First thing i thought of when i saw the change was i wonder if they did it for that. A lot of people i let see the phone said wtf do i do? I liked the old one and the time better but i guess i'll keep it.The old unlock screen was definitely cooler, but it was a bit harder to understand.
errr...i dont get why ppl love the old unlock screen so much. i hated it. it wasn't accurate and it wasn't just a "swipe". there were so many times when i tried to swipe it over in an arc and it would just bounce back. so frustrating when i'm trying to unlock my phone quickly. sometimes even if i swiped it 90% over it would still bounce back. i had to reach all the way across for it to unlock. got so annoyed with it that i ended up putting the security pattern instead, which is actually more fun but looks ugly and fills the whole screen which blocks the wallpaper. btw, it worked exactly the same way as it does now on the new update actually. slide the slider to a certain point on the unlock bar area and it will unlock. just that now its not in the shape of an arc. you can hold down the bar drag it over slowly and once it comes in contact with that green dot, itll unlock. same thing as before with the arc only there was no green dot to indicate it. but right now though, i turned off the security pattern cuz i'm liking the new unlock screen. looks and works way better.
I just got my update via OTA, my lock screen did not change. I am on the new software, guess i got lucky or they changed the package.
The complaining on this thread (not the OP) is a sign of people with too much money, too much free time, and a refined ability to find things to complain about even in the midst of limitless bounty.
Oh come on! I resisted telling them, this whining was so much fun to watch.
It's amazing, isn't it, how much a few colored pixels can confuse the average homo sapiens?
This is hilarious...I hope someone from Google is watching this thread. You gotta believe they were worried something might go wrong w/the update, but I'm pretty sure no one at Google predicted a retro lock-screen revolt.
Seems like a great opportunity for a smart Android developer....
The new "tabs" looking buttons are not intuitive, one would never look at that and immediately understand that a swiping motion is required.
I prefer the new one not because of how it looks but because it's not as easy to accidentally unlock or mute my phone. The old unlock screen I always found my phone on mute or unlocked when I didn't intend to do so. So far, I have yet to accidentally unlock or mute my phone with the new screen.
Please stop acting this way. This forum is here so people can not only go on and on about how much they love the phone, but to also voice what they don't like. They are allowed to do that.
I for one MUCH prefer the old screen, and wish I had an option to choose between the two. I assure you this has nothing to do with how much money or free time I have.
http://androidforums.com/site-updat...ff-changes-infraction-system-other-stuff.html
How long did you stare at your phone trying to figure out how to unlock it?
I like the original because I only had to move my thumb rather than my entire hand to swipe. But I'll deal either way....
I had the most trouble figuring out how to answer the first couple calls. I got the "green means go" part....but the up arrow threw me off. I kept trying to pull the icon upwards on the screen and was going nowhere. I switched to answering on bluetooth until I could get to another phone to call my droid to experiment.
Still don't know why those arrows are there....
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