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Is there an app to change the lock screen?

Looking for a way to change the lock screen. If there is an app for that will it change or get rid of the pattern lock? The pattern lock drives me nuts. I would like a left to right slide and a keypad would be nice.
Please let me know of any.

Thanks.


you can try lock 2.0 if your want to try an oldy but moldy app that's still haunting the market.

have not tried lockbot yet might give it a try to see whats up
 
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I've used Lock 2.0, it's a paid app in the market. It has various skin options. It got buggy after a while though. It only works some of the time. If I use the end button to sleep, it goes back to my original lock screen with the swipe pattern. If I use the Lock 2.0 shortcut from my home screen, then it will go to the new lock screen. I stopped using it.
 
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I've used Lock 2.0, it's a paid app in the market. It has various skin options. It got buggy after a while though. It only works some of the time. If I use the end button to sleep, it goes back to my original lock screen with the swipe pattern. If I use the Lock 2.0 shortcut from my home screen, then it will go to the new lock screen. I stopped using it.


just to let everyone know lock 2.0 has not been updated since the G1 so it might not be totally compatible with the eris.

lockbot also has some reviews about eris crashes too so hopefully they will fix them but don't have your fingers crossed on it.
 
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I am using lockbot pro and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a change from the standard "slide down lock". With the pro version you can choose 1, 2, 3, or all 4 lock options to rotate thru, as well as edit the clock fonts, size, position, and what wallpaper or wallpapers you want it to cycle thru. Doesnt lag for me at all. I use the Eclair lockscreen with a folder of like 300 wallpapers to randomly be chosen, so each time I wake up the phone I have a new pic! Awesome. :cool:
 
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i tried lockbot for the iphone unlock clone, and didnt have good success. i set it to the iphone clone unlock, and that worked fine. only problem was that every now and then, my unlock screen would be the htc hero unlock screen, as opposed to the iphone one that i had it set at.

more then likely cause you had the hero screen in rotation with the iphone theme.

When I first downloaded lockbot it forced closed sense and had to hard reset the eris


probably cause the first time you entered the app and exited it asked to complete with sense or lockbot and you chose lockbot.

pending any other apps conflicting with lockbot, it should work flawlessly, it has for me for about 3 weeks now with 0 issues, no lag, no unexpected wake ups, nothing..
 
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more then likely cause you had the hero screen in rotation with the iphone theme.




probably cause the first time you entered the app and exited it asked to complete with sense or lockbot and you chose lockbot.

pending any other apps conflicting with lockbot, it should work flawlessly, it has for me for about 3 weeks now with 0 issues, no lag, no unexpected wake ups, nothing..
Nah I didnt select the lockbot as the home it actually says do not pick this 1. It was the last thing I downloaded b4 it crashed so I am assuming it was that. Oh well no biggie, maybe I will try it again
 
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I downloaded lockbot, installed it and set it up and my phone was extremely slow and even froze on me (never has happened before) so I uninstalled it and everything is back to normal... It was cool but really unncessary.. I like the lock screen on my droid much more then my eris but when the upgraded eventually comes the phone should have it anyways
 
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