Randomly turns itself on...

garberfc · #1 (**permalink**) 09-14-2009, 03:49 PM

I know this is common on older WinMo devices, and it appears to continue with the TP2! My god, with all the tuning and tweaking between HTC and MS you'd think they would have fixed this! Every time I pull the TP2 from my pocket, I discover that it's been on and it's been bouncing around from screen to screen...

Is there a fix available to keep this from happening? If not, does anyone know of a simple locking application similar to the iPhone's???

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vick2080 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-14-2009, 03:50 PM

try Pocket shield or S2U2

just google them up

gpracer1 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-14-2009, 04:13 PM

Make sure there is no magnet near the bottom of the phone like in the leather holsters with the magnetic flip lid......it will turn the phone on.

**Dragon2** · #4 (**permalink**) 09-14-2009, 04:16 PM

i just use the normal hardpress lock.....

maybe ya phone is coming partially opened while its in ya pocket causing it to turn on... maybe reg edit that bad boy to not autowakeup when keyboard opens... that might help ya

garberfc · #5 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by vick2080

try Pocket shield or S2U2

just google them up

Wow, that app is sweet! Time for me to pony up some $$$ for them

**TheBundo** · #6 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 08:40 AM

Going into Roaming will do that too

gpracer1 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBundo

Going into Roaming will do that too

Yeah, how do you stop that.
When at my parents house my phone battles between sprint and roaming every 30 seconds. Phone is always turning itself on. Is there a way to prevent this?

docprego · #8 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 01:35 AM

This is a strange Sprint/HTC quirk, my HTC Touch, HTC Touch Diamond, and HTC Touch Pro all did this for no apparent reason. It used to drive me nuts on my first phone, I thought it was defective. I quickly realized it's typical of HTC devices on Sprint.

gpracer1 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by SKS06460

You could force it to stay on Sprint only and prevent roaming.

Settings>Phone>CDMA Services>Roaming>Get Settings>Sprint Only

Yeah, and I have the forced roaming mod too. I want to disable the fact that it turns on the backlight when switching from sprint to roam......there has to be a way to disable that wakeup feature.

IGGUS · #10 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 10:19 AM

Not sure if it's better on this particular phone, but with other WM/HTC devices it turns on because of

Bluetooth
Email Sync
Opera Sync
Weather Sync
(Really any automated sync)
Phone Call duh
Low Battery (This I love.... battery is low so let's light up the screen and play a sound, then stay on in my pocket - a proven way to extend the battery!)

There's some others I can't think of now, feel free to add to the list.