How To "Lock" My Home Screen

[Mikal111]

How do I "lock" my home screen so that I'm not accidentally moving/deleting/etc. widgets and apps? I'm not sure if this is referred to as a "scene" or whatever, but I just want to lock in what I have, my wallpaper, widgets, etc. and not be accidentally moving and changing things....Thx!

Oh, and is there a way now to "lock" my volume? I looked into this some time back and it looked like it wasn't possible at that time, maybe now? I don't want to be changing the volume by accidentally hitting the volume button....

 

[wvchapp]

I don't know of a way to lock a scene, but you can always save it under a different name. That way you can restore it if it gets messed up.

I haven't heard of a way to lock the volume, either.

 

[Glenn]

Don't know about the locking of app placements, it's probably easier to just save what you currently into your scene wallpapers.


I have not tried this, but you can give it a shot:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hourdb.volumelocker

 

[jdbalance]

If you have go launcher, which I highly recommend, you just hit menu/more/lock (or unlock).
Not sure what the procedure is with stock or sense but I'm sure there's a way. HTH!

 

[asd216]

Just go with go launcher or adw launcher. Sense sucks IMO.

 

[johnsmike]

hello...
I'm using the default launcher that came with the phone. It's the newest version kit kat. I really want to stick with the default launcher. I was just wondering if it was possible with the standard version of android. i have to use screen locks for my mobile which screen locker app is best of my android

 

[c-dee]

Yes I mean it's so annoying to accidentally resize my widget when holding my phone in a brief awkward position and really truly Android should offer users to the ability to Lock any particular Homescreen they want. The Locking of homescreens should be accessible from the same 'Add widget or icons' display

Yes I support this officially being implemented someday into Android. If done by Android then the manufacturers (Samsung, HTC, LG etc) would follow suit and add it in their ROMS

Anyways I found this 'official' request topic for this

Issue 180286 - android - Homescreen Locking to prevent changes (icons and widgets) - Android Open Source Project - Issue Tracker - Google Project Hosting
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=180286

 

[mariana999]

Thanks, c-dee, I already voted for this....