Does anyone know a way of getting rid of the ugly sgs lock screen???
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I was hoping they would change it with Froyo, guess that is not the case. Its the worst lock screen I have seen on any phone, period. I actually don't mind touchwiz but this lock screen is so ugly, it does not go with the tw launcher at all. You may need to go with a custom rom or some app that may change it.
Yeah i guess was hoping i wouldnt have to go the app install route, more system overhead :'-(
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Widgetlocker is our only hope
you can use the Mod to restore the Android Lockscreen but it caused a bootloop on mine and I had to reflash so...forget it
I wish we had the Fascinate Lockscreen it uses the "Fit Puzzle" even if you dont have a message
Or just download No Lock from the market for free and remove the lockscreen..
Check out these 2 threads if you're interested in reverting to the stock android lockscreen.
[MOD] Android Stock Lockscreen for JM8,JPH,JPK,JM9,JPM,JPA,JP6
[MOD] Change Glass-Lockscreen to Android with a script
The problem with Widgetlocker is that it is a bit funny I've found sometimes (it isn't always instantaneous. My main problem with the Samsung lock screen these days, is that you can't disable the music widget on it (so if it's sitting in my pocket, the music sometimes turns on and off. I worked around it originally using another music player, but now I just put up with widget locker
and then what? a crappy lockscreen is better than none
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Does anyone know a way of getting rid of the ugly sgs lock screen???
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I used Tayatuma Lite ROM on my SGS and he includes a really easy way to use the default android lock screen (just involved renaming a file IIRC).
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Check out these 2 threads if you're interested in reverting to the stock android lockscreen.
[MOD] Android Stock Lockscreen for JM8,JPH,JPK,JM9,JPM,JPA,JP6
[MOD] Change Glass-Lockscreen to Android with a script
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thanks! they both seem waaaaaaaaaay to hard for me to follow though!
Its simple as overwriting a file in the phone rom (have to be rooted)
I gave up cause I tried the JPM odexed file and it just gave me a bootloop and I had to reflash
Using Root Explorer (requires root I believe) it's really easy to do: just download the android.policy.odex (from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784992) according to your firmware version and replace the original in the folder system/framework. Do a backup of the original in your computer before.
To replace the file, put it in the internal sd of the phone through usb and then move it to the system/framework folder using root explorer. Then reboot the phone.
Easier to than to explain, really.
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Out of curiosity, why don't you guys like the lockscreen?
Another: se video
http://it.androlib.com/android.application.com-teslacoilsw-widgetlocker-jqpAj.aspx
You know the stock lock screen looks lame and gives almost zero "look at me flavor" BUT... after using the stock lock screen I came to the realization that this one provides an effortless usability by being able to swipe the screen in any direction, with any finger or thumb, without looking and with any hand. It takes no effort and that is just plain good. My $.02
The problem with the bootloops with the stock android lockscreen mod is caused by file owner and group.
I faced this issue and after 3 re-flashes I finally decided to check the file details on root explorer beofre rebooting (duh). Turns out you just need to go to the market, download terminal emulator and write this there: chown root.root /system/framework/android.policy.odex (for odexed firmwares, check if the path is correct. Can't really recall)
That fixed it for me
if only the text can be removed, and we can add calendar reminders, all that good stuff.
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Hi guys, Can someone post the original HTCLockscreen.odex and HTCLockscreen.apk. I was playing with the phone root and HTCLockscreen.odex is no longer there. I rename it to HTCLockscreen.odex.bak, but after the restart is no longer there.
I found that after I took the apk and odex out, I was unable to reinstall them- I'm assuming your phone now has the stock lock but it's transparent. The best solution I could come up with was the Widget Locker app- I'm actually very happy with it- it's alot nicer than the stock unlock and the HTC unlock. The only thing I've noticed but haven't looked into much yet is that the genius button long press will unlock the phone, which is a bummer for when it's in my pocket (even though I have all the button unlocks disabled) Hope that helps! I think your only other solution would be to restore a previous backup that had the lockscreen intact.
I would but idk how to attach a file straight from the phone
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I found that after I took the apk and odex out, I was unable to reinstall them- I'm assuming your phone now has the stock lock but it's transparent. The best solution I could come up with was the Widget Locker app- I'm actually very happy with it- it's alot nicer than the stock unlock and the HTC unlock. The only thing I've noticed but haven't looked into much yet is that the genius button long press will unlock the phone, which is a bummer for when it's in my pocket (even though I have all the button unlocks disabled) Hope that helps! I think your only other solution would be to restore a previous backup that had the lockscreen intact.
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Widget Locker is very nice but I wish they would let u have the MT4G lock screen : p
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Widget Locker is very nice but I wish they would let u have the MT4G lock screen : p
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Why would you ever want that horrid lock screen? Blocks half of the wallpaper.
Use rooted explorer for this. New app, kinda laggy but you can email, copy/paste the APKs and odex. NOT root explorer, its rooted explorer.
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I second this.. If someone could post apks that'd be awesome
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Here you go both files in a zip archive...
Unzip it...
http://rapidshare.com/files/432915801/HtcLockScreen.zip
Thanks buddy
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if i were to say remove the HTC lockscreen, or the HTC dialer on mt4g, would i have no lockscreen or dialer at all, or would it default to stock froyo?
not sure about the dialer... however I know if you remove the HTC Lockscreen.apk and HTC Lockscreen.odex (odex if you are running rooted but stock, just .apk if you are running Iced-Glacier) you will revert to stock vanilla lockscreen
im rooted. so if i go in and remove HTC Lockscreen.apk and HTC Lockscreen.odex ill be ok? i have not installed any roms yet.
yeah easiest way is either Titanium Backup (free) or Root Explorer (paid) but worth the cost if your gonna be messing around in system files.
see HERE for the how to... even though it's pretty easy
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yeah easiest way is either Titanium Backup (free) or Root Explorer (paid) but worth the cost if your gonna be messing around in system files.
see HERE for the how to... even though it's pretty easy
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already got all that SW on the phone.
i uninstalled the lock screen and it worked after reboot. i am so happy to have the android slider back, with the silence slider...yayyy!
anyone else confirm? i installed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832374
so if i removed HTC sense now i should be ok?
can anyone confirm if removal of the dialer would be safe? i do notice this...
i have GV set to ask me every call. after i pick call without google voice on the popup, i see the non htc dialer screen, then it goes to the htc dialer.
Removing will do just that. Remove the dailer! I tried that before and had to backup the dailer.apk so I could key in numbers. No virgin dailer here. Guess we're just stuck with it I suppose.
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I used Root Explorer to move both the HTC Lock apk and odex to the SD card. Rebooted the phone and had the froyo lock screen. Then learned about the alarm issue. I moved the HTC Lock apk and odex back to the orginial location, rebooted, but still have the froyo lock screen and not the original stock sense lock. Anyone have a clue?
I also tried to click on the .apk to install it in case that was it and it errored.
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Removing will do just that. Remove the dailer! I tried that before and had to backup the dailer.apk so I could key in numbers. No virgin dailer here. Guess we're just stuck with it I suppose.
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yea i learned that the hard way! no dialer at all, and if you remove the htc contacts as well you are really screwed, as it messes with gtalk, gmail and sometimes market installations. i put the contacts apk back in and i have not had any FC issues since. the dialer for some reason is not installing but im thinking that could be because of the 3rd party dialer i have installed.
Ever since I flashed froyo on my phone I have had problems with my weather ticker. It hasn't been updating/refreshing like it should. Also when I click the icon on my ticker it no longer opens weather bug anyone know why?
If your running ec07. Try the GPS fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260189
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Well, It wasn't working when I used EC03, and yesterday I switched to EC07. Still isn't working. I'm hesitant to try the GPS Fix because it's a shot in the dark if it would work and it's going to take a quite a bit of time for me to figure out ADB.
Any other suggestions? :/
Copy and paste GPS. Conf with root explorer in folder that the adb command says in post. Then reboot. Make sure to mount r/w in folder pasting to. (Button on top in root explr)
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I don't have Root Explorer, and it's $3.99 in the market, is there any other explorer that I can use?
es file manager
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its free
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Ah thank you. I copied the gsp.config over, lets see if it works....
EDIT: Nope, a no go on the weather ticker. I can't even open it.
Are you on a stock ROM or one of the manymodded ROMs? the only reason it wouldn't open would be if someone deleted the app or if your ticker is forever "locked"which I have seen before....
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I'm using Nuckins ROM. I don't think the ticker is locked, because I can still open my Text messages via the ticker bar. Just the weather thingymabobber won't come up, and the only way I can refresh it is by manually going into the weather ticker settings and clicking Refresh. It doesn't even seem to refresh automatically every 3 hours, like it is set to do.
I'm not sure if Nuckin's ROM has deleted the app or not, but if it has how can I get it back? ALSO... Before this ROM I was using THIS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1203597 ROM by pastorbennett and the weather ticker OPENED but wasn't updating with it.
I know at one point on an older flash I was using TI and deleted some essential apps for the entire ticker section without knowing it. They're have very vague names. Reflashing would definitely fix the issue, if that's something you're willing to do.
Reflashing what? I've already experimented with 2 different ROMS. First time I had EC03/pastorbennetts ROM and this time I have EC07/Nuckin's ROM.... problems with both and the weather ticker. However, slightly different problems. With EC03 I could open the weatherbug app by clicking on the weather icon, but I couldn't refresh it not even manually. This time, with EC07 I can refresh it manually but that's about it. I can't open the Weatherbug app and I don't think it's refreshing on its own either. (Although it could be, I'm just having a hard time telling since I can't open the APP and see what time it updated.)
Plus, I've reflashed both of those more than once with the same issue.
EDIT: Unless you mean to reflash stock, then flash the ROM?
EDIT2: I think I've already reflashed stop after this anyway....
EDIT3: Well, I tried to manually go into my applications and open Weatherbug and it's giving a Force Close Error. >.< I uninstalled it, and reinstalled it, same issue.
Best advice I could give is to go into <2e> then open CwM (red seems to work nicely) wipe cache wipe data factory reset then reflash the EC07_clean! This ROM fixed most problems for me and its a simple quick flash. Then you can update to whatever ROM you've been wanting to use. The entire ticker-stuffs has worked flawlessly for me on the EC07 clean so I recommend that. It was a problem I was having too since rooting my i400.
Okay so now that my phone is unbricked, haha... I'm having my lovely WB ticker problem again. Except this time, the program opens when I click the ticker BUT I can't refresh it manually with the refresh icon. Any idea why or how it can be fixed? lol
Funny, I just started having the problem where the ticker icon doesn't open the app.
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Did you flash a new rom?
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Did you flash a new rom?
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Think I deleted something... -.- I'll reflash later...
I thought I fixed it, but alas, I did not. >.< WB stop haunting meeeeee.
Anyone have any other suggestions? I assume thee is no way to have the ticker use another app either?
I can very easily, (well... Pretty easily, haha.... ) make the ticker use another app, haha...
Hi Guys,
Just joined so this is my fist post, just watched the noob video before joining so please be gentle, my post maybe repeated, so here goes.....
So I followed this path in getting my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 on Jelly Been:-
1. Updated to the latest firmware XXJW4
2. Installed the custom rom from the following link [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820578]
First off, hats off to the developer, this is a very good rom, it's fast, responsive and very easy to use. The rom is built with the function to update it with OTA which is a huge plus. The developers last update of the rom [v1.4.0] is even better, however in the latest update he removed the trebuchet launcher .
The reason why I prefer trebuchet launcher is because unlike the touchwiz launcher when you reboot the phone, apps that are stored on the SD Card, their icon do not revert to the andriod icon (something that keeps happening when I have touchwiz launcher as my main launcher). Also apps that are on the home screen, that are stored on the SD card, appear on home screen after a reboot if you use the trebuchet launcher but not with the touchwiz launcher.
Now the workaround I implemented when using touchwiz launcher (only launcher the developer provided) are:-
1. Once the device is up after a reboot, connect the device to a computer, Turn on USB Storage, then Turn off USB Storage.. This causes the phone to re-scan the SD card of Apps, Music etc... But this option isn't very practical
2. Install the app Appkik [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.appkik2&hl=en], and kill TouchWiz Home process, this will cause the launcher to reload again and then display the apps icon correctly.. Now this option is quicker, but could cause the launcher to become unstable, saying that, since implementing this option, the launcher has crashed 5 times today..
So The question is:-
1. Is there an alternative way of fixing the issues with regards to displaying apps icon correctly when using touchwiz launcher? e.g an app that can restart the touchwiz launcher safely
Thanks
Faz3r86
P.S Please guys don't offer the solution - move the app to the internal storage. As you guys know the internal storage isn't very big and I want to avoid storing apps in the internal storage as much a possible. Also I know that I can probably install a different launcher, but I wanted to keep the rom I installed as close to as possible to the developers release.
If it is cm10 based, it probably has the hold back button to kill app. Kill launcher with that and it will restart it. Also for media scan I think you can use dev tools to re scan.
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Thanks for the tip
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If it is cm10 based, it probably has the hold back button to kill app. Kill launcher with that and it will restart it. Also for media scan I think you can use dev tools to re scan.
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Thanks for the tip, that seems to have helped, just wish the devleopers for touchwiz launcher fix this issue, according to other posts, others suffer from the same issue
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If it is cm10 based, it probably has the hold back button to kill app. Kill launcher with that and it will restart it. Also for media scan I think you can use dev tools to re scan.
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That hasn't been implemented in Jellybean yet (to my knowledge) due to some issues. I hope it gets added soon though, there are a lot of times when an app starts making noise/using data that I want it immediately killed.
I use my phone a lot in the car (GPS, music and phone calls), so I always keep the original apk's files from the Nexus One Car Home handy. The app is still listed in the Play Store, but it won't install in newer devices.
Just install both files as regular apps, reboot and you are set to go. I always liked this app for its simplicity. Enjoy!
Also, I will recommend getting some NFC tags and Trigger (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher), so you can launch the app automatically in your car. Trigger is a very easy to use, but if you want more control, get Tasker instead.
I really like the look of it too, but it kept reopening after I closed the app.
Try wiping Dalvik and cache, this happened to me one time and that fixed the problem.
I hope thus helps.
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Nice one thanks, don't like the speedo, compass rubbish all the other apps have and the only other solutions to get the proper one on needed root.
Hah, no way. Cool thanks for posting this. I might have to give this a go.
Like @b1g1an said, to get proper car dock mode (i.e. landscape on the home launcher) you gotta have root, that's why I made this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.warner.carmode
but this Nexus One app is a nice optional solution.
kentoe said:
Like @b1g1an said, to get proper car dock mode (i.e. landscape on the home launcher) you gotta have root, that's why I made this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.warner.carmode
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Ultimate Rotation Control doesn't need root to rotate the home screen so might be worth a look how they do it, you'll get a lot more takers of yours if you can lose the root reliance.
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Ultimate Rotation Control doesn't need root to rotate the home screen so might be worth a look how they do it, you'll get a lot more takers of yours if you can lose the root reliance.
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Thanks for showing me this. Definitely worth noting this down.
When I use car mode I get the notification in the status bar which is fine but it also flashes the notification light which is useless and hides whether I have any "real" notifications.
Didn't have this issue on other phones I used it on previously. Any ideas how I can stop the light flashing just for this app?
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