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I haven't had a problem with alarms- I've gotten the pop-up window each morning to snooze or dismiss...and I like that better than doing the slider!
 
Dmark said:
I haven't had a problem with alarms- I've gotten the pop-up window each morning to snooze or dismiss...and I like that better than doing the slider!
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Yea....well go figure I just tested the alarm and I get the pop up to snooze or dismiss....it wasn't there this morning :confused:

I like the pop up better than the slider as well!

I'll edit my post about it not working!
 
no2haven said:
I had this question too...decided to try it out by setting an alarm to go off while the phone was locked - I couldn't find any way to turn the alarm off. The standard WidgetLocker lock screen came on with no option for silencing via the lock screen (that I could find). Sliding to unlock didn't silence the alarm.

Furthermore (and maybe I just fail at turning off alarms...but then, I've always turned mine off via the Sense slider) I actually couldn't find ANY way to turn off the alarm and ended up restarting my phone to stop the beeping.

So, is there any way to silence (and hopefully snooze) alarms via WidgetLocker?
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A few of us in another thread are having that problem. I'll dig it up and post the link. One guy has already requested a replacement phone.
 
jbdan said:
Yea....well go figure I just tested the alarm and I get the pop up to snooze or dismiss....it wasn't there this morning :confused:

I like the pop up better than the slider as well!

I'll edit my post about it not working!
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Seeing jbdan's post - and being the last one in the office so I don't annoy anyone with un-stoppable alarms - I played around with it a bit. The problem appears to be if the alarm goes off while the phone is sleeping:

When I have the alarm go off while I'm on the lock screen a pop-up appears that lets me snooze/dismiss. The dismiss option turned off the phone (didn't check snooze).

When the phone's sleeping (blank screen) and the alarm goes off the WidgetLocker screen comes on with no option to dismiss/snooze. At this point you either have to kill the clock process or restart the phone. This is what happens when you use the phone as an alarm clock (as I do).
 
no2haven said:
When the phone's sleeping (blank screen) and the alarm goes off the WidgetLocker screen comes on with no option to dismiss/snooze.
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This is not always true however. And easy wake seems to effect the conditions.

If anyone is having this problem and doesn't mind testing could you send me an email? I plan on sending out a test build before pushing an update to the Market. I have some beta testers already but it didn't come up before (And I've been able to reproduce it on my Incredible now but it seems to be based on how it is used so the more testers the better).
 
no2haven said:
Seeing jbdan's post - and being the last one in the office so I don't annoy anyone with un-stoppable alarms - I played around with it a bit. The problem appears to be if the alarm goes off while the phone is sleeping:

When I have the alarm go off while I'm on the lock screen a pop-up appears that lets me snooze/dismiss. The dismiss option turned off the phone (didn't check snooze).

When the phone's sleeping (blank screen) and the alarm goes off the WidgetLocker screen comes on with no option to dismiss/snooze. At this point you either have to kill the clock process or restart the phone. This is what happens when you use the phone as an alarm clock (as I do).
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Ahh makes sense. I'll find out tomorrow morning if mine does this (I'm sure it will) as my phone will be asleep for 7 hours before it goes off. Thanks for posting this info!
 
kevin@teslacoilsw said:
This is not always true however. And easy wake seems to effect the conditions.

If anyone is having this problem and doesn't mind testing could you send me an email? I plan on sending out a test build before pushing an update to the Market. I have some beta testers already but it didn't come up before (And I've been able to reproduce it on my Incredible now but it seems to be based on how it is used so the more testers the better).
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Having Easy Wake enabled seems to resolve the issue on my phone...nice catch! Thanks for taking the time to essentially turn this into a personal troubleshooting thread.
 
I also have USB debugging on 100% of the time if that matters.

When the phone's sleeping (blank screen) and the alarm goes off the Widget Locker screen comes on with no option to dismiss/snooze.
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This has happened to me a few times as well. Sometimes the pop up appears for me to dismiss etc, other times it doesn't.
 
Is there a way to use the widget locker clock widget from the lock screen on the home screen? I like the clock design :)
 
hitzi said:
Is there a way to use the widget locker clock widget from the lock screen on the home screen? I like the clock design :)
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I think kevin said he will try to implement this eventually. Several have asked the same thing ;)

Update on my alarm...it worked this morning I haven't done anything different easy wake is OFF. Got the popup to allow me to dismiss or snooze screen stays on during alarm soundoff....nice!
 
My alarm went off this morning without a problem. I am on the Incredible. It came up with a little dialog box, which is fine by me.
 
kevin@teslacoilsw said:
When you switch to Ringer it will ask which mode you want. Since the default is ringer you'll have to switch to something else and then back to Ringer.
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I am not sure I am following you here...are you saying that there is no way to edit the custom slider to just switch between ringer and vibrate?

I know I can make the original slider switch only between vibrate and ringer. Seems like there would be a way to edit the custom one to do the same.

Thanks for all the support! You are one of a VERY few developers that listens and helps!
 
VolsMcFalls said:
I am not sure I am following you here...are you saying that there is no way to edit the custom slider to just switch between ringer and vibrate?

I know I can make the original slider switch only between vibrate and ringer. Seems like there would be a way to edit the custom one to do the same.

Thanks for all the support! You are one of a VERY few developers that listens and helps!
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You can change the custom slider. When creating the custom slider change the right action to something else, then change it back to Ringer Mode. You'll get a popup asking for Silence, Vibrate, Both.

I'm glad to get all the feedback from users. It's a bit overwhelming at times, but it helps me make WidgetLocker better :).
 
kevin@teslacoilsw said:
You can change the custom slider. When creating the custom slider change the right action to something else, then change it back to Ringer Mode. You'll get a popup asking for Silence, Vibrate, Both.

I'm glad to get all the feedback from users. It's a bit overwhelming at times, but it helps me make WidgetLocker better :).
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You, sir, are THE MAN! I freaking love this app. I thought I wouldn't care for it because I thought it kind of defeated the purpose of a lock screen. But, with the screen off until I wake it up, it turns out it doesn't really matter.

Now if we can just figure out a slide to answer or ignore function I can stop accidentally answering calls...
 
Is anyone else here using QuickDesk along with WidgetLocker?

I just bought and installed WidgetLocker yesterday afternoon for my Incredible and I love it. But it's obvious that Kevin is aware of some conflicts with QuickDesk since it's one of only three subjects addressed in the FAQ.

A few minutes ago while tweaking things I actually got to a point where I couldn't see ANY screen other than the WidgetLocker lock screen. If I unlocked it, it just went to the tool mode. If I unlocked that, the tool mode popped right back up.

I disabled both Widget Locker and QuickDesk then re-enabled both (QD first).

At this point everything seems to be working pretty well except that when I double-tap the Home Key to launch QuickDesk I get an error stating that "Double Tap won't work properly because your default Home app is not set to QuickDesk". This happens as QuickDesk is, in fact, launching.

I assume this is a problem on QuickDesk's problem? If so, I'll contact that Dev. But I figured I'd ask here first to see if anyone else has run into this and if there is an easy fix.

Oh, and I ran into the alarm problem this morning. But I didn't have to reboot the phone.... As I was messing with the phone trying to quiet the alarm a second alarm went off (I set three each morning) and, I assume because the phone was on and unlocked, I got the dialog box. I'll send you an email about beta testing for this problem.

no2haven said:
Having Easy Wake enabled seems to resolve the issue on my phone...nice catch! Thanks for taking the time to essentially turn this into a personal troubleshooting thread.
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Agreed! I'm really happy to see that the dev. is so involved & willing to help us directly here. In fact, when I installed the app this thread is listed as a place to get help. (You can see this by going to Menu > Settings > Tutorial and continuing to the last page.)
 
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Kevin (or anyone), I am having trouble disabling the home button in the lock screen. I have done as indicated in your FAQ many times, including unchecking the Allow Home Button box, but then the home button still unlocks and when I go back into settings the Allow Home Button is always checked again. :confused:

I have tried unchecking the box first, then clearing default home, then setting home application, and then doing these things in different orders.

Thanks in advance!
 
I have uninstalled this for now. I started getting issues with the last patch where the phone would lag while unlocking. Using the HTC drag-down type unlock deal, it would freeze for about half a second mid-way through the drag. This was forcing me to do the "unlock swipe" two or three times to actually unlock the phone. Really irritating :( Switching back to "normal" HTC UI, I don't have the problem at all, its a fluid slide immediately from a wakeup and my home screen pops right up.

I'm still happy with the purchase as I'm confident there will be polishing and bugfixes and I'll go back to using it. :D

Incredible, root, default rom, 2.1 etc., nothing else fancy.
 
If I have the weather animations on from the new version of Beautiful Widgets, it takes a couple of seconds before I'm able to slide to unlock. This is on the leaked version of Froyo.
 
jbdan said:
I think kevin said he will try to implement this eventually. Several have asked the same thing ;)

Update on my alarm...it worked this morning I haven't done anything different easy wake is OFF. Got the popup to allow me to dismiss or snooze screen stays on during alarm soundoff....nice!
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Ya, the beta so far worked good for me. I hit the snooze button a few times trying to get up. Give it a few more days and see how it goes.
 
JoeIncredible said:
Kevin (or anyone), I am having trouble disabling the home button in the lock screen. I have done as indicated in your FAQ many times, including unchecking the Allow Home Button box, but then the home button still unlocks and when I go back into settings the Allow Home Button is always checked again. :confused:

I have tried unchecking the box first, then clearing default home, then setting home application, and then doing these things in different orders.

Thanks in advance!
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I've told him about it and he put out a beta to test that and a few things, which the home button for me is now staying disabled using this beta.
 
AnotherHiggins said:
At this point everything seems to be working pretty well except that when I double-tap the Home Key to launch QuickDesk I get an error stating that "Double Tap won't work properly because your default Home app is not set to QuickDesk". This happens as QuickDesk is, in fact, launching.

I assume this is a problem on QuickDesk's problem? If so, I'll contact that Dev. But I figured I'd ask here first to see if anyone else has run into this and if there is an easy fix.
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I've already talked to Faruq of Quickdesk. His next version will include a fix for this. In the mean time I recommend making QuickDesk your default home, and having that point to WidgetLocker, which points to your actual Home program. With this setup double-tap works fine and WidgetLocker can still block a single tap of home at the lock screen. It cannot however block double-tap, but some people like this as they like having QuickDesk at the lockscreen and double-tap is hard to do accidentally.
 
I've noticed the same thing. When I bring the phone out of sleep by pressing the top button the slider does not respond right away or at all. Then theres a lag as it slides open which causes apps to inadvertently open.

I believe it will be fixed too so I'll live with it for now.


azide said:
I have uninstalled this for now. I started getting issues with the last patch where the phone would lag while unlocking. Using the HTC drag-down type unlock deal, it would freeze for about half a second mid-way through the drag. This was forcing me to do the "unlock swipe" two or three times to actually unlock the phone. Really irritating :( Switching back to "normal" HTC UI, I don't have the problem at all, its a fluid slide immediately from a wakeup and my home screen pops right up.

I'm still happy with the purchase as I'm confident there will be polishing and bugfixes and I'll go back to using it. :D

Incredible, root, default rom, 2.1 etc., nothing else fancy.
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gidget said:
the only thing that still doesn't work, of course, is my htc mail widget icon count. i realize this will not ever work, because it's an htc thing. this makes me sad. i've tried before to find a widget/app that just shows the unread count of your mail on the icon like the htc mail icon does, but no luck. if anyone knows of something, please tell me!
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I downloaded "SMS unread count" from the market and put it on my widgetlocker screen. It notifies me of unread text messages just like stock widget.
 
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