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Here's something for you devs. How bout an app that can hide apps that are in the app drawer. (the tool bar at the bottom). Because right now if someone was to want to hold my phone they could get right into my email, pics, astro, bank account, market, anything! You know what I mean? if we had an app that puts those icons inside of it then that would be a good start. You could call it Drawer Mod or something like that.
Sure they could get to them from the application set up option, but thats not so easy to figure out. First someone could work on that, then they can work on a password lock feature for it or something. I'd pass my phone around more freely if I had a little more privacy than just the pattern lock. (that can be bypassed if you know how anyway). Is it a good idea?
No. Either don't hand your phone out or use pattern lock. If I could use your phone I would dial long distance out of spite.
I been looking for something like this but for a different reason Its cramped lol, I just want to be able to organize the apps in folders or something my games clutter everything. May add password protect to certain folders
breaultm said:
No. Either don't hand your phone out or use pattern lock. If I could use your phone I would dial long distance out of spite.
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Wow you're just awesome!!! Yeah you can sooo borrow my phone and call all the long distance you want. If you gotta call then call. lol I didn't think generosity could be misguided into hate like that. Go back to your cave hermit! What's your problem?
Now back on topic with civilized people.
ahddm said:
I been looking for something like this but for a different reason Its cramped lol, I just want to be able to organize the apps in folders or something my games clutter everything. May add password protect to certain folders
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Folders would be good.. it gets a bit cluttered in there.
Hmm actually displaying folders might be difficult but as for hiding apps I think the easiest way would be to effectively move them to a hidden folder on the phone... using shell commands someone could accomplish this... consider these shell commands
Hide an app
Code:
mv /data/app/APPNAME.apk /hidden/
Run an app
Code:
mv /hidden/APPNAME.apk /data/app/
*figure out some command to run the apk*
*figure out how to wait for app to die*
mv /data/app/APPNAME.apk /hidden/
Make the icon of the app be a folder and the interface copied directly from the app drawer and it might actually act like a folder
Nice! So it's feasable. Now all we need is for someone to apply the info above into an easy to use app, or I learn how to be a pro with terminal commands. lol
yeah i really need that app. in my rokr e6 there was a menu where you could pick different user setups Games:Office:and Custom you could put watever you wanted inthem
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/18/texas-instruments-and-wind-river-do-up-android-right/
Second video, at about :45 seconds in. They show a tabbed app drawer. Wish they would release it as a market app.
Dharkaron said:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/18/texas-instruments-and-wind-river-do-up-android-right/
Second video, at about :45 seconds in. They show a tabbed app drawer. Wish they would release it as a market app.
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That is a nice find! Now there's a visual. Would really make the phone less cluttered and more like a desktop. I wonder if its coming to the phone version of android. Anyone up for making a set up based on that?
Based on the appearance of alternate home apps, some with multiple app drawers, Id say someone will do this eventually.
yea i dont know if its just me.. but i wish that there was more editing and revamping of the normal apps.... like browser/messaging/dialpad/contacts the default. I would like to download replacements for them... not steel/acontacts/chompsms (not saying they arent good cause I use the last two) But with Ahome replacing my home screen.. its not replacing it.. its on top of it. I think everything would work alot better if we just focus on editing the normal features instead of having like 20 differnt versions of contacts browsers and all that.
I hope im understood I sometimes have an issue typing my complicating thoughts.
Me too! This is an app or mod that i have been waiting for. I've been using Advanced launcher with my dounut roms. But now with eclair, it wont run. Im not so much worried about adding folder to the app drawer, but more into hiding useless icons to clean things up a little bit. Do i really need 6 different icon pack icons? when they come up as needed anyways. whats the point in icons for apps that are primarily widgets? PLEASE! SOMEBODY! create an app or a mod that allows me to do this. I would pay for it!!!!
jayb222 said:
Here's something for you devs. How bout an app that can hide apps that are in the app drawer. (the tool bar at the bottom). Because right now if someone was to want to hold my phone they could get right into my email, pics, astro, bank account, market, anything! You know what I mean? if we had an app that puts those icons inside of it then that would be a good start. You could call it Drawer Mod or something like that.
Sure they could get to them from the application set up option, but thats not so easy to figure out. First someone could work on that, then they can work on a password lock feature for it or something. I'd pass my phone around more freely if I had a little more privacy than just the pattern lock. (that can be bypassed if you know how anyway). Is it a good idea?
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in case i loose my phone i bought App Protector:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-carrotapp-protectpronew-Attn.aspx
You can define apps which are password or lock pattern protected. This app has to be excluded from a task killer of course. I also protected market, root explorer and terminal.
There is another free app (ad supported) which does the same but only with a password. no lock patter (the lock pattern was the reason i bought app protector).
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-cc-applock-CtBE.aspx
I'm pretty sure about 6-8 months ago there was an alternative launcher on these forums that had app hiding as a feature. I think it was discontinued quite a while ago, but yeah not only is it possible, but someone's already done it.
Obama's>god said:
I'm pretty sure about 6-8 months ago there was an alternative launcher on these forums that had app hiding as a feature. I think it was discontinued quite a while ago, but yeah not only is it possible, but someone's already done it.
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more like 2 months ago...
nonsense cupcake rom has it for example.
called advanced launcher. but as stated above, its cupcake and donut only...
go ask anderwebs.
also wrong section
domenukk said:
more like 2 months ago...
nonsense cupcake rom has it for example.
called advanced launcher. but as stated above, its cupcake and donut only...
go ask anderwebs.
also wrong section
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Don't go ask AndersWeb, he's already on record about implementing it (in summary, "no", though offering a patch might convince him otherwise.)
And yeah, Advanced Launcher is much more than two months old. At least since August 2009 (when I showed up), probably earlier.
Vault
theres an app called "Vault" that hides the applications in your app drawer
you need root to use it though.
i use it to hide the sms app
then use handcent....so i can blacklist certain senders ......obviously i also have certain adult 3g apps hidden as well
advanced launcher is the only thing i can think of, too. works pretty well on donut roms, i just wish someone would port that functionality into a 2.1 rom.
the ADW/almostnexus launcher that most devs are throwing into their builds now has some of the same functions as advanced launcher (drag n drop uninstall, compressed columns/rows) but no app hiding, which is a real bummer.
this was done almost a year ago
Download panda home app has had an option to hide the apps in your app drawer for almost a year. also to make customer slide out drawers in your homescreen. if i remember, long tap on the home screen then go into the drawer option, it works remarkable well actually.
Could someone point me to or make a .zip file that will give me that crazykewl lockscreen....the one with unlock to the left and silent mode to the right. Purrrrdy please?
Running dcV1
Im not against sexual favors, as im broke.
No need,just delete htclockscreen.apk and .odex,reboot,good.can use adb or use root explorer,the files are in system/app.check the dc1 custom files thread and homescreen thread towards the last couple pages,few other people have requested this,but its simple to do
Just my 2 cents...
I didn't delete them I just abbed .bak to the ends in case I want to revert back.
Also, FYI, When you rm the lockscreen you lose the ability to turn your alarm off. Agimax posted an older android alarm clock in the DC ROM thread, I'm not sure what post but with the default #posts/page it's on page 243.
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No need,just delete htclockscreen.apk and .odex,reboot,good.can use adb or use root explorer,the files are in system/app.check the dc1 custom files thread and homescreen thread towards the last couple pages,few other people have requested this,but its simple to do
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Not near a computer, nor will i be for a while. Im scared to screw with r.e. and im not sure of the name of the lockscreen to have searched for it in the dc custom files thread. An update.zip would be amazing :- )
Ill start sifting thru dc custom files tho :-(
Got root explorer. How do i push the files without messing up my alarm?
Btw, real tip, thanks for the r.e. suggestion. Ive been meaning to download terminal and remove some bloatware, but i just multiselected everything i didnt want and poof!
One more quick thing...which apk is desk clock? Is it intertwined within world clock?
sinister,
If I'm understanding you correctly I think you're missing something. It took me 30 minutes of searching before I realized the super cool lockscreen you're after is ALREADY IN THIS BUILD. Removing or renaming htclockscreen.apk and htclockscreen.dex gets the lockscreen you don't want out of the way so that the one you do want can do it's job . You don't have to push anything to the phone to get the cool lockscreen, just remove those two files. BUT that's when you need an alarm alternative because the lockscreen you want disables the ability to turn off the 2.1 alarm. The alarm Agimax posted is a perfect workaround for this.
Good luck!
sinistermeshes said:
Could someone point me to or make a .zip file that will give me that crazykewl lockscreen....the one with unlock to the left and silent mode to the right. Purrrrdy please?
Running dcV1
Im not against sexual favors, as im broke.
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I've never seen this lockscreen, now that you posted can you link the damn thing
pipskicks said:
I've never seen this lockscreen, now that you posted can you link the damn thing
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If you're running damage control you already have it
sinistermeshes said:
the one with unlock to the left and silent mode to the right.
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Um, that's just the default Android lockscreen, isn't it? That description sounds exactly like what comes up when I fire up the sdk version of 2.1 in the emulator.
Is there anyway to add a wall paper picture after removing the htclockscreen.apk and odex files ... I have the default lockscreen, just that it is clear
Thanks in advance
nebenezer said:
If you're running damage control you already have it
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Aw 2.1 I still haven't pulled the trigger, Fresh 1.1 FAIL
I removed the htclockscreen.apk and odex files, rebooted and still have the same lockscreen, what am I missing?
I have been searching but I do not see the htclockscreen.codex I'm running darch 4.1 I removed the .apk but the lock screen is not aligned right and doesn't show the slide options. Please help!
rm /system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk
rm /system/app/HtcLockScreen.dex
This worked like a charm for me.
If this doesn't do it for you guys then I'm sorry I can't help, this is where my expertise comes to a screeching halt.
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Um, that's just the default Android lockscreen, isn't it? That description sounds exactly like what comes up when I fire up the sdk version of 2.1 in the emulator.
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Yes.
REDFOCZ said:
Is there anyway to add a wall paper picture after removing the htclockscreen.apk and odex files ... I have the default lockscreen, just that it is clear
Thanks in advance
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No, not that anyone has figured out yet.
The power button on my N1 has been giving me fits, and given the number of people I've read about with "dead" power buttons, I think mine is going out so I'm trying to preserve it as long as possible.
I enabled trackball wake (using CM6) which takes care of 1/2 the equation, but I need a good lockscreen app (just something to make the phone go to sleep). I found one in the market called Lock Screen Enabler, but it's not a "true" lockscreen app and it's very buggy, causing all sorts of problems for me.
I've been a web developer for 8 years and recently got into Android development (which I hope to be doing full-time soon), so I thought I'd just code a quick app for personal use in 5 minutes.
The problem, however, is that the DEVICE_POWER permission is needed in order to call goToSleep() and from what I've read so far from other online posts, this permission is only granted to native system applications.
Since my phone is rooted, I even tried granting my application SU privileges, but that doesnt seem to work either.
So, my question boils down to how do I grant my application DEVICE_POWER permission? I figure if anyone out there knows the answer, it's going to be someone on XDA as this place is full of geniuses. Thanks in advance!!
UPDATE: I've attached the finished app. Made this for personal use but if anyone wants to use it they are welcome to. My only gripe about it right now is the "screen flicker" that happens when you launch it because it's trying to launch an app that immediately locks the screen and finishes itself. If I can figure out how to get the app to launch in a smaller window maybe I can minimize the size to reduce the screen flicker. But for now, this works and I can set it to launch when I click the clock on Fancy Widget, so I'm happy. Thanks again to everyone who offered answers to my questions. Just another reason why I love the Android development community!!
-teleknEsis
Search for Lock screen widget. I have the same problem and I use it. It immediately locks your phone once pressed
nDrg said:
Search for Lock screen widget. I have the same problem and I use it. It immediately locks your phone once pressed
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Awesome, thx! Still would like to know how they got that prompt to show that basically made the application an Administrator app. Seems like the missing piece I need to complete my own
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Awesome, thx! Still would like to know how they got that prompt to show that basically made the application an Administrator app. Seems like the missing piece I need to complete my own
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It seems that you'll need to add the application as a device administrator. There seems to be some decent information half way down this page under Device policy manager: Link.
I'd be interested in using this application as I can't change the icon of my previously mentioned widget.
Edit: More information here as well: Link.
nDrg said:
It seems that you'll need to add the application as a device administrator. There seems to be some decent information half way down this page under Device policy manager: Link.
I'd be interested in using this application as I can't change the icon of my previously mentioned widget.
Edit: More information here as well: Link.
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I will probably still go ahead and create one. I like how with FancyWidget you can set it so clicking the clock will launch an app. Unfortunately it doesn't work with widgets, so I need an extra icon on my home screen just to lock it. If you have an icon you'd like me to use, feel free to share and I'll put it in
And thx for the info!!
I would be happy with any icon to be honest, I just don't like the lock screen widget one Good luck bud
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..If you have an icon you'd like me to use, feel free to share and I'll put it in
And thx for the info!!
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Yeah, put my themed one in from LockScreenWidget (smoked)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731625
rori~ said:
Yeah, put my themed one in from LockScreenWidget (smoked)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731625
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Alright, I got it working, but there's one problem. It can't be uninstalled because it's currently a device admin. Same goes for that Lock Screen Widget I installed earlier.
Looking into a way to be able to uninstall, if one even exists....
You disabled: device administrator ?
Looking into a way to be able to uninstall, if one even exists....
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Try using "root explorer" to find the files and just delete them.
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Alright, I got it working, but there's one problem. It can't be uninstalled because it's currently a device admin. Same goes for that Lock Screen Widget I installed earlier.
Looking into a way to be able to uninstall, if one even exists....
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You need to go to Security & Location - Device Administrators and disable both there.
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You need to go to Security & Location - Device Administrators and disable both there.
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Good call. Thx. However, I also came up with a work-around for ppl who are just as lazy as myself. There are 2 icons in the launcher. The first will lock the screen (once you enable the app as a device admin). The second will disable the app as a device admin, allowing you to uninstall at your will.
I really intended for this app to be for personal use, but if anyone wants it I'll put it up here for you to download. If you'd rather I remove the second launcher icon and just let you to disable it through Security settings, I will also do this (as really, I don't plan on uninstalling any time soon so this is fine for myself).
Thanks to everyone who helped out!!!
teleknEsis said:
Good call. Thx. However, I also came up with a work-around for ppl who are just as lazy as myself. There are 2 icons in the launcher. The first will lock the screen (once you enable the app as a device admin). The second will disable the app as a device admin, allowing you to uninstall at your will.
I really intended for this app to be for personal use, but if anyone wants it I'll put it up here for you to download. If you'd rather I remove the second launcher icon and just let you to disable it through Security settings, I will also do this (as really, I don't plan on uninstalling any time soon so this is fine for myself).
Thanks to everyone who helped out!!!
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Yeah I'd appreciate the single launcher version please if possible
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Yeah I'd appreciate the single launcher version please if possible
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OK - I'll update and upload when I get into work
Application is in the OP. Have at it
Great, works perfect on MIUI 0.9.30
Does the job perfectly! I especially like how it runs as an app so I can change the icon
You're a lifesaver, or should I say power button saver
Thanks so much.
I tried to develop something similar before but got stuck. Saved me some time!
Thanks for creating such useful app for my N1. My power bt is fine, but I would like to preserve it to powering up/down the phone.
BTW, I also downloaded Lock Screen Widget to test it out. Is it possible that you can make your app to shut off the screen smoother, like LSW? I like it you set it up as an app, which is super useful for me set up as a gesture swipe on my LauncherPro dock icons.
Thanks again and keep up your good work!
Thanks again, your app is really great. But could you add a option to map it to the search button (long press) please?
Thank you!
So, currently I have the (I think..) AOSP lockscreen. It looks nice and all, but I find myself missing the ability to be able to open my text messages directly from the lock screen. I found it extremely useful... I could go back to the default Froyo lockscreen, which of course has the functionality I would like, but I was wondering if there are any others around with the functionality I want, but with a... cooler? look? =]
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2. Reboot Options with Stock AOSP Lockscreen (includes Bing Removal!!!) Notice: If you want to remove the AOSP Lockscreen, then create a file in data/local named enable_glass_lock !!! Thank you imnuts for your original work on this
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Not quite what I was looking for, but oh well, Thanks anyway.
you would have to edit xmls in framework and add pngs to get what your looking for. widget locker etc are good but dont communicate with our ticker well
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Not quite what I was looking for, but oh well, Thanks anyway.
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Sorry, I thought you were asking how to get back to the stock lockscreen. I guess I didn't read the OP right.
If this question has been answered before then feel free to ignore, I'll be doing some searching on my computer about 20 hours from now, but don't recall ever seeing this asked.
What I'm hoping to do is replace the native lockscreen with magic locker. I have magic locker installed with the ics theme, but sometimes fails to show when I hit the power button and instead I get the native lockscreen. I tried converting to system app but that changed nothing.
So I'm wondering where the native lockscreen is located and how I could go about replacing it? Or how to put edt tweaks into a rom so I could use the 4 tab lockscreen. I'm on icbinb and wish to change the native lockscreen, not rom. So please no suggestions to use a different rom, either an intelligent response or say nothing at all.
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When you say native lockscreen are you referring to the code/pattern lock screen?
I mean the built in lockscreen. The puzzle glass one. I want to completely remove it and replace it. Because when you simply replace it with an app it sometimes still comes on instead of the app.
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I can try and take it off and make a flashable for icbinb
if you ain't first you're last
the 2 tab stock one, well I can help you with that.
download apktool or appmanager.
Decompile android.policy.jar
go to smali/com/android/internal/policy/impl.
Look for LockPatternKeyguardView.smali
search for "Glass" case sensitive.
It will take you somewhere around line 1000. I don't remember where.
Replace it with "Tap" case sensitive.
close and save
recompile the android.policy.jar.
You can put it in your rom or adb push or make a cwm package.
Just when you are booted, go to settings-->display and turn off puzzle lock otherwise every time you get a notification, it will switch back to the glass lockscreen.
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the 2 tab stock one, well I can help you with that.
download apktool or appmanager.
Decompile android.policy.jar
go to smali/com/android/internal/policy/impl.
Look for LockPatternKeyguardView.smali
search for "Glass" case sensitive.
It will take you somewhere around line 1000. I don't remember where.
Replace it with "Tap" case sensitive.
close and save
recompile the android.policy.jar.
You can put it in your rom or adb push or make a cwm package.
Just when you are booted, go to settings-->display and turn off puzzle lock otherwise every time you get a notification, it will switch back to the glass lockscreen.
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Will this work on a stock ROM?
Thanks