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Purpose
BigBen is a combined lock, screensaver and reminder application.
BigBen protects your UIQ smartphone from accidental use by locking keys,
while displaying a large digital or analog clock.
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Compatibility
BigBen can be installed and executed on all smartphones running on Symbian 9.x with UIQ 3.x.
Some features that require the presence of a touch-screen are not available on phones that do not have a touch-screen.
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Installation
The distribution package can be installed directly by using the PC install program, or after uploading the .sis file to the phone.
Refer to your phone's User Guide for details on installing.
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Main view
The main view displays the selected background, with the current clock occupying the middle part of the screen.
On the upper part of the view the next upcoming calendar or alarm event is shown.
The event display can be replaced with custom text.
On the bottom of the view the current time and date are shown.
Using the menu you can set program options, furthermore invoke various Control panel programs
that are related to the operation of BigBen.
The Lock button or softkey locks the phone and displays the screensaver view.
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Screensaver view
The screensaver view is displayed when the phone is locked.
Screensavers provide a mechanism to reduce battery consumption and protect the screen, while displaying the time.
BigBen's screensaver consists of a background and a large clock.
Additional information (upcoming event, date) is displayed at the top and bottom of screen while activity is detected.
The contents and the appearance of the screensaver can be altered in the Screen settings dialog.
Choices include analog and digital clock, with various background types that can be set independently of the selected clock.
The color of background, clock and text can be customized as well.
To make your phone look and sound like the famous tower clock in London,
set both the background and the hourly chime to Big Ben.
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Locking
When the phone is locked, keys become inactive and the screensaver view is displayed.
Methods to lock the phone include the following:
Manually issue the Lock command, which is present on the toolbar or the middle softkey in Main view.
Leave the phone idle until the automatic lock comes to effect. The timeout for the auto-lock can be set in the Settings/Lock/Timeout dialog.
Close the flip (depends on the Flip lock option in the Settings/Lock/Trigger dialog).
Bring BigBen to the foreground (depends on the View lock option in the Settings/Lock/Trigger dialog).
Activate the built-in lock (depends on the Use device lock option in the Settings/Lock/Trigger dialog).
Use an external application that can issue the lock command for BigBen.
Such programs include Swiss Manager Pro 1.70, LinkBoy 1.60, and Function Server for GDesk 1.20.
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Unlocking
To again use the phone without restriction the lock should be inactivated.
Methods to bring up the Unlock menu (see below) include the following:
Press the Confirm key or push the jog dial inwards.
Press the Lock (*) key.
Touch the bottom-left corner of the screen.
Open the flip (depends on the Flip unlock option in the Settings/Lock/Trigger dialog).
Note that some of the above methods can not be used when BigBen's lock is coupled with the built-in lock.
Methods to immediately unlock the phone include the following:
Press the Back key for two to three seconds.
Deactivate the built-in lock (depends on the Use device lock option in the Settings/Lock/Trigger dialog).
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Unlock menu
The Unlock menu is displayed when initiating unlock by methods mentioned in the previous section.
The menu provides the following commands and options:
Unlock: Select to unlock the phone.
Restore: Select to unlock the phone and display the Main view of BigBen.
Reminders: Toggle visual and sound reminders for unattended events.
Upcoming: Toggle the display of the next calendar or alarm item.
Status bar: Toggle displaying the status bar.
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Reminders
BigBen can warn you about unattended events using visual and audible reminders.
Upon such events the clock display turns into digital mode (if it was analog or blank),
and a large indicator letter is shown.
Specific indicators for various missed events are:
A Alarm.
C Call.
S SMS, MMS, bluetooth or infrared beam.
E Email.
Reminders are shown until the phone is unlocked, or their display is switched off in the Unlock menu.
While a reminder is in effect, a repeated sound can be played and the phone can vibrate.
BigBen can also play a sound every hour, independently of the presence of reminders.
The behavior of reminders and the hourly chime can be customized in the Alert settings dialog.
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Screen settings - Type
The following options let you define the basic look of the screensaver view.
Clock: Choose the kind of large clock to display when the phone is locked.
Background: Select the type of background to display behind the clock and text.
Custom images used as background should match the full screen size, that is 240x320 pixels.
Status bar: Check the option if you want to see the status bar while the phone is locked.
With visible status bar you can observe battery level, signal strength, unattended messages, etc..
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Screen settings - Color
This dialog lets you define the color for various displayed items.
Display item: Select the item whose color you want to change.
Item color: Pick a color for the currently selected Display item.
Outline: Check the option if you want to display an outline for better visibility of the clock and text over images and transparent background.
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Screen settings - Text
Use the dialog to customize the text items that appear at the top and bottom of the screen.
Unlock help: When the option is checked then help is displayed about unlocking the phone whenever keys are pressed or the screen is touched in locked state.
You might want to disable the help to prevent people picking up your phone from getting an easy clue about how to unlock it.
Upcoming: Check the option if you want to display the next calendar or alarm event at the top of screen.
Custom text: Enter text to display instead of the Upcoming item.
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Lock settings - Timeout
The following options let you define the amount of time that should elapse before automatic lock occurs.
Flip mode: Select the flip state for which you want to set a timeout.
Lock timeout: Set the amount of idle time after which the lock is automatically activated,
for the currently selected Flip mode.
If you select None then no automatic lock will occur.
In this case the phone can still be locked manually.
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Lock settings - Trigger
Use the provided settings to customize the methods of locking and unlocking the phone.
Flip lock: Select the condition for locking the phone as a response to closing the flip.
Available choices are to lock always, or never, or only if previously the phone was unlocked by opening the flip.
This option is available only on phones that have a flip keypad.
Flip unlock: Check the option if you want the phone to be unlocked when opening the flip.
This option is available only on phones that have a flip keypad.
View lock: Set if you want the lock activated whenever BigBen comes to foreground,
as a direct way to lock, for example using an icon shortcut.
You may want to enable this option once you have configured BigBen, so you routinely use it for locking fast.
Use device lock: Set if you want BigBen to follow the activation and deactivation of the phone's built-in lock.
When the option is checked, then using any of the phone's normal lock mechanisms will put BigBen in foreground in locked state. In this case the Unlock menu is not displayed, instead BigBen unlocks immediately when the built-in lock is inactivated.
When the option is off, and you still use the built-in lock, BigBen will need to be unlocked separately.
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Alert settings - Reminder
Using this dialog you customize the reminders provided by BigBen.
Enable: Check the option if you want to have visible and audible reminders about unattended events, like alarms, calls or messages.
Sound: Select the alert sound to be played as a reminder when there is a new missed event.
Vibration: Check the option to cause the phone vibrate when a reminder is active.
This option is available only on Sony Ericsson phones.
Interval: Set the amount of minutes after which the reminder sound and/or vibration is repeated.
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Alert settings - Event
Select the types of events for which you want to execute a reminder while the phone is locked.
Missed alarm: Remind if a calendar or time alarm was not dismissed.
Missed call: Remind if an incoming call was not answered.
Incoming SMS: Remind if a new SMS message has arrived.
Incoming MMS: Remind if a new MMS message has arrived.
Incoming Email: Remind if a new POP3 or IMAP Email message has arrived.
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Alert settings - Time
Use the provided settings to determine the times of day when BigBen plays sounds.
Sounds are active from: Set the earliest time when sounds are played.
Sounds are active until: Set the latest time when sounds are played.
Hourly chime: Select a sound to play every hour.
The Big Ben option plays the chime of the Palace of Westminster's tower clock.
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Known issues
The background is always non-transparent over the status bar.
On P1 phones the transparent background of BigBen can become opaque, when displayed over the Standby application's client area, and when using certain transparent themes.
On Motorola phones the interaction of BigBen with phone calls and messages is not fully tested and verified.
The behavior will be improved in versions later than 1.00.
Exchange Active Sync Emails are not reported by BigBen.
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We at CellPhoneSoft hope you enjoy using BigBen, and find it useful in making your smartphone a more pleasant experience. Thank you for using our product! |
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