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vanilla lock screen?

kkl1993 said:
download the app WidgetLocker
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No offense, but your recommendation is pretty poor. There's no need to buy an app JUST to get the Vanilla LS. If he asked for a great lockscreen replacement with different sliders and options, then yes, by all means recommend Widgetlocker. I know you were trying to help, I'm just saying.

OP to get the Vanilla LS without buying an app go into root explorer>system>app>HTCLockscreen.apk rename it to HTCLockscreen.bak and hot restart/reboot. To change back simply rename to apk and reboot. You may have to click the R/W (read and write permissions) in the top right corner before renaming.
 
WormDoes said:
No offense, but your recommendation is pretty poor. There's no need to buy an app JUST to get the Vanilla LS. If he asked for a great lockscreen replacement with different sliders and options, then yes, by all means recommend Widgetlocker. I know you were trying to help, I'm just saying.

OP to get the Vanilla LS without buying an app go into root explorer>system>app>HTCLockscreen.apk rename it to HTCLockscreen.bak and hot restart/reboot. To change back simply rename to apk and reboot. You may have to click the R/W (read and write permissions) in the top right corner before renaming.
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And he wants to avoid rooting...
 
yea, i just got the phone a few days ago, so i really am not ready to do all that yet (and dont really think i will have a need honestly). All ive done so far is the droid x multitouch keyboard, and the widgetlocker, which i set to the moto lock screen
 
My apologizes, I thought this was in the all root section and I clearly didn't see "without rooting" in the OP. I'm so used to using RE for everything I forget you need to be rooted to use it
 
WormDoes said:
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OP to get the Vanilla LS without buying an app go into root explorer>system>app>HTCLockscreen.apk rename it to HTCLockscreen.bak and hot restart/reboot. To change back simply rename to apk and reboot. You may have to click the R/W (read and write permissions) in the top right corner before renaming.
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WormDoes said:
My apologizes, I thought this was in the all root section and I clearly didn't see "without rooting" in the OP. I'm so used to using RE for everything I forget you need to be rooted to use it
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It seems that ES File Explorer (FREE from the market) is able to accomplish this. :) At least I can navigate to the file named HTCLockscreen.apk, then long-press, and one of the options is RENAME.
 
JB in AZ said:
It seems that ES File Explorer (FREE from the market) is able to accomplish this. :) At least I can navigate to the file named HTCLockscreen.apk, then long-press, and one of the options is RENAME.
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But the action will not be allowed. Widgetlocker is the way to go if someone wants to avoid rooting.
 
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