S2U2 2.14 is a pocket pc software developed by A_C from xda-developers. S2U2 (Slide2Unlock2) is a simple lock/unlock application which has the iPhone style slide unlocking. It can be used as a screensaver while you don’t use your device. It has a CallerID function; S2P control plugin; and volume control. S2U2 shows many system information even without unlocking and highly customizable.

Changes of v2.14

• changed the Volume Control layout so that Volume Up/Down keys can toggle between normal, silent and vibrate.
• added support to “Simple Mode” volume control on some new HTC devices.
• added support to “My Location” weather with TouchFLO 3D v2.5.
• added an option to lock the device after any phone call when Bluetooth is on. (S2U2 Settings -> General)
• improved compatibility with WM6.5 devices, especially the CallerID. but it’s not recommended to use the CallerID together with the WM built-in lock.
• fixed an occasional power leak when the device is sleeping.
• added Bulgarian language support.
• a few minor bugs fixed.

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CurtainCall Beta is a new pocket pc software screen locker for Windows Mobile and it looks like it will be a free app while in BETA for xda-developers members.

Here’s a list of features in this beta version:

• Battery Meter
• Tasks current / overdue
• Scratch Caller Picture to answer and ignore incoming calls (Scratch down 50% to answer scratch horizontal 50% to send to voicemail.
• Next calendar appointment
• Caller Id info with name and number
• Caller Picture
• Unlock when Keyboard is slide out (Display orientation changes).
• Unlock on charge or computer connection
• Close phone Dialer when hang up occurs
• Shell notifications audible alert works
• Unlock when receiving call while syncing
• Change screen BackColor when screen or caller picture is pressed while unlocking.
• Display 12 hour clock with date
• Display Service Location (Home Roam NoSVC, Search)
• Display active signal strength
• Display current speaker volume setting
• Battery Friendly (No Timers to reduce battery life)
• Exclude some applications from CC locking the screen (Safe Programs) Don’t put in activesync or cc will never lock screen.
• Do Not Distrub feature
• Initially lock when in call
• Configurable options Double Click X to close and hit setup button
• Remain unlocked when call recv’d and keyboard is out
• Displays status of current data connection eg EVDO 1X EDGDE etc.

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AutoCallLocker is a pocket pc software for automatic locking and unlocking while in a call. The app utilizes the light sensor and accelerometer to work and was designed for the Samsung Omnia so it might not work on other devices.

Developers Instructions :

Just install the added .cab file.
Then start the application. Now it should start with a settings screen (as you see in the capture).

Now, you can select which sensor you’d like to use for detecting when to lock/unlock.
Note that locking/unlocking is only influenced while in a call.
For the accelerator you may select a value between 0 (horizontal) and 90 degrees (vertical).
Above the device will lock the screen (when you have your omnia pressed to your head), below it will unlock.
When using the light sensor, you can set a value between 0 (no light) and 100 (max intensity of light).
Again the screen will lock below the threshold (if it is dark), above it will unlock.

Another nice goodie, is the always unlock feature. When set, the device will always be be unlocked in a call.
This is nice when you have placed the device for example in a cradle.

The last feature is an obvious one: Load on system start.
Note with this one set, the application is send to the background immediately after startup, although noticable for a short moment.
Note also that when this option is set, and you close and restart AutoCallLocker, it will also go to the background.
If you restart again, AutoCallLocker will stay maximized, so you can change its settings.

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TouchLockPro is a general purpose locking application for Windows Mobile devices. TouchLockPro is designed not to interfere with running applications and is a multipurpose locking application. Other locking solutions are often specific for locking only incoming calls/SMS. A lot of locking solutions also place a (transparant looking) Window on top of the running application (e.g. slide 2 unlock), so the information of the background application is no longer visible. This is not the case for TouchLockPro, so it can be kept lean and mean. Also the used resources is very very low.

Version 2.7.4 (26-9-2009):

* Fixed serious problem, that TouchLockAction would no longer start after reset to defaults.

Version 2.7.4 (26-9-2009) now for all Windows Mobile phones with TouchScreen:

* Fixed G-Alarm support: Added small TouchLockAction.exe program in \Windows for backwards compatibility
* Suspend when bluetooth on and at end call
* No longer register keys, because reported side-effect
* TAPI LINE_APPNEWCALL: only handle as incoming call when it is a voice or speech call
* Do not log keyboard registry key as error in logging
* Log also command as error when CreateProcess fails
* No longer do a power off request, when only the screen goes off
* Reintroduced EnableInputAtSuspend, for people who want the power button locked when power off in combination with HTCLockAPI = 1
* No longer enable input at suspend, only in combination with setting HTCLockAPI = 1 and EnableInputAtSuspend = 1
* Added !TOUCHLOCKACTION command
* Debug logging now also prepends the date in the log file, for easier investigation

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LockDevice, created by danielherrero, is a light app which uses your Windows Mobile lock function. A big difference between this app and other ones is it doesn’t stay running as an extra process. By using this instead of a heavier program, you will save battery and memory.

Options:

- Enable / Disable
- Work Mode: Lock on wakeup or Lock on Screen off.

change log:

V1.6 2009-09-11
- Phone doesn’t lock if there is a call in progress

V1.5 2009-08-26
1) Added an option to lock the device when a player (HTC player, WM Player, HTC FM Radio, etc) turns the screen off…

V1.4 2009-08-14
1) Added command argument. “lock”. this will lock the device.
2) Added a link called “Lock Now” to lock now….
3) All the links are located in a folder called “Lock Device.”

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Lockdevice, created by danielherrero, is a light app which uses your Windows Mobile lock function. A big difference between this app and other ones is it doesn’t stay running as an extra process. By using this instead of a heavier program, you will save battery and memory.

Options:

- Enable / Disable
- Work Mode: Lock on wakeup or Lock on Screen off.

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Here’s another screen locking app for Windows Mobile, this time created by geoks100. It can lock the buttons and screen when you switch on your phone or an incoming call has arrived. Download and setup instructions after the break.

Note: this app needs .NET CF 3.5

v1.3 features:

- Unread e-mails
- Voice mail count
- Auto unlock screen on incoming call, keep keys locked
- User define unlock percentage
- User define background image (using various filenames)
- User interface for settings
- Unlock on incoming
- Unlock percentage
- Background image selection

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TouchLockPro is a multipurpose locking application and is designed not to interfere with running applications. Other locking solutions are often specific for locking only incoming calls/SMS. A lot of locking solutions also place a (transparant looking) Window on top of the running application (e.g. slide 2 unlock), so the information of the background application is no longer visible. This is not the case for TouchLockPro, so it can be kept lean and mean. Also, it uses few resources.

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.
- Auto-detect Bluetooth, do not disable locking by light sensor and do not execute TAPI commands when Bluetooth radio on
- Possibility to only lock the TouchPanel (so you can still answer an incoming call using the Hardware keys).
- Possibility to only lock the hardware keys (so you can still answer an incoming call via slide to answer)
- Possibility to scroll the TouchPanel while locked in combination with the *NEW* hardware key locking
- No effect on Battery life.
- Consumes almost no CPU cycles (event driven). Check it with a Task Manager (0,0%)!!
- Very tiny program (only 38 Kb in memory!!)
- Clock and battery percentage indicates Locked/Unlocked, pressing the indicator starts the TouchLockAction program.
- Possibility to show Time, BatteryPercentage and/or Date in BattClock.
- Possibility to use Stripe or Stealth mode instead of a BattClock.
- The Light Sensor will automatically unlock in not too dark lighting conditions.
- Unlock via a configurable key sequence
- GSENSOR orientation changes to unlock and lock, 4 (external) commands can be configured for different orientation sequences
- Triple touch the capacitive hardware area (or another sequence) to unlock
- Swipe the capacitive hardware area for unlock and lock, 8 (external) commands can be configured for the diffrent swipe moves
- Use Stylus for locking/unlocking.
- Use keyboard slider for locking/unlocking.
- Unlocked when on AC or USB power.
- T(elephone)API support (call incoming, call connected and call ended).
- Screen Off when Call Connected (incoming and outgoing), so you do not press accidently the TouchPanel with your ear.
- Vibration/Beep possibilities when locked/unlocked.
- LED control when locked
- Separate TouchLockAction program for Lock Screen, Lock Suspend, Settings, soft-reset and power off.
- Automatically detects Portrait or Landscape mode at runtime and switches accordingly.
- AppToDate support.
- You do not need to have all the sensors for unlocking, TouchLockPro detects the not available sensors and just continues with the ones working.
- SIP (Software Input Panel) Changer: dependent of Stylus, Keyboard and/or orientation position choose automatically other SIP
- Easy configurable via Settings screens

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Popular XDA member, A_C, has released an update to his screen locking app, S2U2. Aside from locking/unlocking your device, S2U2 can be used as a screen saver, caller ID, notifier, battery gauge and more. In this version, an added feature that I’m interested in is the option to mark an already previewed SMS/Email as “read,” which I’ve been awaiting for a while now. There are also several bug fixes, so be sure to upgrade now. Below is a complete list of recent changes.

Changes of v2.04

- changed option “Auto-dismiss Notification” to “Dismiss a Notification once it’s been viewed”.
- fixed “Country/Region Code” could not be more than 255.
- fixed ignore call might not work ocassionally.
- fixed caller name might be shown wrong ocassionally.
- added option to turn off InCall Volume Control.

Changes of v2.03

- added auto-checking of missing core graphic files.
- added options to mark an already previewed SMS/Email as “read”.
- added “Country/Region Code” to set the proper Canonical number format for different devices.
- fixed the issue that system was unstable after a phone call on some devices.
- removed the notification queue warning introduced in v2.02.
- fixed the CallerID did not work on some devices (e.g. Spainish) but used to work in v1.6x.
- fixed the issue that after soft-reset, the first CallerID would not be shown on some devices.
- improved Ans/End response.
- fixed the issue that some hardware keys not locked on some devices.
- fixed SMS/email pop-up ocassionally not the same as the one opened when “slide to view”.
- fixed the Task date was not update when changed.
- a few minor bugs fixed.

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Locking your device has been a must have feature of any mobile device. Its important just to avoid any incidence of accidental calling & receiving as well. But sadly windows mobile comes with a very rudimentary kind of locking mechanism which does none of that job. So here comes Locking utilities like TouchLockPro in picture.

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