Just jumped from a diamond to a pro which I'm loving except I hate the fact that the pro wakes up if you slide the keyboard Has anyone found a trick to turn this option off?
Help me out here, i've been trying to figure out what you wanna do with your phone, when you slide it out and you don't want it to wake up, but exept using it as a slightly unefficient ninja star, i don't find a way.
I just dont want it to "wake up" when moving around in my pocket
Yes,it's quite annoying for me as well,but I can live with it. In the pocket I don't see any problem,because I need to slide relatively long stroke out(>1cm) to get a reaction,which I cannot accidentialy activate(in comparison with Kaiser it is very good-it's reaction is 3mm). But for me is bad,that I cannot disable autorotation while slideout.
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I would like to know how much larger the cruise against the touch. does anyone have both that can post a side by side shot
I'm in the same boat. It's 10mm longer and 1.5 mm thicker according to specs. Really wish I could experience one before buying!
I was concerned about this as well, but its not bad. Its not too thick for me.
I am very glad I bought it. Its a great device... everything worked perfectly out of the box.
From the specs it's almost identical in size and weight to the Artemis so if you could find a store with an Artemis (or re-brand like O2 XDA Orbit) then that would give you a really good idea of how the TC will feel in the hand and/or pocket. In fact the TC is about a mm thinner than the Artemis so if anything the TC will be slightly more pocketable.
I'm in the UK and when I bought my first device (an Artemis) I went into an O2 shop and played for a long time with the Touch and the Artemis (O2 XDA Orbit). I ended up buying the Artemis, even though it is bigger and I really do care a lot about size and weight, and I didn't regret it. I find it completely unobtrusive in my pockets.
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Here you go (halfway down the page)
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1303843
JNGold said:
Here you go (halfway down the page)
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1303843
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Geez, the Polaris IS thick.
I almost pulled the trigger on a Polaris this week but now I'm really torn. I dusted off my old Eten and Trinity and looked at some friends devices this weekend. One thing the Touch has going for is the very few small hard to press buttons. Add to that the screen that some claim is not sensitive enough and you have a device that is ideal to store in your pocket. With my Trinity in my pocket, if I got a text or a call, buttons were always pressed and several apps opened. Even with the flush screen, the Touch never accidentally calls people, etc.
Hard to tell from the pics - does the Polaris have a large button pad like the trinity? I mean, are all the buttons one large piece?
My problem isn't the lack of features with the Touch. I can't get more than 1 bar in my office with AT&T GSM and miss calls but with 3G, I get 3. I've tried this with my trinity and 8525. I've Asked my AT&T rep and he can't explain it. Thought the size of the Touch would offset the reception issue. After 6 mo, I am looking for a small device with 3G. Considering a Polaris or LG MS25. Odd thing is that Sprint and Verizon don't get a signal either but T-mobile does. I'm gonna pop a T-Mobile SIM in my Touch and see. I'd hate to switch carriers but HTC has let us down by not putting 3G in the "enhanced" Touch.
Baxter said:
(..) With my Trinity in my pocket, if I got a text or a call, buttons were always pressed and several apps opened. Even with the flush screen, the Touch never accidentally calls people, etc.(..)
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If you're seriously in doubt between these two devices you really need to take a look at S2U2 to lock your device (automatically on screen off).
Incidentally: I used to have S2U2 installed on my Artemis, but on the Polaris the ON/OFF button is situated on top of the device, which means that it is very unlikely going to be pushed inside my pocket. By default all buttons except ON/OFF are switched off on screen off. So far I haven't felt the need to install S2U2 on my Polaris, however happy I was with its performance on my previous device.
Seriously, the Touch is no competition for the Polaris, performancewise.
I've been looking for a long time for an app that would prevent all buttons & screen from waking on incoming sms/call but still allow audible alert or vibrate. Pressing on/off would wake much like opening a flip phone. I'd prefer that it run in the background and not require a slide or button combination to "unlock". Just simply have to press power to wake. Does it do that? I'll give it a try if you say it does.
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I've been looking for a long time for an app that would prevent all buttons & screen from waking on incoming sms/call but still allow audible alert or vibrate. Pressing on/off would wake much like opening a flip phone. I'd prefer that it run in the background and not require a slide or button combination to "unlock". Just simply have to press power to wake. Does it do that? I'll give it a try if you say it does.
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What you're describing is the default functionality of the Polaris. After 3 minutes inactivity it falls asleep on screen off (you can use power button to force sleep) and locks screen and buttons except power button.
Calls, notifications etc. still work, (bluetooth) audio will also keep running.
To awake, press power button.
So you are saying that the polaris doesn't wake when you have an incoming call or sms? Maybe there is a misunderstanding. I want to have to press power before being able to answer.
I tryed the sensor lock and I was at first impressed with it but as soon as I had to soft reset the Pro, Sensorlock starting to vibrate alot!
I couldn't unlock the phone at all, not even enter my pin. The only way I could get in to my phone was by putting in the USB cabel, and uninstall the sensorlock. So I won't try that again. Stylus lock looks neat but having to remove the stylus from the phone just to be able to answer a call aint what I'm looking for.
I'm hoping that someone here can rip out the locking function from the Kaiser and make it useable on the Pro. That program was really good and simple.
hope someone can help me find what I want.
you should read the readme or use the search engine in this forum. i guess some devices are just not compatible at this time with the vibrate function. wating for 0.3, it should be fixed.
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I tryed the sensor lock and I was at first impressed with it but as soon as I had to soft reset the Pro, Sensorlock starting to vibrate alot!
I couldn't unlock the phone at all, not even enter my pin. The only way I could get in to my phone was by putting in the USB cabel, and uninstall the sensorlock. So I won't try that again. Stylus lock looks neat but having to remove the stylus from the phone just to be able to answer a call aint what I'm looking for.
I'm hoping that someone here can rip out the locking function from the Kaiser and make it useable on the Pro. That program was really good and simple.
hope someone can help me find what I want.
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Yeah I had the same problem!
My touch pro was spaaacing. He was vibrating the whole time....
So the uninstall was very quick with this one
oh seems 0.3.1 is out, bug is gone for me.
for your information ahorn I did use the search function and I did read the readme file..
But sensorlock wasn't my question... I was mearly wondering if someone could make the screen/button lock from kaiser to work in the Raphael... since I had problems with the other.
I had SensorLock installed since yesterday and had no problem at all. In fact I am liking it over another product. Maybe you need change your settings.
My only qualms is that it does not have a unique gesture.
I still got problems with sensorlock, so I'm not gonna use that.
I would like a more simple locking program like the one on Kaiser. Easy and fully functional.
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Sensor Lock would be great for me if I shouldn’t have to rotate the phone like a weird maniac pretending a magician or something - looks extremely funny when it doesn’t unlock and you’re in a meeting with business partners. Like I’m really desperate to impress the party this way …
Would be lovely if instead of rotating the thing we could use a sequence combination of pressing hard buttons. Like “Power, + Back” toggling “Lock Everything”, though this diminishes its name “SensorLock”, I would be gratefully thankful if this option would be kindly implemented by the developer.
i use vjdevice lock and remaped it to the left soft key, works great, one touch screen lock and power off. Big thanks to Vjay555 for this one.
http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJDeviceLock
Security lock from the Tornado smartphone is another good one. I hope someone will be able to rip it off for the TouchPro.
If you are looking to disable the on-screen answer keys only, the answerkeys disabler works perfectly for me...
Hi all...
does anyone know how well the dpad (or the wheel thing) works..
so for example will be able to play games on it... like... a driving game in hori mode??
thx for any help
i will be upgrading from a tytn, so i wanna make sure that it would be better than upgrading to tytn2
It is a technically much more competent device than the tytn 2, but I would have to say that playing games on it would be harder, at least until the tilt sensor is incorporated in to game controls !
thx buddie
but is the touch round (bottom, centre) still able to work as a dpad?
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thx buddie
but is the touch round (bottom, centre) still able to work as a dpad?
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The button in the centre is just that -- a button (i.e. not a DPAD).
The directional controls (DPAD) are around the button just on the perimeter of the round light that surrounds the centre button.
I would have to say that playing games with the DPAD on the TP would be horrendous since there is a tendency to press the Home, OK, Phone and End Call buttons accidentally when pressing a direction. This is fine in daily application use because you can "train" yourself to learn the DPAD but in a game setting it would get frustrating to say that least.
I hope this helps.
I was using the diamond in a store the other day and couldn't get the hang of the dpad. I was surfing the web and couldn't jump in the right direction with the links and I kept accidentally launching links that I was trying to jump from. Th dpad seemed like a horrible design. Is it something that a user can get the hang of to the point that it will seem as easy to use as any dpad?
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I was using the diamond in a store the other day and couldn't get the hang of the dpad. I was surfing the web and couldn't jump in the right direction with the links and I kept accidentally launching links that I was trying to jump from. Th dpad seemed like a horrible design. Is it something that a user can get the hang of to the point that it will seem as easy to use as any dpad?
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I hardly use it, and from what I can tell the Touch HD (HTC Blackstone) does not even have one (but I might be wrong on that) when web browsing I zoom in on a link I want, tap on it and then read the result zoomed out !
Up / Down buttons are still usable, but left / right are horrible. It's very easy to press home or green button while using them.
Seems HTC is trying to make us stop using it, so they can drop it from their phones
Anyone know if there is a app that will disable touch response and buttons or one to disable home etc buttons and you have to touch the screen in certain spot 3 times or something to get out of app thats on screen?
i ask cuz mykids love to watch micky mouse on my phone and as kids do they touch it every where or hold incorrectly( Steve Jobs quote) thus backing out of their show and crying like kids do
I found one but it doesnt disable home button
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I am running the GPE Rom, and love that I can double tap the screen to turn it on. However, I never use the slide to turn screen on feature, and it always turns it on in my hand randomly on in my pocket. Anyone know of any miss or apps to keep the double tap, but remove the slide motion launch feature? Thanks
I don't have a direct answer but are you sure it's waking up in you pocket via slide to wake? It would think it far more likely to pocket double tap then to pocket slide if that makes sense. I've avoided dt2w for that reason alone.
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I am running the GPE Rom, and love that I can double tap the screen to turn it on. However, I never use the slide to turn screen on feature, and it always turns it on in my hand randomly on in my pocket. Anyone know of any miss or apps to keep the double tap, but remove the slide motion launch feature? Thanks
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Try putting it in your pocket TOP DOWN. The slide to turn on goes from the bottom up, so if you're dropping it in your pocket bottom down the screen "may" read the friction as a slide up and open the screen before it hits the bottom of your pocket!