In earlier EMUI 9.0.0 we had the option to change the fingerprint unlock animation. This option was later removed and hasn't come back.
Inspired by the thread for the Huawei P30 Pro, I investigated whether it was possible to change the lockscreen fingerprint icon of our Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
What works when applying the files provided in the thread:
The lockscreen fingerprint changes - although it's smaller than the default lock screen icon.
What doesn't work when applying a new fingerprint animation:
When you use one of the animations, there are two possible scenarios: Either only the fingerprint icon changes with no change to the animation or the animation changes but is shifted to the left and thus doesn't light up directly over the fingerprint scanner which means that the fingerprint reader won't work. The likely reason for this not working is because the resolution of the P30 Pro is only FHD+ while the resolution of the Mate 20 Pro is QHD+.
What I have tried:
I've tried changing the name of the 'drawable-xxhdpi' to 'drawable-xxxhdpi' - doesn't work.
I extracted the 60 pictures from the OnePlus 6T McLaren Fingerprint GIF animation and renamed them properly as suggested in the guide in the P30 Pro thread, but it doesn't work.
Apparently, only the aod-files that have both 'wave_500x500_01'.jpg AND 'wave_600x600_black50_01'.jpg will actually change the fingerprint animation but the animation seems to be limited to only 12 frames and is - just as with the suggested animations in the thread - shifted to the left which leaves them unusable. Having the files in '.png' format doesn't work.
Any help or suggestions are welcome!
UPDATE:
I successfully managed to change the fingerprint unlock animation to 'Blue Electric'! I downloaded a clean Huawei Mate 20 Pro Theme, moved the com.huawei.aod file into the theme and renamed the 'drawable-xxhdpi' folder to 'drawable-xxxhdpi' and it worked!
I created a guide for the installation
Inspired by the thread for the Huawei P30 Pro, I investigated whether it was possible to change the lockscreen fingerprint icon of our Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
What works when applying the files provided in the thread:
The lockscreen fingerprint changes - although it's smaller than the default lock screen icon.
What doesn't work when applying a new fingerprint animation:
When you use one of the animations, there are two possible scenarios: Either only the fingerprint icon changes with no change to the animation or the animation changes but is shifted to the left and thus doesn't light up directly over the fingerprint scanner which means that the fingerprint reader won't work. The likely reason for this not working is because the resolution of the P30 Pro is only FHD+ while the resolution of the Mate 20 Pro is QHD+.
What I have tried:
I've tried changing the name of the 'drawable-xxhdpi' to 'drawable-xxxhdpi' - doesn't work.
I extracted the 60 pictures from the OnePlus 6T McLaren Fingerprint GIF animation and renamed them properly as suggested in the guide in the P30 Pro thread, but it doesn't work.
Apparently, only the aod-files that have both 'wave_500x500_01'.jpg AND 'wave_600x600_black50_01'.jpg will actually change the fingerprint animation but the animation seems to be limited to only 12 frames and is - just as with the suggested animations in the thread - shifted to the left which leaves them unusable. Having the files in '.png' format doesn't work.
Any help or suggestions are welcome!
UPDATE:
I successfully managed to change the fingerprint unlock animation to 'Blue Electric'! I downloaded a clean Huawei Mate 20 Pro Theme, moved the com.huawei.aod file into the theme and renamed the 'drawable-xxhdpi' folder to 'drawable-xxxhdpi' and it worked!
I created a guide for the installation
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