Ooohhhh... Miss CrackBerry is not going to be happy about this when I tell her. She's totally a mute key standby person.

Am I supposed to fish through menus to put my phone in standby now?

Definitely not impressed. Sticking with .351 for the time being.

Well, with the lock key locking the device keyboard and not the entire device, it should function as a standby mode.

I use the mute key standby option constantly. I work in a dusty environment and there are no full coverage cases to adequately protect my 9700 that also have standby magnets. I'm currently using a hard shell nylon camera case. Currently on official .405 for ATT and I still have mute key standby. Maybe no upgrades for me now. Unless key lock will also activate standby mode.

Never used the previous setting but the new one is better, if you use a lot your device you can save more bettery like this...

As long as I have a way to lock it I am fine. Left top or right top, it doesn't matter to me. I carry My Tour in all sorts of pockets and have "pocket dialed" way too often. I like locking/unlocking it with 1 touch.

I use the standby mode all the time with the mute key on my 8330. Why? because my son got a hold of my brother's BB and hit the 911 key when he had his device locked.....
Yeah my at the time 4 yr old was wrong, but what's next? No sleeper magnet?

So it isn't effecting me yet but once I upgrade or VZW rolls out an officail it definitely will. While at work I use a holster so no problem there but when I toss it in my pocket after work or on the weekends I always use the mute button to put it into stand by.

I would have to think that there is a good reason for removing this feature, otherwise why waste the time. Guessing it either effected something in the newer 5.0 builds or maybe they had to remove it for something that is coming soon.

I have 5.0 on my Tour and my mute/standby works great.

I love the mute key standby feature. I'm so hooked on it with my phone when I reach for somebody else's phone I'll quickly tap the mute key if the display is off. It's such a habit. Maybe I won't upgrade for a while.

This is precisely why I left bb and went to the iPhone. RIM keeps effing things up way too much. I have seen the light, bb used to be the greatest thing since sliced bread but now they just straight up blow goat balls

All I can say is, WELL THAT SUCKS!! I use that standby all the time. I love that great feature, keeps me from making pocket calls.

Pressing mute for more than a second puts my Bold in standby, using OS 5 from TMO (.330).

Hi,

I own a Curve 8520, and I recently upgraded to 5.0 (the official one from Wind Hellas). So far (i.e. 4.6) what i had was:

- long press on * would lock the keyboard; screen would stay on displaying the owner info; unlocking was made by pressing *, followed by Send key;
- long press on Mute (top of phone) would present, for a second or so, the message "Entering standy mode", after which the screen would turn off; getting out of standy mode was made by pressing the Mute Key [which, by the way, in the Curve 8520, also functions as Play/Pause and as a shortcut to Media]

The behaviour I now have is: either a long press on * or a long press on Mute will immediately lock the keyboard and turn off the screen; either way you do this, unlocking is done by pressing Mute (if you press some of the keys, the screen will light up and tell you "keyboard is locked, please press Mute to unlock"). The owner info is not displayed as it used to be when keyboard was locked in 4.6; the only time it appears is when keyboard is locked after turning the phone on, but, unlike in 4.6 (where you had to manually unkock the keyboard with * and Send), it automatically unlocks after one second or less.

I still haven't figured out if the current key lock feature is something between the old "key lock" and "standby" modes.

My Bold 9700 with 5.0.0.330 still goes to standby by pressing mute.

For those that don't use holsters or sleeper cases, place your BlackBerry on a hyberpad to get the same benefit.

A lot of people seem to be missing that you can put it into standby, by pressing the LOCK key now. I have the Bold 2 (9700) and this came into effect after OS 5.0.442 - so that one is still "safe" but any releases after that will have the new functionality.

I like the new standby mode *better* because it INSTANTLY goes into standby, instead of waiting 10 seconds while giving you that warning message.

What I miss is the original Lock Key functionality, because I no longer have a one-press method of just locking (and thuse securing) the phone instantly.

Actually I just learned this when I got my new Storm2 and thought it was just related to that.

By holding the power button, it locks, but my understanding is that w/o standby mode or in a holster, the locking mode isn't the same as standby when it comes to battery consumption. Would love if CrackBerry could confirm!?

I definitely notice a difference from my 8830 World Edition. Granted I have a few more apps running, bigger screen and the touchscreen no doubt uses up more battery power, but I used to go a couple days at least without putting my 8830 on the charger. Even without using it as a phone, I end up putting my Storm2 on the charger every night.

*edit* sidebar: Maybe just the Storm2, but also hate that I can't set a delay for asking for a password. Used to have it set for 4 hours, which was a balance between risk and convenience. Now, with having to enter it every time, I don't use a password...probably like most people. Great feature upgrade...not.

Meh.

Press and hold the "a" key. On my bold with the latest 5.0 Os this puts the phone into standby now. Its much easier and actually faster as the screen dims instantly.

I wish I could take it out of standby with a key insted of the mute key as well. That key is hard to press sometimes.

I wasn't even aware of the function until the uproar about it being gone started. It's amazing how vehement some people are about it. Me? I couldn't care less.

I've got 5.0 on my VZ Tour and the mute button still puts it standby mode.

why remove this feature? RIM needs to stop changing things that work and start fixing things that don't work...

I use the mute key all of the time on my 8330. I have 5.0 running on it. It works great but if it goes away how else would one put it in standby mode?

The reported inabililty to password lock using the A key is a deal breaker for me. I have too much critical data (passwords, account numbers, etc.) on my device to leave it without password protection. I don't want to mess with having to click on some icon that takes up space on my screen. I need a quick, easy (A key) method to protect the device.

Terrible decision by RIM to remove this functionality. At a minimum they should give users the option of retaining this functionality.

I use this feature all the time and its irreplaceable...i cant imagine using it on another key!!
Miracle habits!! ;))))

So I'm still running 4.7.161 on my Tour, mostly because I was hoping Big Red would come out with a really awesome official 5.0 version someday before I get rid of the device all together. Not sure that will even happen....Anyhow, on the new 5.0 OS does the top left key still lock the phone from performing any operation other than an emergency 911 call? I didn't use the standby mode key much but if the lock key feature has changed or been taken away too then I'm totally screwed. My phone lives in my pocket and we all know what happens to unlocked phones down in the depths of our pants pockets.

Standby mode has been a staple... it removes power from the keyboard and screen... AND SAVES BATTERY LIFE!!!!

WHY take that away... does the Lock button now do this for us.... NO!!!!

Curve 8900 here with 5.0.0.411 from December I think. Mute still works for standby.

Having lock and standby as separate things has always seemed kind of strange to me. Maybe this change is to combine them(?). It seems doubtful they'd take away the battery-saving stand-by mode.

When I lock my Storm 2, the battery life improves immensely. It may not say it's standby mode like it used to, but I see all of the benefits of standby mode anyway. My two cents.

i think the only reason this move is justified is with newer devices such as the storm 2 having a separate mute key from the lock key....i guess the older devices getting the 5.0 upgrade just pretty much get the shaft from RIM

I use standby mode everyday and love it! Why would they take this option out? Unless they plan on adding it to the lock function, I see this as being a big mistake. It's shortcuts like these that are a part of making BlackBerry great!

Try holding down the letter "A". That seems to work.

Its funny to see how many people bitch when rim makes an improvement. I have a 9700 on att that I upgraded from .405 to .545. This new feature is great! Before you could either hold the mute button to put into standby, or tap the lock button to lock keyboard. Standby made it so if you pressed the keys, nothing would happen where if you locked it would light up when you pressed the letters. Now the lock key is the standby key. It instantly shuts the phone down when you tap it. You can also still hold the * to do the same thing. I have no problems with this feature and battery life. I charge my phone at night and since owning it I have not once ran out of juice. The only thing I'm mad about is that damn car charger I waisted $10 on that I have not used once :(

Sooo disappointing...but I'm getting used to it now. I guess BB figures we all will in due time :-/

I still hope they bring back a single key 'standby' mode option. Not only did I like it to conserve battery life, but I also liked how it displayed the owner info on the screen.

It still works on my AT&T 9700

I always found the standby key to be a pain. I would hit it by accident pulling it out of my belt holster so im happy to see it go!!!

I have the official Sprint 5.0 release for the Tour, and the standby key still works. Oddly, when I upgraded from a leaked version to the new Sprint version, it didn't work, but when I upgraded from the default 4.7 (or whatever it was) to the official Sprint release, it does.

-neil

R.I.P standby you will be missed by me

As someone who used standby 99% of the time and lock 1% of the time (only when listening to music because standby would turn off the music), I find the new feature to be SUPERIOR.

The functionality for standby is the exact same for me. Pressing and holding mute puts the phone in standby/lock (the features are essentially combined) - and pressing mute again turns the phone back on. The only difference now is that 1) standby/lock engages immediately...no delay with warning message, screen just goes black and locks the keyboard and 2) while most of the keyboard is locked, the number pad will turn the phone on (keeping it locked) in order to facilitate easy 911 dialing.

ALSO it's great that standby no longer turns off my music.

I believe the main battery life improvement with standby was that it locked the keyboard so buttons pressed in your pocket wouldn't turn the screen on. That is essentially the same. Press anything (including side buttons) other than CALL/END/BACK/BB Button or 0-9 will not cause your phone to turn on. Hitting those buttons will turn on the screen and display "Keypad is locked. Press the Mute button to unlock." for a few seconds and then turn off again.

I am using a Bold 9000 with 5.0.0.509.

Forgot to mention that holding down the A/* key will standby/lock exactly the same as holding down mute...but only mute will remove the lock.

mine is not working but that is ok I don;t use it :)

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I use the hold-mute-standby option, but it never did make sense to me. Hold-*lock*-standby makes sense. Push-lock to avoid pocket-dialing; hold-lock to save battery, too.

And I've wished I could configure that.

And then, as long as I was wishing, I wished I could use the "mute" key to set the "in-a-movie" profile. If I'm not on a call, that just makes sense to me.

But I'm still wishing...why not have flexibility? What I'd *really* like is to be able to configure *all* of the keys (did I mention that I turned off the push-a-key-to-look-up-a-contact; now my letters are hot-keys to apps...I just wish I could specify the apps!)

I'd like to be able to say push does this, hold does this, alt+push does that, alt+hold does the other...maybe even shift+push, shift+hold...and if we want to go hog-wild, double-push too...

I wouldn't mind much if the "straight-hold" options (no alt, no shift) were bound to the address book the way they are now...but I'd still like to have complete control. Like turn "q" into my voice-mail button, so I can assign "w" to "call work".

With that many options...if I could remember what I've got configured...I could get to *any* program right away.

NE Way, that's my rant. Thanks for listening.

(PS: I know there's an app that allows much of this - but I have to hit an extra button to fire that app up...bleah)

Now if they would only remove that lock key on top, the 9700 would be perfect!
I don't use either, I would like it to be an option like the side buttons.

Use a great app called AutoStandby from Steelhorn software, you can have it automatically put your BB into standby (or full lock) on a timer based from your screen timeout. I don't use a case typically as it goes in my pocket, so I always need the keyboard lock, and the battery saver of course. It's a great little app, you can also set disabling rules if you want it not to activate when you are in a certain program like the Browser for instance. After you set it up as you like through it's entry in Options, it's turned on and off by pressing the mute button three times, so if you are doing something--i.e. listening to a Google voice message--you can do that to stop it from activating, then turn it back on when you're done.

im till trying to figure out all the ins and outs o this new update. the stand by function is a very important one for me. when i got my 8900 i used to lock it coz im a leftie and button was closer to my finger. then i found out that stand by mode saves more batter power, so i made an effort to use stand by. now when i got used to the stand by button being the mute key, they go and switch it again...

i have 2 important questions i really hope someone who downloaded the OS can answer me.

1. does it infact put the phone on stand by ( meaning it turns off the keyboard completely even if buttons are pressed nothing happens unlike lock when it pops up to tell you the keyboard is locked)

2. in the .461 version the lock button was only used when a password was set, and you had to write that poassword every time you wanted to unlock it.

is that the same case for .509? not only did they put stand by with lock but also a password is needed? coz if thats the case i wont update ever!

also another question is it even worth updating from .461 to .509? any extra features im missing out?

Thank you !!! Now if you can also do an official post that states not having a 3G icon is NOT A BUG and not being able to do over 160 charaters in SMS is NOT A BUG as well maybe the crazy whining threads will stop or at least slow...

i thought the issue was the "a" key no longer locks the device, the mute button still puts the device into standby mode on .509 here... i think what people are upset is that "a" does the same thing, and that the only way to get out of it is to press the mute button.

I have never really used the mute key before. Once or twice to see what it did, but I usually just lock my device and drop it in my purse.

It's only the newer 5.0 releases that have this - I'm running 5-.411 on my 8900 and both top keys work as they always have.

Can we get a definite confirmation of what the LOCK key does on these new OS's? Does it still just lock the keyboard or has it taken over the STANDBY feature?

Also, I've read on here that these newer OS's have a feature where you control the amount of time it takes for the password to set. So once you set a password for the lock key, you can control how long it takes before you would need to actually enter it when unlocking the phone. If you really want privacy/security, you would set it take effect immediately. If you just use the lock feature casually to prevent accidental keystrokes, set the password timer for maximum time. If you are just using lock/standby in between uses, then the password shouldn't activate before you need to unlock it again.

the only reason i use standby is to avoid accidental locking on onyx. the top buttons are too easy to accidentally press, resulting in having to unlock every several minutes between uses.

standby don't really save battery, so not really useful i think.

So i guess time for someone to make an app to use that key...

Forgive me if this is already being done.

Ladies and gentlemen, what we need to do now is figure out which 5.0 OS's have the Mute key standby and which don't. Maybe the best place to do this is in the forums but what we need to do is have people post there device, OS version, and whether or not the mute key works for standby or not. Once we have that information we can figure out which OS we should use depending on whether or not we want that feature or not.

the keyboard lock button, thats what i do and it has the same functions that the stand by mode has

weird I have 5.0.0.461, when I hold the mute button, it goes on standby, if I press it quick, it just mute the phone. Where is the problem ?

On 9700 with new OS:
-pressing mute key just mutes music or calls
-pressing former "Lock" key now invokes keyboard lock/standby but not password lock
-in order to get password lock, either press "alt + enter", use password lock icon, or wait for amount of time you've set.

I personally wish I could still password lock with the top button as that is my habit, but I see the benefits of having lock/standby be on one key instead of two separate keys...

I preffer using the key lock button to lock my cellphone...

it's a good idea after all...Mute key = mute!

key lock = key lock/standy mode

very nice

I am a bit of a n00b to BB, so I do not understand the difference between lock and standby. This is what I have and what it does:

Device: 8530
OS: 5.0.0.459
Actions:
-Pressing and holding mute will put my device into "Standby" mode.
-Pressing and holding A/* will "Lock" the device.
While locked, my owner info is displayed, but while in standby my regular homescreen is shown. If I press any key while in standby mode (besides the mute button) it will turn on the screen and tell me that it is in standby mode and that I must press mute to exit this mode. If I press a key while the device is locked, it will turn the screen on and tell me that the device is locked and that I must push "A/* + Send" to unlock it. Lastly, if my device is locked and I press and hold the mute button it will ALSO enter standby. Thus, I have to press the mute key then press "A/* + Send" to actually use the device.

That being said, can someone please tell me (or define) what the terms "Standby" and "Lock" actually mean? In practice I cannot see any difference between the two, however they may be working differently behind the scenes in regards to battery life and such. Thanks for the help!

Since we are dealing with a smartphone, why not give people that option to designate that key as they choose.

Press and hold for a second, the top left button and it puts the Tour into Lock Mode. Quick Press the top right button and it puts it into Mute. Press and hold the top right button and the 9630 enters Standby with a message on the screen confirming. Works fine on 5.0.0.419 Alltel.

is a way to lock the keyboard, etc. and not have the option to accidentally call 911.
That is why I basically use standby, but then again I am on an old device.....

It was a "two-fer"...lock the keyboard and save the battery with just one press of a button. I've used the mute function maybe twice since I bought the device, and standby only every time I had finished using it. What? This is better functionality? An improvement? Better for me that my battery doesn't drain so fast and I'll press the phone to my shirt if I want to mute it...howzat?

I've notice this on my Tour but on my Storm 2 I don't have to worry about it because if having a stand by button and mute button on the top. RIM should do that to all devices!

Im running the 8330 with the OS 5 upgrade and sometimes the standby doesn't work but when I do a battery pull it comes back

Currently the Mute/Standby button works as it always has.
I am trying to figure out on the newer OS's what the Lock button does.

If you press the Lock button it Locks it an if you hold the Lock button does it Standby it?

or

Lock is now Standby meaning that when you press Lock it Standbys the device?

wow, that makes me not want to update my OS!

As a corporate BES controlled BlackBerry I'm required to have a complex password. Standby allows me to keygaurd my phone quickly and easily without having to lock it and then enter my password to unlock it when I want to use it just moments later.

I find it weird how the mute key no longer put my 9000 in standby mode, but it was running a version of 4.7....now that I have a 9700 running, of course, a version of 5.0 the button works just fine for standby mode...I don't get it

My mute/stanby works!

I like that mute key for standby and I use it all the time.
Fortunately I have an ATT Bold 9000 so I probably won't see OS 5.0 anytime soon LOL.

Well im Stuck on version 5.0.314!! Everything still works for me, and i still get the 5.0 features. VVM-Picture scroll, and all that good stuff. And my standby still works. 5.0 was pretty buggy if u ask me.. I was even having a problem with my mp3 player.. if i was listenin to music, & got alerted, my music would stop...Before 5.0 my 8900 never did that..So i ran thru a few os's. And i found 5.0.314 was the most stable. is anybody else havin these problem on the newest os? exmple.

Contacts info not coming up.
Music stops playing we u get an alert.
BBM crashing.

Lemme know if its safe to upgrade to the newest.. Or should i just stay put.

my mute key doesnt work for standby, but not because of software. the button itself is worn out and i have to jam it in with a lot of force to get it to do anything, it sucks. I'm on a bold 9000, does anyone happen to know how a fix to this?

I'm running Tank's Act 2 .491 and my standby key is still working however I also have BerrySlider installed and when I put the phone into standby, the BerrySlider isn't activated anymore, even though the check in for the mute key being setup correct within BerrySlider says everything is setup right.

I like how it was disabled for this key ..

I'm not sure if anyone has covered this, because I don't have the patience to read through three pages of comments. Here's my take on the whole situation.

We haven't lost any functionality! In 4.7, the only difference between Lock and Standby was that Lock imposed a password and Standby did not. For those of you that argue that Standby mode saved you battery life -- Lock functionality will save the same amount. That's why RIM did away with Standby! The main consumption of battery life is caused by radio functions (call/data/text, Bluetooth, GPS) and by screen backlight. Standby mode did not disable your radio -- because if it did, you wouldn't be able to receive calls when in Standby. So all this leaves is the screen. Both Lock and Standby turned off the screen, but one imposed a password. When I was still using 4.7, I alternated between Lock and Standby to test battery life, and it was the same either way. STANDBY DID NOT SAVE ANY EXTRA BATTERY LIFE AS OPPOSED TO LOCK!

So that leaves us with one downfall -- not having a shortcut to impose a password when locking your device. Bitemark was kind enough to post the shortcut he found on his Bold, and it works on my Tour as well. Alt+Enter will lock your device AND impose the password. However, most devices default to using Alt+Enter for the Language Input selector. If you go into Options -> Language and Text Input, you can change your option for the shortcut under "Input Language Selection Shortcut". Select Shift-Space if you use this feature, or choose None if you don't switch between languages. Once you save these settings, your Alt+Enter will function as a Lock device WITH PASSWORD.

Problem solved!

Unfortunately, we still won't achieve the same battery life we did with 4.7 because that's just a flaw with the new OS. This is a much bigger problem that RIM needs to address... why does battery life suck on 5.0?!?

My Mute button still puts the phone in standby mode and I'm running the newest 5.0 for the bold 9000.

The last update I did to 5.0.0.461 rendered my Lock button useless unless I had a password. I had to use the Mute button to go to standby in place of the lock. I never use the Mute button. I always hit the Lock button on top and put my 8900 in my pocket. I only password my device when I am going out somewhere where I could potentially lose it. So it was now a hassle every time I unlocked my BB. So I went back to 5.0.0.411. Lock Button works again, and no need to use the Mute button. So I am kind of lost as to where this posting it coming from. I lost Lock, not Standby/Mute.
To add to this, I have not tried the latest 5.0.0.509. As long as the lock key still works on the 8900 with .509 like it does on the 8900 with .411, I will gladly update. But I see someone said something about not being able to have the password activate when pressing the lock button. Can anyone else confirm this or deny?

This is bs. What "feedback" did RIM get saying that this feature wasnt desired? I use it all the time. GRRR. Back to .419 for the Tour. No more hybrids or new leaks for me. looks like I wont be upgrading anytime to the Tour2/New Bold any time soon either. I really got ticked off when i found that the device lock and standby mode had been changed. Now Ive gotten my gripe in. Thanks. lol

The new upgraded way is much better. I never really understood the old way of locking and standby. For all of the crybabies out there, shut up! The people on here will never be pleased with anything. The new way serves as the same function but in my opinion, better. But it is still just an opinion!

i used that function everytime my phone was used and placed back in my pocket. Someone lack serious foresight on that one

The worst part is hitting the "Lock Key" doesn't even lock the phone proper anymore. It just "locks" the keyboard. Serious security issue in my opinion.

Well, when I first bought my BB, I thought why would one keep the "mute" key for "standby" function. Either their understanding of english is not correct or they just made a mistake.

Mute = mute the calls
Standby = be on a lethargic mode, ready to wake up when required, immediately. Saves battery.

It seems they have corrected it now and I am glad they did.

People get used to it, like you wrongly got used to mute=standby. :)

Well this sucks rim. I downgraded because of it. Looks like I will stick with .411 since I have no problems with it. I'm starting to hate rim now with their crappy devices and outages. I love my BB tho. So hard to stay yet so hard toleave.

I keep hitting that stupid key every I go into my pocket to get my phone. Quite annoying.

I haven't downloaded the latest OS yet since it's not officially released by my carrier...but that's a good change.

mine still works on my 9700.

This feature is quite helpful to me, I liek to put my phone on standy when im sleep, when im using my phone to play music in my car....its a great feature it saves my battery from dying so fast...why is blackberry doing dumb things?? I have the curve 8900 so I dont have 5.0 I was thinking of getting it but im not so sure now, plus there are other things about 5.0 that scare me

I have not yet upgraded to OS 5.0 (Verizon customer!), but I understand that in 5.0, the Mute Key no longer puts the device into Stand By mode. This is a huge loss for me. I probably use that feature more than any other - dozens of times a day, everytime I put the device in my pocket. In fact, I use this so often that I am now considering NOT upgrading if/when Verizon releases the new OS. That way, I will still be able to use that feature, at least until it is time to upgrade my device.

I don't know why RIM keeps eliminating small features that are useful to people in their OS updates (elimination of the call timer ring a bell?). Seems to me that it takes an actual effort by a programmer to remove a feature that is already there.

the most annoying thing is that while in the holster my mute key no longer pauses the music player. I use this frequently whenever i have to interact with a customer, so now it's try not to crash while driving as I remove my bb wait 2 seconds then hit mute

Mute-standby works very well on my 9000 running 5.0.0.509.

I'm using 5.0.0.411 (which works great btw) on my rogers bold 9000 and my mute key still puts me in standby. So... Awesome.

What a bunch of BS. I'm running 5.0.0.411 and the mute key can put the BB in standby. I actually just learned the mute key can do that, two days ago.

im too crackberry addicted to lock/standby my phone-

look like the soft-touch paint came off the top of your curve as well.

the article appears to have been removed from RIM's site, I can't find it!

Where did you get this information? There are some people who have upgraded their phones to the wrong software version (like people who have had the Blackberry Tour upgraded to software that was meant for the Blackberry Curve), so all the features don't work properly. Anyway, I have the new Blackberry Curve 8330 from Boost Mobile running the v5.0.0.419 OS and my standby works just as it always has on other models.

Where did you get this information? There are some people who have upgraded their phones to the wrong software version (like people who have had the Blackberry Tour upgraded to software that was meant for the Blackberry Curve), so all the features don't work properly. Anyway, I have the new Blackberry Curve 8330 from Boost Mobile running the v5.0.0.419 OS and my standby works just as it always has on other models.

Where did you get this information? There are some people who have upgraded their phones to the wrong software version (like people who have had the Blackberry Tour upgraded to software that was meant for the Blackberry Curve), so all the features don't work properly. Anyway, I have the new Blackberry Curve 8330 from Boost Mobile running the v5.0.0.419 OS and my standby works just as it always has on other models.

Ok...so how can I exit now from the key lock if I DON'T have any mute button anymore?!?!?
Before the os 5.0 upgrade my key lock feature was enabled by pressing the "A" button for 2sec and exis by pressing the "A+phone" sequence.....BUT NOW?!?!?
NO MUTE BUTTON = NO KEY LOCK ON OS 5.0??????

I'm not happy at all the Standby was removed. I purchase Auto Standby which would go into Auto Standby mode after 30 seconds, now I have to try to get my $$ back! Why on earth do they take functionality like that away??

Wow...so many complaints. Thought I'd put my two cents in!
I have a Bold 9000. OS is .509.....I downgraded from the .554 because of too many "SMS issues/bugs". I love the .509 version!

Top/left button has TWO functions -
1. Quick press once *will* mute your music
2. Press and hold will put the phone on standby mode. To me, it's like a "soft lock". Press and hold the button again and it will come out of standby mode...but you don't have to enter a password - so it's not a "true lock" function.

I found that if I enabled the Password (Options>Password)that I suddenly had a weird looking icon in my Applications folder. It looks like a little green robot - very weird because the icon actually looks like the Motorola Droid blow up that CB had posted about "BB Tour to take down Motorola Droid" on April 1st!!!!

So, once you have enabled your Password, you get the "droid" icon and can "true lock" your phone - set to auto-lock anywhere from 1 minute to 60 minutes; number of password attempts, etc.

The only problem I have with the "true lock" function, is that (with my current theme) I can't put the "droid" on my main screen. I also tried to set the left convenience key, to be my Password Lock, via Options>Screen/Keyboard. It shows that Password Lock is set to the Left Convenience Key...but it doesn't work. I've restarted and did several battery pulls. So, my work around, is that I just hit the BB key and select the "droid". BAM! My phone is locked and requires my password to unlock.

FYI - something I learned from a post on CB...I set my Owner Information to read: "GPS Enabled! Please contact 816-XXX-XXXX. (I also have a great app called Phone Basics (free, not a trial- in BB App World) that can lock your phone remotely from your computer or another phone and also send you GPS info (via Google maps) that is pretty accurate, if you lose your phone!)

Sorry for such a long post..Just wanted to make sure I posted exact info, as clearly as possible! Hope this information is helpful to someone!

How do I go back to a previous version where the standby worked? I have a Tour.

anyone help me out please reply to me in a personal inbox message, since i done the update on my phone the stand by mode went and the keypad lock style had changed but i was sitting here at my pc and my phone was locked and i see it light up and its unlocked itself, how stupid is this its like its on a set timer to unlock, if so thats very silly idead because my phone will now make calls in my pocket. well done blackberry !

if you want to password-lock your phone since that doesn't happen with the new functioning anymore, hold down alt and the send key :)

...is put your phone into standby - simple as that. I figured this out by implementing the feature, and then putting it into a blackberry pouch. When I removed the phone, the screen lit up immediately, and the keypad was unlocked. In conclusion: the button put it into suspend mode, and removing it from the pouch put it back into active mode.

I am neither admonishing, or condoning the new feature with this post.
I am running a 8530 5.0.0.734 on vzw. I hear of some people on this post that seem to have later versions than others that have retained a standby, on the same device/carrier. and some that are still running 4.7 that have lost it. It seems to be random across the board, with no real pattern.
It seems that there is no real rhyme or reason to whether or not the standby feature is still available on the os5 phones. I discovered standby, just before I upgraded to os5. After the upgrade, standby went away. The mute/standby button, and the a/lock button do exactly the same thing. Both will lock the kb, but if I press one of my hard keys (send, menu, back, or end), or a numerical key, the screen and kb will both reactivate and tell me that the keyboard is locked and to press the mute key. the alpha keys (everything right of the numeral/alpha keys) don't cause any action from the phone.
Very odd. Either way, my battery life isn't really an issue, since I have GPS enabled at all times, and that drains it to the point where I recharge at least once a day, anyways.