Can somebody tell me whats the best way to avoid/replace/or completely remove (with a working replacement) the Sense 7 Lockscreen?
I'm one ICE rom rooted/s-off/xposed but nothing seem to work to my satisfaction.
I tried many custom lockscreens, most of them could be bypassed by menu key or used the sense lockscreen after unlocking, so I had to unlock twice. The Replace "Sense locker with AOSP) from xposed xtended killed my System UI and non of the sense xposed mods seem to work the way they should.
I love Widgetlocker but it uses the sense one
Anybody got some advice? Removing the clock with the "unknown location weather"(location services are turned off) and the apps would be a start.
I did not test it yet, but I noticed VenomRom has a AOSP lockscreen. Also, I remember xposed framework has some modules that replace lockscreen.
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Hi!
I have tested for a while now some AOSP 2.1 ROM and now i have flashed the new Rosie 2.1 dump by lox/behnaam.
I wonder if we can replace the rosie default lockscreen by the ASOP one ?
Any help will be pleased!
Regards.
T
aosp lockscreen
T0pp3r said:
Hi!
I have tested for a while now some ASOP 2.1 ROM and now i have flashed the new Rosie 2.1 dump by lox/behnaam.
I wonder if we can replace the rosie default lockscreen by the ASOP one ?
Any help will be pleased!
Regards.
T
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Code:
adb remount
adb shell
cd system/app
rm HtcLockScreen.apk
rm HtcLockScreen.odex
reboot
This will give you the standard 2.1 lockscreen (Backup first, in case you want to go back)
It looks kinda odd, because the sense homescreen doesnt hide when lockscreen is up.
Thinks for the quick answer,
i'm try right now =)
T
Works perfecty !
Now, the 2nd step! Which apk is involved by the default lockscreen?
I wanna to edit it to 'fix' the background screen.
Regards.
T
it isn't a apk, its baked in the system...
All right, but is there any way that the lockscreen wallpaper not transparent?
Thanks
ktmna said:
All right, but is there any way that the lockscreen wallpaper not transparent?
Thanks
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There's only two possibilities:
1. Change Rosie.apk to hide homescreen while lockscreen is up (unlikely as there are no sources available)
2. Change android framework lockscreen to completely darken background or use a wallpaper. (More likely as we have access to source from AOSP, alot of work though)
Please note that the default lockscreen will cause problems if you use Sense.
Like alarms not turning off because you can't slide it down (which is incorporated into the lockscreen)
Sense isn't really compatible with the Android lockscreen - no alarm turnoff as mentioned (which I found at 5am this morning, as did the rest of the house as I fumbled for the battery!) and the transparency.
Also, on AOSP Eclair the lockpattern replaces the lockscreen. On Sense, or Sense with the Eclair lockscreen, you have to unlock first and then put the pattern in which is a bit clunky
alarm workaround
The alarm thing has been very frustrating, but i finally got something working in my free time, here's what i did:
1) went in root manager and removed HtcClockWidget.apk and ClockWidget.apk
2) installed DeskClock.apk (included below)
3) restarted the phone
There you have it, the stock android clock may not be as cool as the htc one, but it gets the job done and takes care of the "1st-alarm-in-the-morning-waking-up-the-whole-house-because-it-wont-shut-up" thing!
custom lock screens
If you want to try to get the code from AOSP check this one:
hxxp://stackoverflow.com/questions/2140964/android-lock-screen-source-code
A base to start from could be: hxxp://code.google.com/p/mylockforandroid/
(didn't actually tried myLock, and I think its not developed any further)
(Replace hxxp with http)
Pillock said:
Sense isn't really compatible with the Android lockscreen - no alarm turnoff as mentioned (which I found at 5am this morning, as did the rest of the house as I fumbled for the battery!) and the transparency.
Also, on AOSP Eclair the lockpattern replaces the lockscreen. On Sense, or Sense with the Eclair lockscreen, you have to unlock first and then put the pattern in which is a bit clunky
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when I removed system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk in sanpei's legend_sense_ROM,I didn't get the eclair lockscreen,how can I fix it?
There seems to be a bug in legend based roms causing the default lock screen to display very messed up.
Not sure why, but hopefully now more people are noticing this someone can come up with a fix.
I've heard there are other ways to change the lockscreen other than Lockbot and Widgetlocker (both get forced closes & devel's don't have any solutions). I'm running the EC05+ ROM and just want to change from the stock TW lockscreen to the HTC sense lockscreen which I have got the APK from another thread. Any suggestions or is this an impossible task?
I heard there was HTC sense ports being worked on, but none were ever published. The lockscreen information is stored in the androidpolicy.jar, I don't think we have an app (other than maddoggin's) that can change the lockscreen.
Check the Themes and Apps section of the epic forums.
we have all the normal google lockscreens built into the framework, which is how they were enabled by maddogins port.... htc lockscreen would be a major overtaking
even if i have the htc sense lockscreen apk?
radugb said:
even if i have the htc sense lockscreen apk?
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Yes, the htclockscreen.apk relies on rosie.apk(sense itself) and other various framework files to work. Not just an installable app.
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OK, well a little disappointing, but otherwise sufficient. Thank you all for answering my question.
No problem. That's what we're here for
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Hey,
I've just installed the Android Revolution HD Rom and purged it from Sense apps and launcher using ROM Cleaner.
However I also would like to get rid of the Sense status bar (which is pretty awful in my opinion, it's the main reason I want to get rid of Sense).
I read on several topics that deleting Rosie.apk from the phone removes the launcher, but nothing for the status bar.
Is there any way to achieve this? (other than getting a "desensed" ROM, I'd like to keep Sense's lock screen and some widgets)
Thank you.
I'm new to 4.3, and I'm using an S3 (Mobilicity). Rooted, stock rom and recovery. I'd like to know if it's possible to replace the clock widget from the lockscreen entirely. I'm caught between the xposed framework and Puzzle and Dragons, the game just won't cooperate with the framework (crashes upon opening). So, I've pretty much given up on trying to get secure widgets and everything since PaD won't run with them, and instead would just like to replace that default clock widget with something like DashClock.
If there is a way to do this, it would be much appreciated if you could share. I've looked all over and couldn't find anything on this.
EDIT: Alternately, if there was a way so that apps couldn't detect the xposed framework, or if there was another way to enable multiple widgets on a secured lockscreen, that would be great as well.
EDIT 2: Is there a way to bring back the 2-layer lock screen from 4.1? I can't fathom why they would completely leave that out, I love the swipe screen, it's got lots of space to show the wallpaper, and can also be used for other things (like the widgets >.>"), while you still have a second lock screen for the pattern lock.
I just got my M8 recently, love this phone Rooted it, and installed InsertCoin ROM, battery life is off the charts excellent, almost as good as my old Note 2. Anyways, I tried the stock launcher for a few days, and it's very smooth and fast, but missing very important features I have gotten so used to with Nova Launcher, and I am shocked these type of settings just aren't baked into the Android OS by default already;
#1: Custom grid size, I typically go 5 x 5, and sometimes 4 x 6, but NEVER the default 4 x 4 size, and I don't understand why Android sticks with 4 x 4 as the default grid pattern with 5" + screen phones being the norm now ? Why isn't grid size an option in the system settings on all Androids phones now ?
#2: Swipe screen controls, I always use the swipe down anywhere on screen to pull the notification shade down. So I don't have to reach all the way up to the top and pull down, I can just swipe down anywhere on the screen, and that will pull the notification shade down.
But by adding a Launcher, I use the Sense widgets :crying: I never understood that one. Why would the widgets disappear as an option, but all other widgets are still there. With Google and even HTC putting some apps on the Play Store, why doesn't HTC put the Sense 6 Clock and Weather widget up on the Store, and the Calender Widget. But it totally sucks I lose some of those really cool Sense features by going to a different launcher, and I think some of these launcher features should be part of the OS by default anyways. Why isn't adjusting the grid size a standard option yet in the OS ?
So, how many of you either run stock Sense, or install a different launcher ?
Maybe it's because those things are a trademark of HTC and giving them to everybody would dilute their brand.
And you can use Sense x Toolbox (6 due very soon) to change grid size if you're rooted and with xposed.
BenPope said:
Maybe it's because those things are a trademark of HTC and giving them to everybody would dilute their brand.
And you can use Sense x Toolbox (6 due very soon) to change grid size if you're rooted and with xposed.
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Ok thanks. Where can I download this Sense X Toolbox ? I looked on the PlayStore not there, is it an .apk I install ? And then I also need to install Xposed framework too ?
Well, it's Sense 5 Toolbox for Sense 5 and Sense 6 Toolbox for Sense 6 (not released yet).
You can get it through xposed or the Android Revolution thread (probably second post).
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Well, it's Sense 5 Toolbox for Sense 5 and Sense 6 Toolbox for Sense 6 (not released yet).
You can get it through xposed or the Android Revolution thread (probably second post).
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Can I just install xPosed on my One M8 that is rooted and play with that ? Or must I have this Sense Toolbox thing too ? And I am guessing Sense 5 Toolbox is not for our M8, but only for the older m7 ? So do I need to wait for the Sense 6 toolbox to be released before even using xPosed ? Or I think I read about an alpha version of Sense 6 toolbox ?
Excuse me, it's sometimes hard to keep up with which device forum I'm in.
xposed is a framework for creating mods, it's does nothing on it's own.
The alpha version does everything I want it to, but I haven't tried the grids, I don't expect it to work properly due to the softkeys. I expect it to be released around this weekend. If you can find the spreadsheet, you can check what works.
Or there might be another xposed mod that will work.
Here is the Sense 6 Toolbox thread, which includes a Google spreadsheet explaining which things work on HTC One M8. I've used it on Sprint M8 and seems good so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2705270