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[Q] What's the best method for customizing the lock screen?

I tried widget locker and liked the way it looked, but you have to manually start the app every time you turn the phone on. I don't really care about all of the slide mods, but I would like to change the clock, font, etc. Is there a setting in Cyanogen that I'm missing? Any other app suggestions?

Has anyone ever tried this method for changing the clock font?
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/e1q7j/i_got_rid_of_that_stupid_lockscreen_clock_font/
Basically requires using Terminal to paste a new font over the existing font. I've never used Terminal and I don't have any experience in Linux. The program that someone mentions there (Type Fresh) has lots of bad comments on Appbrain about causing crashes and bootloops, so I think I'll stay away from that one.

are you looking to modify your system lockscreen or trying to find a replacement app (widgetlocker)?
for your widget locker problem, select start at boot and disable the 5 sec. rule.

911jason said:
Has anyone ever tried this method for changing the clock font?
Basically requires using Terminal to paste a new font over the existing font. I've never used Terminal and I don't have any experience in Linux. The program that someone mentions there (Type Fresh) has lots of bad comments on Appbrain about causing crashes and bootloops, so I think I'll stay away from that one.
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If you don't want to use terminal, I'm pretty sure you can use ninjamorph which might be a little easier. As for widgetlocker, I'd say just do what kevina said. I've been using for the past week or so and it's been smooth and quick for me.

You could use tasker to autostart widget locker.
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Ninjamorph doesn't work for this, nor did root explorer. I tried type fresh multiple times and it didn't work. After trying everything except using the terminal, I just changed the fonts in the rom's zip and reflashed it.

Thanks for the tips guys.. I reinstalled Widget Locker and I'm playing around with it again. I don't like how it takes over the Home button, but other than that it seems to be working pretty well.

Newest cm6.1 rc2 nightly has gestures and added support for phone and sms sliders on the lock screen. I can quickly access facebook, camera, sms, and phone without first unlocking the phone - I love it!

Which nightly are you on and does it seem pretty stable? I do have that same functionality you are talking about with Widget Locker... but if I can have it through the OS, I'll just use that.

I just got Widget Locker the other day. I love it!
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Also make sure widgetlocker is installed on your phone and not the sd.
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freemantig said:
also make sure widgetlocker is installed on your phone and not the sd.
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thank you so much!

[Q] Kindle App shortcut

My NC was rooted using the 12/25 Autonooter app! Pretty darn easy process to say the least! Thanks guys!
After completing all of the steps I went into the Android Market and downloaded the Amazon Kindle app. The app downloaded and installed onto my NC but it doesn't look like it created a shortcut in the Extras folder. Is there a defined process to do this?
I can launch the Kindle app from within the Market app but am hoping to find a way to launch it from somewhere other than the Android Market. I really don't want to install a third party launcher onto the NC so I'm hoping for a different solution. Anyone have any suggestions?

Martimus said:
My NC was rooted using the 12/25 Autonooter app! Pretty darn easy process to say the least! Thanks guys!
After completing all of the steps I went into the Android Market and downloaded the Amazon Kindle app. The app downloaded and installed onto my NC but it doesn't look like it created a shortcut in the Extras folder. Is there a defined process to do this?
I can launch the Kindle app from within the Market app but am hoping to find a way to launch it from somewhere other than the Android Market. I really don't want to install a third party launcher onto the NC so I'm hoping for a different solution. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Did you reboot, and then see if it shows up in Extras?

wvcachi said:
Did you reboot, and then see if it shoes up in Extras?
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Yup! Just figured that out... I rebooted the NC and there it was.
Apparently I had too much turkey to eat today as I'm a wee bit slow!

Install a custom launcher like LauncherPro and your apps will appear instantly in the app drawer without rebooting. Not to mention that it will make your NookColor much more awesome in every way.
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KeithRVA said:
Install a custom launcher like LauncherPro and your apps will appear instantly in the app drawer without rebooting. Not to mention that it will make your NookColor much more awesome in every way.
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I love ADW on the Nook. With all the scaling options it has, you can pack in quite a bit of information on each home screen. The app launcher is also very customizable, and the widgets can be manually scaled. It's almost like it was made for the Nook Color.

New market (3.0.27) doesn't show all apps :(

Hello. I'm sure this has been asked many times, and I apologize for adding another, but I still can't seem to find a solution to this. So the new market app v3.0.27 (is that even the latest version?) doesn't show all the apps, particularly in the "Top Free" section. It also won't allow me to download certain applications like Google Books. The market was running fine just a couple of days ago, but I don't know what's going on now. I tried clearing market cache and google services data but that didn't work ether. Any suggestions?
I am currently running Phiremod 6.3 with the transformbread theme.
Thanks in advance

This is happening to me as well. So far I've been unable to get Flash and Facebook as well as a few others. If I figure it out I'll update.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218974
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196417
You can always try uninstalling the market updates. Or installing an old vending.apk
Use search, you'll find TONS of posts relating to this in the past couple weeks.

HRDLYWRKNG try this
First force stop market and clear the data and cache.
Go to system\build.prop
change the line qemu.sf.lcd_density=161 to 160
reboot and market should work
If you could see movies then you should be able to upgrade and download any app without issues

May I know if you are in America? If you are not, try VPN. For me after upgrade to CM7, Angry Bird and many other application only appear after I used an US IP addres..

yup changing the screen density to 160 worked like a charm. Thanks again guys

Those instuctions(pdf) worked for me.

You can also switch back to 161 after you get it to work. Market took up a lot of resources after time under 160. Also had a few problems with apps like the nook app. When switched back you will still have a working market
Skip everything I just said. It worked for a little bit but now it sucks again
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psychoace said:
You can also switch back to 161 after you get it to work. Market took up a lot of resources after time under 160. Also had a few problems with apps like the nook app. When switched back you will still have a working market
Skip everything I just said. It worked for a little bit but now it sucks again
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As I have stated elsewhere, using 240 instead of 160 to fix market and it appears to work flawlessly ( no data clearing, no app problems etc). Going on over 3 days now without having to do a single thing with the market.
Dunno why this should be the case, but market really is more stable at 240 than 160.

skwalas said:
As I have stated elsewhere, using 240 instead of 160 to fix market and it appears to work flawlessly ( no data clearing, no app problems etc). Going on over 3 days now without having to do a single thing with the market.
Dunno why this should be the case, but market really is more stable at 240 than 160.
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I don't like my icons that big. I would rather go through the lame process of changing my dpi and clearing market every few days then to be stuck at such a large dpi. Maybe I will switch to 240 when I do it but it's not going to stay that way
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CM7.1: B&N Nook App does not seem to work @ 160dpi

Anyone else having trouble running the Nook Android App with CM7.1.0 stable with the default 160dpi setting? I just migrated my NC from 7.0.3 to 7.1.0 and I'm having issues with the magazines (they are all "on top" of one another when you try to expand the stack) and the informational windows are all the wring size. I tried clearing data from manage applications and also uninstalling and resinstalling the app. Nothing seems to fix it. It's kind of a pain.

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Anyone else having trouble running the Nook Android App with CM7.1.0 stable with the default 160dpi setting? I just migrated my NC from 7.0.3 to 7.1.0 and I'm having issues with the magazines (they are all "on top" of one another when you try to expand the stack) and the informational windows are all the wring size. I tried clearing data from manage applications and also uninstalling and resinstalling the app. Nothing seems to fix it. It's kind of a pain.
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It is a known issue and a problem with the app.

So, there is not a fix for it currently. What I end up doing is archiving all the magazines but the one I want to read and the archive it when I'm done and unarchive the new one. Its a long process but it works. I don't want to have to change my DPI every time I want to read. Maybe someone will decompile the API and see what they can do to it, just like the original Netflix APK.
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Thanks for the info, guys. It seems ironic that the nook app would not work properly on the nook. I guess I will just do the archiving thing until B&N gets it straight.

B&N App
Download LCD density set it to 161 ,reboot and your nook App will work as it should .

ramrodz69 said:
Download LCD density set it to 161 ,reboot and your nook App will work as it should .
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That will screw up the market. You can use it to change the density for the session but I would not set it to remain on reboot.

A possible solution for you
I use Nook Odds and Ends from the Market. Set dpi to 150 and all works well for me. I am on Phiremod, but it is based on CM7 so should get same results.

160 actually cause more problem for me so i've switched back to the stock default 169.3333
161 also work

Can't set wallpaper after latest ota update

Picked my kindle up to find it updated and unrooted the other day, and i have since rerooted it and fixed everything like it used to be but have a very annoying problem. I hadn't set go launcher hd back as a alternate ui since the last update and when i did this time i have no wallpaper. Here's where it gets interesting, i tried nova, go launcher ex, adw and apex, they also couldn't set it. My lockscreen defaults to random stock image like it should still, but my background wont set,its just a black screen behind the icons. Anyone have any ideas or is this just a bug with the latest update that i haven't read about?
EDIT:
THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS A FIX I MADE ITS POSTED ON PAGE 8
This should help people that don't want to read through this to find a solution.
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stunts513 said:
Picked my kindle up to find it updated and unrooted the other day, and i have since rerooted it and fixed everything like it used to be but have a very annoying problem. I hadn't set go launcher hd back as a alternate ui since the last update and when i did this time i have no wallpaper. Here's where it gets interesting, i tried nova, go launcher ex, adw and apex, they also couldn't set it. My lockscreen defaults to random stock image like it should still, but my background wont set,its just a black screen behind the icons. Anyone have any ideas or is this just a bug with the latest update that i haven't read about?
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That tells me nothing. What happens when you try to set it? Are there any windows that pop up? What apps are you trying to set it with? What Amazon OS are you running? Are you running the latest version of the launcher?

Ok I'm on os 7.4.1, on go launcher hd i tap the preset wallpapers and nothing happens, on go launcher ex and others i could goto the selection menu and tell it to set whatever wallpaper i choose but it just remains a blank black background with the ui on it. It's the latest version of the launcher as far as google play store says, also tried setting up live wallpaper, thought it could of been the problem so i removed it and rebooted, still doesn't work.

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Ok I'm on os 7.4.1, on go launcher hd i tap the preset wallpapers and nothing happens, on go launcher ex and others i could goto the selection menu and tell it to set whatever wallpaper i choose but it just remains a blank black background with the ui on it. It's the latest version of the launcher as far as google play store says, also tried setting up live wallpaper, thought it could of been the problem so i removed it and rebooted, still doesn't work.
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The only way I see out is a factory reset. I'm not aware that Amazon release 7.4.1, is it 7.3.1 by any chance?

Nope its 7.4.1, just came out a few days ago. I really need to get around to disabling ota updates...
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stunts513 said:
Nope its 7.4.1, just came out a few days ago. I really need to get around to disabling ota updates...
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Could you post a screenshot of your software version? You are the only person who says they have 7.4.1.
The official Amazon website says the latest is 7.3.1: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201016350

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seokhun said:
Could you post a screenshot of your software version? You are the only person who says they have 7.4.1.
The official Amazon website says the latest is 7.3.1: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201016350
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7.4.1 is out brother, I saw it today on my friend's KFHD today! Glad I followed your instructions yesterday to get CM on mine before that update got pushed out!

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Hm. So far not a lot is known about this new software yet, because it's barely pushed out, so you'll have to wait for a bit for a changelog to show up, then we can go further. For right now, know that Amazon OS doesn't play nice with Android, so if you want to go for the easier route and be done with it, go to my thread in my signature.
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7.4.1 is out brother, I saw it today on my friend's KFHD today! Glad I followed your instructions yesterday to get CM on mine before that update got pushed out!
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I guess so. I'm glad my thread has been of help.

It's always got to be something!
am also having this same problem. I have a rooted KFTT running the stock ROM and GO Launcher ex. Usually GO is pretty good about wallpapers, live or static, but since the 7.4.1 update I have seen nothing but black screen. When in theme settings everything seems to be fine..... no errors. Everything but the wallpapers change. I have attached a screenshot of my is screen and my current homescreen which I have the black magic theme applied. I hope someone else is able to figure to this out, I have done everything I could think of. Thank you ahead of ttime for your time and effort.

Ok i think i will eventually flash cm 10.1, but seeing as we don't know for sure all of what was done in this new update i think I'll wait until its reported as safe to do. Don't feel like bricking my kindle, specially because i don't have the means to order a factory cable right now if things go really bad.
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truebluebaby said:
am also having this same problem. I have a rooted KFTT running the stock ROM and GO Launcher ex. Usually GO is pretty good about wallpapers, live or static, but since the 7.4.1 update I have seen nothing but black screen. When in theme settings everything seems to be fine..... no errors. Everything but the wallpapers change. I have attached a screenshot of my is screen and my current homescreen which I have the black magic theme applied. I hope someone else is able to figure to this out, I have done everything I could think of. Thank you ahead of ttime for your time and effort.
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I'd suggest backing up the launcher to the sdcard, then uninstall it, reinstall it, restore backups. I've done this procedure with Nova, but I don't know about others.

Think i already tried doing that, I'm thinking its amazon's fault since it does this in every launcher I've tried. Wonder if they did it on purpose... i'm just throwing a guess around based on what i know from locking the wallpaper on my moms kindle 1, but is it possible theres a wallpaper file in a different location like what the kindle 1 had with write permissions denied? I have no idea how the background system on kindle hd works since it doesn't seem to usually affect ur wallpaper when th lockscreen comes on, so the actual background seems like it would be stored elsewhere.
I'm going to peruse the filesystem, I'm used to linux on my pc but android i have no idea what i'm looking for.
Edit: don't know if its relevant, but i found a file /data/system/wallpaper_info.xml and the name entry is blank.
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same problem
Just like everyone above I am having the same problem. After the update 7.4.1 my kindle will no longer support the viewing of wallpapers. I am looking into this issue but so far I have found nothing. It might be an apk missing like for the widgets. (Widgetpicker.apk) Or it could be something much more difficult, not sure yet. Why does amazon have to make customization so hard. Has anyone else found anything???

Well i am going to take a guess because i don't know how to debug an android app while it running, but i would guess that amazon took out some classes that the alternate launchers use to set the wallpaper from the os. Wouldn't exactly surprise me if they did. Reason i say this is because i notice on my moms kindle fire 1 that the system app folder has unessesary apps like the widget picker on it by default, and from amazons standpoint thats pointless to have with their ui not supporting them. Th hd didn't have them by default, make me wonder if they are tryin to get further away from stock android os. I wouldn't b surprise if there's a way to fix this but i have no idea if my theory is correct or not nor how the android os works as to where classe are stored. Never learned coding, computer always crashed within a month of me installing a visual studio or sdk, kind took it as a bad omen an wen further into networking and pc repair... anyway only reason i am guessing at a missing class is because i notice on my moms kindle that the wallpaper info file i found filled out starts with res:android/wallpaper_***randomnumber***, an when live wallpaper isn't use it refers to an internal android app that was probably either deleted or amazon has named it something else and i have no idea which apk it is and am to tired to look. If my speculation is completely off plz feel free to mention it, i specialize in linux and windows and a bit of mac, android i can only guess at since its kinda like a mix of linux and java. Sorry for any typos i didn't fix this default keyboard is total junk, especially in landscape mode.
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stunts513 said:
Well i am going to take a guess because i don't know how to debug an android app while it running, but i would guess that amazon took out some classes that the alternate launchers use to set the wallpaper from the os. Wouldn't exactly surprise me if they did. Reason i say this is because i notice on my moms kindle fire 1 that the system app folder has unessesary apps like the widget picker on it by default, and from amazons standpoint thats pointless to have with their ui not supporting them. Th hd didn't have them by default, make me wonder if they are tryin to get further away from stock android os. I wouldn't b surprise if there's a way to fix this but i have no idea if my theory is correct or not nor how the android os works as to where classe are stored. Never learned coding, computer always crashed within a month of me installing a visual studio or sdk, kind took it as a bad omen an wen further into networking and pc repair... anyway only reason i am guessing at a missing class is because i notice on my moms kindle that the wallpaper info file i found filled out starts with res:android/wallpaper_***randomnumber***, an when live wallpaper isn't use it refers to an internal android app that was probably either deleted or amazon has named it something else and i have no idea which apk it is and am to tired to look. If my speculation is completely off plz feel free to mention it, i specialize in linux and windows and a bit of mac, android i can only guess at since its kinda like a mix of linux and java. Sorry for any typos i didn't fix this default keyboard is total junk, especially in landscape mode.
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Last night I flashed back to 7.3.1 since no one so far has been able to figure the black wallaper out. If you want to compare a file from the new update to the old one im using now, don't be afraid to ask ill check. I am rooted

Just curious how did you flash back? Did you use 2nd bootloader and twrp or did u restore with fastboot, i'm considering doing this myself but id like to avoid wiping all of my data. On the bright side i can export my manga if i do have to wipe, i have over 200 mangas on Quickmanga. Thank god for the export function. Though i will still have to reinstall alot of crap again. I hav never downgraded a kindle before so i was confused weather u could just flash the system img in fastboot or not, didn't feel like testing that out without researching it first. Never be icked a device so far and i don't intend to, closest call i ever had to brickin somethin was using a bad bootlogo flasher on my ipod touch 2g, couldn't even turn it on after that, mad it all the more difficult to get it into dfu mode. Enough of my rambling... i tend to do this when i stay up till 6 in the morning... Don't ask...
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Glad to know I'm not going crazy. Same here - Rooted 7.4.1 and it doesn't matter which launcher I use the wallpapers won't work.
Jordanz1998, How do you get back to 7.3.1?

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stunts513 said:
Just curious how did you flash back? Did you use 2nd bootloader and twrp or did u restore with fastboot, i'm considering doing this myself but id like to avoid wiping all of my data. On the bright side i can export my manga if i do have to wipe, i have over 200 mangas on Quickmanga. Thank god for the export function. Though i will still have to reinstall alot of crap again. I hav never downgraded a kindle before so i was confused weather u could just flash the system img in fastboot or not, didn't feel like testing that out without researching it first. Never be icked a device so far and i don't intend to, closest call i ever had to brickin somethin was using a bad bootlogo flasher on my ipod touch 2g, couldn't even turn it on after that, mad it all the more difficult to get it into dfu mode. Enough of my rambling... i tend to do this when i stay up till 6 in the morning... Don't ask...
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hamiltonfighter said:
Glad to know I'm not going crazy. Same here - Rooted 7.4.1 and it doesn't matter which launcher I use the wallpapers won't work.
Jordanz1998, How do you get back to 7.3.1?
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I do not have a second boot loader on my kindle kindle fire hd I went back to the older version by doing a full backup restore In KF First Aide. You can download this in an xda thread just look it up. Before the update I did a full rom backup (option 13 for anyone that knows). So after I saw the black screen I just plugged it up to the computer clicked option 25 restore entire kindle. This brought me back to the version that I had backed up 7.3.1 so unless you have KF First Aide and have done a full backup before the new update this will not work for you. Sorry if this doesn't help.

seokhun said:
Could you post a screenshot of your software version? You are the only person who says they have 7.4.1.
The official Amazon website says the latest is 7.3.1: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201016350
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No he is not the only one I have hd fire 7inch here in Ireland and its now 7.4.1, my kindle is not rooted but I have been using Adw ex launcher and as a result of update I can't set wallpaper with the launcher or using various different programs. Also I noticed the launcher icon is no longer in the carousel. Bummer!