[taldeus]

Hello, is there a way to lock the keyboard on the Curve 8320? I remember on the Pearl you hold down * but it doesn't work like this on the curve. Anyone know how? Thanks in advance.

[dylanhauge]

if you are at your home screen you can press alt + enter

[taldeus]

That didn't work for me sorry.

[PCgirl]

If you turn off "dial from home screen" you can use the K shortcut key and it will lock the keyboard.

To turn off "dial from home screen", go to the PHONE screen and hit menu --> options --> general options. Scroll down to "Dial from home screen" and use the drop down menu to choose NO.

Hope this works for you. The other shortcuts are really handy as well.

[adamzeit]

Originally Posted by taldeus

Hello, is there a way to lock the keyboard on the Curve 8320? I remember on the Pearl you hold down * but it doesn't work like this on the curve. Anyone know how? Thanks in advance.

I set the left-side Convenience Key to the "Keyboard lock" function....so all I have to do is hit the let convenience key and pop it back in my holster sight-unseen - and the keys are locked. Very convenient.

[spblat]

Don't forget that you can hold the mute button for a few seconds. This feature is designed to allow you to prevent "pocket-dial-syndrome" without forcing you to enter your password next time you want to use the phone.

[Fireproof]

Originally Posted by spblat

Don't forget that you can hold the mute button for a few seconds. This feature is designed to allow you to prevent "pocket-dial-syndrome" without forcing you to enter your password next time you want to use the phone.

I.e., enters "standby mode".

I typically use the K from home screen to lock my keys. Old habit.

[mzcourtney]

theres a button to keyboard lock if you press the menu key.. it's inconvenient but it works lol

[Mrmercedes]

I have a program that does it automaticly for me. You can make it lock after 5 sec or up to 2 min after the screen turns off. Its called auto lock.Get it here geek and proud go to the left side and click on Blackberry software. I think its the first one.

[skalover89]

Originally Posted by adamzeit

I set the left-side Convenience Key to the "Keyboard lock" function....so all I have to do is hit the let convenience key and pop it back in my holster sight-unseen - and the keys are locked. Very convenient.

I do this as well and it works great. Now does anyone know a keyboard shortcut to set the phone to vibrate? I believe when I had my pearl it used to be that you'd hold the # down and it would switch the phone profiles from normal to vibrate and back again. I really miss this feature and just got an 8310 curve. Going through the profiles manually to switch is a little inconvenient when I need to switch to vibrate right away.

[PCgirl]

Originally Posted by skalover89

I do this as well and it works great. Now does anyone know a keyboard shortcut to set the phone to vibrate? I believe when I had my pearl it used to be that you'd hold the # down and it would switch the phone profiles from normal to vibrate and back again. I really miss this feature and just got an 8310 curve. Going through the profiles manually to switch is a little inconvenient when I need to switch to vibrate right away.

If your "dial from home screen" is off you could use the F key shortcut to get you to the profile screen.

Or, you could set one of your left/right convenience buttons to profiles as well.
If you don't want to turn off "dial from home screen" and don't have a spare convenience button, you could set a password for your bb and set it to lock automatically after a few minutes and then set the convenience button to profiles.

[taldeus]

ok guys i got it. I had to disable this language selector thing when i press alt enter and now it works that way. i got tired of doing it through the menu everytime thanks again.

[dirtypirate]

Originally Posted by Mrmercedes

I have a program that does it automaticly for me. You can make it lock after 5 sec or up to 2 min after the screen turns off. Its called auto lock.Get it here geek and proud go to the left side and click on Blackberry software. I think its the first one.

Same thing I installed, works GREAT!!! Has a custom time option so you can choose how long before it kicks in.

[FSUFAN1200]

When you use the geek & proud auto lock program, once it's lock, how do you unlock it?

[avanden]

I set my left convenience key to lock the keyboard.

[Rawdogg]

Originally Posted by skalover89

I do this as well and it works great. Now does anyone know a keyboard shortcut to set the phone to vibrate? I believe when I had my pearl it used to be that you'd hold the # down and it would switch the phone profiles from normal to vibrate and back again. I really miss this feature and just got an 8310 curve. Going through the profiles manually to switch is a little inconvenient when I need to switch to vibrate right away.

I set my left convenience key for my (Profiles) shortcut....but one option I found if using the BB Zen theme is the trackball scrolls directly up to the "ringer" icon...thus simply clicking the trackball brings up the menu of vibrate, quiet, etc. ...

[Rezzy]

Originally Posted by adamzeit

I set the left-side Convenience Key to the "Keyboard lock" function....so all I have to do is hit the let convenience key and pop it back in my holster sight-unseen - and the keys are locked. Very convenient.

Yep same here! very convenient indeed.

[dave0813]

Whenever I hit the "k" key it asks if I want to assign a speed dial, and my dial from home screen is turned off.

Any help?

[roman8915]

why dont you set it lock automatically
if you didn't know how to do it : http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...-question.html
I dont know if the curve can do so.

[rescue2mfd]

Originally Posted by taldeus

ok guys i got it. I had to disable this language selector thing when i press alt enter and now it works that way. i got tired of doing it through the menu everytime thanks again.

Mine is giving me a Language box when I hit Alt + Enter. How do I disable that so that when I hit it, it locks my keyboard.