Setting phone to silent from lock screen? - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My wife likes the stock Android lock screen much better than the HTC Sense lock screen, especially due to being able to set the phone to silent right from the lock screen rather than having to unlock, press and hold power, then selecting silent. However, she can't use it, because the stock lock screen won't shut off a blaring alarm from the alarm clock!
Is there maybe a secret way to set the phone to silent right from the stock HTC Sense lock screen?
Or is there a way to mod the stock Android lock screen to shut off the Sense alarm clock when it's going off?
My wife is running the stock Froyo ROM.

I'm using sky-raider and it's been a long time since I've used the stock rom, so I don't recall if this worked there, but... long press the power button when on the lock screen, and you'll get a menu one of the options will allow you to toggle silent mode.
There's also an app called Widget Locker which replaces your lock-screen and allows you to add widgets to it.

GnatGoSplat said:
My wife likes the stock Android lock screen much better than the HTC Sense lock screen, especially due to being able to set the phone to silent right from the lock screen rather than having to unlock, press and hold power, then selecting silent. However, she can't use it, because the stock lock screen won't shut off a blaring alarm from the alarm clock!
Is there maybe a secret way to set the phone to silent right from the stock HTC Sense lock screen?
Or is there a way to mod the stock Android lock screen to shut off the Sense alarm clock when it's going off?
My wife is running the stock Froyo ROM.
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Back in the Old Eris/Hero days it was not possible to use the HTC alarm clock with the Stock Android Lock Screen because you would not be able to turn the alarm off. The solution was to use the old Android Alarm or a third party alarm.
Hope this helps

You can get a app called "Widget Locker". This app allows you to place widgets on the lock screen as well as change the slide to unlock bar. She could just change to bar to the one where instead of sliding right to unlock, you slide left to silence the phone. Works great for me. here is the link... Widget Locker

GnatGoSplat said:
My wife likes the stock Android lock screen much better than the HTC Sense lock screen, especially due to being able to set the phone to silent right from the lock screen rather than having to unlock, press and hold power, then selecting silent. However, she can't use it, because the stock lock screen won't shut off a blaring alarm from the alarm clock!
Is there maybe a secret way to set the phone to silent right from the stock HTC Sense lock screen?
Or is there a way to mod the stock Android lock screen to shut off the Sense alarm clock when it's going off?
My wife is running the stock Froyo ROM.
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Yea download alarm clock plus from the market and turn off your sense alarms
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MyLock + Alarms : Am I being stupid?

I have installed Mylock and it works fine. I no longer have to mess about unlocking the screen after pressing the power button to wake up the phone.
BUT
As I am currently staying away from home, I set the alarm last night for 7:30 and went to sleep.
At 7:30 the alarm went off. Really loud and yes it did wake me up but here is my problem.
HOW DO I TURN THE ALARM OFF?
Normally you swipe down but this option is no longer there (because of Mylock) and search as I could (whilst the alarm kept sounding) there seems no other way to turn off the alarm.
In the end I had to power off the phone!
So am I being stupid here or does Mylock really disable the ONLY way of switching off the alarm?
Thanks
If you use HTC's clock application, the only way to turn it off is to use the lock screen - which you've disabled. You'll need to download and use a different clock application that uses Android's embedded clock instead of HTC's clock.
I used DeskClock to handle that when I was playing around with different lock screens. Acer Liquid clock also apparently works fine.
I use Aclock. Works great with myLock and looks pretty awesome!
Thanks
It clearly wasn't me being stupid.
I will give those other alarms a go
Cheers

[Q] skyraider 3.3.1 unlock screens....

I downloaded and installed the rotary with menu key unlock scree, very cool and I love it. However when I use the alarm there is noway to shut alarm off with this unlock screen. Nothing comes up and says dismiss or snooze like it does with stock unlock screen. Also you can't even go to alarm and silence it that way either. I had to do a reboot to get alarm to stop playing.
Any ideas on how to get alarm to work with custom unlock?
Thanks guys
fbm111 said:
I downloaded and installed the rotary with menu key unlock scree, very cool and I love it. However when I use the alarm there is noway to shut alarm off with this unlock screen. Nothing comes up and says dismiss or snooze like it does with stock unlock screen. Also you can't even go to alarm and silence it that way either. I had to do a reboot to get alarm to stop playing.
Any ideas on how to get alarm to work with custom unlock?
Thanks guys
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You have to use the vanilla clock for your alarm, the HTC clock will only work with the HTC lock screen. I'm back to the stock lock screen because of this and the HTC lock screen will preview new messages

Lock Screen every time I switch apps from notification menu

I did a quick search but didn't find anything on this. For whatever reason, whenever I switch apps from the drop down notification menu, it forces me to input my lock screen pattern, even when I have the lock screen toggled off. I have my settings set to auto lock after 1 min, but this happens whenever I switch apps, even before a minute has passed.
Is this a known issue? Is this happening to anybody else? Is there a fix?
Thanks.
Edit: I'm still on 4.02. It hasn't updated to .04 yet.
No one?
:T
Has this always been happening or did you install/flash something before it started happening?
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I just got my GN yesterday, and it updated by itself to 4.02.
It's been happening ever since I turned on the lock screen. It goes away when the lock screen is turned off. But it's bizarre that it would ask for the lock pattern every time I switch apps from the notification drop down. It doesn't ask for the pattern if I were to switch apps with the App Switcher button.
Really perplexing...
Hate to keep bumping this, but this is just incredibly bizarre.
Can someone test on their GN if the same happens? Turn on a lock screen input, anyone will do. I happen to have the pattern lock. And try to switch between apps or alerts from the pull down notification menu (you can send yourself an email or something, or turn on the music player) and see if you are forced to put in your pattern/passcode/etc before you can switch over.
I have to put in my pattern to unlock the phone every single time I switch apps ONLY from the pull down menu. It's bizarre. If I switch apps from the App Menu, it doesn't do this.
I don't know what's going on. Is this a "feature" of ICS? Seems a bit overkill on security. Or do I actually have a faulty phone (but it seems software related?).
Any help would be great. If need be, I'll make a video to demonstrate what I'm talking about.
I had this problem on CyanogenMod. Change the lock screen to what you want, and then reboot. It should be fixed. If you don't do a reboot for some reason it gets confused.
Yes happens to me sometimes too on both 4.02 and 4.04 stock. I don't use a pattern lock but it just fades out and when I turn screen back on it's lockscreen.
Never had this problem. That is weird. I suggest flashing a stock image and see if it still happens. Make a nandroid first of course but throw it away and make a new nandroid if problem goes away.
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gravis86 said:
I had this problem on CyanogenMod. Change the lock screen to what you want, and then reboot. It should be fixed. If you don't do a reboot for some reason it gets confused.
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I will try this. Thanks for the suggestion. Hopefully it will work. Will update.
gravis86 said:
I had this problem on CyanogenMod. Change the lock screen to what you want, and then reboot. It should be fixed. If you don't do a reboot for some reason it gets confused.
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Yes, this solved it. Thank you! Oh, Ice Cream Sandwich.
I spoke too soon. It's back. I noticed when I toggle the lock screen off, the problem exists. But if I toggle the lock screen on, the problem goes away.
So it may be an issue with the widget itself. I'm using "No Lock" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&hl=en)
I'm gonna test other toggle widgets to see if it's app related.
onthecouchagain said:
I spoke too soon. It's back. I noticed when I toggle the lock screen off, the problem exists. But if I toggle the lock screen on, the problem goes away.
So it may be an issue with the widget itself. I'm using "No Lock" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&hl=en)
I'm gonna test other toggle widgets to see if it's app related.
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So.. it's a third party app you're using and not the stock ics lockscreen..
It would've been wise if you told us that on the first post
qtx said:
So.. it's a third party app you're using and not the stock ics lockscreen..
It would've been wise if you told us that on the first post
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Yes that would have been good info to have, but I am not running anything custom on my lock screen (though I am on CM) and had this same problem.
I had to reboot the phone after every time I changed the lock screen from anything to anything or I'd run into problems. When changing from no lock screen to a lock screen, I would lose notifications when waking the screen up if the notification was for the last app open.
For example, I was in the Messaging app and locked the screen, without going to the home screen first (so if I were to unlock the app would be right there). Then I received a text and notification worked. I pressed the button to wake the phone and the lock screen showed up (pattern unlock) and the notification for my new text message in the notification bar disappeared. But I hadn't even unlocked so I could get to the app yet...

[Q] 4.2 Alarm Snooze Unlocks to Home

Is it just me or does snoozing an alarm from the 4.2 DeskClock unlock the phone to the Home screen? Anyone know how to disable this?
If you are snoozing an alarm, why would you want your phone to unlock, I would rather it just turn the screen back off, or at least stay at the lock screen... Sometimes I really wonder about Google coders.
Any suggestions for an alarm app that also has a built-in stopwatch and timer? I've tried Alarm Clock Xtreme and Alarm Clock +, but neither have both a stopwatch and timer.
I have noticed that too and dont like the fact that it unlocks. I just thought about this but I havent tried using the volume buttons to snooze instead of the slider. I am going to try that now and see what happens. Maybe that will work better.
EDIT: Nope, still does it.

Request/Question - Change to swipe/secure lock

Hi all,
One thing that I wish I could do with my phone is have the swipe lock always turn on when the screen goes off, but the security lock only come on automatically after a set time. As is (on MC2), I find that it's all or nothing. With the swipe lock activates with the pattern lock or neither activates. I've been using the security lock for a while, but with the screen turning on at every text, I was hoping to have the swipe lock so I don't butt-dial people.
Is this possible? I had this option when running a custom ROM on my Evo 3d. I'm on the stock, rooted, deodexed, MC2 ROM. Do any of the custom ROMs offer this option?

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