[dlbrock]

I really like this program. I just wish it would not lock the device when I am on the phone. I often have to look at my calendar during a phone call and with the device locked it doesn't help. Is there anyway to NOT lock the device as long as the phone is being used?

Thanks!

Doug

[metsfan]

Originally Posted by dlbrock

I really like this program. I just wish it would not lock the device when I am on the phone. I often have to look at my calendar during a phone call and with the device locked it doesn't help. Is there anyway to NOT lock the device as long as the phone is being used?

Thanks!

Doug

That's coming. Should be releasing it tonight.

[metsfan]

Originally Posted by wdwms

Would love to see the delays more configurable. Say 5-10 minutes.. 1 min after my screen goes out is too quick!

Thanks!

I'll add 5 and 10 minutes which should be easy. Maybe at some point later I'll add a custom setting.

[wdwms]

Originally Posted by metsfan

I'll add 5 and 10 minutes which should be easy. Maybe at some point later I'll add a custom setting.

Thanks so much! Now if i could get you to write an app to delete all email/messages every X days!!

-Todd

[rivviepop]

Originally Posted by metsfan

I'll add 5 and 10 minutes which should be easy. Maybe at some point later I'll add a custom setting.

Hey just a suggestion while you're in there, might as well add 2 minutes -- you know someone is going to come along and ask for it. 1, 2, 5, 10 sounds like a good pattern set that should satisfy most.

(45sec user myself)

[metsfan]

0.5 release. Now has the option to not lock when on a call, and added more timeout options.

I edited the first post with the update.

[rel12561]

Originally Posted by metsfan

0.5 release. Now has the option to not lock when on a call, and added more timeout options.

I edited the first post with the update.

This is a great little program as is Softreset. Quick question did you know these don't show up properly in the appllicaton loader..it just show a blank entry for the application name but if you click details your name appears.

[John Clark]

Originally Posted by rel12561

..it just show a black entry for the application name but if you click details your name appears.

That's just the way it works.

[metsfan]

Originally Posted by rel12561

This is a great little program as is Softreset. Quick question did you know these don't show up properly in the appllicaton loader..it just show a blank entry for the application name but if you click details your name appears.

That's strange. I'll take a look at it. Did you install OTA or from the application loader? Is it only when you install OTA and then use the app loader later?

[rivviepop]

@metsfan - thanks for another release, works great.

Now for a strange one, tell me what you think. The Pearl has a small UI problem, if you have it set to:

- prompt for USB Mass Storage
- have the keys locked
- plug in a USB cable

...the UI issue is that the Pearl won't give you the popup to choose YES or NO for USB Mass Storage while the keys are locked; you have to unlock them, then you get the popup question.

The request then is if AutoLock could help solve this -- is there a way (user configurable setting of course) to hook into the USB cable just-plugged-in API and unlock the keys for us? Does that make sense what I'm trying to explain?

settings: don't lock while on USB, unlock when USB plugged in

scenario: keys locked. plug in USB, keys unlock and stay unlocked. unplug and the keys relock as usual with the backlight.

whatchya think?

[metsfan]

I don't think there's any way to force an unlock without user interaction.

[rel12561]

Originally Posted by metsfan

That's strange. I'll take a look at it. Did you install OTA or from the application loader? Is it only when you install OTA and then use the app loader later?

I installed OTA but noticed it in the app loader when i was installing another program. since it was blank I wondered what program it was.

[rivviepop]

Originally Posted by metsfan

I don't think there's any way to force an unlock without user interaction.

ahh ok, darn. Thanks for taking a peek at that at least, it was worth a shot.

[canonbomb1987]

Wow great app, love it. Kepp up the good work.

[canonbomb1987]

Originally Posted by rivviepop

@metsfan:

Out of curiosity (mainly for my battery life), how often does this app poll for the backlight having gone off for it to countdown? For instance, I have mine set to 30sec (ps: next version, can we get 45 and 60sec added?) -- given it's 30sec countdown, I'm wondering how often it actually is checking the handset.

Once it's in locked mode, I assume it stops polling altogether and only "wakes up" after the keyboard has been unlocked? (or the display becomes active?) Is there a seperate poll for this that's... longer?

One interesting side effect of using this that might be hard to catch if you're not looking close -- when you wake up the device after the backlight+lock has occured, the screen "goes white" for a split second before the normal mainscreen UI is redrawn.

- set it to 30secs, let the backlight turn off then wait for a lock
- press the pearlball (sic) to wake up the screen, watch carefully for the white flash (only happens for a split second)

...now go ahead and Disable autolock, let it sleep again (either keypad locked or unlocked, doesn't seem to matter) and then press the pearlball to wake it up -- no white-screen-flash occurs. I'm curious why this is happening with AutoLock.

You know at first i didnt notice this phenom, but when i started payimg more attention to the screen i did notice this issue. Its no big deal though.

[metsfan]

Originally Posted by canonbomb1987

You know at first i didnt notice this phenom, but when i started payimg more attention to the screen i did notice this issue. Its no big deal though.

Yeah, I've seen it a few times now too. Weird.

[John Clark]

I've seen that just pulling from my holster or picking up when it's dark, even before installing autolock. I saw it more in my 7100t

[rivviepop]

Originally Posted by John Clark

I've seen that just pulling from my holster or picking up when it's dark, even before installing autolock. I saw it more in my 7100t

...you thinking it has something to do with the ambient light sensor for the autodim? I will say where I sit at home here is ambiently lit, not direct light or anything so the sensor should be tripped to make it dim. I think I remember posting the above while here.

[John Clark]

I don't know. I just know I've seen it once in a while. Not often, though.

[Soapm]

Can you make a version for the 7290 with bblight?