of the device lock screen is activated and can be slided.
if you use device lock it becomes really annyoing.
there are some threads about this like this one, but the solution is not working on a Touch HD.
can anybody sched some light onthe problem why and where it appears or maybe someone already found a solution.
please post any useful information.
please do not post tips like use s2u2 or any other locking app - I do not want to use them.

the only thing i can thing of is use s2u2 or any other locking app

egoist6 said:
please do not post tips like use s2u2 or any other locking app - I do not want to use them.
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cookiemonster55 said:
the only thing i can thing of is use s2u2 or any other locking app
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cookiemonster, either you didn't read his post or you're a sort of a jerk.
And yes, in response to the poster, I have the same problem.

Zoltair Wright said:
cookiemonster, either you didn't read his post or you're a sort of a jerk.
And yes, in response to the poster, I have the same problem.
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latest build 23001 still has this annoying delay

Iv noticed this too... The biggest annoyance for me is you turn the device on and the backlight isnt very bright, makes it near impossible to see the screen in daylight. Is it possible to have the backlight come on full when you press the power button?

i have this problem too. i think it is a serious bug of wm6.5
just hoping it will be fixed when the official release come out.

god i thought i was the only one, something about my config...
and i was exited about the new 6.5 lock screen,
but then it works like all the other M$ 6.5 sh!t, it doesn't
had to switch away from it

May be this help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=527219

A1983 said:
May be this help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=527219
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thanks for your help - but that was the solution i am talking about in my first post and unfortunately does not work.

also find this intensely annoying! if you look, on my hd, in the top left corner a small windows flag appears to indicate that the slider is locked, it disappears once the slider is active, and there is a definite exact time out, i dont think its random or a load time
hope this is sorted cos its rubbish!
regards
mat

What I've done that got rid of most of the delays regarding the lock screen on my Xperia:
I got 6 cpr files from my device's /Windows directory: LS_LockScene_xxxxxxx.cpr, LS_AlarmScene_xxxxxxx.cpr and LS_PhoneAlertScene_xxxxxxx.cpr. Get files that fit the resolution of your device, they are in pairs for portrait and landscape
opened each one of them in a text editor (they are XMLs inside)
removed all "ControlSequence" sections from them (those sections are small (like 4 entries) and big (up to 21 entries). These sections are animations of arrows. Arrows will still be there after that, they just won't animate.
uploaded cpr files back to /Windows, overwriting originals
soft-reseted.
Hope it works on your devices too

lemat1 said:
also find this intensely annoying! if you look, on my hd, in the top left corner a small windows flag appears to indicate that the slider is locked, it disappears once the slider is active, and there is a definite exact time out, i dont think its random or a load time
hope this is sorted cos its rubbish!
regards
mat
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yeah. and with 6.5 23003 onwards in the top right corner an "X" (for close) appears. only when it goes off you can access the slider.
it seems as if an app is started.

pikipirs said:
What I've done that got rid of most of the delays regarding the lock screen on my Xperia:
I got 6 cpr files from my device's /Windows directory: LS_LockScene_xxxxxxx.cpr, LS_AlarmScene_xxxxxxx.cpr and LS_PhoneAlertScene_xxxxxxx.cpr. Get files that fit the resolution of your device, they are in pairs for portrait and landscape
opened each one of them in a text editor (they are XMLs inside)
removed all "ControlSequence" sections from them (those sections are small (like 4 entries) and big (up to 21 entries). These sections are animations of arrows. Arrows will still be there after that, they just won't animate.
uploaded cpr files back to /Windows, overwriting originals
soft-reseted.
Hope it works on your devices too
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great. that helped a lot!
now the lock screen is flickering shortly and the whole lock screen slides in once more from the bottom to the top but then the slider is instantly accessible.
from a time perspective a great improvement!

update:
basically you can delete the whole layer
Code:
<Layer ID="SlidePath" >
...
</Layer>
which removes the animation of the arrows and the arrows themselves.
do not delete this section if you do not know in which direction to slide the button
however, the delay is still ~1 second. but i think i can live with that allthough it is annoying to wait one stupid second to proceed

the delay you get when recieving a call with lockscreen on is caused by the slide to answer feature of alot of the new dialers. it conflicts with the popup call answer screen with wm 6.5. to fix this can find a dialer that doesnt have slide to answer feature. the backlight problem came from backlight.dll in the kaiser, using a new one from stock rom now and it works perfect

If you enable the enter a pin number after slide, there is no delay at all. I know this isnt a solution i hate entering a pin. however, i have a felling the pin app is running in the background and thus you dont get the flicker where it flicks from Start menu back to the lock app. Hence if you could create a dummy pin app, it could work to stop the delay.

twopumpchump said:
the delay you get when recieving a call with lockscreen on is caused by the slide to answer feature of alot of the new dialers. it conflicts with the popup call answer screen with wm 6.5. to fix this can find a dialer that doesnt have slide to answer feature. the backlight problem came from backlight.dll in the kaiser, using a new one from stock rom now and it works perfect
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thanks for your reply. but i also have the delay when simply waking up the device by pressing the power button (without receiving a call)

xternal said:
If you enable the enter a pin number after slide, there is no delay at all. I know this isnt a solution i hate entering a pin. however, i have a felling the pin app is running in the background and thus you dont get the flicker where it flicks from Start menu back to the lock app. Hence if you could create a dummy pin app, it could work to stop the delay.
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that's true. i replaced LS_SimplePinScene_480x800.cpr with an empty one and allthough not using pinlock, the lock app did not work at all.

What if we designed something where when you slide it calls a mortscript or something and enters 0000+OK to by pass the pin screen (assuming you set pin to 0000). Then you edit the Pin screen so it is just a clear page, so you dont even see the pin screen flash up.
Not sure if this is at all possible as im not a programmer. Just a thought

xternal said:
What if we designed something where when you slide it calls a mortscript or something and enters 0000+OK to by pass the pin screen (assuming you set pin to 0000). Then you edit the Pin screen so it is just a clear page, so you dont even see the pin screen flash up.
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good idea. maybe someone can change LS_SimplePinScene_480x800.cpr so that it does not expect the pin from screen but is embedded directly into the cpr file?
can anybody who has a better understanding of cpr files or the lock app give us some tips?
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Not sure if this is at all possible as im not a programmer. Just a thought
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me neither

funky lock (custom pattern) screen on leo

is there anyone who has managed to get that touch lock screen where u connect the points in a pattern of your choice on the leo (i think its from the droid but i might be wrong)? i'd like a tiny bit more security then the normal lock screen but something a little better than the normal pin entering kefuffle

You are probably referring to ThrottleLock, which fakes Android unlock sequence.
I tested it on my Leo, it was ugly with the default skin, awfully slow and the G-sensor was not recognized. In fact, it was better on my Kaiser...
I wish we had more alternatives than the iphoneish slide unlock. No offence to A_C but I'm tired of having every iphone owner say "oh they even copied the unlock screen". I'm tempted to write my own using the multi-touch capabilities (like "press A + B at the same time to unlock"), but I need to improve my C# first...

I'm using throttlelock, which has the pattern. It's working fine on my Leo and is quick. Much quicker than my Kaiser was. I don't mind the look of the classic throttlelock which is transparent. I'm more than happy with it.

cheers, i downloaded and installed throttlelock but i cant get it to lock with throttlelock when i press the lock button... any way of chaging the settings for it to use throttlelock instead of the current screen?

Edit: I changed my configurations and now ThrottleLock locks automatically on power-on. I've even changed the original skin to VGA so its much less ugly now.
Hi! Same issues with ThrottleLock in my phone:
It recognizes the GSensor, but its very slow to update the screen with the 3D effect.
It doesn't lock the screen automatically on poweroff-poweron. In fact, sometimes it locked the screen automatically, I don't know exactly under which circunstances that happened.
I don't know how to make it show notifications. But perhaps, that's because I didn't understand its configuration.
I thought about posting a message in ThrottleApps forum, but the forum looks kind of abandoned. :-(
That's a pity because, although it wouldn't win beauty contests, I really liked its password scheme.

I solved my problems with the automatically lock.
I've changed the background skin for a WVGA one and it looks better now. (But the G-Sensor is still very slow, so I'll disable the 3D animation.)
I'll try ThrottleLock for some time.

wvga skin for throttlelock
Hey just wonder where you found a wvga skin for throttlelock
searched through google, xda and throttlelock's website and all i could find were dead links.
its also a pity that throttlelock hasn't been updated in over a year as the idea is a good one.

movieman14 said:
Hey just wonder where you found a wvga skin for throttlelock
searched through google, xda and throttlelock's website and all i could find were dead links.
its also a pity that throttlelock hasn't been updated in over a year as the idea is a good one.
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In fact, I customized the original skin to WVGA. Mostly, I changed the background picture, did some smal changes to the file skin.xml and doubled the icon's size.
I attached the skin. Put the directory Akira.WVGA under your skins directory (in my case, its \Program Files\ThrottleLock\Skins) and change the skin in ThrottleLock Settings. You can change the file back.png to one that suits your tastes.
Note: I'm on the verge of switching back to Slide2Unlock2. Sometimes ThrottleLock takes several seconds to unlock. I'll test if this problem occurs with S2U2 too.

thanks
thanks for the skin
will use soon as hd2 gets back from repair

With throttelock The screen locks during a call.
When a call is in progress and the phone is close to the ear, the screen shuts down to prevent accidental taps without locking the screen and when the phone moves from the ear, the screen wakes up and it's possible to use it forward.
But with throttelock, the the screen shuts down and locks itself and when the phone moves from the ear during a call, I must first unlock it.
How can I make the screen only to be shut down when a call is in progress and the phone is close to the ear and not to lock the screen?

Lockscreen: Switch lock button & clock?

Was wondering how one would switch the lock button and clock/agenda positions on the lockscreen?
A lockbutton at the top of the screen is not userfriendly imo... besides, the top of the screen is the first part I look at for some reason and I'd much rather have the clock/agenda to be the eyecatcher, not the lockbutton. I tried searching, but I didn't really know which specific keywords to use. I know it's possible, because some cooked roms have them switched (although with other modifications I personally dislike).

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Was wondering how one would switch the lock button and clock/agenda positions on the lockscreen?
A lockbutton at the top of the screen is not userfriendly imo... besides, the top of the screen is the first part I look at for some reason and I'd much rather have the clock/agenda to be the eyecatcher, not the lockbutton. I tried searching, but I didn't really know which specific keywords to use. I know it's possible, because some cooked roms have them switched (although with other modifications I personally dislike).
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Try S2U2 . . .

Thank you, I knew about s2u2. However, doesn't s2u2 change the layout of the lockscreen? I really wish to keep the same looks of the standard wm6.5 locscreen and just switch button and time/agenda locations.

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Thank you, I knew about s2u2. However, doesn't s2u2 change the layout of the lockscreen? I really wish to keep the same looks of the standard wm6.5 locscreen and just switch button and time/agenda locations.
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I hate Default WM6.5 LOCK SCREEN !! Sorry, personal opinion.
S2U2 are now Version 2.30, work well with my baby HD2.
Definitely, layout of lockscreen with many many options . . .

I reckon this should do the trick...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535024

Thats exactly what I was looking for. There, however, seem to still be some issues with the cabs, but I'll probably try them when I'll have some free time. Thanks john!

KrewCial said:
Thats exactly what I was looking for. There, however, seem to still be some issues with the cabs, but I'll probably try them when I'll have some free time. Thanks john!
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No problem matey

johncmolyneux said:
I reckon this should do the trick...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535024
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Works very well on my device, plus gives you nice notifications for alarm, mails etc.