[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
so, one of the cool things about having 4.2.2 and 4.3 Google Play Edition dumps is that you can kinda poke around the code a bit to see what has changed. while poking around i noticed a lot of differences, mainly code cleanup. this is why it is my belief that while 4.3 may have very minor bugs in comparison to 4.2.2, it is a lot more polished.

everyone knows that on 4.2.2 GPE the lock ring is off-center. for those of you that have run 4.3 JWR66V GPE on your device, you probably noticed that the lock ring was fixed and centered. i have a very curious mind so that led me to do a quick compare of 4.2.2 framework-res to 4.3 framework-res. all of the devs have been making changes to keyguard_screen_tab_unlock.xml which has absolutely no affect on our lock screen. this is because part of our lock screen comes from res\layout\keyguard_glow_pad_view.xml.

without further adieu, this is how you fix it

decompile framework-res.apk and navigate to res\layout\keyguard_glow_pad_view.xml:

change this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.internal.widget.multiwaveview.GlowPadView android:gravity="[B][COLOR="Red"]left|clip_horizontal[/COLOR][/B]" android:layout_gravity="center" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/glow_pad_view" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" prvandroid:innerRadius="@dimen/glowpadview_inner_radius" android:contentDescription="@string/keyguard_accessibility_slide_area" prvandroid:targetDescriptions="@array/lockscreen_target_descriptions_unlock_only" prvandroid:directionDescriptions="@array/lockscreen_direction_descriptions" prvandroid:outerRingDrawable="@drawable/ic_lockscreen_outerring" prvandroid:pointDrawable="@drawable/ic_lockscreen_glowdot" prvandroid:glowRadius="@dimen/glowpadview_glow_radius" prvandroid:firstItemOffset="@integer/kg_glowpad_rotation_offset" prvandroid:magneticTargets="true" prvandroid:allowScaling="true" prvandroid:targetDrawables="@array/lockscreen_targets_unlock_only" prvandroid:handleDrawable="@drawable/ic_lockscreen_handle" prvandroid:outerRadius="@dimen/glowpadview_target_placement_radius" prvandroid:vibrationDuration="20" prvandroid:snapMargin="@dimen/glowpadview_snap_margin" prvandroid:feedbackCount="1"
xmlns:prvandroid="http://schemas.android.com/apk/prv/res/android"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" />

to this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.internal.widget.multiwaveview.GlowPadView android:gravity="[COLOR="red"][B]bottom|center[/B][/COLOR]" android:layout_gravity="center" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/glow_pad_view" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" prvandroid:innerRadius="@dimen/glowpadview_inner_radius" android:contentDescription="@string/keyguard_accessibility_slide_area" prvandroid:targetDescriptions="@array/lockscreen_target_descriptions_unlock_only" prvandroid:directionDescriptions="@array/lockscreen_direction_descriptions" prvandroid:outerRingDrawable="@drawable/ic_lockscreen_outerring" prvandroid:pointDrawable="@drawable/ic_lockscreen_glowdot" prvandroid:glowRadius="@dimen/glowpadview_glow_radius" prvandroid:firstItemOffset="@integer/kg_glowpad_rotation_offset" prvandroid:magneticTargets="true" prvandroid:allowScaling="true" prvandroid:targetDrawables="@array/lockscreen_targets_unlock_only" prvandroid:handleDrawable="@drawable/ic_lockscreen_handle" prvandroid:outerRadius="@dimen/glowpadview_target_placement_radius" prvandroid:vibrationDuration="20" prvandroid:snapMargin="@dimen/glowpadview_snap_margin" prvandroid:feedbackCount="1"
xmlns:prvandroid="http://schemas.android.com/apk/prv/res/android"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" />

***i don't care if you give me credit for figuring this out. respectable devs are going to give me credit anyway. and those who are not, will not.