Custom lock screen app?? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

Running beans19 and I wonder if there's an app or launcher or something that I could let an app work when phone is locked under pin or pattern.
I want the camera (just camera not gallery) to be able to open even if phone locked.
Is there a way to do it...??.. Btw I don't want to switch r0ms
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Have you tried the app Widget Locker? It allows widgets to display on the Lock screen and has lots of options.
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ramiss said:
Have you tried the app Widget Locker? It allows widgets to display on the Lock screen and has lots of options.
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Will it have camera??
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You can put any widget or icon you want on it. So, yes you can address camera icon. There's a free version, just give it a try.
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On beans you can still use the tw shortcut on the lock screen (hold a finger on the lock screen and rotate the phone) this will launch the camera app. Although I'm not sure if it works with a lock code since I only have the swipe to unlock feature active.
No I'm not happy to see you, it's just a Note 2 in my pocket

ramiss said:
You can put any widget or icon you want on it. So, yes you can address camera icon. There's a free version, just give it a try.
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This app sucks. I said I wanted to have a lock on phone like pin or pattern and still use camera without input of pin or pattern.
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Actually, this might sound like a cheap way out, but it was pretty cool, there was an ios7 lockscreen app that worked really well (only thing was sometimes home button unlocked the phone) but you can slide up for camera without having to enter a pin. The app itself lets you enter a 4 digit pin with unlock automatically.
The reason for this, is, unlike ios, if you went to your camera app, and pressed the home key, you can bypass the security. An android limitation unfortunately. Ill try to find the play store link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appershopper.ios7lockscreen
PS- when it says accept or decline for the freeware app crap, just decline, still works anyway!
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justinisloco said:
Actually, this might sound like a cheap way out, but it was pretty cool, there was an ios7 lockscreen app that worked really well (only thing was sometimes home button unlocked the phone) but you can slide up for camera without having to enter a pin. The app itself lets you enter a 4 digit pin with unlock automatically.
The reason for this, is, unlike ios, if you went to your camera app, and pressed the home key, you can bypass the security. An android limitation unfortunately. Ill try to find the play store link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appershopper.ios7lockscreen
PS- when it says accept or decline for the freeware app crap, just decline, still works anyway!
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I like the app its perfect but you can unlock with home button like you said and when you take pic inside camera you can look at gallery.
Otherwise yes that's what I looking for but with more security.
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spetzuu said:
I like the app its perfect but you can unlock with home button like you said and when you take pic inside camera you can look at gallery.
Otherwise yes that's what I looking for but with more security.
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Again, unfortunately its an android limitation if im not mistaken so theres no way around that. I would try that with some type of extra lockscreen security. Not many people would try pressing the home button though maybe, but then again I never usually lock my phone because its always in my pocket. And I watch anything I dont want to see in incognito mode
What I did in the past (for 10 minites experimenting) was that amd widget locker under that lockscreen, so after unlocking with that app, I would go into widgerlocker and my lockscreen was just a blank screen with the time. I downloaded a clear slider and put it in a small corner so that no one would know where to unlock my phone exept me really. But then again I never tried with the camera app so I couldn't tell you for sure.
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justinisloco said:
Again, unfortunately its an android limitation if im not mistaken so theres no way around that. I would try that with some type of extra lockscreen security. Not many people would try pressing the home button though maybe, but then again I never usually lock my phone because its always in my pocket. And I watch anything I dont want to see in incognito mode
What I did in the past (for 10 minites experimenting) was that amd widget locker under that lockscreen, so after unlocking with that app, I would go into widgerlocker and my lockscreen was just a blank screen with the time. I downloaded a clear slider and put it in a small corner so that no one would know where to unlock my phone exept me really. But then again I never tried with the camera app so I couldn't tell you for sure.
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The guy did update for the app and it says it fixes the home button unlock but it obviously didn't. I wish he makes it work somehow.
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[Q] Froyo 2.2 portrait default lockscreen

Any info how to make the default froyo lockscreen in portrait ?pls advice
I had to buy WidgetLocker
Lock 2.0 will also force lockscreen to portrait.
Full version
Demo version
LockBot also uses portrait.
Free version
Paid version
I played a bit with LockBot free and it works better if you use something like NoLock to turn off the phone's built-in lockscreen. I'm not using a security lock.
I like LockBot better from the few minutes I tried them out.
Edit: the free version of LockBot has no ads and has three lockscreens you can choose from. It also allows unlocking form the menu button. See attached images for Lockbot free lockscreens.
To choose a theme in the free version open Lockbot from the app tray. Tap My themes. Then hit the menu key and then playlist. In the free version you can pick from the three themes pictured in the attachments. The ones you select will rotate. Select only one if you want the same lockscreen each time.
How do u get lock 2.0 to so lock screen in full mode?
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I use Lockbot and no lock.Love it.
Thanks marvin
freakmax said:
I use Lockbot and no lock.Love it.
Thanks marvin
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That's my current setup. I changed the backgrounds for the lockscreens to pics of my 3 year old grand kids.
LockBot works with the PowerAmp lockscreen widget, except with the direct unlock setting in PowerAmp. So when I am running PowerAmp I have to unlock twice, which is how I had it setup with the stock lockscreen.
I have widgetlocker, but it irritates me how the first time I try to wake my phone up, the stock lock screen is there and the phone immediately shuts back off. I'll try nolock when I get home, thanks for the info!
Edit: Worked like a charm.
cbass said:
I have widgetlocker, but it irritates me how the first time I try to wake my phone up, the stock lock screen is there and the phone immediately shuts back off. I'll try nolock when I get home, thanks for the info!
Edit: Worked like a charm.
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do you guys have widgetlocker force closes like me , It never worked , as soon as I click to start the app , a message says that it force close . any help buddies
maan1976 said:
do you guys have widgetlocker force closes like me , It never worked , as soon as I click to start the app , a message says that it force close . any help buddies
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I have the same problem. I am on Steve's 1.7 rom
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Hi,
Widget Locker is really good however the Home Screen bypasses the security. Howevr you must use the inbuilt lock for it to work. But note, if you have a widgetlocker background for example black then when you go to unlock it you will see your homescreen background which doesnt really fit in? if you know what i mean?
LockBot Pro was really good and my preferred choice however that too bypass security. Even though it has its own Inbuilt Lock. Pressing the Home gets rid of it...apparently it say's its fixed but you can still press the Home and you're in....
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I downloaded Lock 2.0 which has a inbuilt Lock 4 Digit Pass. Which is what I want however I can't move the slider down. ?? the background pictures shows correctly but then the slider is like half way down the screen.. does anyone have a idea how this works??
Thanks
I didn't like NoLock because the volume and camera keys bring the phone back to life.
I found Screen Mode Widget Lite overcame that problem.
cbass said:
I have widgetlocker, but it irritates me how the first time I try to wake my phone up, the stock lock screen is there and the phone immediately shuts back off. I'll try nolock when I get home, thanks for the info!
Edit: Worked like a charm.
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never faced an issues with widgetlocker

[APP] Vibrate App

Does anyone know if an App exists that changes the volume setting to vibrate? I'm not asking for a toggle widget, I want an actual app. The reason is I'd like to be able to set my phone to vibrate from the Sense 3.0 lock screen and it doesn't allow me to install a widget. Ideally, I'd also like to have it lock the phone again after it has changed the volume setting.
UPDATE: I decided to make my own app that did this. The app will toggle the sound profile between normal and vibrate. You can launch it from the lock screen or anywhere else. I've attached it to this post. Please be easy on me as it's my first ever Android app.
jason62082 said:
Does anyone know if an App exists that changes the volume setting to vibrate? I'm not asking for a toggle widget, I want an actual app. The reason is I'd like to be able to set my phone to vibrate from the Sense 3.0 lock screen and it doesn't allow me to install a widget. Ideally, I'd also like to have it lock the phone again after it has changed the volume setting.
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I'd try phone silencer. Not sure if it'll suit your need though.
jason62082 said:
Does anyone know if an App exists that changes the volume setting to vibrate? I'm not asking for a toggle widget, I want an actual app. The reason is I'd like to be able to set my phone to vibrate from the Sense 3.0 lock screen and it doesn't allow me to install a widget. Ideally, I'd also like to have it lock the phone again after it has changed the volume setting.
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Try Audio Guru. If I understood you correctly, it should work for your needs
Neither of those are what I'm looking for. I want an app that acts like a widget. All that the app would do is change the sound profile.
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jason62082 said:
Neither of those are what I'm looking for. I want an app that acts like a widget. All that the app would do is change the sound profile.
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I love this idea!!!! If you find something let me know!
HTC has a widget for that but as you Kno, no widgets on the lockscreen.... Sooooo
I guess that's ur best bet for now
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Jeremiah239 said:
I love this idea!!!! If you find something let me know!
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You inspired me to take the bull by the horns. Please see my 1st post.
jason62082 said:
Does anyone know if an App exists that changes the volume setting to vibrate? I'm not asking for a toggle widget, I want an actual app. The reason is I'd like to be able to set my phone to vibrate from the Sense 3.0 lock screen and it doesn't allow me to install a widget. Ideally, I'd also like to have it lock the phone again after it has changed the volume setting.
UPDATE: I decided to make my own app that did this. The app will toggle the sound profile between normal and vibrate. You can launch it from the lock screen or anywhere else. I've attached it to this post. Please be easy on me as it's my first ever Android app.
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For your first app I have to say nice job works like a charm
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You inspired me to take the bull by the horns. Please see my 1st post.
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Awesome!!!! it works great!
Just what I needed, Thanks.
Works perfectly... Thanks
Is it possible to have the app not unlock the phone when you use it from the lock screen?
sonic41592 said:
Is it possible to have the app not unlock the phone when you use it from the lock screen?
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I started down that path, but I opted to let it unlock the phone. The reason is that you have to press the power button to turn on the screen anyway. When I want to quickly turn on vibrate, I hold the phone with my right hand on the power, use my left to unlock with vibrate, then just power off the phone with my right hand. Make sense?
If you ask nicely, maybe I'll make you a new version that locks the screen
Great job, great app....thanks
So I'm having trouble finding a good way to lock the screen from my application. It seems as though only system apps have direct access to lock the screen. So far I've tried the following with no success:
Code:
KeyguardManager keyguardManager = (KeyguardManager) getSystemService(Activity.KEYGUARD_SERVICE);
KeyguardLock lock = keyguardManager.newKeyguardLock(KEYGUARD_SERVICE);
lock.disableKeyguard();
and
Code:
PowerManager manager = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Activity.POWER_SERVICE);
manager.goToSleep(0);
Any suggestions?

No Kickstand Options

Does anyone know where the options are for the kickstand? I can't get anything to come on the screen when i open it. My screen rotates but stays on the homes creen with no options.
Wont work if you are using an alternate launcher like LPP. Other wise its under display settings, toggle kick stand on.
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So if your watching a movie & have the kickstand up with the phone on the table, the screen wont stay on if your using launcher pro?
RichTJ99 said:
So if your watching a movie & have the kickstand up with the phone on the table, the screen wont stay on if your using launcher pro?
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Yes it will work just fine. I was referring to the options that pop up for you to select while in kick-stand mode.
I use go.launcher and when I open kickstand I then have to hit the home button to bring up the clock
jbuggydroid said:
I use go.launcher and when I open kickstand I then have to hit the home button to bring up the clock
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I use go launcher and I can't get the default desk clock to show no matter what I try.
What about being able to turn the screen side ways without the kick stand up? I like to turn my phone side ways and have the home screen long ways.
any ideas?
(everything else turns when i turn the phone, ie text browser option screen most programs, just not the home screen, unless the kick stand is out?)
randomh3ro1 said:
What about being able to turn the screen side ways without the kick stand up? I like to turn my phone side ways and have the home screen long ways.
any ideas?
(everything else turns when i turn the phone, ie text browser option screen most programs, just not the home screen, unless the kick stand is out?)
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Launcher Pro lets you do this, but you loose the kickstands activation of the desk top mode.I've made a shortcut on one of my homescreens for the desktop when I want it.
beartrap said:
Launcher Pro lets you do this, but you loose the kickstands activation of the desk top mode.I've made a shortcut on one of my homescreens for the desktop when I want it.
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Where did you find the shortcut?
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bigj225 said:
Where did you find the shortcut?
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With LP, you get an option to put an activity on your homescreen just like you would for a widget or application. Long press a homescreen, select shortcut, select activity, select desk home, select desk home.
beartrap said:
With LP, you get an option to put an activity on your homescreen just like you would for a widget or application. Long press a homescreen, select shortcut, select activity, select desk home, select desk home.
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Thanks alot
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I'm using Launcher Pro and the kickstand option works fine for me. When I open the kickstand, it asks if I want to go into widget clock/kickstand mode. Is that not what happens for other people?
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Sparky_McBurning said:
I'm using Launcher Pro and the kickstand option works fine for me. When I open the kickstand, it asks if I want to go into widget clock/kickstand mode. Is that not what happens for other people?
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It didn't used to work for me, that's why I made the shortcut, but I just tried it and it worked. I wonder if this has to do with me flashing the Laser P-ROM yesterday which has the HDMI webtop hack. Do you have this hack installed? I also noticed I get a notification that I'm connected to multimedia station even though I'm not when the kickstands activates. I didn't get that message before.

Hidden Gem

Just in case you haven't found this yet:
Under the display settings, you can enable weather on the lock screen. I don't ever remember seeing that setting in Touchwiz before. Now I'm wondering if my Skyrocket had it.
Nice i didnt see that. For anyone wanting to tone down the insane haptic feedback you can adjust the vibration intensity under sound settings
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greyhulk said:
Just in case you haven't found this yet:
Under the display settings, you can enable weather on the lock screen. I don't ever remember seeing that setting in Touchwiz before. Now I'm wondering if my Skyrocket had it.
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The Skyrocket does not have it. Since I use a pin on my GNote I never get to see that unlock screen either but it is cool!
planoman said:
The Skyrocket does not have it. Since I use a pin on my GNote I never get to see that unlock screen either but it is cool!
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I refuse to use a pin lock for that exact reason. That's one of the things Touchwiz was missing that I really wanted.
The new lock screen on the Note is kind of funky. If you swipe fast, you don't even see an unlock animation. It just unlocks. You'd have to hold your finger on the screen to even see the lock icon.
greyhulk said:
Just in case you haven't found this yet:
Under the display settings, you can enable weather on the lock screen. I don't ever remember seeing that setting in Touchwiz before. Now I'm wondering if my Skyrocket had it.
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hmm i dont see a lock screen setting on my display settings?
greyhulk said:
I refuse to use a pin lock for that exact reason. That's one of the things Touchwiz was missing that I really wanted.
The new lock screen on the Note is kind of funky. If you swipe fast, you don't even see an unlock animation. It just unlocks. You'd have to hold your finger on the screen to even see the lock icon.
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That is what I used to think till I had a co worker lose her phone. Her life is still screwed up from the punk who found her phone and all the contact info in it.
I use a PIN and SamsungDIVE so can remotely wipe it if I lose it or it gets stolen.
ZHofmann said:
hmm i dont see a lock screen setting on my display settings?
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Settings>Display>Screen Display>Check Weather under Lock screen
Has anyone been able to make SamsungDive work with the ATT G-Note?
http://www.samsungdive.com
It seems to work on the international version. Samsung Texas support had no clue.
I have registered a Samsung account on line and added the account to my phone as per instructions.
The Remote Controls and Find my Phone functions on the web site are not operational. The instructions for setting up the G-Note have some menu items that are not on my phone.
btrinkle30 said:
Settings>Display>Screen Display>Check Weather under Lock screen
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found it thanks
dflohr said:
Has anyone been able to make SamsungDive work with the ATT G-Note?
http://www.samsungdive.com
It seems to work on the international version. Samsung Texas support had no clue.
I have registered a Samsung account on line and added the account to my phone as per instructions.
The Remote Controls and Find my Phone functions on the web site are not operational. The instructions for setting up the G-Note have some menu items that are not on my phone.
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SamsungDive is not enabled in North America from everything I have been reading
Found it, works great thanks.
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Has anyone been able to make SamsungDive work with the ATT G-Note?
http://www.samsungdive.com
It seems to work on the international version. Samsung Texas support had no clue.
I have registered a Samsung account on line and added the account to my phone as per instructions.
The Remote Controls and Find my Phone functions on the web site are not operational. The instructions for setting up the G-Note have some menu items that are not on my phone.
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At&t removed it to put on there own locating and tracking service
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[Q] Camera on stock lockscreen?

Is there a way to put the Camera shortcut somehow on the stock lockscreen? I actually really like the stock lock screen instead of the standard AOSP slide to unlock setup. But what I miss is a camera shortcut...
My ICS ROM on my last phone had this, and it was very handy. I only needed it 1 out of 20-30 times I unlocked, but when I did need it I usually needed it ASAP.
I know app locker allows you to place widgets on your lock screen, never tried it but perhaps this is something you can look into?
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My ICS ROM on my last phone had this, and it was very handy. I only needed it 1 out of 20-30 times I unlocked, but when I did need it I usually needed it ASAP.
I know app locker allows you to place widgets on your lock screen, never tried it but perhaps this is something you can look into?
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Is App Locker and app? I can't seem to find that on the market?
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Is App Locker and app? I can't seem to find that on the market?
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Try Widget Locker. Paid app, though.
Disclaimer: This is not advice. It is just something that fell from between my ears.
biglittlegato said:
Try Widget Locker. Paid app, though.
Disclaimer: This is not advice. It is just something that fell from between my ears.
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Sorry, bone head mistake, that's what I meant.
How about MILocker? That appears to be on the rom I have...
Widget locker is the way to go it can be found online of course or bought. This is my screen after fiddling around for a day with it.
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You can install JKAYMODS onto your phone (I am not sure which version to install, as it came with SauROM... but if you flash that onto your phone, you can set it up), and you can set a custom lock screen with 8 choices. They can be any program. I have mine set to Spotify, camera, DI Radio, and a couple others. It works perfectly.
+1 to WidgetLocker.
First phone I've actually used it on, but it seems handy.
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Just used button remapper and turned searcg button in camer button and after a lil make over actually make it look like a camera. ... Pics when i get home
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