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Go with GingerCollab or CM7 RC1 and apply the Stock Mod, I want to have cm7 with as stock a feel as possible with the maximum battery lifetime, would also be thankful if I can be suggested a kernel which would serve the above purpose. Also more the tweeks and tricks to speed up, increase battery, better sound, better touch, these all are good, but no compromise to the stock feel and battery life.
If you want the experience at closest of stock, go with Modaco.
But personally, CM7 is pretty close to stock with significant improvements.
Closest would be Modaco.
Well, personally I'm using CM7 RC1, with some mod removing ADW. Also using ogdobber's stock kernel with voodoo improvements and ext4 hack. But since I didn't use stock for more than a day, I can't say how close it is, but since I'm using stock launcher, I reckon it's pretty close, if not identical.
Oh thanks, I was thinking cm7 would have better improvements and tweeks than modaco, which would be stockier though, GingerCollab or The stock mod + cm7 ?
And thanks for the kernel suggestion, looks good!
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Oh thanks, I was thinking cm7 would have better improvements and tweeks than modaco, which would be stockier though, GingerCollab or The stock mod + cm7 ?
And thanks for the kernel suggestion, looks good!
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yeah CM7 is definitely better than modaco, but you said you wanted closest as the stock experience so thats why i brought it up.
and the stock mod doesnt really do anything, its just for people who want to get rid of ADW Launcher.. but you can do that without the mod via ADB/root explorer/titanium backup/etc
If you want as stock as possible, go for CM7 with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933517 (Removes the ADW Launcher), and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949292 (Stock kernel with voodoo improvements and ext4 hack)
This is what I'm using and it's working flawlessly Love all the developers doing these amazing things!
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If you want as stock as possible, go for CM7 with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933517 (Removes the ADW Launcher), and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949292 (Stock kernel with voodoo improvements and ext4 hack)
This is what I'm using and it's working flawlessly Love all the developers doing these amazing things!
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ditto for me now, thanks!
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yeah CM7 is definitely better than modaco, but you said you wanted closest as the stock experience so thats why i brought it up.
and the stock mod doesnt really do anything, its just for people who want to get rid of ADW Launcher.. but you can do that without the mod via ADB/root explorer/titanium backup/etc
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yeah I know, but it removes all the unstocky things without that effort, lol, im just lazy, thanks btw!
So I like Touchwiz4 just fine but there are a few features that I would like that I cannot find how to add.
Notebly, I want the 5 icon dock and the alphabetized app drawer. Right now I have Continuum 5.5 which I love, but I want to mod TW4. I have found the version on the i9000 forums, but I don't know if its compatible and well its just a sloppy thread so I don't want to deal with that.
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
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So I like Touchwiz4 just fine but there are a few features that I would like that I cannot find how to add.
Notebly, I want the 5 icon dock and the alphabetized app drawer. Right now I have Continuum 5.5 which I love, but I want to mod TW4. I have found the version on the i9000 forums, but I don't know if its compatible and well its just a sloppy thread so I don't want to deal with that.
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
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I'm using this version of TW4 on Mosaic 3, it's modded and has the options for what you are looking for. Not sure if this is the one you found but it works fine for my setup. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061883
Wow, this is what I have been looking for. I searched pretty extensively and couldn't find anything relevant. Thanks!
Continuum 5.5 is running TW3, not 4.
Symply also has the options you seek.
I like TW4, feature wise, but not stability wise. Its not stable yet. I really like the Sony Ericsson Home in Continuum, that's what I am using presently, for the reasons you mentioned, it has 5 icon dock built in, and its easy to alpha sort the app tray.
Sent from my Captivate running Continuum 5.5
I didn't realize that it was TW3, the earlier version 5.4.1 had TW4 and when I was using that I had tons of instability, force closes, freezing, and lag. Maybe I will stay away from it.
I'll have to look up how to change the default launcher and try the sony one.
He switched back to TW3 due to stability concerns. Check the app home switcher. It was included with 5.5, and its available on the market.
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I'm using a version with no landscape view, but everything else I want. I got it from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13593561
I've been running it for a week, and I haven't noticed any issues. As always, YMMV.
SGS tools has the option to add modded TW's. A few of them have the 5 icon dock. Not sure if they work with GB though.
Thanks everyone for the help, you can close this thread OPs
Im referring to a Sense ROM but Im guessing its not possible, though Ive seen some ppl use LauncherPro+ and they get look a like sense widgets and the dock bar (Rosie) at the bottom just like the actual sense looks. Can someone confirm this being possible?? Thnx
-Pü3rTøRr0
yea, its called launcher pro sense, its in the market. ive used it, even has a few more functions than the stock sense ive used...
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byuboy87 said:
yea, its called launcher pro sense, its in the market. ive used it, even has a few more functions than the stock sense ive used...
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great info...I didn't know that existed
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great info...I didn't know that existed
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Then add fancy widgets and agile lock and you've got your self the basic sense ui experience
00mred00 said:
great info...I didn't know that existed
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that is launcherpro + sense theme.
I am also using pro+ it is damn good
Does it lag? Freeze? Or anything like that or is it smooth enough to use daily? Right now I have an Evo and will be switching to an Infuse later next week (probably) thats why Im so concerned but thanx to all for ur quick replies
-Pü3rTøRr0
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Does it lag? Freeze? Or anything like that or is it smooth enough to use daily? Right now I have an Evo and will be switching to an Infuse later next week (probably) thats why Im so concerned but thanx to all for ur quick replies
-Pü3rTøRr0
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i came from inspire 4g with leedroid.
i used to think htc is fast untill i tried infuse.
there are no lags,FC with launcher pro plus.
though i am not using sense theme. i use just launcher.
it is awesome.
you can scroll taskbar also with it.
it is as fast as sense on inspire 4g
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i came from inspire 4g with leedroid.
i used to think htc is fast untill i tried infuse.
there are no lags,FC with launcher pro plus.
though i am not using sense theme. i use just launcher.
it is awesome.
you can scroll taskbar also with it.
it is as fast as sense on inspire 4g
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And I always said the Inspire was faster than the Evo, all right awesome thanx for the info
-Pü3rTøRr0
Hey I played with a friends Infuse and installed launcher pro + and the sense skin and it looks great, but can someone tell me how to get the dock (Rosie) at the bottom to look like the sense one instead of the 5 icons?
-Pü3rTøRr0
its def in the settings, jus play around with it, should take like 30 secs... as far as lag, in my experience, none watsoever. imo lp sense is smoother than sense on that evo, but those are from my experiences. probably cuz our phones are faster than the evo...
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Hey you guys I was just looking at miui 2.3.4 video, and its just amazing... I was wondering if it is possible to port miui to the g1? If not, why? If yes, why don't we as a community do it, i mean we got gingerbread and gingerbread sense to work on our 3 year old phone.. I don't see why we can't MIUI as well?
For those of you who have never seen MIUI.. just watch this.. and you'll see why i am so anxious to get this ported to our devices:
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Hey you guys I was just looking at miui 2.3.4 video, and its just amazing... I was wondering if it is possible to port miui to the g1? If not, why? If yes, why don't we as a community do it, i mean we got gingerbread and gingerbread sense to work on our 3 year old phone.. I don't see why we can't MIUI as well?
For those of you who have never seen MIUI.. just watch this.. and you'll see why i am so anxious to get this ported to our devices:
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After using MIUI, on my MT4G, I have doubts about it being ported to the G1. For starters MIUI is closed sourced, by the Chinese Devs....Next you'll have to find a Dev who would port it from a supported device with MIUI. And only HDPI phones have MIUI, AFAIK. So the chances are very slim, MIUI is of course, quite hefty like Ginger but with even more features. You will also need drivers for MIUI to work on the G1, the G1 shares no HW drivers with MIUI supported phones, so that too has to be sorted, then the images may look distorted when shrunk for the smaller screen and such. Best bet would to get a newer phone w/ MIUI support, or get the Millet M1, Miui phone.
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After using MIUI, on my MT4G, I have doubts about it being ported to the G1. For starters MIUI is closed sourced, by the Chinese Devs....Next you'll have to find a Dev who would port it from a supported device with MIUI. And only HDPI phones have MIUI, AFAIK. So the chances are very slim, MIUI is of course, quite hefty like Ginger but with even more features. You will also need drivers for MIUI to work on the G1, the G1 shares no HW drivers with MIUI supported phones, so that too has to be sorted, then the images may look distorted when shrunk for the smaller screen and such. Best bet would to get a newer phone w/ MIUI support, or get the Millet M1, Miui phone.
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Yea you are correct on that, its only for HDPI devices, and its closed source...but i cant see why we can't do it.. if we get enough developers to work on this, i think we can actually do it..
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Yea you are correct on that, its only for HDPI devices, and its closed source...but i cant see why we can't do it.. if we get enough developers to work on this, i think we can actually do it..
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You will need to find some dedicated devs then, I haven't been it this section for almost a year, but from what I see there aren't many G1 devs left. Which is to be expected from the 1st ever Android phone in the world.
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You will need to find some dedicated devs then, I haven't been it this section for almost a year, but from what I see there aren't many G1 devs left. Which is to be expected from the 1st ever Android phone in the world.
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I know, but we can get help from the magic devs since their phone is almost like ours. And other devs from other devices can help too. Just as long as we get it ported.
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DelsaDj started the work on MIUI last year but left after a couple of alpha versions.
Then JunkDruggler developed MIUI theme (available in the market) which almost ended the need for a full rom.
MIUI launcher (xda) and QQ launcher pro (android market) perform almost all functions of MIUI rom.
Currently iMagic rom is being worked on by jCarrz and ThauExodus. It is exactly same as. MIUI, but fitted to work on G1.
So alot of effort has been put into it and it's still underway. Threads can be found in G1 development section.
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DelsaDj started the work on MIUI last year but left after a couple of alpha versions.
Then JunkDruggler developed MIUI theme (available in the market) which almost ended the need for a full rom.
MIUI launcher (xda) and QQ launcher pro (android market) perform almost all functions of MIUI rom.
Currently iMagic rom is being worked on by jCarrz and ThauExodus. It is exactly same as. MIUI, but fitted to work on G1.
So alot of effort has been put into it and it's still underway. Threads can be found in G1 development section.
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can you send me links of all these things u mentioned?
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can you send me links of all these things u mentioned?
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DelsaDj thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794871
JunkDrugglers ADW MIUI Theme
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.junkdruggler.miui&feature=search_result
(There are MIUI themes available for GO launcher as well)
MIUI Launcher 3.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220695
iMAGIC ROM G1/Magic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228922
If it helped, please press thanks
dilwaladoctor said:
DelsaDj thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794871
JunkDrugglers ADW MIUI Theme
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.junkdruggler.miui&feature=search_result
(There are MIUI themes available for GO launcher as well)
MIUI Launcher 3.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220695
iMAGIC ROM G1/Magic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228922
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do you know of any other good miui themes? the one of JunkDrugglers is not free and the icons dont really look like miui..
maximo360 said:
do you know of any other good miui themes? the one of JunkDrugglers is not free and the icons dont really look like miui..
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This might help a bit
https://market.android.com/search?q=miui+theme&so=1&c=apps
Looks like the aftermarket has been working hard on Android 4.0 compatibility because I was able to install both the ADWLauncher EX and LauncherPro Plus launchers on my ICS phone and they work fine. I chose to stay with ADWLauncher EX because of looking much more like the original ICS UI and allowing the same folder creation as in ICS. And the dock looks much the same. The only drawback is the lack of the search bar at the top. I prefer it.
Usability wise, these launchers completely smooth out ICS to buttery goodness. ADWLauncher EX allows for scrolling speed adjustment that makes a quick flick a pleasurable experience, no lag to be suffered anywhere. Both launchers bring back the more desired widget choosing function of previous Androids...tap & hold on homescreen.
It's really pleasing now. You get the functional goodness of ICS (excellent multitasker, softkeys and all that ICS brings performance-wise without the troubling UI performance issues.
Oh, and you get to use the OEM scrollable widgets.
Oh dear... And now you're back to liking ICS. You're quite impulsive with your opinions, what will it be tomorrow?
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Looks like the aftermarket has been working hard on Android 4.0 compatibility because I was able to install both the ADWLauncher EX and LauncherPro Plus launchers on my ICS phone and they work fine. I chose to stay with ADWLauncher EX because of looking much more like the original ICS UI and allowing the same folder creation as in ICS. And the dock looks much the same. The only drawback is the lack of the search bar at the top. I prefer it.
Usability wise, these launchers completely smooth out ICS to buttery goodness. ADWLauncher EX allows for scrolling speed adjustment that makes a quick flick a pleasurable experience, no lag to be suffered anywhere. Both launchers bring back the more desired widget choosing function of previous Androids...tap & hold on homescreen.
It's really pleasing now. You get the functional goodness of ICS (excellent multitasker, softkeys and all that ICS brings performance-wise without the troubling UI performance issues.
Oh, and you get to use the OEM scrollable widgets.
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I have a great setup on an Evo I modded for someone with Launcher Pro skinned to look exactly like ICS, on a CM7 ROM with Theme Chooser set to an ICS theme. It looks and feels amazing.
I don't think I will ever use stock launcher on an aosp device, it's so funny how 3rd party launcher guys make it so much smoother than google does.
ICS as an OS, although I like it, is starting a trend I don't like as "user friendly" to the point where things are harder to deal with. I actually prefer GB style widget adding instead of the HC sort and ICS sort where you swype the dock to get to the widgets. Other things like that. I don't know, maybe I just need to get used to it.
This should go in your other thread about ICS being a letdown, rather than starting a new one. Would you raise that for a mod please?
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This should go in your other thread about ICS being a letdown, rather than starting a new one. Would you raise that for a mod please?
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Have a look at that thread...I won't spoil it for you, go take a look.
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Have a look at that thread...I won't spoil it for you, go take a look.
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I see it was quite rightly closed.
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What I meant was that you should not have started this thread. Please ask a mod to merge them or close this one.
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Wow...really? You didn't see that the other thread was closed??
Apologies for seeming insensitive.
Duhh..i thought the biggest new thing about ICS would have been the ability to have a decent experience out of the box, knowing that i can change the launcher doesn't impress me much. Tbh 2.3 had already nearly all of the functions i needed, what i really wanted was a smoother and simplified ui, with less workarounds to be used, and at the end of the day it doesn't seems like ICS is really bringing that stuff to the user. Just my 2 cents.
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Duhh..i thought the biggest new thing about ICS would have been the ability to have a decent experience out of the box, knowing that i can change the launcher doesn't impress me much. Tbh 2.3 had already nearly all of the functions i needed, what i really wanted was a smoother and simplified ui, with less workarounds to be used, and at the end of the day it doesn't seems like ICS is really bringing that stuff to the user. Just my 2 cents.
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I tend to agree, I like 2.3 with a custom launcher over 4.x with stock launcher any day.
I just did a clean install of Android 4.0.3 on my HD2 and the difference is night and day. It is sublime. So buttery smooth and fast. The Galaxy Nexus is now back on the table and a wanted piece of hardware.
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I just did a clean install of Android 4.0.3 on my HD2 and the difference is night and day. It is sublime. So buttery smooth and fast. The Galaxy Nexus is now back on the table and a wanted piece of hardware.
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Does it compare well to the ui smoothness of wp7 as not having ics myself I am curious?
Dave
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Does it compare well to the ui smoothness of wp7 as not having ics myself I am curious?
Dave
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Not with the stock UI. It approaches iPhone smooth, but not WP7 smooth. But I am using ADW EX launcher and with that, it is WP7 smooth. I was using ADW on 4.0.2 and it made ICS very usable. But with 4.0.3, the difference is spectacular, to put it modestly.
Wish we could get this for Samsung Tab 10.1's already.
I'm liking the stock launcher. My Nexus runs like a champ.
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I'm liking the stock launcher. My Nexus runs like a champ.
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Yeah, the stock launcher is really, really good. The best stock launcher of any of the Nexus'. I just find more convenience with ADW and it looks almost exactly the same...configured the right way.
I'm a huge fan of how smooth ICS is, regardless of the launcher. I've not messed around with Honeycomb too much, so going from Gingerbread to ICS is a huge jump for me in terms of appearance and performance.
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Not with the stock UI. It approaches iPhone smooth, but not WP7 smooth. But I am using ADW EX launcher and with that, it is WP7 smooth. I was using ADW on 4.0.2 and it made ICS very usable. But with 4.0.3, the difference is spectacular, to put it modestly.
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Its not because of changes in adw then? Would love to know what they changed to make the difference but glad they did it.
Dave
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Its not because of changes in adw then? Would love to know what they changed to make the difference but glad they did it.
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It dawns on me that the quality and pleasure I'm experiencing now could be something entirely to do with Tytung's efforts with his custom ROM rather than a reality of the 4.0.3 OEM.
ADW is exactly the same between the two version. I can't see them making any changes from one to the next in such a short period of time. Not saying it's impossible, just saying unlikely. With this custom ROM, I actually updated to 4.0.3 initially rather than do a clean install. Even with an update 4.0.3 was noticeably smoother. Only until I did a clean install did I experience the speed and buttery smoothness of 4.0.3. It is a dramatic difference.
Well,you can even try GoLauncher on ICS and it'll be buttery smooth too,whereas in Gingerbread it's nowhere near the other launchers in terms of smoothness(Unless you own a 1.6GHz Galaxy S II ).Hardware acceleration does good after all.And some under-the-hood improvements in 4.0.3 are what makes it as good.Wait for some proper roms and you'll see(Not that Tytung's rom or any other ICS rom isn't good,but none of them is final,rather something like being in beta phase).
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It dawns on me that the quality and pleasure I'm experiencing now could be something entirely to do with Tytung's efforts with his custom ROM rather than a reality of the 4.0.3 OEM.
ADW is exactly the same between the two version. I can't see them making any changes from one to the next in such a short period of time. Not saying it's impossible, just saying unlikely. With this custom ROM, I actually updated to 4.0.3 initially rather than do a clean install. Even with an update 4.0.3 was noticeably smoother. Only until I did a clean install did I experience the speed and buttery smoothness of 4.0.3. It is a dramatic difference.
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So maybe tytung somehows trims down ics to remove problem issues?
Dave
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