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As you may know, for CyanogenMod 10.2 you have flash Google Apps separately with Gapps. But it seems Gapps not include GalleryGoogle. Why is that? And is there a way I can get it?
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MSmithXDA said:
As you may know, for CyanogenMod 10.2 you have flash Google Apps separately with Gapps. But it seems Gapps not include GalleryGoogle. Why is that? And is there a way I can get it?
Thanks
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i believe gallery google and photosphere is kinda owned by google so you are unable to put it inside teh Gapps just we are not allowed to put gapps in custom roms and have to flash it separately.
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i believe gallery google and photosphere is kinda owned by google so you are unable to put it inside teh Gapps just we are not allowed to put gapps in custom roms and have to flash it separately.
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My understanding is that what you said is true of all of google apps. So GMail has the same issue. That's why they created Gapps. So, why is GalleryGoogle different?
MSmithXDA said:
My understanding is that what you said is true of all of google apps. So GMail has the same issue. That's why they created Gapps. So, why is GalleryGoogle different?
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from what i can see they only put it on nexus devices right? so im sure they either wouldn't want it for other devices (just for the specific line of devices good way to make money) or they wanted to see if people can port it in someway. you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966003 its nice that its a apk.
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from what i can see they only put it on nexus devices right? so im sure they either wouldn't want it for other devices (just for the specific line of devices good way to make money) or they wanted to see if people can port it in someway. you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966003 its nice that its a apk.
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Interesting! And strange at the same time. I look at Nexus devices as being stock android along with the Google Experience. Didn't realize that they divided the Google Experience into 2 sections...Open to all that meet the requirements, and Open to Nexus only. They did include it on the GPE phones, but again...those are kind of Google Sanctioned. And now that I think of it, they're not on the MotoX (no PhotoSphere) or the new Droids, so it makes sense what you're saying.
Thanks for the help and clarification
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Interesting! And strange at the same time. I look at Nexus devices as being stock android along with the Google Experience. Didn't realize that they divided the Google Experience into 2 sections...Open to all that meet the requirements, and Open to Nexus only. They did include it on the GPE phones, but again...those are kind of Google Sanctioned. And now that I think of it, they're not on the MotoX (no PhotoSphere) or the new Droids, so it makes sense what you're saying.
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I would think its on the moto x (moto is owned by Google now) hmm maybe googles respecting moto by not making it fully stock android? Not sure, but yeah pretty much its a addition like air view on newer Samsung phones, why would you buy a stock android GPE over the touchwiz or sense without new and exciting goodies in it?
I just bought a Nexus 5 and I was wondering which is better: CM11 nightlies or just having rooted stock FW ..
Which one is faster? (bootup time, app launch times, smoothness)
And am I really missing any features when staying stock?
This http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46344624
It's really up to you to decide which is better. Cm will probably have more bugs than stock but maybe they're ok for you
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I just bought a Nexus 5 and I was wondering which is better: CM11 nightlies or just having rooted stock FW ..
Which one is faster? (bootup time, app launch times, smoothness)
And am I really missing any features when staying stock?
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I prefer stock because of the difficulty of porting the Google Dialer with Caller ID by Google
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I just bought a Nexus 5 and I was wondering which is better: CM11 nightlies or just having rooted stock FW ..
Which one is faster? (bootup time, app launch times, smoothness)
And am I really missing any features when staying stock?
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I flashed just about everything and settled on stock. cm11, purity ROM, sanity, slim, you name it. Stock with xposed is great. On any custom ROM, I lost LTE and still don't know why. Gravitybox is just about the same as running a custom ROM, too.
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I dont see much of a point in owning a nexus if you are just gonna throw Cyanogenmod on it.
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I would probably stick with stock if I didn't require voice+ app by cyanogenmod. Until hangouts come with full Google voice number support sticking with CM11.
CM11 really isn't that buggy with current nightly, it's incredibly stable. Also the fact that it's a continuous work in progress is plus. You never know when stock gets updates.
Other than that I would use paranoid android when that comes out or pacman.
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I dont see much of a point in owning a nexus if you are just gonna throw Cyanogenmod on it.
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Yeah just buy the cyanogenmod phone that they released. http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/20/oppo-n1-cyanogenmod-certified-by-google/
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Yeah just buy the cyanogenmod phone that they released. http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/20/oppo-n1-cyanogenmod-certified-by-google/
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Or like any other Android phone. Almost every major Android phone has Cyanogenmod ported to it. I don't personally understand the appeal of buying a Nexus phone to then throw on the same custom rom that you could run on literally any other Android phone. I guess if you are off contract and absolutely love Cyanogenmod for some insane reason. . . . .
As said on a non nexus the cyanogen team really shine, to be honest I'm loving cataclysm ROM at the minute. Close to stock but has just enough customisations for me
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Or like any other Android phone. Almost every major Android phone has Cyanogenmod ported to it. I don't personally understand the appeal of buying a Nexus phone to then throw on the same custom rom that you could run on literally any other Android phone. I guess if you are off contract and absolutely love Cyanogenmod for some insane reason. . . . .
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Yeah... not a big cyanogen mod fan, although a big fan of Carbon ROM so I guess I am?
hey guys, i am a bit late but finally i upgrade from sgs2 to n5. and stock-google-android seems to be slick and fast. but what i miss is customizable quick settings and detailed volume control, which i had with my beloved cm. would that be things that xposed can do for me? what are you guys using with your n5?
tyvm!
kws
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hey guys, i am a bit late but finally i upgrade from sgs2 to n5. and stock-google-android seems to be slick and fast. but what i miss is customizable quick settings and detailed volume control, which i had with my beloved cm. would that be things that xposed can do for me? what are you guys using with your n5?
tyvm!
kws
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Gravity box does the job fine but i feel that it does slow my phone down a bit. I prefer CM over stock
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Gravity box does the job fine but i feel that it does slow my phone down a bit. I prefer CM over stock
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thx for your reply! i like cm very much. but i figured there would be the disadvantage that cm updates will take a little longer than google (which was the other way round with samsung). maybe this will change since google is sending out dev-previews of new major releases now.
have a nice day,
kws
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thx for your reply! i like cm very much. but i figured there would be the disadvantage that cm updates will take a little longer than google (which was the other way round with samsung). maybe this will change since google is sending out dev-previews of new major releases now.
have a nice day,
kws
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I will never use CM again, and will stay away from CM variants if at all possible.
You're talking about 2-3 days here. If that worried about it, go back to stock until CM updates. That's what I did for 4.4.3. I was already in bootloader flashing the new modem, so figured I'd just flash the rest.
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You're talking about 2-3 days here.
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rly? youre saying cm releases new major versions 2-3 days after google releases it?
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rly? youre saying cm releases new major versions 2-3 days after google releases it?
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Slim does.
So a while ago, there was a post talking about whether anyone was interested in MIUI for the HTC One (M8). (this one). I was wondering if anyone has heard any more news on whether MIUI will be coming to this awesome phone any time soon. I can't even imagine the epicness that would come out of it...
That thread is for the M7, not M8. That said, I have no idea if anybody's working on it or not. Haven't heard a thing. Would be nice if we did get it though.
What's an MIUI?
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What's an MIUI?
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It's a horribly buggy stupid ROM, in my opinion.
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1ManWolfePack said:
It's a horribly buggy stupid ROM, in my opinion.
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A visually appealing Chinese ROM that is pretty awesome when it works.
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Miui Millet
I know most have tried the scaled down miui home launcher, but it seems there is another type called miui millet (miui lite) which is similar to miui home, but also provides the dialer, contacts, sms and of course the desktop and locker.
You can download it here:
http://xitong.xiaomi.com/index
Read more here as well:
http://en.miui.com/thread-18293-1-1.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706384
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A visually appealing Chinese ROM that is pretty awesome when it works.
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Keyword: when
The local floozy in my town has less bugs than MIUI.
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Since I was the primary MIUI maintainer for Sprint Evo 3D and M7 (and have since moved to VZW M8), let me address this somewhat old question.
I will be doing a port to VZW just as soon as Xiaomi releases an international M8 ROM. I've been watching their release news somewhat regularly, but haven't seen anything just yet. In fact, I stumbled across this thread searching for possible other releases. Either way, I've got lots of practice porting to VZW M8 from Intl. version via my GPE port, so it's literally just a matter of waiting on Xiaomi.
As far as the comment about MIUI having a large number of bugs...not sure where you're getting your info from, but that's dead wrong. IMHO, MIUI is by far the best ROM I've every used.
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Since I was the primary MIUI maintainer for Sprint Evo 3D and M7 (and have since moved to VZW M8), let me address this somewhat old question.
I will be doing a port to VZW just as soon as Xiaomi releases an international M8 ROM. I've been watching their release news somewhat regularly, but haven't seen anything just yet. In fact, I stumbled across this thread searching for possible other releases. Either way, I've got lots of practice porting to VZW M8 from Intl. version via my GPE port, so it's literally just a matter of waiting on Xiaomi.
As far as the comment about MIUI having a large number of bugs...not sure where you're getting your info from, but that's dead wrong. IMHO, MIUI is by far the best ROM I've every used.
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Im on the Sprint M8. Can't wait for DH to work his magic!
digitalhigh said:
Since I was the primary MIUI maintainer for Sprint Evo 3D and M7 (and have since moved to VZW M8), let me address this somewhat old question.
I will be doing a port to VZW just as soon as Xiaomi releases an international M8 ROM. I've been watching their release news somewhat regularly, but haven't seen anything just yet. In fact, I stumbled across this thread searching for possible other releases. Either way, I've got lots of practice porting to VZW M8 from Intl. version via my GPE port, so it's literally just a matter of waiting on Xiaomi.
As far as the comment about MIUI having a large number of bugs...not sure where you're getting your info from, but that's dead wrong. IMHO, MIUI is by far the best ROM I've every used.
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I will be waiting eagerly! I too think MIUI is one of the best roms out there. It's the only Rom that I like as much as pure stock android... and that's saying something!:fingers-crossed:
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Im on the Sprint M8. Can't wait for DH to work his magic!
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While I also Can't wait I'd rather have an L port for the M8 you hear me @digitalhigh that should be your next proj
In all honesty great job on everything you do. I'm serious keep on keeping on.
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While I also Can't wait I'd rather have an L port for the M8 you hear me @digitalhigh that should be your next proj
In all honesty great job on everything you do. I'm serious keep on keeping on.
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We'll have L way before we ever have MIUI.
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We'll have L way before we ever have MIUI.
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Not true. I am buying the M8 from ebay and preparing to build MIUI for M8.
JTJTJ said:
Not true. I am buying the M8 from ebay and preparing to build MIUI for M8.
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Sweet more choices ???
JTJTJ said:
Not true. I am buying the M8 from ebay and preparing to build MIUI for M8.
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Still in the works?
The device just reached me today since it was an overseas shipping. Will start working on it next week.
JTJTJ said:
The device just reached me today since it was an overseas shipping. Will start working on it next week.
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Cant wait! Thanks for your time and effort!
JTJTJ said:
The device just reached me today since it was an overseas shipping. Will start working on it next week.
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Thank you! You have no idea how excited I am. I know how much blood, sweat, tears, and frustration goes into even writing basic code. I have no idea how hard it is to port a ROM, but I appreciate that there are awesome people like you out there that do it.
Any progress update? I've been waiting for a miui rom for a long time. So excited. Thanks!
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Any progress update? I've been waiting for a miui rom for a long time. So excited. Thanks!
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Likely to roll out this week. 1st build can be buggy.
Kinda disappointed there's no Pixel love, any devs out there looking to make an AOSP ROM?
Honestly, is there even much reason to when stock is so good?
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Kinda disappointed there's no Pixel love, any devs out there looking to make an AOSP ROM?
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To my knowledge they haven't released the source code yet for AOSP to be built off of.
I see them here https://android.googlesource.com/
Under device/google/marlin
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Kinda disappointed there's no Pixel love, any devs out there looking to make an AOSP ROM?
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Give them time, it is a fairly new device.
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Honestly, is there even much reason to when stock is so good?
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The reason is simple. No carrier Bloat!!!
I'm sure it will come with time.. I'm just putting it out there ? no disrespect meant in anyway.
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Give them time, it is a fairly new device.
The reason is simple. No carrier Bloat!!!
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I have the Verizon version what carrier Bloat are you talking about?
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I have the Verizon version what carrier Bloat are you talking about?
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If you put an active Verizon sim in any pixel it will install like 3 apps. No big deal at all they can all be uninstalled but for some reason people think it's a huge deal lol
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Honestly, is there even much reason to when stock is so good?
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Yes for all of the functions and settings custom roms offer.
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aholeinthewor1d said:
If you put an active Verizon sim in any pixel it will install like 3 apps. No big deal at all they can all be uninstalled but for some reason people think it's a huge deal lol
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The Verizon apps are always there just deactivated. Verizon sim just lets the apps show up in your app drawer. Also the Verizon apps are always running in the background. Don't know why; I don't even have a Verizon sim in my phone but there they are.
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The Verizon apps are always there just deactivated. Verizon sim just lets the apps show up in your app drawer. Also the Verizon apps are always running in the background. Don't know why; I don't even have a Verizon sim in my phone but there they are.
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Where are these apps?
Edit: there are no hidden disabled apps at all. They do not come installed on the phone. They get installed during setup if you have a Verizon sim card in and sign into a good account in the setup. I've had two pixels and done at least 10 factory resets and flashed full factory images. I've never had one of those apps get installed
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Where are these apps?
Edit: there are no hidden disabled apps at all. They do not come installed on the phone. They get installed during setup if you have a Verizon sim card in and sign into a good account in the setup. I've had two pixels and done at least 10 factory resets and flashed full factory images. I've never had one of those apps get installed
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Install greenify and look through the list of apps you can have it force close. I've attached some screen shots in case you don't want to install greenify, as well as a screen shot that shows in on AT&T
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Install greenify and look through the list of apps you can have it force close. I've attached some screen shots in case you don't want to install greenify, as well as a screen shot that shows in on AT&T
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I don't have them.
I manually delete everything Verizon/sprint, no need for them with T-Mobile on Google version
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hi,
technically, u can build a working aosp 7.1.1 Rom for the pixel now, but its still a bit rough around the edges... I've already done it a couple of times. it comes with a few caveats though, by default its setup to use google's prebuilt kernel in the build, opengapps wont install without patching aosp and the build.prop in /vendor needs to be adjusted to match the fingerprint in /system to avoid an error on boot... all of these things are trivially fixable, but pixel on aosp isn't ready for primetime yet, Imho...
the stock Rom is much much better... I think until cyanogenmod and other Roms get working builds out, idk there's any compelling reason to switch to aosp....
lastly, idk aosp builds would be as fast ot optimized, im not sure how google's internal toolchain differs; are they using sdclang? are there optimizations in art, bionics, etc that haven't hit aosp yet? etc, etc
I too am keeping an eye on the custom ROM scene. I've always preferred the "lack" of carrier bloat, etc. Being a tester for some time has taught me much. Since the demise of my last device I am forced to take a break.
Stock is really good. But I am looking forward to using substratum again.
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Stock is really good. But I am looking forward to using substratum again.
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I've been using substratum but just for theming the navbar on stock/pixel rom.... Obviously, if you try to theme systemui you will get a bootloop though (as expected. lol)... On top of that, I did also play with theming individual apps, mainly phone and google play which both worked, with the particular theme that I was using...
Theming would be nice on stock, it's too bad that google ripped out the dark theme that was in the N previews, I would have been happy with that, myself.
I think I'm most looking forward to the extra features that get baked into custom AOSP Roms and the full substratum support. I'm not a big fan CyanogenMod, but I do try them out from time to time. Always seem to go back to AOSP tho.
I am using substratum to theme everything but system UI. All individual apps, settings etc.
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I think I'm most looking forward to the extra features that get baked into custom AOSP Roms and the full substratum support. I'm not a big fan CyanogenMod, but I do try them out from time to time. Always seem to go back to AOSP tho.
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ya, I've contributed some patches to CM - but since getting the Pixel, I'm fairly happy with Stock. There are only a few features that I miss in CM that aren't available on the Pixel and even when I was using CM on my s5 - I always had to rip out a number of CM's features; all of the CMstats (analytics stuff), a number of their apps + adding my own keys since it is insecure (and arguably quite silly) to be using public known keys on ROMs (although, afaict - many third-party roms tend to do that.).
I'm thinking about rolling my own AOSP for Pixel -> pulling in only the features that I want, most of which I have patches for and only a few bits would need to be tracked down that I don't have. not hard to find though... Now that TWRP (RC1) can actually restore backups I can start actually looking at playing with AOSP without losing my stock rom that is already setup.
Hello fellow XDAers,
I am waiting for MIUI 9 to drop so we can pull that into the kitchen and cook. I am going to attempt to work with the new system, I haven't ported anything after Jellybean. So with that, I wanted to see who was on-board to potentially want to try MIUI.
Two things; One - I am not saying I am for sure going to be successful, but I will try. 2; MIUI 9 release date is expected to be end of May or early June 2017.
Feel free to have a discussion of MIUI here, I will also use this thread for small updates in regards to MIUI.
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MIUI 9 ?
Here is a small list of features to potentially look out for in the new version of MIUI. This is a leap forward into Nougat from MIUI 8.
Multi-window support
Quick-reply from notifications
Optimised dose mode
RAM optimization
Improved data saver
Always-on VPN
Call screening feature
Dual space feature
Dual apps
I have honestly never once run a MIUI ROM. Im not quite the flashaholic i used to be (especially now, as finicky as the v20 seems to be), but i could be game for flashing it a few times to kick the tires, see how it rolls.
Am i to understand that it does not have a home screen/app drawer for stock launcher ala iOS? it does retain androids ability to change launchers?
Is there anything "must see" on MIUI? ...not so much eye candy·· I don't care about bling so much, im all about that utility.
Read miui is the best u can find
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I have honestly never once run a MIUI ROM. Im not quite the flashaholic i used to be (especially now, as finicky as the v20 seems to be), but i could be game for flashing it a few times to kick the tires, see how it rolls.
Am i to understand that it does not have a home screen/app drawer for stock launcher ala iOS? it does retain androids ability to change launchers?
Is there anything "must see" on MIUI? ...not so much eye candy·· I don't care about bling so much, im all about that utility.
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Hello! We have all been there with the flashaholic syndrome. It's a fortunate disease ? the V20 is a unit that is quite more finicky than most, but surely not the worst.
Initially, this will be a project starting off with the 918 and working into other variants as I relearn Android and what the new systems look like. It is a launcher that emulates that of an iOS landscape. Yes, you still have all of the ability of changing launches, etc. Must "see" would be animations, style, small 'functionality' pieces like that of the battery bar rather than a battery icon and so on.
It's more or less a eye candy piece of OS rather than something slim, although it is still smaller than a factory image. More "bloated" than a aosp rom but still functions greatly under the right environment.
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Suggesting to read, or is there a system labeled Read Miui?
I tryed MUI on my note 3 n note 4 very nice OS
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I tryed MUI on my note 3 n note 4 very nice OS
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Gee, long long time since playing with any new Mi Miui 9 is supposed to drop within 60ish days. I will pull the patch rom and play with that. It will be based on nougat!
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Gee, long long time since playing with any new Mi Miui 9 is supposed to drop within 60ish days. I will pull the patch rom and play with that. It will be based on nougat!
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I'm excited to hear that, good news for our v20 , thanks on avance bro ???
I have attempted MIUI 8 but there are too many differences in the framework(MM vs N) to patch correctly. I was going to patch 9 in once it releases but if you want it you can have it.
Last time I had miui is when i ported it to the skyrocket in the jellybean era. Would love to see it again. Back when porting ROMs was simple
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I have attempted MIUI 8 but there are too many differences in the framework(MM vs N) to patch correctly. I was going to patch 9 in once it releases but if you want it you can have it.
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Collaboration is a very good method :good:
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Last time I had miui is when i ported it to the skyrocket in the jellybean era. Would love to see it again. Back when porting ROMs was simple
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This is why I am ready for a challenge!
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Collaboration is a very good method :good:
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Collaboration is better when its on big projects. something like miui wont need a collab. Now if you do get stuck then sure ill certainly help.
Would love to have someone seriously try to get a stable Miui going. Ran it back in my old Droid X days and really enjoyed it. Good luck and I hope you can do it.
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Collaboration is better when its on big projects. something like miui wont need a collab. Now if you do get stuck then sure ill certainly help.
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I'll be sure to reach out.
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Would love to have someone seriously try to get a stable Miui going. Ran it back in my old Droid X days and really enjoyed it. Good luck and I hope you can do it.
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I will get it booting, the real problem for me will to get mostly everything working.
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I will get it booting, the real problem for me will to get mostly everything working.
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From the skyrocket era the camera was the biggest pain in the ass. Now its everything but the camera thats a pain in the ass.
Added some minor information to OP about Miui 9 itself.
I've offered testing to me2151 and I'll offer it to you too. If you need a guinea pig for testing purposes I can help out
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I've offered testing to me2151 and I'll offer it to you too. If you need a guinea pig for testing purposes I can help out
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me2151 - being described as?
Are you talking about Miui 8.2 the stable global builds?