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New thread for Android 5.0 Jelly Bean

Everyone's waiting for Android 5.0 Jelly Bean to release
Post replies with some of the features u would like Google to include in Jelly Bean
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Well if I am not mistaken, I read somewhere in an article that Jelly Bean will support that Windows can be booted beside it. Now that would be epicsauce.

Multitasking gestures. Google hired Matias Duarte, and yet they failed to take the best feature if webos: multitasking gestures. Its far more intuitive than virtual buttons, I think we can all agree
Webtop: android, booting from the phone, on a desktop. 'Nuff said
Multi-threading: I don't know that android allows multi threaded applications, but I could be wrong.
As for booting next to windows, I think that is already possible, unless the Android boot loader is more aggressive than GRUB

I remember somewhere that there are some real amazing features coming that were left out of ICS. also heard its focusing on gaming.
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ldzman218 said:
Multi-threading: I don't know that android allows multi threaded applications, but I could be wrong.
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I'm pretty sure it does, at least since ICS. If not, the multi-core devices that have been dropping for the last couple of months wouldn't have much to do.

Hey can't wait!
Man my Ace does not even have cm7 officaly yet and the ACESOME devs are nearly done with cm9 AWE but down to the point I heard that Jelly Bean might be the ICS for lower end devices after Samsung taked Google on because the High powered GalaxyS won't get ICS.So realy hope Jelly Bean will be more ICS for the people wit an ACEMAZING phone

I think Google chrome official is needed to, don't y'all agree?
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ANDROIDCUSTOMIZe said:
Man my Ace does not even have cm7 officaly yet and the ACESOME devs are nearly done with cm9 AWE but down to the point I heard that Jelly Bean might be the ICS for lower end devices after Samsung taked Google on because the High powered GalaxyS won't get ICS.So realy hope Jelly Bean will be more ICS for the people wit an ACEMAZING phone
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Yup the main problem with putting ICS on the SGS is a problem with the cash flow that the update would cause, this would result in negative performance for Samsung so they scrapped the update.
Anywho I really look forward to JB i feel ICS was the bridge and JB being whats on the other side

Newbie-friendly installer for custom ROMs - Google really needs to embrace the power that is our ecosystem
Advanced settings - allow anal users to customize everything, from the number of apps in the dock to the buttons at the bottom, without having to get custom ROMs/launchers.

thebobp said:
Newbie-friendly installer for custom ROMs - Google really needs to embrace the power that is our ecosystem
Advanced settings - allow anal users to customize everything, from the number of apps in the dock to the buttons at the bottom, without having to get custom ROMs/launchers.
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Pretty good ideas.
Now all u gotta do is apply for a job at Google. Lol
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ice cream sandwich demanding a jelly bean thread! funny!

why assume its gonna be 5.0 instead of 4.1

kryptoner said:
ice cream sandwich demanding a jelly bean thread! funny!
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Haha. Very funny. -.-
Lol
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Its official. android 5.0 is jelly bean
Asus leaked the name
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here's one for you;
video calling functionality, using 4g or wifi to handle the video stream on a side channel.
Idea being that while google talk and skype and other IM apps may offer video chatting, you need someone's IM screen name to make that happen.
It is about time for that functionality to be available in a phone call

Kinda like facetime
Hmmm
Not bad
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23295874#post23295874

Infuse Roms?

Hello everyone i just signed up and i own a Samsung Infuse 4G and ive been flashing some roms on it lately and i want to know in your opinion what is the best rom.
i tried zeus, and i like it but i hate build 5.2 and build 6, because of the fact that wallpapers do not scroll. live wallpapers do, but static ones do not. I love build 3 fixed for ZEUS because it has scrollable wall papers and the app drawer is transparent. i dont like the black background when looking through my apps i like it see through.
but, being build 3 it freezes quite a bit. i tried CM7, didnt like it. i want to try something else.
I hate flashing roms and testing them because every time i restore it gives me an error saying "No sdcard/.android.secure Found. Skipping restore of SD card apps." so i have to re install 1 by 1 the apps with titanium backup and its really annoying. once i reach my 10 post mark i will start to post in the developers thread but this is all i can do now.
in a rom in need stability, no freezing no non working elements, all that.
clean, simple and crisp.
no dumb animations to lag the os and use mass ram. clean simple and fast. id even use gingerbread with touchwiz 4.0 like on the samsung galaxy s 2 skyrocket LTE that has a very good stock OS. maybe there is a way to put that on my infuse? I want to try s.u.r.f.a.c.e. rom but that's a hard way to flash it
any suggestions?
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Mindreci said:
Hello everyone i just signed up and i own a Samsung Infuse 4G and ive been flashing some roms on it lately and i want to know in your opinion what is the best rom.
i tried zeus, and i like it but i hate build 5.2 and build 6, because of the fact that wallpapers do not scroll. live wallpapers do, but static ones do not. I love build 3 fixed for ZEUS because it has scrollable wall papers and the app drawer is transparent. i dont like the black background when looking through my apps i like it see through.
but, being build 3 it freezes quite a bit. i tried CM7, didnt like it. i want to try something else.
I hate flashing roms and testing them because every time i restore it gives me an error saying "No sdcard/.android.secure Found. Skipping restore of SD card apps." so i have to re install 1 by 1 the apps with titanium backup and its really annoying. once i reach my 10 post mark i will start to post in the developers thread but this is all i can do now.
in a rom in need stability, no freezing no non working elements, all that.
clean, simple and crisp.
no dumb animations to lag the os and use mass ram. clean simple and fast. id even use gingerbread with touchwiz 4.0 like on the samsung galaxy s 2 skyrocket LTE that has a very good stock OS. maybe there is a way to put that on my infuse? I want to try s.u.r.f.a.c.e. rom but that's a hard way to flash it
any suggestions?
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You can always Port your own ROM. Just saying.

If all you don't like about ZEUS is the launcher's look, then you can use one of the alternative launchers available off Market... err Play... or whatever Google is calling its new and improved more privacy breaking app download thing.
Off hand, the two I can think of are GOLauncher and PhoenixLauncher. I currently use GOLauncher on ZEUS and like it quite a bit, plus it's free. I think I'm going to give PhoenixLauncher a go after some of the bugs are worked out.

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If all you don't like about ZEUS is the launcher's look, then you can use one of the alternative launchers available off Market... err Play... or whatever Google is calling its new and improved more privacy breaking app download thing.
Off hand, the two I can think of are GOLauncher and PhoenixLauncher. I currently use GOLauncher on ZEUS and like it quite a bit, but I think I'm going to give PhoenixLauncher a go.
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I agree, and also I'd recommend GoLauncher as I use it on Zeus build 5.2 and love it. Give it a Try!

I don't like those launchers iv tried them, I like touch wiz 4 which Zeus build 3 has, so I am using this for now.
Has anyone flashed the s.u.r.f.a.c.e rom?
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Mindreci said:
I don't like those launchers iv tried them, I like touch wiz 4 which Zeus build 3 has, so I am using this for now.
Has anyone flashed the s.u.r.f.a.c.e rom?
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Yerp on the surface rom...super lite...has lots of add on apps...smooth,stable....

The reason that wallpapers don't scroll is a SAMSUNG issue, not a Zeus issue, a change they made in the new gb leaks, so they wont change, on any rom built from that leak. Build 3 is no more and outdated, so if you don't want another launcher I suggest keeping build 3 because I removed it from the server. And tw 4 is way too buggy and unstable, that's why it was removed and will not return.
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Alright thanks,
And now I understand that about Zeus,
But anyway great job with it its still an awesome rom. I'll try to flash s.u.r.f.a.c.e
How can I flash surface from my current position (Zeus build 3 with the ruxk kernel)?
Thanks for your replies
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A possible solution
Mindreci said:
I don't like those launchers iv tried them, I like touch wiz 4 which Zeus build 3 has, so I am using this for now.
Has anyone flashed the s.u.r.f.a.c.e rom?
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Well I'm currently running Z.E.U.S Rom Build 6. When I was stock GB (for the short time that was) I used the TouchWizz 4.5 Launcher, and I'm using it now. Scrollable wallpapers plus you can flash icon themes. Here is the XDA Thread Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061883
And the download itself:
http://www.i900playeraddict.com/android/TW45/HowTo.php?lg=&page=download
Hope that helps man

From what i understand...its bad to restore all apps from TB, as some may not be compatible with other roms due to missing or added files
At least if your restoring the data part too
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mg2195 said:
From what i understand...its bad to restore all apps from TB, as some may not be compatible with other roms due to missing or added files
At least if your restoring the data part too
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Idk...but i religious use tibu...to backup and restore my apps...only apps...no data... and i keep a copy of my tibu folder on my ext sd..every now and then i will refresh my apps by dl again from GP..
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Any other good Launchers for honeycomb other than Go Launcher HD?

Honeycomb seems like the Red headed step child of Android operating system. It almost seems as the whole point of it was to beta test ICS. And finding stuff like launchers designed for it is hard. And even google doesn't support it that well, I mean where is Chrome?
Google seems more content to pretend that Android went straight from 2.3 to Android 4.0 and there never was a 3. But when your on a tablet that isn't slated for an update, nor has alot of developers like the HTC Flyer, your options are limited, and your pretty much stuck on honeycomb.
I'd really like a nice stock launcher replacement that fits the honeycomb theme, and has customization options. Right now Go Launcher HD is the only real alternative to the stock launcher that I can find. ADW supposedly supports it, but IMO it doesn't seem much better than running a phone launcher on the tab. What else is out there that I'm not seeing?

I know what you mean. Personally, I use espier launcher. It works well. Don't use the hd version, the main launcher has a tablet layout.
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cool I'll give it a try. wish you could just view every launcher in the play store with ease, you really gotta dig through a 100 adw and go themes just to find one launcher
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I didn't like espier too ios like but thanks for the suggestion. Any other recommendations?
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Today: stock vs custom?

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....

how to make android experience iphonelike?

my biggest question is, how to make the samsung experience iphonelike? in the transitions, in every transition and animation, with no lag in whatever the app or while entering phone settings.

use miui roms
or
playstore espire apps
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vikalstha said:
use miui roms
or
playstore espire apps
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it's clear u didn't understand my point, maybe i didn't clear it, i mean how to make android behave like iphone, with absolutely no lag in any app enter or exit, settings enter etc...

ramharb said:
it's clear u didn't understand my point, maybe i didn't clear it, i mean how to make android behave like iphone, with absolutely no lag in any app enter or exit, settings enter etc...
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No Method because Android Is Not IOS better buy I-Phone And Enjoy!
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ramharb said:
it's clear u didn't understand my point, maybe i didn't clear it, i mean how to make android behave like iphone, with absolutely no lag in any app enter or exit, settings enter etc...
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if u want iphone...y wud u buy android ¿
has this question hit u urslf in ur mind anytym?
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People please, hold your horses. He's referring to the smoothness of the device as why it's not as smooth as the iPhone is. Well firstly it all comes down to the specs of your handheld device.
If you are on a popular phone or have a phone that has either Jelly Bean Or KitKat then I suggest you switch to that as it had vsync which increases the frame rate display. It makes your device run smoother than usual. If you're on a low end phone a then there isn't much you can do unless you clean up your phone a bit.
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use custom rom like MIUI ROM.,

before any suggestions on how to speed up your phone or make it smoother can be answered, we need to know which phone you have ie: make, model, year, android version etc.
i say this from experience, until very recently my phone no one was supporting my phone for custom roms, no working cwm even, and still no custom kernels so to get a proper answer that will really help we need your phone details bud.
cheers
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Try Nova launcher, a lot smoother than stock
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Kajankajan said:
Try Nova launcher, a lot smoother than stock
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Agree. One of the best launchers

If you want to increase responsiveness on your phone install Seeder. Its reccomended if you have a old or low end android device.
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Either buy an iPhone, or buy a new high-end Android phone.
Or tweak your device. It's all in here.

Hey guys, even until now, instagram isn t smooth on note 10 plus, the animations on iphone are much better and they exist on instagram, not on android...why?