Hey everyone,
I love my Infuse but the only thing is I absolutely HATE TouchWiz. I love HTC's Sense but unfortunately AFAIK there isn't a way of getting that on here.
Anyways back to my main point, what is the easiest way to get rid of TouchWiz and Samsung's Dialer, E-Mail Client and SMS Client? I much prefer the stock Android version of everything so if someone could please point me in the right direction that would be great.
My phone IS rooted BTW incase that makes things easier
Thanks!
CM 7 is in the process of being ported to the infuse, check the development section - still doesn't have all bugs worked out yet, but that's your only alternative to TouchWiz
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Until CM7 is available you could change the launcher and use market apps to do SMS, Email, etc...
Just delete/move or freeze the APKs using a root-enabled file explorer or Titanium Backup. Then you can install some alternative apps, lockscreens, and launchers.
Alternatively, you might want to check out some of the ROMs in the dev section. You can easily get a close-to-AOSP feel with Infused v2 and the lockscreen addon.
Yeah I'm always watching the CM7 thread to see what's new, etc.
Am I able to get the AOSP APK's for the dialer, sms and e-mail from somewhere? I would change my launcher but without the AOSP APK's I don't see the point
I am currently on Infused V2 with the lockscreen addon, just want to get rid of the Samsung feel ;-)
Thanks for everyone's help!
the dialer and contacts would be difficult to permanantly change. way back designgears tried an aosp look rom for the captivate and he wasn't able to change the dialer. you can get go contacts/dialer which is a single app much like aosp with added features and is themeable.
you can change the sms to aosp I believe but I'm not sure why you'd want to, it is really limited. there are many market apps you can use. go sms pro and handcent are very popular.
and there are many launcher in the market for you to choose. the gingerbread one from Eugene373 is same as gtg puts in his roms I believe.
I guess I will just wait until CM7 is all ready
I like simplicity, I think the Samsung SMS, E-mail and dialer are way too bloated. I look at it this way, if the main used functions of my phone are simple and basic then I won't have too many problems with the phone with daily use.
RJ45 said:
I guess I will just wait until CM7 is all ready
I like simplicity, I think the Samsung SMS, E-mail and dialer are way too bloated. I look at it this way, if the main used functions of my phone are simple and basic then I won't have too many problems with the phone with daily use.
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well it sounds like you might like go dialer/contacts then, it has some additional features but isn't very complicated at all. only issue is that every time it gets upgraded the defaults get cleared and you need to set them back to go contacts for like 4-5 different scenarios. it is a good app but the defaults system on android can get annoying. and I do believe aosp sms will work on this phone, just haven't seen it tried. it was done many times on the sgs phones because earlier versions of tw sms had weird problems with the time stamps, especially on custom roms, that and the theme was pretty gross.
Well I know SMS is possible for sure because I was using Refuse 1.7 before I upgraded to Infuse and it has the AOSP SMS which was nice
Hopefully CM7 gets finished up sooner than later
As mentioned, you have many options in the market...
popular launcher apps
go launcher
zeam launcher (i use on nook)
launcher pro (i use on infuse)
adw launcher (have on my son's phone)
android 2.3 launcher
SPB Shell 3D (looks like an amazing launcher)
and more
sms
chomp
go
handcent (i use)
and more
Dialers
I rarely make calls so I have not really looked into changing the dialer.
Hi,
I have stock GB on my brother's droid X and was wanting to root and install a custom rom on it, either Liberty or Apex. He really wants the stock messaging app that shows all his messages from various accounts (Facebook, Email, Gmail, etc.) So I was wondering if I could put that app back on for him or if anyone knows of anything similar to that app. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
you'll have to stick with a blurred rom. Sensei Mod v3 and DarkslideX come to mind. I think Vortex also has that messaging app but I can't be certain since I never use it.
Liberty3 has an option where you can replace a ton of the AOSP apps with Blur apps, messaging included.
Due to a bunch of issues I experienced with the TouchWiz email app, I recently replaced with the ICS AOSP Email/Exchange apps from this thread.
While its definitely much more stable than the original, the one feature Im missing is the conversation view the TouchWiz version has. Is there a version of the stock ICS or even JB email app that includes this?
Thanks!
hello! i just purchased my at&t lg g3! rooted with towleroot! just wanted to know what are some good apps to download? haven't been on android since the captivate came out! any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
examples would be sms replacements... notifications alternatives... anything along those lines. thanks again!
toawkanavngthded said:
hello! i just purchased my at&t lg g3! rooted with towleroot! just wanted to know what are some good apps to download? haven't been on android since the captivate came out! any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
examples would be sms replacements... notifications alternatives... anything along those lines. thanks again!
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I think the only stock apps I've replaced are the launcher, and the browser (Google Now Launcher, and Chrome Beta, respectively)
the stock apps are quite good
I replaced the stock SMS app. Couldnt stand that there was no quick reply. I went to CM sliding from TeamBlackout. But now I'm using 8sms. Has lots of options.... quick reply, dark theme and also options to adjust the LED notification blink speed which helps a lot. Oh and of course got did of the launcher and installed Nova.
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since you're rooted,
AdAway (here on XDA)
Xposed (here on XDA)
LG G3 TweakBox (in PlayStore as "G3 TweaksBox" - needs Xposed)
Greenify if you want, but i'm getting decent battery life without it so far (coming from an SGS4)
PlayStoreFixes (Xposed mod- change DPI to show apps that now say not compatible since G3 dpi is so high)
for SMS i'm using Handcent, Nova for launcher
Thanks for all the replys. I will try those. Any good recommendations for notifications on lockscreen. The stock doesn't seem to show all the apps notification on lockscreen. I dl slide lock but there are some things I personally don't like.
Hey
I've recently changed from Samsung stock ROM to a custom ROM because Samsung stopped supporting my phone - Galaxy S2 - but I've had trouble readjusting. I've been looking everywhere for the contacts, speed dial, messaging apps from TouchWiz and I can't find it. It's a pity because they're by far the best. They're simple, look good and work seamlessly together.
TLDR: I'm asking for the Samsung stock contacts, speed dial and messaging apps for KitKat.
Thanks!