Root Ripping/Using DEFAULT Lock Screen?

[teknogeek1300]

I'm using FroShedYo v10, and I'm not a big fan of the "left to right" unlock gesture. I was a big fan of the default vertical unlock gesture, and the HUD that displayed the SMS I had just received.

How would I go about retrieving that?

PS, I'm sick of the horizontal gesture suggesting I have an a IPhone....

 

[doogald]

It's all in what you like, I guess. One of the reasons I dislike the Sense-based ROMs is that I dislike the pull-down unlock screen (though after using xtrSENSE and xtrROM for a while, it wasn't all that bad.)

You could install a lockscreen replacement app, like LockBot or WidgetLocker (which is a possible fix for the messaging issue you mentioned), or you could switch back to a sense based ROM. Even if you are not a Sense launcher fan, xtrROM or Tainted Tenzo are excellent ROMs.

 

[paleodust]

CELB Froyo and GSB (and perhaps others) have other options. I really like feel of the rotary unlock mechanism in GSB.

 

[SirEagle]

One of the settings in GSB is a pulldown.

 

[teknogeek1300]

One of the settings in GSB is a pulldown.

Does it allow the option to quick preview SMS messages?

How hard would it be to rip the Sense one?

 

[doogald]

You can't use a Sense lockscreen in a vanilla ROM - it just won't work.

If you use the rotary lockscreen, you can set the pulldown to open a specific app, so you can pull down to open messaging if you wish. I use it to open gmail myself.

 

[SirEagle]

The "Lense" Lockscreen Style is a pull down. And the Handcent SMS popup works over the lockscreen.

 

[teknogeek1300]

The "Lense" Lockscreen Style is a pull down. And the Handcent SMS popup works over the lockscreen.

Thank you, I'll install Handcent ASAP. Hopefully I can find this GSB thing.

 

[metlcat]

Thank you, I'll install Handcent ASAP. Hopefully I can find this GSB thing.

[ROM] GSB v1.6 | GingerBread 2.3.2 [CM7.0.0 RC1 NIGHTLY][2-18-2011] - xda-developers

 

[teknogeek1300]

[ROM] GSB v1.6 | GingerBread 2.3.2 [CM7.0.0 RC1 NIGHTLY][2-18-2011] - xda-developers

Oh, I see. It's a whole separate ROM. Gotcha. I ended up just using a generic SMS Popup app. Still haven't found a lock screen I like, but I'l live for now.