TouchLockPro v1.8 released 12/9/08

Edited by Big D5

Link to post with 1.8 cab HERE
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There are already a lot of applications to disable touchpanel and/or hardware keys for the Touch Diamond and Pro. I added the next step of improvements on top of StylusLock:

* lock using the Power button, BattClock and/or Stylus Sensor
* auto-unlock by the Light Sensor
* unlock using triple touch of the Capacitive Sensor
* unlock using Stylus Sensor
* unlock when on AC/USB power

Great to have *ANY* application locked

You do not accidentally press touchpanel/hardware buttons anymore, so you can put the phone safely in your pocket. Examples:
* TouchFlo3D or any other Today Screen
* GPS applications (Google Maps, Tom Tom, IGO8, OziExplorer)
* Music player, Camera, Opera
* Incoming call

Features

* Be able to put the phone in your pocket with touchpanel and all hardware buttons locked.
* Avoid missed calls, by accidentally pressing the TouchPanel and hardware buttons.
* With Bluethooth headset still incoming calls can be answered, although it is locked.
* No effect on Battery life.
* Consumes no CPU cycles (only in case of an Capacitive/Stylus/Power event, no polling). Check it with a Task Manager!!
* Clock and battery percentage indicates Locked/Unlocked, pressing the indicator enables "lock mode"
* The Light Sensor will automatically unlock in not too dark lighting conditions
* Triple touch the capacitive hardware area at the same area to unlock, See screenshots
* Use Stylus for locking/unlocking
* Unlocked when on AC or USB power
* Vibration when changing to locked when the screen or backlight is off
* Possibility to overrule default behaviour

How to install?

* Deinstall the previous version of other locking programs (e.g. StylusLock, Answerkey disabler, SensorLock, S2U2)
* Copy the TouchLockPro.x.y.CAB file from your computer to the Touch Diamond or Touch Pro Memory card
* Go via the explorer of the Touch Diamond or Touch Pro to the location where you copied the .CAB file and click on it to start installation
* Advice is to install it to the Phone memory and not to the Memory card, TouchLockPro is very small and so it also works in "DiskDrive" mode

How to lock?

Prerequisite: Stylus is IN, not on AC/USB power
* Press the power button (AutoLockOnPowerOn)
* Pressing the BattClock
* Take OUT the Stylus and putting it back IN within 1 second

How to unlock?

* Wait till the Light Sensor unlocks automatically (default 5 seconds) in not too dark lighting conditions
* Triple touch the capacitive hardware area at the same area within 3 seconds (the number of valid touches at the same area are shown instead of the battery life percentage)
* Take OUT the Stylus
* Attach to AC/USB power

TouchLockPro is designed for the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, using their unique sensors:

* Light Sensor
* Capacitive NavSensor
* Stylus sensor

The Light Sensor will auto-unlock in not too dark conditions, when it senses light for more than 5 seconds. When it is too dark, use the triple capacitive touch approach, see below.





The capacitive sensor has 3 main area's, indicated in the above figure, 1, 2, and 3. Some features:
* Will not react on non-capacitive touches like Stylus. Nice when in your pocket too.
* You only need to gently touch the area's, without pressing the hardware buttons underneath
* TouchLockPro uses this feature for unlocking. Gently touch three times at the same area (without touching another area) within 3 seconds, to unlock the phone
* With an incoming call, the best is to triple touch the answer area 1, to avoid missed calls when you accidently touch too hard and press the reject hardware button








These 4 screenshots, from left to right, top to bottom, show the BattClock in action.
* screenshot 1: if the phone is locked, the fore and background are reversed, showing the time and battery life percentage
* screenshot 2: One capacitive touch is done and shown, when occurred, instead of the battery life percentage. If the 3 seconds have been elapsed, it is switched back to battery life percentage
* screenshot 3: Second capacitive touch is done and shown.
* screenshot 4: Third capacitive touch is done at the same place in time and the phone is unlocked. The normal background and forground of the battClock is shown.







The locking behaviour can also be controlled with the Stylus sensor:
* When the Stylus is out, the phone is always unlocked.
* When the stylus is taken OUT and IN within 1 seconds, the "lock mode" is toggled.
* When the Stylus is taken out, the phone awakens from sleep (you do not need to press the Power button)








I am working now on the TouchLockPro Action Screen. It will be a separate program, for the following reasons:
* It can be started via a shortcut, or via a Today Screen, or via Programs
* It does not consume extra memory (only shortly, while executing)
* It is written in C# (you cannot combine C++ and C# in 1 executable)

The meaning of the action buttons, from left to right, top to bottom:

First row:
* Lock (and keep the display on)
* Lock and suspend immediately (Power off)
* Exit the Action screen

Second row:
* Configuration options (so you do not need to use a registry editor anymore, and easily switch between settings)
* Show detailed battery details
* Free RAM memory (Garbage collect, let other running applications free memory)

Third row:
* Soft reset your device
* Power off the phone completely (you do no longer need to long press Power Off)
* About screen

[hibby50]

looks very nice.... how is the light sensor set? with pocket shield it wasnt unlocking well to light

EDIT: instead of 5 seconds how can i change it to 1

Originally Posted by hibby50

looks very nice.... how is the light sensor set? with pocket shield it wasnt unlocking well to light

EDIT: instead of 5 seconds how can i change it to 1

im trying to figure out the light sensor portion myself...ill post back soon

[Lat]

Originally Posted by hibby50

looks very nice.... how is the light sensor set? with pocket shield it wasnt unlocking well to light

EDIT: instead of 5 seconds how can i change it to 1

I set mine to a 500ms delay, and it's very responsive, much better than PocketShield.

I haven't even needed to do a capacitive unlock yet, because the light sensor works perfectly fine.

Thanks for this very useful software ZR


http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?t=444215#3

[adrian2pm]

Originally Posted by Lat

I set mine to a 500ms delay, and it's very responsive, much better than PocketShield.

I haven't even needed to do a capacitive unlock yet, because the light sensor works perfectly fine.

Thanks for this very useful software ZR


http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?t=444215#3

which registry did you change? and what value?

[ZuinigeRijder]

Originally Posted by adrian2pm

which registry did you change? and what value?

HKCU\Software\ZuinigeRijder\LockSettings\UnlockOnL ightSensorTime

However, be careful to set the time not too short. 500 ms means it will be unlocked when it sees any light. So maybe you are still busy in taking out of your pocket and you accidently press keys/touchpanel. If 5000 ms seconds is too long, you can set it to 2000 ms or so. But it is up to you

[hibby50]

thanks that is a major part for me im installing now and ill tell u how it goes

[hibby50]

k i installed. i will stick with it but suggestion time. (in order from most important to least)

1. change light sensor stuff
2. make it like 1 finger in each capacitive part for a full second.... like at the same time
3. unlock power button
4. Make battery/time able to change color/ blend in
5. make control panel

[jason25]

I agree with you hibby, I would like to be able to customize the clock. Works good, can't wait for the action screen.

[ZuinigeRijder]

Originally Posted by jason25

I agree with you hibby, I would like to be able to customize the clock. Works good, can't wait for the action screen.

You can customize the clock. Customization is described in post #3 at XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...48&postcount=3