Locking Playdate while A or B button is held causes lock screen to freeze

[daprice (Dale Price)]

I noticed this while testing playdate.deviceWillLock functionality in a project of mine, but realized that I can reproduce it anywhere, even on the home screen. This is with Playdate OS 1.12.3.

Steps to reproduce (starting with unlocked Playdate on home screen):

1. Hold A and/or B button.
2. While the button is held, press and release the Lock button.
3. With or without releasing the A/B button, press and release the Lock button again.

Expected result: Playdate unlocks.

Actual result: nothing happens at all; Playdate remains on lock screen showing the clock. The clock also stops updating and shows the same time indefinitely. Another press on the same button that was held in step 1 restores functionality and allows the lock button to work again. Video of the issue: iCloud Photo Sharing

Edit: on one of my attempts, after pressing the A button again to be able to unlock it, the dpad also quit working entirely until I restarted the Playdate.

[timhei]

I reported the same bug a long time ago, not sure if it will be fixed in the next firmware version.

Strange behavior when A/B + sleep button is pressed

I randomly stumbled upon this when I was testing sleep mode behavior when a game is currently running. At first I thought my device was completely frozen, and I had to use the reset button to get it out of this state. I then realized that it only happens when I hold A or B (or both) before pressing the sleep button. When I do this, the device gets stuck on the lock screen and is completely unresponsive to the sleep button. However, if I press whichever button was originally pressed (A or B), the…

[willco (Will)]

I believe this is fixed in the up-coming OS release.