So I have a question about lock screens. I recently installed SOS M Rom and I love it. However I really dislike the lock screen. I have to unlock the phone to answer the phone and I don't see my messages / emails from the lock screen. Now I'm not blaming the ROM in any shape or form. I am just wondering about a few things.
1.) If I run an app such as Widget Locker does this tend to slow down the phone or use a ton of memory?
2.) IS there an App that I can install that works similar to the MIUI lock screen? I tried running the MIUI launcher but it doesn't really offer a password lock and I really would like a password locked phone.
Thank you for any input you can provide
I use widget locker, works perfectly
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klect said:
I use widget locker, works perfectly
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Does this show who is calling without unlocking the phone or show your text messages?
I've been using agile lock and I enjoy it
Magic locker was doing good for me till I got on nonsense from.
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What is nonsense from?
Ics Nonsense 4.0 gsm rom,
I do apologize.
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Its ok, nothing to apologize for. I was just not sure. I spent most of my Android life on Cyanogen on an Evo (the first one) and pretty much never changed. I'm basically having to relearn everything over from scratch on this phone. The SOS Rom I'm on is SOS M No-Sense, so I don't have the Sense UI, which to be honest with you suites me fine. The only thing I am missing is the friend stream and the ability to lock my phone and still answer it.
I actually did try the MIUI lock screen that comes built in with the MIUI launch and fell in love with it, but for some reason even when I put in a PIN, Pattern, Lock, Face Lock, etc it just won't lock, which is bad because sometimes I do have to leave my phone off my person and really hate the idea of just leaving a running phone laying in a locker somewhere.
If you're looking for security, I don't know what to tell you, but I love the Sense lock screen.
You've said that you don't like sense, but Sense 4.0/4.1 are pretty legit. Some of the features and methodology was lost on me at first, but it's actually grown pretty heavily on me. Especially with some useful tweaks.
The Sense lock screen has it all for me though. It displays text messages, has short cuts, can display weather and social network updates. It's actually pretty customizeable, as far as stock ROMs go.
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Great lockscreen app here that recreates the ring lock from Sense 3.0. Can be a bit quirky at first...but seems to settle in after a bit. I couldn't imagine NOT having the sense 3.0 Lockscreen after having used it...glad to have similar on my Photon!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nanoha.SenseScreen_charge&feature=search_result
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww i friggin hate sense and all that goes along with it!!!
Yay 4 Juggs said:
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww i friggin hate sense and all that goes along with it!!!
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Valid opinion...but the Sense 3.0 Lock screen is effin amazing. No one has done it better.
Nice link... personally I hate lock screens altogether though and always disable them.
A friend of mine pointed this out to me last night..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195692
quantum23 said:
A friend of mine pointed this out to me last night..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195692
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Yeah...saw that post...I went with the paid version. It's under $2. I usually don't use the free apps if they seem shady.
I know it's not exactly the same thing but if you have Widget Locker then you can install this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16186035&postcount=2150
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Yeah...saw that post...I went with the paid version. It's under $2. I usually don't use the free apps if they seem shady.
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Does the paid version allow you to change the 4 widgets you can drag into the circle to access immediately?
kimmied2000 said:
Does the paid version allow you to change the 4 widgets you can drag into the circle to access immediately?
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Yes it does!
I had installed it on mine, but removed it after it kept giving me issues where i had to unlock that screen and the stock one. Other that that it looks very close the the evo 3ds lock screen. Only reason i miss my evo 3d
sceme29 said:
I had installed it on mine, but removed it after it kept giving me issues where i had to unlock that screen and the stock one. Other that that it looks very close the the evo 3ds lock screen. Only reason i miss my evo 3d
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Yeah...does that once and awhile. I just go into the app and restart it every so often. Not perfect by any means.
sceme29 said:
I had installed it on mine, but removed it after it kept giving me issues where i had to unlock that screen and the stock one. Other that that it looks very close the the evo 3ds lock screen. Only reason i miss my evo 3d
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You should check it out again - they released a new version that fixed this for me. The new version also allows Widgets on the lockscreen now and returns you to what you were doing when it locked instead of always going to the home screen.
works great on my optimus S.
im currently selling my 3d and about to buy a "MOPHO"
optimus is a great standby phone to have. and this is a great app to remind me of my great 3d ui.
thanx!
is not the best there is there a way to carry a sense rom
guys check this video out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F7IUuv2nJ8&feature=related
I tried to download the app today by clicking on the link and the market said it wasn't found on their servers? Was it pulled or did something just go wrong on my end or with the link?
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I tried to download the app today by clicking on the link and the market said it wasn't found on their servers? Was it pulled or did something just go wrong on my end or with the link?
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I did a quick search on the Market for Agile Lock and didn't come up with anything. Either way, Widget Locker has the Sense 3.0 lock screen as one of their default themes and it works great. I'm actually using the ICS theme now with WL
Not a big fan of Sense, but I can confirm (or add my confirmation) that the Sense 3 lock in WL works like it does in Sense 3 (I had a Sense 3 phone for 6 days).
The latest WL doesn't fix the stock lock coming up after it, and sometimes WL has to be unlocked twice. I'm not sure what's up with that, but it's a buggy app for sure. I don't blame TeslaCoil Software, though. They do good work. It's Google's fault there isn't a clear way to remove the lock screen or otherwise change it. Only hacks.
sceme29 said:
I had installed it on mine, but removed it after it kept giving me issues where i had to unlock that screen and the stock one. Other that that it looks very close the the evo 3ds lock screen. Only reason i miss my evo 3d
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beartrap said:
You should check it out again - they released a new version that fixed this for me. The new version also allows Widgets on the lockscreen now and returns you to what you were doing when it locked instead of always going to the home screen.
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To disable the stock lock screen completely get the "No lock" from the play store. Now you can use the widget locker as your only lock screen
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I got my 3d yesterday, promply rooted and loaded Viper Rom and am stoked ont he speed of this phone. very responsive and battery life appears to be better than my OG evo.
Thanks for the Devs that helped make that happen.
My question is how can i turn off the "swirling cube" animation when unlocking the phone? its driving me crazy. I would also like to turn off the weather animations on the unlock screen if anyone has the quick answer to that i will be all set...
hbogo, netflix, ftp, ssh, sipdroid on wifi, ect ect holy sh$t this phone is a beast.
kdogg78 said:
I got my 3d yesterday, promply rooted and loaded Viper Rom and am stoked ont he speed of this phone. very responsive and battery life appears to be better than my OG evo.
Thanks for the Devs that helped make that happen.
My question is how can i turn off the "swirling cube" animation when unlocking the phone? its driving me crazy. I would also like to turn off the weather animations on the unlock screen if anyone has the quick answer to that i will be all set...
hbogo, netflix, ftp, ssh, sipdroid on wifi, ect ect holy sh$t this phone is a beast.
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Not sure what the swirling cube is, but the weather on the lock screen is pretty simple. Menu | Settings | Personalize | Lock Screen -> Choose something less bothersome.
hth!
Swirling cube are the screens twirling at the beginning to get to your homescreen. Like if you swiped your finger across the home screen left to right quickly and it spins it. Not sure if you can turn it off though.
Thanks got the weather off the lock screen.. so easy i missed it.
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Swirling cube are the screens twirling at the beginning to get to your homescreen. Like if you swiped your finger across the home screen left to right quickly and it spins it. Not sure if you can turn it off though.
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exactly, right after you pull the ring you get an animation ending at the home screen. that is what i would like to disable.
It's called the carousel, and I don't think there is a way to disable it at the moment.
If you really want it gone you can always get a different launcher!!
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If you really want it gone you can always get a different launcher!!
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This is your best bet. Something like Launcher Pro or ADW sounds like it would suit your needs and wants better.
I have been running on CM7 with ADWEX for on the OG EVO for a while now... and was really enjoying the new sense. It is very fast on this phone. Really i have no complaints about sense other than i like no animations and sh!t to fly up on the screen with some urgency.
On second thought I think the ring sucks too.. I liked the old 2.3 sliders.. its not a deal breaker though..
cheers
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I have been running on CM7 with ADWEX for on the OG EVO for a while now... and was really enjoying the new sense. It is very fast on this phone. Really i have no complaints about sense other than i like no animations and sh!t to fly up on the screen with some urgency.
On second thought I think the ring sucks too.. I liked the old 2.3 sliders.. its not a deal breaker though..
cheers
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holy **** do I hate that ring....that's an easy one. just get es explorer or root explorer or whatever and navigate to /system/app and rename the htclockscreen.apk to htclockscreen.bak (or whatever it's called) and reboot. poof, sliders.
Hello, I'm using Photon 4G with CM7.2, but I don't like the lockscreen in it, and other lockscreens too (Go locker etc.), most of all I loved the stock moto lockscreen. Is it possible to revert to it? Thanks
I'd recommend giving Milocker a try. It basically ports all off MIUI's lock screens to any other phone, and I've seen home created Blur lock screens in there that look pretty damn good.
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Widget locker is an app for that I used to use and it let me create one just like moto and then add other things I wanted
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CM comes with a couple different lock screen options included. Have you changed them in menu>settings>cyanogenmod settings> somewhere in one of the options (sorry, don't run CM so I don't know the exact path )?
Id check out the ones that are already integrated into the rom before installing a 3rd party lockscreen. The installable options aren't terrible but I've experienced consistency issues while testing and some don't play well with security set on the phone.
Regarding if moto lock screen can run on that rom in short, no. The lock screen isn't just an apk that can be pushed, and if it were I could guarantee there would be a dependency on the framework. That's how HTC used to keep people from jacking their lock screen back in the day. Now its all integrated tightly into the framework (or was it systemui now?) so you could design a theme for your lock screen that's moto inspired if you felt like playing with some apks and pngs. The Motorola lock screen isn't a far departure from being a themed stock lock so really there would be no smali work involved. Plug and play images, flash, change some more, flash .... repeat until happy.
I think youll be extremely happy with Widget Locker and CM7 together. Thats the combo i ran on my Evo before i got my Mopho. You can turn off the lock screen in CM7,and just run WL. Seamless!
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Hope I don't get shot for this, however, I am in need of some advice to help me get iPhone style notifications on stock sense Rom. For example, right now I can only get notifications from the android mail app but not Google mail app or my touchdown mail app. my text messages do show up, but I can't make it show the name of sender but hide content. It either hides both or none. Phone is rooted, is there any program that lets me do this without removing the stock Rom? If I have to flash a other Rom to get this level of customization, which Rom and subsequent mod would you suggest. This is the only thing I don't like about this phone.
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There's a lot of lock screen apps but i don't think they have shortcuts like that. Also they don't usually work well.
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Those lockscreen apps tend to drain battery too.
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Yes, exactly. I couldnt find one that just works and works well.
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I use to use widget locker. I never really noticed it killing my battery.
Hey guys. I'm the type of person who loves his phone to be like a second home. My friend had an HTC Desire HD and it impressed me so much i actually wanted to but it off him, even though its about 2x worse in specs than my current phone, but it has the most beautiful user interface i've ever seen.
I'm talking about the HTC DHD weather unlock animation.
I first noticed it when i asked the friend to make a call and upon unlocking the phone the screen froze over and it started to snow, it was pretty amazed by how good it looked, and how accurate it was since it was really snowing outside.
Here it is. ( not my video, but exactly the same thing)
HTC Desire HD Weather Animation Snow - YouTube
I think this is one of the best looking widgets/launchers i've ever seen, and i have a question, not as much as a request.
I do know that this is "exclusive" to sense, most likely 3.0, but would it be theoretically possible to rip out the launcher/weather widget you saw in the video?
I am NOT asking for any warez, just some instructions, i feel like i'm dedicated enough to work with this for a few days just to get it.
I'm currently using a SONY Xperia GO , and i would like to port the needed things to it from sense (3.0?) to it. How do i do it?
Maybe someone knows a similar app that does this and looks like it.. But so far i've downloaded 20+ widgets/apps from the play store and didn't find anything ever NEAR as beautiful, or as functional. Most of the apps/widgets require you to click on the widget to see a weather animation, thats not what i want.
TL;DR : How do i port the sense (3.0?) launcher/weather widget? Is there an app that is as functional and looks similar?
Thanks in advance.
It's VERY difficult to port proprietary UI stuff like Sense based things to other devices. So much of Sense is not just based on the apps, but also on the framework-res.apk, systemUI,apk, and another one - htc.resources or something of the sort. Been a bit since I was that deep into HTC stuff. There just aren't going to be any easy or elegant solutions to this. As for a half assed work around, Go Locker claims to have animated weather stuff on the lockscreen in it's free version. Couldn't hurt to check it out? They have TONs of themes, but I find the Go Locker and Launchers to be a bit laggier than some. HTC has started adding some of their apps into the Play Store, including Blinkfeed, but something tells me that there won't really be a way for them to add the lockscreen as a standalone option.