Hey Guys
I'm coming from a Galaxy s2.
I remember some of the roms had a "lock desktop" option under settings, where you would have to "unlock desktop" to be able to re-position icons or widgets.
Sometimes I let my little nephew play with my phone and he accidentally moves icons. OR sometimes, I put the phone in my pocket and forget to turn off the screen, and it moves some of the icons around.
Is there any way to implement this?
-J
Idk about the function being in roms, but it is in some 3rd party launchers like Nova Launcher. Or if you theme your homescreen with widgets you make with UCCW and Zooper Widget you can do it with those also.
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i've had a post in the Q&A for days and have gotten no help.
i DON'T want a custom launcher.
in honeycomb, folder organizer item shortcuts worked just fine, now in ICS they turn into widgets and don't work properly. Desktop visualizer makes the icons at 50% size.
i simply refuse to believe that there is no one on this forum who uses the stock launcher with custom icons.
so please, all i'm asking is to know what/if any apps can make custom icons/shortcuts for apps that actually works properly in ICS. not a widget, just a shortcut. same as dragging and dropping an app.
and again. I DO NOT WANT a custom launcher.
The correct answer to what you want is USING a Custom Launcher........ sorry that is the best/easiest solution
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Has anyone tried to port over the motion gesture to open the camera from the lock screen. I used this feature all the time on my s3 and it is missing from the s4's list of motion gestures.
I would rathe have a bare lock screen than stick a bunch of widgets and icons on it. any help on porting this feature would be helpfull... i'm not sure where to start.
I haven't seen any port as of now but I won't be suprised if it makes its way to us once development hits full steam. The one nice option we have now though is that we can now save 12 favorite apps on the lockscreen by swiping to the right. I have camera as one of them.
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I haven't seen any port as of now but I won't be suprised if it makes its way to us once development hits full steam. The one nice option we have now though is that we can now save 12 favorite apps on the lockscreen by swiping to the right. I have camera as one of them.
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yeah, i saw that but, i hate the clutter. i don't even use multiple pages for applications, everything is in folders and those folders fit on one page. i stripped out all the bloatware with titanium backup. (s-health was the first thing to go, then s voice)
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yeah, i saw that but, i hate the clutter. i don't even use multiple pages for applications, everything is in folders and those folders fit on one page. i stripped out all the bloatware with titanium backup. (s-health was the first thing to go, then s voice)
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Ah ok. Well I'd guess we'll see something at some point.
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yeah, i saw that but, i hate the clutter. i don't even use multiple pages for applications, everything is in folders and those folders fit on one page. i stripped out all the bloatware with titanium backup. (s-health was the first thing to go, then s voice)
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By setting Camera as one of your lock screen widgets it doesn't clutter up your screen any. A simple swipe right opens up your camera.
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By setting Camera as one of your lock screen widgets it doesn't clutter up your screen any. A simple swipe right opens up your camera.
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that's all understood but, i don't like stuff on the lock screen
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Hey all, I have a few Touchwiz questions that I'm hoping someone can help me answer:
I'm using apex launcher, and I'm trying to match my apex wallpaper to the lockscreen wallpaper. But when I go to the lockscreen wallpaper in settings, it only allows me to choose a few OEM wallpapers. How can I get the apex wallpaper onto the lock screen?
This is a minor annoyance, but is there a way I can theme the top of my phone where it tells me the time/cell signal to look like stock ICS? The touchwiz icons are really big and don't look that great, while taking up a lot of space.
In the very least, is there a way for me to leave nfc, but not have the icon show up?
Thanks! I'm trying to give tochwiz a chance, but I'm really missing stock!
I hate making these kind of posts asking questions I'm sure are answered elsewhere but I just can't seem to find what I'm looking for anywhere else.
I use Nova launcher prime and I got a few other apps I use for customizing stuff but I still haven't figured out how to change my lock animation when my screen goes off. You know what I mean? I want that cool old school looking zap down to a white bar in the middle then slides into the middle of the screen as it goes off, if that makes sense.
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I hate making these kind of posts asking questions I'm sure are answered elsewhere but I just can't seem to find what I'm looking for anywhere else.
I use Nova launcher prime and I got a few other apps I use for customizing stuff but I still haven't figured out how to change my lock animation when my screen goes off. You know what I mean? I want that cool old school looking zap down to a white bar in the middle then slides into the middle of the screen as it goes off, if that makes sense.
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Its called CRT. I believe most custom ROMs have the option also xposed framework has an apk to install
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Jerokyn said:
I hate making these kind of posts asking questions I'm sure are answered elsewhere but I just can't seem to find what I'm looking for anywhere else.
I use Nova launcher prime and I got a few other apps I use for customizing stuff but I still haven't figured out how to change my lock animation when my screen goes off. You know what I mean? I want that cool old school looking zap down to a white bar in the middle then slides into the middle of the screen as it goes off, if that makes sense.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy s4
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This is what your looking for, of course you have to buy it, $1.30 cad, you find the TV setting in the configuration....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflockdonate
Hi, got a question. And no, i didn`t do an extensive search, because lock and icons shows me a billion loockscreen threads.
I got my father an S4(9505) currently running Samsungs Lolipop. He, being not "tech savy" to put it polite, sometimes moves icons or widgets accidently on the homescreen and then wonders where they went.
I already cleared out none useful icons, only the most needed remain. However, is there any way to lock the icons in place on the stock Samsung TouchWiz homescreen?
Thanks in advance
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Hi, got a question. And no, i didn`t do an extensive search, because lock and icons shows me a billion loockscreen threads.
I got my father an S4(9505) currently running Samsungs Lolipop. He, being not "tech savy" to put it polite, sometimes moves icons or widgets accidently on the homescreen and then wonders where they went.
I already cleared out none useful icons, only the most needed remain. However, is there any way to lock the icons in place on the stock Samsung TouchWiz homescreen?
Thanks in advance
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Launchers like Nova and Apex have a "Lock homescreen" or "lock desktop" feature that prevents any modifications to the homescreen. I think this is what you're looking for, but I don't know if the touchwiz launcher has such an option. You will have to dig through its settings.
If not, get Nova, or Apex, or even Holo launcher. They are basically the same and all 3 have that feature.