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Title: Prevent accidentially turned on when keys randomly hit
Post by: ralph on February 16, 2004, 12:11:22 am

My phone has keyguard to prevent accidential key hits when in a pocket.  Would it be possible to write a program that prevents the unit from turning on unless you hit two keys together?  This is to avoid unnecessary battery drain.   For example, this would be for the SL-5x00 series.

Title: Prevent accidentially turned on when keys randomly hit
Post by: qx773 on February 16, 2004, 01:09:23 am

There is a program called ResumeGuard which counts down a pre-set number of seconds before shutting the Zaurus computer off if the Cancel button is not pressed:

http://www.zyxt.org/zaurus/feed/resumeguar...ard_0.1_arm.ipk (http://www.zyxt.org/zaurus/feed/resumeguard_0.1_arm.ipk)

I\'ve wondered how security personnel at airports would react when they saw a Zaurus SL-5500 turn on and saw a countdown timer set to 3 seconds.  They would see 3...2...1, then the screen would blank.

Title: Prevent accidentially turned on when keys randomly hit
Post by: oreo on February 16, 2004, 08:33:15 am

ResumeGuard is also here.
http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=371 (http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=371)

Title: Prevent accidentially turned on when keys randomly hit
Post by: oreo on February 16, 2004, 08:44:48 am

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I\'ve wondered how security personnel at airports would react when they saw a Zaurus SL-5500 turn on and saw a countdown timer set to 3 seconds.  They would see 3...2...1, then the screen would blank.

You might miss your plane.

Title: Prevent accidentially turned on when keys randomly hit
Post by: tapjpa on February 16, 2004, 04:47:27 pm

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I\'ve wondered how security personnel at airports would react when they saw a Zaurus SL-5500 turn on and saw a countdown timer set to 3 seconds.  They would see 3...2...1, then the screen would blank.

You might miss your plane.

Either that or you\'ll end up sharing a cell with Saddam  

Title: Prevent accidentially turned on when keys randomly hit
Post by: ralph on February 22, 2004, 08:59:01 pm

Thanks.  Works.  Fixes problem.