Ultimate Lock Review

Ultimate Lock Review

RaT Rating = 95.82%

Ultimate lock is a great 3rd party application that is well worth the money. Ultimate Lock gives you a way to lock your device without having to use default Blackberry lock. The greatest advantage that Ultimate lock provides over the default lock is it can be set to activate when the device starts up and it locks the phone when making a call so that you don’t press buttons by accident. Also when Ultimate lock is activated you can switch between two sound profiles which is also very handy so you don’t have to unlock then change profiles then relock.

The file size for Ultimate Lock is a little over 1MB which is very reasonable for the amount of detail and features that are implemented in this application.

Ultimate lock does know affect the processor speed at all and runs smoothly. Normally when the lock engages, the phone is idling or doing minor tasks in the background.

Ultimate lock does not leak memory at all.

Any kind of 3rd party lock application will affect the battery but ultimate lock consumes a very small amount of your battery. You will most likely not notice a difference in your battery when you use your device with Ultimate lock.

The graphic user interface (GUI) is clean and very detailed. There is so many options you can add and remove. It shows the amount of signal you currently have, your carrier or berryweather, berryweather icon, the current time, current date, battery level, and all notifications that you choose to show (email, sms, bbm).

The application is not that buggy overall, I found two minor issues. One issue is when you get a missed call, sometimes the missed call notification will pop up infront of the lock and if you click view it will open the missed calls. However when you close out of the missed call menu the lock will re-engage. The second issue I found was if you have one of the more up to date OSs running on your device. With the newer OSs RIM has changed the lock system so when pressing the lock button on the outside of your device it will not engage the lock.

The application works perfectly with the touch screen. When you touch anything everything responds fast and accurately.

It does not leak memory or consume it, so it does not need to free memory.

Ultimate lock does exactly what it claims to do. It locks your phone when you activate it or when you have it set to activate. When the lock is activated you cannot open applications or make calls while the phone when you do not want it to.

Ultimate lock is very easy to navigate with all the options that are available tp you. Under each option (the options are convenviently located in your options menu) there is a brief description of what it does.

The load time for Ultimate lock is very good. When you activate the lock it takes about a second and dims the screen as soon as the lock engages, great feature for conserving battery.

There is an amazing amount of options for Ultimate lock. There is several different ways to lock the device (pressing the default lock button, locking on time out, lock on device start, and lock during a call. Also with the new version of Ultimate lock there is berryweather integration with many options on how you to display the weather. Also there is security options where you can set a password, amount of attempts before the device locks you out from trying, and how long the lock out will last. The last bit of options are notifcations for SMS, BBM, and email which display in Ultimate lock.

There is no functionality of the Blackberry button because there is no need for one.

The only data that is required for Ultimate lock to function properly is to download it and to register it with the registration code that is provided to you when purchased.

Ultimate lock is always running in the background and it does slightly drain the battery but not enough for anyone to see a difference. While Ultimate lock is running in the background, there is no memory leaks that come from it.