Despite acquainted with the fact that Motorola will be rolling-out android 2.2 Froyo update on Motorola Droid X by early September, many users installed the leaked version of 2.2 froyo and later removed after finding it buggy. One of the most promising feature of froyo update if the lock screen. You can get the Froyo like custom lock screen for 2.1 without rooting and flashing. chaluxdeluxe over at Android Central forums has developed a custom lockscreen apk installer for Android 2.1 that makes your Droid X look like running Froyo.
Instructions to get Froyo Lockscreen on Motorola Droid X 2.1 Easily
Step 1: Rooted your Droid X on 2.1 (instructions posted here).
Step 2: Put this .apk file on the root of your sd card.
Step 3: Point your command prompt to where your adb is located. Usually where you installed the sdk.
Step 4: Launch a shell on your device. Command: “adb shell” (without quotes)
Step 5: Access superuser permissions. Command: “su” (without quotes)
Step 6: Mount the system as writable. Command: “mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system” (without quotes)
Step 7: Copy over the .apk to the systems framework. Command: “cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework” (without quotes)
Step 8: Mount the system as read-only. Command: “mount -o remount,ro -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system” (without quotes)
Step 9: Reboot the system. Command: “reboot”
Voila! You have now installed froyo like lock screen on Droid X 2.1 successfully!
Via – androidcentral
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