Slide to unlock appears even when pattern lock is activated. How can I get straight to pattern lock mode after screen is turned on? I thought the whole idea of pattern lock is to replace the 'slide to unlock' thing with something safe. Well I don't know if this is a bug or not but I have to 'slide to unlock' first before I can use my set pattern to unlock the phone (the epitome of redundancy). How do I get straight to pattern unlock after turning on the screen?. 

By the way I own an Xperia Neo V running Sony's skin, Timescape UI
Are you running a custom ROM? 

I know that in cyanogenmod you can choose to keep the slide to unlock screen and then your unlock pattern. That's the way mine is set up.

To turn this off (in cyanogenmod 7's case) follow these steps


Go to settings
Tap Cyanogenmod settings
Tap Lockscreen
Tap Unlock options
Then uncheck the top option labelled "Skip on security"


You might be able to find the "Skip on security" setting somewhere else on your phone if you aren't running an official version of cyanogenmod or if the rom is only based on cyanogenmod