Lockscreen Policy

Disable widgets and/or camera access on the lockscreen under Android 4.2 or higher.

★ As featured on Android Police, CNET, Droid-Life

# Android 4.3

Tested to work well as of the latest version.

# Android 4.2.x

Known issue under 4.2.2 with widgets disabled:

With the clock hack disabled, the clock widget toggles between the bold hour clock and the non-bold hour clock every other unlock.

If your device is rooted, you can use the clock hack to get the device to consistently display the non-bold hour clock. Otherwise, there isn't anything I can do for you immediately. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I had no control over this. This issue is fixed in Android 4.3.

Clock hack does NOT interfere Android system updates, OTA or otherwise. The hack performs a setting change to your 'user data' only, not to your actual system. However, the permission to perform this settings change is normally restricted for third-party apps, which is why root is required.

If you do not plan to re-root your device after updating to Android 4.3+, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you undo the clock hack before proceeding, or you will have no way of restoring the stock digital clock widget on your device. Otherwise, it is safe to perform a system update with clock hack activated.

# Usage Instruction

1) Run application

2) Make selections, and press activate

3) In the 'Activate device administrator' screen, choose 'Activate'

4) Turn off undesired features using the toggle switches. Changes are made instantly. Make sure your lockscreen is enabled to see the results.

#Clock Hack for Rooted devices:

For users running Google firmware, you can now disable the bold-hour lockscreen clock with 'Clock Hack', accessible via the action bar menu even with widgets disabled in the lockscreen.

To undo or revert this, simply rerun 'Clock Hack'. You will additionally have to manually remove the clock widget and readd the desired one for changes to take effect if your lockscreen widgets are on. Note that this setting persists even if you deactivate or uninstall this application. (Can take a couple of screen locks/unlocks to take effect)

There are several downsides to using this hack. You will also lose access to the same widget from your homescreen. This alternate clock also will not launch the alarm app on click, nor does it display your world clocks.

On Android 4.3, to restore the bold hour clock widget, you may need to manually readd the widget by first removing the non-bold hour fallback clock widget.

# Uninstall

Uncheck the application from the 'Device Administrator' list under 'Security' in your 'Settings' application on your device.

# Caveats when disabling widgets on Android 4.2

Enabling this will force the lockscreen to use a 'default fallback widget'. On Google builds, the default is the stock DeskClock digital clock widget (with bold-hour style). This behavior cannot be changed.

The bold hour clock only affects official Google builds, and is part of Google's proprietary firmware.

The rooted method implements the following method from XDA,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34561693&postcount;=35The music controls will still appear as a new page when active, even with the lockscreen policies in place.

# Privacy

I do not collect any personal information with this completely free application.

No permissions other than device administrator required.

# Additional Notes

Allowing widgets and/or camera access might be a security concern for some users, because they can be accessed before unlocking the device. This application is a workaround for that, at the cost of removing those features.

This application maintains device administration policies for the lockscreen, introduced in Android 4.2.

Implements Stericson RootToolshttp://code.google.com/p/roottools/# Translations

Portuguese: Thiago Oliveira

Polish: Damian Krysa