Unlock switch

[davecozens]

is there any way to disable it altogether

just got nUnlock, and it's nice and shiny, but annoyingly doesn't disable the unlock switch...

cheers,

[zxon]

Maybe you could ask the person who made the software to include it in a new version. You're probably not the only one who will request it.

[davecozens]

it's kinda disabled in v2 I've discovered. But you have to press the menu key and then the unlock slide pops up.

i was hoping for tap screen then slide to unlock.

close enough though. well worth a couple of quid that app...

D

[Krazeh]

A couple of quid for an application to unlock my phone? An application which still requires me to press a button on the phone before it does anything? Not sure i'd say that qualifies as well worth it.

[gunners2bchamps]

Have to agree with the post above.

Don't see why you would pay for an app that does the job of the OEM slider, especially seeing as the slider unlocks the phone without having to press any other key to activate it.

I don't understand people who download iphone style themes for use on their N97, and nUnlock even has the globe as seen on iphones, why?!
It's a Nokia, not an Apple iphone, doubt any iphone users would download a Nokia theme for use on their iphones?

Sorry for my rant.

[davecozens]

It's eyecandy for eyecandys sake, but I like it... Try the demo or watch the youtube movie linked off the app homepage...

The price point is right too. Anything less than a coffee is almost disposable... that's where the Aple store gets things right and Ovi is so so wrong...

[rdcinhou]

What I'm waiting for in terms of a program to "unlock" the display...

1. Upon a double-tap of the screen (not a single tap) display a stern, NSA-like security warning message with a button for agreeing to terms of use. If you tap on the "NO" button a buzzer sounds and a nasty "Login denied" screen is displayed.

2. Upon a single tap of the "YES" terms of use button, activate the touch-screen-side camera (framed) and ask for facial biometric verification (my daughter's Sony Vaio laptop has this!). Female voice is preferred for the voice prompts (think Tricia Helfer!).

3. You have to position the camera so that your face fits within the detection box. When in place, the software will show some CSI-style vector/raster/tracing graphics merging the live image against a stored image and find and identify at least 14 points of confirmation before proceeding.

4. A vocal annunciation says "Biometric data step one verified. Please provide left thumb-print" and the touch screen turns into an apparent thumbprint scanner.

5. Placing your thumb on the "detection grid" and pushing-and-holding for two seconds, should then show a laser-like red scan line which then reveals a stored copy of your thumbprint. Obviously since the N97 doesn't really have a scanner--this step is just for show!

6. A vocal annunciation says" Biometric data step two verified. Please enter personal PIN number." A touchscreen numeric keypad (not the phone-style pad!) comes up and you enter a nine-digit PIN number which shows as "X"s in the display.

7. A vocal annunciation says "PIN verified--secure login established" and then transfers control to the S60 desktop (a cool theme or wallpaper is a must after the login sequence).

Any programmers up to the task?

Just think of the envy from the iPhone users!

[Yolmol]

Not quite sure whether the above is a joke or whether you would want something like that?

As for the unlock being off - don't think it can happen can it? Goes back to resistive vs capacitive doesn't it?. Resitive would need to be powered on all the time for it to work!

[angiepea]

Originally Posted by davecozens

is there any way to disable it altogether

just got nUnlock, and it's nice and shiny, but annoyingly doesn't disable the unlock switch...

cheers,

erm ..... my side lock is disabled - is that what you meant ? - in other words it doesn't automatically lock itself if your phone is sitting there doing nothing

[Torananga]

Originally Posted by rdcinhou

What I'm waiting for in terms of a program to "unlock" the display...

1. Upon a double-tap of the screen (not a single tap) display a stern, NSA-like security warning message with a button for agreeing to terms of use. If you tap on the "NO" button a buzzer sounds and a nasty "Login denied" screen is displayed.

2. Upon a single tap of the "YES" terms of use button, activate the touch-screen-side camera (framed) and ask for facial biometric verification (my daughter's Sony Vaio laptop has this!). Female voice is preferred for the voice prompts (think Tricia Helfer!).

3. You have to position the camera so that your face fits within the detection box. When in place, the software will show some CSI-style vector/raster/tracing graphics merging the live image against a stored image and find and identify at least 14 points of confirmation before proceeding.

4. A vocal annunciation says "Biometric data step one verified. Please provide left thumb-print" and the touch screen turns into an apparent thumbprint scanner.

5. Placing your thumb on the "detection grid" and pushing-and-holding for two seconds, should then show a laser-like red scan line which then reveals a stored copy of your thumbprint. Obviously since the N97 doesn't really have a scanner--this step is just for show!

6. A vocal annunciation says" Biometric data step two verified. Please enter personal PIN number." A touchscreen numeric keypad (not the phone-style pad!) comes up and you enter a nine-digit PIN number which shows as "X"s in the display.

7. A vocal annunciation says "PIN verified--secure login established" and then transfers control to the S60 desktop (a cool theme or wallpaper is a must after the login sequence).

Any programmers up to the task?

Just think of the envy from the iPhone users!

Is the beginning of your perhaps slighty over-the-top vision? (I kinda like it though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyXyt-Ui5AM

[londoner888]

Originally Posted by angiepea

erm ..... my side lock is disabled - is that what you meant ? - in other words it doesn't automatically lock itself if your phone is sitting there doing nothing

Hey Angie, could you tell me how to disable the side lock?
It's annoying sometimes that it locks itself, I'd rather lock it manually if possible

[angiepea]

sure - go to

settings
phone
phone mgmt
auto keyguard
keypad autolock period
and then select none



then you'll need to use the side lock manually