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[HOWTO]Customize your Lockscreen with Widgetlocker

I didn't find a thread dedicated to customizing your lockscreen, tought it might be a good idea to post a quick how-to in case some people didn't know about this yet. I've gotten a lot of help from this community so I wanted to give something back, even if it's something small
So the Widgetlocker app allows you to modify your lockscreen, you can add app shortcuts, widgets, sliders, actions, change the background and a bunch of other stuff.
1. Download the Widgetlocker app.
2. Open the app, get into the "tool mode" (tutorial has a good explanation on the different modes).
3. Long press on the screen and there you can choose to add a custom slider, application shortcut or widget.
4. For custom sliders chose ICS theme to make it look like stock, then long press and click edit. You can add up to 4 different actions/shortcuts/applications.
Here are some screenshots of mine, nothing fancy, just 2 extra sliders with 4 apps each. Added flashlight and sound toggle to the default slider and weather widget below the clock.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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You can press thanks if I helped. Enjoy!
Lots of themes for Widgetlocker are available here (thanks zombieflanders)
Edit: Resized screenshots for easier viewing

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

When I was looking at reviews of this app on the Market, I noticed some people complaining on battery drain, have you experienced that, or any other negative side effects of using Widgetlocker?

bekyndnunwind said:
When I was looking at reviews of this app on the Market, I noticed some people complaining on battery drain, have you experienced that, or any other negative side effects of using Widgetlocker?
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Haven't experienced any battery drain so far. The app was a bit quirky at first but checking the "Root Helper" option in advanced settings and disabling the default lockscreen helps a lot.

Good info for those who don't know about it, gabster21. As an addition, there's eleventy billion (no, really, there's so many that they had to create a new index on Google Docs) WidgetLocker themes in this thread, with support from the dev here. BTW the dev is the always-awesome and responsive [email protected], who is responsible for Nova Launcher, which even in beta whoops the stock launcher's butt, so if you haven't already, be sure to thank hi as well as gabster21 and zHk3R.

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Good info for those who don't know about it, gabster21. As an addition, there's eleventy billion (no, really, there's so many that they had to create a new index on Google Docs) WidgetLocker themes in this thread, with support from the dev here. BTW the dev is the always-awesome and responsive [email protected], who is responsible for Nova Launcher, which even in beta whoops the stock launcher's butt, so if you haven't already, be sure to thank hi as well as gabster21 and zHk3R.
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I had a look at those earlier but forgot to add that to the first post.. done it now, thanks!

Another cool feature, useful for advanced users (especially those with root): If you go into WL's settings menu and hold the volume-down button for a couple seconds, you get an additional menu of "experimental" settings. But as the title says, they really are experimental, which means they're unsupported and may not work or even break functionality.

When the ICS slider is at the bottom it expands very small, much smaller than the stock bubble (where the selections sit). But when the slider is moved up from the bottom of the grid it expands all the way, giving a longer travel from the center before a toggle is selected. Does anyone know why this is?
EDIT: I would delete this if I could figure out how. The circle expands less because I had a shortcut on the bottom which would get cut off if it expanded more.

Hello droids
I completely forgot how to customize the maingrid of the app.
In my previous setup i had clock, battery % and (eventually) battery status charging (like gabster21 lockscreen)
I need phosphoreus, but how to config again in this way?
Thanks

Ok for now i solved by an experimental function (hold down volume button in settings menu) but i would know still how i did that customization in the maingrid...
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Vertical scrolling launcher

I created some image tiles for my home screen; something similar to this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
However I'm trying to make it function more like the Android Market home screen, where you scroll vertically as opposed to horizontally.
I'm using Go Launcher EX and as far as I've gathered none of the launchers I've tried have the option to scroll vertically.
Does anyone know of any launchers that have that ability?

Nice!
When you manage to get that thing together i will test drive the hell out of it for you. Windows 7 themed launcher moves up and down. There may be others though so don't quote me on it

Swyzzlestickz said:
When you manage to get that thing together i will test drive the hell out of it for you. Windows 7 themed launcher moves up and down. There may be others though so don't quote me on it
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I tried Win 7 Launcher previously but you're only limited to tiles 1x1 or 1x2 & some of the tiles that come preconfigured are locked onto the screen (i.e you can't remove them).
Actually what I'm doing is nothing really more then creating tiles & placing them onto the screen. I wish though that I did know how to create a launcher, I'm just using a pre-existing one, though none have the vertical scrolling feature that I would like.

Can you decompile it make the necessary mods repack sign and test? I know I am making it sound easy. I know nothing of developing so I can be of much help.

Swyzzlestickz said:
Can you decompile it make the necessary mods repack sign and test? I know I am making it sound easy. I know nothing of developing so I can be of much help.
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You got me there bro as I don't know jack when it comes to Android programming/code.
I'm just your basic android user

Dude have you already found yourself a vertical scrolling launcher? I want exactly what you described. It would be AWSOME with desktop visualizer.
Please let me know

No luck as of yet. Hopefully one off the existing launchers will incorporate that function in the future

Request
Why not send out some request to the devs of some of the launchers I am sure someone can make it for you.

Swyzzlestickz said:
Why not send out some request to the devs of some of the launchers I am sure someone can make it for you.
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Good idea. I just shot the dev team of Go launcher Ex an email.

hey, that's pretty cool. Will you post a tutorial on how you set that up?

Did you try google? Just search vertical scrolling homescreen launcher and found this link here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkMFyldgb94
xda thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250523

im0rtalz said:
Did you try google? Just search vertical scrolling homescreen launcher and found this link here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkMFyldgb94
xda thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250523
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Well it is a vertical launcher but after messing with it for awhile it does not allow me to remove the preset icons (you can only remove ones you create) & if using tiles you cannot get them to align in such a manner that they touch end to end. I was hoping to use the launcher to create tiles of my own using Desktop Visualizer. This is what I have created using Go Launcher, just want the home screens to scroll vertically. My ultimate goal is to create a home screen that scrolls vertically & create something that looks very similar to the Android Market:

I have send an email to the golauncher developers too and vot one back. But i think it's just a standard reply so i don't expect any luck there
EL TEJANO i want exactly the same thing. I've spend so many hours on the Internet searching with no luck. It's getting frustrating. I really hope golauncher or any other good launcher like ADW or Launcher Pro can add this function

So this thread is dead now?
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SS launcher in the market is what you seek...

Try lightning launcher in the market its a nice one for sometimes like this.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA

Apex Launcher from the market also has vertical scrolling, and the option to change the transparency of the black background in the app drawer, pretty cool

[THEME][GUIDE][STOCK] - DarkPlay Theme

darkplay theme for Nova Launcher - No Rooting/Flashing Needed
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Files (wallpapers/icons/widget headers)
darkplaytheme.zip
Unzip & transfer to internal storage under "Download" folder
Step 1 - Launcher
Install Nova Launcher
Under Nova options choose "Desktop -> Desktop Grid -> 7 x 7
Under Nova options choose "Dock" -> "Dock Icons" -> "5"
Step 2 - Wallpaper
Download Image 2 Wallpaper App
Open "Image 2 Wallpaper Application" & choose "Pick Image From Gallery" and choose color wallpaper from "Download" folder.
Choose "No Resize (DbD)" option under "Image re-sizing". Leave everything else as is & select "Set as wallpaper"
Step 3 - Desktop Visualizer
Install Desktop Visualizer
On home screen: Long Press -> Widgets -> Desktop Visualizer -> 3x1. Place 2 of these on screen like below.
Press onto one of the "Desktop Visualizer" images. Choose "Select Icon" -> "Image File" -> "Download" -> "darkplaytheme" -> header.jpg of your choosing.
Then choose "Select Action" - > None
Then select "OK". Repeat for the other widget.
Step 4 - Widgets
For this step you can use any widget of your choosing, but I will explain the above setup.
Install Android Pro Widgets Optional: I used the paid version
Add the 2 widgets of your choosing below the two headings. (Left widget 3x4, right 4x4)
Optional: Paid Version
Widgets Theme: APW Theme Lucid
APW Options -> "Theme" -> "Select Theme" -> "Lucid"
Step 5 - Icons
Add your favorite applications to bottom dock
Long press on icon -> "Edit" -> "Press on Icon" -> "Files" - > "Gallery" -> "Download" -> "darkplaytheme" -> icon
Repeat
More themes/guides to come if the demand is there. Post any questions you have below.
If you appreciated my work please click "Thanks" below and/or donate a buck for a beer.
DONATE
Credits
Icons: s2w
Google Play logo is a Registered Trademark of Google Inc.

Can't believe nobody has commented on this! This is excellent and very simple. I often go to great lengths to customize my phone, and spend a lot of time doing it. With the nexus, I use it so much I don't really find myself doing all too much to design home screens. This is the kind of leave it alone type home I've been trying to accomplish on this tab, just thought I'd reply to say nice work. One thing, the zip I downloaded did not include the yellow wallpaper. I'd you could share that one I would appreciate it.
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SoCaljunglist said:
Can't believe nobody has commented on this! This is excellent and very simple. I often go to great lengths to customize my phone, and spend a lot of time doing it. With the nexus, I use it so much I don't really find myself doing all too much to design home screens. This is the kind of leave it alone type home I've been trying to accomplish on this tab, just thought I'd reply to say nice work. One thing, the zip I downloaded did not include the yellow wallpaper. I'd you could share that one I would appreciate it.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks. Here ya go.
Wallpaper

This is nice, and I'm sure you put a lot of work in on this.
I have a couple of questions.
1. Is the big triangle necessary? It's right in the middle of the screen and is taking up space that could be used for other things.
2. Is there a way to change the icons in the app drawer? I could only change them on the home screen. And this is a lot of downloading and work for a couple of icons.

dparrothead1 said:
This is nice, and I'm sure you put a lot of work in on this.
I have a couple of questions.
1. Is the big triangle necessary? It's right in the middle of the screen and is taking up space that could be used for other things.
2. Is there a way to change the icons in the app drawer? I could only change them on the home screen. And this is a lot of downloading and work for a couple of icons.
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1. Not sure how to answer this..? I was aiming for a clean, and minimalist look. I would be glad to make you a wallpaper without the Play logo as soon as I get back home as I currently do not have access to the .psd
2. Not for the specific icons I used. However, Nova launcher supports ADW/Apex/Nova icon sets found in the Play Store which would change the icons in the app drawer. For example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tweetypeety.newmiuiiconpackfree&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50d2VldHlwZWV0eS5uZXdtaXVpaWNvbnBhY2tmcmVlIl0.

dparrothead1 said:
This is nice, and I'm sure you put a lot of work in on this.
I have a couple of questions.
1. Is the big triangle necessary? It's right in the middle of the screen and is taking up space that could be used for other things.
2. Is there a way to change the icons in the app drawer? I could only change them on the home screen. And this is a lot of downloading and work for a couple of icons.
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I was thinking maybe a play store header for desktop visualizer might be cool to put above it or maybe play music.
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Wow looks Sexy. Gonna try it soon. Thanks. Keep up the good work
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Wow, looks beautiful.

May have a deeper look someday
Really nice

Theme for D851 20B Stock

Is there a Theme for the D851 Stock 20B without using the G3Tweakbox? I don't want to install Xposed otherwise I have to give up my quick circle case and I don't want to do that.

llaugerm said:
Is there a Theme for the D851 Stock 20B without using the G3Tweakbox? I don't want to install Xposed otherwise I have to give up my quick circle case and I don't want to do that.
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If you are talking about using different themes from the settings with the option that is normally hidden you do not need G3Tweakbox.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

If you download the "launcherpro" app from the play store and copy its activities widget to your home screen it will give you a list of apps/functions of apps that you can add as a shortcut on your home screen. If you scroll down to "Home" one of the options is "Home" with the subtext "com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActivity" . Choose that option and you'll get a shortcut on your home screen that lets you access a menu with a variety of options. The one of interest for this thread is "Feature_Hide_Theme_Setting" on my G3 this was enabled, I turned it off I now I actually have access to themes in my home screen settings.
Once you unhide the menu you can actually get rid of launcher pro and themes will still be accesible. The theme menu is under Settings-Display-Home screen. You can also access the theme menu from the home screen by doing a long hold on the task switcher button and Theme will be an option on that popup menu along with system settings, lock screen settings, etc.
This only works if you still have KitKat, if you have Lollipop the Launcher Pro activity widget won't work(or at least it didn't for me). For lollipop I ended up finding an App called "activity launcher" and it did not list ""com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActivity" as an option but I was able to select another entry and use Activity Launcer's option to edit shortcuts before making them to manually enter "com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActivity" and got into the hidden menu with it.

Nemesis1218 said:
If you are talking about using different themes from the settings with the option that is normally hidden you do not need G3Tweakbox.
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Nemesis1218 said:
If you download the "launcherpro" app from the play store and copy its activities widget to your home screen it will give you a list of apps/functions of apps that you can add as a shortcut on your home screen. If you scroll down to "Home" one of the options is "Home" with the subtext "com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActivity" . Choose that option and you'll get a shortcut on your home screen that lets you access a menu with a variety of options. The one of interest for this thread is "Feature_Hide_Theme_Setting" on my G3 this was enabled, I turned it off I now I actually have access to themes in my home screen settings.
Once you unhide the menu you can actually get rid of launcher pro and themes will still be accesible. The theme menu is under Settings-Display-Home screen. You can also access the theme menu from the home screen by doing a long hold on the task switcher button and Theme will be an option on that popup menu along with system settings, lock screen settings, etc.
This only works if you still have KitKat, if you have Lollipop the Launcher Pro activity widget won't work(or at least it didn't for me). For lollipop I ended up finding an App called "activity launcher" and it did not list ""com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActivity" as an option but I was able to select another entry and use Activity Launcer's option to edit shortcuts before making them to manually enter "com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActivity" and got into the hidden menu with it.
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I want a Theme where I can change the icons on the status bar and pretty much to look like stock Lollipop!!!

llaugerm said:
I want a Theme where I can change the icons on the status bar and pretty much to look like stock Lollipop!!!
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Not with out xposed for sure.. Unless you decompile all yourself and theme it that way..

Swizzle82 said:
Not with out xposed for sure.. Unless you decompile all yourself and theme it that way..
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I appreciate your feedback but I don't want to install xposed otherwise I have to give up my quick circle case. I love that case since it protects the phone so well and it's not bulky.

llaugerm said:
I appreciate your feedback but I don't want to install xposed otherwise I have to give up my quick circle case. I love that case since it protects the phone so well and it's not bulky.
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Same boat buddy.

I did launcher pro but while adding activities shortcut it gives me error.

bikrame said:
I did launcher pro but while adding activities shortcut it gives me error.
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Activity launcher app... Choose all activities, choose home then you'll get a drop down of activities within home. Long press the one that says home, select edit shortcut, under class erase what's there and type "com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActivity" then save. You now have a shortcut on the home screen to the hidden menu where you can turn on feature theme..
For some reason my post is saving com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActiv ity with a space in activity. Remove the space..

Swizzle82 said:
Activity launcher app... Choose all activities, choose home then you'll get a drop down of activities within home. Long press the one that says home, select edit shortcut, under package erase what's there and type "com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActivity" then save. You now have a shortcut on the home screen to the hidden menu where you can turn on feature theme..
For some reason my post is saving com.lge.launcher2.debug.LGHomeHiddenMenuActiv ity with a space in activity. Remove the space..
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Thanks for the explanation. I've done as you've explained and I get a toast notification "app not installed" (I'm on stock rooted 20b lollipop no xposed BTW). I'm assuming this means that either LG or T-Mobile removed the Theme app altogether in the Lollipop build. Has this worked for you on Lollipop to open the theme app or did I just read your post wrong?

JazzedRob said:
Thanks for the explanation. I've done as you've explained and I get a toast notification "app not installed" (I'm on stock rooted 20b lollipop no xposed BTW). I'm assuming this means that either LG or T-Mobile removed the Theme app altogether in the Lollipop build. Has this worked for you on Lollipop to open the theme app or did I just read your post wrong?
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My bad where I said edit package it should be class that is edited.. I'll edit the instructions.

Swizzle82 said:
My bad where I said edit package it should be class that is edited.. I'll edit the instructions.
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Awesome, that got it working. Much thanks. This might help me fix my wife's G2... after I updated her to Lollipop via the LG support tool the theme she was using stuck and I haven't been able to fix it. We'll see I guess...

I decided to use a 3rd party launcher Apex with activities and an application called Turn Off to double tap and turn off the screen like the stock launcher. Using the 3rd party launcher I can use any icon pack.

llaugerm said:
I decided to use a 3rd party launcher Apex with activities and an application called Turn Off to double tap and turn off the screen like the stock launcher. Using the 3rd party launcher I can use any icon pack.
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Seems to be the best route for customization, I use Nova Launcher myself along with the Turn Off app.

Nemesis1218 said:
Seems to be the best route for customization, I use Nova Launcher myself along with the Turn Off app.
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I wish I can find something to change the icon on the status bar to AOSP.

I guess there is still no Theme for the T-Mobile Version Stock unless we use G3TweakBox with xposed which xposed has a lot of issues still.

Samsung Smart call app???

Does anyone have this app on their note 7? I see there is a system package called smart call, but it does not work as shows here
http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/apps/smart-call/
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

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spike

interesting concept if it works.
can't comment on having it or not as the UK is still waiting for the phone.

stas333 said:
Does anyone have this app on their note 7? I see there is a system package called smart call, but it does not work as shows here
http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/apps/smart-call/
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If you go into the phone settings, there should be a setting called "identify unsaved numbers". Enable that. Profit.
Works great on mine. It may be country dependant though. Not sure if the setting is available on yours.

GibMcFragger said:
If you go into the phone settings, there should be a setting called "identify unsaved numbers". Enable that. Profit.
Works great on mine. It may be country dependant though. Not sure if the setting is available on yours.
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can you post a pic of that setting? Seems like I dont have it, or maybe i disabled something with package disabler.
Thanks

Here you go!

Hmm, I don't see it on mine either. Mine is the ATT variant.

That sucks. Maybe certain carriers disabled it. I'm on Telus in Canada now and it works, and my previous S7 Edge on Rogers also had the feature. It's awesome.

Perhaps it's on certain models? I'm running a dual sim version on Koodo and I don't have it either..

Wooba99 said:
Perhaps it's on certain models? I'm running a dual sim version on Koodo and I don't have it either..
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Maybe that's it. Disabled via software on certain models.

I don't have that option. Instead, I have this payed software installed by T-Mobile by default:
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I have the Sprint version of payed caller ID installed on my phone.

The "identify unsaved numbers" is hidden but available in all ROMs. It might not work in your country so they disabled it for you. To get the option do the follwoing:
1. Download Nova Launcher and install it.
2. Once installed, run it and add an activity widget by long pressing on the screen.
3. In the list of activities to choose from (they are in groups by applications) scroll down to the Phone app. There are three Phone apps. Choose the one with the most activities (I had 99 activities in it, you might get less or more)
4. Once you click the Phone app, the list of activities will collapse and if you scroll down touwill find the "Identify unsaved numbers". Click on it to save the widget.
5. Click on the widget and enable the option.
6. Remove Nova Launcher to get back to TW.

y2kkingboy said:
The "identify unsaved numbers" is hidden but available in all ROMs. It might not work in your country so they disabled it for you. To get the option do the follwoing:
1. Download Nova Launcher and install it.
2. Once installed, run it and add an activity widget by long pressing on the screen.
3. In the list of activities to choose from (they are in groups by applications) scroll down to the Phone app. There are three Phone apps. Choose the one with the most activities (I had 99 activities in it, you might get less or more)
4. Once you click the Phone app, the list of activities will collapse and if you scroll down tou will find the "Identify unsaved numbers". Click on it to save the widget.
5. Click on the widget and enable the option.
6. Remove Nova Launcher to get back to TW.
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Tried this, but I don't see any phone widgets
Edit: Nvm, figured it out. Need to long press, and select Widget. Under the Noiva Launcher group, select activities. Then go from #3.
Thanks for the help!

Cool. Got it enabled, but it is still not working as it should. Thanks to Sprint for making the phone just a bit worse.

it's showing on the UK variant I just picked up from O2. however I think it has the base firmware on it as it lacked all the O2 bloatware.

Thanks for the Nova guide, ATT user here and I also have that paid ID bs on my phone.

Reading up on it a bit more, it sounds like on some carrier versions, using Nova to enable doesn't change anything. Sounds like there is more involved with it. I have it enabled, but don't see any changes. Also, the local search doesn't work as well. Guess I'll use Google Phone in the meantime... At least i can get local search.

It is installed on the UK Samsung unlocked model.