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Samsung; What You've Done With ICS

I love Android Ice Cream Sandwich. I love the fluid user interface, the futuristic Holo theme, the aptly named Roboto font and its swipe-able UI elements among many other qualities. Hell, I love it so much that I’ve even started eating more Ice Cream Sandwiches ever since it was announced. ( just joking )
ICS is a completely new direction for Android, it is its first version that has a coherent design vision behind it, and its Director of User Experience, Matias Duarte has outdone himself. The care and love he has put in while designing it was pretty self-evident, that is, until OEM’s got their slimy hands upon its shiny, beautiful interface. ( yeah, Samsung, i am talking to you )
The crux of the matter is that Samsung just started rolling out its ICS update for its most popular smartphone to date, the Galaxy SII. And it is horrendous. Absolutely horrendous. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with it, except the fact that it looks EXACTLY the same as Gingerbread. Samsung have taken a revolutionary update to the Android operating system and turned it into an iterative one, which is behaviour that I cannot, in good conscience, condone. I am surprised that Google is not yet up in arms against such a base defilement of its beautiful child.
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Home Screen of SII on Gingerbread - (Courtesy-GSMArena.com)
Home Screen of SII on ICS - (Courtesy-GSMArena.com)
Samsung’s logic states that it does not want to change an interface that millions of its users have now gotten used to, which, superficially, seems pretty sound. But, the problem is that people were expecting ICS to be an absolutely revolutionary change and as Nokia and Symbian have already shown us, companies should not keep sticking to a familiar UI and ebb the tide of progress while the world around them keeps evolving. It is a cut-throat world right now, you either innovate and move forward or stagnate and die.
Which brings us to future innovation from Samsung. The company is about to introduce its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy SIII. The question then arises as to what Samsung shall make of the software atop such a seminal device; will they again cater to legacy users and use the same version of TouchWiz as on the SGS2, or will they completely re-vamp the UI to accompany the new device? As the situation stands, both of the options present potential pitfalls. If they stick to SGS2’s UI, the tech industry at large would be completely disappointed, as Samsung would be the only company to blatantly ignore ICS to such an extent. On the other hand, if they do introduce a new UI, they would be fragmenting their own Android smartphone portfolio.
Samsung has already garnered a reputation for being very flaky with regard to their updates. They decided not to update the Galaxy S to ICS at all and all this further confusion might be a potential nail in Samsung’s coffin for the year 2012. That is just how fast a single bad decision travels among the tech fraternity in these times.
I don’t want to sound like an Apple fanboy, but this is one place where Samsung and the whole Android OEM conglomerate sorely need to learn the ropes from Apple. They update their phones regularly and consistently. You can still pick up the iPhone 3GS, launched 3 years ago and it would still have more or less the same experience as a newly minted iPhone 4S, while in Samsung’s case, every subsequent generation of their flagship ‘S’ line has a monumentally different experience. Come on Sammy, wise up!
The good ole' Galaxy S, is not getting an 'OFFICIAL' ICS upgrade, why? Because according to them, the RAM in phone is not enough to run the touchwiz and the other carrier added crapware, even when the Google Nexus S ca be updated to the latest ICS offering, which essentially have the same hardware.
If you take a look at the homescreen of the S II, one which is still on Gingerbread and the other one which is updated to ICS, you can barely notice any difference between them.
So, in the end, i just want to state that if samsung's gonna include touchwiz n it's next flagship, at least please update the touchwiz so that we can tell any difference between Gingerbread & ICS.
P.S. I want to add a link for a youtube video which shows two S II, kept side-by side, one Gingerbread & one ICS, but the forum rules doesn't allow me to post the link.

I agree, but the reason I don't like TW is not because of fragmentation, but because It's just so extremely ugly. I know this is a personal opinion, but I know many people agree with me and I can't see how Samsung can possibly have missed this and continues to use it.
Also the fact that it is so similar to gb TW is stupid. HTC understood that they had to renew themselves and created a, in my opinion, amazing skin
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yeah! this video, which i want to post, but the forum rules doesn't allow me to do so until i reach the 8 posts.
Anyways, thanks

Habarug said:
I agree, but the reason I don't like TW is not because of fragmentation, but because It's just so extremely ugly. I know this is a personal opinion, but I know many people agree with me and I can't see how Samsung can possibly have missed this and continues to use it.
Also the fact that it is so similar to gb TW is stupid. HTC understood that they had to renew themselves and created a, in my opinion, amazing skin
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yeah, they've completely bungled up the ICS update for S II, only because of the ugly touchwiz. i mean just watch the video once, one can hardly tell the difference between gingerbread & ice cream sandwich, if they want to upgrade the software just to make them look-alike then i guess that their next flagship will be just like their previous, at least when it comes to os

The two biggest cons for me are that Samsung updates horribly slow because of it and that it's plain ugly.
Gingerbread, TouchWiz and Sense are closer to the style of iOS, while Ice Cream Sandwich is closer to the modern Windows Phone 7 style.
I like that much more. The only thing that I find better in WP7 than in iOS and Android is the design of the User Interface.

to be honest I am using a port of the HTC One with Sense 4.0 and Htc did nearly the same thing. If you didnt tell me it was ICS I would think it was gingerbread with a new sense clock widget. I am not sure why the OEMs continue to do this. Maybe samsungs or htcs decisions suite some, but when the first thing I need to do with the HTC port is start yanking apks and adding different launchers to convince myself I am running ICS there is an issue

incredible step backwards. total gingerbread sh!t.
ruins the whole essence of ICS if you ask me.
damn you and your Galaxy Value Pack upgrades too!
I dont want to unlock my phone with my face OK?

Guys you have to understand. We are the 1% of their users. And even some of us prefer ugly UI (MIUI). The OEM will always do this. The UI is their branding on a phone. Most normal users like the way it looks. Personally I have not seem a good looking UI from anyone. All 2 tone colors and flat images. Thank god for custom themes. Lol
If you want regular updates then get a Nexus. When it comes to anything other then the nexus, the carriers have all the control over the updates. (At least in the states)

Some people don't know that you can disable defaults on twlauncher and go to stock launcher instead.

I've made simular comments in the past few months after the first leaked images of the Samsung ICS update.
I argued that what we are seeing is a midcycle update and not the rule of thumb for future devices.
Don't get me wrong, this by no means advocates samsungs decision to strip ICS of its looks and feature set. I'm merely able to understand that many millions of people have bought this phone (millions of very ordinary people) and this isn't like an upgrade from froyo to gingerbread where the notification bar gets changed to black. ICS is a different animal all together.
My mother chose her green screen nokia 3210 over a cybershot Sony Ericsson simply because she wasn't keen on the icon style UI. She has never strayed from nokia since even though they now have icons.
Its a fear of losing customers which has lead to such a timid update and samsung as a brand doesn't have the same innovative swagger as HTC let's say. Where as HTC customers are almost expecting HTC to make everything more glossy and spin around like a disco dancer every two weeks in an update.
My GSII is still amazing with gingerbread. I've changed the launcher which I would have done and will do no matter what they did with ICS. Orange UK will release the ICS update in the coming weeks and my expectations are safely low.
I don't believe this will be the case for the GSIII by the way. Plus I also here that samsung may be the first to offer a choice of the new TW ICS (that's not so locked to the gingerbread experience) and Vanilla ICS.
My fingers are crossed and anyway my next upgrade cycle isn't until next year when jellybean will be out and the GSIV or "the New GS" will be in full swing.
Booooom!
** Most truths were once deemed blasphemy **
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ICS status bar battery is green! need I say more?
maybe they honestly tried, but with that touchwiz camoflauge, I have to do a double/triple take to see ICS.
SGS2:

Lol see the problem is, samsung believes in only changing the interface and adding true new features in their next flagship phone, unlike iOS where the new interface changes show up on older models. Samsung i hate you, and not by opinion but because i have the tab 8.9 and captivate and you havent done anything to fix their various bugs etc, so i have to rely on custom romsol

It's embarrassingly bad.
Sent from my SGS II

I guess the rational is that too radical a change would upset the uninformed users
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ICS not support ad-hoc!!!
using ICS only 1 hour and i flash it back to gingerbread 2.3.6, at least my gb 2.3.6 can connect to ad-hoc network and ics CAN NOT!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24766415

yeah, samsung are just careless when coming to device maintaining, but i don't care as long as there are devs that make ports and roms that i love, and samsung releases sources !!!

I agree, I have not had a stock firmware on any of my android devices for longer than a day or so in years. I guess that is actually a pretty hurtful statement to the OEMs software though

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Hi, what are the steps to do so?
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Samsung Keyboard Auto Correct

I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy s4 and have a problem with the default samsung Keyboard that comes on board. Is there anyway to get the keyboard to autocorrect after pressing the space bar as takes place on the iPhone and other downloadable android keyboards. I really love the look and the feel of the keyboard but I hate not having autocorrect. It makes typing without swype a hassle. I have done some research and discovered some threads that are saying that this auto correct feature can be enabled somehow through the settings menu. Does anyone know if this is true or if only some models have this capability such as the international version of the phone. I've had problems with the Samsung Keyboard dating back from the days of the S3 and I was hoping they added this feature to this model especially with their partnership with SwiftKey. Please let me know if this is a lost cause for the At&t model of the phone.

I would love to see if copying a non US Samsung keyboard can eventually open up auto correct features as was attempted in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2278618
However we can blame Apple Vs. Samsung for disabling our auto correct. It really annoys me because I did rely on it on my former phone(I really enjoy the stock keyboard). But alas I guess we will have to learn to proof read.
Hopefully Samsung's appeal or the new infringment case that now specifically names the GS4 will be a victory and fix this for us.
In the meantine English teachers are rejoicing. The US Patent office is sucking and Apple is a bully.
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I do not understand. How many other phones have autocorrect built into them. For god sakes the Nexus which is Google's flagship phone has auto correct built-in. Windows phones and BlackBerry have autocorrect built in and they are actually boasting about how good their autocorrect is. Then comes Samsung Galaxy phones sense galaxy s3 and the note 2 we have been deprived off autocorrect in the stock Samsung keyboard! This is ridiculous. I don't know how this lawsuit has been going on so long but Samsung really needs to violate whatever temporary order there is and provide its customers with auto correct because there is nothing beneficial about having a pretty keyboard with all these beautiful features that is rendered useless because Auto Correct is not an available option. I'm sorry but I refuse to proofread when other phones out there don't require me to.

I certainly agree. Lol
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On other devices like S3 and Note 2 the international keyboard was easily ported over.
You know this makes me wonder, if we flash a i9505 ROM would auto correct work?
Hmm.

Really I hate the Samsung 's keyboard even Sony has a better default keyboard. So I use swift keyboard.
It's just a comment.
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Just download SwiftKey. It's way better.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4

While I do like the Samsung keyboard, I am giving SwiftKey a whirl. I'm fact typing this from it now.
It seems promising. And of course the auto correct is there. I'll give it a few weeks on the trial and see how I feel.
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I currently am using SwiftKey but it's not as nice as the Samsung Keyboard. Don't get me wrong the autocorrect is awesome but I thought samsung said that SwiftKey is powering it's samsung Keyboard? And everyone knows that SwiftKey is known for its autocorrect so what's the point of the partnership if samsung isn't offering autocorrect! Also I hate using SwiftKey when I have to enter usernames and passwords. It can't differentiate the various fields and ends up putting spaces after periods and such so it gets annoying.

thdaddy34 said:
And everyone knows that SwiftKey is known for its autocorrect so what's the point of the partnership if samsung isn't offering autocorrect!
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Blame Apple, for suing Samsung. They believe they own "autocorrect."

CAG-man said:
While I do like the Samsung keyboard, I am giving SwiftKey a whirl. *I'm fact* typing this from it now.
It seems promising. And of course the auto correct is there. I'll give it a few weeks on the trial and see how I feel.
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Guess it didn't help much!
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plwalsh88 said:
Guess it didn't help much!
"I'm fact" I guess not. lol
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Use this. I dl this for every new phone I get. Most stock keyboards suck.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jellybeankeyboard.f.g

johnus said:
Blame Apple, for suing Samsung. They believe they own "autocorrect."
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Someone needs to tell Apple that they need to join some other companies to the litigation! Why is Samsung the only smartphone company facing this problem. For god sakes BlackBerry's primary selling point is their damn amazing autocorrect.
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 32 GB Model

Me personally I love the stock Samsung keyboard. I've tried them all from the Play Store and always come back to Sammy's keyboard. I'm coming from a Galaxy Note 2 so I was thrilled that they added the numbers on top row with the S4. But if they don't get this autocorrect feature thing settled with Apple I might be forced to go to a different keyboard, witch for me will be a total bummer... so hope they get this issue resolved soon

obriane217 said:
Me personally I love the stock Samsung keyboard. I've tried them all from the Play Store and always come back to Sammy's keyboard. I'm coming from a Galaxy Note 2 so I was thrilled that they added the numbers on top row with the S4. But if they don't get this autocorrect feature thing settled with Apple I might be forced to go to a different keyboard, witch for me will be a total bummer... so hope they get this issue resolved soon
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This dude got it working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2300382
But the autocorrect lags.

I uninstalled Swiftkey today. That was the worst auto correct I have ever seen. I tried using all it had to offer but it just could not auto correct right for me. I must be too hard for it to learn. Good for some people but not for me.
I generally have fat finger problems. The Samsung keyboard seems better able to get the letters right.
My former HTC phone did a good job as much as I didn't like the Sense experience. I saw a discussion on porting over the One keyboard. I might follow that as well as continue to watch if the samsung keyboard can be figured out.
Hopefully something will work out for my fat fingers. But then I am getting used to proof reading. *shudder*
Edit* Just saw this after I posted. Not sure how I missed it besides not reading.... I'm going to take a look at it.
geoldr said:
This dude got it working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2300382
But the autocorrect lags.
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Google separated and released the Android keyboard in the play store for 4.0 and higher devices. Its called Google Keyboard. Complete with Autocorrect.
Installed and I am happy.
Sent from my awesome AT&T SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 SGH-I337 using xda developers app.

I've gone ahead and installed the Google keyboard seems pretty awesome wish it had the dedicated number row though... The buttons seem a bit larger than the Sammy ones, maybe cause its meant to work well with phones with smaller screens as well.
Sent from my GS4

this endless patent lawsuit crap only hurts the users; and its getting old. every time i hear about it i want to buy another manufacturers product. or return several on bullcrap reasons to hurt their bottom line. then again, the stick has been patented, so dont go play fetch with one or you may get sued...
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MIUI Redefining Android Tablet

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Just in case

This binary port combine AOSPA for Tab 3 from @bakxsteen http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2713660, official AOSPA for Note 2, and multi languages MIUI for Nexus 7 2013 from miuiandroid.com, patched CM's surfaceflinger, patched framework-res.apk for voice, SMS, and mobile data support.

I really like MIUI, it's one of those rare examples of a company taking something great and actually making it better. Xiaomi has finally made the entire source code tree available, including the kernel, so we can expect some really interesting up and coming ports. I recently helped a friend install MIUI, he was frustrated with TouchWiz on his Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, TouchWiz was taking up to much memory, an unbelievable 800MB of system memory. He was experiencing lag and major memory problems when using app's as simple as a browser. MIUI, not only made this little guy faster by an unbelievable factor of 10 but the screen actually looked better, so much so that I too just might grab me an S4 or S5 mini and install MIUI on it. Really, I was quite impressed on how wonderful the whole experience was. Oh the system memory, MIUI only took up 380MB, half that of TouchWiz, just amazing. After the install we compared the speed of the now MIUIized S4 Mini to my friends wifes stock S4 Mini, wow, just wow, it was like night and day better, instant computing fast. The UI really is perfect for phones and small tablets like a Nexus 7, even without out all of the gimmicky crap.
I encourage anyone who is fed upped with TouchWiz to give MIUI a go, it will definitely renew your confidence in your phone. I now have it installed in my old Note and it's like a new phone. It's becoming a real problem on how unoptimized TouchWiz, Samsung really needs to completely start from scratch instead of piling on new features just to say, "look, we have that iPhone feature too", just gimmicks and bloat, that's all it is.

I plan to release MIUI Tablet for Tab 2 7.0 today. For Tab 3 8.0, it's depends on user interest. MIUI runs smoother on Tab 3, my daily ROM for now

ketut.kumajaya said:
I plan to release MIUI Tablet for Tab 2 7.0 today. For Tab 3 8.0, it's depends on user interest. MIUI runs smoother on Tab 3, my daily ROM for now
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I would love to see Miui on my daughter Tab 3 7".

ketut.kumajaya said:
MIUI Redefining Android Tablet​
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Great idea for Tab 3, thanks for possible continuing development on the 3.7", and please: Can you build a debloated (google-free) lite version for T210?

martin_s5670 said:
Great idea for Tab 3, thanks for possible continuing development on the 3.7", and please: Can you build a debloated (google-free) lite version for T210?
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I need KitKat based ROM for MIUI Tablet and Tab 3 7.0 for development

ketut.kumajaya said:
I plan to release MIUI Tablet for Tab 2 7.0 today. For Tab 3 8.0, it's depends on user interest. MIUI runs smoother on Tab 3, my daily ROM for now
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Only interested if you can get all of the hardware to work properly including the IR blaster.

DigitalMD said:
Only interested if you can get all of the hardware to work properly including the IR blaster.
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No offense meant, but this is the kind of comment that makes devs say 'screw it'; I know, I hear it all the time on my threads. Laying it out there that you won't use this unless it's perfect is the kind of thing that really should be kept to yourself. As I said once in my Beanstalk thread, there should be some money in his Paypal account because only employers get away with talking like that. Remember this is all for free and in someone's spare time. Just sayin' :highfive:

The hardest part is bluetooth. More difficult than sound, hardware accelerated graphics, rotation and screenshot artifacs, sensors, WiFi, voice, SMS, data, and IR :laugh: Everything will works if Xiaomi give me the source code :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

ketut.kumajaya said:
The hardest part is bluetooth. More difficult than sound, hardware accelerated graphics, rotation and screenshot artifacs, sensors, voice, SMS, data, and IR :laugh: Everything will works if Xiaomi give me the source code :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Only speaking for myself of course, I don't use Bluetooth, so that's one thing I could live without for the moment. Take yer time man, get it right and then let it fly!

ketut.kumajaya said:
The hardest part is bluetooth. More difficult than sound, hardware accelerated graphics, rotation and screenshot artifacs, sensors, WiFi, voice, SMS, data, and IR :laugh: Everything will works if Xiaomi give me the source code :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Maybe there is something possible as "essential", for instance without BT, voice, IR!?

Abandoned project http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=21601&page=4#pid516857 MIUI KitKat Tablet version 4.5.16 for Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 3G T311 and GApps available at http://www.mediafire.com/?8t81d475tdavk

Would love to try this. Will it work on the 310?
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dparrothead1 said:
Would love to try this. Will it work on the 310?
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You can try, immediately flash NEXT kernel for T310 after. No support for this discontinued project, sorry.

BMP7777 said:
No offense meant, but this is the kind of comment that makes devs say 'screw it'; I know, I hear it all the time on my threads. Laying it out there that you won't use this unless it's perfect is the kind of thing that really should be kept to yourself. As I said once in my Beanstalk thread, there should be some money in his Paypal account because only employers get away with talking like that. Remember this is all for free and in someone's spare time. Just sayin' :highfive:
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No offense but the man asked for opinions and I gave my opinion, if you have a different opinion more power to you but keep your insults to yourself.. I am a developer, I understand the work that goes in. Doesn't keep me from giving honest opinions. I like all the hardware I paid for to be working on any ROM I use.

DigitalMD said:
No offense but the man asked for opinions and I gave my opinion, if you have a different opinion more power to you but keep your insults to yourself.. I am a developer, I understand the work that goes in. Doesn't keep me from giving honest opinions. I like all the hardware I paid for to be working on any ROM I use.
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Wasn't trying to insult you or anything else. And if you are a dev I would think you'd totally understand my comments. I want this to work perfectly as well but apparently that isn't possible right now. Have a good one.
Now that I have time to look back on the thread, this is your 'opinion'? "Only interested if you can get all of the hardware to work properly including the IR blaster." And I'M the one who's being insulting?? Why would you even bother posting that? If you are a dev, you should not only agree with my response, but I would assume that you have had many similar 'opinions' handed to you when your builds don't function perfectly from jump. I didn't insult you; I simply tried to say that that sort of comment is the type of thing that makes people angry when they are spending all of their free time trying to get something off the ground. You SHOULD understand that, but apparently don't. You want ME to keep my comments to myself? Maybe you should do the same. Have a nice day

ketut.kumajaya said:
I need KitKat based ROM for MIUI Tablet and Tab 3 7.0 for development
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There is a kitkat rom to T211 maybe you can port it to T210 ? :silly:

MIUI For Tab 3 7.0 SM-T211
ketut.kumajaya said:
I plan to release MIUI Tablet for Tab 2 7.0 today. For Tab 3 8.0, it's depends on user interest. MIUI runs smoother on Tab 3, my daily ROM for now
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...any chances for T211...?.
hmmm...just pressing my lucks...
TIA

[Q] How to completely turn off parallax wallpapers

İ have just bought S6 been huge fun HTC last for years but this year chose S6.
One thing bugs me on S6 that paralax wallpaper how can i turn it off its so much copy from İOS and i do not like. is there a way to do it
Thanks

cihanleanne said:
İ have just bought S6 been huge fun HTC last for years but this year chose S6.
One thing bugs me on S6 that paralax wallpaper how can i turn it off its so much copy from İOS and i do not like. is there a way to do it
Thanks
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I'd like to dissable it too...

guax said:
I'd like to dissable it too...
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No one has repliedi assume maybe there is not way to do

cihanleanne said:
No one has repliedi assume maybe there is not way to do
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I'd didn't found it

cihanleanne said:
İ have just bought S6 been huge fun HTC last for years but this year chose S6.
One thing bugs me on S6 that paralax wallpaper how can i turn it off its so much copy from İOS and i do not like. is there a way to do it
Thanks
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Is this the thing where the wallpaper moves based on how you're holding the phone?

Just get another launcher like nova or something, the parallax effect only works with the touchwiz launcher

Just sold the phone too much iphone copy

Contacted Samsung Support about this. They will forward the request to the developers. If enough people complain and request an option to disable this effect, then it will probably come with the next OTA.

I returned my phone yesterday because of this and got charged $50 restocked fee I was livid! So I ended up buying the phone again today and installing Nova launcher to remove that parallaxitive effect.

[email protected] returning phones because of this

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Ur sopposed to get an android to be different from the iPhone and what do they do? sell me a phone that the home screen acts like an iphone...smhh I don't wanna have that piece of sh%= round hurrr, ya feels me dawgs!! That's loyalty towards android, round my hood that's how a brotha gain spect fo anotha, ain't no one gots time fo betrayal. This life full of rats and snakes...
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Whats the problem with installing another launcher if you want to be more android like?
Like nova or Google now launcher

I don't understand people sometimes, this has to the be one of the dumbest reasons ever to return a phone...

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I don't understand people sometimes, this has to the be one of the dumbest reasons ever to return a phone...
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That's just loyalty. Some people are just sell outs and jump to the nearest ban wagon, not me and a couple of others...

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Ur sopposed to get an android to be different from the iPhone and what do they do? sell me a phone that the home screen acts like an iphone...smhh I don't wanna have that piece of sh%= round hurrr, ya feels me dawgs!! That's loyalty towards android, round my hood that's how a brotha gain spect fo anotha, ain't no one gots time fo betrayal. This life full of rats and snakes...
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Typing like you talk in real life is so 1990 =p
But yeah, I see your point!! Look below, you can barely tell the difference! Which one is the iPhone?? No one knows..
And FYI parallax wallpaper was on android before iOS. 3D live wallpaper. They just rebranded it. And live wallpaper in general has been around since the Nexus One.

Some people are just dumb returning a phone because you dont like wallpaper? This is android. You install another launcher... make your phone your own. I bought the phone for its hardware... not its software... if your too lazy to make the phone your own... please go back to apple.. so you can be stuck in only one vision of a phone.

returning a phone because of the wallpaper? WOW, and i mean WOW, that's pure unrefined stupidity. It would be like returning a house because you didn't like the color of the paint in the living room.
Copy of the IOS?? since when did parallax become solely associated with the IOS? Parallax effects have been around since the 1990s on NES games, animated shows, flash animations and games, etc.; Did they not consider that the parallax effect is actually just a LIVE WALLPAPER? Which has been with android since android 2.1 before its implementation on the IOS? If at all, the Iphone is actually copying and slowly becoming an Android device.
As for the overall appearance of a lot of Android smartphones' default launchers, is Android really copying the IOS? or are they just being affected by the ever changing preference of the general consumer? How do you actually define the "Android look"??? Is it the "80s retro-futuristic" look or the cheesy customized-friendster-ish look of a lot of themes of the multitude of launchers in Android? Is it the low-res or the 3Dish looking icons that makes an Android smartphone look "Android"? Sheeesh, talk about old relics that don't like change and advancement in technology, i for one, like the sleek and clean-looking icons and the minimalist design on the menus on default phone launchers, but that's just my personal preference, if you don't like it then change the launcher, root it and install a custom ROM or something, but SELLING??? Remember, you don't have a feature phone on your hands with a fixed set of capabilities and appearance, IT'S A SMARTPHONE for crying out loud.
Oh, and loyalty? loyalty is about sticking by someone or something whatever that may happen. They sold their phones because they didn't like parallax wallpapers, doesn't that make them literally "sell-outs"? Also, isn't hating the iOS a bandwagon thing too? Because I rode that bandwagon for the fun of it, other bandwagons include iOS fanboyism, Android fanboyism, PC fanboyism, Console fanboyism(with sub-categories and in-fighting amongst PS4 and Xbox fanboys), hating on Nickelback is also a bandwagon(yes, i've researched for years the core-reason why a lot of internet people hate Nickelback....and i've come to the conclusion that it's really a bandwagon), and a lot more bandwagons, there's a bandwagon for almost every imaginable thing, except for Justin Bieber hate, that's a real thing.

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I returned my phone yesterday because of this and got charged $50 restocked fee I was livid! So I ended up buying the phone again today and installing Nova launcher to remove that parallaxitive effect.
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No words to describe you sir .they should have charged you 200 .

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Sorry to respond to such an old post but this is the single most stupid thing I think I have ever read. Congrats, you should win an award or something. Like a gilded turd that has been sculpted to resemble an iPhone.

7.1.1

Any idea why Samsung still hasn't released this yet.. My old phone has been on this for months already. Pretty crazy Samsung still fails at updates.
On a side note I might have a Exynos variant for sell lol.

Samsung is probably saving 7.1.1 for the Note 8.

Lol... how many Samsung phones have you had in the past? If you know the history then no one should be expecting any eta on an update from sammy...especially carrier specific models

note 8 ? nah samsung s9 maybe if you lucky .

Might be here the next solar eclipse!

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So no dev other than TW in the Exynos variant and **** update cycles from Samsung. Noted.
If anyone wants a mint Midnight Black G955F with a leather back let me know.

Hello,
Another question please, can you tell us what is found on the version android 7.1.1 and that is not found on android 7.0, on the S8 of course?
Thank you.

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So no dev other than TW in the Exynos variant and **** update cycles from Samsung. Noted.
If anyone wants a mint Midnight Black G955F with a leather back let me know.
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So this was your first samsung phone...noted

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So this was your first samsung phone...noted
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Actually I was all Samsung from the Galaxy S, S4G, S3, Note3 but left after that. That was good times for development for Samsung back then. Everyone says the Exynos has better development since its not as locked down, however it doesn't seem to be the case.

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Actually I was all Samsung from the Galaxy S, S4G, S3, Note3 but left after that. That was good times for development for Samsung back then. Everyone says the Exynos has better development since its not as locked down, however it doesn't seem to be the case.
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Do some extensive research bro...you don't wanna waste your money like that homie ?'s too expensive to be unsatisfied

jidamo said:
Hello,
Another question please, can you tell us what is found on the version android 7.1.1 and that is not found on android 7.0, on the S8 of course?
Thank you.
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Battery enhancements and force touch features baked in when using certain launchers, Gifs directly in certain messaging apps, Fingerprint swipe baked in, Daydream VR, other Nexus/Pixel features which can be easily installed as long as the base OS is matching.

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Battery enhancements and force touch features baked in when using certain launchers, Gifs directly in certain messaging apps, Fingerprint swipe baked in, Daydream VR, other Nexus/Pixel features which can be easily installed as long as the base OS is matching.
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Ah, so what you're saying is that they already have an ETA because it's already been stated that Daydream will be coming in the summer. Cool.

Velrix said:
Battery enhancements and force touch features baked in when using certain launchers, Gifs directly in certain messaging apps, Fingerprint swipe baked in, Daydream VR, other Nexus/Pixel features which can be easily installed as long as the base OS is matching.
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So nothing worth having then?
Battery is already over 8 hours SOT on QHD+, force touch is useless as the only force touch a S8 can use is the home button area OR if you are a Jedi, GIFs? seriously? Just use Gboard, Daydream VR? Compared to gearvr it's rubbish, and Nexus Pixel features like what? Bugs and crashes? No thanks.

coming from a nexus 6 with 7.1.1 i can say in my experience this phone even unrooted is BETTER in every way. i truly saw no difference what so ever between 7.0 and 7.1.1

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So nothing worth having then?
Battery is already over 8 hours SOT on QHD+, force touch is useless as the only force touch a S8 can use is the home button area OR if you are a Jedi, GIFs? seriously? Just use Gboard, Daydream VR? Compared to gearvr it's rubbish, and Nexus Pixel features like what? Bugs and crashes? No thanks.
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Eh that SOT would only be with light usage, low screen brightness and on WiFI. Other users time will vary for one. I avg around 5.5-6 depending on my usage however I can definitely eat it up faster so anything extra is always nice. Any device can support the "force touch" type features with long press to enable extra options. For instance launching a new tab in chrome straight from your home screen.
I use Gboard the fact is it's baked in other apps that don't support it. Google messenger, Hangouts, Allo, ect.
Daydream is about as ****ty as any mobile VR option they all suck compared to PC but the fact is options are always nice and not being locked to one vendor.
If you honestly think the Pixel is a buggy device I can't honestly say much more to you on that. You would have honestly never had to use one to come to that conclusion. The S8 is buggy, **** force closes, half the apps can't use the screen, it's resolution is just not widely adopted yet and won't be for years. I constantly touch the side of the screen while trying to press something on the other side with one hand, the Bluetooth can be buggy sometimes just dropping my car and headset only to reconnect instantly or sometimes not at all. The heartbeat monitor is hit or miss, it doesn't always work for me. There is plenty of flaws then again it's a Samsung not much different than anything else they release.

The Pixel is buggy, it has one of the highest return rates, and customer complaint rates for any current phone at a certain reseller in the UK (which you can take my word for or not, dont care).
So why doesnt Samsung use 7.1.x? Its also buggy, and largely pointless over 7.0. The android that runs on many OEM devices isnt AOSP, it often contains fixes and improvements you wont find on the Nexus/pixel, ones the OEM has had to create themselves. Sometimes these just happen to be similar to the ones that Google implement on later android versions. Why if the OEM has fixed a thing would they bother then updating to a later Android version that doesnt offer anything more, but may contain new bugs?
Contrary to popular belief Google isnt always right, its not perfect and sometimes its programming is frankly very questionable.

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The Pixel is buggy, it has one of the highest return rates, and customer complaint rates for any current phone at a certain reseller in the UK (which you can take my word for or not, dont care).
So why doesnt Samsung use 7.1.x? Its also buggy, and largely pointless over 7.0. The android that runs on many OEM devices isnt AOSP, it often contains fixes and improvements you wont find on the Nexus/pixel, ones the OEM has had to create themselves. Sometimes these just happen to be similar to the ones that Google implement on later android versions. Why if the OEM has fixed a thing would they bother then updating to a later Android version that doesnt offer anything more, but may contain new bugs?
Contrary to popular belief Google isnt always right, its not perfect and sometimes its programming is frankly very questionable.
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Yup, that has been my experience & observations too when I used to own Google Nexus phones (Nexus 5 & 5X) alongside my Samsung flagships.
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ChrisM75 said:
The Pixel is buggy, it has one of the highest return rates, and customer complaint rates for any current phone at a certain reseller in the UK (which you can take my word for or not, dont care).
So why doesnt Samsung use 7.1.x? Its also buggy, and largely pointless over 7.0. The android that runs on many OEM devices isnt AOSP, it often contains fixes and improvements you wont find on the Nexus/pixel, ones the OEM has had to create themselves. Sometimes these just happen to be similar to the ones that Google implement on later android versions. Why if the OEM has fixed a thing would they bother then updating to a later Android version that doesnt offer anything more, but may contain new bugs?
Contrary to popular belief Google isnt always right, its not perfect and sometimes its programming is frankly very questionable.
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You really think Sammy's ancient 7.0(freaking HMP) worst/slowest skin aka lagwiz will beat latest google's 7.x.x (EAS). That's a funny story bro.

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So nothing worth having then?
Battery is already over 8 hours SOT on QHD+, force touch is useless as the only force touch a S8 can use is the home button area OR if you are a Jedi, GIFs? seriously? Just use Gboard, Daydream VR? Compared to gearvr it's rubbish, and Nexus Pixel features like what? Bugs and crashes? No thanks.
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Force touch worked on my s5