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QuickTip – Quickly Lock your iPhone or iPod Touch
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It’s time for anther QuickTip! Sometimes, I feel weird even writing about these because they are so familiar to me and I figure everybody already knows them! But, this is acutally a tip that Doug showed a man one time while we were waiting to get into a restaurant. So, I know some of you may not know about it!
QuickTip – There is a way to quickly put your iPhone or iPod Touch into “lock” mode without waiting for it to auto-lock on it’s own. To do so, just quickly press the power button (that is the button on the top of your device) one time. Do not hold the power button down (this would turn your device off) instead just give it a quick tap and voilà your iPhone or iPod Touch will lock.
In conjunction with that, you can also use your power button to bring your iPhone or iPod Touch out of sleep/lock mode. Just give it another quick tap and it will wake-up. It is basically the same as pressing your Home Button while your iPhone is in sleep/lock mode.
Doug acutally always uses this method to lock his iPhone…he turns off his auto-lock and just does it manually (as described above). I use this method a lot too but, I have to leave the auto-lock feature on because sometime I set down my iPhone and forget to lock it and my battery would totally be dead!
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I have the auto lock turned off too. One thing I to find is that when I get a missed call my balance pops up and when I pull it out of my pocket it is still showing the balance and using my battery.
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As obvious as this tip is, you are right, some people don’t know it. I kept getting calls from my sister in law, when her phone was in her bag. I never quite understood why. Then, one day, while having diner with her, I noticed she put her phone in her bag while still on. I asked her why she didn’t lock it. She said, “You can lock it?”
So … there you go.
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Andres on May 8th, 2009 4:20 pm:
My guess is that the call happens as she’s placing the phone in her bag, while still on and her hand is still holding it.
Andres on May 8th, 2009 4:24 pm:
People that need tips like this are maybe not used to technology like we are. How is it common sense if you don’t need that button to wake it? If nobody tells you or you don’t read the manual – you won’t know. Everything seems doable with the home button.
Its offtopic but can anybody plz tell me where in cydia is CallerID Fix for 2.2.1. HELP!!!
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I was looking for an app to quickly lock my ipod touch and now I don’t need it, the power button tip does it for me. Thanks!
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