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[Android Apps and Games] thebeardedchild:
I disabled the stock lock screen (enabled easy screen lock or whatever that's called), but now I'm curious as to how I revert what I just did? When I click on that item in settings now, it just says it's already disabled and won't let me re-enable it. I keep accidentally pressing my volume buttons now and it wakes...
[Android Apps and Games] KaliKot:
Yeah the best and fastest phone on the Market taking over the Android world without a locked bootloader and the best hardware is a POS

Anyway, someone should step up to the plate and make a better Widgetlocker or the devs should give more attention to it.
[Android Apps and Games] rori~:
I almost doubt that's possible, as there's no other dev out there, who knows more about android lockscreen s possibilities.. :)

If Kevin can't solve something, is cause of the limitation of android and not limitations of his skills, don't forget that!

Sent from my Premium Xx
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
Doesn't change the fact that he hasn't visited his thread for support of his app in over a month.
[Android Apps and Games] rori~:
I was reffering to a better app and not not change any support facts here :) ..but I can: "not posting here, does not mean, not reading"
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Because babysitting whinners would totally be a better use of my time rather than answering legit emails or doing actual development
[Android Apps and Games] galom:
Lol. Anyone know how to stop my tasker widgets from disappearing?
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
Didn't realize 10 minutes a week rather than 1 smart remark every 8 weeks was such a big waste of time in order to keep paid customers informed on progress.

Any plans to allow widget overlapping with the resize feature by chance?
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Using Cyanogen? Upgrade to the latest nightly as they included my patch that fixes this issue. If it's another rom you'll have to the point the dev to my patch here: http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,6381

If you're on completely stock Android (not even rooted) and experiencing this let me know via Settings > Report Bug as I'm looking for evidence of this happening in stock GB to report upstream.

Yes
[Android Apps and Games] T1RKazz:
I love WL i only wish CM would play nice
[Android Apps and Games] galom:
Thanks for quick reply. I use LeeDrOiD for desire. I will let him know.
[Android Apps and Games] zanderman112:
I wish I could get this!!

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
eh? With what, widgets? It's fixed for about a week now in the nightlies.
[Android Apps and Games] reinbeau:
I am on Serendipity VII, and my widgets disappear upon every reboot - will this fix that problem? It was never a problem on Froyo/Serendipity 6.4.
[Android Apps and Games] alareth1976:
With the latest nightlies on CM7 the disappearing widgets prob have been solved :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] RainesX:
must ask if there is a possibility to get aproximaly the same lockscreen as in the htc sensation with widgetlocker.

Cant seem to find it in the themesection so maby not possible? yet?
[Android Apps and Games] vjun:
Hi guys,

Is there any way to make song skipping using volume buttons with WidgetLocker? I disabled it because I listen to music on it a lot and usually keep the phone on my pocket, changing songs by long pressing volume buttons.
[Android Apps and Games] Droski:
Hey kevin, are there plans on releasing an update at all, I'd love to see the MIUI lockscreen implemented or even the SII one. Just wondering, I would like to play around with theming the MIUI one.
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
This is a lockscreen replacement. It's not different lockscreens like you can request ROM devs to support. You make your own lockscreen with your own widgets..
[Android Apps and Games] saltorio:
Just purchased WidgetLocker yesterday after updating my ROM and wanting a more functional lock screen that supports landscape mode. I'm very impressed!

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ISSUE REPORT

The one issue I have noticed is when using XBMC Remote, WidgetLocker will always display when I turn my phone on, even if I have the option to disable the lockscreen in XBMC Remote turned on. This is a hassle, as it makes using my phone as a remote while TV watching much more cumbersome.

Is there something I can do to rectify this, or if not could the dev please look into this.

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Otherwise I'm loving WidgetLocker!
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Planned

Not at this time

Of course

MIUI is already there as of 2.1.0. But more are planned.
[Android Apps and Games] kevin2516:
Are you planning on allowing clock text colour to be changeable? That would be awesome, also I noticed my widgets don't disappear anymore on cm7 since rc1 I think, nice work :)
[Android Apps and Games] punkmonkey1984:
WP7

kevin@TeslaCoil

Could we see a style like the WP7 lock screen, where you slide up the whole page to unlock, kind of like the app in this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1096955&highlight=wp7

That would be cool
[Android Apps and Games] itsmejson:
@kevin

I had a couple questions regarding WL

- when my thunderbolt is booting up

it shows an iphone type slider before showing

the actual slider i chose until the phone is booted up.

it will then show my current slider, is this normal?

any way to stop that from happening?

- i currently have the "block home in other apps"

checked. most of the time after using Missed it!

to check unread msgs i will exit out of the msgs

or email app and it will go back to the widget

lockscreen, but sometimes it does not and it will

go back to home screen.

is this a bug or is something else causing this?

i've got launcherpro installed also.
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
It's a difficult problem. Looking into a good way of handling this across many apps.

It's not a priority, but it is requested sometimes so I may end up doing it. There's other clock widgets with a similar look that are more customizable (though they don't resize as well as WidgetLockers). For example check out https://market.android.com/details?id=net.hubalek.android.makeyourclock&feature=search_result

At some point yes.

Normal. Themes are stored on the sdcard and the sdcard isn't available immediately after boot. In the future I plan to allow users to move themes to internal storage, but it's not possible at this time.

Curious. I haven't received other reports of this but also it's not that popular of a feature. If you notice a pattern to when it happens that'd be very useful for debugging.
[Android Apps and Games] Razer(x):
Sometimes it happens that widget locker just doesn't wanna unlock, i have to press home button to make it work.

Is there any workaround?
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Can you send a bug report via Settings > Report Bug so I have some more information? (And please restate the problem briefly so I know what the bug report is with regard to, I get lots of emails and might not recognize your email address/name).

-Kevin
[Android Apps and Games] -Vulture-:
Hi there!

First off all, i really love WL, it was one of the first Apps i bought for my Desire HD and i really love it. Keep up the good work!

But theres a question i wanna ask regarding the incoming call screen. Sometimes on my device with ARHD 5.2.2 ROM, when theres a call incoming, the incoming call screen from HTC Sense is not displayed. The screen is unlocked and i can see the two buttons for answering and denying the call, but theres no slider to prevent accidential presses of those buttons. So it happens that i dismiss the call while pulling the phone out of my pocket.

I dont really know whats causing this, cause sometimes it works and the Sense slider is shown...i couldnt find any pattern in this behaviour yet. I dont think its related to the custom ROM im using, the much older ARHD 3.1 suffered the same issue. Any idea? Thanks!

Phil
[Android Apps and Games] chobie:
I love this app however....

How do I set it to just require me to interact with the lockscreen in a specified time and not having to unlock it everytime the screen goes idle or turns off?

Cause everytime my screen goes idle I have to unlock it even though I set it to be locked at a specific time.

I've been using a SGS2 and the lockscreen works this way, only has to be unlocked like in a minute instead of everytime when the screen goes idle after 15secs or what it is set to.

Scenario:

WL screen timeout set to 1 minute.

Phone's screen timeout set to 15 seconds.

Everytime my phone timouts (15seconds) I have to unlock it through WL.

Is there a way just to wake it unless it's been idle for 1 minute?

Hope to hear from you. If you have the steps for the option it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
HTC Sense has two incoming call screens, one is with up down sliders and one is with buttons. It choses to use this based on if the device is locked or not. Easy Wake Mode disables the stock lock screen and thus may cause HTC Sense to feel the device is unlocked and display the button call screen rather than the slider one. Disabling Easy Wake Mode should keep the slider one, but again only if the device is locked (if the screen is on it's going to show the buttons, this is not related to widgetlocker but HTC Sense).

Not possible at this time, planned.
[Android Apps and Games] marvin02:
You may want to look at Delayed Lock to use in addition to WidgetLocker.
[Android Apps and Games] Nichie:
if easy wake mode is disabled, there will be no way to wake the phone using any hardware buttons right?
[Android Apps and Games] -Vulture-:
Thanks for the info. But i couldnt really reproduce the mentioned behaviour of the 2 lockscreens. Sometime i took the phone out of my pocket while ringing and it showed the two buttons. Sometimes, when it is lying on the table with its display on (im working with it or something like this) and a call is coming in, it shows the slider. Maybe its just my imagination, ill have to test this again^^...
[Android Apps and Games] rye&ginger:
Is there a way to bake Widget Locker into a custom ROM? I want weather forecast widget and power amp widgets on the lock screen.

Running it normally seems to result in too much RAM swapping (loading and unloading of different apps)

I have a SGS Captivate on Mosaic V ROM.

Maybe someone can recommend some settings. Usually WL is using around 10MB RAM which is fine, but gets laggy if I use an app like Pulse or RedditIsFun.
[Android Apps and Games] rapvanbrunschot:
WidgetLocker and SwipePad

Hello,

A question I have not found an answer for;

I use WidgetLocker now for some time and it works fine.

Also, I am starting to use SwipePad which I find an easy add-on to start shortcuts and applications.

But now it seems SwipePad is also active when WidgetLocker locks my device and I do not seem to be able to disable the SwipePad functionality on the lock screen.

Doe anyone know how to disable SwipePad when WidgetLocker locks my device?

Regards,

Rob

HTC Desire HD

Android OS Version 2.3.3
[Android Apps and Games] Nichie:
Tried settings > > > popups > > > > hide others yet?
[Android Apps and Games] rapvanbrunschot:
Hello Nichie,

Thanks for your respons.

And yes, I have tried this option with both the process-name and the package name, these are android.process.acore and mobi.conduction.swipepad.android.

Both times it did not have the result I hoped for.

Regards, Rob
[Android Apps and Games] balto:
Works perfectly
[Android Apps and Games] katsching:
hi

when i make a call, after some time the wl lockscreen goes active.

how can i stop that?

is that a compatibility-problem of the zte blade?
[Android Apps and Games] DjDarkDragon:
Is there a way for me to make the number or password protection on xperia arc to work with WL without going to the orginal lockscreen first?

I hate hawing to unlock 2 locks before entering the code.
[Android Apps and Games] darkamikaze:
Hey Kevin

(ATRIX 4G, 4.5.91 GB leak)

For some reason when I receive a text message using GoSMS/Handcent and WL enabled the screen is all black first for a couple seconds before I can see the popup for the sms..

I notice this issue goes away and the screen becomes active immediately while WL is off.

Also.. this is not so much as an issue but a report, I couldn't set up Fingerprint lock while WL was enabled .. had to disable WL first.. then setup the scanner. which then made it work :o I know it's experimental and all! so yea!

You might be already aware of this issue X-x.
[Android Apps and Games] SUTHRNFRIED:
+1

Agreed, this would be very cool.
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
no

You'll have to contact the SwipePad dev, you can point him here for what he needs to know about widgetlocker: http://teslacoilsw.com/widgetlocker/#developers or have him contact me. ClutchPad and WaveLauncher work this way.

Sounds like you turned on Settings > Behavior > Show In Call. Turn it back off.

Does the RootHelper autoswipe work on the Xperia Arc?

Motorola phones historically always have issues with not waking up right away, unrelated to WidgetLocker. If using the fingerprint scanner I recommend enabling Easy Wake Mode as the Atrix seems to wake a bit faster this way.
[Android Apps and Games] DjDarkDragon:
I dont hawe root on this phone (its crap to get it..need to flash to android 2.3.2 then root and then OTA update to 2.3.3) so im not able to test that.

****I made up my mind to root the phone****

And Yes the RootHelper autoswipe wordks on the Xperia Arc so now my problem is solved.Thanks a lott.
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
See how great the world of rooted phones are? LOL.
[Android Apps and Games] itsmejson:
does anyone know how to go back to

widgetlocker immediately after an incoming call?

nm i figured it out. I created a tasker event :)

if anyone needs the tasker event:

Context: phone idle

task: 3rd party ->widgetlocker ->activate
[Android Apps and Games] Amator72:
Greeeeaaaat app!!!
[Android Apps and Games] bryant_16:
Hi dev,

Can I request to have a password (pin) in the application as well? I don't really like the current one that is inside my phone which is Galaxy S2. I hate pressing 'OK' after typing the pin, instead of just unlocking by pressing the 4 digit pin and not pressing 'OK' after that. On top of that, there is no lock password timeout, meaning to say right after I lock the phone, and when I want to unlock it, I have to press the 4 digit pin. It should have like a 5 minutes interval before the phone ask my password again.

Thanks and looking forward to your next release.
[Android Apps and Games] watt9493:
Best app I have bought for my phone. Thanks for the continued development!

ADR6300
[Android Apps and Games] gsu_golfer:
Is anyone else experiencing redraws with Launcher Pro while using WL? I get one each time I unlock after WL has been running a while.

If I close WL and restart it, the problem goes away for a while.
[Android Apps and Games] eezdva:
Really love this app. BUT :D. The home button on my SGS2 bypasses the lockscreen.

Checked all the settings. But once I wake the phone I can just unlock by hitting the home button.

I do think that other sliders to have and the fact that I can see if I have missed calls is just amazing but yeah. If I can use the home button for waking it up it's kindda pity.
[Android Apps and Games] ChargingPaladin:
Direct Dial Bypassing Password Entry

Bought WL today; definitely a fan.

Having trouble with one thing though. Anytime I use a direct dial shortcut from the WL screen it bypasses the password screen and dials. The password screen shows up but only for a second. I've tried messing with settings, no luck. Am I missing something?
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
Then go turn off the feature that lets the home button unlock it.

Menu>Settings>Buttons & Inputs: uncheck "Allow Home Button"

I have all of them unchecked except for allow volume buttons and Only during music.
[Android Apps and Games] phoenixs4r:
Kevin,

Any timeline for the sense 3.0 replica lockscreen? A competitor has done it, but its extremely flawed and I'd rather use widget locker.

Thanks for a great application.
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
It's really difficult for an app, rather than system software, to actually secure the phone. I may do this at some point, but I'd rather avoid it as I fear it would be confusing for users and be impossible to please everyone. And there's no way Exchange would respect it so it's still leave those users hanging.

Don't use the HomeHelper. Android may deprioritize your launcher if you have WL's HomeHelper set as the default home (or any other pseudo-home, like QuickDesk or Powerstrip).

Do use the HomeHelper :-/

The Samsung Galaxy S2 behaves different than other devices. I'm looking into a better fix for the Home button on this device, but in the mean time as a work around you can:

Enable Settings > Advanced > HomeHelper:

HomeHelper Component

HomeHelper Block Home

Then hit Select System Home > WL HomeHelper

Individual apps can control if they bypass security or not. The calling screen does. I think a contact shortcut should require the security.

I don't give ETAs, doing so is just asking for trouble. I won't release something that's extremely flawed, I'll release something that's done right, and that does take some time.
[Android Apps and Games] watt9493:
Don't rush the man. You ever flash cm7? Don't ask for ETA's

ADR6300
[Android Apps and Games] dadechat:
Notifications !!!

Hi Kevin !

WL is a great app but please could you add a built-in notification system for SMS, calls and Gmail (like icon changing color + bubble showing the number).

It also would be great to have a "slide to answer" feature.

These are the only 2 lacks of WL.
[Android Apps and Games] jjsoviet:
Hey Kevin, I have a question. Is it possible for some screen sliders to support qHD 960x540 resolution devices? It's because the MIUI and Sense locks leave gaps even on their maximum size due to the increased resolution and it would be awesome to do away with the issue. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Bagel Bear:
I also had the idea of asking to add-in your own password/pin security feature.

The issue (not technical just presentation-wise) that I have with it right now is that when you slide the system slider to access your password screen, you still actually SEE the system slider screen and the slide. Compound this with the fact that the new Atrix 4G Gingerbread security input screen looks bad with the dimmed out wallpaper and laggy input and it just looks bad. If Widgetlocker had it's own security pin input then you wouldn't have to see the system slider at all.
[Android Apps and Games] byrong:
Hi Kevin,

Like Sense has had for a while, CM7 recently integrated separate time-outs for the slide lock versus the security lock. So, for example, I can set the lockscreen to activate immediately at screen-off, but the pattern lock is delayed by X amount of time.

It seems that WidgetLocker overrides this setting, however. If I have WidgetLocker enabled, my pattern lock engages based on the slide-lock timer (i.e. immediately)

I notice that in the Experimental settings, you have an HTC Security Delay feature, which I assume is there to fix this issue with Sense roms. Is there any way that you can make this work with CM7 as well? It is grayed out for me while using CM7.

Here's a note from the user who submitted the patch to CM7 that allowed for this functionality:
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
1) You can use ADWNotifier. Part of the reason I don't want to handle notifications directly is that they are so temperamental, for example the latest gmail update has broke unread counts for all third party apps.

2) Incoming Call Screen is beyond the scope of WidgetLocker. WidgetLocker is a lockscreen.

WidgetLocker does support qHD and does not leave gaps when sliders are sized appropriately. The MIUI slider always has space, that is by design. You can create a theme that doesn't have space. The Sense slider is designed to be two standard rows tall (2 rows in the anchor). If you have it at only one row tall or have a really dense grid size it might not fit. This is true on any device.

This sounds wrong. The reason WL has a HTC Security Delay option is so users can type in 10 seconds or something rather than the 3 minute minimum HTC has.

WL will use the Keyguard disableKeyguard and reenableKeyguard APIs and will SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED and DISMISS_KEYGUARD, but a timeout for the security shouldn't be effected by this. HTC and Motorola both behave. CM should start timing when the screen goes off, and activate the security after the timeout. Security shouldn't be activated before that timeout. Nothing should reset that timeout. Once the security is active nothing should disable it.
[Android Apps and Games] bryant_16:
I see. Thanks for the clarification.

But not to compare, Lock 2.0 has it's own pin password feature.

Will it be very difficult to implement it?
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
The Lock 2.0 pin is just for looks, it doesn't actually prevent someone from using the phone if they don't have the code.

Here's an email I just sent to someone that's related:

I'd love to do this, but it is REALLY complex. Apps cannot provide

system-level security. I don't want to implement something that is

merely for show or providing a false sense of security (I think

Lock 2.0 has a security screen that the home button bypasses, but even

if that was worked out it also can't hold up to reboots or sms

popups/push notifications).

I'm not saying I won't do it in the future, I really would love to.

But it's not on the short term agenda due to the complexity.
[Android Apps and Games] DjDarkDragon:
Hi Kevin.

I must say..This is an awesome lockscreen.

I was wondering if it was hard for you to add an "owners info" sort of link or so to Widgetlocker?So that the lockscreen shows the owners info with a push of an onscreen button or a pysical one?

Edit: I just came up with a idea that i feel is quite good.

What if you added an "info" (like an I inside a circle) in one of the top corners that pointed to Owners info?
[Android Apps and Games] EH15:
When I open a message or email from the the MissedIt widget from the WidgetLocker lockscreen, and then press back it returns to the lock screen. Is it possible to return to my home page by pressing back (not pressing HOME) after viewing my message?
[Android Apps and Games] cigaro78:
see next message
[Android Apps and Games] cigaro78:
Replying to my own post but Kevin (WL creator) is so awesome he's already replied to my support request:

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The Samsung Galaxy S2 behaves different than other devices. I'm

looking into a better fix for the Home button on this device, but in

the mean time as a work around you can:

Enable Settings > Advanced > HomeHelper:

HomeHelper Component

HomeHelper Block Home

Then hit Select System Home > WL HomeHelper

(Bonus, home helper will help WL load earlier at boot, disadvantage is

that your home screen might be removed from memory sometimes and need

to be redrawn)

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