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Old 01-05-2012, 06:31 PM
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Just curious if any of you are using the password lock to lock your BB and how many minutes did you set it to and why? 1min,2min,5min etc..

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Old 01-05-2012, 06:33 PM
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Just curious if any of you are using the password lock to lock your BB and how many minutes did you set it to and why? 1min,2min,5min etc..

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I set mine for 60 minutes. I also have patternlock set to lock when I holster my 9930.
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Old 01-05-2012, 06:35 PM
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I have mine set to 5 MN.
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Old 01-05-2012, 06:53 PM
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If I'm going out using public transport etc I lock upon holstering. Be safe than sorry.
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the IT department have itset to lock after10 mins, I can't adjust.
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Mine locks after 30mns. Talk about piece of mind...

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Old 01-05-2012, 09:37 PM
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cool, 1st time one of my threads made it on front page of CB "from the forums" haha I was gonna make a poll but i dont know how, and was feeling lazy :/ I had mines set to 1min just in case my phone got stolen or lost but Sometimes i get annoyed when having to keep typing my password in when I constantly use my phone. So now i just set it to 5mins or 10mins, seems about right.
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I've tried using different settings, 5, 10 and now 30 minutes. I'm thinking of moving it to 60 minutes and lock upon holstering.
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Always password lock with data wipe! My wife figured this out the hard way with her last android when she walked away from it in a store for no more than 5 min. I sent the signal out to wipe it within half an hour, but the [insert nasty name] had already pulled the SIM :angry: She spent a lot of time changing info and watching her accounts, aside from paying for a new phone on top of that!

With my previous Berry's I would set it to lock after 15 min and wipe after 5 attempts. I figure that's enough time for me to complete a quick communication exchange where I wouldn't want to have to put my password in every time. My iPhone has a similar setup, though I can't set the password attempt limit to anything other than 10, with data wipe enabled.


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I have my 9650 (non-camera model) set to lock after one hour. I experimented with shorter settings (1,2,5, & 20 minutes), and though they offer way more peace of mind, I went back to one hour because I got tired of entering my password (it's 21 characters long) especially while traveling by automobile. My BlackBerry is on my person most of the time, and when I set it down I just press the left convenience key to lock it.
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I've tried using different settings, 5, 10 and now 30 minutes. I'm thinking of moving it to 60 minutes and lock upon holstering.
I like lock upon holstering. As you may see in my previous post in this thread I have 2 ways I lock.
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I'm using Patternlock only. Because one of my friend lost everything in his phone (wiped) after the 5 wrong attempts of his GF.
I dont want to get my berry wiped because of a friends joke.

PatternLock does the job, it wont let anyone in and it wont wipe my phone etc.

good luck with native password lock.
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I had mine set to 10 minutes, but I noticed a problem:

If I am using the voice recorder, when the lock is activated, the voice recording stops...

Is there any way to allow the recording to continue?
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the IT department have itset to lock after 15 mins, I can't adjust. And it's going on when holstering
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If you are a BES user and tired of entering the password. Use a software called deUnblock by OdEve. It can enter your password with only a tocuh of convenience key.
good luck.
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