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[Q] vanilla unlock screen ?

let's hope this is the correct place to post this
I got the international galaxy S and I really hated the Samsung unlock screen
is it possible to replace it with the vanilla stock one ? and how ?
I use launcher pro so I don't mind losing touchwiz anyway
I'm running on a rooted device
and thank you

I am very curious about this too.
Would really like to have the stock unlock screen that also has the 'silent mode' option when you swipe from right to left instead.

seems like either nobody knows or nobody cared to try it
there are programs to change the lock screen , but nothing is like the real thing

Truth to be told you have 2 options.
1. Use samsungs lock screen, it has missed call/sms/blah notifications on it, and also music player controls.
2. Use pattern lock, it's the same as stock then.

I am using samsung's lock screen now , so that's not an alternative option XD
but I'd like to have the stock one .. love it >.<
and pattern lock .. it's awful trying to unlock it while driving [tried it XD]

as far as i know, widgetlocker lets you unlock your screen with vanilla sliders!
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/entertainment/widgetlocker-lockscreen_hxov.html
It has other features like widgets on your lock screen, sounds like a promising app, you should try it out and see if it fits your needs!

widget locker is great. try it

JiMMaR said:
and pattern lock .. it's awful trying to unlock it while driving [tried it XD]
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This is true.

katsuru said:
as far as i know, widgetlocker lets you unlock your screen with vanilla sliders!
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/entertainment/widgetlocker-lockscreen_hxov.html
It has other features like widgets on your lock screen, sounds like a promising app, you should try it out and see if it fits your needs!
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I tried it , but what bothered me is that you can't lift the unlock slider upward (the real one is kinda higher) and what was more annoying is you can edit the widgets from the lock screen , meaning you just by mistake keep on holding a widget and it moves
again , here I don't just want the look , I actually wanted to see if it's possible to change the apk , switch it from the touchwiz to the real stock apk file (if it exists)

You can switch from the Widget Locker unlock slider to the standard Android one in the settings, but you lose a line of widget/shortcut space. You can also make the unlock slider the Sense or iPhone one if that's your thing. You can also disable editing widgets while locked.
Widget Locker is worth the purchase really, it's cheap and does what you want.

Lock screen

Who else thinks the lock screen is a little girly? Is there a way to change it once rooted? I guess we need a custom recovery first
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smalltownbird said:
Who else thinks the lock screen is a little girly? Is there a way to change it once rooted? I guess we need a custom recovery first
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Yea I don't like the lock screen variations too much. I am on the glass one, but still don't like it too much. Too used to stock android I guess.

I think the puzzle one is pretty cool, with the other puzzle pieces popping up as notifications.

I put it on the pattern lock and that took care of the puzzle pieces, but it also took away the music controls that slide down from the top while the screen is locked.

RustyT said:
I put it on the pattern lock and that took care of the puzzle pieces, but it also took away the music controls that slide down from the top while the screen is locked.
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Wow, did not notice the music controls on lock screen until now thanks alot lol

Woot I didn't even find the music control last night lol. Figured out that it was because I was using Eliot 's music mod, the older 2.1 version.
Tried the stock music player, and hold and behold, had the pull down on the lock screen.
Thanks again.

I really like the notification puzzle pieces. So nice to be able to use those to go straight to the message. I just wish it would show a preview of the message under the puzzle piece or something.

I would like the stock android lock, or something other than glass and the puzzle. The puzzle lost its cuteness after playing with the phone for 10 minutes. The glass is acceptable, but something better would be nice. Is it possible to download new lock screens?

mackeydesigns said:
I would like the stock android lock, or something other than glass and the puzzle. The puzzle lost its cuteness after playing with the phone for 10 minutes. The glass is acceptable, but something better would be nice. Is it possible to download new lock screens?
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Check out Widget Locker in the Market. Cost a couple bucks, but it's definitely worth it. You can customize your lock screen with widgets, custom sliders, and lots of other things.

i succesfully got rid of the pattern locked on a costumers cellular phone. I try this on 2 other phones and it works perfectly.

The Zinc custom ROM has the Vanilla lock screen and I'm so happy.
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[Q] Stock Music Player Lock Screen Bug?

My N4 was just updated to 4.2.1, is stock unrooted.
When I have the music player up on the main screen and i lock the screen. The lock screen is glitching and showing a translucent music player coming in and out of existence. It makes it difficult to swipe left or right to access widgets or the camera. But if you manage to start swiping the glitching stops. If i then unlock the phone and hit the home button, the music player sends the controls to the notification bar. Then if i lock the device it doesn't glitch out.
Has anyone else noticed this / can you test it quick? I have to note I am using Klipsch S4A with the Klpisch control app as well. (could it be this is what is causing the issues? I was thinking it might not be optimized for the latest update)
Unfortunately I failed to notice this before the 4.2.1 update so i'm wondering what would cause this glitchyness. It seems to be mostly cosmetic though as it doesnt effect the unlocking of the phone or the music playing ONLY the swiping to the widgets or camera. Very strange.

I've noticed that my music thing doesn't show up on the lock screen half the time but I use double twist so it could be a app update needed for mine
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It seems the widgets and the music player are conflicting. The clock randomely shifts from the main lock screen to being just off screen to back again - all the while the music player is glitching through the lock screen from the main screen.

ok it just happened again even though the music player was reduced to the notification's bar. Although this is the first time, I can only reproduce the issue if the music player is maximized on the main screen. I'm going to take screen shots tonight and update.

As you can see there seems to be gltiching between the music player and the camera widget. It happens randomly not just when I have the music player up on the main screen. Is anyone else experiencing this??
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Yeah I get this too.

So I hadn't noticed my "play music" app had an update available. Guess what? Problem solved haha...
Sometime the smallest thing you miss makes you feel like the biggest noob lol
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So after a reboot the problem has returned....sigh!
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I have noticed now that the music player is supposed to replace (or maybe not?) the clock widget on the lock screen so you can control you music. It's only worked properly a couple of times, most of the time it stays in notifications bar or i get the damn glitching again. This has to be a lock screen widget bug.

I haven't found a definite answer yet,
but anybody knows for sure it's a bug for 4.2.1 for stock Music app controls not to show up on lock screen during playback??
I haven't seen any other bugs reported earlier in this thread.
UPDATE: Restarted and it started working..

Yeah sometimes it works properly...seems to be random
Sent from my Nexus 4

Same issue sometimes !
Same thing happens with me too sometimes ! Not quite often ! I usually lock again, and it behaves normal !

This happens on my phone every time I use Google Music. It doesn't crash anything, it just look unattractive when trying to unlock the phone.

hi, i noticed it too. you can force this glitch by 1.) starting a track in gmusic.
then 2.) go to the homescreen and list all recent opened apps an swype gmusic away.
you will notice that the music continues.
3.) now lock your device by pushing the power key an push it one more time to get to te lockscreen.
On the lockscreen there will be the gmusic widget.
4.) tick "next track " on the gmusic lockscreen widget.

Same thing happening to me on my Galaxy Nexus with CyanogenMod 10.1
Not only Google Music but other players too.

Same thing happens on my SGSII on CyanogenMod 10.1
I see it with Pocket Cast podcast app.

It's a bug in the lockscreen widgets - I have it freeze on me every few days

It's a reported bug.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40301
Star it so it gets more attention.

It's the little things

Had 4.2.2 for a few days now and I have just noticed when listening to music and the screen is locked you get the forward, back, pause shortcuts. Well when you his pause there is animation of the pause rotating to a play icon. Hit play and it rotates into pause, as if it was a single shape. Beautiful touch.
Oh and I have no lag and fantastic battery life hence being very impressed with little things like that
Anyone else notice little touches like that?
A very happy XZ owner

BobKatz said:
Had 4.2.2 for a few days now and I have just noticed when listening to music and the screen is locked you get the forward, back, pause shortcuts. Well when you his pause there is animation of the pause rotating to a play icon. Hit play and it rotates into pause, as if it was a single shape. Beautiful touch.
Oh and I have no lag and fantastic battery life hence being very impressed with little things like that
Anyone else notice little touches like that?
A very happy XZ owner
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Yeh, the first one I noticed is that the music controls on the lockscreen actually work, both with Play Music and Walkman. On my S3, I had to use a custom lockscreen with player controls because their crappy modified lockscreen wouldn't play nice.
My phone is in repair at the mo but I'd like to see a gif or vid of this "animation" you mention.

it even works with third party players like Poweramp and others (not all of them though, depends on their settings)
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Music Controls in Lock Screen?

Hi.
The stock music player has lockscreen controls accessible without tapping the notification bell, and the album cover appears as the lockscreen background.
However, these features are not available when using other music apps like Spotify and Pandora, which makes skipping a track very annoying since it requires tapping the notification bell. I could care less about the album art in the lockscreen, judt thought I should point it out.
Does anyone know a way to make the spotify or pandora act as the stock music app to get controls in the lock screen? Thanks.

mmamedov said:
Hi.
The stock music player has lockscreen controls accessible without tapping the notification bell, and the album cover appears as the lockscreen background.
However, these features are not available when using other music apps like Spotify and Pandora, which makes skipping a track very annoying since it requires tapping the notification bell. I could care less about the album art in the lockscreen, judt thought I should point it out.
Does anyone know a way to make the spotify or pandora act as the stock music app to get controls in the lock screen? Thanks.
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You can wait for future update which should remove the bell as everyone hates it or use another app for locked screen.
The problem with using another locked screen is you end up with two locked screens unless you choose to disable the built-in locked screen.