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Posted by DJ G.MAC Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

But DEFINITELY not to be used if you're drunk! lol!

 
 
Posted by richb0i Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

This app is one of the most useful and functional apps with a very fair price! It is right up there with quicklaunch and soft reset!

 
 
Posted by gafly Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Best 3rd Party Locking application. Now, if DMG and Tafasa could just get together and combine the coding of Tafasa's app with the UI of DMG's slidelock...

 
 
Posted by grkmaster Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

the update to 1.0.1 added more time intervals and a few more options. I just hope they can add the ability to cross over another dot thats already been used. The fact that Tafasa has found a way to integrate this is awesome and opens the possibility to more apps like this such as the stormslider!

I set it up to 10 seconds autolock and when i press the unlock button i see the patternlock.

5/5

 
 
Posted by Quanius Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Am I missing something.. You just added an extra step to unlock your phone?
So I have to press the convenience key to launch the app AND swipe my finger in a certain pattern to unlock? Seems more cumbersome than pushing the unlock button.

Is this a pure coolness factor app?

 
 
Posted by grkmaster Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

it is actually a security unlock. u really dont have to set the convienece key as the new update you can set it to 10 seconds to activate. you just press the lock button and in 10 seconds if you go to unlock with the lock button its already activated.

 
 
Posted by rehnhart Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

The pattern lock is cool, but it has been around a while. It's been on the G1 for a while and future Android phones. I first saw it on a video review back in January. Hope Blackberry owners enjoy as much as I have on my G1.

 
 
Posted by bearkat38 Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

And you said that to say...?

 
 
Posted by Anonymous000000 Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

to say its not original you retard.

 
 
Posted by RedNightHawk Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

I remember it from my back in 2004/2005 when I had it for a Palm 3. I was wondering when someone would make it for the Storm. Good to have for people who don't like entering a password or can't remember a truly secure password.

 
 
Posted by bklynst8ofmind Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

i believe we all know that its been on the g1 and will be on all androids phones

 
 
Posted by xTaffyx Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Ive had this from the hour it launched and because i have broken the original lock button you cant get any better than this. Its at least 10 times faster than the normal lock and yes i do have it on the side key

 
 
Posted by brainsmak Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

This app should also lock when you use the phone like talkock

 
 
Posted by Afropastepanda Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

RELEASING AN OFFICIAL OS FOR THE STORM!! =)

 
 
Posted by TakeSome Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

looks pretty nifty. but im gonna stick with the bb password lock. so i dont have to waste a convenience key on it, since theres already a lock button and all.

 
 
Posted by 312 Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Uh...you don't have to "waste" a convenience key on it. That's optional.

 
 
Posted by TakeSome Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

yes it would be a waste of a convenience key for me. because i enjoy clicking one button and my phone being locked. you can use as many buttons or icons as you please :)

 
 
Posted by Jai Manny Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Does anyone know if this app takes up a lot of running memory?

 
 
Posted by SouthFLGuy Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

What an AWESOME app!! It is much more responsive and quick than the built-in lock. Great job!!!

 
 
Posted by drei Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Hmm...a swipe-based lock on a touchscreen phone...unless you clean the screen every single time, it's got to be pretty easy to follow the smudges and unlock. Seems fairly useless.

 
 
Posted by matt_litwin Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

How dirty are your fingers and how dirty is your phone? My phone is almost always smudge free.

 
 
Posted by drei Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

haha, pretty clean actually but unless you cover your fingers with talcum powder, smudges are pretty unavoidable. I find that the "naked" screen does pick up a lot of smudges, and the screen protector from Verizon doesn't help out a lot...

 
 
Posted by matt_litwin Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

IC. The screen protector that came with my telus storm does not show smudges what so ever

 
 
Posted by Jimmer55 Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

I like this application for the Storm...it flows well going from one dot to another...Addressing the smudge on the screen factor...if it was the only app that I touched the screen to open, then you probably could see the pattern, however, I unlocked the phone, checked weather, checked my schedule, etc. With all of those smudges, you couldn't make out any pattern on the screen. As well, any sensitive info on my Storm is protected with a password from that particular app. However, to get into the phone with this form of security for me is quicker...A nice update to this program would be to be able to touch a dot that has already been touched to complete a pattern if you so desired. For 99 cents, this app. is OK by me. As well, I used MeterBerry to check for memory use...so far it has been negligible after several hours of use.

 
 
Posted by nuskillz09 Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

So I bought this thing but I guess I am a novice to downloading apps onto the storm via DM. When I downloaded, it was saved as a jab file. What am I doing wrong??

 
 
Posted by nuskillz09 Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

jad*

 
 
Posted by crtjunior Tuesday, Apr 14, 2009 1034 days ago

if you already havent deleted it from your phone there is a link in the email!! i did the same thing. follow the prompts

 
 
Posted by Shofiur R Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

I love this app...even though I wish it was free...damn G1-ers get their apps for FREE...anyhow the app is great...i changed my "left convenience key" to PATTERN LOCK..this allows me to lock to phone at the touch of a button..try it, its great!

Enjoy

 
 
Posted by urflyzopen Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

hey everyone, i do not have a credit card to charge a $.99 app for my storm, so could anyone send me the zip files or a copy of patternlock and in return ill pay with paypal or some other way. thanks so much!!!!!!! :)

 
 
Posted by matt_litwin Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Other than some lag this app works great (cant go too fast when swiping your pattern) and for those out there who are concerned about wasting a convenience key watch the video again. you can set it to go on automatically when your phone blacks out or on a time delay. something that all other lock features i have tried are missing. one up on this would be accessing the lock key with the app. can't wait to see that.

 
 
Posted by korp Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Thats a pretty cool app.

 
 
Posted by iCTO Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Can I get the default wallpaper alone just as a png file?

 
 
Posted by BB Gooch Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1035 days ago

Thats already been done the G1 does that

 
 
Posted by Nikolai Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1034 days ago

really!?!?!? aw man back to the drawing board then i guess...

gtfo

 
 
Posted by culture585 Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1034 days ago

i had the feature on my G1. no one can fool around with ur phone with the pattern lock on( nosey boyfriend/girlfriend lol

 
 
Posted by BBStormRocks Monday, Apr 13, 2009 1034 days ago

Does this look like a knock off of the G1 screenlock to another else?

 
 
Posted by crtjunior Tuesday, Apr 14, 2009 1034 days ago

for some reason it wont let me change the default picture is there any other way

 
 
Posted by MrB123 Tuesday, Apr 14, 2009 1034 days ago

have they found a way to route it so that you do not need to have two keys on the storm devoted to locking the phone?

I would get this app if i could lock the phone w/out having a convenience key devoted to it since there is already a lock button on the phone...

i really hoped this type of lock would come to BB after i saw it on the G1

 
 
Posted by jason8230 Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009 1033 days ago

Great secure way to keep the content on your blackberry private, without the hassle of having to enter a password with the keyboard every time.

 
 
Posted by cobrasvt Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009 1033 days ago

Bad freak'n @ss!!!! Love it! Working great and smooth as heck so far.

 
 
Posted by cobrasvt Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009 1033 days ago

Not sure why I double posted.

 
 
Posted by Zackz115 Friday, Apr 17, 2009 1031 days ago

It's great but it is very slow. They need to work out the bugs in the speed.

 
 
Posted by The Jackel Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 1022 days ago

OK...so when I push my device into my tight pockets or its flip case I might catch the lock button. Not good. Pattern lock prevents this whether the lock button gets hit or not...It's slow? nope My screen settings are all at their highest and from from the end of my unlock swipe to the phone being ready is less than a second (this is with other apps running in the background) No lag, no bugs. I have stopped using themes on my device as I think these contribute to the phone running more slowly, my 9500 is a LOT less laggy and bugged without them (I am on Vodafone UK 9500 using v113) Rip off of G1? Get over it and stop being so petty. It's an app that works and works well. How many other apps are similar or exactly the same as apps on other devices?! Only fanboys come out with statements like this! You DONT need to assign a key to this! I run it from my home page like you would the original lock and it works mint. In a sea of useless buggy apps this is one of the very best !

 
 
Posted by PaullyC85 Wednesday, May 19, 2010 634 days ago

if u already purchased it, and have since got a new phone, example through insurance or something like that how do i get the app back that i already purchased?

 
 
Posted by v_bhatnagar Thursday, Jun 24, 2010 598 days ago

Guys...i am new member on this site..While purchasing Patternlock app i was asked to accept for the international duties for shipping.

Can anyone help me in telling what is this duties?
I am currently in Ausralia, Melbourne.

 
 
Posted by sarahpav89 Friday, Oct 07, 2011 128 days ago

i love this app. i enjoy using my pattern and i love the fact that if i lose my phone there is a good chance whoever finds it won't be able to see any of my private information. great app