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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!
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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 guys,just in case anyone can help... I found the apks here in the forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2691599),the stock ones from the Galaxy S5 but ported to work on the Samsung TW Roms, the accuweatherphone2014.apk and weatherdaemon2014.apk. For my surprise,just putting them into system app and giving the right permissions and rebooting made them work and the widget appears on the Google Launcher,the one I always use,and works fine,but with one problem. When you tap it and the accuweather app opens, very nice design btw, if you select settings it FCs... Any idea on how to make it work?
EDIT
Ok, found a workaround in case anyone is interested, but needs to have a Galaxy phone. In my case I have an S4 with the GPEdition Rom. What I did was to flash a TW ROM, replaced the apks with the S5 ones, set the update frequency and transparency I wanted for the widget, made a backup with Titanium, restored the GPEdition ROM and restored apps and data, and now works perfectly. Was looking for this widget to work on another launcher since my S2 early days...
Simple request
and i m really on my knees for this one
I want stock google lollipop apps for galaxy note 3 stock lollipop firmwarw
specially the dialer and contacts
Messenger is available on google play
I am dying for google fialer and contacts
plsss
if anyone can do it
it would be a blessing
I tried the apks which are alreadya available here on xda and on other forums
but the are from older pre final builds and dont work
It would be good.
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royawais said:
Simple request
and i m really on my knees for this one
I want stock google lollipop apps for galaxy note 3 stock lollipop firmwarw
specially the dialer and contacts
Messenger is available on google play
I am dying for google fialer and contacts
plsss
if anyone can do it
it would be a blessing
I tried the apks which are alreadya available here on xda and on other forums
but the are from older pre final builds and dont work
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If you are really want it that much then flash cm-12 , it has all what you want and more.
shafez said:
If you are really want it that much then flash cm-12 , it has all what you want and more.
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In CM12 there's no tw tweaks, we want aosp dialer on TW.
I found very good alternative of AOSP dialer.
This is much better than stock TW phone app.
Check out "Simpler Dialer - Android L UI"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simpler.dialer
There a lot of Contacts App alternatives but incoming / outgoing call screen doesn't change. TW call screen stays.
rhinestorm said:
There a lot of Contacts App alternatives but incoming / outgoing call screen doesn't change. TW call screen stays.
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Its 2 separate apps of course it will
has anybody found this yet? I dont like any of the alternatives.
Hi all,
I am contemplating changing my 18month old Nexus 5 for a S6 Edge.
I have used Samsung phones in the past but always ended up flashing stock Android ROM as I couldn't stand the replacement Samsung apps.
My question is, is touchwiz now on par with the stock Androis (Nexus) functionalities?
I am aware that we can simply replace the launcher for Google Now Launcher however how do the core apps compare with the stock ones?
Now with Google putting most of their apps in the Play Store we could essentially replace most of the Samsung apps but:
Does the phone dialer support the telephone number lookup available in the Nexus range (look for a business name to resolve a number, same for incoming calls)?
Does Touchwiz lockscreen support the latest option of smartlock (trusted places and trusted devices) ?
How does Touchwiz manage the notification modes of the stock Android (none/priority/all) and can we schedule a DND time for the night ?
How do the lockscreen notifications appear compare to stock Android ?
I haven't been able to find good screenshots of all the menus present in the S6 to compare the functionalities.
1. No
2. Yes
3. It supports all those modes
4. Similar to stock android depending on what
mhhh ok, sounds like the Samsung customisation still isn't as good.
If running a custom ROM such as CM then you lose the great Samsung camera and the Exynos optimisations and staying with stock Samsung ROM you lose some of the basic stock Android features, there is never a perfect system is there ?!
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mhhh ok, sounds like the Samsung customisation still isn't as good.
If running a custom ROM such as CM then you lose the great Samsung camera and the Exynos optimisations and staying with stock Samsung ROM you lose some of the basic stock Android features, there is never a perfect system is there ?!
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Samsung has cut down TouchWiz a lot this time around though. The phone is actually fast now.
Is there any possibility to make a Touchwiz ROM with all google Apps like Google Calendar in place of Samsung Calendar, Google Dialer in place of Samsung Dialer, Pixel Launcher in place of Touchwiz Home but keeping all the essential features like the amazing Samsung Camera, Always On Display, Samsung Health and all the additional things available under Settings?
If you are going to recommend me some AOSP/Linage based ROM, I want to tell you that they either don't have all those amazing Samsung things or fail to utilize all the sensors such as Pedometer, heart-rate sensor and all. If you know some ROM which has all these things, please recommend me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development/rom-decent-ultralite-4-0-n-dqhc-g93xf-t3662274
This could be the base and maybe opengapps as an addition should fit your wish....
Nice! But this is for G930F and my device is G930W8.