i thought the galaxy s2 had a ring lockscreen which you could have widgets on and then drag to whatever was needed? cant seem to find the option? was i just imagining things? are there any good apps that provide this function for galaxy s2?
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not sure why you thought that?
The new HTC phones have a ring lock screen but don't think they can have widgets
Youre thinking of the HTC Sensation. Its like the GS2 but slower and more bloated
Try WidgetLocker from the market. It's cool and supports widgets.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy SII and it has the stock lockscreen which looks like this:
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Is there a way to change the graphic that the lockscreen uses (can'r seem to find this setting anywhere ) or an app that will give me a cool looking lock screen (the stock one feels a bit 'cheap' IMO).
Thanks guys!
Widget Locker is the answer.
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Eat_My_Brains said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII and it has the stock lockscreen which looks like this:
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Is there a way to change the graphic that the lockscreen uses (can'r seem to find this setting anywhere ) or an app that will give me a cool looking lock screen (the stock one feels a bit 'cheap' IMO).
Thanks guys!
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You can e.g. download an image and then I think go to the gallery. There if you look at the picture you will have the options to set the picture as wallpaper background or "lockscreen background".
This really is not intuitive and I spent a while before finding it.
Yeh you need to have images in your gallery and then go to settings/ display/ screen display and there you can change your lockscreen settings.
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I really like my Evo 3d but I wish that I could put more shortcuts on the actual lock screen. On my Htc Hero I had a lockscreen that I could put my silent toggle on there (I just can't remember which lockscreen it was). It was like a semi-circle dial and to access the apps, you'd just click on the app or toggle and "dial" and it would either toggle phone to silent, or open the app. I looked at widgetlocker but that seemed too complicated for what I wanted. Any ideas? I can't put any widgets on this lockscreen, only apps. any ideas anyone?
Thank you.
well widgetlocker is the best choice. also check out simplylockscreen. search for lockscreen replacement on the market and find something that might suit your needs.
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Been wanting the same. So far the only thing I have seen is in a couple ROMs the ASOP lockscreen, and I believe some have the four slidders to let you unlock, silent, vibrate, straight to sms, however you want them. If your not rooted I know there's a couple different apps that'll let you use a different lockscreen. Not sure how food they are cus I've never used them but I'm ran across them in my searches.
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not sure if its available for you, but miui has a lot of different lockscreen customizations and customizations to the whole interface in general. make sure its compatible with your phone and im pretty sure root is required. before flashing anything make sure it is compatible!
Alternatively, you could search "lockscreen" in the android market. Good luck!
its possible to add the galaxy s2 lockscreen on a 2.3.4 JVP galaxy S with galaxian without cwm?
I just upgraded from an SGS to SGSII. The one big thing i hated about the SGS was the lockscreen, I like to have it locked with a PIN/Pass/Pattern which works but you loose the ability to read text message or view phone calls or even change tracks.
I know i can get Widget locker but its just not as effective like the native lockscreen without a password. Is there anyway to the phone lock with password and still have the ability to do simple things like read text etc without unlocking?
I know Sense has a very nice lockscreen that let you configure it so it can do much more like open camera etc.
Trying to decide between the HTC Raider and Samsung Galaxy S II
Hello, I was just wondering if anyone knows of any way to add the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 digital clock widget for use on this tablet? Thank you
if you get your hands on the apk, it should work fine.
look in their forums for a rom or system dump and rip it out of there, if i had one handy i'd put it up for you
That's not true...cross-device/manufacturer system apps almost never work because they are tied in with the rom framework or whatever. I've never gotten the weather and clock widgets from the Tab to work on anything else..
Try HD widgets
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That's not true...cross-device/manufacturer system apps almost never work because they are tied in with the rom framework or whatever. I've never gotten the weather and clock widgets from the Tab to work on anything else..
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interesting, i just assumed it would because i think I've seen the galaxy s2 variant of the clock floating around.
personally i like beautiful widgets more than the Samsung clock or hd widgets...
OK, so I've been using Android for a while with HTC Sense, what user interface differences am I likely to notice when I move to Touchwiz on a Galaxy S3? (I would have gone for the HTX One X - but no removable battery, no SD card?! C'mon!)
I also have a nice physical qwerty keyboard at the moment, so having to use a touch-only keyboard will be a wrench, how bad is it? (I can't really use the on-screen keyboard on my HTC Desire Z at all, I'm just hoping that the slightly larger screen will make a touch keyboard least bearable).
Andre
Touching "Weather" on home screen leads to "Weather app" only - no Clock, no Alarm...
Weather then needs three steps (and browser) to show ""Hourly". No animation in Weather app, also.
Ended up removing that widget completely and putting normal clock instead.
Dialer has no AI. Needs a lot of patience. Ended up adding "Direct Dial Widget" for some people I call a lot - can't use dialer at all, it's annoying.
I found no way of copying contacts to Phone all at once, like in Sense. Contact pictures are small and pixelated due to this (used to change Google to Phone contacts on Sense, and reapplying the pics so they stay in full res).
TouchWizz will link contacts properly but will miss their Skype pictures. Further (manual) linking is possible, but a bit more complicated then in Sense 4.
Adding widgets and apps in Sense 4 (I used before) is a lot more straight forward. This is a bit... well, one can get used to it, but it's different. "Hold and drag" instead of simply "Tap". Go figure.
If I remember anything else, I'll add it. Can't help with your keyboard issue, I use screen for it for a while.
So basically Sense is mostly better, but it's fixable with third-party apps. Kinda what I expected; I do like Sense, but HTC have dropped the ball a bit with the rest of the One-X vs. the Galaxy 3S.
The one thing I know I'll miss (stupid I know!) will be the animated weather graphics when you open the home page.
Andre
You can get all that from beautiful widgets and the free animation app at play store. go to getjar for the apk.
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I too moved from HTC (previously Desire, Desire HD, SensationXE) to S3.
Missed the most is the HTC signature home page, lots of custom mods and libary of widgets provided by Sense. But nothing can trump replacable battery and uSD card. Take me few hours to get use to Touchwiz and Samsung apps. Now a very happy user of S3.
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So basically Sense is mostly better, but it's fixable with third-party apps. Kinda what I expected; I do like Sense, but HTC have dropped the ball a bit with the rest of the One-X vs. the Galaxy 3S.
The one thing I know I'll miss (stupid I know!) will be the animated weather graphics when you open the home page.
Andre
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What you won't miss is the lag with Sense.
As for the keyboard, you just have to go cold turkey. I could suggest trying other keyboards. One or two features I find missing on the keyboard are directional arrows, because it's hard to pin point going back to a word to correct it, and the mic icon for voice to text input... I had a keyboard on my Note that took care of those two and was a bit easier to type on.. Now I forget which one it was and miss it.. lol
Thanks. I use HD Widgets on my tablet, which allows installs onto multiple devices, so I'll try that first - or maybe try Beautiful Widgets for the animations.
Andre
Swype changed my opinion of touch screen keyboards forever. It's almost as fast as having a full sized qwerty keyboard once you know how to use it.
I like sense as well but I'm not buying a phone without a removable battery either. I'm also tired of the sub standard speakers HTC keep using. I'd at least like to hear my phone ring in my pocket.
Think most of the points of difference have been covered already. Touch wiz now also has features of its own lacking in sense. Example is smart stay and some of the other motion control options.
All in all, having used a sensation up until April and a desire hd before that, I'm finding touch wiz to be quite pleasant. It's not nearly as crap as the HTC fan boys like to make out on those forums.
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