Was I hallucinating?

jtstuedle · #1 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 07:50 PM

Notice to all of you guys that are having trouble with the phone "unlocking itself". HTC has used a magnetic sensor in the TouchPro2(stylus AND keyboard slideout) and I believe the Imagio(stylus)...if you have a holster with a magnetic top on it (the flap for closing the pouch etc...), then the phone thinks you are pulling the stylus out or sliding the keyboard open/closed - hence why the behavior has changed for you! - I suggest getting a pouch with a velcrow flap on it...I did!

carteriii · #2 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 11:29 PM

I haven't used a holster at all, and it has nothing to do with the stylus position, so that's definitely not my problem.

In playing with my friend's phone, we managed to create one situation in which we can make the phone lock or not when it simply turns off. Quite simply, we assigned the multi-media button to an application other than the default Verizon Vcast TV. That caused the lock to no longer happen. Re-assigning the multi-media button to Vcast TV caused the lock function to happen again.

I tried doing the same on my phone without any change in behavior, so I don't believe it's magically just that. There appear to be a variety of conditions that cause the problem, but simply re-assigning the button is an odd one.

TonyK · #3 (**permalink**) 11-24-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jtstuedle

Notice to all of you guys that are having trouble with the phone "unlocking itself". HTC has used a magnetic sensor in the TouchPro2(stylus AND keyboard slideout) and I believe the Imagio(stylus)...if you have a holster with a magnetic top on it (the flap for closing the pouch etc...), then the phone thinks you are pulling the stylus out or sliding the keyboard open/closed - hence why the behavior has changed for you! - I suggest getting a pouch with a velcrow flap on it...I did!

The case that actually goes with the Imagio is a case with velcro on it not a magnet. A rep at the verizon store told me that a magnetic case will have an effect on the phone , did'nt tell me what effect it would have, I do have and use a velcro pouch and mine locks when it is shut off