Thread: Screen lock/suspend mode?
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2007-02-27 , 20:26
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Originally Posted by freeman View Post
You missed my point. What I tired to say is, if I hit the combo key, I want the unit to screen/button lock and power off the screen, if I touch the screen it will not power on and tell me how to unlock the unit unless I start with the power button. On the other hand, if the screen brightness time out and screenlock time out, leave them as usual.
There is a thread on how to reconfigure the power key so that a long keypress invokes the "softpoweroff" state (which is not mentioned on the power menu, but is a valid option). If you enter the terms "longkeypress" and "softpoweroff" in the search box, it's the only thread that'll show up. Just browse for the instructions.

For all intents and purposes, setting longkeypress to softpoweroff gives you the same result on the N800 as sliding the cover over the 770, minus the fact that on the N800 network connections are not automatically shut down, but you can always set their timeout to a low value if you're concerned about the minimal power drain.

In any case, I found that, after setting WLAN power to 10mA, the effect of an open WLAN connection on the N800's battery life is negligeable.