Droid X - pocket problems

krismee
Newbie

So I have had my Droid X for about two weeks. I was delighted that it has an FM receiver so that I can listen to the radio while I cycle to and from work. Typically I turn on the radio, and put the phone in my jacket pocket and set off.  I'm usually OK for a few minutes and then either it stops playing OR it switches over to playing MP3s (which will then play and pause at random).  I concluded that the touch screen was being activated by the phone moving around in my pocket and brushing against my body at intervals.

 

My low tech solution to the problem this morning was to wrap a piece of light cardboard around the phone and secure it with a rubber band. However the same thing kept happening... 

 

Any ideas what is going on here?

 

thanks

k

 

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Cody21
Master - Level 2

Interesting. I do the same thing -- launch my Radio app to listen to radio as I walk around the hood ...  Never had the issue of the screen being "touched" resulting in other apps launching.  What I do is press the top button to put it in LOCK mode. That way I have to swipe the Slide Lock to unlock the screen ...   Are you locking the screen????  or do you have it set to never lock?

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krismee
Newbie

I do lock it - which is why I have found the whole thing so weird! (not having any idea what was happening in my pocket) I wondered if  somehow it was unlocking with the motion... 

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hallcp1019
Contributor - Level 2

are you coming in contact with the phone alot???? i always carry my phone in my pocket at work and in jeans so its right against my leg and unless i press the lock key and swype the lock it never comes on.   maybe your screen timeout is set too long or trying adding the one of the additional locking features like a numeric code....or a belt clip ?

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Wildman
Legend

Another thing are you using a 3rd party lock screen?  I had this happen with stock and a large number of 3rd party lock screen apps, I only find one that works well for me and thats Wiget Locker..

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August03
Contributor - Level 3

You can follow the link below, to get options of setting the screen timeout. To make sure you have it set to the lowest timeout (15seconds).

http://support.vzw.com/clc/devices/knowledge_base.html?id=33895#timeout

 

 


Also add a pin or password to the device, so that it must be typed in to unlock the phone. If you are using a pattern to lock your device, while in the motion of cycling it maybe unlocking your device. You can follow the link below to get the step by step process.

http://support.vzw.com/clc/devices/knowledge_base.html?id=33840#setup_screen_lock

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hallcp1019
Contributor - Level 2

thanks for repeating me there amigo

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mobius0322
Enthusiast - Level 3

Mine was doing the same when on my motorcycle.Had the screen locked and all the sudden I hear "Say a command."

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hallcp1019
Contributor - Level 2

sounds like your screen isnt locking correctly, but i would take it to a retailer before using apps not built into the phone because if its the vibration doing it the phone should be fixed not patched with apps

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