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Help ICS: Changing slide unlock apps?

zoxxo

zoxxo

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Has anyone figured out how to change the app shortcuts in the ICS slide unlock screen? It would make my day if I could change the default text and camera apps to the text and camera apps of my choice...

Thanks!

Eric
 
I just installed GO SMS Pro, then disabled the internal SMS application from the Manage Apps menu. Now, when I slide to the SMS app on the lock screen, GO launches.

I suspect a replacement camera app will work the same, but I'll let you find that out for yourself :)
 
Dodge DeBoulet said:
I just installed GO SMS Pro, then disabled the internal SMS application from the Manage Apps menu. Now, when I slide to the SMS app on the lock screen, GO launches.

I suspect a replacement camera app will work the same, but I'll let you find that out for yourself :)
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Worked for me. Thank you!
 
i was looking for this as well, and yeah, disabling, or freezing, the default SMS app made Handcent pop up there. i can't imagine who thought it would be a good idea to add a handy feature like that without the ability to change the apps it launches. even to something other than phone, sms and camera.

granted, those are probably the three things you're going to want straight off the power button quickly, but options are supposedly what android's all about. if i want to make one of them launch my favorite android-based forum community, i should be able to do so.

spanky51031 said:
I tried this and now I cannot receive MMS messages.
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make sure you set another SMS app as default and make sure it is the one recieving mesages before you disable the stock one.
 
make sure you set another SMS app as default and make sure it is the one recieving mesages before you disable the stock one.[/QUOTE]

How do you make another SMS app default?
 
i had go sms installed before the update, none of my settings/default for texting changed and the slide unlock still defaults to the stock text app....
 
DawnGP143 said:
How do you make another SMS app default?
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go into the stock SMS app, uncheck the box that makes it the one being used (i forget the exact wording, but it shouldn't be that hard to figure out), then go into handcent, or go, or whatever you use, and check the same, or similar-sounding, box and it should default to that one, then freeze the stock app.

i'd advise you have someone send you a test text before freezing, just to make sure that you're ONLY getting notifications from your selected app, and not anything else.
 
Ssith said:
go into the stock SMS app, uncheck the box that makes it the one being used (i forget the exact wording, but it shouldn't be that hard to figure out), then go into handcent, or go, or whatever you use, and check the same, or similar-sounding, box and it should default to that one, then freeze the stock app.

i'd advise you have someone send you a test text before freezing, just to make sure that you're ONLY getting notifications from your selected app, and not anything else.
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I did not see any setting to make it default, but I did uncheck all (notifications et al) and then disabled the stock text app. Now Go SMS appears at the bottom of the circle. Test text sent, seems to work. Thanks:thumbup:
 
Weird, I'm using Handcent, It's always been the main app. I've disabled all OEM text checkboxes I see, and then I even disabled and re-enabled Handcent, getting the pop up saying that this will "totally disable" the stock app. Rebooted even.... STILL get the stock app as the slide unlock offering when I boot up.

I'm on the OTA ICS, rooted. Gonna try freezing the stock app app w/Titanium. Which I'm seriously not sure is a good idea. :-/ Hmm...
 
OK... No freeze... I was using Go Launcher, and it seems that it wasn't allowing me to get into the app manager from the app drawer as the stock one seems to do.

I switched to the stock launcher, went to the App Drawer and went into manage apps. This allowed me to see the stock text app and "disabled" it. And now Handcent shows on the slide screen.

I alays thougt thet handcent used some aspects or parts of the stock messaging app to function. Seems not. Works ok.
 
I had no issues with go sms coming up on the lock screen for me but how do i get godialer to do that too? i can't seem to get rid of the stock phone dialer no the main screen.
 
I don't ever use a texting app, and would like to be able to swipe to GMail from the lock screen. Is there any way to do that?
 
I did get to change the stock messaging app on the lock screen but I'm not able to change the stock camera to an after market one. Is it possible or is the stock camera baked into the OS. I'm not rooted and don't plan to root any time soon.
 
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