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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eske.rahn:
I also experience odd problems answering the phone even if all functions except the sweep to unlock is turned off...

Sometime I'm unable to answer, and often the phone is 'hung up' around half a minute in the conversation. I guess it is the phonelock that kicks in (and fails) and hangup instead. I do not know if this bug is wm61/htc or this program though, can't reproduce it at will.

Eagerly awaits the new version - and yes it is indeed worth the waiting. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Version 6.00 is out

Hi all,

thanks for the patience.

I had to almost rewrite the whole program as i finally understood what is the proper design for such a program, allowing also for future enhancements.

The basic differences from V.5:

- There is no need for an external program to be called, threads are utilized. csdevctrl.exe and csdevctrlsetup.exe are the only programs needed.

- I removed some features which i can add later on if anyone asks for them.

These are:

the unlockandback, with M2D it does not work so i removed it.

the hangupcallaftersometime, needs to be written the proper way.

- The poweroff is a standalone now feature and can be used in parallel with locking (does not depend on it).

- Added vibration support when ringing.

- i have recompiled it only for WM6, if anyone wants to try it for WM5 i will try to recompile it and post it again.

Please keep in mind the next:

- With M2D , if the device goes to sleep and then the power button is pressed in a short time then M2D will redraw twice the screen. This is how M2D reacts with the locking of windows and not with the program.

- When ringing as the different dialers are activated, depending on them the locking of windows may be ignored (the screen will be responsive but not the keys as the keys are controlled by csdevctrl).

To answer the phone when ringing, slide to the direction that is supposed to unlock and the keys will be enabled to answer the phone.

- When the Video is turned off, the power button needs to pressed twice to power off the device as the first stroke turns the video back on and the second turns the device off (seems this is how windows react when video is off, i will check it a bit further).

I tried to test it as much as i could based on my free time so as always please let me know if the program is misbehaving in any way and i will try to fix it.

Cheers

Chris
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Micht:
Hi chris

Thanks for your hard work.

I'll give a try to the v6 and give feedback asap.

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hosspower:
Thanks very much for the new version. My question is how do I get it to run a program after it locks the phone? I see the option in setup but when I put a program in there, it does not run it. I am trying to setup a hardware button, other than the power button, to LOCK the phone and turn off the screen at the same time.

THANKS AGAIN!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi,

you will need to fill in the textbox with title 'Full Path of File to Execute After Unlock' of the setup program.

Enter the full path of the file for example \Windows\notes.exe

keeping in mind its case sensitive.

This is NOT executed when the device gets locked during a call.

Can you tell me what are you trying to execute ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hosspower:
I am trying to setup a hardware button, other than the power button, or the right Soft Key that will LOCK the phone and turn off the screen at the same time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zalaros:
chrisstavrou great work my friend ;) The only thing i would like to mention is about this option "- PowerOffSecs=XXX (Default is 0)" Is this supposed to work only if the device is locked? Because in my Kaiser the device is turned off after XXX seconds even if the device is unlocked. I would like my Kaiser to be turned off in XXX seconds ONLY when it is locked. Can you check it please?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jpgrobler:
I see in the opeing post:

"It has been compiled only for WM6."

Will it work on wm5? Is there a wm5 compilation available?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Version 6.01 is out

Hi Zalaros, thanks for the comment.

I have created 6.01 with an option to power off after the device has been locked.

Let me know if this is what you are looking for.

Hi jpgrobler,

as i still do not have the SDK for WM5 its difficult to recompile it now.

Try to run this executable, may be it works under WM5.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leen15:
Hi chris, thanks for your work, i'll try as soon as possible..;)

I ask you a thing:

is it possibile to change the gray color of lock screen? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Aussi:
Very nice update thx man ! love it
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zalaros:
Oh yes sir :D That was exactly what i was looking for ;) Also i just remembered that i had promised you a donation a few months ago but i forgot it :( I think now is a good time for a small donation (i wish i could donate more...) Anyway the donation is sent (19W52333KB431502D) and thank you again ;):)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Micht:
Hi chris

My first feedback on the v6.

The locking works great (auto + manual)

But, the slide unlock feature isn't working. The process starts but doesn't complete (you can see "unlock" and "cancel" soft buttons).

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Micht
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Thanks man, it was not really necessary :) but it is really appreciated.

As always let me know if any other goodie should be added.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi Micht,

can you please perform the next test and let me know:

a. Let the device be locked.

b. Then press the unlock soft button (do not slide).

c. A new screen should appear (grey one) with cancel in the middle of the screen.

Can you please tell me what you see at the top part of this screen (the window title ) ?

I included a change in v.6 which waits for a window with title 'Unlock' to appear before it proceeds.

May be this is the problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi,

the lock screen is buildin to windows (CSDEVCTRL does not control it) so i am not sure where to look at.

I think it must a resource of an executable but i will try to locate it and see if anything can be done.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Micht:
Hi,

I've just tried and as I'm a French user, I see "Déverrouiller" in the windows title.

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eske.rahn:
Yes, the text is nationalized, so needs to be through a setting

(in Danish it is: "Lås op")

Just checked: Unfortunately it is not a text that already resides in registry.

PS you are a month ahead in your date-stamping in the first post

Thanks for a very nice program.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Micht:
Working much better with 6.02

I'll update after 1 or 2 days of usage.

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi eske.rahn,

i have created 6.02 which supports now in any version this point (thanks micht for the confirmation).

However, it seems that there is something wrong with the last maintenance of the XDA server,

the thread has been reverted to a few days back and the version 6.02 with the relevant comments are lost !!!

I will resubmit them by tomorrow.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] camro:
xda-developers was hacked from some kids.

and they had used a backup...

maybe there was a error on the new 6.01 version.

please upload the file once again.

cu camel
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] doctajay:
thanks for the confirmation about the lost 6.02. I was going crazy because I couldn't download or find 6.02 and everyone was talking about it. Its wierd too because I am having troubles download 6.01 too. The link seems dead.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] doctajay:
Does anyone have the 6.02 cab..can you just post it real quick?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Micht:
Here is my 6.02 version.

This is a Zip file as always ^^

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] doctajay:
Thank you very much!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] doctajay:
okay, so far everything is work fine except when I receive calls everything starts to lock up and I end up missing the call. It seems like the HTC slide to answer and the built in slide to answer are competeing
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eww245:
The v6.01 download has a bad link. It just downloads a small gif.

I don't know if its because XDA has some issues this week, posts missing and the time was incorrect.

Somehow 24 hrs were lost.

Anyway, I got v6.02 from this page.

Great app its got some good features.

Thanks

[EDIT] Ok I just read that the link is dead and XDA was broken into.

I can confirm this works with WM5.

It's actually updated from 2003
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] goldengraham:
Hey,

I just tried this program... as it's what I've been looking for around on here since I started using 6.5. The only problem (or maybe it's not so much a problem) I'm having is with "lock on wake"... let me explain

***I have a Vogue btw with NFS 6.5 V4

Phone is on, I turn it off (into standby)

I want to use the phone so I press the power button

Phone wakes, goes to today screen, then goes back to sleep

I still want to use the phone, so I press power again and am finally returned to the lock screen...

Is there a way that the lock screen could be initialized on the standby command? (sleep, power button)

Besides that... great work

GG
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Version 6.02.1 is out

Hi all,

i have resubmitted 6.02.1 with a small change:

- The in call locking is now activated immediately when attempting to call

@goldengraham

I increased the timer for sleeping so can you please give this a try to see if you still face the same problem you mentioned ?

Txn

Chris
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
I will see what i can do about this (i will have to install the program),

may be if you assign the unlocking to be done in the exact opposite way than the HTC slide will do the trick :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] udher:
Guidance

Hi,

I am new here. But I like the idea a lot. Thank you very much.

But I am a bit slow to get it how to set it up. Need some guidance.

I am running a HTC TYTN2.

I would like to setup my phone so that

- when it is ringing it locks immediately, so that neither buttons nor any screen taps can accept the call (phone in pocket, touching screen...)

- I slide to unlock the phone

- I accept the call with all normal options (green button or answer on screen)

- I end the call with all normal means (red button...)

- phone remains unlocked

up to now I am only getting so far that the hardware switches are blocked but I can still answer the call tapping answer on the screen.

Thanks,

Udo
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] goldengraham:
Hey Chris,

Thanks again for the great work you're doing here.

Sorry to taking so long to get back to you, I'm a flashing fiend and I thought I'd wait till I got back to a stable ROM.

I've tried 6.02.1 and I'm getting the same problem. When I set it to "Lock After Device Wakes", and wake the device, it wakes, then turns back off. then also when I wake it up after that it takes several seconds to get to the lock screen.

Is it possible somehow to have it lock when I suspend it rather than when it wakes up?

Also, the timer doesn't seem to count when the phone is suspended.

Keep up the good work

GG
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Micht:
Hi chriss

I'm using v6.02 for almost a week now and no major problem to report.

I feel this version a bit more responsive that the old v4 branch.

One small problem I've observed :

- Sometimes, when I switch on the screen it switch off right after. I've to switch it on another time.

But I couldn't manage to reproduce voluntarily this bug.

I'll update to v6.02.1.

Thanks for your work chriss.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nitroblu:
i'm still using v1.0 hahahah :D it's perfect, very very lite!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aaronpoweruser:
any one haveing txt notification lag ???

wm will say i recived it but it wont vibrate and show up tioll i turn the phone on
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hosspower:
I am having the same problem on occasion. Hit the Power button, phone wakes up and then immediately goes back to sleep. After a few seconds of pushing the power button with no action, it will finally wake up the right way.

Thanks again for this app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi Micht, hosspower

can you let me know if you are using the PowerOffSecs?

I am trying to identify the reason for this

Txn
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi,

this behaviour

"but I can still answer the call tapping answer on the screen."

is driven by the dialer which seems to be ignoring the lock of windows.

I am checking how to overcome this as currently the program depends on the lock of windows.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ryomahino:
Hi, Is the first time that I use your app, I´m using a WM 6.5 rom for artemis averithing works ok but the ignoreprograms option I choose ignore wmplayer.exe but always lock the phone even if wmplayer is running in background.

How can I fix it?

Thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cruzzmz:
cab anyone??

hopefully someone will try tis cab and see if it work or not
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Version 6.03 is out

Hi doctajay,

i have created 6.03 which has an option to Skip locking when ringing.

As it seems the dialer has its own 'locking mechanism' with the option DoNotLockWhenRinging=1, csdevctrl will not try to repeat the lock and hopefully avoid the conflict.

Can you give it a try and let me know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
LOL :)

That's good to know :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
As i am not able to simulate it, i did a small change in 6.03 which hopefully it acan stop this behaviour.

Can you try this new version and let me know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi,

try entering wmplayer.exe;

the last ';' is important.

Keep in mind that it will not lock if the program is running on the foreground and not at the background.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sabestian:
Version 5 was the last that was locking my Omnia during a call! Later versions do nothing at all... Same problems with waking and going to sleep etc... Best locking app nevertheless!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] camro:
don't ask me why....

but, i try the 6.x and it seems to be, that since the 6.x versions, if i make a data-call it will also be handled via csdevctrl.

ex:

1.) i start mozilla

2.) click on a link (ex: google.at)

3.) phone makes now a data connection to internet and csdevctrl LOCK the phone + switch to home screen.

???

serious...

info:

.) i haven't configured csdevctrl to switch to home screen

.) i don't think that this was on old version.

cu camel
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hosspower:
Thanks, I will load it up and try it out. Also, I am using Power Off After Seconds.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hosspower:
When I was using 6.2.1 and the phone would wake up to be unlocked,the screen would be dim (not off). When the screen was touched to unlock, it would go full bright. It was great because that way if the phone woke up by mistake it would put less drain on the battery.

It seemed like it might have been some kind of error, but is there a setting I can do to make this happen again?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hosspower:
Still locks up sometimes when trying to wake up.

Is there an option that would allow the phone to lock without turning the backlight off while in a call? I use the POWER OFF AFTER with POWER OFF AFTER LOCK OPTION now which is perfect for what I wanted. I just wish when in call it would keep backlight on.

thanks again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheLastOne:
I am having the same issue with the program as some others here.

I set it to lock when the device wakes up, and when it does wake up, it immediately goes back to sleep again. Waking it up a second time wakes it up locked.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raghav_K:
I tried it now... works fine for me.. no problems while waking up...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
@sabestian, camro

Hi guys,

can you please use the attached program, its the debug version.

The steps are:

- Copy it on your device

- run it (it will not display anything) simply vibrate.

- pls try repeating the case which does not work

- terminate the program by running it again

After that please post the file created csdevlog.txt in the root directory.

I am also trying to locate the bug of the power on/off ...

Hope to find it soon :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] camro:
attached the log file

i did:

some power on/off - this most time works perfect-

and then i start the browser and go to google.at and the phone call to my provider and make a H-connection.

then the phone switch automatic to

the 2nd attached file: there i did:

at:00:45 i did once again (but active sync was connected) - and all was ok.

at: 00:50 - i did a google.at once again but without a active sync connection and so the phone must dial a data connection. and now the phone switch to lock mode + switch to home screen (TF3D) ?? - serious ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] J-Pro:
Dear chrisstavrou, thank you for the program!

Wanted to ask: can this program lock my device after task reminder firing or sms event? I need it because if these event happens when my phone(Xperia) lays in my pocket, I can press any area on the display, that's very bad.

Thanks for your answer!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hosspower:
Chrisstavrou

In regards to the problem with the phone waking up, I think I have tracked it down to when it happens. I have been using the program for the past couple days with the LOCK AFTER DEVICE WAKES option turned OFF and have not had one problem. Could it be a problem that if the phone wakes when it is already locked, having LOCK AFTER DEVICE WAKES enabled is confusing it?

THANKS Again!

Rob
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nayr2:
I've also found that the program doesn't work properly when "lock on device wakeup" is checked. Without it checked the program works quite well, however I have another issue I've noticed:

When the device wakes, the lock screen shows but if I unlock it right away the lock screen comes right back up again.

If I wait two seconds, then unlock it, the lock screen does not come up a second time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] krish_nank:
Hi chrisstavrou,

Great application using default locking system uses less battery as well as RAM..... Here is a cab i made for my TP.

An folder containing all the files will be placed under StartMenu>Programs> Applications & shortcut added at start up for csdevctrl.exe so application starts automatically.

Thank you

Krish
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jpl69:
I don't get it! How do we get our devices locked up if we disable this option?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hosspower:
By using CSLOCKDEV.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Version 6.04 is out

Hi camro,

much appreciated.

I think i found the reason for both problems, please try the 6.04 which i just posted and let me know.

It seems M2D and TF3D come infront when the device is locked so i had to keep the dialer up.

Please keep in mind to set the proper value for the WindowTitleofDialer if it is not 'Phone '
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi,

i will try to see what happens with notifications and let you know
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Thank you very much, may be i should also be creating one but i need to understand how :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi,

yes thank you for the comments i was able to track it down as well.

Can you please try 6.0.4 as i did a change on this hoping it will fix it.

Chris
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nayr2:
I'm not seeing a change. 6.0.4 still powers the device off upon waking up the first time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hosspower:
6.0.4 was working great for me so far... until the phone locked up when I tried to wake it one time after 2 hours of use. It woke up with a solid white screen and required a soft reset. Could of been a problem with something else but it is the first time it ever has done that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheLastOne:
I'm still getting the power off right after unlock bug, too.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lamberto1:
Video off after Lock

Hi Chris,

can you setup a choice to turn off the video only in addition to Power off after locking

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] J-Pro:
Thank you, waiting with patience. And if it's not a problem - please copy your message by PM too... Thank you very much!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
power off after unlock bug

Hi all,

i would appreciate if anyone could give the attached file a try and let me know.

I tested it on mine and it seems its resolved i would like to get a second confirmation as well.

Txn

Chris
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Hi,

do you mean an option to turn off the video after it has been locked ?

When its locked it goes to dimmed mode and touching on the screen turns the backlight back to full mode.

What do you think it should happen if the device is locked, the video is off and you touch the screen. Should it turn on the video ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheLastOne:
The bug seems to be gone! Good work, chris.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] camro:
The bug from:

unwanted action: go to lock mode if dialing data connection with ex: internet browser now WORKS :)

bug is fixed :)

good job chris :)

cu camel
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] camro:
here attached a cab file

please test it for me.

(file created with wince cab manager 3.0)

@chris

wince cab project file also included.

@chris

maybe you can place the CAB-File under your first thread

cu camel
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gert_beekman:
Hey,

awesome prog man!

I did not use the installer but made a cab file only with the files

csdevctrl.exe and cslockdev.exe and a shortcut in the 'StartUp' folder and added all the registery keys from HLM-Software-csdevctrl-options.

It is working, only I have a big issue. It only locks ones, but after unlocking it doesn't lock again after 20 seconds, unless I start csdevctrl.exe again.

I set:

idletime to 20

lockafterwake to 1

Are there any other reg. keys I have to add?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] camro:
if you use the setup then it will create the rest of the reg's.

my cab file will only copy the files to \windows + create a lin k to startup folder + create a link in program folder.

cu camel
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisstavrou:
Thanks a lot for the testing and cab file, its been added in the first thread.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lamberto1:
Video off after Lock

Hi Chris,

when my pda (HTC p3600 wm5) locks for a call, no dim appears, but I continue the call with video normally lighted.

My aim is to phone call with video off(black screen/saving power), not Power Off because I records the call and so the pda must be on.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RaudelJr:
How does CSDEVCTRL compare to Device Lock by Matt Armstrong in the following thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=261277

Which works better?

Raudel
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jjlzg2818:
I Use It On My Phone With Htc3300(WM6.1),But CSDEVCTRL Can't Lock Volume Key,And 1st Key With 2nd Key To Unlock Not Work!(Two Error Only Work First,Then Not Work)