If there is anything I hate about my phone it is butt dialing. Now I have a plain old flip phone, and I don't lock the screen or anything, but is still not an excuse for what my phone does.
So let me explain how I make a phone call. I flip it open, push a button, scroll to the right icon, push the button, scroll down to the name, push the button and then push the button again to place the call. So how is it that when I have my phone in my pocket and am moving around, it starts scrolling through function icons, choosing one at random, and making changes or placing calls? I mean, the phone isn't open. There are just two buttons for raising and lowering the volume on the outside. So how does that happen? Is there a secret program where you push (apply pressure) to a certain volume key a certain number of times that allows you to bypass steps? If so, why the hell doesn't it say so in the instructions?
I have to digress here for a moment to talk about a computer program they had at a company where I worked. When we got the new program we were given classes on how it worked. Being regulated by the FDA, everything had to be validated to show that it was working as stated. Well, it wasn't long after we started using it when somebody found out that by hitting certain keys you could bypass certain functions and go right to entering data. Were these steps validated? I doubt it, as the people giving the classes kept making mistakes as they were trying to teach us. So, I am wondering, can I skip steps on my phone by pressing the volume keys in a certain manner?
And for those who need to enter their thumb print off their big toe to unlock theirs, or type in the secret password, do they still butt dial? And what about those young girls with the jeans so tight you can see the outline of a piece of paper in their back pocket (not that I was looking) yet they somehow wedge in their phone, do they butt dial too?
It is maddening! At least my old land line never butt dialed.