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What features are unique to any custom rom that can't be found on Xposed?

My old Nexus 4 and current Nexus 7 have had a number roms flashed to them, but I've remained stock on my Nexus 5 because Xposed Frameworks has come a long way.
I haven't felt the need to flash a rom other than habit so I've stayed stock (except for trying out PA for about a day). Is Xposed missing something that can only be found on a rom or is there really just isn't much of a need to flash custom roms anymore?
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There certainly isn't much need anymore. Its all personal taste.
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I'm not sure that everything is available with Xposed modules.
For instance: blur lockscreen, toggles modifications (swipe to switch, screenshot delay, toggle style, toggles per row, text color...), Enable persistence, ribbons, tons of animations, Active & lockscreen notifications, Halo, the great Theme Provider...
But a xposed module can do something that a custom rom can't so I use both.
BTW I'm fond of themes so custom roms are mandatory.

Primokorn said:
I'm not sure that everything is available with Xposed modules.
For instance: blur lockscreen, toggles modifications (swipe to switch, screenshot delay, toggle style, toggles per row, text color...), Enable persistence, ribbons, tons of animations, Active & lockscreen notifications, Halo, the great Theme Provider...
But a xposed module can do something that a custom rom can't so I use both.
BTW I'm fond of themes so custom roms are mandatory.
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Blur lockscreen, animations. Toggles per rom, text color, the theme provider are something that xposed can do
Ribbons, active disply and lockscreen notifications are features that can be installed from the play store
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Juansegovia20 said:
Blur lockscreen, animations. Toggles per rom, text color, the theme provider are something that xposed can do
Ribbons, active disply and lockscreen notifications are features that can be installed from the play store
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No need to install additional 3rd party apps is an asset for custom roms and the modules for themes don't work as well as Theme Provider afaik...

Primokorn said:
No need to install additional 3rd party apps is an asset for custom roms and the modules for themes don't work as well as Theme Provider afaik...
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I know xtheme doesn't work good, but hkTheme manager has-been updated to v6 and is working great for me, no lag at all,but i guess you are right that's why I'm still using custom roms
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Primokorn said:
I'm not sure that everything is available with Xposed modules.
For instance: blur lockscreen, toggles modifications (swipe to switch, screenshot delay, toggle style, toggles per row, text color...), Enable persistence, ribbons, tons of animations, Active & lockscreen notifications, Halo, the great Theme Provider...
But a xposed module can do something that a custom rom can't so I use both.
BTW I'm fond of themes so custom roms are mandatory.
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Toggle style is unique to roms. XuiMod for Xposed handles animations. Halo has a mod that works well with the app Flotifications. I think the theme chooser, then, is the only thing truly unique, though with Xblast you can theme your phone a bit and Unicon has icons taken care of.
Primokorn said:
No need to install additional 3rd party apps is an asset for custom roms and the modules for themes don't work as well as Theme Provider afaik...
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That's kind of the point of Xposed, though. It's adding just what you want so, while we may have to install this or that from the Play Store or through a mod, it means we can also leave out a lot of things we don't use or need.
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I wonder if Xposed will be around much longer. Google is moving from DEV to ART and xposed runs only on DEV. From the posts it sounds like a total rebuild which they didn't sound like was going to happen. Xposed is cool and I would like to find an alternative that runs on ART. If Xposed support ART I would be even happier.

noutoo said:
I wonder if Xposed will be around much longer. Google is moving from DEV to ART and xposed runs only on DEV. From the posts it sounds like a total rebuild which they didn't sound like was going to happen. Xposed is cool and I would like to find an alternative that runs on ART. If Xposed support ART I would be even happier.
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Rovo89 has promised to make xposed compatible with ART but he's gonna wait till ART beta phase is over, he even said that he has created a version that works on ART
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partylikeaninjastar said:
Toggle style is unique to roms. XuiMod for Xposed handles animations. Halo has a mod that works well with the app Flotifications. I think the theme chooser, then, is the only thing truly unique, though with Xblast you can theme your phone a bit and Unicon has icons taken care of.
That's kind of the point of Xposed, though. It's adding just what you want so, while we may have to install this or that from the Play Store or through a mod, it means we can also leave out a lot of things we don't use or need.
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hkTheme manager is an alternative to cm themes provider, and v6 works flawlessly
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[Q] Xposed Framework - Gravitybox or Xblast Tools

Hello all,
What module do you use to customize - gravitybox or xblast tools? It seems that gravitybox is more popular but I haven't tried it yet. Xblast tools seems to have a lot of options from what I've seen. Just curious as to what everyone else's preference is

Xblast is awesome. However, in my experience, many of their mods are not yet compatible with KitKat. For that reason alone I believe Gravity Box is the better option for customizing/themeing. Gravity Box has its own KitKat module, specifically for KK Roms. I use GB (KK) and XGELS to do most of my framework/system themeing. XGELS is a really cool Xposed module that lets you customize the stock GEL launcher. It has many options such as resizing icons/text, changing the color of the icon text, removing the text and removing the oh so annoying google search bar! Plus many more features. Anything beyond that I use/build Zip Themer mods. Zip Themer is one badass application that builds flashable zips that help making the modification and themeing process a lot more user friendly. If you wanna check out how affective zip themer can be, go ahead and check out the candy shop mod thread in the Nexus 5 Themes and Apps forum. It's quite possibly my favorite and most used method of themeing my phone!

Pain-N-Panic said:
Xblast is awesome. However, in my experience, many of their mods are not yet compatible with KitKat. For that reason alone I believe Gravity Box is the better option for customizing/themeing. Gravity Box has its own KitKat module, specifically for KK Roms. I use GB (KK) and XGELS to do most of my framework/system themeing. XGELS is a really cool Xposed module that lets you customize the stock GEL launcher. It has many options such as resizing icons/text, changing the color of the icon text, removing the text and removing the oh so annoying google search bar! Plus many more features. Anything beyond that I use/build Zip Themer mods. Zip Themer is one badass application that builds flashable zips that help making the modification and themeing process a lot more user friendly. If you wanna check out how affective zip themer can be, go ahead and check out the candy shop mod thread in the Nexus 5 Themes and Apps forum. It's quite possibly my favorite and most used method of themeing my phone!
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Thanks for the explanation! Very very helpful. I'll definitely check out the candy shop thread as well

Gravity box? Lagging?

I'm running stock rom with rooted and installed Xposed modules!
Tried a handful of mods....but when i install gravity box it slows down my snappyness..while muktitasking....navigation buttons slightly lags a bit..... Which doesn't exist before i installed gravity or rooted?Please any solution to this???
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Did you use ART before installing Xposed Framework? As far as I know, installing Xposed disables ART (because it's not compatible yet).
While on ART the phone is a bit faster and snappier

it all depends on what settings you run from my understanding, the tweaks may interfere with stock UI since the modules are injected into the framework, while custom roms are built from ground up with optimization based on hardware
Since gravity can't test on all phones due to hardware and vanilla android alterations you may have issues or conflicts, I had navigational bar lags on stock, I suspect you need a custom rom that can remove the navi bar and use gravity one instead

Is mahdi rom is stable?And gud to use?
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mahdi rom would be a good start, it depends on what you want, Im using slimrom since it has basic mods I want, and its small and light,
gravitybox may not work with some custom roms since they already have most of the settings and it will just cause conflicts

republicano said:
it all depends on what settings you run from my understanding, the tweaks may interfere with stock UI since the modules are injected into the framework, while custom roms are built from ground up with optimization based on hardware
Since gravity can't test on all phones due to hardware and vanilla android alterations you may have issues or conflicts, I had navigational bar lags on stock, I suspect you need a custom rom that can remove the navi bar and use gravity one instead
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Gravity box should work fine with nexus 5 stock. The gravity dev has a nexus 5
No idea what you're talking about injecting modules
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[Q] [Xposed] Quick settings

yes, yes i know Gravity Box. But here's the deal i use Xblast tools. it offers way more but not all of what GravityBox has. I don't see the sense in having both of them installed since they conflict big time upon every reboot. So one thing i must have that i had with GravityBox was the ability to edit the Quick Settings. i've browsed through most of the Xposed module indexes and googled but came up with nothing yet. Is there an under-the-radar module/app for it? Any help will get thanked accordingly.

[REQ] Xposed for H6X/EM3.0

Is there any link for Xposed and does it break themes? Thanks. (Hope a version without breaking themes get released).
Thanks.

Installed latest version and checked 'disable resource hooks'. I guess that not using that option would temporarily mess up the theme until I hit that checkbox and reboot. Can someone confirm this? I would like to see the problem in action without messing up my phone.
Xprivacy works fine
did somebody try AppControl?

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pudup said:
Xposed 2.5.1 works fine but it breaks the huawei theme engine, which is fine IMO cuz huawei themes are ****.
Most modules works fine including grativybox.
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yeah it breaks huawei theme engine,but just wanted to confirm,is there any xposed module to change the color and layout of stock apps like the default blue layout on dialer and also on notification panel?

Install the latest xposed installer and then tick disable resource hookers in settings most modules will work

I installed it,disabled the resource hook,unfortunately gravitybox,xuimod dont work...i need gravitybox for kill apps by back button,,,
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can't get flat style colored bars to work
installed framework 2.6.1 but can't get the flat style colored bars to work.. any suggestion and work around? really loved that module..