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I dont know if this is widely known or not, but I just found it and I'm freaking stoked. I like setting my screen to never lock on my ipod touch while driving, just to avoid an extra button push or two when changing music.
It frustrated the living **** out of me that 5 minutes was the longest time my Samsung Focus could stay unlocked. And I found the solution, full details and registry path+instructions below. This edit works, I've had my screen activated for the past 30 minutes without locking it to test it out.
Samsung Focus v1.3 updated to 7.10.8107 through registry edit method on xda
I have the Windowsbreak interop unlock, instructions here
The WindowBreak Project - Windows Phone Hacker
(to windowsphonehacker, or jaxbot, whoever is responsible deserves a cookie. I love the interop access it provides along with the fact that it's well...free.)
Get WP7 Root Tools installed.
[XAP] WP7 Root Tools 0.8 for MANGO - xda-developers
Ok, now here's the path:
Registry\Local Machine\ControlPanel
yea, it's that simple. Now in the ControlPanel, there are two values, one called DisableNever, one called ShowNowPlayingMediaArt.
Tap DisableNever, and simply change the 'value data' from 1, to 0. Save and restart your phone. I just powered down and then back up. Idk about a soft reset (holding the power until it shuts off).
Once rebooted, go to your Settings, Lock+wallpaper, and tap screen lock. Your options on the drop-down menu now say:
30 Seconds
1 Minute
3 Minutes
5 Minutes
15 Minutes
30 Minutes
never
I rebooted my phone a few more times just to make sure there wasn't going to be an error or a bricking in doing so. And after performing various tasks, rebooting, trying other tasks, rebooting, and then leaving the screen unlocked to test duration, it's on 33 minutes (stopwatch, yea, I'm bored) and hasn't locked yet.
As a repeat of my mini-disclaimer, I don't know if this has been pointed out before, is well known to the point no one even types about it (didn't find anything searching but, that could be my search skills), or if I actually did discover something cool. Have fun with this guys, I'm ecstatic.
It frustrated the living **** out of me that 5 minutes was the longest time my Samsung Focus could stay unlocked. And I found the solution, full details and registry path+instructions below. This edit works, I've had my screen activated for the past 30 minutes without locking it to test it out.
Samsung Focus v1.3 updated to 7.10.8107 through registry edit method on xda
I have the Windowsbreak interop unlock, instructions here
The WindowBreak Project - Windows Phone Hacker
(to windowsphonehacker, or jaxbot, whoever is responsible deserves a cookie. I love the interop access it provides along with the fact that it's well...free.)
Get WP7 Root Tools installed.
[XAP] WP7 Root Tools 0.8 for MANGO - xda-developers
Ok, now here's the path:
Registry\Local Machine\ControlPanel
yea, it's that simple. Now in the ControlPanel, there are two values, one called DisableNever, one called ShowNowPlayingMediaArt.
Tap DisableNever, and simply change the 'value data' from 1, to 0. Save and restart your phone. I just powered down and then back up. Idk about a soft reset (holding the power until it shuts off).
Once rebooted, go to your Settings, Lock+wallpaper, and tap screen lock. Your options on the drop-down menu now say:
30 Seconds
1 Minute
3 Minutes
5 Minutes
15 Minutes
30 Minutes
never
I rebooted my phone a few more times just to make sure there wasn't going to be an error or a bricking in doing so. And after performing various tasks, rebooting, trying other tasks, rebooting, and then leaving the screen unlocked to test duration, it's on 33 minutes (stopwatch, yea, I'm bored) and hasn't locked yet.
As a repeat of my mini-disclaimer, I don't know if this has been pointed out before, is well known to the point no one even types about it (didn't find anything searching but, that could be my search skills), or if I actually did discover something cool. Have fun with this guys, I'm ecstatic.