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Need advice on a locking program

Hello all,
I need some advice on a locking program. Here is my problem.... I generally use the power button to "lock" my phone before I put it in my pocket. Usually that works fine until I get a reminder alert or something else that causes the phone to wake up in my pocket. At that point the touch screen becomes active and all sorts of odd things start to happen as the phone bounces around in my pocket.
I really only want to lock the touch screen, not the handware buttons so I can respond to whatever caused the phone to lock up in the first place, i.e. reminder, incoming call, etc.
I also need it to be easy to unlock the touch screen using one hand and without entering a security code.
Thanks,
Jay

I use Lockdown: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1795969
it's small and simple.

Lockdown
Looks almost like what I need except it also locks the hardware buttons. I only want to lock the touch screen.

jgreenme said:
Looks almost like what I need except it also locks the hardware buttons. I only want to lock the touch screen.
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the closest thing I can think of for you is....
step 1.
menu » settings » personal » buttons » lock » do not lock buttons.
this will only lock the screen and not the hardware buttons (with the exception of the d-pad.)
step 2 is to set up the enable the device lock which is different than the security lock due to the fact it DOES NOT require a password to unlock the phone.
menu » settings » today » items » and check the box for "device lock".
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I tested it and it only takes 1 screen tap to lock the phone and two to unlock it.
any email or text will not unlock the phone.
if you receive a call the screen will remain locked however, you can answer the call without unlocking the screen by pressing hardware button with the green phone icon on it.
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that's the best I can come up with. I hope this helps.
I bid you peace....

Check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=261277
and go to this link http://www.mr2-power.com/downloads/DeviceLock.CAB
I've been using DeviceLock forever and it has always worked for me.

Custom Phone Unlock App

Hey Guys,
Does anyone have any experience writing a phone un-lock application, because I have a kinf of a neat idea for a replacement lock screen (i.e. pincode).
The problem I am having with the pincode lock screen on HTC Touc Cruise (not sure if the app is common to all WM6 phones) is
1. Under sunlight its difficult to see the UI when the phone is locked
2. Its difficult to enter the pin on a touch screen while your phone is not stable (e.g you are walking etc)
The alternative I am thinking is to have an app that instead of typing the pin code would recognise swipe guestures, i.e. like mouse guestures in some desktop applications (for instance a swipe code like left, left, up, down)
Any thouhgts,
-CUser

SOunds somewhat similar to organic lock.
Maybe you should try this.

Organic Lock looks interesting, but my concern is, wont it suffer from the same drawbacks as the default pin-code unlocker. That is under bright sunlight you might not be able to see the shapes.
what i was originally thinking was that if your unlock swipe pattern was left up left, you would enter it as a left swipe, then up swipe, then left swipe.
Anyways I will give Organic Lock a try and see.
cheers

Default Slider Lock Vanished

I have posted this before a couple of days back on another thread so sorry.
Just wanted to know if there is a reg key that i can modify to get HD2 slider lock back.
A little background to the problem, i installed Cookies Home tab and now my slider lock is gone(the one that comes default with HD2). It may not be related to CHT as the folks on the other thread suggest. when i try the soft key lock button on right hand side bottom it used to lock my phone and i had to unlock it using the slide lock. Now it still gets locked but the home screen still remains and an unlock shows up at the bottom left hand side, which on tapping presents me with an ugly out of the place unlock screen and on tapping it again i am able to unlock it.
I am tempted to do a hard reset coz i like the default slider lock, however i want to give in to tweaks and try things before jumping for the extreme. Any suggestions/ bright ideas appreciated.
Thanks
P.S. I tried S2U2 but i kinda miss the default one and uninstalled it.

Sorry guys i figured out what was wrong and i have the default slider lock back!
the reason it was disabled was, my setting> lock > display was set to windows classic.
I changed it to windows default and the lock is back.
Thanks.

WM Unlock screens

Hey !!! I need unlock screens for windows mobile. is it possible that we collect all the links here! I'm looking for the nicest one. anyone can help me out ? im using windows mobile 6.1. I can't seem to find a nice unlock screen. pls help out thx

I'm by no means and expert, but a number of months back I did a big search for the best lock screen for me. After a lot of looking, I eventually stuck with the default lock screen in WM. The reason being that this was the only one that prevented holding down the red button from turning off the screen. I kept accidentally turning off my phone when it was in my holster. I did add a small program that automatically locks my TouchPro2 when I hit the power button.
The other two major contenders that I tried:
S2U2 = Slide to Unlock ver. 2. Great program... very customizable and lot of features. But as I mentioned, it wouldn't prevent the power off for my device.
ThrottleLock. Another nice program. Unlike the many slide to unlock, this one you have to "type" in a quick pattern that you set in order to unlock your phone. Gives you a bit of password protection along with making it easy to lock/unlock. Again, wouldn't prevent power for me.

use those alternatives, or use wm 6.5

Screen unlocks when keyboard slides out

I am sure this has been dealt with, but I have tried so many searches and found nothing that could help me.
I cannot find any setting anywhere to keep the screen locked even when the keyboard slides out, and sometime sin my pocket the keyboard slides slightly but enough to turn the screen on and unlock the device.
What can I do? do I have to replace the basic lock app?
please point me in the direction of existing threads if you know of any or solutions.
cheers
grymcent

Yes I would like to know that

I solve it by also using pattern type screen lock (in security settings with immediate lock on after) thus even after sliding, the HTC default lock will be unlocked, but the pattern will be required to completely unlock the phone...

If I'm not mistaken, HTC designed the Desire Z and the G2 to unlock when the keyboard is opened. Naturally, on paper, this would make sense given that you could just slide the keyboard to go right to typing. However, as stated before, if you put the pattern lock, then it shouldn't be able to unlock even when you slide.

if you have a pattern or PIN lock it won't unlock when opened.

Now. There is a nice elegant solution that I didn't think of.
And there I was trying to be simple and all I needed waas added security, thanks guys.
Setting it up now
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using XDA App

i find this more convenient this way as i can just slightly tilt the keyboard-screen flip to unlock the phone right away.

Replace your springs in the hinge so it will close tightly and not open in your pocket
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

Also, using pattern prevent accidental unlocks when the screen slides along some material that it respond to. I don't use the pattern for security but as additional screen lock because the default lock is just poor

So I set up a Pattern Lock. I really like it.
only issue is having to still do the slide down lock AND then the pattern lock.
I cannot find the setting to turn off the slide lock.
what have I missed?

If you rooted your phone and installed a ROM like Cyanogenmod ... you'd have the option to unlock by using the trackpad instead hitting the power button and then slide down to unlock.