I just upgraded from the iPhone 4S to the Skyrocket so this is my first Android phone. One of the concerns I have is that I am noticing an inconsistency with the Screen Saver and the Lock Screen. I have no option to disable the screen saver but I do have the Lock Screen configured with a pin code. Sometimes, when I pick up the phone and press the power button, I have the pin code screen which is what I expect. Other times, when I pick up the phone and press the power button, I get the Screen Saver with the clock and I can simply flick it aside and I'm into the phone without a pin code.
The Screen Timeout is configured to "2 Minutes" and Screen Unlock Timeout is configured for "2 Minutes." Am I configuring the timeout(s) incorrectly? I don't want to ever have the Screen Saver come up, I just want the pin code Unlock screen to display.
Set it for 15 seconds. And yes you can change the "screen saver".
Haha, never mind! After reading the "Unlock Screen" timeout more carefully, it is the time after the screen goes blank! I thought it meant that in "2 Minutes" of inactivity, the lock screen would be active! Setting it to immediately and then configuring the Screen Timeout seems to have fixed it!
Good. And you can change the lockscreen wallpaper too fyi
silver03wrx said:
Good. And you can change the lockscreen wallpaper too fyi
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I'm loving it already! So many options that I have control over! I just need to learn how to use them! Looks like my son's option to upgrade to the iPhone 4S is going to be used to get me the Samsung Note and I'll give him my 4S since I spent my upgrade option on this SkyRocket!!
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I have a 10minute delay until the pattern lock screen pops up but what if i wanted to lock the screen right away instead of waiting the 10 minutes, is there a widget or LaucherPro shorcut method to do this?
Go into settings then security and you can reset the delay time
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firestetz said:
Go into settings then security and you can reset the delay time
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i don't want to reset the delay. i want to keep the 10min delay and have the option to press something to immediately lock the phone.
Yes - found what your looking for!
tracerit said:
I have a 10minute delay until the pattern lock screen pops up but what if i wanted to lock the screen right away instead of waiting the 10 minutes, is there a widget or LaucherPro shorcut method to do this?
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Yes there is thank goodness. I wanted this myself - tired of pressing the power button to lock the screen. The widget is called Lock Screen Widget from the marketplace. Enjoy - I know I did.
i tried that widget but it doesn't work. just turns the screen off.
i should note that i'm also using "Lock Delay" but even with Lock Delay uninstalled, the Lock Screen widget doesn't work for me.
A lot of people are saying that Lock Delay doesn't work with 2.2 but i'm not having any problems aside from the lock pattern coming up at random times but thats ok, it's only once a while.
pressing the power button works fine for me it locks the screen
we all have different configurations though:
I have Lock Delay to accomplish the following:
1. Pattern Lock only comes on after 10minutes of inactivity
2. Pressing Power button to turn the screen off and then on again will not show the Slide To Unlock screen
This way If i'm going to use the phone on and off during a short period of time (10 minutse), I won't have to keep bothering with sliding to unlock the screen every time i turn the display on.
By default the slide to unlock screen always comes up.
Hmmm. Works for me
tracerit said:
i tried that widget but it doesn't work. just turns the screen off.
i should note that i'm also using "Lock Delay" but even with Lock Delay uninstalled, the Lock Screen widget doesn't work for me.
A lot of people are saying that Lock Delay doesn't work with 2.2 but i'm not having any problems aside from the lock pattern coming up at random times but thats ok, it's only once a while.
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Strange - sorry to here it doesnt work for you. Seems to lock my phone no problem.
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pressing the power button works fine for me it locks the screen
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Thats exactly what i was thinking lol. As far as the OP idk. i know there are widgets that can turn the lock pattern on and off so if you were to turn off the delay and use that widget that kinda solves your problem
Try switch pro widget
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Thats exactly what i was thinking lol. As far as the OP idk. i know there are widgets that can turn the lock pattern on and off so if you were to turn off the delay and use that widget that kinda solves your problem
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that's what a lot of people have probably but the problem that i see with that is that you have to slide to unlock and pattern unlock EVERY time you turn the display back on. am i correct? because i currently have Lock Delay (app) that disables both slide and pattern locks during the first 10 minutes so i don't have to mess with them every time i want to use the phone.
SwitchPro doesn't work, it only brings me to the unlock settings screen, pressing back will cancel out of the lock.
Lock screen widget works for me
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switch pro widget has that option and many more for the power widget
Is there a way to get the lock screen before the pattern screen?
for me, when i hit the wake button, it goes straight to the pattern screen. If i turn the pattern screen lock off, and i hit the wake button, it goes to the lock screen.
I just want it so that if i hit the wake button it would go lock screen then pass word pattern screen
Pretty sure you can only have one or the other.
That's weird. Mine always prompts the lock screen then my pattern screen. Thought this process was default.
Could try this. Go into settings>CM settings> lockscreen> unlock options
If skip on security is checked then uncheck it. That should prompt the lockscreen then pattern screen upon wake
gman87 said:
That's weird. Mine always prompts the lock screen then my pattern screen. Thought this process was default.
Could try this. Go into settings>CM settings> lockscreen> unlock options
If skip on security is checked then uncheck it. That should prompt the lockscreen then pattern screen upon wake
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Why do people assume that everyone is using CM. I am on Weapon and your answer means nothing.
GTWalling said:
I am on Weapon and your answer means nothing.
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haha I lol'd
One can only assume since cm is the majority. If you don't want assumptions then be specific on the details. General questions can arise numerous answers.
If I use a pattern as a security option and the click "automatically lock" after 30 mins, it doesn't do it, instead it ask for a patter every single time I turn off-on the screen.
Anybody has this issue?
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Same here!
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If im not mistaken, this option is only valid when you let the screen switch off itself and not press the power button to lock the screen. try it out.
praveenmarkandu said:
If im not mistaken, this option is only valid when you let the screen switch off itself and not press the power button to lock the screen. try it out.
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I think you are right, I wonder why Google did this weird feature. iOS, WebOS, WP, Custom skins like Blur, sense? have a properly delayed Security Lock.
You set X time, and the security lock will be show X mins after you finished used the device including pushing the power button.
http://www.techerator.com/wp-content/uploads/phone-iphone-autolock.jpg
http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/NiteTrek/Palm%20Pre/screenlock_2010-03-10_132901.png
http://cdn.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/postimages/684/lockscreen.png
As it currently stands, if I were to press the power button on my phone to turn on the screen, the screen turns off within 5~10 seconds if I don't unlock my phone. This is annoying if I'm checking notifications or something, because it just checks for an unlock, not user input. If I'm looking through my notifications and sliding on the screen, it'll still timeout. Is there any way to change this value?
The only option I know of is Settings > Display > Sleep, but that's once the screen's been unlocked and there's been no activity, I'm talking about the timeout directly on the lockscreen.
Ever thought about asking that in the ROM thread?
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I need an app like the "Go to sleep" future available in CM roms in the power widget. I KNOW there are a bunch on the market, but they have a flaw: after i lock the screen with it and power the screen on by button, my wallpaper dissapears for 3-4 seconds then it comes back. Also i need a simple app that does only that (shortcut or widget, dosent really matter) and not having extra options, so the ram usage would be minimal.
The "go to sleep" future works well (no wallpaper problem, no ram usage), but i dont know how to create a shortcut on the screen for it, also is annoying to pull the notification bar all the time to push it.
Screen off and lock works perfectly for me. If you want no ram usage, go with the donated version.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en
I agree ^^^^^ ++1!
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i'm using Lock Screen App by Kenneth Cheng, but this isn't really good either - if u lock the screen u can't unlock it right after ....u have to wait 2-3 sec. I have tryed the Screen off and lock but it got stuck in the ram and that annoyed me. Anw, ty for the answers.
Well, I tried "Screen Off and Lock" by Katecca, "Lock Screen App" by Kenneth Cheng, "Turn Off Screen" by Marinelli.Tv. The best of them is "Turn Off Screen", although sometimes the lockscreen appear before the screen is completely off, there's no false sleep like "Screen Off and Lock" (this app always give me false sleeps). Currently, I'm using Elixir2, it has widget to turn off the screen, and the screen doesn't flicker, lockscreen doesn't re-appear, there're false sleeps, but very rare.
False sleep: the screen is turned off, but when you turn it on, the lockscreen appears for ~1 seconds and it turns off. Several pushs on power button is needed to make the lockscreen stays there to be unlocked.
yes, "Turn Off Screen" by Marinelli seems to do the job almost like the power-off button, ty !