Hi guys (and girls?)
I traded my beloved Nexus S for a superior Infuse, and my only qualm with the device so far is that I can't seem to find a nice vanilla ROM. I just want plain Android, and HDMI support. I am sick of this blasted TouchWiz. Any suggestions/favourites out there??
I have tried the search function, but couldn't find anything. So far the best/closest I can come to vanilla is a CM7 kang. I don't like CM7. I don't have anything specific against it, I just prefer something plainer.
vaughnny said:
Hi guys (and girls?)
I traded my beloved Nexus S for a superior Infuse, and my only qualm with the device so far is that I can't seem to find a nice vanilla ROM. I just want plain Android, and HDMI support. I am sick of this blasted TouchWiz. Any suggestions/favourites out there??
I have tried the search function, but couldn't find anything. So far the best/closest I can come to vanilla is a CM7 kang. I don't like CM7. I don't have anything specific against it, I just prefer something plainer.
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Hmmm maybe Infused. Yes I know its kind of old and it has touchwiz stock, but it does have the vanilla launcher. You just set it by clearing defaults for touchwiz, then hitting home and launcher or whatever it is called. The whole rom will not change, but only the launcher. Infused is a great stable rom, but poor gtg may not be coming back to update it for fixed hdmi when att ginger comes out.Other then that, I can not think of anything else except CM7 lol. By the way no gingerbread has hdmi except froyo roms and the very latest gingerbread leaks, which can easily brick your device forever with the new bootloader. Be careful lol.
Go for Infused 1.6. You have everything you need on this. But its Froyo, not GB.
The latest ATT Gingerbread release is very stable.
Cranky...
Hey there. I'm looking for a suggestion on a rom. I know, these have gotta be really annoying. I have stock 2.3.4 and I am happy with it, with the exception that I'm stuck with sense 2.1 and lack much in the way of customization. Plus I can't get rid of the bloatware. So I'd like to use a custom rom. Only catch is that I've become nearly dependent on swype. I also periodically use the wireless tether feature.
As I hear that cyanogenmod 7.1 requires a downloaded swype version that doesn't work well, can anyone make any suggestions for me? I'd be much obliged.
Thanks!
Try Virtuous Unity and download swype, it works fine
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simons81 said:
Hey there. I'm looking for a suggestion on a rom. I know, these have gotta be really annoying. I have stock 2.3.4 and I am happy with it, with the exception that I'm stuck with sense 2.1 and lack much in the way of customization. Plus I can't get rid of the bloatware. So I'd like to use a custom rom. Only catch is that I've become nearly dependent on swype. I also periodically use the wireless tether feature.
As I hear that cyanogenmod 7.1 requires a downloaded swype version that doesn't work well, can anyone make any suggestions for me? I'd be much obliged.
Thanks!
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just wondering... but if you know these threads are annoying, then why'd you post it??
anyway...
Sense ROM: Virtuous Unity/Affinity or RCMix
MIUI: TDJ's DarkSide
AOSP: ICS by feb beta
AOSP GINGERBREAD: CM7
saranhai said:
just wondering... but if you know these threads are annoying, then why'd you post it??
anyway...
Sense ROM: Virtuous Unity/Affinity or RCMix
MIUI: TDJ's DarkSide
AOSP: ICS by feb beta
AOSP GINGERBREAD: CM7
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Because knowing they are annoying doesn't answer my question. While rom recommendations are annoying, I'm specifically curious about swype and tethering. It's good to know that the downloadable swype works good enough to use. Do you happen to know if Virtuous Unity works with the front-facing camera?
Thanks for catering to my annoying questions.
simons81 said:
Hey there. I'm looking for a suggestion on a rom. I know, these have gotta be really annoying. I have stock 2.3.4 and I am happy with it, with the exception that I'm stuck with sense 2.1 and lack much in the way of customization. Plus I can't get rid of the bloatware. So I'd like to use a custom rom. Only catch is that I've become nearly dependent on swype. I also periodically use the wireless tether feature.
As I hear that cyanogenmod 7.1 requires a downloaded swype version that doesn't work well, can anyone make any suggestions for me? I'd be much obliged.
Thanks!
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Well, Weapon Rom (by Whitehawkx) seems nice. I don't think that it has Swype, but it makes up with all of its capabilaties. Try it out and see if you like it!
thor6577 said:
Well, Weapon Rom (by Whitehawkx) seems nice. I don't think that it has Swype, but it makes up with all of its capabilaties. Try it out and see if you like it!
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what the heck is Weapon ROM?? never heard of it before..
link please?
simons81 said:
Because knowing they are annoying doesn't answer my question. While rom recommendations are annoying, I'm specifically curious about swype and tethering. It's good to know that the downloadable swype works good enough to use. Do you happen to know if Virtuous Unity works with the front-facing camera?
Thanks for catering to my annoying questions.
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yes, Virtuous Unity has working ffc.
it's Virtuous Affinity, Sense 3.5, that has an upside down ffc.
You would have to install Swype separately, just like you would any app. Roms don't have it included because it's a paid app, though it does come bundled with most phones on the stock rom. Devs here do not include it so as to avoid copyright issues. Most roms have the wireless tether as well. Since you like sense I suggest Virtuous Doubleshot. The rom is fast and smooth, and it's based on the mt4g slide stock rom. I'm sure you could find Swype if you looked around.
get swype from here http://beta.swype.com/android/create/
works on every rom I use
I used Royal Panache 1.3 for a month. Great rom with Sense.
I'm using CM7 now because I like the more features. It's like got a sense theme
I would suggest,when trying out ROMs, to try bootmanager as it lets you test out roms without restoring.
Once you get familiar with ROMs, help out feby with ICS development for Glacier!
I'm using Dark_Sys (after only using the original galnet release back in december).
Dark_Sys is MIUI based and gives a LOT of customization. Plus with the kernel, you can just put the smartassv2 governer and get really good battery life. One thing to consider as well, like mentioned in here, just install Swype separately.
I'm using the Swype beta and it's fine. If in the future there is an issue with swype, there are alternatives that are relatively successful. GoKeyboard has a similar system (not as good as swype, but functions similarly).
The best recommendation is to see what features you want. MIUI requires you to make folder as there is no app drawer, but once you get over that, it's great. I have a custom boot animation, good skins, good ringtones, and the lock screen can control pandora. Super nice. The only glitch I've seen so far is I can't use the mic on my stock headset. Bluetooth works fine though.
Hi all,
joansl posted a modded version of the HTC IME version quite a while back which worked perfectly with froyo and GB. It is by far the best keyboard I've ever used. It's quick and efficient. I even used it on my sensation (although it didn't fit the screen right) when running GB.
I upgraded to ICS this morning and now this keyboard crashes every time I choose another word from the prediction list. Is there any fix or way to get this to run smoothly on ICS? I can post the original apk I have if needs be.
I hope there is something that can be done. This keyboard would be a great asset to any HTC user!
Can it be done? I hate sense but love the keyboard as the stock ICS keyboard is very small. Can I just zip the sense non arrow keyboard onto my virtuous rom?
There used to be an old IME mod that a guy callled jonasl made which was the HTC keyboard with a whole bunch of extras. It installed like a standard apk. no flashing required, which was awesome. I used it on my old froyo and GB devices but it doesn't run on ICS. I've been trying to ask people to port it to ICS, as I don't know how to myself, but no one has helped yet. if you know how, you can try porting it yourself.
Edit: Try here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594642 Works perfectly like the old one used to, but it isn't full qHD size yet. Thinking people are working on it.
Can ANYONE please upload an apk for either the multitouch keyboard from the original razr (if it would work on the razr hd) or the motoblur ICS keyboard that came on this phone when it was first released?? Please!
My favorite keyboard ever was the multitouch that came on the original razr, but i'm not sure if it would work on this phone. But i also really like the ICS motoblur keyboard. I've looked for hours and can't find either of them. They both had really nice features that i loved that aren't in the Jelly Bean keyboard. They were a little bigger overall, also the individual keys were slightly larger, and one of my favorite features was that they auto-corrected punctuation if it was placed in the wrong place. And in general I thought it had better predictions.
Closest i could find is the froyo motorola multitouch keyboard (that i didn't really want anyway) in a zip version that i couldn't figure out how to unzip and make an apk. I'm rooted but no custom recovery, so flashing zips from a custom recovery is a no-go.
P.S. Before this thread gets side tracked like every other thread i've found along the way.... I don't intend to sound condescending or rude, but i honestly don't care what your favorite keyboard is, or why it's your favorite. And i don't want a tutorial on safestrap and custom recoveries. I'm simply looking for the apk for the original keyboard, and i would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me or point me in the right direction
Thanks!
Why don't you just pull it from the stock ROM?
To be honest, I don't know how, and I'm now on jelly bean, so I can't back it up in tibu and I'm not flashing back just for the keyboard. But thanks for the suggestion, I thought maybe someone had done it already at some point.