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[Android Apps and Games] cryogenic666:
Kevin, any reply to my post about my DX not waking up out of sleep with WL enabled? I've gone a solid two days with no reboots or "black screens of death" without WL enabled. Any clue what might cause it? The only "widget" I have on the lockscreen is Pandora and I have a few custom sliders. Yes, I'm rooted, running a custom ROM. It's exhibited the same behavior on two ROMs after factory data resets, too. Help!
[Android Apps and Games] mrzzz:
nice app ya!!!
[Android Apps and Games] lexluthor:
@Kevin,

Minor probably with the newest version. I have a DroidX and I have WL set up so that when I hit Home, it wakes my phone and back unlocks my phone.

Typically, I hit home and back in rapid succession to put me at my unlocked homescreen.

Starting with the new version, I'm finding that I have to delay slightly (up to a second) between hitting home and back or the phone doesn't unlock. I'm positive that something has changed with the timing because I must have already failed to unlock the phone using my normal timing about 10 times today.

Did something change there? Can it be fixed?
[Android Apps and Games] jimbobalu:
I too have the volume sound when waking the phone with the volume keys.

Another issue, after pressing the power button to put the phone to sleep after a few seconds the phone wakes up on its own to WidgetLocker and then goes to sleep again. It does this intermittently and I can't nail down the exact circumstances as it seems to be random.
[Android Apps and Games] ipawd1:
Anyone else seeing significant battery comsumption.. like 12-14% every hour?
[Android Apps and Games] Spitemare:
Not sure why the thread id changed. Correct link.
[Android Apps and Games] Avivator:
Great application, as I said in my review, worth the 2 bucks. The only minor problem I've had so far is sometimes after sliding to unlock, it will jump back and show the lock screen again, then unlock. I just tried it now and worked fine.. so seems to not happen often. Again, worth 2 dollars.
[Android Apps and Games] Homesnake:
No not at all.
[Android Apps and Games] bryant_16:
Anyone have the issue of sound when you use the volume button to wake up your phone?
[Android Apps and Games] dydbg:
I also have sound when using volume keys, so i have disabled Easy Wake for now.

Can't say anyting about battery consumption, because i have installed the app an hour ago.
[Android Apps and Games] BanziBaby:
Thanks for the reply,

Have had a week off work & have been trouble shooting the issue, factory reset on phone with stock JPY firmware, reboot into recovery mode & wipe cache & format SD then re-install apps from market.

The reason I have narrowed it down to widgetlocker is the issue doesn't arise until widgetlocker is installed & running & only appeared right after the v2 update for widgetlocker.

So to recap, don't install widgetlocker & screen turns off when charging, install widgetlocker & screen stays on when charging until I press power button to turn off screen then when battery is fully charged the screen comes back on & stays on till I wake up, so widgetlocker is causing the issue.

System Settings > Applications > Develpment >Stay Awake setting you mentioned is only on 2.1 versions of Android & not in 2.2.1 on galaxy S.

Resolved it now anyway by using Darky's 9.3 extreme edition.

Cheers,

Banzi.
[Android Apps and Games] mynameisjon:
Doesn't seem to be a way to disable theme chooser.

And I can confirm that sticking to default theme, widgets hold after reboot. After selecting a new theme, widgets just disappear.
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
Does really no one else have these problems?
[Android Apps and Games] Cret:
Well I keep on finding the phone getting very warm in my pocket and when I take it out to see why, it's unlocked and has opened lots of apps, maybe made a call etc and has given the battery a beating. Note that's not the battery issue others have mentioned - I've not had that happen so when it stays locked the battery life is good - but this is getting pretty maddening.

I've got all the settings arranged so that it should not be possible to unlock by button, only slider. When I try to unlock it by button deliberately I can't make it happen, so why does it keep unlocking in my pocket - any ideas?

Is the proximity sensor used to prevent accidental unlocks at all? If not, I think it would perhaps make it a LOT more reliable.

Love the app generally, but it just doesn't seem to be solving the problem I keep getting of unintentional unlocks and 'phantom' calls etc.

Any thoughts on this are welcome.
[Android Apps and Games] dimicom:
the widgetlocker still crashes to often. And when ever i try to import a theme i only get one item from the theme,...for example just the unlocking bar.
[Android Apps and Games] Rohaq:
Small issue: The rotary unlock isn't really rotary; it's just a big slide lock. This wouldn't be a problem, except it leads to my phone unlocking in my pocket a lot, which sucks if you end up opening lots of apps by accident. Any chance you could make it rotate properly to avoid accidental unlocks?
[Android Apps and Games] MchlKhyL:
So I just downloaded the app and love the themeability but am getting kind of annoyed at the lack of animations between the lock screen and the home screen. Is there any way to enable animations?
[Android Apps and Games] bryant_16:
Is the dev still updating for this application? The sound when wake the phone using volume button still around.
[Android Apps and Games] mynameisjon:
is there going to be a fix for the Theme Chooser issue?
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
THis might have been suggested before but is it possible to edit the custom sliders which are already present on the lockscreen?

I have customized one slider with Unlock/Phone and gmail... I just want to edit 1 icon of the email app. Is it possible to edit just that instead of deleting the whole slider and redoing it again?

If not maybe you can add this feature.
[Android Apps and Games] iTouch24:
missed call, mail, voice mail, SMS notifications.... need them on lock screen
[Android Apps and Games] dudebro:
theme support please? I want the morph for frysee's lockscreen theme. :(
[Android Apps and Games] Sandwich88:
I agree :D

anyway now I'm using Sms Unread Count widgets for missed calls and unread sms ;)
[Android Apps and Games] secondskin:
First off, many thanks to the developer for an awesome affordable app! I read through each post and no one has requested this feature yet so here goes.

I was running an aosp rom on my Sprint Htc Hero for a brief time called darchdroid kangslayer 2.7. In this rom there was no Htc Sense lock screen but simply the vanilla lock screen with slider. I'm now running fresh 2.3.3 which is based on Sense. He has a vanilla lock screen download but it isn't nearly as good as widget locker. However, neither his vanilla lock screen nor widget locker seems to be able to replace the drag down bar answer bar for a phone call where as the aosp rom seemed to use the standard vanilla slider to do this. So, my question is, can you add feature so that I no longer get the Htc drag down bar when I get a phone call? I would rather have widget locker replace this as well so that when I get a call I can just slide over.

Again thanks for the great app!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] c00ller:
I would like the exact same thing; to have the AOSP slide to answer versus the HTC Sense one!
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
I've gotten numerous requests to replace the call screen.

This is tricky.

For the short term, I'm adding an option to have WidgetLocker on-top of the incoming call screen. Meaning you must slide to unlock WidgetLocker before you can slide to answer. This is for the people that have problems with pocket-answering.

But I do plan on investigating that screen. I imagine it will be a separate program from WidgetLocker as it's a different scope and rather complex (As Android provides even less APIs with regard to that screen compared to the lock screen, notice that both myLock Phone tools and Tedd's Droid Tools just kind of place some elements on top of the screen rather than replace it. I'd rather replace it if I can.). Also widgets on the incoming-call screen don't make sense. But custom sliders might (slide to answer in speaker phone, slide to ignore-call-and-send-sms). But it also depends on what is possible with the Android APIs and security model.
[Android Apps and Games] secondskin:
Kevin,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my request. You gave a very detailed explanation as well as your thoughts which makes you my friend a GREAT developer! I look forward to whatever future updates you can incorporate into this app.

Thanks Again
[Android Apps and Games] Tickitata:
Thanks a million for this fantastic app. It really is great.

Any possibility in a future release including a landscape option? For us EVO users still obsessed with kickstand mode :)
[Android Apps and Games] Skardy:
Is there a way to try/buy this app without paid apps availability?
[Android Apps and Games] ImGeneralZod:
Since this seems to be where you request features, can you implement skinning? The type of skinning that is in the app LockBot on the Android Market. It can change the lockscreen style to iPhone, Xperia X10, HTC, etc… :D WidgetLocker is sooooooo much better than this one and worth every penny.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Doesn't it already cover these in the different Lock styles it does? It doesn't have open user skins, although I've suggested that and remove them from the main program (reduce size for those who don't want them)..
[Android Apps and Games] Anon87:
Hi, nice lockscreen. What clock are you using? If you don't mind me asking.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Android Apps and Games] E_man5112:
I was thinking something similiar, a larger selection of custom sliders. I was thinking about this one in particular.

I like that slider so much better than the other unlock sliders. But I like widget locker MUCH more than LockBot.
[Android Apps and Games] E_man5112:
Also a small bug I've found on my phone with this app. Whenever I put camcorder in a slider,and try to unlock to it, I get an fc.

Is this on all phones, or just the captivate?
[Android Apps and Games] rafaelpinaf:
Where can I get this app?

I didn't find it on Market. :/
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker
[Android Apps and Games] iTouch24:
can u share what app u are using
[Android Apps and Games] c00ller:
He's talking about the app called "SMS Unread Count" http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.kanokgems.smswidget

Despite it's title, you can actually make icons for the dialer and Gmail as well.
[Android Apps and Games] iTouch24:
cool i will give it a try .. i thought he was talking about one of these

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.nikb.notifier

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.jackyvirtu.appwidget.message
[Android Apps and Games] speedweed:
IS that a LockBot clock widget or something else, and if so wich widget is it? Looked realy nice. Also the slider was indeed very nice.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Hey guys, long time user of WL but I just recently jumped from 1.2.9 to the new 2.0 and I really love the themeing idea. It makes it a lot simpler to switch on the fly, but I'm having an issue or two.

I've created some of my own themed sliders, much like I did with the previous versions but my backgrounds aren't showing up.

This is what my theme folder looks like. It's 100% correct to ones that I've tried and worked.

But when I apply it, this is what I'm left with. The background doesn't show up.

It's something I'm doing wrong, because it's happened with 3 of the themes I've created today and they're all having the same problems.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] corrob:
I am also running into this issue. Only I am using Handcent instead of SMS Popup. It is pretty frustrating because the whole idea behind the popup is to be able to respond to texts quickly. Instead, I have to hit close, unlock the screen open Handcent to respond.
[Android Apps and Games] constellanation:
I can't help with your problem unfortunately, but I actually really like the clear! Could you share it with a quick how to on installing it?
[Android Apps and Games] JDCM:
Really Cooll
[Android Apps and Games] VegasEvo4G:
@Kevin-

First, thank you, love the app. I've been using it for several months now.

This might seem as an odd question, but this is something I am relentlessly trying to solve. The stock MIUI launcher only has a 4 x 4 (grid) workspace. Now, the obvious remedy for this would be to install a market launcher such as ADW or launcher pro. I don't want to do this as I love the MIUI stock look. The only thing I don't like is the tiny 4 x 4 workspace.

Now I know nothing about developing apps. I'm curious if an app can be made that simply "lays" on top of your launcher or homescreen that would allow the grid to be resized? So basically, could widget locker be broken down in a way so that the lock function is removed leaving just the resizable grid and then apply it to your homescreen? It would be a widget that you apply to your screen and then load your apps or widgets on to. Is this crazy, or something that is theoretically possible?? Thanks for your time!!
[Android Apps and Games] :
Sure, haha.

If you're using the new WL then just download the .zip and install it like you would any other theme in the appropriate folder.

http://www.mediafire.com/?q44qlsqvcccwctx

Since it appears to be a problem on my end (most likely) it will just show up the same way on yours.

Once it's in your theme folder just go to Add> Custom Slider and then it should just be there under the theme dropdown/pop-up menu.

For some reason, no matter what kind of background I use, it doesn't show up. Just make sure you disable the slider on the right side and you're all set.

**Quick edit: if for some unknown reason the background for the slider show up on your phone and it's not matching up with the slider, that's my fault. Since I can't see the background on my phone I'm not able to tweak the positioning and get it to sit perfectly. Let me know how it goes!
[Android Apps and Games] bryant_16:
Is the sound when waking up the phone by volume buttons fixed?
[Android Apps and Games] constellanation:
Thanks it shows up exactly as I had hoped (which is what you hadn't hoped for, unfortunately ) I didn't realize changing the theme was so easy. Thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] ephumuris:
I have to admit i used a "free" version of this for a while. I was hooked and have bought the app now as i want to support and also gain easy market updates :)

One thing i can't find no longer is menu unlock? There is back and trackball but no menu?

Keep up the great work.
[Android Apps and Games] fireon123:
Is there a way to use i.e. QuickPic as the lockscreen wallpaper changer instead of the stock 3d Gallery?? I think the 3D Gallery is way to slow and hard to work with! When I try to change wallpaper in widgetlocker I do not get any choice of choosing which gallery app I would like to use (but I do in other apps). Would really love to be able to disable the 3D Gallery..

Using Oxygen 2.0.1 on a HTC Desire =)
[Android Apps and Games] lexluthor:
Bumping this
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
I may allow customizing the size in the future. For the ADW vs WidgetLocker launching and clearing the bubble, it's a bit tricky due to how it works. I might try to work on this and submit a patch to ADW, but I need to think about the best way of handling it.

It's not used currently but it's planned.

The most popular crash I see in my Market console is when in settings and adjusting the volume of the unlock sounds. I'll fix it, but it's hardly a deal breaker... Outside the Market I see all kinds of crashes, but they're not my widgetlocker, they've been modified.

Themes are only for sliders. You can set your own background.

This is true. I actually inherited the code from Android 2.0's short lived rotary unlock screen. I'll keep this in mind.

Not at this time.

Seriously? It's been five days since I release 2.0.2.

You'll have to ask the Cyanogen team. ROM is much lower level than an app and a buggy rom is going to cause bugs in apps.

Not at this time, it's planned.

Check http://widgetlocker.teslacoilsw.com/themes-doc/creating-themes/ with regard to three patch images. Sounds like you're missing the stretch marks.

Are you on Android 2.1? There's a bug with the keyboard on that. Handcent's auto-enable on-screen keyboard works around the issue.

Theoretically possible, maybe, but it'd be incredibly hack and not worth using.

As a work around you can go to Settings, long-press Volume Down, Experimental, and Disable Aggressive Block Home.
[Android Apps and Games] corrob:
No, I have 2.2. I tried enabling the auto keyboard, but it didn't help. Part of the problem too is that I have the privacy option enabled. So I get a popup when I get a message. When I try to hit "read" it doesn't do anything. I can only exit out of the popup.
[Android Apps and Games] lexluthor:
That looks like it resolved my issue. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] bryant_16:
What do you mean? How do you get there, settings, then long press volume down? What do you mean?
[Android Apps and Games] Hacker4748:
Hi all,

Is there any way I can test / download / install / buy WidgetLocker if I am in a country that is not supported for paid apps in the Market? AppBrain only redirects to the Android Market and I have not found any other way to download WidgetLocker. :(

Any help appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] rakludnet:
After I unlock, it highlites the 1st icon/widget on home screen??

Is it common? or am I missing something?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] :
Is there any way to remove the silent state from the ringer mode? I'd like to be able to switch between on/vibrate rather then on/off/vibrate :)
[Android Apps and Games] cyruz1:
That's already possible. Check the options. I had mine set up that way, too.

Options > Behavior > Silent Mode
[Android Apps and Games] caffeinated chris:
Nice app, love this thing. I saw it explained on another thread on here and decided to get it. Been using it for about a week now and love it.

one question though, how do I enable clicking the widget and editing it after I disabled clicking that widget (whoops hahaha)

I swore there was a way to edit them still but cant find it

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] elburna:
Hold the widget in editing mode ;)

...via Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] badbull99:
WidgetLocker is just awesome...

Tab... Tab... Tab... :-)
[Android Apps and Games] lexluthor:
Yes. I thought it was weird at first too, but long press of down volume unlocks experimental mode menu.
[Android Apps and Games] caffeinated chris:
thanks man. I've tried that multiple times. I disabled touch so that i wouldnt accidently press them. but now i cant edit the colors or font or anythng of the widgets. when i long press it brings up the resizing the widget feature and thats it, in both editing mode and on the lockscreen. it allows me to press the top right corner to enable touch, but even after i turn on that it still will not allow me to access the settings to each widget i made. grrr

thanks for the quick response d-('-')-b
[Android Apps and Games] reinbeau:
When you're long pressing, you're in the program, and not on the actual lockscreen, right?
[Android Apps and Games] lambasurm:
you can change the wallpaper manually by copying the desired image on the sdcard ;)

just rename it to temp-wlocker-wallpaper.png (yes, it has to be .png and the exact size of the screen)

i know it's even more frustrating than using 3dgallery, but at least you'll get the size and quality spot on... always!
[Android Apps and Games] ciprigeorgiu:
is there a way of keeping enabled the sense lock and not having issues at unlock(several unlockin sounds and a little lag). I would like to use widgetlocker and still have the sense "slide down to answer" method.
[Android Apps and Games] formicae:
I'm running into an issue where my screen dims after the WidgetLocker-set timeout, but never actually turns off. Anyone had any luck fixing this? The option to have the screen stay on while charging is unchecked in my device's settings, and besides, this happens with the phone unplugged, too.

Saw a post about this a few pages back, but figured I'd bump the issue since no one seems to have had anything to say about it.

Edit: A second reboot seems to have fixed it. Hmm.
[Android Apps and Games] daveid:
On my new Dell Streak7, Widgetlocker was somehow bypassing the stock lockscreen for a while. I rebooted it and now can't get it to do it anymore. I never left easy wake mode enabled, and would rather not. I have root access, and am used to not seeing the stock lockscreen on my Nexus One... Is there something I can do to make this work consistently? I have no lockscreen security set up, it is just the stock slider that I am seeing after unlocking Widgetlocker.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Disable your system unlock sounds (System Settings > Sounds > Screen lock sounds)

Curious. Just to be sure, if you have "Retain System Keyguard" on in advanced settings you'll want to turn that off?

Otherwise, do you not have a sim card in the device? Or a pin on the SIM?

And can you try disabling and reenabling WidgetLocker? Also can you test with Easy Wake Mode just to see if that makes the difference?
[Android Apps and Games] hayden1987:
just bought this app and I'm really loving it! I would really like to see some options for tweaking the haptic feedback since I'd really like to increase the haptic feedback when using the sense slider :)
[Android Apps and Games] daveid:
I do not have "Retain System Keyguard" enabled, and no there is no SIM in this device. Enabling "Easy Wake Mode" does the trick, but isn't that detrimental to battery life (doesn't it create a wakelock?). I turned "Easy Wake Mode" off, and disabled/re-enabled Widgetlocker, and the same behavior is seen - the stock lockscreen shows after Widgetlocker. Right now, I have no choice but to use "Easy Wake Mode" if I want to hide the stock lockscreen.
[Android Apps and Games] beardedspoooon:
Is it normal for WidgetLocker to request SuperUser every few minutes?

I searched SuperUser in this thread and didn't see any other posts aside from a few asking about it no longer requesting SuperUser on boot.

20 times in 17 minute time span for example. Is there a setting that causes this, is it normal?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] reinbeau:
I'd say something's wrong, I get this message once after boot-up.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
My guess is it is getting killed by Android. You low on memory? Task killers? You might try not hiding the Notification icon if you've set that option if all else fails, that will give it more chance to not be killed.

But if you're running a task killer, stop ;)
[Android Apps and Games] can6rxw:
This is an awesome app! I bought a copy of it for my and my wife's phone. Good job on this application!! Keep up the good work!