Hello everyone,
Just wondering if anybody here knows how to remove system widgets from an android phone. You know the widgets that come with android OS.
I hope it is possible. Thank you.
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Remove what you do not need.
most of the system widgets are built into applications that comes with. For instance, having the Home Launcher also gives you search bar. Settings.apk includes the Power Control widget and so on.
In all, it will be a daunting task to remove all system widgets and probably not worth it.
Szadzik said:
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Remove what you do not need.
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If you remove the widget apks from the system/app folder you are left with phantom widgets in the place widget list. Has anybody found how to remove these?
is there any way to use social+ widget on adw or launcher ex????
been trying to add it but no success
I'm sure it has a widget, in which case you could just add it to the one of the screens.
well it has a widget but can be used only with the official launcher and no with anything else
i also wanted to do that since Social+ gave me a force close lg.home process, after clicking on "notification" in widget.
I hope I'm just doing something stupid ...
I can't add most widgets I've downloaded to my lock screen on my Nexus 5 ... though they all work fine adding to my home screen. Only a few (like Android Weather) are available when hit the "plus" on a blank lockscreen.
All I want is a brightness widget that can make the display bright so I can properly put in my password in bright sunlight (I never set my brightness to auto, it's too annoying for me).
ie. Power Widget lite would be perfect for my needs!
Any one having the same problem? Any ideas?
I have the same problem. Wanted to add some beautiful clock widget to homescreen (don't remember exactly which one), downloaded, installed, went to add to homescreen - no luck.
Why can't you get something like power toggles. Then you could pull down notification bar on lockscreen and toggle brightness to what you wanted. An extra step I know
kapiroski said:
I have the same problem. Wanted to add some beautiful clock widget to homescreen (don't remember exactly which one), downloaded, installed, went to add to homescreen - no luck.
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I can add everything I've downloaded add to homescreen. But almost none can be added to my lockscreens. That's my problem.
jbdan said:
Why can't you get something like power toggles. Then you could pull down notification bar on lockscreen and toggle brightness to what you wanted. An extra step I know
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Very cool app, thanks for pointing it out. But ... I can't pull down the notification bar when the phone is locked ... how are you able to?
you add widgets on your lockscreen by enabling them in security. there's a checkbox that says "enable widgets"
Zepius said:
you add widgets on your lockscreen by enabling them in security. there's a checkbox that says "enable widgets"
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Yep, did that. The thing is only SOME can be added. Very few that I've downloaded (even though they all seem to work on home screens).
jbdan said:
Why can't you get something like power toggles. Then you could pull down notification bar on lockscreen and toggle brightness to what you wanted. An extra step I know
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Wow AWESOME app! That's exactly what I need! I was looking for a bunch of widgets on one row, which the lockscreen doesn't even seem to allow, but this widget already let me configure everything I needed in one row of buttons.
It turns out that THIS widget CAN be placed on the lockscreen (I'm not talking about the one visible in the notification bar, I can only access that when the phone's already unlocked).
BUT ... I still want to know why most widgets can't get placed on the lockscreen to begin with. Are they not Android 4.4-lockscreen-compatible yet?
psommerfeld said:
Wow AWESOME app! That's exactly what I need! I was looking for a bunch of widgets on one row, which the lockscreen doesn't even seem to allow, but this widget already let me configure everything I needed in one row of buttons.
It turns out that THIS widget CAN be placed on the lockscreen (I'm not talking about the one visible in the notification bar, I can only access that when the phone's already unlocked).
BUT ... I still want to know why most widgets can't get placed on the lockscreen to begin with. Are they not Android 4.4-lockscreen-compatible yet?
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The widgets have to be enabled to work on the lock screen by the developer.
Force Close said:
The widgets have to be enabled to work on the lock screen by the developer.
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Aha! Didn't expect that widgets needed special lock screen support.
So there's home screen widgets, lock screen widgets, notification bar widgets, ... I wonder what other classes of apps I'm missing - widget widgets? It would be nice if Google Play Store could search based on widget class.
Anyone know how to remove duplicate widgets in the widget drawer? One of my apps makes a duplicate everytime I install an update. I can uninstall the app but I lose all my settings...and I don't want to do that.
Hi,
On Sony's Xperia devices there is a dedicated app that provides the lockscreen clock/alarm widget (com.sonymobile.keyguard.clock). This clock has different layouts to select from but it cannot be hidden or disabled (just like the original Android clock can't).
I would like to hide/remove it so I can show my KLWP widgets on the lockscreen as well as on the homescreen.
I have tried removing the app and then the clock defaults back to the regular Android clock so that does not work.
Would it be possible to edit this package and add an additional (empy) clock layout or, a bit more dirty, just remove the graphical elements of one of the presets so it is still active but not visible in practice?
I tried extracting with APKTool and editing some files but my knowledge isnt good enough to do this so it would be great if someone could help with this.
I see the banner message saying "no noobs" so this topic might not be in the right place? Can someone move it? Sorry
Is there like a request part on the forum where you can request something like this? I would actually be happy to pay for an app that does this because it annoys me very much.