[Q] Getting rid of Note 2 lockscreen - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm over the water-like Nature UX Samsung lockscreen crap, and I want to change it to another lockscreen.
But when I've downloaded apps to do it, they're all half assed and either able to get past by just pressing the home button, or it'll have both the Samsung lockscreen AND the downloaded lockscreen.
I just want a lockscreen more like the vanilla 4.2 lockscreen.

Use simplistic framework mod. .it has inbuilt jellybean lock screen
Or use widget locker from play store
scribbled from "the phab" (the note 2 -N7100)

Try turning off the ripple effect in the lock screen settings and see if that suits you.
I hated the water thing too. Lol
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Are you rooted?
Youll find it easier with root.

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Jellybean swipe screen.

Hi how do u enable jellybean swipe screen..i only have this swipe to unlock screen..i wanted the one with circular thing in the middle and swipe to left to unlock...please help
Try Holo Locker from the Play Store.
It didnt come with jellybean? Why?
sLapshock said:
It didnt come with jellybean? Why?
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That lockscreen is stock JB, the Note 2 uses Touchwiz, and so comes with the Touchwiz lockscreen.
As far as i know, no one has ported the stock JB lockscreen to the Touchwiz Note 2.
Alternatives are available in the Play Store, i.e. Holo Locker as mentioned above.

Is there such a lockscreen

Today I saw this "image" of the Galaxy S5 and the first thing that cought my attention was its lockscreen. It looks like the usual android stock lockscreen or widgetlocker, but it has many "orbits" around the center, where many apps can be put. I wonder if such a lockscreen (many discs able to have shortcuts around the center) already eixsts.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3dWFsO0vO04RWpfLThxd3I2OWc/edit?usp=sharing
Can't see your image but try smart launcher from the market
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You can see it here.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Awes...re-Samsung-should-head-after-the-S-IV_id40784
It's the photo showing a lockscreen, the first one of the slideshow.
I already use nova launcher and widget locker and I am happy with both, but such an idea looks even more handy.
this lockscreen is supposed to be in the new samsung ui rumoured to be Gravity Ux
but with few apps i guess u can achieve such kind of lockscreen

Full screen album art on lockscreen

Has anyone been able to get this working?
When I use the stock "Music" app it just appears as a small widget on the lockscreen and I mainly use Google Play Music on all my devices which the album art shows up fine on my Galaxy S5's lockscreen but I cannot for the life of me get it working on this device.
Don't tell me this is a feature Samsung actually removed from KitKat. -_-
Just checked using Google Play Music and it doesn't show up. Can't seem to find any option to enable it either. I've got the fingerprint lock screen if that matters at all.
I know Samsung removed it from the Tab Pro so I'm assuming they removed it here as well.
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I grabbed this tablet due to the screen and I do have to say that I do like the tablet. But I come from mainly Nexus devices and the Moto X and I have to say, all this other UI crap should go away, stock Android handles this stuff better from my perspective. Not sure why Samsung and the like spend so much time overlaying stock Android at this point....oh well, I moved to Nova Launcher but it still doesn't give me my lockscreen art and controls that I'm used to on stock Android.
The lock screen you are missing you are not going to get unless you use a nexus for Google edition device. Unfortunately both Samsung and other custom versions of Android butcher their lock screens and you will not get that beautiful stock album art lock screen with this device.
Just bumping this now that we have root in case anyone is aware of a way we can get this back.
same. I need this, and Netflix lockscreen too. it's just Samsung that does this.. HTC and LG keep these widgets in tact
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jayochs said:
same. I need this, and Netflix lockscreen too. it's just Samsung that does this.. HTC and LG keep these widgets in tact
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Is it really lockscreen widget related however? Because my S5 has no lockscreen widgets either but gets the lockscreen album art. There's also an Xposed mod to get the lockscreen widgets back on the S5 but I doubt that will do anything here.
I figured it was. I tried that xposed mod from the s5 and it didn't work ?
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Bumping
Any news, i need album artwork on lockscreen on my Tab s 8.4...
Mine works fine
How did you make it work?
HughesNet said:
The lock screen you are missing you are not going to get unless you use a nexus for Google edition device. Unfortunately both Samsung and other custom versions of Android butcher their lock screens and you will not get that beautiful stock album art lock screen with this device.
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Samsung's phones running Kitkat get full screen album art. It's just for tablets for some weird reason Samsung decided to remove it.

No lockscreen widgets?

I can't find the way to put a lock screen widget, is it not possible?
In case it matters, I'm trying to put the Chronus widget there...
TouchWiz doesn't have the ability to use lockscreen widgets anymore, the option was taken away with the S5.
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TouchWiz doesn't have the ability to use lockscreen widgets anymore, the option was taken away with the S5.
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I was on a Touchwiz KK rom with my Note 2 that could have lockscreen widgets, I just wrongly assumed it could be possible in Stock TW too

[Q] Lockscreens+fingerprint scanner/ lock screen widgets

Hey XDA,
Does anyone know of any custom lockscreens that work with the finger scanner built into the note 4? I remember using custom lock screens such as widget locker on my old s3 and m8 but after unlocking my phone using widget locker, it just takes me to the screen where I would swipe my finger before, not allowing me to unlock my phone using the finger scanner and a custom lockscreen with only one screen.
Also, does anyone know of a way to get lockscreen widgets back? If I can't replace the bare lockscreen with a custom one filled with apps and widgets, why did samsung take away stock lock screen customization completely.
I really wish I could flash my problems away with a custom rom.
I use NILS to get notifications on the lockscreen along with the fingerprint unlock. I don't use any other widgets so it serves my needs so far.

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