looking for any good looking custom Home, Back, Recent buttons and how to do the customization. I have some nice ones installed on my GNex phone running CM 10.1.2 (4.2.2) and have CM 10.1.2 (4.2.2) on the TF700 as well.
I tried some of the same approaches on the tablet and they didn't seem to work...
I haven't tested this app but I think it should work. You can customize them in many ways with it. Try it yourself and remember to do a backup first
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.janis605.softkeyz
haverdaden said:
I haven't tested this app but I think it should work. You can customize them in many ways with it. Try it yourself and remember to do a backup first
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.janis605.softkeyz
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thanks for the recommendation... I'll look into that one.
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USING A CUSTOM ROM FOR DAILY USE
Hey guys have been bitten by the Jelly Bug and decided I needed JellyBean on my Note NOW!! as a normal Android user :laugh: tried out a few ROMs out there. Finally settled on Paranoid Android JB:CM 10 Hybrid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871713 Its abosolutely super Hats of to Chef Utacka the daily update keeps me up to date with the developments. He has without a doubt solved the memory leak bug with JB roms. It is really smooth and the thought of going back to a TW based ROM makes me want to throw up a little
The only draw back of flashing a custom JB: CM 10 ROM on the note is that one can get a bit lost if using the note for business as all the Sammy TW Based apps dont work and some of the ones mentioned in the Themes and Apps forum are not refined, so decided to to list out a few which I personally bridge the gap on my note and help flashing the daily updates a breeze:
1) App Manager http://ow.ly/efNxe the best app to keep your apps all backed up. after a clean flash the only app you need to download is this one and it allows you to restore all the apps back. Or just download it and copy it to the SD Card so that you can install it directly after flashing the new update an re - install all the apps you need.
2) ThinkFree Office Mobile http://ow.ly/efOQn One of the best purchases I made for Rs 465/- it entirely replaces Polaris office, and is much smoother too.
3) Jotter http://ow.ly/efQ84 Does a super job replacing SNote and worth the Rs. 211/- asking price
4) Photo Editor Easy Photo Editor http://ow.ly/efQGo or SketchTalk - Drawing & Editinghttp://ow.ly/efQPD work really well replacing the sammy photo editor. I have just found Sketch talk and first few hours testing it out produced quite impressive results
5) G Tasks: To Do List http://ow.ly/efRqy syncs with Google calendar and provide the integration which is somewhat lacking in the Sammy Organizer.
6) SMS Backup & Restore http://ow.ly/efRMp for some of us who keep valuable information in our messaging app, please remember to back up all sms before clean flashing updates.
Enuf Said... our NOte is close enuf to the original but somewhat better because we dont have to wait for the high and mighty Sammy to give us the latest software
UPDATE:
App Manager failed me Twice. So shifted back to the Time tested Titanium Backup http://ow.ly/eDHzI
To find more apps to improve the functionality of our Note and make the functionality similar to stock i came across this lovely port of the samsung app store for CM 10 / CM10 based ROMs by XDA Member Amandeep Parmar http://ow.ly/eDHLD
This app store gives many App options which are not available on Google's Play store like Sketch! http://ow.ly/eDHY2 by XDA member Wabz and
Photo Desk : which allows doodling and annotating screen shots and photos, although this is a two step process unlike the single step process on the stock ROMs it is pretty easy to use and the apps do exactly what they need to.
The only thing missing was a good replacement for S - Memo which is required while taking on call memos, for now Papyrus http://ow.ly/eDIbn will have to do.
Still sticking to the Lovely work by Utacka and Paranoid Android team as my Daily Driver.. Super stuff
UPDATE: 10th Nov
Utacka's PA rom for NOte now has Stylus Gestures http://ow.ly/fb1I2 Configured them on my note as under:
Left Swipe => Emulate Back Key
Right Swipe => Recent Applications
Up Swipe => Emulate Menu Key
Down Swipe => Invoke Search
Long Press => Go TO Home
Double Tap => Jotter
Works super
I personally Love the CM 10 PA experience and just cannot bring myself to even try TW based ROMs anymore. But i was pleasantly surprised with http://ow.ly/fb1Qm The latest Stock XXLS7 Samsung JellyBean ROM by eybee1970.. I did not like that the dev says "Kernel is PROBABLY brick free. Flashed it anyway... It is smooth and stable !!
Please dont forget to Thank the Devs
Thanks
Thanks Boss really helped... wanted to flash a custom rom which was vanilla Google now thanks to this post i can do it with fraction of the time required for research :good:
How could you miss titanium backup?? its d best,must have trusted by 90%+ flasholics like me
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How could you miss titanium backup?? its d best,must have trusted by 90%+ flasholics like me
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Thanks to JimmyMcGee and Jared Burrows i found this app to replace Titanium backup I personally think App Manager does the trick for me but yes Titanium backup is usually the choice for Flasholics
I use Titanium Backup too....On GB first,on ICS and now on JB.
I take pro version on playstore but i not use pack restore on JB.
This app works fine everytime......
Thanks for the dev!
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USE SLIM BEAN Much better that paranoid android and more d=feature s ,less heavy on ROM
better in every sense - check it out no hybrid mode though
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USE SLIM BEAN Much better that paranoid android and more d=feature s ,less heavy on ROM
better in every sense - check it out no hybrid mode though
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Thanks dental guru but I like Paranoid Android ROM precisely because of the hybrid mode... I feel It truly brings out the power of the note
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thanks
Still sticking to the Lovely work by Utacka and Paranoid Android team as my Daily Driver.. Super stuff :good:[/QUOTE]
Yes PA roms are good.. but when i go into google now the 1st time the screen blanks out for a while then everything resets itself
Thanks!!
Yes PA roms are good.. but when i go into google now the 1st time the screen blanks out for a while then everything resets itself[/QUOTE]
Its a known issue. I think he might have solved it in their 21st OKT release but if you switch off "Automatic Brightness" it should not Blank out
Since we now have CM10 stable and it looks like the push will be forward, what can we expect to look for in the new nightlies with 4.2. I know some of the GAPPS are different but are there even more enhancements changes to look forward to.
Obligatory: http://www.android.com/whatsnew/
More detail: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html
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Thanks for the links. Wow! That's a lot of good stuff to look forward to. If the Devs can get all of those things working on a stable ROM for our Skyrocket there wont be a need to upgrade phones for quite a while. Cant wait. Thanks again.
You can download the 4.2 gapps now with the camera and the photosphere works (i should say "works"), the keyboard, and improved Google Now. The lockscreen widgets and other cool stuff will come when CM10 integrates 4.2 probably this week or next.
Here -> http://d-h.st/wBX
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You can download the 4.2 gapps now with the camera and the photosphere works (i should say "works"), the keyboard, and improved Google Now. The lockscreen widgets and other cool stuff will come when CM10 integrates 4.2 probably this week or next.
Here -> http://d-h.st/wBX
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But if I do that wont it replace all of the working GAPPS? I also thought there was a problem with the new app sticking after a reboot. Can you selectively install the ones that are working or does it have to be all of 4.1 or all 4.2?
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But if I do that wont it replace all of the working GAPPS? I also thought there was a problem with the new app sticking after a reboot. Can you selectively install the ones that are working or does it have to be all of 4.1 or all 4.2?
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I guess you could extract what you want and sideload just the camera or something, but there is not any problem I'm aware of regarding the 4.2 gapps, except the camera has a LITTLE BIT of jank when it tries to save to the gallery. It still saves the picture, but it FC's sometimes. Again, it still saves the picture so you just have to reopen the camera to take another picture - and it's not by any means every time.
Is this the only issue with flashing the Gapps you linked? I'm on CM Nightly 10-20121221 for the Skyrocket. If I flash http://d-h.st/wBX, will the apps update like they regularly do, or will I need to do manual updates from then on? Just wondering.
Hey,
I've still got my forum training wheels on, and so I'll just put this Q here (rather than the directly related thread).
I've seen a few people ask this, but haven't yet found a conclusive answer.
I use my TF with this ROM and think it's great, not had any issues to speak of. However, I did love the HC/ICS (4.1) screen layout, where the notifications were in the bottom right along with the clock etc. There was no status bar at the top and Nav buttons were in the lower left. My question is... Is it possible to get this back, whilst still using the 4.2 ROM?
Hopefully somebody knows the answer....
I understand that this would require 4.1 launcher to be ported to 4.2, but I could be wrong.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
I have that tablet running that ROM, but I've gotten used to 4.2 and haven't looked for a way to change it.
You should ask this in the TF101 forums.
I'm not sure how much a launcher could really do, but I'd Google "get back tablet layout in 4.2" or something to start checking it out on my own.
I'm not sure this is that easy. I use Apex launcher on that tablet and ROM and the layout doesn't change. I'm thinking that's a deeper layer than a launcher works with. I think you'd need a ROM with that baked in.
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Hi Pennycake,
Thanks for the reply!
I've done lots of forum and Google hunting, but had little success...!
I've no grumbles using the phablet style layout. I just think that it was neater having everything on the navbar (tablet style).
I'll keep on looking and maybe stumble over something.
Cheers
Impossible...!?
So this is looking like it's not really possible without work being done to the SystemUI.
Withing the Eos Control Centre (This comes as part of the TeamEOS 4 ROM for TF101), there is a tablet option, but this leaves the status bar at the top.
I'll keep digging, but i won't hold my breath!!
Case closed...
Sweeeetttt...!!!
News just in...
timduru said:
Well yeah, we still have the code for tabletUI in EOS4 too.
Just that it has not been updated at all and is completely out of sync with all the EOS specific modifications, so most likely will crash.
But I might have a look at either bringing TabletUI back or implementing a new navbar from scratch to go with the phabletui.
That way we get rid of the navbar lag.
I'm also hopping that having to dig through the code even more with cornerstone, I could spot something.
But I've been thinking more and more about rewriting part of the window manager.
The original google code is Sh*t, and the more I look at it the more I come to the conclusion that PhabletUI is not made to work correctly on big screen / tablets.
On top of that code there's the EOS customizations which just make things more complex.
With cornerstone it's adding another spaghetti layer on top of the google spaghetti pile.
So yeah *headache*.
But yep I would say that the way PA has done it and rewriting part of the window manager & policy is the good approach.
Maybe I'll just resume work on Phubuntu instead too, and make a real multiboot that doesn't require flashing all the time.
We might benefit more from that, and it will have multiwindow support
Ahh so many things and so little time ;P
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Problems with nightly ROM 111
I have a TF101 and finally decided to root and install the JB ROM. I started with EOS JDQ39 Nightly 108 and gapps_4.2.2_TF101_20130323b. This worked fine but when I updated to the nightly 111 I noticed that I Google play was not working. I would click on the app and it would start to load but disappear. It appears that I am not logged in anymore because gmail does not work either. I have tried to delete data from the gmail app and google play store from settings but the did not work. I have tried installing gapps again. Does not work. I tried another gapps, gapps-jb-20130301-signed and that just freezes my tablet on the EeePad screen.
Any ideas on how to get signed in on the tablet without a factory reset?
Is it possible to bring the stock TW contacts app into any AOSP ROM? I like the benefit of having the latest Android software of an AOSP ROM, but I really dislike the contact app. It is really hard to see with the white background. I have looked all over xsa for a solution. You would think it would be easy as the GMAil 4.2 substitute. I am not sure what files to use.
EAGLEEYE51 said:
Is it possible to bring the stock TW contacts app into any AOSP ROM? I like the benefit of having the latest Android software of an AOSP ROM, but I really dislike the contact app. It is really hard to see with the white background. I have looked all over xsa for a solution. You would think it would be easy as the GMAil 4.2 substitute. I am not sure what files to use.
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Have you tried Slim Bean rom? It has all apps inverted and,I believe, the contacts as well. It used to be called the Real Dark Slim addon on but "after 4.2.2 build 2. It's now integrated into the ROM with a toggle." I too hated the white background on contacts. Good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060612
redKrome said:
Have you tried Slim Bean rom? It has all apps inverted and,I believe, the contacts as well. It used to be called the Real Dark Slim addon on but "after 4.2.2 build 2. It's now integrated into the ROM with a toggle." I too hated the white background on contacts. Good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060612
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Thanks for the reply. I did try Slim in the past. "pre 4.2". I am not sure if the ROM had issues with the graphics or what. It seemed not very sharp after installation. Everything looked fuzzy. I even tried Eclipse ROM. I will figure out something. I just like the look of the stock TW contacts. The app also additional features. At the moment LiquidSmooth has the best 4.2.2 ROM out there.
In general TouchWiz apps cannot be used in AOSP ROMs. On a personal note I loath the TW phone and contacts app. Mainly because you cant swipe between the recently called, favorites, keypad etc.
mentose457 said:
In general TouchWiz apps cannot be used in AOSP ROMs. On a personal note I loath the TW phone and contacts app. Mainly because you cant swipe between the recently called, favorites, keypad etc.
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who knows if the actual stock contact app is actually TW. I just like how it looks. The black background looks better than the white background of AOSP. The stock actually has the same screens where you can move back and forth. I am putting this topic to rest. It is a lost cause. I was going to see if I could replace it using root explorer, but decided against it and it wasnt worth the trouble. Oh well.
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who knows if the actual stock contact app is actually TW. I just like how it looks. The black background looks better than the white background of AOSP. The stock actually has the same screens where you can move back and forth. I am putting this topic to rest. It is a lost cause. I was going to see if I could replace it using root explorer, but decided against it and it wasnt worth the trouble. Oh well.
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It deferentially requires the tw framework. If you want a dark AOSP contacts app search for it. There are lots of inverted stock apps floating around and incorporated into ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798048 If you are on a 4.2.2 rom this will work.
I have tried a few ROMS and they are all set in a phone UI
Are there any other than original that are set up as a tablet and not a phone button UI?
Is there any easy way to switch layouts?
theslydog said:
I have tried a few ROMS and they are all set in a phone UI
Are there any other than original that are set up as a tablet and not a phone button UI?
Is there any easy way to switch layouts?
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Thanks for all the newbie help...not
Anyway I am trying Pacman 4.2.2 using the PA Tablet UI layout which seems ok.
Yeah I'm having a hard time finding tablet roms as well... This is the only source I can find: http://www.tabletroms.com/index.php/category/roms/ Still not promising though.
I would recommend using a custom launcher, like Go Launcher. Within it you can find thousands of different themes, some specific to tablets. Personally I use Next Launcher 3D, it's based off Go but it's 3D stuff is amazing. I use the Ray theme.
Best luck,
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You may switch ui mods with xposed on almost any rom