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sl956 on June 24, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Andro...

That's a way to protect the trackball if you lay the phone face down on a flat surface. On the G1, it is not that pocket unfriendly.

Andys on June 25, 2009 [–]

On my G1 it also protects the menu button (which also unlocks the phone from locked mode) from being pressed accidentally.

While you can configure an unlock touch gesture, I haven't bothered yet because I don't find that the menu button is being pressed accidentally in my pocket.

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