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Suggestions on mods...

What I'm looking for are suggestions from our community on what your would like to see added into roms for our phone. Please no outlandish requests like 3.0. I look forward to seeing what you guys want in a rom and or mods.
Things being worked on.
Power menu options
Multi lockscreens.
A new secret tool??? (Will be looking for testers)
Things to look into
Changing sleep animation.
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Anything other that 2.1 for our Cellular South Showcase phones.

That would be a ROM he's talking about mods like being able to reboot to recovery our download mode from they power off menu.
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built2rail said:
What I'm looking for are suggestions from our community on what your would like to see added into roms for our phone. Please no outlandish requests like 3.0. I look forward to seeing what you guys want in a rom and or mods.
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I want this:
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and this:
Ok, I have both on my phone right now. Those are actually screen shots from my phone.... I want them to work. lol

phidelt82 said:
I want this:
and this:
Ok, I have both on my phone right now. Those are actually screen shots from my phone.... I want them to work. lol
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At one time I asked about being able to silence notifications with the power button or the volume down button for example but I wasn't sure if that was part of the roms responsibility or not.
Maybe some built-in customization. Like different battery icons. Clock or no clock in the notification bar. Different lock screens, (looks like that one might happen). Different color schemes.
I need to donate to you guys when I get home. You guys do this stuff for free on your limited free time. I wouldn't mind getting into this and help out some. I love to program and figure things out. Is there some sort of reading I could read to find out how to do some of this stuff (I.e., roms, color schemes, etc ...)
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phidelt82 said:
I want this:
and this:
Ok, I have both on my phone right now. Those are actually screen shots from my phone.... I want them to work. lol
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just had to make me jealous...that the ultimate release stuff thats being worked on right now? if so is it for 2.2 as-well?

phidelt82 said:
I want this:
and this:
Ok, I have both on my phone right now. Those are actually screen shots from my phone.... I want them to work. lol
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Ok...I wouldn't mind those either...
I am actually pretty damn happy with how my phone is doing now. I like to lose the clock in the notification bar also. I know that's not possible yet tho and I'm not worried too much. I would like an undervolted kernal too to see if my battery life would be improved (even tho it's pretty good considering the size of this beautiful screen). My main suggestion tho would to be all of us that aren't doing any development/modding ourselves. And that's to thank those who do profusely and donate to them when we can for all their effort!

Things being worked on.
Power options.
5 lockscreen mod.
Ultimate rom (kinda)
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If your talking about some modded apks too, id like to see a different look for Google voice! The standard one is boring - just white and grey. Seeing a black one with cool text maybe or something would be cool. Also, an ACCURATE battery icon in the top left would be great. Amd i really like it when you hit tge sleep button and the screen goes out like an old tv. And, I don't know if it'd be possible, but music controlls in the notification bar (something that works w/ power amp?) Would be sweet. I'll try ur ROM with anything you put in it thanks!
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if possible stock/aosp google calendar. I've tried a bunch of different 2.2 versions and the option to modify calendar FC and some versions have artifacts on top of the app
any of the suggestions that others have made would be great too
thanks
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Thank you to all that have been posting. Progress is being made but it is slow for there are only a few of us working on these projects. More info and mods will be coming soon.
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Your welcome. Thanks to all the people who are helping. No rush. Take your time, make it perfect.
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Hi guys, soon these will work, I just wish i had a mesmerise. Hopefully the future will hold something good for u, what phidelt has shown is his hard work and soon will get the options working. Once we crack these two, u will be really close to getting ULTIMATE . Have a nice day. What we do is complete samsungs job for free .

A feature that I was requesting would be a fun add....screen off/sleep animations. Thread is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=962969

I'll add that to my Todo list. Thanks for suggesting it.
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Pretty sure that wont be possible without gingerbread, it just isn't there in the code. Don't quote me on that but that's what I was told.
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webstar1 said:
Hi guys, soon these will work, I just wish i had a mesmerise. Hopefully the future will hold something good for u, what phidelt has shown is his hard work and soon will get the options working. Once we crack these two, u will be really close to getting ULTIMATE . Have a nice day. What we do is complete samsungs job for free .
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can not wait till this is done...will it work with the froyo leak? and will it work with the official froyo release?

BakedTator said:
can not wait till this is done...will it work with the froyo leak? and will it work with the official froyo release?
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It is being made to work with the leak, and the leak is very similar if not identical to what wills be released so probably.
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Yes all the mods will be available separate and probably will be built onto pick n pack. Once 2.2 comes out and we have real source code it will be easier to make changes.
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I don't like the Transformer Infinity

I had the Prime and exchanged it with Tf700 from Best Buy. Got infinity today from best buy after opening the box found the scratches on the screen and also one minor crack on the screen. This is not the reason i don't like the infinity because i can exchange with another one from best buy bcos they 30 days return policy. But the reason i don't like the infinity is the web browsing is not that fast considering it has quad core 1.6 ghz processor.The wifi i have is very fast works great with other devices. Right now i am typing with the infinity and it is so hard to type it. Typing is not smooth either. It is taking long time to write on this also the cursor to correct typos is not very accurate. The screen is as promised crisp, gaming is also high quality. Camera is good too. But i dont like the browsing and writing lag. Plus once the browser shut down automatically. I have update it to the latest firmware. Looks like the processor is not capable of handling high resolution or maybe something else.

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Install Chrome. It is way better than the stock browser. And I highly recommend getting Swift Key 3 for tablets. Best keyboard hands down.
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Sorry you feel that way! It really is an awesome tablet just give it some time!

Or try dolphin hd browser. Even faster than chrome.

There has been so much negative reaction. You would think the reviews would have been more negative but they were mostly positive. I am hoping that JB update comes sooner rather than later and that it corrects the awful I/O issues, as it was reported. I wonder why of all Android tabs out there with ICS and inferior hardware, this one is so affected. I guess people expected more, which is understandable given it is a $500 to $600 tablet.

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There has been so much negative reaction. You would think the reviews would have been more negative but they were mostly positive. I am hoping that JB update comes sooner rather than later and that it corrects the awful I/O issues, as it was reported. I wonder why of all Android tabs out there with ICS and inferior hardware, this one is so affected. I guess people expected more, which is understandable given it is a $500 to $600 tablet.
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I hope asus bring some kind of update to fix whatever the error is. But frankly speaking I don't like custom Roms I just want stock Roms and wants asus to fix the issue. I have the original galaxy tab and rooted and zipped custom rom but never like the tablet afterwards. Thanks for the reply.

Alitheia said:
Sorry you feel that way! It really is an awesome tablet just give it some time!
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I think I will. Could be possible since the screen is damaged other internal parts got defective too in assembly or shipping.

MedleHed said:
Install Chrome. It is way better than the stock browser. And I highly recommend getting Swift Key 3 for tablets. Best keyboard hands down.
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I will try chrome and dolphin just was concerned about privacy issue with dolphin. Are password and Ids are safe with dolphin? Btw thanks for the reply guys

What you are disappointed about are app specific things, not infinity, so not really correct title of the thread.
Also, allow a pad to settle down for few days. Mine is faster and faster. This is normal thing with android.
One weird thing though.
I absolutely love Chrome (desktop) but on my pad somehow stock browser works much faster.
How come?
I was even considering using stock one and delete chrome as the only thing i miss with stock browser is "other devices" tabs.
For example, one thing that i like with stock and can't find in chrome is fit to screen. This forum is always over the edge of screen on chrome, and have to double-tap it to resize, every time. With stock browser, its just perfect.

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I think I will. Could be possible since the screen is damaged other internal parts got defective too in assembly or shipping.
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I think you do well to give it some more time. I love the hard keyboard, but it takes a little while to get accustomed to its feedback. My wife won't type a thing on it because she is used to blind-typing and that doesn't work too well, apparently. I guess the spacing is off and so she has to look at the keyboard while typing. (I do that more or less continuously, but my typing speed isn't even so far off from hers -- at least on a normal desktop keyboard, to give her a fair chance. )

Asus is supposedly working on a new firmware fix to address the I/O issues according to a recent post from Gary (asus rep) from the Prime forum. Hopefully that will resolve the issues.

Please don't forget to send all your issues to Asus support. If they are aware that a lot of users are disappointed, they might speed tacking the issue.
Don't expect a lot of useful feedback though ... I just had some generic mails back saying to reset the Tab / check for updates ...

Gert Stalpaert said:
Please don't forget to send all your issues to Asus support. If they are aware that a lot of users are disappointed, they might speed tacking the issue.
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Done.

MartyHulskemper said:
I think you do well to give it some more time. I love the hard keyboard, but it takes a little while to get accustomed to its feedback. My wife won't type a thing on it because she is used to blind-typing and that doesn't work too well, apparently. I guess the spacing is off and so she has to look at the keyboard while typing. (I do that more or less continuously, but my typing speed isn't even so far off from hers -- at least on a normal desktop keyboard, to give her a fair chance. )
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I do type on other devices which has touch screen but did not find much hassle. I have android tablets. But as other poster said give some time to tablet and i find this correct because as now i am typing with infinity it is easier than before. But every now and then the space comes between alphabets. I used swype while typing so far it is 100% accurate.

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Asus is supposedly working on a new firmware fix to address the I/O issues according to a recent post from Gary (asus rep) from the Prime forum. Hopefully that will resolve the issues.
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Hopefully yes. If the developers here can do it asus should do it easily.

thephreak99 said:
Or try dolphin hd browser. Even faster than chrome.
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Hi tried both chrome and dolphin both works great. Only negative i see in chrome is lack of flash support. But now the browsing is superb.

tabing said:
I will try chrome and dolphin just was concerned about privacy issue with dolphin. Are password and Ids are safe with dolphin? Btw thanks for the reply guys
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Don't forget the "Swiftkey Keyboard for Tablets" as well. Soooo much better. I also love the pumpkin orange theme.

Svashtar said:
What you are disappointed about are app specific things, not infinity, so not really correct title of the thread.
Also, allow a pad to settle down for few days. Mine is faster and faster. This is normal thing with android.
One weird thing though.
I absolutely love Chrome (desktop) but on my pad somehow stock browser works much faster.
How come?
I was even considering using stock one and delete chrome as the only thing i miss with stock browser is "other devices" tabs.
For example, one thing that i like with stock and can't find in chrome is fit to screen. This forum is always over the edge of screen on chrome, and have to double-tap it to resize, every time. With stock browser, its just perfect.
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Yes thats true tablet needs some time to settle. As i found it is getting better. Great forum otherwise i have decided to return it for refund.

MedleHed said:
Install Chrome. It is way better than the stock browser. And I highly recommend getting Swift Key 3 for tablets. Best keyboard hands down.
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and sio(!)
and the latest firmware, for what it's worth
perhaps data wipe first if it's as bad as you described

LG ICS

Anyone interested? I don't have much info on it now cause my time is short but here is a screen shot. It was "ported" over using cm9 alpha 5 as base
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When entering landscape and exiting landscape on the LG launcher it force closes for some reason.
Some LG generic icons show till a reboot happens ( first boot only )
LG Music widget isn't working ( looking for an easy fix or removal ).
*Tweaks*
There are some tweaks too like long hold of power while screen is off activates torch.
Pressing the camera button while screen is off and music is playing will pause/play current track.
The rom looks like cm9 other than launcher so I dunno if you would consider it a port lol...
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A couple more screenies
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Hell Yeah!
Its would be great to see modifications of CM9 around here.

cybot_x1024 said:
Hell Yeah!
Its would be great to see modifications of CM9 around here.
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I just want to be sure before I get to deep with it. And like I said I don't have much info other than what's here was pulled from an LG ICS leaked system dump. It was done for the evo shift and I talk to the dev all the time so I'm going to see if I can help him iron out his issues along the way of this one because I also support that phone with a different ROM/kernel. I don't want to get ahead of myself, I'm busy till Sunday but wanted feed back on the idea. In the mean time I'm going to run what I have just to get a feel for it and the bugs it has. Once I get a chance to look at the dump ill be able to see if there are little pieces left out that could/would be causing the force close issues with a couple things. Or they could just be broke that's why its a leak anyways I'm off to bed for a change
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Best bet would be to post in development section regarding this. I don't think much of the flash junkies ever visit the general sub forum unless they have some problems with their device! lol!
Anyways a Work in Progress is already considered as development right? So I don't think that would make it offtopic.

Riyal said:
Best bet would be to post in development section regarding this. I don't think much of the flash junkies ever visit the general sub forum unless they have some problems with their device! lol!
Anyways a Work in Progress is already considered as development right? So I don't think that would make it offtopic.
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Well nothing is posted but some screen shots, I got it done right as my daughter got here so I posted a general thread to see what you guys thought before I posted another cm type ROM.
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I'd gladly test it for you. Report back bugs and stuff, but that's after I get back my phone anyway.
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Looks cool. I'll play with it a bit if it helps.
Funny how so many of us abhor Sense but will jump on a Touchwiz or Motoblur or LG skin. Change of pace is nice I guess. I actually got half excited by a Sense ROM for my kids OG Droid (play phone for games and youtube) then I realized what I was thinking...
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

I won't even have time to get a link out till Sunday, I'm pretty full on family activities and they get 99% of my attention. And by that time ill be looking for fixes but ill get a couple private links up soon
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Coug76 said:
Looks cool. I'll play with it a bit if it helps.
Funny how so many of us abhor Sense but will jump on a Touchwiz or Motoblur or LG skin. Change of pace is nice I guess. I actually got half excited by a Sense ROM for my kids OG Droid (play phone for games and youtube) then I realized what I was thinking...
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Sense is heavy and bloated. I really hate that about it. What really draws me to this is that its based on Cyanogenmod. CM has really nice tweaks and features, some I've come to feel I can't live without nowadays. I don't think there's a device I could get and not use CM on it. This would be a really nice change from stock CM for me
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I won't even have time to get a link out till Sunday, I'm pretty full on family activities and they get 99% of my attention. And by that time ill be looking for fixes but ill get a couple private links up soon
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Family comes first. Never let that change.
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Would be nice to try it out! Can't hurt to have an addition to the ROM choice here right!? :beer:
Thanks Strapped. Family comes first.
::Respect::

I'd love to take a look at that one myself Strapped. Looks a bit different. Seems to have some visual enhancement to it too but I can't quite put my finger on just what.....maybe something about the app drawer icon shading. And to be honest with you I've always been a bigger fan of CM9 derivatives than the original. No offense to the CyanogenMod team tho..........
Love to see YOU get your hands on this one! :good:

Yeah I def need to figure something out. Its a port from a system dump, to the evo shifts cm9 rom, then ported from that device to ours. Its running the LG launcher and also the motoblur ics launcher. Of course the LG widgets won't run on the MoTo launcher but there are no MoTo widgets. Hopefully I can find parts around the net for both lauchers to be complete(high hopes). I will say its a def change from the standard cm ROM. Last battery only got about 10 hours with 3 hours screen on but I'm thinking all the youtube videos my daughter watched today played a big role in that, so after a full day of running no new bugs have popped up. And since this is gonna get atleast some usage I can have the mod lock/delete this soon and just start a dev thread for the ROM once I get it up
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That already sounds VERY promising! I'd be happy to apply as an "Orkin Man" on the project for you if you need anyone. It looks to be a VERY different ROM from what any of us are used to seeing!

Just wondering where did all the comments go? >_<
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Just wondering where did all the comments go? >_<
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Hang in there. I'm pretty sure we're going to get a look at this one very soon. He's just got a BUNCH of commitments at the moment on some other ROMs.

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Just wondering where did all the comments go? >_<
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You already know G. I'd like to port everything. The only thing stopping me now is the full port won't boot/logcat and the themed cm9 would be ready I just don't like the landscape FC issue
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Hang in there. I'm pretty sure we're going to get a look at this one very soon. He's just got a BUNCH of commitments at the moment on some other ROMs.
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Man everywhere I turn its like I can't make a decision on what to touch. I have the aokp the paranoid-android,MikTouch and MikXE for this device then Supreme Sense and an aokp for the speedy,along with trying to get my speedy source updated on git so I can post there tweaked kernel with no low level battery cap. I've had it done for about a month but then the slave got wiped so I have to reproduce a source without compiling again since some major changes happened and now my commands won't turn the zImage into a boot-new.img correctly
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MAN! That's awful. I sure do hope it's not a mechanical issue with your slave drive otherwise there may be other issues looming on the horizon.
It sounds to me like you're juggling chainsaws right now.....even more than I realized. I don't know how you keep it all straight in your head! When I take on more than one project at a time it reaaally messes with me.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate yours and the other developers time & efforts that call the DS "home". And I also understand that even though you have a perfectionist living inside you, this is a very nice ROM even with the few issues that are haunting you. I guess I've just gotten used to using a few very easy workarounds to the point I hardly notice them anymore. When you decide to, this is going to be one that people like myself appreciate more than some others will. Being that, there really is a minority group of us that just likes the derivative ROMs generated from the CyanogenMod code really better than the "original" in most cases. Even though it's mostly just a launcher change in your mind....this is definately one of the ROMs. :good:

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MAN! That's awful. I sure do hope it's not a mechanical issue with your slave drive otherwise there may be other issues looming on the horizon.
It sounds to me like you're juggling chainsaws right now.....even more than I realized. I don't know how you keep it all straight in your head! When I take on more than one project at a time it reaaally messes with me.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate yours and the other developers time & efforts that call the DS "home". And I also understand that even though you have a perfectionist living inside you, this is a very nice ROM even with the few issues that are haunting you. I guess I've just gotten used to using a few very easy workarounds to the point I hardly notice them anymore. When you decide to, this is going to be one that people like myself appreciate more than some others will. Being that, there really is a minority group of us that just likes the derivative ROMs generated from the CyanogenMod code really better than the "original" in most cases. Even though it's mostly just a launcher change in your mind....this is definately one of the ROMs. :good:
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Well in that case..... I got some cabinets to hang today, and measure to downsize a Window and once that's done I'll upload.......
And the bigger issues I can see coming faster than I could have imaged. I have a windows hd now thanks to you. And it will boot up just fine with the slave attached, but Linux will no longer boot with thee slave attached, it actually freezes because I have to hit esc to enter my boot menu to choose what drive to boot :banghead:
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strapped365 said:
Well in that case..... I got some cabinets to hang today, and measure to downsize a Window and once that's done I'll upload.......
And the bigger issues I can see coming faster than I could have imaged. I have a windows hd now thanks to you. And it will boot up just fine with the slave attached, but Linux will no longer boot with thee slave attached, it actually freezes because I have to hit esc to enter my boot menu to choose what drive to boot :banghead:
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I'm glad to hear that! And very soon there will be lots of us that will be glad too. I run it on a pretty regular basis myself simply because the things I use regularly do work so well. Besides, over the past couple of months we've had several programmers with varying degrees of abilities move in here with us that I can forsee them wanting to see if they can figure out those very few issues that you really just don't have the time to right now. That is, if you don't mind. We DO have a very healthy community attitude here for the DS ya know.
I wish I knew something to tell you about your slave drive issue though. Would physically setting it to "drive select" instead of "slave" with the jumpers have any affect on it?

4.2 Layout?

well im sure some of you have now seen the Nexus 10.
I'm kinda jealous, but at the same time I reckon the Infinity looks so much nicer. So, I might pass and wait for next year's model.
Anyway, this is not about the Nexus 10 (there is already another thread for that).
This is about Android 4.2's layout; Google has seem to have removed the tablet UI and I'm not sure I like it. It would seem weird to have the navigation buttons in the center, especially if your using it in landscape! I don't see any advantages to why Google are taking this route. You will have essentially a big black bar on the bottom, just for 3 buttons, seems pretty silly to have on 'widescreen' tablet. So now the notification bar at the top now; more screen estate wasting.
I understand what they are try to do with the whole 'unified experience' stuff. But I don't see any other positive to this.
Don't get me wrong tho, I still want the update; and I might like it if I see it in person. Hopefully Asus announces version 11 soon
What do you guys think of the new layout? Love it? Hate it?

I don't really like it. I prefer the current layout much more than the phone UI look. Oh well...
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I think I would prefer the nav buttons in the centre. I often hold the tab in my left hand and navigate with my right hand - it seems counter productive to keep reaching to the left hand corner with my right hand...

That layout will most likely only be on the nexus 10 and not 4.2 for the infinity. Its the same layout as the Nexus 7 jelly bean. Its the phablet layout.

i mean it doesn't look that bad. Having the notifications slide down is nicer then the current pop-up. and also having the toggle switch on the right hand side is nice
take a look at this video... it goes through it a bit:
http://youtu.be/vCN7Y3e6MIU
also, I think it's a 4.2 thing. I believe Google wants to move away from the whole tablet UI. Seems like want to unify all 3 of their devices.
ps. the nexus 10 is one ugly looking mofo.

Is nobody going to say it? Please tell me I'm not the only one capable of seeing this..
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A ridiculous waste of screen space that you really can't afford on a 10" device. There was absolutely no need to separate button and notification bars. I certainly hope ASUS doesn't bring this UI "upgrade" over to the Infinity.

ZankerH said:
A ridiculous waste of screen space that you really can't afford on a 10" device. There was absolutely no need to separate button and notification bars. I certainly hope ASUS doesn't bring this UI "upgrade" over to the Infinity.
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Yeah, the Nexus 7 is the same way. Even on a 7 inch device (perhaps even *more* so on a 7 inch device), it just doesn't seem to make much sense to have separate button and notification bars. I much prefer the "all on one bar" approach....
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I like the 4.1 layout, I think it is really well thought out. I like the big time in notification area, so I do not use any time widget, and I like the large status icons too. Entirely the bottom bar is well organized.
I'm not sure about the 4.2 but it looks they made the bottom bar smaller to win space for top bar. The 4.2 layout is probably the big step backwards many people will hate on their tablets.

Are we getting 4.2?
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ShadowLea said:
Is nobody going to say it? Please tell me I'm not the only one capable of seeing this..
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I understand what you are eluding to. But I don't confuse Android widgets with Windows live tiles. Don't really think they are similar to me.
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Google says they want to have a consistent UI between phones and tablets. And I think it's a terrible idea. They are different form factors, used differently and should have different UIs.
I really wish we could stop acting like the average human is too stupid to find the navigation buttons on a tablet just because they are moved to the left instead of the center.
If we figured out how to make fire and create tools, then for the love of God, I have faith we'll figure out how to find the navigation buttons and menu if it's in a different place.

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IGoogle says they want to have a consistent UI between phones and tablets. And I think it's a terrible idea. They are different form factors, used differently and should have different UIs.
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Agree. Does Google now try to match Microsoft's equally bad idea trying to unify mobile and desktop UIs?

Ravynmagi said:
I understand what you are eluding to. But I don't confuse Android widgets with Windows live tiles. Don't really think they are similar to me.
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I did say "See". I'm a designer, my comment was purely visually-based. I haven't had my hands on 4.2 to see if it works the same as w8, have you?

Looks like they're trying to unify 'form', function notwithstanding. That would be unfortunate.
I actually saw someone theme their Tab so that all controls were on the sides of the screen with the middle empty or with widgets. Screen links on one side, apps on the other. They never had to reach for anything. Seemed like a smart layout.

Hopefully the people at Cyanogenmod will be able to give you a choice between the layouts when CM 10 goes 4.2, also don't think this is the smartest move by Google.

I'm just going to do what I did to my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7, which is disable the navbar and use LMT Launcher. I really don't mind the status bar on top though.
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They should just provide the option between the 4.1 and 4.2 style UI's.
Then again, that would remove 50% of the reason PA rom is developed.
PA always felt too... Slow for my liking.
CROMI for the win!

stevles said:
They should just provide the option between the 4.1 and 4.2 style UI's.
Then again, that would remove 50% of the reason PA rom is developed.
PA always felt too... Slow for my liking.
CROMI for the win!
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Judging from what I have seen of the 4.2 version of the tf300 (which shouldn't be too different from our Infinities), you'll have the option to switch.
I like it visually, but doubt its practicality. I guess this is another 'wait and see' moment, where we all must decide for ourselves what we feel most comfortable with.
I hope that Asus (or sdbags himself ) will someday implement (semi-)transparent status bars and notification bars.
I'd make our infinities look much better, that's for sure.

adelancker said:
Judging from what I have seen of the 4.2 version of the tf300 (which shouldn't be too different from our Infinities), you'll have the option to switch.
I like it visually, but doubt its practicality. I guess this is another 'wait and see' moment, where we all must decide for ourselves what we feel most comfortable with.
I hope that Asus (or sdbags himself ) will someday implement (semi-)transparent status bars and notification bars.
I'd make our infinities look much better, that's for sure.
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I can confirm that Asus will allow us to switch between 4.1.1 UI and 4.2.1 UI modes but it requires a reboot...
As for transparent system notification bars, yes it can be done But I'm waiting for Asus to release 4.2.1 for the TF700 first although I may attempt a sneaky port of the TF300 Rom as we now have a working TWRP that solves the encrypted bootloader issues

I like the new layout with notifications you can display on the left side of the screen and the quick tile on the right side. I think it would be nice to have an option to customize the virtual key position.

[Q] Why flash custom ROM on SK4G?

First, I am very new at rooting and customizing Android and appreciate any help understanding. Please don't take my questions wrong, the screenshots on these ROMS look amazing and I know more than a few tons of hours went into developing and testing, it really is that I am not comprehending the differences I'm finding.
Thanks to the help of the great tutorials here, my SK4G is now successfully rooted! I've been looking at ROMS now for a very long time and found I am really leaning towards Glorious Overdose v5 or neXus JB.
What I'm wondering though, is why would I go through the trouble and risk of flashing if it is essentially still running froyo? Since it's rooted, could I simply uninstall the junkware and use Holo or ADW for a similar effect and virtually no risk? Of course I do see the difference in the kernal version, but as I said I am new to this and it's just my guess that kernal is even a big difference maker.
I am very obviously missing something here, and though I am searching I'm not quite finding what it is I'm not understanding. Otherwise as the video stated when I signed up... I'm a noob...

kelltech said:
First, I am very new at rooting and customizing Android and appreciate any help understanding. Please don't take my questions wrong, the screenshots on these ROMS look amazing and I know more than a few tons of hours went into developing and testing, it really is that I am not comprehending the differences I'm finding.
Thanks to the help of the great tutorials here, my SK4G is now successfully rooted! I've been looking at ROMS now for a very long time and found I am really leaning towards Glorious Overdose v5 or neXus JB.
What I'm wondering though, is why would I go through the trouble and risk of flashing if it is essentially still running froyo? Since it's rooted, could I simply uninstall the junkware and use Holo or ADW for a similar effect and virtually no risk? Of course I do see the difference in the kernal version, but as I said I am new to this and it's just my guess that kernal is even a big difference maker.
I am very obviously missing something here, and though I am searching I'm not quite finding what it is I'm not understanding. Otherwise as the video stated when I signed up... I'm a noob...
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I didn't read
Flashing a rom gives you more space / faster an more reliable
Glorious overdoes v5 is a bit buggy here an there an over all is the largest "rom" due to the aroma
I use nexus jb is slim fast reliable its really good the creator ric has made many roms each better then the last (theming wise) demkantor is really great dev only a few people here anymore an these two still make this phone amazing
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immorality said:
I didn't read
Flashing a rom gives you more space / faster an more reliable
Glorious overdoes v5 is a bit buggy here an there an over all is the largest "rom" due to the aroma
I use nexus jb is slim fast reliable its really good the creator ric has made many roms each better then the last (theming wise) demkantor is really great dev only a few people here anymore an these two still make this phone amazing
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Thanks for pointing out Overdose is buggy, I have that and nexus JB downloaded so perhaps I'll go with JB. Admittedly I'm a bit nervous to take that next step and flash. If I brick I have no backup phone, but it looks like the instructions here on this website are pretty clear and easy to follow. Plus, I'm a risk taker lol!

There are many reasons to flash a custom ROM, in addition to what Immortality said: you can flash one that looks and feels more like GingerBread, IceCreamSandwich, JellyBean, etc. You can pick one that isn't so bloated (although once you're rooted, you can pretty easily remove the bloat). I've tried a few, and here are my notes:
GOV33+LEAN-PERFORMANCE-RELEASE - Started out good, but over time SU stopped working, battery life degraded. Liked LauncherPro. Maybe it just needs to be reinstalled
neXus_JB_v1.2 - Colors hard to read (white on gray). Seems like too many unnecessary apps (live wallpapers, etc).
MeMoRy - Based on GOV3.3 Lean. Uses Lightning Launcher, which I didn't like at first, but it's very simple and presumably lightweight. However, the supplied Jelly Bean keyboard keeps crashing. I installed the ICS keyboard and removed the JB keyboard, and this is now the ROM I use.
Windxixi just posted about a new ROM that he says is based on GB and works: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42562471#post42562471. Might be worth following.

Windxixi just posted about a new ROM that he says is based on GB and works: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...1#post42562471. Might be worth following.
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Thanks for your insight, very much appreciate it. I did see that GB post, looks really interesting. Once someone determines if it's actually upside down as in his pic or not I may just go with that one. Unless it really is upside down, that would seriously drive me nuts!

kelltech said:
Thanks for your insight, very much appreciate it. I did see that GB post, looks really interesting. Once someone determines if it's actually upside down as in his pic or not I may just go with that one. Unless it really is upside down, that would seriously drive me nuts!
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Should be fix-able but yes if you look at the track pad an the screen the settings is upside down an in chinese japanese
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immorality said:
Should be fix-able but yes if you look at the track pad an the screen the settings is upside down an in chinese japanese
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Sweet, definitely keeping my eyes open on that thread because I know for certain I cannot fix it! I haven't even had the guts to flash a new ROM yet or even delete bloatware, only froze it so far...

i like both gov2 and nexus jb.
both of them smooth like a charm

kelltech said:
Thanks for your insight, very much appreciate it. I did see that GB post, looks really interesting. Once someone determines if it's actually upside down as in his pic or not I may just go with that one. Unless it really is upside down, that would seriously drive me nuts!
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I can say that the ROM is not upside down:
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But I still wouldn't use it if this is your only phone. Keyboard does not work so you are stranded with a virtual keyboard. Battery life does not seem to be all that great. No buttons work on the actual phone except the power button, trackpad button, and the volume down button. The gyroscope does not work and I have not even set up my SIM on this so I don't know how it works with actual use.

shadowscott said:
I can say that the ROM is not upside down:
But I still wouldn't use it if this is your only phone. Keyboard does not work so you are stranded with a virtual keyboard. Battery life does not seem to be all that great. No buttons work on the actual phone except the power button, trackpad button, and the volume down button. The gyroscope does not work and I have not even set up my SIM on this so I don't know how it works with actual use.
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It is my only phone and doesn't look like I'll get to buy a new one any time soon. Thanks for the advice!

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