I know a lot of people were disappointed that Samsung removed lockscreen widgets on the S5. They are not gone...just hidden...so I brought em back for Alliance and thought i would share here as I know this bothered lots of people!
Basically I found a field called ispreviouslook. Changing this to 0x1 enabled them but there was an annoying flicker on unlock. So I went through and replaced the calls to it one or two at a time until I got it working without the flicker.
Thanks to @beanstown and @txr33 who then gave me the heads up on where to enable all widgets and the max number.
Finally I enabled them on secure lockscreen too for good measure.
The guide would be very laborious because there are quite a few replacements. Effectively it is just forcing ispreviouslook to true in places its needed and issecure to false. I have included the unmodded and modded files so devs can compare them and make the necessary changes in Keyguard.apk
If you use this mod please credit Team Alliance. Thanks
Get the files to compare here
Have fun
Interesting.. as i was just about used to the lockscreen without widgets..
Hope performance doesn't take a blow
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This is awesome Sir.....
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As many are aware the new Max-Sense Manilla Mod for windows devices isint perfect, but there are many things that do give it a nice feel. I thought i would open this thread to help in posting bugs/things that could be better or more intuitive.
Let start guys, if there are some helpful comments in this thread ill be happy to add them to the OP as suggestions. Please post what you would like changed or made better, and keep flaming out of the question.
Personally What I'd like to see added in future updates:
Internet link widgets for the homepages
The ability to have more than one blank widget
Live Facebook widget, kinda like the sense tab
Sync Calender with Facebook events
Would like to see a picture Slideshow widget..
i'd like to see the memory and battery widgets have assignable actions, ex when you touch the memory widget it opens ark switch, taskmanager, clean ram, or a program of your choice, and battery would open the power settings, etc.
i would like to see more favorite people widgets
i would like the option to change the max sense taskbar from just minimized, maximized, or none to the windows default taskbar as well
i would like the backup/restore script that beegee_tokyo created implemented into the menu under max sense settings
i would like to be able to press the whole widget for your notifications to take you to the sense tab not just the icon.
it would be nice if the left soft key in the home screens was easily assignable, some people like have the start menu assigned or an app of choice.
i wish the back hard key did somthing, even if it just sent you to the homescreens instead of actually backing up.
i'm not trying to be negative in any way, i absolutely love max sense and all of the work everyone has put into it, but these are all features i think everyone would appreciate
lastly just somthing that came to mind would be a notes widget
I have not tried it. I am still waiting for the author to get back to me about being able to use it my roms. As soon as i am able to use i will let you know. Thanks
racer0018 said:
I have not tried it. I am still waiting for the author to get back to me about being able to use it my roms. As soon as i am able to use i will let you know. Thanks
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+1 to that
ws6nightcat said:
i'd like to see the memory and battery widgets have assignable actions, ex when you touch the memory widget it opens ark switch, taskmanager, clean ram, or a program of your choice, and battery would open the power settings, etc.
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i would like the backup/restore script that beegee_tokyo created implemented into the menu under max sense settings
i would like to be able to press the whole widget for your notifications to take you to the sense tab not just the icon.
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i wish the back hard key did somthing, even if it just sent you to the homescreens instead of actually backing up.
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+1 for these, especially the "press the whole widget, not just the icon" one. I though my installation was broken until I figured out that you have to push the icon, not the number (eg. missed calls)
My personal feature request would be the ability to insert a table of quicklinks into one of the three main home screens, rather than only on the home button flick left action.
i.e. To fill-in the empty left screen of my theme here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6743591&postcount=26
Thanks for all Max and BIGnAdAd's work!
Phrak
young blade said:
Would like to see a picture Slideshow widget..
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I agree...I'd love to have my pictures at my main screen and be able to scroll like favorite contacts.....
Okay i have used every ROm on this planet and so far MAX is the most intuitive yet. Here are a few issues i have come across...
1- when returning from a tab based application there is a pause or slight hesitation where the notification bar return to back to the max sense appearance
2- all max sense ROMS are having the small MMS issues and for some reason the quick fix works and then doesn't and reverts back to the original settings
3-MAJOR battery eating - although i did notice when removing all the tmobile crap and the facebook tab that it was a HUGE success on saving batter...Now after one day of minimal use and testing often i was able to have 80% battery !!
4- I think that the Favs. widget could be smarter...quick sms mms or email buttons should or could be applied
thats all for now im sure I will have more ideas soon....thanks devs for making my windows phone make the iphone look retarded ....Nothing better then to see my buddy who just got the iphone 4 and then is caught staring at my HD2...And i know exactly what he's thinking...what phone is that? Phone envy is a sin i say....haha
well.. when we put a new widget, for example want to put a music player widget.. i put it but I want to choose a specific widget (of music player) to put.
So I want to have the option for me to choose what widget I want to put, and not put one itself that maybe i dont like it
Hello world. Quick question on the systemui.apk....I noticed my sprint cdma has a ton of unused png files in there for Verizon and stuff. I'm assuming its safe to remove those? Seems cheap to just dump extra crap on phones that hit multiple carriers but I'm sure it makes sense from their angle. I'm away from the house and need my phone up so I can't just nand and test just yet. Any input?
I've done a few quick "first attempt png mods" in there but I wanted to ask before I gut all the extras and do my full theme now that i'm comfortable. I'll share the quick icon replacements i've done for now in a link below (spent maybe 15m on em today so pardon minor imperfections).
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/mail.jpg?w=da362127
^Link is fail...i'll repost somewhere else when i get home. (15SEPT 0758 hrs EST)
-Icons for alarm, wifi, virbate mode and headphones shown (and invis gps off)
Also...anyone have a guide for how to remove item containers for stat bar icons? As you can see (via the gap) i've inserted a blank icon for gps off and sadly two or three icons show to the left of it (one being the headphone icon, the other being account sync...and i think one more).
Thanks all. As i make better png's i'll try and host / share them!
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Skyphos said:
Hello world. Quick question on the systemui.apk....I noticed my sprint cdma has a ton of unused png files in there for Verizon and stuff. I'm assuming its safe to remove those? Seems cheap to just dump extra crap on phones that hit multiple carriers but I'm sure it makes sense from their angle. I'm away from the house and need my phone up so I can't just nand and test just yet. Any input?
I've done a few quick "first attempt png mods" in there but I wanted to ask before I gut all the extras and do my full theme now that i'm comfortable. I'll share the quick icon replacements i've done for now in a link below (spent maybe 15m on em today so pardon minor imperfections).
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/mail.jpg?w=da362127
-Icons for alarm, wifi, virbate mode and headphones shown (and invis gps off)
Also...anyone have a guide for how to remove item containers for stat bar icons? As you can see (via the gap) i've inserted a blank icon for gps off and sadly two or three icons show to the left of it (one being the headphone icon, the other being account sync...and i think one more).
Thanks all. As i make better png's i'll try and host / share them!
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
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Alright, so first question, is it OK to remove the unused pngs.
Yes. Kinda.
If you remove them without editing the associated xml you will get compile errors. So in theory you could just extract the apk and remove them. Or, decompile and edit the xmls as well as remove the pngs.
As far as removing the gps off icon from being displayed, it's in an xml. Don't know of a tutorial for it, just do some file surfing
I just started theming myself, it's pretty rewarding making your phone look like you want it to, huh?
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Btw, the link doesn't work for me.
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To reply to the OP, without quoting that bigassed thing: there aren't enough of the "other carrier" pngs to make a difference, so just leave them, IMHO. They're not gonna hinder performance or space issues really.
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Thanks for the input guys. It is very rewarding to have your phone display things you create and want to see! Honestly once you get past the ramp up time to figure out what to do and how to do it...it can be done very quickly (at least individual changes that is). My biggest problem is trying to think of what I want to do for my daily driver. Its cool enough being able to place your custom images but I dont want it to be a hodge-podge of individual "cool things" but rather look as if they were all selected intentionally. Maybe I'm to anal ... which leads me to the next post:
Yeah I guess there arent TOO many other carrier icons on there..and they're small enough to be negligable....but I'm anal lol.
Off to find the XML edits for the many things we discussed here today.
Paranoid Android made me forget Xposed, never looked back. The genius behind peek and pie just frightens people who see it in action and it makes me think I am playing in a sort of near-future fiction.
One thing I am desperate for, despite all this, is the possibility to change icons, system-wide, like Unicon permits it
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I know it is not a pure "google experience", but in my opinion bad design choices made by app developers for their icons aren't either.
The possibility to have a clean look, either by changing a single icon or even multiple of them to get a unique and coherent look all across the system.
I also know that there is the possibilty to change the launcher, but I find it more disturbing than anything other to have two different icons for the same app. It just seems like badly hiding someone else's mess.
I wish you all a good day, silently waiting to enjoy hover, hopefully soon and in all it's glory.
Thank you again for making my phone feel awesome each time I hold it.
This is my first post here and I'll admit I'm not an XDA developer. I'm hoping someone could help fix my "bug" (#1 below). All three things below reference the lock screen and making the date & time more readable on it. The same issues might apply to Samsung Galaxy phones in general. I sent the below to Samsung, but I'm not holding my breath for them to reply.
My specs:
Samsung Galaxy Alpha SM-G850W. Running Android 5.0.2
1. If you change the clock size to Large on the Lock Scren. The clock size will not stay large if you have any notifications, it will reset to a normal sized font.
2. The color of the clock can't be changed, there needs to be a large black outline around the existing white text (currently it's a small black shadow). Since lollipop shows album art on the lock screen, you may get a pure white background and the clock nearly disappears.
3. The size of the date can't be enlarged. #2 also applies to the date.
I am willing to root with a new lock screen if that's necessary to fix but I'm not sure where to find info on available lock screens, I don't want to use the wrong one and break the phone. btw, I wasn't able to find a lock screen app as none that I tested had the features and speed of the default lock screen.
Thanks for any help.
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This is my first post here and I'll admit I'm not an XDA developer. I'm hoping someone could help fix my "bug" (#1 below). All three things below reference the lock screen and making the date & time more readable on it. The same issues might apply to Samsung Galaxy phones in general. I sent the below to Samsung, but I'm not holding my breath for them to reply.
My specs:
Samsung Galaxy Alpha SM-G850W. Running Android 5.0.2
1. If you change the clock size to Large on the Lock Scren. The clock size will not stay large if you have any notifications, it will reset to a normal sized font.
2. The color of the clock can't be changed, there needs to be a large black outline around the existing white text (currently it's a small black shadow). Since lollipop shows album art on the lock screen, you may get a pure white background and the clock nearly disappears.
3. The size of the date can't be enlarged. #2 also applies to the date.
I am willing to root with a new lock screen if that's necessary to fix but I'm not sure where to find info on available lock screens, I don't want to use the wrong one and break the phone. btw, I wasn't able to find a lock screen app as none that I tested had the features and speed of the default lock screen.
Thanks for any help.
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I don't know about any lockscreen app that has all those things you need, but you can mod your stock lockscreen to get it all, but it contains some risk and of course some programming experience ( mostly smali and Java)
sdeepb said:
I don't know about any lockscreen app that has all those things you need, but you can mod your stock lockscreen to get it all, but it contains some risk and of course some programming experience ( mostly smali and Java)
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Thanks sdeepb. I'm pretty sure this is the only way to go, unless there's a pre-built lock screen you can easily swap out for rooted phones.
So I decided to port Material 4.3 by FateNozomi to Omni 4.4..4 framework,UI and Settings,and everything went smooth (at least I thought).After porting,I recompiled all apps without any error.First time I signed them with testkeys provided with singapk.jar and system wouldn't install them,so later I found platform keys with which system would allow installation.
Short after I activated AD in Settings options to realize that I can't read notification nor unlock phone through AD (when ever I click on unlock button nothing happens).Also tried to change Lockscreen shortcuts but when I have to drag unlock ring to assign shortcut nothing happens (ring doesn't expand),and lastly when I activate contextual notif header it just get stuck on one image (if I activate it in morning ,morning.jpg will remain untill the next reboot,wont change throughout the day).
to decompile I used apktool 2.0.3 and as I told,I recompiled with 0 errors (except usual translation missing).
I didn't mod any of these options that are malfunctioning,I even stayed away from every xml that could potentially lead to breakage of any options (hah and in the end got breaks on options I regularly use).
If someone could help I'd be more than happy to listen as I've searched xda through and through and haven't found any bugs or problems that could cause this.
Could it be the platform keys?Apktool mistranslated some strings or resources I honestly have no ****ing clue and its driving me crazy.
Id really need some help being that this is my first "project".
Fixed Lockscreen but not AD
I cross referenced my modded Settings with original and found a miss match in dimensions that fixed LS shortcuts.
I had no luck with AD,so if someone is familiar with omnis active display Ill be more than happy to try any suggestions !!!!!
I also cross referenced modded SystemUI xml related to AD and all matched with originals.
Fixed AD
I found out that I did change some sensitive values for AD,which led to it breaking so I fixed it all.All things that were broken,broke because of my limited to non knowledge of android so I apologize to moderators for clogging this section.
Feel free to delete this thread!!