Would there be any way to modify the samsung widgets so that they would show up as android widgets and not be invisible to things like launcher pro?
Although I am not a developer, I'm fairly confident this is not possible.
Unless the developer of LauncherPro wanted to target each phone in particular... I still don't think it would work.
The framework of the 'overlays' on top of the bare android os don't allow for such things.
Even if they did manage to do this, I would imagine the phone would have to run LauncherPro with Touchwiz running in the background at the same time.. That is just asking for instability.
Plus, without a doubt Samsung would ream LauncherPro for using Touchwiz in that way.
Let's face it though, if they haven't done it for HTC's Sense yet. It isn't happening haha.
I'm pretty tech savvy and will be able to figure it out if it's possible, although someone more Android development oriented could tell me straight up as I'm more of a web developer. Is it possible to modify the LauncherPro Plus APK to allow the widgets to be used in other launchers (GO Launcher/Widget Locker), if LP+ is installed on the phone?
Thanks! Widgets are the only thing holding me back from trying different launchers out while Fede recodes the entire thing from scratch.
From what I understand the LP Widgets are coded into the source so the answer would be NO!
What widgets are you looking for? Most can be replaced by free stuff from the market.
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.
I've just rooted my new Galaxy Ace 2x (GT-S7560M), and I've gotten pretty much everything set up as I want it - New launcher, SMS, Dialer, Contacts, Lock Screen, Browser, Keyboard, etc. Now, I don't have a ton of room or RAM on my phone, and I was wondering if I would be able to remove the stock versions of any of these, and what kind of effects that would have.
Note that anything I remove would be backed up either on my computer, or my SD.
I'm not sure if the default launcher can be removed in the first place, but if it can, will it effect GO Launcher? Does GO piggy-back off of the stock launcher, or would it be safe to remove?
Pretty much the same for the SMS and Dialer and the rest - are they only replacing the interface and piggybacking the functionality off of the stock, or will they work without the originals?
So, could someone give me a blow-by-blow of what effects each will have if they are removed?
As a side note, the main reason I'm doing this is because my phone, even when rooted, will not allow me to install any apps on my SD - So for a secondary solution, is there any way you know of to get around that?
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Hey, guys! I make this thread because I want to remove the touchwiz requirement of some apps of Samsung, to make it work on CyanogenMod. I've seen some ported apps, like Task Manager or Notes, so I think that it's possible to port more.
Thanks!