Treo 650 Problems From Keeping Phone in Pocket

[mattpayne59]

Does anyone else carry their Treo in their pocket? I have the keyguard on at all times, but somehow my Treo still manages to make calls from my pocket sometimes. Also, whenever a call comes in, the touch screen usually gets hit to answer or hang up before I even see who it is. I know the obvious solution to this is to carry it on my belt, but I was wondering if there are ways around these two problems.

Under Prefs->Keyguard, I found a place where you can disable the touchscreen when incoming calls are received. However, if I do this, I have no way to answer the phone. Anyone know how to answer the phone if I use this option?

As far as the keyguard goes, can you change the key sequenced that turns it off or anything? I just set a password on it because i am sick of this problem. I guess this is the only solution?

Thank you for the suggestions.

[chris]

Check out PocketProtector. It allows you customize keys in order to prevent your Treo from accidently turning on in your pocket.

-Chris

[mattpayne59]

Great... I will check that utility out... Still dont have an answer to the other question... If you disable the touchscreen on incoming calls through Prefs->Keyguard, how do you then answer your phone? Thanks!

[alex_mathews]

Great... I will check that utility out... Still dont have an answer to the other question... If you disable the touchscreen on incoming calls through Prefs->Keyguard, how do you then answer your phone? Thanks!

You should be able to press the button in the 5-way to answer the call. Other software to look into for disabling keys are TreoGuard and Phone Technician. I personally use TreoGuard with my phone in my pocket, and I haven't run into the problem that you're experiencing. I have keyguard turned on, and I don't have the touchscreen disabled.

[Miller]

mattpayne, are you in chicago?

[mattpayne59]

no i am in philadelphia

thanks for the help everyone... pocketprotector did not end up working out for me because i found it to be way too buggy, so i am going to just set a one letter password on my phone to make it basically like a more complicated keyguard off... and i turned off the touchscreen when i answer the phone but before i had treoguard disabling all of the keys so i couldnt answer it... didnt realize i had it set like that... so now i can use two keys instead of the touchscreen to answer or reject calls... working much better now!

[Novaldex]

Careful with keeping it in your pocket, even though you have a password on it you can still make emergency calls.

I have the pouch that came with my Treo and I got jostled once on SkyTrain by some inconsiderate people. Next thing I knew 911 was calling me back to ask if I was okay as my phone had called them.. i've got a full password on my Treo..

[greeniis]

The Butler software can disable the touchscreen, but allows you to program it to re-enable it by pushing the "s" key... check it out; I think there is a free trial period.

Good luck!

[chris]

Here is the link for the Butler trial. My favorite part of Butler is the option to "make these buttons work".