Was wondering if it was possible to not use the HTC lock screen (slide down to unlock) and just use the stock android 2.2.1 pattern lock? I'm tired of having to slide down that choppy overlay, then put in my pattern unlock... adds an unnecessary step.
(Rooted)
I use screen unlock from the market. It has a small widget you can use to turn the scrolling lock on or off. Not sure if you can use the pattern lock with it.
Well I've read from other forums (Desire) that people have tried deleting or renaming the HTClockscreen.apk in the system\app folder but I don't know if it works for the MT4G and I'd rather not screw up the phone but I suppose I could be the guinea pig... I'm surprised there isn't more demand for this?
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Is it just a sense thing or is it only with the Incredible, if you set an unlock pattern you still have to drag the clock thing down then enter your unlock pattern to unlock?
can the first drag down to unlock be removed if an unlock pattern is set?
I kinda like this because it gives me the ability to change music tracks while the phone is locked, and with things like chompsms and smspopup you can still see the message.
All the roms I tested on the my old Mytouch where the same, even if unlock pattern was set you still needed to hit menu or something to get to the unlock pattern.
+1 hit menu to bring up the unlock pattern, instead of swiping down on the screen
I am sure this has been dealt with, but I have tried so many searches and found nothing that could help me.
I cannot find any setting anywhere to keep the screen locked even when the keyboard slides out, and sometime sin my pocket the keyboard slides slightly but enough to turn the screen on and unlock the device.
What can I do? do I have to replace the basic lock app?
please point me in the direction of existing threads if you know of any or solutions.
cheers
grymcent
Yes I would like to know that
I solve it by also using pattern type screen lock (in security settings with immediate lock on after) thus even after sliding, the HTC default lock will be unlocked, but the pattern will be required to completely unlock the phone...
If I'm not mistaken, HTC designed the Desire Z and the G2 to unlock when the keyboard is opened. Naturally, on paper, this would make sense given that you could just slide the keyboard to go right to typing. However, as stated before, if you put the pattern lock, then it shouldn't be able to unlock even when you slide.
if you have a pattern or PIN lock it won't unlock when opened.
Now. There is a nice elegant solution that I didn't think of.
And there I was trying to be simple and all I needed waas added security, thanks guys.
Setting it up now
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i find this more convenient this way as i can just slightly tilt the keyboard-screen flip to unlock the phone right away.
Replace your springs in the hinge so it will close tightly and not open in your pocket
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Also, using pattern prevent accidental unlocks when the screen slides along some material that it respond to. I don't use the pattern for security but as additional screen lock because the default lock is just poor
So I set up a Pattern Lock. I really like it.
only issue is having to still do the slide down lock AND then the pattern lock.
I cannot find the setting to turn off the slide lock.
what have I missed?
If you rooted your phone and installed a ROM like Cyanogenmod ... you'd have the option to unlock by using the trackpad instead hitting the power button and then slide down to unlock.
This is not a nexus 10 specific question, so sorry if there was a better place for this.
I just bought and installed HD widgets' and its great. The issue is that it has now disabled the smart cover capability of my case. Now opening the case just takes you to the lock screen, a touch annoying as you might imagine.
Due to the nature of the search terms, Google is being quite useless, focuses on adding widgets to the lock screen, not on how to sort it with a smart cover.
A anyone know how to sort this out? Many thanks.
Based on your post, I'm assuming that you want no lock screen of any kind? You want to just open the cover, and have it on the homepage? If that's correct, I may be able to help. I have HD widgets as well, but never noticed a problem because I had a pattern lock set up already.when I went to change it, the options under security for None, Slite, and Face unlock were grayed out. What I had to do to fix it was to go under Settings, Security, and clear all credentials. After this I was able to disable the lock screen. I haven't noticed any adverse effects. Everything seems to be working fine.
Hope this helps.
Hi guys,
I got CM10.1 VJ 6.1 (Android 4.2.2) on my Desire.
Recently I started to look for a screen lock, that would be the same style as the default one in this ROM (pretty much an ICS/JB default style), and would unlock the device after sliding in two ways - for example, I press the power button, the lockscreen appears, I slide on it upwards, and then back downwards, and the device unlocks. Same for sliding right, and then back left (and so on). An animation is optional, but not essential. Is there anything that could suit my needs?
The reason I want this is that with the default slide unlock I'm getting some weird pocket unlocks, and the pattern unlock sometimes gets frustrating. I don't want my device to unlock in my pocket, but I still want to have a quick way to fire it up when needed.
Cheers.
PS Sorry if I missed a thread about the same thing, I searched a few times and found no good results.
Hi all of you
I got rooted exynos note4... i need fingerprint app for my lock screen. Which one do you prefer? And why.. it can be not only for lockscreen
I am running a Note 7 port on my Note 4 and I use AppLock.
I do not use it's lockscreen feature (it does have it included) because I think the Note 4's fingerprint reader is not well suited for unlocking the phone (IMO, because it can be tricky to unlock when handling the phone with one hand)
Instead, I have my lockscreen set to "swipe" so I can do basic stuff like switch the volume or turn toggles on and off at will, as well as double tapping the home button to open the camera from screen off phone.
I have most apps locked behind my fingerprint reader, that way nobody can open any app and a fingerprint lockscreen doesn't get in the way when I just want to mess with the volume or some basic stuff.
Applock also has a feature that it will only ask for your fingerprint once per unlock (until you turn your screen off), so that way you don't have to swipe your finger every single time you open an app (PRO version, not expensive at all)
Another reason that 3rd party lockscreens aren't that great are because:
1. Not all of them will allow you to use the screen off memo, I think Hi Unlocker doesn't let you use the screen off memo unless you unlock it with fingerprint, which can get annoying
2. There is no 3rd party lockscreen (to my knowledge) that will allow you to double tap home to open the camera app. All of them WILL require you to unlock it with the finger-print or turn the screen on and then swipe the camera shortcut. To me, this is a deal breaker since I take a lot of photos, most of the time to things that happen pretty fast and losing a couple of seconds to unlock the phone and/or swipe the camera option builds up and gets annoying.
But overall, the most used (that I've seen) is AppLock and Hi Unlocker.
Good luck, both are free to try anyway so I'd test them both to see which is to your liking