Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

hey guys,

im an owner of the n900 frm the last 2 months now.!
what i want it is, to swap the functionalities of power and the lock key!!
because of the awkward position of the lock/unlock button.

what happens is when im at work...i pick up my phone (usually with right hand) and then want to use it as "phone" only....and holding the phone in portrait position and trying to unlock with the lock/unlock button (which is facing my palm) is extremely difficult.
and to tell u the truth ive dropped my phone a couple of times in trying to unlock the phone in this position.
So either i have use both my hands for fraction of seconds or (the annoying way) press the power button, swipe and then ready up my phone.!

if by any tweak of sorts we could swap the functionalities it would be extremely comfortable!
moreover the lock/unlock button can be easily used instead power button, as zip could act as a press..!!(hope u got me..trying to to be technical.!)

thnks in advance

somekeystrokes

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

Tap your power button and then swipe it to unlock the device using your thumb.

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

tht is a lil annoying for me...i mentioned above brotha.!
thnks anyways...but tht didnt answer my query!

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

does anyone even use the lock button? i think ive used it twice

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

I use the lock button quite a lot.

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;)
hehe....i could hv usd it a lil mre regularly had the swipe been a lil more smooth!

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If the power button was the lock key you'd have problems with key presses in the pocket

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respnd guys..!
i dnt think its tht too difficult when u ppl have already configured the proximity sensor for sme purpose...hw difficult is this?

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

Actually, this is a great idea.

I alo would prefer a 1 click lock/unlock using the small power button.
It's much more natural and much quicker.
I highly doubt that it ever gets pressed accidently in the pocket.

Maybe there is some file we can change for this function?

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

What do you mean by "swap functionality"? At the moment there are at least three diffrent ways of unlocking the phone:
1. Using the unlock button on the side.
2. Slide the keyboard opened.
3. Pressing on the power button.

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

i agree. the power and lock buttons definitely shouldve been in each others places!

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2. is ok.!
swapping 1 and 3. That is pressing the power button unlocks or locks the device like lock/unlock switch. And the lock/unlock switch pops up the power menu(when not on standby) and giving the slide unlock on screen.

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

I think this is great idea. It is really annoying to lock the device after answered phone call, for example in the car - then the lock button is on the bottom and its impossible to reach it without flipping the phone in the hand. And the power button is then right below my thumb waiting to be pushed...

Another thing is that whole device is upside down... the lock switch should be on the opposite side, and the headphone jack too. But its hardware issue, to be hopefully fixed in N910 ;)

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

Quickly pressing the power-button twice locks the phone.

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I think this is a great idea, it means that I can unlock the phone with one hand.

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

I think another solution is to have double press to lock which is already the case and double press to unlock without the "swipe to unlcok". This also means there is less likely chance the phone will unlock in your pockets.

The power button is still in a handy place for switching profiles, ending tasks etc.

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

I hope this is made totally configurable, personally I would like to have
single click: unlocks phone. No more stupid swipe to unlock screen
double click: unlocks the phone and launches the phone app

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

yes thts another solution!!

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anyone with any ideas...this really is important/!

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

One thing that i like is it show time and date always handy & quick to access ( dont carry watch ) really like it :)
But yes, i think clicking twice power button to unlock would be very helpful and make it kind of logical when you have already same way to lock the phone.

Re: Swapping power and lock buttons!
 

so where is the solution??