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[GUIDE]Setup a permanent beautiful Samsung-like replacement for ur default lockscreen

Hi everybody.
Today I present here a Samsung s3 like lockscreen replacement which will actually replace your default lockscreen and you'll never need to launch that app after a reboot to activate it (I know its too annoying :-\ )
HERE I WANT TO MENTION THAT I HAVEN'T CREATED THIS APP. I'M ONLY SHARING IT HERE
This, let me tell u, is the BEST lockscreen out there to get you rid of that default one. Also this doesn't consume your ram as go locker and others do so you won't sacrifice performance for beauty. What else could you want !!!!
Here's how to go about it :-
1. Download the apk file from the attachments.
2. Install the apk as a system app (IF U DONT KNOW HOW TO then first install it as user app and then use titanium backurp to convert it to a system app )
3. After the installation long touch on ur desktop.
4. Choose the following - Shortcuts>Activities>Touch the name "unlock screen">Choose the second activity.
5. Touch the icon that just appeared and first enable the lockscreen.
6. Now choose the Set sceen lock option and choose swipe.
7. Now u can change wallpapers and shortcuts to be shown on the lockscreen as u wish.
Although there aren't many features here but this lockscreen is permanent and will not affect performance at all.
Congrats !!!! You've just set up your phone's lockscreen to be completely like Samsung GS3.
Whenever you want to disable the lockscreen or uninstall the app all u need to for is disable the screen from the settings of the app and then uninstall.
If u have any queries, post them here and I'll answer u as soon as possible.
I have also attached some screenshots for u to see if you're unable to understand anything. Also if you like the app then post it here and rate the thread well. (I can't force you to thank me but if you liked the app then why not )
ENJOY THE BEAUTY.........
DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF THIS HELPED YOU

I've installed it as system app but when I long-press my desktop there is no "Activities" option under "shortcuts". :crying:
Edit: I've managed to get it working by downloading a shortcut creator app from the playstore. It's nice but I stick to my default lockscreen because of two things:
1. The app still shows under my running applications consuming around 2-6mb of RAM acceptable but;
2. It does not have notifications for unread sms and missed calls?
Thanks still.

17viper17 said:
I've installed it as system app but when I long-press my desktop there is no "Activities" option under "shortcuts". :crying:
Edit: I've managed to get it working by downloading a shortcut creator app from the playstore. It's nice but I stick to my default lockscreen because of two things:
1. The app still shows under my running applications consuming around 2-6mb of RAM acceptable but;
2. It does not have notifications for unread sms and missed calls?
Thanks still.
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Thanks for trying the app. The problem is that I didn't write the code so I can't really help that shortcut issue. Anyway I'm trying to find a workaround so maybe this'll be fixed soon.

17viper17 said:
I've installed it as system app but when I long-press my desktop there is no "Activities" option under "shortcuts". :crying:
Edit: I've managed to get it working by downloading a shortcut creator app from the playstore. It's nice but I stick to my default lockscreen because of two things:
1. The app still shows under my running applications consuming around 2-6mb of RAM acceptable but;
2. It does not have notifications for unread sms and missed calls?
Thanks still.
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Hi, I just tried giving a missed call to my phone and found that it does show a notification which is a semi-transparent round icon at the centre of the screen. Also u can add a shortcut to the call log app for direct access to missed calls and a message icon for messages.

Hi can you help me again? I uninstalled this app without deactivating it as device administrator, it went well except for a few expected forced closes which was easily resolved by rebooting my device. A few days after I wanted to give this app another shot, installed it as system app but when I try to create a shortcut I only have one activity to choose from that is "settings". It still activates as my locker but I wanted it to be a device administrator again. By not being a device admin my default locker shows up for while during boot-up until the app loads and takes over the lock. When it as installed as a device admin it was instant upon boot. Hope you can help solve my problem which is primarily why doesn't it show up among the device administrator choices anymore?

17viper17 said:
Hi can you help me again? I uninstalled this app without deactivating it as device administrator, it went well except for a few expected forced closes which was easily resolved by rebooting my device. A few days after I wanted to give this app another shot, installed it as system app but when I try to create a shortcut I only have one activity to choose from that is "settings". It still activates as my locker but I wanted it to be a device administrator again. By not being a device admin my default locker shows up for while during boot-up until the app loads and takes over the lock. When it as installed as a device admin it was instant upon boot. Hope you can help solve my problem which is primarily why doesn't it show up among the device administrator choices anymore?
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Hello. This app (being installed as a system app) doesnt need to be a system administrator. Also you can't install an app that has the status of system administrator without disabling it. Therefore I assume that you've missed something in the description. As or the problem of the other locker app taking over, the simplest solution would be to uninstall that app. Post again here if this didn't solve the issue.

Hello, thanks for the reply. After days of having this app as my default lockscreen, my "complaints" are probably not worth it (especially the device administrator thingy ^^). It's working flawlessly, default lock is not showing up anymore. So it stays as my default lockscreen. And by the way there is a missed SMS notification after all. Again thank you! :good:

17viper17 said:
Hello, thanks for the reply. After days of having this app as my default lockscreen, my "complaints" are probably not worth it (especially the device administrator thingy ^^). It's working flawlessly, default lock is not showing up anymore. So it stays as my default lockscreen. And by the way there is a missed SMS notification after all. Again thank you! :good:
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Glad that I could be of help. Hope you have a nice experience with this locker. As for those "complaints", well they were just some doubts that anybody would've got
Enjoy .....

[Q] HELP me get rid of Google Now triangle from lockscreen

Guys,
Can somebody tell me how can I remove that little triangle showing in the bottom center of the lockscreen that is used to launch google search ??
It actually is interfering with my Home button on the Navbar as it doesnt disappear after unlocking and in turn shows up behind the Navbar Home button. I have attached the screenshot for your reference (Look at what I have encircled in red in the bottom center of the screen).
I am using Omnirom on my N5

Let's start with "what mod/app did you install on top of your ROM that gave you that little triangle"? The stock ROM doesn't seem to have that.

Ummmm... I dont think i installed any such mod which could have enabled this.. Can you suggest me something???
And the stock omni has one.. I just checked it out.. check the 2nd pic in the attachment in the link that you posted.. Can you see that triangle?

amritpal2489 said:
Ummmm... I dont think i installed any such mod which could have enabled this.. Can you suggest me something???
And the stock omni has one.. I just checked it out.. check the 2nd pic in the attachment in the link that you posted.. Can you see that triangle?
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My guess would be it's a bug in the ROM. That arrow is only supposed to be visible on the lockscreen when you don't have a navigation bar. What happens when you tap on the triangle? Does it function as the home button or not? Is there anything in the Omnirom settings to configure the nav bar?
I would say either take it to the Omnirom thread and see if anyone else is having the issue or try flashing another ROM.

okies.. thanks..

amritpal2489 said:
okies.. thanks..
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I don't think it has anything to do with Omnirom as I'm having the same problem and don't have Omnirom. I'm just running Xposed and Gravity Box and this stupid little arrow has been driving me nuts for about six weeks now.
I though it might have to do with NotificationMod Xposed module so I uninstalled it but it still appears.

RaysBucsBolts said:
I don't think it has anything to do with Omnirom as I'm having the same problem and don't have Omnirom. I'm just running Xposed and Gravity Box and this stupid little arrow has been driving me nuts for about six weeks now.
I though it might have to do with NotificationMod Xposed module so I uninstalled it but it still appears.
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I have tried everything but m not able to remove this thing..

amritpal2489 said:
I have tried everything but m not able to remove this thing..
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Me neither. And from all of my Google searching it seems that you, me and one other person who posted on XDA are the only people experiencing this haha.
I threw a post onto r/Nexus5 hoping someone there might be able to lend some insight and linked this post along with the other post.
Sorry...it wouldn't let me link the Reddit post since I'm a newbie here.

RaysBucsBolts said:
Me neither. And from all of my Google searching it seems that you, me and one other person who posted on XDA are the only people experiencing this haha.
I threw a post onto r/Nexus5 hoping someone there might be able to lend some insight and linked this post along with the other post.
Sorry...it wouldn't let me link the Reddit post since I'm a newbie here.
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Ya.. I too noticed that

amritpal2489 said:
Guys,
Can somebody tell me how can I remove that little triangle showing in the bottom center of the lockscreen that is used to launch google search ??
It actually is interfering with my Home button on the Navbar as it doesnt disappear after unlocking and in turn shows up behind the Navbar Home button. I have attached the screenshot for your reference (Look at what I have encircled in red in the bottom center of the screen).
I am using Omnirom on my N5
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sounds like a bug in the ROM, have you tried re-installing or changing to another Rom?

BruKnowsBest said:
sounds like a bug in the ROM, have you tried re-installing or changing to another Rom?
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Actually.. I have checked in the forum for the rom and nobody else is facing such issues.. And i dont want to move away from Omni..
I cant do a clean install at the moment and really dont want to do a clean install..

amritpal2489 said:
Actually.. I have checked in the forum for the rom and nobody else is facing such issues.. And i dont want to move away from Omni..
I cant do a clean install at the moment and really dont want to do a clean install..
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Just cuz i never tried it, what's so good about OMNI rom?

BruKnowsBest said:
Just cuz i never tried it, what's so good about OMNI rom?
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Buddy you have to try it to know this.. I havent had any issues with this rom since day 1.. Its fast.. Stable.. Feature rich.. Daily updates.. Etc etc etc

amritpal2489 said:
Buddy you have to try it to know this.. I havent had any issues with this rom since day 1.. Its fast.. Stable.. Feature rich.. Daily updates.. Etc etc etc
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gonna give it a try on my nexus 7 if they have it available for my device

amritpal2489 said:
Ya.. I too noticed that
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Are you running Xposed or GB as well?
If you are, we can try and see which modules we have in common.
Also, I just remembered I messed up flashing something last week and had to factory reset and the arrow is still appearing so it's definitely a bug in some app.

RaysBucsBolts said:
Are you running Xposed or GB as well?
If you are, we can try and see which modules we have in common.
Also, I just remembered I messed up flashing something last week and had to factory reset and the arrow is still appearing so it's definitely a bug in some app.
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I have xposed installed but not GB
Here is a list of modules that I have installed
ActivityForceNewRask
Always Correct!
Android L Navigation Bar
Android L Theme
Android Phone Vibrator
Bluetooth Unlock
Enable BatteryStats Permission
Force Fast Scroll
Heads Up Notifications
Intelli3G
Native Clip Board
SoftKeysFadeMod
StopSwitchDelay
Xposed GEL Settings
Lets match up n see

amritpal2489 said:
I have xposed installed but not GB
Here is a list of modules that I have installed
ActivityForceNewRask :highfive:
Always Correct!
Android L Navigation Bar :highfive:
Android L Theme
Android Phone Vibrator
Bluetooth Unlock
Enable BatteryStats Permission
Force Fast Scroll
Heads Up Notifications
Intelli3G
Native Clip Board
SoftKeysFadeMod :highfive:
StopSwitchDelay
Xposed GEL Settings :highfive:
Lets match up n see
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Looks like we overlap with:
ActivityForceNewTask
Android L Navigation Bar
SoftKeysFadeMod
Xposed GEL Settings
I've disabled SoftKeysFadeMod and am going to look through GEL Settings to see if there's an option to disable GN on lock screen.
I'll probably put my money that SoftKeysFade is the issue.

RaysBucsBolts said:
Looks like we overlap with:
ActivityForceNewTask
Android L Navigation Bar
SoftKeysFadeMod
Xposed GEL Settings
I've disabled SoftKeysFadeMod and am going to look through GEL Settings to see if there's an option to disable GN on lock screen.
I'll probably put my money that SoftKeysFade is the issue.
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Any luck buddy?
I disabled all the four one by one.. but still the same..

@RaysBucsBolts @amritpal2489
Try disabling Xposed completely, not just individual modules.

amritpal2489 said:
I have xposed installed but not GB
Here is a list of modules that I have installed
ActivityForceNewRask
Always Correct!
Android L Navigation Bar
Android L Theme
Android Phone Vibrator
Bluetooth Unlock
Enable BatteryStats Permission
Force Fast Scroll
Heads Up Notifications
Intelli3G
Native Clip Board
SoftKeysFadeMod
StopSwitchDelay
Xposed GEL Settings
Lets match up n see
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You have multiple mods that have to do with the navbar. Any one of those could be causing the problem. Try disabling them and reboot.

Sharing window is loading forever

Hi,
I have noticed that if I click on a share button somewhere (doesn't matter where, everywhere the same problem) I have to wait 10 - 15 seconds until the window pops up to choose an application where I want to share it.
You guys have the same problem?
I have root and xposed but no modules they interact with the share system. Any ideas how to fix that, if it's even possible?
The Problem isn't new for me. I'm not sure if it was working once.
Thank you

I had this issue where any app I tried to share from force closed. I realized it had to do with the stock "Files" app which I had removed or frozen. I enabled the app again (actually replaced with the nougat beta file manager) and "share" worked like normal.
Not a solution to your problem, but could be a clue.
Try playing around with the "files" app.
Clear data, and so on..

horizophon said:
I had this issue where any app I tried to share from force closed. I realized it had to do with the stock "Files" app which I had removed or frozen. I enabled the app again (actually replaced with the nougat beta file manager) and "share" worked like normal.
Not a solution to your problem, but could be a clue.
Try playing around with the "files" app.
Clear data, and so on..
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OK thx will try it

Do you have Flat Style Colored Bars? I was having the same issue and after I removed it it went from around 15 seconds to around 5. Still annoying, but manageable. I also downloaded Quickpic instead of the stock gallery which has it's own share feature to get around that problem/

ZellZoy said:
Do you have Flat Style Colored Bars? I was having the same issue and after I removed it it went from around 15 seconds to around 5. Still annoying, but manageable. I also downloaded Quickpic instead of the stock gallery which has it's own share feature to get around that problem/
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I have xStana. The gallery workaround works, but when I make a photo and want to share it, it's super annoying.
Edit: removing xstana didn't help

TomboIa said:
I have xStana. The gallery workaround works, but when I make a photo and want to share it, it's super annoying.
Edit: removing xstana didn't help
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I have xstana as well I don't think it's that. Try removing other modules or disabling xposed entirely.

ZellZoy said:
I have xstana as well I don't think it's that. Try removing other modules or disabling xposed entirely.
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Tested deactivating the modules.
I have the problem if: App Settings, Google Assistant enabler or Xstana are active.
Well I guess I have to live with the bug then, the modules are too important for me. Thanks for your help.

TomboIa said:
Tested deactivating the modules.
I have the problem if: App Settings, Google Assistant enabler or Xstana are active.
Well I guess I have to live with the bug then, the modules are too important for me. Thanks for your help.
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You can use the theme engine to make a theme that uses whatever xstana bars you have. For Google Assistant we're getting the update in a month or so. Don't know what to do about App Settings. Tasker maybe?

does anyone know where this lockscreen came from

Okay so I don't know where this came from cuz I didn't download any apps recently but this stupid lockscreen started popping up and it's killing my cpu. Can anyone tell me what app it's from so I can disable it?

Satansleftnipple said:
Okay so I don't know where this came from cuz I didn't download any apps recently but this stupid lockscreen started popping up and it's killing my cpu. Can anyone tell me what app it's from so I can disable it?
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I think thats uc shizzz...
goto uc browser > lockscreen stuffs > turnoff lock screen boost battery or something like that option.

sachin n said:
I think thats uc shizzz...
goto uc browser > lockscreen stuffs > turnoff lock screen boost battery or something like that option.
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I don't have that app :silly: here is my app drawer

Satansleftnipple said:
I don't have that app :silly: here is my app drawer
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wait a minute, then just reboot your device into safemod and check your lockscreen still shows that crappy page? i bet that lockscreen thingy is from one of the 3rd party apps youve had insttaled on your phone atm. :silly:

sachin n said:
wait a minute, then just reboot your device into safemod and check your lockscreen still shows that crappy page? i bet that lockscreen thingy is from one of the 3rd party apps youve had insttaled on your phone atm. :silly:
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I went through all of them and couldn't figure it out and I don't really wanna delete all my **** to figure it out but I'll try that real quick ig

Satansleftnipple said:
I went through all of them and couldn't figure it out and I don't really wanna delete all my **** to figure it out but I'll try that real quick ig
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SAFEMODE -
*.Press/Hold Power button until power menu shows up
*.Tap/Hold Power off option
*.Choose OK to reboot in safe mode
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Satansleftnipple said:
Okay so I don't know where this came from cuz I didn't download any apps recently but this stupid lockscreen started popping up and it's killing my cpu. Can anyone tell me what app it's from so I can disable it?
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That's probably from 360 security or cleanmaster, before you say it, I understand that when you first installed 360 or Cleanmaster, it didn't change your lockscreen, but it may have updated the app and the lockscreen was part of the updated app. Remove 360 security and Cleanmaster anyway because "security" apps are all useless junk anyway, viruses don't exist in android the way that the app makers would have you believe. These crappy security apps and optimizers are all junk that only drain your battery and slow the device down, they are not actually beneficial, they do more harm than good. BTW, when you're on the web and you get pages that say you have a virus and prompts to install one of these security apps, you don't actually have a virus, they just want you to install their free app so they can make money on the ads that come with them.
You have several "security" apps and you don't really "need" any of them. Android works by permissions, nothing can attack or invade your device unless you give it permission to, whether you realize it or not (such as clicking links or opening MMS pics or opening email attachments). Being a wise user and only opening things you know are safe is all you really need.
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problem with setting message "apps running in the background"

since update to oreo i have this message "apps running in the background" and i cant rid of it i try anything long press on it and switch off of any app who running in the background switch off in the app it self the only way to not showing it in "importance" put it on low that mean "no sound or visual interruption" but when i pull the statusbar its always there.
do everyone have this bug??please help

me to

It is not bug, it is Oreo feature. You can get rid of it by downloading some apps, I am using AutoNotification. And here is a video: Youtube.
Dont forget to change "running in the background" for your language (I am using czech language so I had to write it in czech). Hope it helps.

denkem said:
It is not bug, it is Oreo feature. You can get rid of it by downloading some apps, I am using AutoNotification. And here is a video: Youtube.
Dont forget to change "running in the background" for your language (I am using czech language so I had to write it in czech). Hope it helps.
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Yup, been using it for all the annoying status infos.
And for all of you lazy ones that only want that specific notification gone, there's actually an app for that haha. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iboalali.sysnotifsnooze

Sebi673 said:
Yup, been using it for all the annoying status infos.
And for all of you lazy ones that only want that specific notification gone, there's actually an app for that haha. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iboalali.sysnotifsnooze
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ty very much it work finally it's gone

But why in the world do we need to install another stupid app, that will also be running in the background and using battery and other resources, to stop a stupid notification that we have apps running in the background using battery and other resources???? WHo lost their mind here and decided that this notification is a good idea??? Why can it not be toggled off if we do not want it??? I am getting really tired of the constant stupidity of Android!