For anyone that likes Android 2.1′s vanilla lockscreen, you have no doubt been disappointed to see that every leak we have gotten from Sprint has had the lock screen broken. This first could be seen in Fresh 2.0 and is now seen in all current Sprint based 2.1 roms. There is no telling if this bug will exist in our final release, but it hasn’t been fixed yet so it’s looking like it will be. Well I took the time tonight to sit down and figure out the cause and I was able to resolve the issue. I was also informed that World Clock’s alarm clock doesn’t ever pop up if you are using the vanilla lock screen. Meaning if you set an alarm in world clock it will go off in the morning but it won’t pop up on your screen and you won’t be able to turn it off. This is because world clock is integrated in to HTC’s lock screen and it expects it to be there. To resolve that I have also ported over a copy of the vanilla clock. If you are using the vanilla lock screen then you must set your alarm in android’s clock application (or a 3rd party app) and not in HTC’s if you want to be able to turn it off in the morning.

I have included 3 different patch options. These have only been tested on Fresh 2.0d but should work perfectly fine on any rom based on Fresh 2.0d or DamageControl. All 3 are going to remove HTCLockScreen so make sure you aren’t applying this update.zip unless you want to use the vanilla lock screen. It does wipe your dalvik-cache so expect a long reboot (5+ minutes) after flashing it.

DOWNLOAD (pick one):

I fixed a small visual glitch that was pointed out to me by Mike (thanks!). It was in the menu that comes up under your power button. These were only up for about an hour before the problem was noticed but if you happened to download it before this message was here then redownload it.  :)

  • Just fix the lock screen: http://link.geekfor.me/vanillalock1
  • Fix the lock screen and install vanilla clock. You will end up with two “Clock” programs in your app drawer. You MUST set your alarm in vanilla android’s clock if you want to be able to turn it off in the morning. lol. : http://link.geekfor.me/vanillalock2 (you will have duplicate “Clock” entries in your app drawer. One for vanilla and one for HTC)
  • Fix the lock screen, install vanilla clock and uninstall world clock: http://link.geekfor.me/vanillalock3
Before After Working Alarm