[Q] Removing the "Rectangle" from the Lock Screen (full screen widgets)? - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I've had my Z2 for a number of weeks and have enjoyed it very much. Currently rooted on the .402 international firmware, and I've gone ahead and installed Xposed plus a couple modules to start myself off. There's just one thing that really does bug me about the lock screen.
How do I remove that rectangle? My current setup has GravityBox and thanks to it I've enabled full screen widgets, but there seems to be a permanent rectangle on my lockscreen, around the DashClock widget. The fixes that I've found searching on Google are all 3 or 4 years old (or for different devices), the most recent being "Holo Locker" which was last updated in December. Any Xposed modules or other fixes that I can apply easily?
The thumbnails for my old phone and Z2 are (hopefully) attached to this post.
Thanks!

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[Q] Lock Screen Mod for Android Revolution HD

hello everybody ... i hope some can help me
i hate the stock samsung lock screen but i love android revolution HD.
because of that i am looking for a mod which brings the stock android lockscreen with customizible shortscuts to
your camera, browser, whats app and so on...
i browsed a bit in google and here in the forums but i havent found anything.
i am sure there is a mod like this but i cant find it :laugh:
i hope you can help me
widget locker
Widget locker is a good option, but it doesn't work properly with S3.
Many small issues which make it unusable for me.
1) If you wake your phone withing 5 secs, you'll see an annoying toast notification.
2) It can be easily unlocked using Home button, unlike the stock one.
3) If you have a rooted device, point 2 can be overcome. However then if you are in home screen (tried with Nova) and you press Home button again you'll see a small refresh of launcher. This is because of the workaround.
So I would advice you to not buy it.
JKay is another option
thank you ... ykay is almost perfect
i would like a JB style lock screen which is customizible ... but this one is fine too
you can customize the lockscreen if you buy his app
i bought his app but there doesent seem to be any customazitation for the stock JB lockscreen available ... only for the ICS one

[Q] All widgets disappear

This has happened twice to me. My screen is all set up the way I like it and then all of a sudden all my widgets disappear. Then a pop up comes asking me to allow widgets and I do. This is very irritating because I dont want to keep making new widgets everytime.
kong_bong said:
This has happened twice to me. My screen is all set up the way I like it and then all of a sudden all my widgets disappear. Then a pop up comes asking me to allow widgets and I do. This is very irritating because I dont want to keep making new widgets everytime.
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It's a terrible bug that we're trying to sort out. It should be sorted out soon, but for now it's best to export your theme (Themer Setting - Advanced - Export, then you can find it in the Export tab in My Themes) as this will backup your current screen. We apologize for the inconvenience.
ThemerSupport said:
It's a terrible bug that we're trying to sort out. It should be sorted out soon, but for now it's best to export your theme (Themer Setting - Advanced - Export, then you can find it in the Export tab in My Themes) as this will backup your current screen. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Good to know you're on top of it. It usually only happens to me after a reboot. I usually remember to export before rebooting, but it just happened to me as I woke my device.. of course this was after spending an hour or so working on a new layout :/
ReelFiles said:
Good to know you're on top of it. It usually only happens to me after a reboot. I usually remember to export before rebooting, but it just happened to me as I woke my device.. of course this was after spending an hour or so working on a new layout :/
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Don't worry this bug is on our top priority list, we'll do our best to get the bug removed as soon as possible.
Apps and Widgets Still Disappearing
Hi - I see this is an old thread but I found it through Google, and I am a little surprised to see this has been an issue for so long. I am experiencing this very issue. Sometimes app icons and widgets will disappear even without me rebooting anything - just swiping through different homescreens. I have a Galaxy Note 4. Please let me know if there's possibly anything I can do to keep this from happening - I can't count the number of times I've re-created a widget.
Also, I was wondering - does Themer affect the default homescreen (TouchWiz in this case)? I had my TouchWiz homescreen set up the way I like with apps categorized into folders, but when I switched back to it, I see that apps and widgets have disappeared or moved around on TouchWiz as well. My suspicion is somehow Themer affected it.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Nuke.EXE said:
Hi - I see this is an old thread but I found it through Google, and I am a little surprised to see this has been an issue for so long. I am experiencing this very issue. Sometimes app icons and widgets will disappear even without me rebooting anything - just swiping through different homescreens. I have a Galaxy Note 4. Please let me know if there's possibly anything I can do to keep this from happening - I can't count the number of times I've re-created a widget.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Same problem here. I use the Samsung Music widget, resized to show a bit of the playlist and it regularly disappears from my screen. very annoying!
Will this be fixed in 2015?
Also there is a regular hick-up in painting the home screen, like it's not loaded from memory. This really reduces the overall experience with this great launcher!
Nuke.EXE said:
Hi - I see this is an old thread but I found it through Google, and I am a little surprised to see this has been an issue for so long. I am experiencing this very issue. Sometimes app icons and widgets will disappear even without me rebooting anything - just swiping through different homescreens. I have a Galaxy Note 4. Please let me know if there's possibly anything I can do to keep this from happening - I can't count the number of times I've re-created a widget.
Also, I was wondering - does Themer affect the default homescreen (TouchWiz in this case)? I had my TouchWiz homescreen set up the way I like with apps categorized into folders, but when I switched back to it, I see that apps and widgets have disappeared or moved around on TouchWiz as well. My suspicion is somehow Themer affected it.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Hi,
It's a very complex bug to overcome, and we've eliminated it from almost every device. Soon this bug should be fixed on all devices. For now you can always use this quick fix:
1. Uninstall Themer.
2. Delete the /sdcard/MyColorScreen/ folder (Remove the Exported folder if you have saved any themes).
3. Reinstall Themer.
If the problem still occurs we recommend selecting the Save Theme option when you long press on the homescreen, as this will temporarily save that theme. Hope this helps!
- Marco
I'm having the same problem with disappearing widgets on reboot, but only with my LG G2 D801 (not as much of a problem, but also present, on my HTC One M7). The "problem" widgets are the non-Zooper widgets such as Digical+, Poweramp, Chronus, etc.
Hope it gets sorted out, because this launcher is superb (I'll keep using it, but would prefer the problem be eliminated).
Driving me nuts!
I spend at least an hour setting up Zooper and the rest of my widgets. Then something happens forcing me to reboot my phone. Poof! All my hard work is gone. This is 6th time this has happened on my unrooted Note 4! I love this launcher and have become quite used to the theme I've set up. Nothing I've tried works, exporting, saving, nothing. Please fix this! I'm seriously thinking I'll have to find another launcher if it happens again. It's becoming to time consuming.
I have a similar issue. I accidentally drug my widget too close to the dock, which crashed nova launcher. After nova restarted, my widget won't show on the screen, but when I go directly into zooper app, it still shows the widget active in screen?!?

Looking for a Widgetlocker alternative for Android 6/7 -> Widgets on lockscreen

Today I decided to pimp my phone by putting a specific widget on the lockscreen. Earlier in days of Android 4.0 to 4.4 I used TeslaCoils Widgetlocker for this purpose. But I discovered various issues with it on my Honor 7, which makes it unusable for me. Since it's last update was rolled out in 2013, I think it has to do with the android version. So I'm looking for an alternative lockscreen which provides these features:
Possibility of adding, scaling, moving and locking widgets on the lockscreen
Fingerprint support
Clean design / possibility to remove everything unnecessary (I basically want it to show my widget in the middle top part of the screen and a small digital clock in the bottom left corner, nothing else)
I hope you can help me I'm looking forward to any helpful hints.
Cheers!

Clock not updating on home screen

Hi guys,
First post here so please be gentle with me.
After having a Samsung S7 Edge for quite some time, i took the dive to purchase the Mate 20 Pro (8GB/256Gb model with 256gb NM card) as a replacement which i am very happy with. I did not like the default interface Huawei has put in the phone and so installed the Smart Launcher 5... an app which i had on my Samsung.
All is well and fine up until recently when my clock widget on the home screen no longer updates.. or when it does, requires opening/closing apps and multiple screen wipes before it updates. Pictures below.
imgur.com/mMwfe49
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I've retried reinstalling the Launcher, rebooting the device, restoring launcher from backup, changing the clock widget to another application, removing and readding the clock widget.
Not a major problem, more of an annoyance. Is this a problem with the app itself or an issue with the patch update? Currently running EMUI 9.0.0.171 (C636E10R3P2)
Thanks
im4gine3 said:
Hi guys,
First post here so please be gentle with me.
After having a Samsung S7 Edge for quite some time, i took the dive to purchase the Mate 20 Pro (8GB/256Gb model with 256gb NM card) as a replacement which i am very happy with. I did not like the default interface Huawei has put in the phone and so installed the Smart Launcher 5... an app which i had on my Samsung.
All is well and fine up until recently when my clock widget on the home screen no longer updates.. or when it does, requires opening/closing apps and multiple screen wipes before it updates. Pictures below.
imgur.com/mMwfe49
- add https
I've retried reinstalling the Launcher, rebooting the device, restoring launcher from backup, changing the clock widget to another application, removing and readding the clock widget.
Not a major problem, more of an annoyance. Is this a problem with the app itself or an issue with the patch update? Currently running EMUI 9.0.0.171 (C636E10R3P2)
Thanks
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Happens to me sometimes, I think its more to do with battery saving. When the phone is running low on battery it aggressively shuts off background processes, and I believe it closes the process that updates the widget or something similar. It rarely happens to me though, I made sure the widgets are allowed to run in the background. But every now again it does re-appear, mostly like I said when the battery level is low.
I am using Nova Launcher and the Transparent clock weather widget.

Icons at bottom of recently used apps screen?

The latest update I got on my S21 is now OneUI 4.1. The recently used apps screen (hit ||| button from home) now has what appears to be a hard coded collection of icons for samsung apps I'll never use. Can I change those to something more useful, or better yet eradicate them completely? (They used to be icons for recently used apps, which seemed redundant since the whole screen was also recently used apps).

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