One of my favorite features is missing in the new rom...

[wesscoggin]

I actually have thought about why they separated the power and screen off and I know why it's useful to me to have them separate....Have you ever needed to shut your phone off for something, (for instance, going into a long meeting but would like to conserve battery rather than just having it on silent and wasting battery) but you don't remember if you actually shut the phone off or not? Before, when the buttons were the same, to check the on/off status you would have to press the power/backlight on key and it would actually turn the phone on if it was off. You would have to wait for the phone to start up before you could shut it back down or take out the battery. In addition, if the volume was up (rather than vibrate or silent) and you had a startup sound you would be embarassed in the meeting. Now you can press the backlight key to see if the phone is on or not and if nothing happens you know it's off. Perhaps a visual aid as in what the the OP was refering to is just another way to verify the on/off status.

[joeyc1123]

Originally Posted by wesscoggin

I actually have thought about why they separated the power and screen off and I know why it's useful to me to have them separate....Have you ever needed to shut your phone off for something, (for instance, going into a long meeting but would like to conserve battery rather than just having it on silent and wasting battery.) but you don't remember if you actually shut the phone off or not? Before when the buttons were the same you would actually turn the phone on if it was off. Now you can press the backlight key to see if the phone is on or not and if nothing happens you know it's off. Perhaps a visual aid as in the OP is just another way to verify the on/off status.

To be honest with you, before seeing this post i didn't realize the importance of it telling you that you hit the wrong button.....but now i see and realize that it is sort of important

[newone757]

Originally Posted by wesscoggin

I actually have thought about why they separated the power and screen off and I know why it's useful to me to have them separate....Have you ever needed to shut your phone off for something, (for instance, going into a long meeting but would like to conserve battery rather than just having it on silent and wasting battery) but you don't remember if you actually shut the phone off or not? Before, when the buttons were the same, to check the on/off status you would have to press the power/backlight on key and it would actually turn the phone on if it was off. You would have to wait for the phone to start up before you could shut it back down or take out the battery. In addition, if the volume was up (rather than vibrate or silent) and you had a startup sound you would be embarassed in the meeting. Now you can press the backlight key to see if the phone is on or not and if nothing happens you know it's off. Perhaps a visual aid as in what the the OP was refering to is just another way to verify the on/off status.

or you could just slide the keyboard out to see if its on

[TheBundo]

Originally Posted by newone757

or you could just slide the keyboard out to see if its on

Or the stylus, especially if you have disabled the keyboard out=on becuase you hase a magnetic clasp on your holster that otherwise turns the screen on.

[gibwar]

Originally Posted by wesscoggin

I actually have thought about why they separated the power and screen off and I know why it's useful to me to have them separate....Have you ever needed to shut your phone off for something, (for instance, going into a long meeting but would like to conserve battery rather than just having it on silent and wasting battery) but you don't remember if you actually shut the phone off or not? Before, when the buttons were the same, to check the on/off status you would have to press the power/backlight on key and it would actually turn the phone on if it was off. You would have to wait for the phone to start up before you could shut it back down or take out the battery. In addition, if the volume was up (rather than vibrate or silent) and you had a startup sound you would be embarassed in the meeting. Now you can press the backlight key to see if the phone is on or not and if nothing happens you know it's off. Perhaps a visual aid as in what the the OP was refering to is just another way to verify the on/off status.

Whenever I have been in meetings where I needed to make absolutely sure the phone is off, I pull the battery. It makes no difference since I was going to completely turn the phone off anyway and then there is no doubt that it can't turn on no matter how many times I press the button.