Waking up the Diamond - Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General

Not sure if this has been reported. But you don't have to press the power button to wake up the Diamond. All you have to do is pull out the stylus....

cool, thankyou for the Tip. I ddn´t realize that, thu I rarely use the stylus anymore because of TF3D.

what if the stylus is lost ?

footballe said:
what if the stylus is lost ?
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use the 2nd stylus that comes with the package or use the power button to switch it on

what i mean is will the device be always on when there is no stylus in it ?

footballe said:
what i mean is will the device be always on when there is no stylus in it ?
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No, ofcourse not

footballe said:
what i mean is will the device be always on when there is no stylus in it ?
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I think the "extracting" movement is like a power on, so if you extract, you can power off without the stylus in... act like a key pressed without key-lock , right?

wish there was a 3rd alternative to waking it up.
I use the stylus only occasionally and i use a flip case so the power button on top is not that accessible

Cool! I didn't realize that.

Mr Farmer said:
wish there was a 3rd alternative to waking it up.
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I use my bluetooth hands-free button!
It opens Cyberon Voice Speed Dial but... i can live with that!

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Question - Button light settings

i didnt know where to post this.. but is there a way by touching the screen or pressing buttons on the dpad and waking it up from sleep mode
and after while the backlight on the buttons below the screen, go off. is there a way that when i slide the screen that those buttons light up also
thx if u could help. i tried googling but couldnt find anything
settings->system->key lock-> do not lock
no way of doing that afaik
XtreMe_G said:
settings->system->key lock-> do not lock
no way of doing that afaik
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afaik???...
Boredom said:
afaik???...
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"as far as I know"
dwcliff703 said:
"as far as I know"
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lol alright
pressing the power button on the side?
Surely it's not a good idea to wake your kaiser up by touching the screen? As soon as you put it in your pocket it'll wake up again? That's why companies make it slightly more complex to unlock the phone...

Only hard key for answering call?

Hello, is there a way to answer the call by only pressing the hard key, not the touchscreen?
I quit several calls by touching the screen while taking the phone out of my pocket.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Diamond
dont the button key to the left which show a phone do that?
sure, but u can also answer the call by pressing the touchscreen.
thats bad, because u quit the call by touching the screen accidentally (sometimes)
tyler08 said:
sure, but u can also answer the call by pressing the touchscreen.
thats bad, because u quit the call by touching the screen accidentally (sometimes)
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This is your first phone with a touchscreen, right?
same problem here
no solution ?
If the phone is locked then any presses on the touchscreen should not work, only the hard key that answers the phone.
marisa4755 said:
If the phone is locked then any presses on the touchscreen should not work, only the hard key that answers the phone.
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but it works, that is the problem.
marisa4755 said:
If the phone is locked then any presses on the touchscreen should not work, only the hard key that answers the phone.
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When you receive a call the phone is unlocked.
MarcLandis said:
This is your first phone with a touchscreen, right?
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that really doesn't help, right?
tyler08 said:
that really doesn't help, right?
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Search for S2U2 which has a slider to answer calls.
thx Marc, not the solution i wanted, but a compromise.
i am waiting for things to come.
Ich harre der Dinge, die da kommen.

tired of pressing the power button

My finger hurts since I have to press the power button (small and flat) too many times a day to wake the diamond from sleep. you can argue that I can set the phone not to sleep but sleep is a must to save battery. using all keys to wake it up can cause any keys to be easily hit by accident, which drains battery fast too. Power button is meant to be used rarely, like the PC reset button.
is there a better way to wake up the diamond? is it possible to configure ONLY the OK (center) button to do this? like the iphone, you just press the OK button. it is big and does not hurt as much?
How exactly do you keep pressing the power button till your finger hurts?
Vulpix said:
How exactly do you keep pressing the power button till your finger hurts?
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hit it once does not hurt but every time it go to sleep and I have to hit the button to wake it up. that is when it hurts.
let say I set it to go to sleep every 40 sec. how many time does it go to sleep in an hours? at least couple times.
foxnews said:
My finger hurts since I have to press the power button (small and flat) too many times a day to wake the diamond from sleep. you can argue that I can set the phone not to sleep but sleep is a must to save battery. using all keys to wake it up can cause any keys to be easily hit by accident, which drains battery fast too. Power button is meant to be used rarely, like the PC reset button.
is there a better way to wake up the diamond? is it possible to configure ONLY the OK (center) button to do this? like the iphone, you just press the OK button. it is big and does not hurt as much?
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I've found that the pressure required on the Power Button can depend on the particular Diamond. I've owned two US Diamonds and the first had a difficult Power Button while the second was much easier. Either way, another option to turn it on is to pull out the stylus a short distance - this will wake the Diamond as well. As far as using the center of the D-Pad - I've no idea . . .
wpsantennas said:
I've found that the pressure required on the Power Button can depend on the particular Diamond. I've owned two US Diamonds and the first had a difficult Power Button while the second was much easier. Either way, another option to turn it on is to pull out the stylus a short distance - this will wake the Diamond as well. As far as using the center of the D-Pad - I've no idea . . .
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even though using the stylus is less painful but it takes more steps: get finger nail in the gap, pull it out, then push it back in. if you do these steps many time over an hour, it would be tidious task.
On my diamond responsivity of the power button depends strongly on where I'm pressing it. You can try to press it different ways and find out where you get most tactile feedback of the micro-switch. I have the impression that for me it is when I'm pressing from behind, more on the left of it.
You guys are insanely lazy...
Vulpix said:
You guys are insanely lazy...
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lol i have to concur
I think that would be a very good feature for the phone. I am sure most of us would use it.
C'MON XDA EXPERTS, help us on this one...
foxnews said:
My finger hurts since I have to press the power button (small and flat) too many times a day to wake the diamond from sleep. you can argue that I can set the phone not to sleep but sleep is a must to save battery. using all keys to wake it up can cause any keys to be easily hit by accident, which drains battery fast too. Power button is meant to be used rarely, like the PC reset button.
is there a better way to wake up the diamond? is it possible to configure ONLY the OK (center) button to do this? like the iphone, you just press the OK button. it is big and does not hurt as much?
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start>settings>system> Key Lock .. then set to "Do Not lock buttons".
then all you need to do is press the centre button to wake the diamond!!
EASY
gtpete said:
start>settings>system> Key Lock .. then set to "Do Not lock buttons".
then all you need to do is press the centre button to wake the diamond!!
EASY
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Yes, but other keys such as volumn, home, back, answer and end key are also unlocked. Anyway, there are all hardware keys available to press opening the phone in additon to the default on/off button. I am now using this option.
ya but they will complain that all the buttons are unlocked. that method is just TOO easy.
edit: OMG i was right. and too slow. hahaha
maybe next time the phone can get u a beer or work for you...man...
Surely this is the Answer..?
OK, the way I see solving this is to have the phone wait longer before auto-locking.
To sort this, go to the following..
Start\Settings\System\Power\Advanced..
Go to 2nd option - It's a tick Box labelled "Turn off Device if not used for.." and adjust it to suit..
This is found in the manual..?
Cheers,
Phil.
pointless response to a pointless thread...
gtpete said:
start>settings>system> Key Lock .. then set to "Do Not lock buttons".
then all you need to do is press the centre button to wake the diamond!!
EASY
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well, it´s maybe less a matter of laziness than of speed, my last phone was a slider ... slide, it wakes up, slide, it goes to sleep - superquick
with the diamond it takes one step more:
I use the option "do not lock buttons" in combination with S2U2, most often I press the ok button and slide to unlock
to put the phone to sleep, I press the power button or use gyrator: I just have to turn the phone face down, than the screen goes off (with S2U2 locking)
hm, maybe I should have bought the diamond pro, but diamond is sexier
gtpete said:
start>settings>system> Key Lock .. then set to "Do Not lock buttons".
then all you need to do is press the centre button to wake the diamond!!
EASY
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all hardware buttons wake the diamond then. at least on mine
And how do you turn it off without the power button?
hgrimberg said:
And how do you turn it off without the power button?
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http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=982
OMG!!!
What a baby, hurting finger....c'mon!!
Power button switches screen on, same button switches screen off. Job done.
Have you ever hit your finger with a hammer and your nail goes black....That hurts!!!

call, home, menu, hangup, search, back in taskbar

Hi All,
We all known there will be a day that one of the buttons will stop working because it is mechanic. Is there any tool that put all these buttons as touchscreen buttons in the "Taskbar" ?
Greets
Peter
if the hang up button breaks how will you wake the phone to use the screen
mike390 said:
if the hang up button breaks how will you wake the phone to use the screen
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Magic I guess?
Ace42 said:
Magic I guess?
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double MENU press
accelerometer
light sensor

Old iPhone habits are hard to break...

Hey yall, Back when I didn't know any better I had an iphone and the power button was broken so I had an app that when I double clicked the home button it would turn off the screen.
I went to CM setting and found the thing that let me use the trackball to turn ON the phone, but Is it possible to get something simialer to what I had on the iPhone? a double click to turn off the screen thingy for the trackball?
Reteach yourself to use the power button the correct way.
Yeah that ^
Seriously you are going to kill the life of that track ball lol
I'd like to know an answer to this too, simply because my power button no longer works!
defroster said:
I'd like to know an answer to this too, simply because my power button no longer works!
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you can use power off widgets i see some in market there is some for reboot and i i remember well another to power off but need root

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