[cfong]

Sprint TP2 has a hardware backdoor to screen alignment. It's pressing volume up and down at once then tap screen.

The problem is that this condition is too easy to meet. On TP2, the volume up/down switches are under a single piece of plastic that seesaws. If something hit the middle of the up/down key, it'll get both switches underneath pressed. In a pocket or pouch, something is always touching the screen.

In more times than I care to count, I pull out the phone and found it wanted me to align its screen. The screen alignment is above everything. It'll do nothing until it's satisfied. It's like a dog that refuses to fetch until it has its back scratched.

Any way to defeat it? S2U2's lock doesn't defeat it.

Thanks.