Windows 8 - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727

Hi!!! I am looking for a ROM or theme that is stable that looks just like windows 8. I like the look of them, just hate the windows phones!! Does anyone know where I can find that?
Thanks!
-Jess
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There should be an option to show the bar. Have you tried launcher7?
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I know some guys who did a wp7 Rom on evo using cm7 as a base so I know it can be done but it's alot of edits it took alot of work
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orlandoxpolice said:
There should be an option to show the bar. Have you tried launcher7?
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This is your best bet for a Windows Phone-like experience on an Android phone. It's actually kind of neat. For a minute or two.
But if you prefer the WP environment, just hunt through the launchers til a good one stands out. Also, for this I'd stick with an ICS rom for the time being.

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TEAM Battery Bar

If you like MIUI battery and your rom does not have the option. This app works wonders made by pvyParts. Added it to CM7 and it works great. Got to give much props to this guy.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pvy.batterybar
Here some pictures. Think this will help people that don't root or have rom's that don't have the option.
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Thanks for sharing Marcus this is slick.
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No problem. I know tons of people like it but don't want to go the miui route
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Sorry Marcus never actually used it... You just sounded so sad in the decks forum wanting comments.... Was the least I could do.
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Wasn't sad at all lol. Actually pretty happy ;D
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Idk how this is possible since I thought this had to be worked into the framework? But whatevs I'm not complaining. Nice find!
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can anyone get the superman battery bar from the RCR rom?
I love the battery bar that was on of the biggest features I missed from windows mobile 6.5 well the mod at least not windows. Anyways I remember there being animation while charging changing color will that ever make it to our version.
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Hahahaha. I remember the same mod for WinMo. I used to use it, too. Can't even remember what it was called. WinMo had so much great development. I miss aspects of it, pretty happy with android now, though. I only switched to android initially cuz of the locked down nature M$ was headed toward with winphone7. Gotten to like android, though.
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I know miui and some cm7 kangs have the charging animations. But I know this apk doesn't have it. Sorry guys. I still enjoy the bar at the top.
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Coming soon

Thanks to a good friend I will be getting a bolt in a few days, and I have plans for you guys... We will see what the future brings
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Man, you're everywhere! This is good news for my buddy with a bolt though!
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I figured these guys might want sense 4 in the near future
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Hey, when an ICS leak with a working RIL rolls around, I'd much rather have Sense 4 than 3.6.
More functionality, less shiny black.
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I figured these guys might want sense 4 in the near future
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Ha ha, that'll be sweet. I do all the flashing for him, so I'm super excited too!
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Yay for Newt!
Ran your work on my Incredible, look forward to this!
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Right on dude! Great news!
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Sweetness!! Glad to see you over here man. I loved your work on the inc 2!! Looking forward to it. Gladly be a tester.
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AWWWWWWW YEEEEAAAHHHH!!!!! Nice to see you here newt. Missed you when you left the incredible!
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Heard you pulled off solving the rezound RIL. Welcome back!!
Newt!!!! You're the best. I loved your work on the dinc2. Can you help me with something? I sent you a pm. I know you're super busy with all the roms you maintain. I'm working on my first port and could use some help with something.
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newtoroot said:
Thanks to a good friend I will be getting a bolt in a few days, and I have plans for you guys... We will see what the future brings
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Great News...............
Glad to see you over here also Newt........
Viper
Yay!!! You're the best on Inc2
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Awesome! Even less reason to upgrade from the TB now!
Glad to see some of you are excited... Bolt is in the mail
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Im stoked dude. Your tbolt rom is the one ive used the most. Your work always been top notch.
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I tried flashing your rom but it won't leave the HTC splash screen...
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dblkspecial said:
I tried flashing your rom but it won't leave the HTC splash screen...
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Use superwipe after u wipe, then flash
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Use superwipe after u wipe, then flash
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Tried that. Still stays on the splash screen
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Tried that. Still stays on the splash screen
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Redownload whatever rom you're flashing.
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[Q] Sense 4 Roms?

Just wondering are there any Sense 4 roms for this phone? Or would that be not possible because it is not an HTC phone?
Is there something specific in sense 4 that you're looking to port over?
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I have to admit - coming in with a history of Sense-based phone, I miss quite a few things about Sense - the email program, the calendar widget, etc. If there was a Sense-based ROM, I'd be all over that.
And before you point out K9 mail, don't bother. It isn't even close to the default Sense email app.
If my memory services me right then sense is a HTC thing and you can't get sense on other phones. That's what I think it is
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raypro112 said:
If my memory services me right then sense is a HTC thing and you can't get sense on other phones. That's what I think it is
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Mostly cuz HTC has a policy: if you port it prepare to be sued lol. Not an easy port anyway
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Mostly cuz HTC has a policy: if you port it prepare to be sued lol. Not an easy port anyway
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Yup, just look at Beautiful Widgets. They pulled their app from the Market for months after getting a Cease & Desist from HTC. This was a few years ago, but it's still applicable.
My biggest gripe is that I can't seem to find a custom ROM that has everything - stability, a good calendar widget (that works and doesn't FC my entire launcher), and the better version of the stock email app (the one with the "peak" period settings)... Sense has all of that and more. *sigh*
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My biggest gripe is that I can't seem to find a custom ROM that has everything - stability, a good calendar widget (that works and doesn't FC my entire launcher), and the better version of the stock email app (the one with the "peak" period settings)... Sense has all of that and more. *sigh*
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I guess get the one x.
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xcrazydx said:
I guess get the one x.
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+1
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The have a sense rom over at the T989. Last I check we are able to run T989 roms as long as we flash the conversion package.
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Take a look at Android Pro Widgets in the Play Store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rdr.widgets.core&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5yZHIud2lkZ2V0cy5jb3JlIl0.
I LOVE Sense but I haven't had an HTC phone for about a year, this has tied me over enough.
As for the clock, I use Beautiful Widgets with a free skin to get the Sense 4 clock, the only difference is the numbers don't flip.
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The have a sense rom over at the T989. Last I check we are able to run T989 roms as long as we flash the conversion package.
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I haven't looked but I'll bet you $1 that it's just a sense themed rom. I've done a bit of research on the concept in the past
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877422
Go to the 3rd page and read eugene's post at the bottom.
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specter07 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877422
Go to the 3rd page and read eugene's post at the bottom.
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He never released it though, did he?
specter07 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877422
Go to the 3rd page and read eugene's post at the bottom.
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Guess I was wrong
Ooh well.. If Eugene can't do it...
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mindmajick said:
Guess I was wrong
Ooh well.. If Eugene can't do it...
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Sounds like T989 will be getting a sense rom sometime soon which mean so will we shortly after.
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specter07 said:
Sounds like T989 will be getting a sense rom sometime soon which mean so will we shortly after.
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I don't think they are getting anything. Seems like it's not happening and Eugene is moving on to another phone
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Windows phone 7 or 8

Is there a windows phone rom for the vzw galaxy s3 available?
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christianstudebaker said:
Is there a windows phone rom for the vzw galaxy s3 available?
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This belongs in Questions and Answers.
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christianstudebaker said:
Is there a windows phone rom for the vzw galaxy s3 available?
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Not to my knowledge.
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Do you know if anyone is working on one? I would be really interested in trying it out even if it is an alpha build
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Why ruin a good phone with a crappy os? Lolol
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tylerw1369 said:
Why ruin a good phone with a crappy os? Lolol
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Zingger!
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Q&a and just download the stuff from the market its all there
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Launcher 7 is fairly decent
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Q&a?
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Question and answer.
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never, the windows phone 7/8 os is not going to work correctly on the cpu, modem, and everything else, plus its very heavily encripted
powercamg4 said:
never, the windows phone 7/8 os is not going to work correctly on the cpu, modem, and everything else, plus its very heavily encripted
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Heavily encrypted? It may be closed-source but its not like the OS is completely locked. Look at the HD2
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With all if these awesome roms here and you want Windows why not just get a Windows phone
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dreDrennon1 said:
With all if these awesome roms here and you want Windows why not just get a Windows phone
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I'm no fan of windows mobile but it would be pretty cool to boot it up, including iOS but the fact is the source is closed on both os's so it won't be happening
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Its not up to you whether someone wants to run windows 8 on their android phone. I know it wouldn't be possible but I would love to try it on the S3. Personally I prefer flashing different os's instead of ROMs. Roms can only change so much.
And yes this should be in q&a.
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Chyrux said:
Heavily encrypted? It may be closed-source but its not like the OS is completely locked. Look at the HD2
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The hd2 was a windows phone.. Its mostly a copyright and license issue.. You'll never see a windows ROM on an android phone, only vice versa.. There was a big discussion back in the day about this when I was on the Raphael forums.. Microsoft surprisingly looks at this stuff
On a side note there is a win 7/8 launcher in the play store.. It looks pretty decent too
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Heavily encrypted? It may be closed-source but its not like the OS is completely locked. Look at the HD2
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i know i saw that, that phone will never die
NightxFall said:
Its not up to you whether someone wants to run windows 8 on their android phone. I know it wouldn't be possible but I would love to try it on the S3. Personally I prefer flashing different os's instead of ROMs. Roms can only change so much.
And yes this should be in q&a.
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First off I was simply asking that individual a question second of all I know it is not up to what they run once again it was a question and one that wasn't addressed to you.
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zakth said:
Launcher 7 is fairly decent
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this
itll give you a similiar experience.
plaese post in the proper forums next time.
pyroemaniac said:
I'm no fan of windows mobile but it would be pretty cool to boot it up, including iOS but the fact is the source is closed on both os's so it won't be happening
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The hd2 was a windows phone.. Its mostly a copyright and license issue.. You'll never see a windows ROM on an android phone, only vice versa.. There was a big discussion back in the day about this when I was on the Raphael forums.. Microsoft surprisingly looks at this stuff
On a side note there is a win 7/8 launcher in the play store.. It looks pretty decent too
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Yes it would be very cool; if only from a novelty standpoint. But it isn't going to happen for many reasons including hardware, licensing, IP, and the DMCA and its chilling effect upon research in a legal gray-area.

You guys think we'll get Ubuntu phone OS?

Not really a big deal but it would be cool to see on our skyrocket. Our developers are so awesome so it wouldn't surprise me to see it. Getting it on nexus 7 and would love to have it on both.
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spitfire2425 said:
Not really a big deal but it would be cool to see on our skyrocket. Our developers are so awesome so it wouldn't surprise me to see it. Getting it on nexus 7 and would love to have it on both.
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Honestly probably not; and I think it's a gimmick at the moment. A phone entirely controlled by gestures? Sounds great in theory, but not great in practice
I guess I'll find out soon enough on my nexus 7.
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It gets open sourced on the 21st so anyone can take a shot at porting it.
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whosgotlag said:
Honestly probably not; and I think it's a gimmick at the moment. A phone entirely controlled by gestures? Sounds great in theory, but not great in practice
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one word: BB10, blackbery's new os is entirely gesture drive
but we don't have enough devs for a port of something like this, its massive... I truly believe that unless a device with similar chip set/CPU gets it we likely won't. Don't get me wrong our devs are great, just few
Would be nice, as would Firefox OS but i'm more hot for Ubuntu for Android as that would finally rid me of having a technically unnecessary pc
I use a gesture based OS on my blackberry playbook daily. It is incredibly smooth when done correctly. If Ubuntu does it correctly, then I wouldn't mind having it ported. If it's done badly, then it just wouldn't be worth it.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Porting#Stay_tuned.21
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Wander how hard it will be to port.
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You guys know it relies on cm sources right. Lol
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.... that's awesome. Lol
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spitfire2425 said:
.... that's awesome. Lol
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True, this leads me to believe it won't be as hard as people are thinking to get this to build yes it will involve a lot of work but I'm not thinking its going to be some herculean task.
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I was reading it and cannocal says it's supposed to be easy to port. I just hope our phone will be able to run it smoothly. It should but I guess we'll just have to find out.
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Seen last night their releasing a porting guide for their os tomorrow.
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They said it builds just like cm
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Working on porting it now actually if git servers ever decide to sync.
I hope it's easy to do. I love android but I've always wanted to try a different operating system. Not gonna make it permanent but it'd be cool to use sometimes. Anyone know if you can back it up with recovery and restore it later? I'll ask over in the nexus 7 forums as well.
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You can if you make a flashable zip. Installing via bootstrapper deletes everything iirc.
Cannocal has already made a flashable zip for the nexus devices. You have to fastboot flash a .img file.
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Someone in the n7 forums said you can backup and restore with cwm.
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