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Does anyone know a good looking lockscreen that will show you 'miss call' ?

I dont know about missed calls, but Lock Bot is an excellent replacement lockscreen that seems to work perfectly in FroYo. There are a lot of styles too.
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You could also try WidgetLocker. I wasn't a big fan of it on my Aria because it seemed laggy and I'd see the stock lockscreen a lot of times, but the Infuse appears to actually have enough power to run WidgetLocker correctly. There's all sorts of stuff you can do to modify your lockscreen with that. You could set up a WidgetLocker lockscreen and then use a widget of your choosing to display the information you want. I'm working on and off right now on designing a widget to display missed calls, unheard voicemail, unread texts, and probably some other stuff with minimalistic text. WidgetLocker isn't free though, so read up on it before you buy it. It does have some quirks.

I personly do not like the lock screen at all and I use No Lock so that as soon as I hit power it is on my home or apps. Just make sure you have Advace Task Manager ignore it.

ummm.... the stock one?!?! that shows missed calls.

How did you remove the stock lockscreen?
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I personly do not like the lock screen at all and I use No Lock so that as soon as I hit power it is on my home or apps. Just make sure you have Advace Task Manager ignore it.
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mbworldz said:
How did you remove the stock lockscreen?
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"No Lock" is the name of an app that will turn off the stock lock screen. Its in the market.

The SGS II lockscreen is nice and has it. You need a ROM with it.
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Which lockscreen style do you use

I never got into all the fancy control-your-microwave-from-your-lockscreen gadgetry. I have always preferred to use a secure lockscreen, and in that regard I have always liked the pattern lockscreen. I always see screenshots of these fancy lock ring screens, though, does anyone use the unsecure ones?

I really like the sense lockring with the 4 shortcuts. It's not secure from the point of somebody else using your phone but the shortcuts are very nice to have, especially the camera button. I have mine set to show my pictures as a changing slide show.

None.
I like to hit the volume rockers and have the phone pop up ready to use.
If that means I pocket dial someone once in a while (hasn't happened in the 6 months I've had an android) so be it.

I like the stock lockscreen
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I like the stock lock screen.
Ring makes it easy access and 4 shortcuts are convenient.
Plus it looks great.
If you are taking about the lock/unlock itself, I like the pattern lock for speed.
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I use the sense lockscreen. When I was on CM7, I liked a customized iPhone slider lockscreen with shortcuts via widgetlocker.

I use the weather sense lockscreen.

Sensationxe2611 said:
I use the weather sense lockscreen.
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same here, i think it looks grand !!

I got tired of Stock sense unlock so I found Widget Locker from market and customized it like stock ICS unlock with time and weather info.
You can set whatever shortcuts and widgets with it and have them be usable or touch locked
Only thing it can't change from stock is the call answer/decline. They still use the HTC ring.
Together with ADW Launcher with ICS icons I have completely revamped my Sensation.

If you don't use a secure(pattern/pin/etc) lockscreen though, aren't you afraid of someone picking up your phone and reading your emails, texts, etc?

Stock for me but I do like some off them out there .... just some off them are buggy.

sergeybrin said:
If you don't use a secure(pattern/pin/etc) lockscreen though, aren't you afraid of someone picking up your phone and reading your emails, texts, etc?
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nope I got nothing to hide lol

townay said:
nope I got nothing to hide lol
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I use the lockscreen only to protect from accidentially dialing a number
I like the shortcuts to use directly without unlocking. And I have no important mails and texts on my phone...

sergeybrin said:
If you don't use a secure(pattern/pin/etc) lockscreen though, aren't you afraid of someone picking up your phone and reading your emails, texts, etc?
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First off, my phone is rarely outside of my pocket.
Second, if I were to leave it laying around, who's going to read my emails?
So no....not worried about it.

sergeybrin said:
If you don't use a secure(pattern/pin/etc) lockscreen though, aren't you afraid of someone picking up your phone and reading your emails, texts, etc?
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I never leave my phone unattended. I'm more concerned with someone stealing it than I am with them reading my email and making a twitter post in my name
The pattern/pin unlock screens are just too much work for me. It seems like I check to see if I have any new email every 5 minutes -the easier the better.
The new ICS face unlock is fun. It seems to recognize me about 80% of the time.

HTC Sensation XE Ring lock
Guys,
How to completely remove the HTC Ringlock?

Sense weather lockscreen.

sergeybrin said:
If you don't use a secure(pattern/pin/etc) lockscreen though, aren't you afraid of someone picking up your phone and reading your emails, texts, etc?
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This is the reason I have a PIN lock on mine. Use the Sense Weather lockring screen, but coupled with the PIN unlock too.
I work in a school, so don't want to risk either leaving it in a classroom by accident or having it lifted out my pocket!

using weather lockscreen

I am using the stock lockscreen, sometimes with a different background, but thats about as fancy as it gets for me

New Android user, Notifications Question

I just came from an iPhone 4 and this is my first Android phone (I've used a touchpad with CM9) and I have a fairly simple question which I can't seem to figure out.
When you receive an SMS, or any notification for that matter, the phone will beep or vibrate but the screen remains black.
How can I change the settings to have the screen light up and show the notification I just received like iOS does. I assumed this would just be a standard setting but after searching the phone and internet for about 10 minutes I gave up.
Thank You and sorry for the noobiness. Plz dont kill me I swear im not trolling.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.everythingandroid.smspopup

i'm guessing he means without 3rd party apps... in which case, i don't think it's possible - at least until we get custom roms.
that's one thing i really miss about my GSII - that, and BLN. the LED on this HOX is so small, i tend to miss it, even if it's blinking.

So wait, your telling me there's no feature built into ICS that makes any sort of a notification pop up on screen on? That's absolutely ridiculous. What am I supposed to do for push emails? Just listen to the beep and have to go toggle the screen each time I get one to see if its important or not?

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So wait, your telling me there's no feature built into ICS that makes any sort of a notification pop up on screen on? That's absolutely ridiculous. What am I supposed to do for push emails? Just listen to the beep and have to go toggle the screen each time I get one to see if its important or not?
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you should still get the notifications if your screen is on... i thought you were talking about making SMS and emails light up the display on your screen when the screen is off and you're not using the phone. if you are using the phone, and you get an SMS or email - assuming you are not currently in either of those programs - you should still get a notification.
if you are in fact talking about getting the screen to light up when you receive SMS or email and the screen is off... then yeah, unfortunately, you just have to hear the tone or feel the vibration, and if you miss that, look for the LED. eventually there will be support for making the screen light up, and even BLN (back light notification - where the capacitative keys light up when you receive a SMS or email) - but it's going to take custom kernels for that stuff to happen.

mfpearson said:
you should still get the notifications if your screen is on... i thought you were talking about making SMS and emails light up the display on your screen when the screen is off and you're not using the phone. if you are using the phone, and you get an SMS or email - assuming you are not currently in either of those programs - you should still get a notification.
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Yeah I meant when the screen was off, I guess i didnt make that clear.
But yes its kinda crazy. Guess ill have to learn to deal with it.

enviii said:
Yeah I meant when the screen was off, I guess i didnt make that clear.
But yes its kinda crazy. Guess ill have to learn to deal with it.
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it is kinda bad... for now.
once the bootloaders are unlocked, the real fun will begin, and this stuff will be no problem to implement into custom roms. just gotta be patient for a little bit.

So wait, your telling me there's no feature built into ICS that makes any sort of a notification pop up on screen on? That's absolutely ridiculous. What am I supposed to do for push emails? Just listen to the beep and have to go toggle the screen each time I get one to see if its important or not?
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Um, you had to do the same thing with an iPhone. If you missed the initial screen turn on you had to do exactly that. Toggle the screen. Before iOS 5 it was even worse. So calm down and explore your HOX. While you will have to toggle your screen, to make up for it you can customize your lockscreen to quickly allow you to see certain notifications.
If you go to settings -> personalize -> lock screen style and select productivity you'll be able to keep track of your notifications extremely easily.
Otherwise yeah, an easily installed, non-invasive app can quickly fix your problem. If a text makeover isn't what you want check out an app called SMS Flash. It's my favorite least intrusive UI notification pop up. You can't reply from it like you could from SMS Popup or Go SMS Pro pop up notifications, but it does show you them and is slightly customizable.

If you go into the messaging app, then go to settings > notifications. There is an option called notification preview. This will turn on the screen and show you a preview of the SMS you just received.
Also under Personalize > Lockscreen, then select the second option called productivity. This will list all of your active notifications on the screen similar to iOS.
You can also access the notification tray from the lockscreen, provided you don't have any sort of security on (PIN, Pass, Etc).
I also think you're being a bit nit picky about not having the screen light up for every notification. That is just as easy to miss as anything else. You have to be looking at the phone to see that. If I'm working on the computer the sound of a tone or vibrate is much more likely to get my attention. You turn the screen on to check the notification when you're ready... I don't really see a problem. Turning the screen on for anything other than incoming calls/texts seems like a waste of battery to me.
Android is a bit different in that the options aren't centralized. Options for notifications are within each app itself. Some apps (like Facebook app Friendcaster) may include optional popup notifications.

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If you go into the messaging app, then go to settings > notifications. There is an option called notification preview. This will turn on the screen and show you a preview of the SMS you just received.
Also under Personalize > Lockscreen, then select the second option called productivity. This will list all of your active notifications on the screen similar to iOS.
You can also access the notification tray from the lockscreen, provided you don't have any sort of security on (PIN, Pass, Etc).
I also think you're being a bit nit picky about not having the screen light up for every notification. That is just as easy to miss as anything else. You have to be looking at the phone to see that. If I'm working on the computer the sound of a tone or vibrate is much more likely to get my attention. You turn the screen on to check the notification when you're ready... I don't really see a problem. Turning the screen on for anything other than incoming calls/texts seems like a waste of battery to me.
Android is a bit different in that the options aren't centralized. Options for notifications are within each app itself. Some apps (like Facebook app Friendcaster) may include optional popup notifications.
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pretty sure that SMS option won't make your screen light up when you receive texts... all it does is place the notification in a square in the middle of your lockscreen, so that when you hit the power button to unlock your phone, you see that square on your lockscreen, rather than having to look for the little icon in the upper left corner of your notification bar.

You get a notification up top....fyi you can pull down the notification bar down and check whatever on the lock screen. You don't actually have to unlock this phone to access notification bar. Love it. My infuse was not the same.
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i actually prefer it NOT to be built in to the OS....i have this thing called CHOICE here in the Android world....and I choose NOT to have that feature baked in....i dont want my screen coming on at all, unless i tell it to.....i fail to see how having a third party app that handles this, a bad mark

Handcent SMS is a really good messaging app (better than default IMO). It has a setting that turns the screen on when a message is received. I'm not sure about email because I have never bothered to look for an alternative.
@Pirateghost What if you still had the CHOICE to install a 3rd party app that kept your screen off? Everyone has different preferences, and the OP is upset it isn't available in the stock app. Seems reasonable to me.

SwiftJudgement said:
Handcent SMS is a really good messaging app (better than default IMO). It has a setting that turns the screen on when a message is received. I'm not sure about email because I have never bothered to look for an alternative.
@Pirateghost What if you still had the CHOICE to install a 3rd party app that kept your screen off? Everyone has different preferences, and the OP is upset it isn't available in the stock app. Seems reasonable to me.
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i didnt say it was unreasonable, but the OP came off as it was a huge shortcoming and he couldnt believe that its not possible to have it implemented in ICS already...and installing a third party app is putting him out...
just an interpretation of the text.....no clue how it was meant

Seriously how hard is it to install an app that does this?
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I actually love the fact my screen does not come on for incoming texts / emails - much prefer the notification LED

tawheed12 said:
I actually love the fact my screen does not come on for incoming texts / emails - much prefer the notification LED
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same for me, less screen = more battery

Pirateghost said:
i actually prefer it NOT to be built in to the OS....i have this thing called CHOICE here in the Android world....and I choose NOT to have that feature baked in....i dont want my screen coming on at all, unless i tell it to.....i fail to see how having a third party app that handles this, a bad mark
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Yeah we have tons of choice with this bootloader being locked...

Although it would be nice to make your own custom lockscreen style, that has like the weather and productivity combined

Pirateghost said:
i didnt say it was unreasonable, but the OP came off as it was a huge shortcoming and he couldnt believe that its not possible to have it implemented in ICS already...and installing a third party app is putting him out...
just an interpretation of the text.....no clue how it was meant
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Agreed.
Secondly, unless the phone is directly in front of you at all times and you're able to see the screen light up right then and there, then I don't see a difference. If the phone is in your pocket and the screen lights up but you failed to hear the notification, you're still screwed.
Just my .02
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Lockscreen Notifications

I remember having lock screen notifications using ICS on my old Xperia T. It would show text, Facebook, calls, etc on the lock screen.
Does anyone know a decent mod or app to use for enabling lock screen notifications?
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I think we'll have to wait until android l
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Starlith said:
I remember having lock screen notifications using ICS on my old Xperia T. It would show text, Facebook, calls, etc on the lock screen.
Does anyone know a decent mod or app to use for enabling lock screen notifications?
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Hi there been trying loads over the weekend, all the ios7 etc, an awful lot of them have flaws like letting access to the phone through the recent app button. there have been several plus sides as well. At the moment i have found this app "Echo Notification Lockscreen" on the play store. I have also added "iControl(IOS 7 Partner)" but again there were limitations not all the actions will work with this lock screen.
The ultimate which i've not managed was an IOs lock screen (that was actually secure) that let you reply to text messages (and others) without having to unlock the phone (1 app did that but wasn't secure).

Try to use Nils from Google play

Hi again, just a bit more info. I have had another go today at finding the best solution. several sms apps will display on the lock screen but then disapear after a set time, no good if you missed it as it arrived.
I have been playing with the Nils app before and I am unable to get contact pictures to display next to messages, even after trying several sms apps and being in touch with the developer.
But the best I've managed so far is as follows. A app called iOS 7 Lock Screen Theme by huntdevs gives a plain lock screen which can slide to reveal a pin code screen. On the plain screen you can then use NiLS Lockscreen Notifications by Roymam this will then display sms and other notifications on the lockscreen, these remain on the screen untill opened, even if the screen times out and is turned back on manually, furthermore you have the ability to reply to them from within the app whilst still locked.
Warning as I said earlier there is a facility to disable the home button but the recent app button is still active meaning that any apps used recently have the ability to be opened without unlocking the phone. Further more the pin lock screen gives you access to the emergenecy dial function and sadly again where as the default lock screen will only let you dial an emergency number, this app will let you see all of your contacts and further more dial any number you want!!
One final thing the ios7 locker does give you access to the functions of the Iphone from the slide at the bottom of the screen and for me the added advantage of this app over several of the others is that the phone function icon is missing (all be it available through the emergency function).
hope tihs helps.

I use NiLS. I purchased the pro version so i can customize it to my liking and for the ads not to draw my data. It works like a charm, instant, and looks almost stock.
I have attached an image for an example.

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I use NiLS. I purchased the pro version so i can customize it to my liking and for the ads not to draw my data. It works like a charm, instant, and looks almost stock.
I have attached an image for an example.
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Hi there I see you have the same issue as I have experienced the App refuses to show the contact picture (unless of course you don't use them).
On a further note i have had to uninstall the iOS7 lockscreen, apart from the issues already mentioned, a big down side for me turned out that the app kills sound from the walkman app when the screen goes off, so listening to music, throwing to a sound bar or linking to a car Bluetooth are all muted. So again im back to stock lockscreen with just the Nils app over the top for indication only.

When i first installed the app it would show the users image. I didn't like it so I changed it to App Icon. Oddly, i tried to switch it tot he other 2 settings, and now it does't appear. .. oh well i am not really worried about it. I like the basic icon look instead of the pictures.

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I use NiLS. I purchased the pro version so i can customize it to my liking .
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Is that how you have the default sony clock with the nils notifications in your picture?

lebooo said:
Is that how you have the default sony clock with the nils notifications in your picture?
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The clock and lock screen is all sony stock. NiLS will just add the notification over whatever lock screen you have.

Will it work with a PIN locked screen? There's not much space for notifications actually so I wonder how it would look.

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Will it work with a PIN locked screen? There's not much space for notifications actually so I wonder how it would look.
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It doesn't the lock screen always starts maximized, Dash clock used to have the option to just have a padlock at the bottom of the screen so your information was always visible when turning on the phone but the latest version of that always starts with the lock pattern or number pad visible and you have to swipe down every time to view notifications and then back up again to unlock your device (there all a pain now with extra strokes needed to use them)

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I use NiLS. I purchased the pro version so i can customize it to my liking and for the ads not to draw my data. It works like a charm, instant, and looks almost stock.
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How come when I use nils on my stock I have to resize the clock to see notification?
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How come when I use nils on my stock I have to resize the clock to see notification?
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Odd, I know you can resize/change the location of the NiLS. When you have a NiLS message on your lock screen, tap and hold down on the notification to adjust (i had to adjust mine because when it was charging the notification would be on top of the charging percentage)

After installing again and play around I knew my original mistake. Just do not add nils as lockscreen widget. Let nils display notification automatically then I can resize.
BTW will this lockscreen feature notification be part of Android L? Just thinking on buying the nils pro version.
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[Q] Notifications on Lock Screen?

Pardon my ignorance, but I've been searching high and low for this answer. This is my first Android phone in 2 years (MyTouch 4G), and one thing that seems to be bothering me is the inability to view notifications if you setup a lock screen. I had a WP prior, and you could simply pull down your notifications tray, see a preview of a notification, touch to open, and you would be asked to enter your password to proceed.
Is there any alternative I can use, so I can see my notifications while on the lock screen? Preferably something that will turn the screen on when I get said notification.

Try "Snaplock" on the google play store

mmoon24 said:
Pardon my ignorance, but I've been searching high and low for this answer. This is my first Android phone in 2 years (MyTouch 4G), and one thing that seems to be bothering me is the inability to view notifications if you setup a lock screen. I had a WP prior, and you could simply pull down your notifications tray, see a preview of a notification, touch to open, and you would be asked to enter your password to proceed.
Is there any alternative I can use, so I can see my notifications while on the lock screen? Preferably something that will turn the screen on when I get said notification.
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I'm using floatify and it is a really beautiful designed app for notifications. You can choose between various styles and it shows accessible notifications on the lockscreen as well as system wide.
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This app is awesome! Any chance you know how to get rid of all these "shortcut" apps? I'm kind of a minimalist.