Galaxy S2 and 4.1.2

[trickstuf]

Android version: 4.1.2
Model number: GT-I9100M

I just updated yesterday from ICS, and have to major complaints I need help with:

1) There is no longer an option to change the clock position or clock style on the lock screen. This is massively frustrating because the new clock is hideous and just sits at the top of the screen blocking the wallpaper behind.

2) The OS now allows the homescreen to rotate to landscape. For whatever reason, the very simple "orange line" crop method of wall paper setting has now been replaced with the fixed aspect ratio "blue line" crop method. Basically, any portrait pictures I want to use as wallpapers are basically impossible to use because of the new system of stupid cropping.

I understand that there are both wallpaper setting apps and lockscreen apps that can partially solve these problems, but every combination I have tried has yielded mixed results. Is there any way to get back the lock screen and wallpaper setting from ICS?

thanks

 

[Tord Ottersen]

I would like a answer to the second question as well. Very annoying!

 

[ChrisT77]

Try to using Launcher like, Go launcher and Apex launcher.