Any way to disable the "slide to unlock" feature?

[benflick]

If you are using the included headphones, I believe you can double click the mic thingy on the right headphone to go to the next track.

Right:
1 click: Play/Pause.
2 clicks: Skip to next track.
3 clicks: Previous track.

 

[erikk18]

Actually if you just doubleclick the home button while you're playing music, the controls pop up and you can pause, forward tracks etc without having to slide to unlock.

Not necessarily true. On a slide phone, unlocking is generally easier because its just one action (slide up) instead of two. Some nokia phones (slides and bar phones), have a lock switch on the side which allows you lock and unlock with ease with just one click.

Generally, I don't mind the side to unlock. But when it comes to listening to music and using the iPod functionality, it gets in the way far too often. As far as I can tell, the only thing you can do with the phone locked is change the volume when listening to music. Every time I want to change a track, skip a song, change artist, I have to slide to unlock. That gets old fast. At least on Sony Ericsson phones, you can press and hold the volume up/down to skip tracks forward and backward. I don't see anything like that on the iPhone, unless i'm missing something?

 

[cjm3113]

I don't necessarily "mind" having to slide to unlock, but I would much prefer it just being auto-unlocked when I pressed the home button.

 

[CubeHacker]

Right:
1 click: Play/Pause.
2 clicks: Skip to next track.
3 clicks: Previous track.

Actually if you just doubleclick the home button while you're playing music, the controls pop up and you can pause, forward tracks etc without having to slide to unlock.

Both very good tips, I did not know this! Though not as convenient as just getting rid of the annoying slide, i'll take what I can get at this point.

And yes, I do use the bundled headphones, though they aren't as comfortable as the legacy iPod headphones, don't seem to sound as good, and I don't appreciate that they no longer include the little black foam covers.

 

[unagimiyagi]

Well, to use some exchange email servers, you must enter a passcode after sliding to unlock.

Why not just disable the slide to unlock, so that all you have to do is enter a passcode, which gains access to the phone? There's no need for two steps.

Is there a way to do this, i.e., getting rid of any form of slide to unlock altogether if I jailbreak?

 

[billinaz]

I use nolockscreen from cydia.

Gets rid of the lock screen......

 

[jasonforisrael]

just double tap the home button and it gives you ipod controls
this thread is retarded

 

[mackmgg]

I use nolockscreen from cydia.

Gets rid of the lock screen......

This.

I've been using it for over a week now, and other than checking the time its quite convenient. Haven't pocket dialed anyone yet, it would be quite hard to turn it on, open the phone app, and call someone with a capacitive touchscreen