[wangta01]

Sorry guys - newbie question but how do you do the key lock on the 8300?

I did a search here and on google, and people said hit "Alt+Enter". By enter, do people mean the little down arrow thing? If so, that brings up a prompt to switch languages.

On my 8800, i hit "Num+K".

[Noekozz]

yes alt&enter will lock your keypad. Not sure why it brings up languages on your device.

another option would be to create a shortcut side key to lock up the BB.

[wangta01]

Originally Posted by Noekozz

yes alt&enter will lock your keypad. Not sure why it brings up languages on your device.

another option would be to create a shortcut side key to lock up the BB.

What do you mean by "Enter"? Is that the button that has the arrow pointing down and to the left (and is located on the right side of the keybaord - equivileant to "enter" on a keyboard)?

[Grimlin]

Originally Posted by wangta01

What do you mean by "Enter"? Is that the button that has the arrow pointing down and to the left (and is located on the right side of the keybaord - equivileant to "enter" on a keyboard)?

I just like using the pictures...

[flamerbeastie]

I had this same issue. I had to tell the pop-up for the language to "Not allow this shortcut anymore". After that the ALT=Enter shortcut worked to lock the keypad

[JSanders]

^^ exactly. Disable the Alternate Language input short cut at Options > Languages.

You can also lock the keyboard by tapping the K key, if dialing from homescreen is disabled... instructions here:
Home Screen Shortcuts - BlackBerryFAQ

[hanstoppable]

Here's a slightly different question related to locking- after I unlock the keypad on my 8820 using * + "send", the last application the cursor was on opens. Say for example I lock the phone while the orange cursor was over the address book icon. Then when I unlock it, it unlocks to the address book. I have to close it (or whatever application opens) to get back to the home screen. Not a huge deal, but slightly annoying. Has anyone else noticed this? Let me know if my explanation isn't clear.

[George1]

Not directly in answer to your question, but here is a great little app that automatically locks your BB.

geek and proud - BlackBerry Software

It puzzles me that not one of the Blackberries that I have owned so far had a built in Auto-Lock function.

[hsuanstr]

is it possible to set custom macros for certain programs at home screen?

[purepinay]

For some reason the Auto Lock OTA download isn't working. When I try to download it, it gives me this:

Manifest-Version: 1.0
RIM-COD-Module-Name: AutoLock
RIM-COD-Module-Dependencies: net_rim_cldc,net_rim_bbapi_options,net_rim_bbapi_p hone
MIDlet-Jar-Size: 8096
MIDlet-1: AutoLock,,auto-start
RIM-COD-Creation-Time: 1170475590
MIDlet-Jar-URL: AutoLock.jar
RIM-COD-URL: AutoLock.cod
RIM-COD-SHA1: 74 cf 9b 1e 33 66 41 0d ca 0d 2e 23 10 e9 78 46 4f a4 3c 21
RIM-COD-Size: 3524
MicroEdition-Configuration: CLDC-1.1
MIDlet-Version: 0.5
MIDlet-Name: AutoLock
MIDlet-Description: AutoLock the keyboard when the backlight turns off.
MIDlet-Vendor: Alan Penner
MicroEdition-Profile: MIDP-2.0
RIM-MIDlet-Flags-1: 35

Anyone else have this issue?