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Android Question
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Just updated to new android software and now I'm unable to choose my lockscreen and the new ability to use BlinkFeed in the lock screen . Help please
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You don't say what phone you have and what OS version you've updated to, so I'm having to take a guess here. If I'm wrong, please post again with full information - remember that we only know what you tell us, and there are a lot of different devices and OS versions out there.
So, I'm going to guess that you have a recent HTC, such as a One, and have updated to Sense 5.5. That would explain the loss of ability to choose the lockscreen: HTC removed that in Sense 5.5. Instead in 5.5 the lockscreen gains the ability to add widgets: open the lockscreen and scroll to the right and you are faced with a "+" icon to add widgets. And you can keep scrolling right and adding more widgets.
On mine I don't have the option to add BlinkFeed, but I don't actually use Blink and have disabled as much as I can, so that might be the reason. So I suggest just giving it a try and seeing whether it is there.
I have to admit that I personally like to use a different wallpaper for the lockscreen, and since I've not found how to do with with the Sense 5.5 lockscreen I've gone back to using WidgetLocker instead.
So, I'm going to guess that you have a recent HTC, such as a One, and have updated to Sense 5.5. That would explain the loss of ability to choose the lockscreen: HTC removed that in Sense 5.5. Instead in 5.5 the lockscreen gains the ability to add widgets: open the lockscreen and scroll to the right and you are faced with a "+" icon to add widgets. And you can keep scrolling right and adding more widgets.
On mine I don't have the option to add BlinkFeed, but I don't actually use Blink and have disabled as much as I can, so that might be the reason. So I suggest just giving it a try and seeing whether it is there.
I have to admit that I personally like to use a different wallpaper for the lockscreen, and since I've not found how to do with with the Sense 5.5 lockscreen I've gone back to using WidgetLocker instead.