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Unlock screen by trackball (or volume button)

I was searching for utilities that can unlock the screen by buttons other than the power button (can't reach there all the time). Found a powerful one that does the job well (with many other options as well). Oddly, the app barely has any reviews in the Market -- maybe because the app names are in Chinese, but the app itself is English (at least for me -- it maybe just following your default language choice).
Search for "lockgo" in the market.
You will be presented with 4 apps. The main app is the one with a LOCK icon. Install that first.
After you installed the main app, install the green one with a right arrow -- that's the slide-to-unlock plugin.
That's it. The app activates itself automatically. The interface is in English. Just try to tap all the little icons on the lock screen to configure it. The options included are RSS (forget about this, seems buggy), weather (forget about this also, you'll know why when you try), calendar, SMS list, task killer(!!), app launcher, and YOUR OWN WIDGETS (so whatever widgets you have, you can add it as a separate page on the lockscreen). Most importantly (see the title of this thread), you can wake the screen up by the trackball or volume buttons.
I tried ICE before, but for some reason that one is not always responsive for me. This one is.

Great program in theory. It seems VERY unresponsive and buggy. I'll definitely keep an eye on it though and hope for improvements.

3bs said:
Great program in theory. It seems VERY unresponsive and buggy. I'll definitely keep an eye on it though and hope for improvements.
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This one is always responsive for me. But hey, I agree it's still buggy - especially the RSS screen...

yeah.... still buggy... any other apps with same function? thx...

"Screen Mode Widget" allows this, however it doesn't go to lock screen when activated...just awakens the phone to what you were last doing. I use it when the phone is just gonna be laying on my desk at work and I don't want to keep pressing the power button to wake it up. The notification icon is a little buggy, as it doesn't always stay dormant even when set to be so. Otherwise, good app and I use the hell out of it.
clustered said:
yeah.... still buggy... any other apps with same function? thx...
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I think its removed from the market. I managed to find version 1.1.1 in a chinese website.
-Gus

ghassan99 said:
I think its removed from the market. I managed to find version 1.1.1 in a chinese website.
-Gus
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A market search for "screen mode widget" (no "") brings it up.

Sorry, I was referring to lockgo

[REQ] Notification Pull Down Power Buttons Ala Galaxy S

Hi I was watching a browser speed test video on androidcentral and they had a galaxy s phone and when they pulled down the notification bar at the top were a set of power buttons letting you turn on blue tooth, wifi or gps from any screen (really useful IMO)
So i ws wondering if this was part of touchwiz or an app or something we can port to the droid x. I find myself wantng to turn on wifi bt and gps alot in apps and ont want to go to the home screen to do it. i think this is so cool, anyone can elaborate?
thanks!

i believe it's part of touchwiz and it IS very handy. i don't use it all the time but it's a lot easier than finding the screen with the quick toggles.....if you're even using them.

Yea my friend has the one for T-mobile and i didnt' know it till i pulled down the notification bar, and I thought the same thing...sooo useful. I use my phone for navi a lot and it's annoying to go through screens to find the widget.

Quick Desk Beta
Check out the app Quick Desk Beta its essentially the same idea but instead of pulling your notification bar down you double press your home button and it pulls up a transparent screen that you can put any widgets on like wifi toggle or your music player. I used it all the time with my D1 when id be on a web page and forget to turn wifi on or want to listen to music while on the web but not want to go home and find the widgets then back to browser. I just got the DX and haven't tried it yet on it im still figuring out all these new moto blur things but i would think it should work with the DX. Hope that helps you out alittle

gerelee said:
i believe it's part of touchwiz and it IS very handy. i don't use it all the time but it's a lot easier than finding the screen with the quick toggles.....if you're even using them.
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Thank you.
tvith said:
Yea my friend has the one for T-mobile and i didnt' know it till i pulled down the notification bar, and I thought the same thing...sooo useful. I use my phone for navi a lot and it's annoying to go through screens to find the widget.
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yes extremely useful indeed, i need to have this!
1barlog17 said:
Check out the app Quick Desk Beta its essentially the same idea but instead of pulling your notification bar down you double press your home button and it pulls up a transparent screen that you can put any widgets on like wifi toggle or your music player. I used it all the time with my D1 when id be on a web page and forget to turn wifi on or want to listen to music while on the web but not want to go home and find the widgets then back to browser. I just got the DX and haven't tried it yet on it im still figuring out all these new moto blur things but i would think it should work with the DX. Hope that helps you out alittle
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thanks i will check it out, but i do once in a while use the double tap of the home button for voice dial on my x, but that shouldnt b needed anymore once we get froyo and the new voice search app from google.
i still would like to have this in notification bar and wonder if it could be done as an app or as a theme mod or what. IF anyone has any ideas how this can be ported? maybe i can request a port in the DX android dev forum?

Yes a friend and my inlaws have the Galaxy and I would love to have something like this for the X.

Check out the app Quick Settings. Lets you put whatever settings in there you want. It's not as pretty, but really useful.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App

Smart bar works pretty good.
Sent from my DROIDX

I would really love this too. I know the Galaxy S has it and certain ROMs have it but I'm not willing to root my DX quite yet.

i use quick settings as well, works really good.
Also you can download the app called Homesmack which can allow you to program the search hard button on the X to bring up the quick settings app. pretty convenient when i want to turn on wifi or bluetooth etc on the fly and saves space on home screens

amontem said:
I would really love this too. I know the Galaxy S has it and certain ROMs have it but I'm not willing to root my DX quite yet.
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which ROM has these????

tttuning said:
which ROM has these????
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It is not apart of any Droid X ROM or theme yet... it is likely that Fission may get this mod though.
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I use Power Control Plus - can't post a link yet, apparently, but it's easily googled.
It's awesome.

this is the only feature i miss from when i had my Captivate.....i can only hope the guys at team defuse can get this to work on the X!

I use MySettings. It works very well.

[REQ] Lock Screen App

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

teleknEsis said:
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

teleknEsis said:
..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.

teleknEsis said:
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.

Hollow.Droid said:
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

Hollow.Droid said:
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!

[APP][4.0] NiLS - Lock Screen Notifications

Hi everyone,
NiLS is a very useful app that displays notifications on your lockscreen for Android 4.0 and above.
NiLS provides rich, actionable and highly customizable notifications on your lock screen.
NiLS displays your notifications on top of your existing lock screen, so you can keep enjoying the functionality of your lock screen and get and interact with notifications without unlocking your device.
NiLS is the only notifications app that enables quick reply directly from your lock screen for several apps - including the WhatsApp, Hangouts, Telegram and many more mail or messaging apps
NiLS known to work with most of the lock screen apps including WidgetLocker, GoLocker, LockerPro, Cover and many more.
"You certainly should check it out.." - PhoneArena
"Just a sexy quality that I love about it!" - AndroidSPIN
"Much-needed feature to Android's default lock screen" - LifeHacker
"Making it easy to read an email in its entirety without unlocking your device" - TWIT - Android App Arena
Main features
• Displayed on top of any lock screen (no matter if it supports widgets or not)
• Provides swiping gestures such as swipe right to dismiss, drag icon to open, swipe down to dismiss all, etc.
• Displays full notification content as it appears on Android notifications bar and provides ability to perform actions such as archive gmail or reply missed call with SMS if available on the notification.
• Allow you to quick reply to a message directly from the lock screen on many supported apps.
• Highly customizable and provides 3rd party themes support.
Use swiping gestures to interact with the notifications:
- Swipe notification left or right to dismiss.
- Swipe notifications list down to dismiss all.
- Swipe notification icon right to open notification or perform additional actions.
- Click to show a preview, scroll down or up in the preview to read the whole conversation, or quick reply directly from there. (Premium)
Customize NiLS however you want:
- Set position and size, anywhere you want on your lock screen.
- Set any colors you want as your title color & text color, font sizes & vertical alignment
- (Premium) Change icon background and notification background.
- (Premium) Show multiple lines of each notification and change icon size.
- (Premium) Use 3rd party themes for great looking notifications.
Please note - NiLS requires you to enable a notifications service, please follow installation instructions within the app
Permissions used:
Photos/Media/Files - Allows NiLS to save & restore backup file on the sdcard
Device & app history - Allows NiLS to detect what is the current running lock screen app
In-app purchases - Allows NiLS to suggest you to upgrade to full version
Download
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roymam.android.notificationswidget&hl=en
Support
First, read FAQ for installation instructions and see answers for most common questions:
http://bit.ly/nilsfaq
Didn't find an answer? Have a bug report or feature request? contact [email protected].
Every email will open a ticket. we'll respond any request usually within a day or two.
If the support email ([email protected]) doesn't work - please use the link below to open a support request:
https://roymam.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Community
Join our community on Google Plus for discussions and announcements.
https://plus.google.com/u/1/communities/115156552435983276604
Beta testing
If you want to get early access to beta versions and help us test new versions, request to join our beta community here:
https://plus.google.com/communities/101363646487255542423
and follow instructions here:
https://plus.google.com/100604435295012114289/posts/LfzLjvKXGd6

Don't have 4.2 yet but that looks really cool. Wish I could try it
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Working like a charm though it's a pity that the notification does not get away once it's read
Anyways, awesome job, I know there's a lot of people who has been waiting to something like this :good:

try to make the UI more holo-like.. to blend in.
add a little blue/grey. but not too much background transparency.

Thanks for the feedback:
1. Notifications clear - I'm planning to implement full notifications clear when screen is unlocked, any thoughts on this?
2. Holo look - I'll raise opacity to 75% (currently it's 50%), I think this will make the gray and blue colors more noticeable.

Love it so much!
I hope it has a option that do not turn on the screen when a new notification arrives.
Thanks!:laugh:

093236 said:
Love it so much!
I hope it has a option that do not turn on the screen when a new notification arrives.
Thanks!:laugh:
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Will have on final release.
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Roymam said:
Will have on final release.
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Good! :good:

cool app, will wait for final version!

Roymam said:
Thanks for the feedback:
1. Notifications clear - I'm planning to implement full notifications clear when screen is unlocked, any thoughts on this?
2. Holo look - I'll raise opacity to 75% (currently it's 50%), I think this will make the gray and blue colors more noticeable.
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how about creating an option to let the users decide the background opacity?
default is the original JB grey..
edit: can you also implement -> slide to remove (individual remove per app notifications)?
also i noticed your permissions are "prevent phone from sleeping"
why is it that way? means our phone wont go into deep sleep right? :S

leongzxc said:
how about creating an option to let the users decide the background opacity?
default is the original JB grey..
edit: can you also implement -> slide to remove (individual remove per app notifications)?
also i noticed your permissions are "prevent phone from sleeping"
why is it that way? means our phone wont go into deep sleep right? :S
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" Slide to dismiss" is impossible to implement on lock screen widgets (or any widgets at all). Must have buttons.
The permission is needed to turn the screen on when notification arrives. The phone will act normally and will go to deep sleep if needed.

This looks very promising, especially with a Holo theme
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

This would look great with a few design changes, i.e. a more holo/4.2 look.
I hope there will be settings available to control things like opacity, which apps/notifications to show, privacy options, etc.
I wish you all the best and look forward to using your invention
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nice !

Fantastic!!
Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 con Tapatalk 2

Roymam said:
" Slide to dismiss" is impossible to implement on lock screen widgets (or any widgets at all). Must have buttons.
The permission is needed to turn the screen on when notification arrives. The phone will act normally and will go to deep sleep if needed.
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oh i see.. well, a button to clear is good enough.
tried your app. looks promising.
already bookmarked your thread. checking regularly for more updates.
good luck! :good:

I would like to see the option to be able to turn off the screen on feature. I would get a lot of notifications and this I'm sure would drain the battery.
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MrBC said:
I would like to see the option to be able to turn off the screen on feature. I would get a lot of notifications and this I'm sure would drain the battery.
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this is a good idea too
sometimes i like my phone screen to be still off when i receive notifications

leongzxc said:
this is a good idea too
sometimes i like my phone screen to be still off when i receive notifications
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He will do this, I have asked before:thumbup:

Cool widget!
But it would be great to have this widget AND the standard clock on one screen. Is this possible? (I´m on latest AOKP Rom on Galaxy SII)

[App][MaterialUI] Oops! Applock, Totally Invisible AppLocker and ScreenLock

★★★★★
Addictive tips, lifehacker reviews the app as unique.
"Hilariously brilliant and effective." - Android Authority.
★★★★★
Oops! application locker does not use any on-screen password ie. pin based or a pattern based locking system.
We use volume key pattern as the password. You can make any pattern using volume keys, like UP UP DOWN UP.
Features
- Totally invisible.
- Most secure way to lock apps.
- Nobody even notices your app is locked.
- Simple and fun to use.
- Can lock any applications.
- The transparent screen makes as if your application is stuck (You can change it).
- Fool friends with custom backgrounds.
Lollipop users Allow UsageStats for KNote from settings, you can do it by opening app drawer click on Enable/Disable UsageStats.
HELP TRANSLATING THE APP.
https://keybotivated.oneskyapp.com/collaboration/project?id=55522
PLEASE TEST THE NEW VERSION AND GIVE FEEDBACK
Click to Opt in For testing
v3.2
- New UI
- Faster
- Bug fixes
v3.0
- Added screenlock custom style
v2.1.beta (applockv2.1-beta in attachment)
- Added screenlock
- Full support for android Lollipop+
- Improved memory usage
- UI changes
- New tutorials
v2.0.1 (applockv9 in attachment)
- Added widget
- Fixed bugs
v1.5
- Only for GB
- Old UI
-No widget
​

Hi developer, found bug is: if I want lock 1,2,3,4,5 five apps, and I also want turn them to black screen, when I set from 1 to 5, 1 and 2 will turn to 'none', when I set 1 and 2 to black, 4 and 5 will turn to 'none', things keep going like this if more apps, please help to fix it, hopes that help! - note2 v4.4.2

ranger101 said:
Hi developer, found bug is: if I want lock 1,2,3,4,5 five apps, and I also want turn them to black screen, when I set from 1 to 5, 1 and 2 will turn to 'none', when I set 1 and 2 to black, 4 and 5 will turn to 'none', things keep going like this if more apps, please help to fix it, hopes that help! - note2 v4.4.2
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Thanks for reporting.
Does background change to "none" when you set a custom background /only with black?
i am unable to reproduce the situation here.

fazuvpk said:
Thanks for reporting.
Does background change to "none" when you set a custom background /only with black?
i am unable to reproduce the situation here.
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I only try 'black' option, haven't try cusom screen option, thanks
btw, the bug I found sometimes happen to random apps, loop like this:
I want turn them all (12 apps) to 'black', but no matter however I try, there always 2 or 3 (random) turn back to 'none'.
In a word it seems this setup function in not very stable in current version. thanks

Fixed
ranger101 said:
I only try 'black' option, haven't try cusom screen option, thanks
btw, the bug I found sometimes happen to random apps, loop like this:
I want turn them all (12 apps) to 'black', but no matter however I try, there always 2 or 3 (random) turn back to 'none'.
In a word it seems this setup function in not very stable in current version. thanks
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Found the bug and fixed.
will merge in next update.
Thanks

Nice! thanks for sharing

msolutions said:
Nice! thanks for sharing
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you are welcome, please do mind to rate the app.

Looking for such application which locks my app invisible.Beautiful app fantastic.
Some request,
1.Option for Blank notification with no app icon in status bar.
2.It would be great if On screen volume keys resemble like knock code like lock screen?

mnhs1010 said:
Looking for such application which locks my app invisible.Beautiful app fantastic.
Some request,
1.Option for Blank notification with no app icon in status bar.
2.It would be great if On screen volume keys resemble like knock code like lock screen?
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1. Will include in next build .
2. It resembles knock code but only with 2 keys, which easier than knock code.

support for android 5?

chepeme said:
support for android 5?
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Dev said last time ,next update is for lollipop,so for lollipop wait for update.
Excited for material design update,great and unique app lock.

chepeme said:
support for android 5?
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yup the play store version doesnt have.
it does work now i will be updating the app in 2 days.

Support android Lollipop
chepeme said:
support for android 5?
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mnhs1010 said:
Dev said last time ,next update is for lollipop,so for lollipop wait for update.
Excited for material design update,great and unique app lock.
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Android 5 support with material ui is available in xda attachment. install and give feedback.

Great concept
Well done on using the volume buttons for this purpose and to make a dummy note taking app pop up. It does makes the locker invincible!. :good:

fazuvpk said:
Android 5 support with material ui is available in xda attachment. install and give feedback.
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Downloaded and tried.
The only way that it works on android 5 is when i enable the usagestats, if i disable it... won't work

chepeme said:
Downloaded and tried.
The only way that it works on android 5 is when i enable the usagestats, if i disable it... won't work
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yes android 5 needs special permission to get the application on top.

When we press on going app notification it open the app, not the K note app.

mnhs1010 said:
When we press on going app notification it open the app, not the K note app.
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Yes it was a test build, It is irritating when i see K-Note always while testing so i made it that way, it will be changed in final build.

New update
Support version 5.0 now
Download from Play store

Awesome idea... I tried this app out though on Chase and Google Wallet, but I did not have to enter my password (Vol Up, down, up, up) it went straight into both apps and I am sure I had both apps locked :/
Sprint GS5 running Lollipop leak.