My new i7500 arrived today. This dedicated side screen lock button is spoiling an otherwise beautiful phone for me.
Why is it there? Android has it's native software lock (screen pattern). It means an effective double lock, you have to press and hold down the small side key every screen timeout and then do the screen pattern too instead of a single key press on one of the front keys followed by the screen pattern (as per G1). From the user guide it doesn't look like it can be disabled either and turning off the timeout doesn't solve it as it means the phone won't lock at all. Perhaps it isn't/won't be a big deal for others but I find it really irritating and it was just an unnecessary bit of hardware design which doesn't integrate with the OS., so if any bright developer is listening I'd love a utility to disable the side hardware key and use a single press of the "ok" button to unlock the phone and request the screen pattern. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
