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Another way to activate lock screen

Is there a way to activate lock screen by hitting the home sense button on the screen than hitting the physical button located on the top on the phone?
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Many apps in the market for this, just search lock screen.

Here, this is easier.
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.droidmania.lockscreenwidget

thanks for the reply @harlenm. I am looking for something to activate the lock screen(to unlock the phone) by using the screen sensitive buttons instead of the physical button located on top of the phone.

topgun303 said:
thanks for the reply @harlenm. I am looking for something to activate the lock screen(to unlock the phone) by using the screen sensitive buttons instead of the physical button located on top of the phone.
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Sorry, thought you meant the other way around.

Do you need the lock screen? No lock will allow you to use the volume keys, but takes you straight to the home screen.

harlenm said:
Do you need the lock screen? No lock will allow you to use the volume keys, but takes you straight to the home screen.
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Ok when the screen is off. You would normally press the unlock button located on the top of the phone to turn the screen on right. Is there a way to turn the screen on by pressing the touch sensitive button located on the screen itself.
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topgun303 said:
Ok when the screen is off. You would normally press the unlock button located on the top of the phone to turn the screen on right. Is there a way to turn the screen on by pressing the touch sensitive button located on the screen itself.
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Not that I know of. The only alternative is to use the volume keys using the no lock program, but again, it bypasses the lock screen.

I use widgetlocker....its awesome and its worth the 2bills..
It let's you choose a custom wallpaper, lock/unlock sounds and supports custom sliders made by xda community.
Now to your question, its impossible using the capacitive buttons as the screen would always need to be on for that function..if it were a trackball or physical buttons then that would work but not on Inspire obviously.
The closest you can get with widgetlocker is it will let you wake up the screen with volume keys and then unlock the screen with the backspace button..hope that makes sense ...cheers
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Like the above poster said, or use the stock froyo lockscreen(delete HTClockscreen.apk from /system/app) and you can use the menu button to unlock the phone. Still have to wake it with the power button. I don't think the buttons waking would be a good idea, it would constantly be woken up, which means the screen would be on longer plus the CPU is working more, which means more unnecessary battery drain.

Lockscreen without powerbutton

Hi Xda Community,
Im searching for an app to unlock my lockscreen without my powerbutton, there is an app named tap tap app it unlocks the screen with two touches on it. This app didnt work very well on o3d, but im searching the same thing.
Thanks for any help
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Itaka06 said:
Hi Xda Community,
Im searching for an app to unlock my lockscreen without my powerbutton, there is an app named tap tap app it unlocks the screen with two touches on it. This app didnt work very well on o3d, but im searching the same thing.
Thanks for any help
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Maybe you could try "smart screen off"
Tap tap worked fine on my O3D but smart screen off is better

Add this to build.prop (system/build.prop) if it is already found change the value to 1 :-
Code:
ro.config.hwfeature_wakeupkey=1
This will let you unlock the phone by volum buttons too . if you want an app I think it will not work because when the phone goes into deepsleep all apps are stopped even the system .
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AW: Lockscreen without powerbutton
Okay, thank you very much, but my powerbutton isnt broken, i only want to unlock it without powerbutton, because i think it is better so you dont use the powerbutton often.
I found apps, abd some users said they work :S
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[Q] unlock button

hi everyone!
just notice that day to day i found it hard to push the unlock button on the right top of my phone, need a couple tries of push untill i can unlock my device,
seems like from day to day that small tiny ass button is gettting drown,
did anyone experiencing the same problem that i'm facing with xperia j?
is there any suggestion to unlock device without using button?
i have tried some application like shake to unlock etc. but they're drain battery insanely

mikey000 said:
hi everyone!
just notice that day to day i found it hard to push the unlock button on the right top of my phone, need a couple tries of push untill i can unlock my device,
seems like from day to day that small tiny ass button is gettting drown,
did anyone experiencing the same problem that i'm facing with xperia j?
is there any suggestion to unlock device without using button?
i have tried some application like shake to unlock etc. but they're drain battery insanely
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I don't think theres a other way to unlock honestly...
I DO know theres a way to remap the buttons, so that you would (as example) be able to use the volume buttons for unlocking the screen. But I would have no idea how it actually works, too long ago since I saw it somewhere...
But about your power/unlock button, did it function normally before, or has it been bad since you got the phone?
Maybe there's some dirt or something in the button blocking it partly?

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mikey000 said:
hi everyone!
just notice that day to day i found it hard to push the unlock button on the right top of my phone, need a couple tries of push untill i can unlock my device,
seems like from day to day that small tiny ass button is gettting drown,
did anyone experiencing the same problem that i'm facing with xperia j?
is there any suggestion to unlock device without using button?
i have tried some application like shake to unlock etc. but they're drain battery insanely
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I have the same problem with the power button. It's not your fault, it's just the wrong way the button was made.
I use 2 apps to lock/unlock my phone by shake( and you can also unlock by hand gestures over the sensor- next to the front camera). You can try ShakeMe and you can also try to use Advanced Screen Control. Just install these 2 apps and play with the sensitivity and you'll find the perfect fit.
These 2 apps seem to be the best out of the bunch that you can find on the Play store.
Tell me if they work!

Dragoboss said:
I don't think theres a other way to unlock honestly...
I DO know theres a way to remap the buttons, so that you would (as example) be able to use the volume buttons for unlocking the screen. But I would have no idea how it actually works, too long ago since I saw it somewhere...
But about your power/unlock button, did it function normally before, or has it been bad since you got the phone?
Maybe there's some dirt or something in the button blocking it partly?
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thanks for replying
it was normally functional before, but as time goes its getting un-responsive

layup23 said:
I have the same problem with the power button. It's not your fault, it's just the wrong way the button was made.
I use 2 apps to lock/unlock my phone by shake( and you can also unlock by hand gestures over the sensor- next to the front camera). You can try ShakeMe and you can also try to use Advanced Screen Control. Just install these 2 apps and play with the sensitivity and you'll find the perfect fit.
These 2 apps seem to be the best out of the bunch that you can find on the Play store.
Tell me if they work!
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will try it,
is it drain your battery quickly or no?

Re: [DEODEXED APK]Need Testers[TIPO - ST21i]
Try some apps from Google play which can unlock using volume button I don't remember names but most have this function of waking screen when volume button is pressed
Try holo it is light uses less ram (don't remember if it has the function)
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jhonny1525 said:
Try some apps from Google play which can unlock using volume button I don't remember names but most have this function of waking screen when volume button is pressed
Try holo it is light uses less ram (don't remember if it has the function)
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cant find any app with that function yet

Give me some time I will search and tell
By the way I tried holo locker for u it has unlock function back+volume try it
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If you root, go to /System/Usr/Keylayout/
Edit Generic.kl file.
Adding 'WAKE' after Volume down and up.
Then go to setting>security>screen lock to none
Maybe some other expert member can figure out how to make this working when enable screen lock.
Sorry my english.
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You can have screen lock on and use volume down to unlock:
- With a root access file manager like Root Explorer or ES File Explorer go to /system/usr/keylayout
- Open in text editor file fih_gpio-keys.kl
- Look for key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE
- Replace the "VOLUME_DOWN" with "POWER".
- Save and reboot.
This essentially maps your volume down key as a power button. If you need to reduce the volume push volume up then use the on screen slider to set volume

miro xperia
arguson said:
You can have screen lock on and use volume down to unlock:
- With a root access file manager like Root Explorer or ES File Explorer go to /system/usr/keylayout
- Open in text editor file fih_gpio-keys.kl
- Look for key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE
- Replace the "VOLUME_DOWN" with "POWER".
- Save and reboot.
This essentially maps your volume down key as a power button. If you need to reduce the volume push volume up then use the on screen slider to set volume
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......it worked for me am hoping that a new power button will fix it properly

Swipe and then pattern???

Hello all, Question... So i have a patter to unlock phone...
When i hit button to turn on phone it wants me to swipe then it showed pattern and i have to enter it... That is dumb.. I want to just be able to turn it on pattern and get in? Can i get the swipe out of the way or is this just the way it is????
Thanks!!

Its very annoying to have to do it twice to get into the phone...

You'd have to install a different lock screen app. Or switch to using fingerprints, as you can then just press+hold to turn on and unlock the phone.
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This is the main reason I use fingerprints. the double move to unlock drives me mental.

bpdfs said:
Hello all, Question... So i have a patter to unlock phone...
When i hit button to turn on phone it wants me to swipe then it showed pattern and i have to enter it... That is dumb.. I want to just be able to turn it on pattern and get in? Can i get the swipe out of the way or is this just the way it is????
Thanks!!
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Worst feature ever, I eaven wrote to samsung support for this "bug" but no answer ever! I use pattern for last few years (galaxy s4, note 3 and 4) and it woarks great, now on note 5 and s7 after that swipe 1st is really going on my nervs and I have to use fingerprint instead
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Question Extra click to press when face unlocking

Hello,
One thing I noticed is that when using face unlock, i don't get directly on the home page of the phone, i need one extra click, not very different from a fingerprint unlock...
Anyone knows if it is possible to remove this extra click?
Thanks,

thefa said:
Hello,
One thing I noticed is that when using face unlock, i don't get directly on the home page of the phone, i need one extra click, not very different from a fingerprint unlock...
Anyone knows if it is possible to remove this extra click?
Thanks,
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Yes, there is a setting to remove the extra click . Search for Face Unlock in the settings , it's there

In the settings, search for 'face unlock'.
Skip unlock screen

Ah, yes, very good. Somehow i did not go deep enough in the menus... This is great. Relieved.
Thank you both.