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SLock - New X1 Screen Lock - Check out the latest version- its an X1 must have !!!!

SLock
Does what is says on the tin, it locks the screen, not any of the hardware buttons. Its a lite lock.
I created this because the native lock used by the X1 needs to be enabled with a Today screen plug-in, which takes up too much space on your Home Screen. Also when not being used it doesn't run on in the background, affecting performnace and using resources. Its just on or off.
How to use SLock.
Unzip and copy to your X1. Tap the file and your screen locks.
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Tap the screen anywhere, the unlock symbol appears, tap it and the screen unlocks.
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Simple....SLock.
Any calls, texts or emails that come through to your phone with Slock on can be handled in the normal way, it does not interfere with any phone functions whatsoever, it simply locks the screen.
I have a shortcut to SLock on my Today screen, one tap I know my screen is locked, 2 taps and its unlocked.
SLock is provided as Freeware and is for personal use.

Mark A Cilenti said:
SLock ( ScreenLock)- Does what is says on the tin, it locks the screen only, not any of the hardware buttons. Its a lite lock.
I created this because the native lock used by the X1 needs to enabled with a Today screen plug-in, which takes up too much space on your Home Screen.
Also S2U Lock runs in the background when not being used affecting performance slightly.
How to use SLock.
1) After youve unzipped the download, copy anywhere on your X1.
2) If you have Pocket Plus 4, or other program launcher, just paste a link to SLock on your Home Screen for an easy, one tap lock.
3) When activated with a tap a locked symbol appears on your phone to confrim the screen is locked, then fades away to leave a black screen, to prevent screen burn and save battery resources.
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If you have your X1 set to auto dim that will also kick on and completely turn the screen off as normal. Turn on again with quick press of power button as per normal.
To unlock simply tap the screen anywhere to bring up the unlock symbol, tap the unlock symbol, SLock ends quickly, your phone is ready to use.
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Any calls, texts or emails that come through to your phone can be handled in the normal way, it does not interfere with any phone functions whatsoever, it simply locks the screen.
You could say its S for simple.
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SLock is provided as Freeware and is for personal use.
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There is only a powerpoint file in the zip file?

ET- Tap the file and your screen locks, tap the screen and tap the unlock symbol and the screen unlocks.
This is an example of how easy it is to customise SLock with your own background screen to make it your own.
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You'll be tapping your screen on and off all day
Enjoy !
( I hope this passes the censors, iv seen worse on Strictly Come Dancin )
To celebrate the launch of SLock on the X1 the first 3 members to post pictures on this thread I will custmise SLock with there photo and post it back on this thread for them to use free of charge.

Mark A Cilenti said:
SLock
I created this because the native lock used by the X1 needs to be enabled with a Today screen plug-in, which takes up too much space on your Home Screen. Also when not being used it doesn't run on in the background, affecting performnace and using resources. Its just on or off.
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My native lock work just fine without enabling the today plugin, just hold red button(hang up) for a while and its lock ^^

GOF007 - Thanks for sharing, I didn't know this, that is useful. Its given me an idea of mapping SLock to a hardware button.

It is good to have a graphical lock screen ^^. The original one is very plain and cannot be customize.
SLock would do a great job if it highly customizable in term of layout and background, and work in place of native lock(on the holding red button).

Awesome WP7 Tips&Tricks

I just wanted to post a couple of helpful tips&tricks for those who are new to the wp7 os.
10 Tips&Tricks
1. Using the Windows Phone 7 voice controls
Press and hold the Windows key at the bottom of your screen and you can start talking to your phone. Try saying "Open Calendar", to see what we mean.
2. Adding apps to the Start screen
When you are in the long applications list on your phone pressing on an icon and holding brings up a contextual menu that gives you a series of options, one of which is "pin to start". Press on this option and the app will be shown on the Start screen.
3. Add people to the start page
No it's not just about adding apps to the start page, but people too. Find them in your contacts book, click on the "pin" icon, and they'll be added to your Start page so you can speed dial them whenever you need.
4. Moving your tiles around
Adding a new app or tile to the Start screen will place it right at the bottom. If you want it to be elsewhere, press and hold on the tile in question and then you are free to move it up and down and rearrange your tiles to best suit your needs.
5. Removing apps from the Start screen
You like the app, but you don't really want it on your Start screen anymore. No worries. Hold your finger on the tile in question for a couple of seconds and when it highlights press the no pin icon in the top right-hand corner.
6. Uninstalling apps
You've tried it and you don't like it. No problem. Head over to the menu list and press down on the app in question until you get the contextual menu. Select uninstall and you're done.
7. Rating and reviewing apps
You really love the new app you've downloaded, so much so that you want to rate and review it so anyone else interested knows whether it's any good or not. With Windows Phone 7 you don't have to wait until you delete it to rate it, you can rate and review it at any time. Press and hold down on the app in question until that contextual menu appears and then choose "Rate and review". It will bring up another page allowing you to have your say and give it a rating out of five. Easy peasy.
8. How to change the theme
If you've got your Windows Phone 7 phone from Vodafone the theme is going to be all red, O2 is dishing out blue themes and Orange, orange ones. An all red themed phone might be a bit much (we hear you), but fret not as you can change the colour of the tiles and other features in the Setting area. Zip on over to the menu list, select Settings, and then Theme. Here you can choose the colour of the background and the accent colour. Background options are "Black" or "White" while you'll get nine accent colours to pick from. Lime, anyone?
9. Swipe to the left
Windows Phone 7 is built around the idea of panoramic tiles that you swipe to reveal more content off screen. It's always worth seeing if you can swipe to the left as there might be more stuff waiting to be revealed.
10. What are the dots?
Whenever you see three dots at the bottom of the screen, that's a menu for more options. In photo playback for example, it will give you the options to delete the image or perform a quick upload.
72 Windows Phone 7 tips and tricks here:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/3641...s-phone-7-tips
For those who need access to a US market, or wherever...
1st, when you link your live account to the phone, you'll automatically get an e-mail from Microsoft phone 7 in your inbox.
this had some useful links in it. for example, I didn't download the full zune package, but another version witch works as well and is quite a bit smaller.
2nd, create an extra live account with false location settings, i set mine on Beverly hills, California, so you can access marketplace, xbox live etc.
(you can add an other account for your e-mail settings etc)
Transparent Lockscreen Wallpaper
This is the link to the wallpaper:
http://phone7.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/clawpaper.png
Simply send yourself an email with the image attached, then open the email on your phone and save the image. When you view the image, you have an option of setting it as your wallpaper(The Zune software only seems to sync JPEG’s)
Click on the PNG attachment and then wait a few moments. Once the ‘cancel’ button next the attachment disappears, click again. This should open it in the picture viewer with the option to set as wallpaper.
Until the lock screen has started any animation, the home screen will appear black. Presumably this is because the home screen isn’t loaded until the lock screen has been touched, which makes sense. Secondly, it doesn’t work if you have a password on the lock screen. Having a password is obviously a good idea, so it’s a shame this doesn’t work with the password.
Lockscreen Text App
A useful application is Jivtech's Lockscreen Text App. Head on over to the site for more info about an application that allows you to quickly and easily add text to your lockscreen wallpaper
http://www.jivtech.com/lockscreentext.aspx
Have fun!
If I helped please hit the Thanks button!

HOW-TO Windows 8 Screen Capture

Help, please.
What is the *best* way to get a Windows 8 screen shot?
Surprisingly I am currently using a Virtual Machine (VM) and I cannot find an obvious way to screen capture. Duh?
Suggestions:
(1) I do not assume any VM software, so the best method should be available directly in the OS.
(2) Must be free, e.g. if it can be done via Visual Studio debugger/emulator it must still be free like VS Express.
(3) Method should work with keystrokes, touch gestures, button, etc., that are available on any hardware or Virtual Machine platform.
(4) Ability to capture both Windows Desktop and Metro screens required.
(5) Ability to capture sub-full-screens optional.
There may eventually be many ways, so everyone's suggestions welcome.

clipping tool
u can use the snipping or clipping tool (i forget what its called)
point ur mouse in the bottom left corner untill a little menu comes up with the time....then click search.....in the search box, just type "snipping tool" and click on apps

Or, you could press print screen and paste the screen capture into any random program that takes photos.. paint is one.

ok, i got tested snagit in Windows 8 and it worked nice since it has shortcuts and such. of course i thought like the easier thing was printscreen.
but i tested some other screen capture, since you want a free one and i found Greenshot
http://getgreenshot.org/
open source, with good features like Windows capture, and region and obviously full screen, also capture last region, so you can capture the same region over and over, and a big plus its it has an editor! so you can add stuff to the image if you want without going to another software . it worked good, of course its not as deep as snagit, but it worked great, looked great, with desktop and metro UI.
hmm if you are gonna grab a region in metro UI you have to press for example screenprint and then go to desktop and then you select which part you want to grab. it happens with snagit as well.
if you are going to use Windows capture you have to be in the window. it will grab it automatically you dont choose it. (well in my mini test) ok i found an interactive Windows capture mode in settings, besides how to disable capture mousepointer. but interactive Windows capture didn't work well for me
maybe it can work for you! it was the only with editor and free. i could find.

Another way for screenshots, put your mouse in bottom left corner and a menu appears and click share. Then there's a take a screenshot button at far right.
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Plays2 said:
u can use the snipping or clipping tool (i forget what its called)
point ur mouse in the bottom left corner untill a little menu comes up with the time....then click search.....in the search box, just type "snipping tool" and click on apps
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START -> type "snip" and launch Snipping tool.
Its built in. No need for other software.
Alternatively, you can use Print Screen (for the whole screen), or ALT + Print Screen for the active dialog/window
Enjoy.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/snipping-tool-capture-screenshots-windows-8-tips

Things you don't know about your HTC one

Just thought I would start a thread that could be useful about things you didn't know about your HTC one
I only found out tonight that if you swipe down your notification bar with 2 fingers it takes you straight to the shortcut tabs
That made me realise there are probably loads of features and gestures I don't know about?
Here is a list compiled from the thread...
1 : Swipe down with 2 fingers on notification bar takes you straight to shortcuts (Android 4.2 version only)
2 : If you scroll with 2 fingers in contacts, gallery, music, and many other apps, it scrolls much faster (using it in the contacts list goes through the alphabet, using it in the text converstaion list goes through dates of conversations)
3 : You can pinch zoom text-messages
4 : Double tap your Bluetooth button with camera active to remotely take a snap
5 : In camera, from the top swipe down and it'll switch from back to front camera and viceversa
6 : Tapping on the statusbar while in the app drawer or blinkfeed, music, people, and message app brings you straight up
7 : You don't have to pull up the lock or the time on the lock screen - swipe up anywhere to unlock your phone. Same goes for answering a call
8 : You can increase the volume on your tv via the volume rocker on your phone instead of the on screen buttons
9 : Quickly double tapping the home button brings up the recent apps list
10 : Three finger swipe from left to right on the homescreen brings you to share files menu
11 : You can adjust the brightness of the torch/flashlight with the volume rocker
12 : Hold down the power button and tap the home key to take a screenshot
13 : Holding the back button in the browser brings you to history
14 : In the photo gallery's edit>effects screen (under the magic wand icon), you can customise every preset by tapping and holding its thumbnail and dragging it to the "customise" bar that appears on the right. You can even start applying custom effects from scratch by doing this with the "no effects" thumbnail. You can then save the created preset
Also on that screen, pressing the 'A' button provides options go change the white balance of the picture (as you would normally pre-select in the camera app). A = 'as shot' but you can change it to cloudy, fluorescent, etc and also a couple of options the camera app doesn't have - shady and tungsten.
15 : If you have the camera app open and turn off the phone, the lockscreen will be inactive, meaning when you press the power button again you go straight back to the camera app, no need to unlock
16 : Select "Show Magnifier" in the Accessibility menu and you get a magnifying lens that pops up when you are editing text
17 : Long press home for google now (depending on setup sometimes home and up also takes you to google now)
18 : In Google play if you are listening to a song and have the album artwork up (the screen where you have your pause/play, next/previous track)
You can swipe right to left to skip the track it left to right to go to the previous track. There's a cool sliding in/out animation too.
The coolest feature though, is that you don't have to press back to get back to your library or playlist. You can swipe down from the songbtitle and your library of songs is waiting behind it.
19 : In the Stock Browser go to Menu>Settings>Labs to switch on "Quick Controls". Slide thumb from left or right edge to open quick controls and hide app and URL bars.
Also swipe across the keyboard to easily switch to the numbers and symbols pages!
20 : You can access HTC's hidden Self diagnostic tool by following steps:
Go to dialer,
Dial *#*#3424#*#*
You will enter HTC's self diagnostic tool
You can check if all the parts and sensors on your device is working.
21 : If you're watching tv and have the tv remote enabled and you're getting a call it automatically mutes the tv.
22 : There's a visualizer and karaoke player embedded in the HTC music app. Just click the musical note icon when playing a popular song that's on Gracenote. The app will automatically download lyrics and sync them to the song.
By default, this only works on Wi-Fi. This can be changed in Music settings.
23 : You can also set a different wallpaper for the lockscreen than for the homescreen by going to settings -> personalize -> lockscreen and then settings for the wallpaper lockscreen.
24 : Rotating your calculator to landscape provides scientific functions like sin cos and tan.
25 : if you leave the TV app open to your remote and you lock your phone...it unlocks right back Into the TV remote. I've also noticed it just turning itself on when I pick it up!
26 : There's a cool trick in the camera app.
If you touch to focus, and hold your finger there for about a second, it will activate Focus and Exposure lock, until you tap on another spot, which will turn it off again. It's a handy feature, especially when you want to recompose. (android 4.2 version only)

wakers said:
Just thought I would start a thread that could be useful about things you didn't know about your HTC one
I only found out tonight that if you swipe down your notification bar with 2 fingers it takes you straight to the shortcut tabs
That made me realise there are probably loads of features and gestures I don't know about?
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
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Not trying to rain on your parade but that is a Android feature introduced in 4.2.
You should go to settings and then display and you can now set the home key as the menu button when long pressing.

In the HTC keyboard settings, you can enable Swype and in advanced you can even set the swype colour.
Another one, if you scroll with 2 fingers in gallery, music, and many other apps, it scrolls much faster
Pretty known one.. In the browser menu, you can enable flash player
There are lots of fun features with zoe's after you've made them (comparable to GS4) like sequence shot, removing objects, and waaay more
sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 (VIP)

I don't how the heck my phone got scratch!

Also, turn off HTC-gestures if you want more than 3-point touch capability.

pepporony said:
I don't how the heck my phone got scratch!
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This.

*deleted mean drunken rambling*
Sorry

ArmedandDangerous said:
Also, turn off HTC-gestures if you want more than 3-point touch capability.
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Wow, that had stumped me since I got the One. Thanks for that!!!
Too bad you can only give one thanks per post

If you mix alcohol and water and put it in a sandwich bag and freeze it, it will make a handheld icepack which will help you keep your overclocked processor, battery, and hands cold while charging, gaming, and torrenting.
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nullkill said:
Not trying to rain on your parade but that is a Android feature introduced in 4.2.
You should go to settings and then display and you can now set the home key as the menu button when long pressing.
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I'm just wishing Sprint releases this update soon
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nullkill said:
Not trying to rain on your parade but that is a Android feature introduced in 4.2.
You should go to settings and then display and you can now set the home key as the menu button when long pressing.
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Don't know why you think your raining on my parade just saying didn't know you could use 2 fingers
Knew about the long press on the home key though
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Also one more thing many have not realized yet. There is no file limit size when transferring files to the phone. No more FAT32 4GB file restrictions. That's the benefit of having ONLY MTP, but you lose out on faster transfers and universal USB Mass Storage support. You can fit a 20GB movie in if you want and if you have the space.

wakers said:
Just thought I would start a thread that could be useful about things you didn't know about your HTC one
I only found out tonight that if you swipe down your notification bar with 2 fingers it takes you straight to the shortcut tabs
That made me realise there are probably loads of features and gestures I don't know about?
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
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Didn't know that two finger pulldown.
On CM it's pulldown from the clock, I couldn't figure out how to do it with Sense.
This is great!
sassafras

sassafras_ said:
Didn't know that two finger pulldown.
On CM it's pulldown from the clock, I couldn't figure out how to do it with Sense.
This is great!
sassafras
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the two finger pulldown is an AOSP 4.2 built in feature, the CM implementation is an option to swipe from left or right edge, AOKP has it as well, this can be disabled and the 2 swipe feature functions as normal.

djkinetic said:
the two finger pulldown is an AOSP 4.2 built in feature, the CM implementation is an option to swipe from left or right edge, AOKP has it as well, this can be disabled and the 2 swipe feature functions as normal.
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Now I know. Having used CM10.1 almost exclusively for the last year and change, I sort of forgot that it wasn't exactly the same as AOSP.
To add to this thread: I bet a lot of people don't know that USB Audio out is built in and switches on-demand. I can finally use my phone with my Fiio E7!
sassafras

You can pinch zoom text-messages.
You can mute your phone when you turn it arround ( back to front)
Ringtone goes quieter when you take it out your pocket up to your ear.
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Double tap your Bluetooth button with camera active to remotely take a snap.
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TrickDroid ROM 5.6
Bulletproof 1.10

In camera, from the top swipe down and it'll switch from back to front camera and viceversa.
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Wow I really thought this thread was pointless, no offense op, but some of these tips are really useful! Thanks guys.
Maybe it should be posted here the aroma freeze fix:
I know some people have problems shutting down their phone when this happens
If aroma installer freezes on you do the following:
1. Hold device's light sensor up to a bright light source (any lamp will do)
2. Hold power button down until buttons on bottom begin to blink, keep holding and phone will turn off!
Sent from my Tricked out HTC One

When booting into hboot it isn't necessary to hold both power and volume down
just power the device on and immediately hold the volume down and keep it held down until your in hboot
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Honor 5x - Shake your phone to organize apps on the home screen

Honor 5X doesn’t have an application drawer. That means every single app or game that’s installed on your device will be placed on the home screen. So, things can get real crowded, real quick but enabling a specific motion control can help tidy things up a bit.
Goto Settings > Motion control > Shake
when enabled, allows you to quickly rearranging your icons during the home screen editing mode. Just either 2-finger pinch on the home screen (or long press a blank area) and give the phone a good shake on the specific home screen you’d like to organize. Easy.
Even you can shake the mobile while getting bored so that apps gets aligned automatically.

I think people knows this feature, as its been long since the phone was released.