Is it an easy task to remove the Sense lockscreen (the arc thingy) and switch to the AOSP JB lockscreen which I find much more visually pleasing?
I just find the HTC Sense lockscreen very ugly compared to the AOSP lockscreen and clock.
Failing that, has anyone developed a mod that can do this task?
I appreciate there are apps on the market, but these really just sit over the top of the Sense lockscreen, it's always there in the background, a phone reboot usually reveals the Sense lockscreen first.
I seem to recall on my old Desire HD it was easy to remove the htclockscreen apk and it would default to an AOSP style, but I am unsure if this works on Sense 4. It might be more integrated now.
Thank you.
You can do exactly what you did on the Desire HD. The only annoyance I've had is that you have to unlock the screen to answer phone calls.
What NasaGeek said is true. In addition, if you use the HTC Clock app for your alarms, a similar problem arises. It seems that the HTC lock screen is bypassed by the HTC phone and clock apps so that you can interact with them immediately when your screen turns on, but without the HTC lock screen, you do have to swipe to unlock the screen before you can take a call or snooze an alarm.
I have noticed that when I used the Android 4.2 stock clock instead of the HTC one that the alarm is no longer an issue.
Well, I tried removing the htclockscreen apk however the Sense lockscreen remains.
There is another apk called fusion, seems to relate to the lockscreen. I tried removing this and then my phone failed to boot. Had to return to a backup. This is running the Elegancia Int rom.
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Hi guys,I recently tried one version of widget locker but with no good results,for example,when I unlock the screen it is covered by "grey rectangles" until I move the page. Is there any solution for that?
I also have a problem with widget locker. When i set it, it doesnt replace my lockscreen.
I have the wildfire with stock 2.2
I have to use the stock lockscreen to get to widget locker lockscreen...
I think the problem is in sense rom. I use rom without sense, and widgetlocker work great.
The "grey rectangles" are the "HTC Weather Animations", you can turn them off in Settings (if your weather is rainy, then you see rain drops & a windshield wiper). I agree they are a pain! Without them WL works great on my WF (not rooted, stock 2.2 ROM)
Thanks,but how can I download other kind of lockscreens?In the thread of themes there are lots of particular lockscreens that I didn't find in widgetLocker,are they using a custom theme with modified lockscreens or do they take those from any site?
You make your own lockscreen with whatever widgets you like - same as a Home screen.
You get a choice of several unlock slider styles, or you can put 'Unlock' on a custom slider. Then you make up the screen with Widgets & Sliders as you like. Only limitation I have found is that you can't put any of the HTC Sense Widgets on the lockscreen
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Thanks,but how can I download other kind of lockscreens?In the thread of themes there are lots of particular lockscreens that I didn't find in widgetLocker,are they using a custom theme with modified lockscreens or do they take those from any site?
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Use adb to pull the app from the phone, replace the original .png's with the ones from the thread, or make your own, and replace then back into the apk, then push it back into your phone.
UNINSTALL it first before you push it.
Ok,got it,but need I to root the phone to run adb?I'm asking 'cause I've original froyo and I can't root my WF!
Okay from playing around with ROMs on my 4g (I haven't rooted my 3D yet), I have learned that I prefer AOSP rather than Sence. For now I just loaded ADW because I like the 5 icon dock. However there is one widget I REALLY like, the clock. I know there are a couple on the market that have the time and weather, but the thing I really liked about the HTC clock is that in addition to time and weather, it had alarms, timers and countdown timers. I know I can get an app for the alarms, timers and countdown, but I like the HTC and I like it being all in the one widget.
I guess what I am asking is, is there a way to get (through a similar app/widget or custom ROM) HTC clock working with a 5 icon dock bar?
Bob
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Okay from playing around with ROMs on my 4g (I haven't rooted my 3D yet), I have learned that I prefer AOSP rather than Sence. For now I just loaded ADW because I like the 5 icon dock. However there is one widget I REALLY like, the clock. I know there are a couple on the market that have the time and weather, but the thing I really liked about the HTC clock is that in addition to time and weather, it had alarms, timers and countdown timers. I know I can get an app for the alarms, timers and countdown, but I like the HTC and I like it being all in the one widget.
I guess what I am asking is, is there a way to get (through a similar app/widget or custom ROM) HTC clock working with a 5 icon dock bar?
Bob
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No need to switch ROM's.
Sure download "fancy widgets" it has a clock widget just like the stock one then download "alarm clock extreme" and you will have all your features back. Although I think you can still use the htc clock app without the widget. I currently use no sense and ADW with fancy widgets and the stock clock.apk that came with the phone. Fancy widgets even let you assign an app to open when clicking on any of the sections of the widget. You can customize all kinds of visual stuff on it also. Hope this helps.
I'm just wondering if there is a way to replace the default lockscreen on a phone with one from the market or elsewhere (like the aosp lockscreen)
I've tried to find a diferent lockscreen for my captivate glide but all the ones I tried in the market have issues where they don't time out quickly enough (30seconds) or the don't fully suppress the native lockscreen.
Just wondering if someone smarter than could help me out.
I'm tired of being stuck with the touchwiz lockscreen.
Even if it just goes back to the stock android lockscreen I would be happy.
Who uses dashclock?
Just curious, on the stock android lock screen, when you select a widget in dashclock, do you have to then swipe to unlock or is there a way around that?
Ok, let's try a different approach
Does anyone have a mod that disappears the sense lock screen bar?
Going stock loses phone answering functions. Sense with dashclock looks horrible...
Really like to use dashclock, but it looks ugly on sense and stock is kinda weak
I'm pretty certain its using the stock AOSP lock screen, but the enable widgets option and add widgets screen are missing. If I long press on the one widget that's there (Lenovo's clock widget), the arrange widgets screen or whatever its called comes up, but there's only one widget on it (the clock) and no plus button. Is there any way I can force enable this? Something in build.prop, or maybe an xposed module (I have xposed framework installed)? This isn't a huge issue, the music and alarm widgets show up when their associated apps are being used, but it would be nice to replace the music and clock widgets with CyanogenMod cLock and Apollo (I copied the APKs off of another tablet running CM11 from /system/apps and installed them on the Lenovo, they work great so far even though its running the stock ROM), or be able to swipe through my emails and calendar events without unlocking the screen. I won't bother asking for a Cyanogen lock screen apk to replace the stock lock screen, since I searched through the system files and Google and can't find evidence that such a thing exists, but it would be awesome if it was floating around somewhere.