Hi all, I have have questions about two "features" that have bothered me for a long time, but I haven't taken the time to figure out how to disable them.
The first is the notification flash when I receive email, which I don't want. I get email constantly and don't particularly want my phone to start flashing at me while I'm reading a book in Aldiko, for instance. I have four email accounts, but they all come in through my gmail account, which is what I use to access everything. I thought this would be an easy fix, since I can go to Settings > Sound & display > Notification flash, and there's a check box for Email! Alas, I assume this refers to the email app on the phone and not to gmail, because gmail continues to flash notify me every time I receive an email. I also tried unchecking notifications, but that didn't do it either. I do still want the notification icon itself, so I don't want to turn off notifications in the gmail app.
The other feature is the ability to double tap the menu button to unlock the phone, which I find causes me to do a lot of butt-calling to random people. I don't even understand why anyone likes this, since isn't the whole point of the swipe-to-unlock screen that you can't accidentally unlock your phone? Anyway, I recognize that a lot of people like it, but I don't, so how can I disable it? I've been using Settings > Security > Require pattern, which certainly works, but now I need to swipe twice, and the pattern needs to be at least 4 dots so I can't even do a single straight swipe! It's great as a security feature, but not so much as a workaround for the menu button issue...
Anyway, other than these two things, I still love my Hero. But I'd love it even more if I could figure these out!
-Max
The first is the notification flash when I receive email, which I don't want. I get email constantly and don't particularly want my phone to start flashing at me while I'm reading a book in Aldiko, for instance. I have four email accounts, but they all come in through my gmail account, which is what I use to access everything. I thought this would be an easy fix, since I can go to Settings > Sound & display > Notification flash, and there's a check box for Email! Alas, I assume this refers to the email app on the phone and not to gmail, because gmail continues to flash notify me every time I receive an email. I also tried unchecking notifications, but that didn't do it either. I do still want the notification icon itself, so I don't want to turn off notifications in the gmail app.
The other feature is the ability to double tap the menu button to unlock the phone, which I find causes me to do a lot of butt-calling to random people. I don't even understand why anyone likes this, since isn't the whole point of the swipe-to-unlock screen that you can't accidentally unlock your phone? Anyway, I recognize that a lot of people like it, but I don't, so how can I disable it? I've been using Settings > Security > Require pattern, which certainly works, but now I need to swipe twice, and the pattern needs to be at least 4 dots so I can't even do a single straight swipe! It's great as a security feature, but not so much as a workaround for the menu button issue...
Anyway, other than these two things, I still love my Hero. But I'd love it even more if I could figure these out!
-Max
