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Hey just wondering if any one has given any thought to this, I know the leak is for the European, GSM variant but would it be possible to mix and match to make a Rom.i imagine not without the kernel but I figured did ask.
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Read somewhere on here that the CM team is already working on CM10 for this device now that we have an unlockable boot loader.
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Yes that is awesome, but I actually don't mind the Samsung overlay (highly modified and running nova of course), and there camera has really grown on me. I take allot of pics and while I like pro capture, LG camera and camera zoom fx, they never really seem to work like stock for me.
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i was also wondering if we would get a port of the jellybean + touchwiz leaked update.
for some reason i like touchwiz a lot more then stock now.
Even AOSP Jellybean without Samsung enhancements would be interesting to try.
I'm not much into CyanogenMod (no offense to its many fans).
- ooofest
I actually prefer TW to AOSP now - I NEVER thought I'd say that!
I've always supported the crusade for more OEMs to release vanilla builds until now. After spending a while using TW I actually prefer it to AOSP. Any time I've given CM10 a try I've found myself actually missing TW.
Who's with me?
Me!
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Definitely not stock Touchwiz, but cleaned up and modded yes.
But development is still new. Wait until JB is released and then definitely wait until the device no longer receives new updates. I will miss AOSP more than TW at that point.
I agree. AOSP is fast but in my opinion a little plain. Touchwiz on Jellybean should be the ultimate duo.
Me too
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That is Samsung's intention so its good to see value actually being added.
Agreed. Can't wait for JB Touchwiz. I've rocked AOSP or some form of it for about a year now and honestly Touchwiz on the S3 is a nice change of scenery. :good:
Its the reason why I haven't installed CM so far, Samsung actually got it right. Can't wait till JB is out.
AOSP just doesn't feel the same anymore. Not as polished...
If you knew me, you would know this is crazy talk from me. Never thought those words would leave my mouth...
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I find no reason to hate TW. It very neat, colorful, simple animations.
I think people who say they hate TW believe it is one of the requirements to be an XDA member.
/agrees
TW clock, Camera, video player, Calendar & Widget > AOSP IMHO
i dont mind the way touch wiz homescreen looks but i don't like how they made replacements for stock apps. I don't see why they couldn't just skin the stock ones. I also just prefer pure google.
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I find no reason to hate TW. It very neat, colorful, simple animations.
I think people who say they hate TW believe it is one of the requirements to be an XDA member.
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Lol or thru don't like the colorfulness of it. Or they don't like iphonish look.
But imo its kinda cool. *shrug*
GS3
Loving TW on the S3!
A lot of people also think TW is just a launcher so they say it sucks. Iol
I just can't stand the huge fonts and spacing everywhere. And when you select small fonts, then some apps are unusable and others are still huge.
I have a hox as well and sense absolutely rapes tw in usability and in how polished it is.
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Moved to AOSP JB (CM10 first and now AOKP) about a month ago after using TW for a month. Don't miss it at all. Especially don't miss the steaming pile that is the TW Email client.
Still haven't found any software added by a manufacturer that does anything to make me not want to run AOSP roms. Part of it is principle... Everything with TW could be an addon which runs on top of a vanilla android... but because people with HTC phones or Motos could run it too they tie it deeply into android instead of layering it on top. This hurts consumers because we get updates slower, and there just isn't an option to go vanilla without unlocking and installing a custom ROM, which isn't for everyone.
AOSP works best for me, and it's... OPEN. For me that's a big deal.
Each to their own though... Some people love their iPhones too
The sizes and excessive spacing took some getting used to for me coming from OG droid with steel droid on it. After almost a month since my upgrade I no longer regret as I originally did. Only problem I have now(still stock) is going back to the homescreen, it sometimes crashes, like I can see the weather widget reappear every time. With and without power saving on. I figure once I root n load up a custom Rom it should fix it. Thought it was cuz I didn't reboot my phone in 700 some hours that that might be the cause, since the screen wouldn't turn off while on a phone call, but the reboot didn't fix it. No big deal, just haven't seen that hiccup posted anywhere else, so I figured I'd share my experience.
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beaups said:
I just can't stand the huge fonts and spacing everywhere. And when you select small fonts, then some apps are unusable and others are still huge.
I have a hox as well and sense absolutely rapes tw in usability and in how polished it is.
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They have modified TW launchers galore that reduce the extreme margins, while giving you extra grid space.
I have my font as tiny and it looks pretty good. What apps are giving you compatibility issues? That's odd...
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My first Touchwiz device and loving it so far. The sms /contacts slide to call and text is amazing. That single handedly has been keeping me from aosp lol. I'm going to try aosp eventually though. Waaaay to many roms to pass on them
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They have modified TW launchers galore that reduce the extreme margins, while giving you extra grid space.
I have my font as tiny and it looks pretty good. What apps are giving you compatibility issues? That's odd...
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Its not compatibility, its inconsistency. Set the fonts to tiny and email and SMS font is finally right, but other apps (I think xda and words with friends are two) are nearly unreadable.
I'll restore a nan droid and play with it some more. Also will check out some modified tw launchers, thanks for the tip. I dont mind the launcher, its the apps. Like email and SMS that look like they were coded 20 years ago.
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I recently installed CM10 on my Blaze, and overall I love it, but there is one thing I miss. While I'm not a fan of most of Samsung's TouchWiz interface, I do like their calendar and phone/contacts apps. would it be possible to port these into CM10 as the defaults and use them instead of the built in CM10 apps?
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I recently installed CM10 on my Blaze, and overall I love it, but there is one thing I miss. While I'm not a fan of most of Samsung's TouchWiz interface, I do like their calendar and phone/contacts apps. would it be possible to port these into CM10 as the defaults and use them instead of the built in CM10 apps?
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Yes it would be great to run the TouchWiz calendar and contacts.
CM 10 is suppose to be the way it is, dr4stic isn't going to add or customize it to everyone's needs his job is to port it and make sure it works. Although there are ways of adding the touchwiz interface to CM no developer is actually going to take time for this, as few people request it. I have actually before ported certain parts of ROMs to other ROMs. Its a hard process as each ROM has its own unique code. If you are willing to try something like that feel free to message me, maybe I will be able to help you
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The intention wasn't for someone to rewrite the ROM using the touchwiz apps. I was hoping that it wasn't difficult to port them over and install them like any other apk. I don't really know much about it so I wasn't sure if it was possible.
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I'm sure its possible, but my gut says it would require a little coercing - with the likely target being edits to framework.jar. That's just a starting point guess though - these things are rarely as simple as they might seem up front lol.
I'd just recommend using the recently released default Google calendar app available from the play store.
If you've had a Nexus device it is the same as theirs... Hopefully you like it as much as I have.
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My name is Stijn I'm from Holland and this is my second Android phone. Before i bought my s4 I had a HTC desire. I had the desire for three years after it started to act up when getting hot. Found out this was a hardware defect and decided to buy the s4. I havev the i9505 with the snapdragon soc.
First of I was a bit disappointed about the smoothness of the phone. Animations where not all that smooth and I experienced lag using the phone in general. I was surprised however about the possibilities It presented out of the box. The video player for example has the option to play content on your smart tv . This worked great for me. I like the keyboard, the toggles in the drop down notification panel, and was not as bothered with touch wiz as I expected to be coming from CM on my desire. Also the watchon app that can act as a remote for your tv is cool.
So when opting for a custom rom I chose a stock based rom. Omega v3 was the one I went for.
It simple enough to flash when you follow instructions, but a bit of a hassle as you have to flash a stock firmware first. Lots to download!
Strait after flashing i noticed a big difference. Almost all lag was gone. Then I desided to flash a custom kernel. I went for fauxes as I used his kernel on my n7 and liked it.
After this I had the phone I wanted all along performance wise. No lag and blazing fast. Both the rom and kernel allow you a lot of tweak lots of stuff to make it act the way you want to. Worth mentioning is the app omega files that comes with the rom. It was updated yesterday and it gives you lots of freedom to change anything in the rom, from themes and mods to actual kernels that are compatible with the rom. Great stuff!
I also installed the 3 minit framework mod found in the android dev section. Man this app is great. It let's you change a lot of ui components on the fly with a well designed app that comes with the mod. Things like statusbar color, icons and many more are now under my control. And the dev is expanding the mod as we speak. You can make feature requests in the corresponding thread and they are implemented really quickly. Keep it UP Gharrington!
Also installed an app from the market wich allows for every app to be runned in multi Window mode. Nice.
I also bought the samsung mhl cable . It works great but the fact by our can't turn the screen of the phone of while it's displaying your android on the TV is annoying. Of course there is a root app that gives you this possibility. Yey to root.
Things I would like to test are miracast or allshare wireless screen mirroring and the dock with hdmi and usb ports.
Let me know what your experience is with your custom or stock rom and what you do with your phone.
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Some screens:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragraph
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stijndebruin said:
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Also installed an app from the market wich allows for every app to be runned in multi Window mode. Nice.
... app
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Mind sharing which app is that? A link maybe?
plotinus said:
Mind sharing which app is that? A link maybe?
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http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j...KuwCIkj5S18EdsDrUXfYacQ&bvm=bv.46751780,d.d2k
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Problem?
I have a friend that I talked into changing from an Apple to Android Samsung S4. Had to return it the next day. Screen was producing a negative image and they could not fix it.
System settings / my device / accessibility / negative colours
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I like ice cream.
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I like ants.
Termites are ok, but I really like ants.
i leik ipads,
they make nice doormats,
anyways this thread has defeated it's purpose
Hi everyone, I'm a newcomer to the note 10.1 and so far it has been great!
However owning a nexus S has made me quite the flashaholic.
So I decided to root my note, of course, but I am still debating on whether custom roms/kernels are worth it. I've looked around and many threads state that stock rom is the most stable, however they go back to 2012.
So my question is : Is it better to keep stock nowadays or is it worth it to go custom ( to get functionalities like multi - tasking for all apps , potential for better performance and battery life, etc... )? What do you think?
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I've been wondering the same thing. I'm quite happy with stock so far (quite a departure from my Asus stock ROM, which were useless), and would definitely stick with tw-based ROMs.
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bsaman said:
I've been wondering the same thing. I'm quite happy with stock so far (quite a departure from my Asus stock ROM, which were useless), and would definitely stick with tw-based ROMs.
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yes I think it's best to stick with tW-based roms too . So decided to give it a go anyways. I'm trying Android Revolution and so far, so good!
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frenchie007 said:
yes I think it's best to stick with tW-based roms too . So decided to give it a go anyways. I'm trying Android Revolutionand and so far, so good!
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Ha, I'm tempted by the Hyperdrive ROM myself.
Using gloryrom with no problems
I tried Revolution and it was alright. Omega was really good but not updated frequently enough for me. I love Hyperdrive paired with his Zeus kernel and am just hoping it continues to get regular updates.
While stock is certainly the most stable, I always like to "clean house" every so often and try a new ROM. The bloat of the stock really is unbelievable and it's amazing how much speed can be squeezed out when scrapping all the parts that I don't really need. I also like that it forces me to look at alternatives that are often better than the stock Samsung applications. Ie, for serious note taking I tend to use lecture notes while I'll default to Quill for anything quick that I want synced automatically between devices ala S-Note style. It also means that I'm not tied to trying to install S-Note on any future devices that are not Samsung.
Still, it's really personal preference and how much time and energy you want to put into it. The developers out there really have put a lot of time and attention into the custom ROMs and regardless of my own preference, they should all be applauded for their hard work.
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frenchie007 said:
Hi everyone, I'm a newcomer to the note 10.1 and so far it has been great!
However owning a nexus S has made me quite the flashaholic.
So I decided to root my note, of course, but I am still debating on whether custom roms/kernels are worth it. I've looked around and many threads state that stock rom is the most stable, however they go back to 2012.
So my question is : Is it better to keep stock nowadays or is it worth it to go custom ( to get functionalities like multi - tasking for all apps , potential for better performance and battery life, etc... )? What do you think?
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I think if you have a Nandroid backup you can try custom roms .
But not a great difference from stock .
jje
In my opinion sticking to stock ROM or any custom one depending on the stock is much better to have the multi window functionality and better Spen integration for gestures and so .... and for having multi window on stock ROM for all apps U just have to root and install multiwindow from the app store
Personally I stick with stock rooted. This is one device where the stock rom really doesn't need to be improved.
Cosmetic theming can be achieved through a third party launcher without sacrificing function....
Of course there's always those who try to improve , but that's because this is a developement forum....