How do you remove the slide to unlock function. It seems to serve no purpose.
iPad, iOS 4.3.2
Now to fire it up all I have to do is slide the magnet out of the way.
Nice idea but what's the difference between sliding the magnet and sliding the slider?
I doubt you'll get them to remove it, as they are using it to try and sue Samsung, claiming Apple owns the rights to "slide-to-unlock" in all forms.
If Apple removed it, I don't think their case would be very strong.
**** patents, ruining usability in the name of litigation! Foolishness! hehe
gwelsby wrote:
As has already been posted... http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
I tried that but it didn't
You couldn't send a suggestion?
So, following a suggestion earlier in the thread I bought a small fridge magnet and put it over the sensor on the iPad. Now to fire it up all I have to do is slide the magnet out of the way
Seriously?
and that's easier than sliding your finger across the screen?
Seriously?
and that's easier than sliding your finger across the screen?
I can see it being more convenient in some cases... especially in cases where the ipad is mostly stationary on a desk or sofa...
zeraien wrote:
I can see it being more convenient in some cases... especially in cases where the ipad is mostly stationary on a desk or sofa...
???
How is sliding a magnet (that could easily get lost/misplaced) across a screen with your finger "more convenient" than sliding your finger across a screen without a magnet?
Chris CA wrote:
zeraien wrote:
I can see it being more convenient in some cases... especially in cases where the ipad is mostly stationary on a desk or sofa...???
How is sliding a magnet (that could easily get lost/misplaced) across a screen with your finger "more convenient" than sliding your finger across a screen without a magnet?
Well, considering how the smart cover (and thus the magnet works), I'm assuming that you don't actually need to slide it anywhere, just pick it up off the ipad and it activates.
Although I'll be honest I just tried it with some magnets and it didn't really work so well for me.
Maybe i didn't use the right type of magnets, there are three magnetic "areas" and i only have a tiny magnet ball, so I dunno.
But wouldn't a configurable slide-to-unlock give them a stronger patent?
gwelsby wrote:
As has already been posted... http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
I tried that but it didn't
You couldn't send a suggestion?
Yes, I could. I suggested that they make the slide-to-unlock feature configurable, but it didn't work - my iPad still tells me to slide to unlock.
So, following a suggestion earlier in the thread I bought a small fridge magnet and put it over the sensor on the iPad. Now to fire it up all I have to do is slide the magnet out of the way
Seriously?
and that's easier than sliding your finger across the screen?
And they tell me that Americans don't do irony. FWIW I relented and bought a smart cover. It works fine but now I have this pesky cover to flip out of the way.
Seriously, as I told the feedback people, making the feature configurable is a no-brainer - for my purposes and for the many others discussed here.
gwelsby wrote:
But wouldn't a configurable slide-to-unlock give them a stronger patent?
Just what we need. Another disaster like the side switch that is now configurable to satisfy the whiners.
Just what we need. Another disaster like the side switch that is now configurable to satisfy the whiners.
Hey! You better not touch my configurable side switch!
I want my rotation lock, and if configuration is the only way to get it, I'll take it. Seriously, how often do you need to mute your iPad, compared to lock it's orientation?!
It's not a phone!
And whoops, now I accidentally moved the thread in another direction. Sorry bout that. Forget I said anything about the side switch.
any new news on this front with iOS 6?
badtz wrote:
any new news on this front with iOS 6?
As far as removing the "Slide to unlock" function? No. Nor would I expect it to change anytime soon.
badtz wrote:
any new news on this front with iOS 6?
Yes. Apple was granted this patent recently.
How do you remove slide to unlock
