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Does everyone expect the Note 2 to go multi carrier? After the GS3 launch I think they've built a really solid reputation, launching it on every carrier on their terms. I really hope that it does because after trying out the GS3 after switching from HTC I really like Touchwiz actually. I do hope that they get rid of the home button though, and it would be cool if they had the option to enable the Nav Bar.
This is my dream. Galaxy Note III or Note II with Google quick updates, like Nexus devices. Maybe some kind of petition to Samsung or Google will contribute for this?
Galaxy S4 Google Edition:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-s4-google/4505-6452_7-35761621.html
I can barely see this making sense on the S4, but I really don't think it'd make sense with the Galaxy Note series. If you strip away Touchwiz, you're left with a big screen, powerful hardware, and a S-pen that would have absolutely zero integration with the OS. I love stock Android, but being the Note is heavily centered around the S-pen, and S-pen is so deeply entrenched in Touchwiz, this is one case where I think I'd rather have Touchwiz.
Elsydeon said:
I can barely see this making sense on the S4, but I really don't think it'd make sense with the Galaxy Note series. If you strip away Touchwiz, you're left with a big screen, powerful hardware, and a S-pen that would have absolutely zero integration with the OS. I love stock Android, but being the Note is heavily centered around the S-pen, and S-pen is so deeply entrenched in Touchwiz, this is one case where I think I'd rather have Touchwiz.
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One of the reason I use Note series devices is S Pen. It perfectly and 100% works with CyanogenMod ROMs, why this will not work with official Google ROM??? For now I'm not using any of Samsung apps, and I find that Quill is perfect replacement for S Note. And there are many cool apps for just drawing like Drawing Pad, Doodledroid, AirBrush and others. Also Handrite is nice app. Besides Android 4.x and above have full support for wacom pen.
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One of the reason I use Note series devices is S Pen. It perfectly and 100% works with CyanogenMod ROMs, why this will not work with official Google ROM??? For now I'm not using any of Samsung apps, and I find that Quill is perfect replacement for S Note. And there are many cool apps for just drawing like Drawing Pad, Doodledroid, AirBrush and others. Besides Android 4.x and above have full support for wacom pen.
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Because SPen is native in touchwiz framework.. Not just in 3rd party spps that support a stylus. In TW it works in any browser on the keyboard in any app and the button can be set for lots of thing. Note with out at least option for TW is dumb. Any I have never used my note for "art".
How many ROMs have you actually used?
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TigerDNA said:
Because SPen is native in touchwiz framework.. Not just in 3rd party spps that support a stylus. In TW it works in any browser on the keyboard in any app and the button can be set for lots of thing. Note with out at least option for TW is dumb. Any I have never used my note for "art".
How many ROMs have you actually used?
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Android itself support wacom stylus actions. It will fully work at clean Android as well as TW.
I used many different ROMs at Note and Note 2. CM\Paranoid\TW stock and custom and many others. My current ROM is in my signature.
Not really interested in AOSP ROM on Note devices - that's a downgrade as far as I'm concerned. For full functionality, it's de-bloated touchwiz based ROMs for me.
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Not really interested in AOSP ROM on Note devices - that's a downgrade as far as I'm concerned. For full functionality, it's de-bloated touchwiz based ROMs for me.
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There are AOSP ROMS which do have S-Pen functionality. Try those. Eg. Liquid Smooth 2.4
I would better buying a nexus series phone rather than ruining my note 2 or 3. The samsung phones looks best with samsung adons. I used to hate touchwiz and only started using it since note 2 because of integrated features. So I will never have auch wish.
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There are AOSP ROMS which do have S-Pen functionality. Try those. Eg. Liquid Smooth 2.4
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Do you, or anyone else, know if it's possible to get stock camera functions (like recording in high speed and slowmotion) in aosp-based roms?
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sanke1 said:
There are AOSP ROMS which do have S-Pen functionality. Try those. Eg. Liquid Smooth 2.4
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Yeah not exactly. Those that are dependent on touchwiz framework (eg. screenshot, airview) are not available on any AOSP ROM. S Pen is functional on most ROMs, AOSP or otherwise, that's besides the point - hence the "full functionality" part.
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Yeah not exactly. Those that are dependent on touchwiz framework (eg. screenshot, airview) are not available on any AOSP ROM. S Pen is functional on most ROMs, AOSP or otherwise, that's besides the point - hence the "full functionality" part.
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True but now with the S4 around we could say it more a Touchwiz feature than a S Pen feature, things like pressure sensitivity work well with apps that offer compatibility. To be fair, would still use a custom rom, even when it ships with stock hehe. So yeah, can do that now already.
What would be great are the revealed sources of some prop hardware modules.
anonymous572 said:
This is my dream. Galaxy Note III or Note II with Google quick updates, like Nexus devices. Maybe some kind of petition to Samsung or Google will contribute for this?
Galaxy S4 Google Edition:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-s4-google/4505-6452_7-35761621.html
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I do hope that they will put out a "Google Edition" too but I will most definitely NOT buy it.
I DO like VERY MUCH Samsung added mods, apps, services, widgets, settings and personalizations (minus the launcher which I replace with Nova Launcher Prime).
I deactivate, of course, the few things which I don't use so they don't affect me in the slightest. I would have to do the same even on a "stock Android" for a few things anyway, so no gain/loss here.
The reason I want a Note III "Google Edition" to exist is very simple: if I keep a Note III for longer than it gets official Samsung updates and a major new version of Android with killer features comes out I can always flash the stock Android ROM! :victory:
Or, for example, it could still be getting updates but not for the new Android versions. It has happened with my old Galaxy S: in the end it was still being updated (heck, it is STILL getting new ROMs!!) but it never got ICS, the new ROMs are still GB based.
So both things may in fact happen. I kept my OG Note for 15 months, for example, which is a not so short time in the smartphone and mobile operating systems world...
Fine, a Note 3 Google edition.
Better even (for me) a 5,9 inch superfast phone without pen and gimmicks.
First thing I do is install Nova so I can reach all my apps from the homepage and disable as much unwanted / unneeded stuff as I can. (My S2 looks the same as my Note 2 now) and use (g) mail, g calendar, news apps, browser(s) nav progs, FB, and some utils.
But I am not a S penner.
I just have the note for size and speed. No pen or touchwiz needed.
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Omg shut up samsung, take my money and give me note3 nexus edition & it would be nice if its golden and active edition. Ill jiust wait for this every year now and then
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That idea of having a Google Edition I see as a downgrade compared to TW with Spen embedded in functionality almost everywhere, I just love the Spen, and make such an extensive use as I find it impossible now to do without it. As for a bigger screen, if they could manage to fit a bigger one on an size identical as GN2 that might be very tempting, if they decide to manage extra battery with a thinner body they already have my money, otherwise even if gn3 would be around by the time my gn2 will get broken, bcs it will, I would be buying again a gn2 if Samsung updates would continue.
Oh, I forgot, a plastic unbreakable screen, please that is just bs, unless the battery is flexible, the motherboard, etc etc, but who in their right mind would want to sell an indestructible device. Octa core, dodeca core, 24 core, lol, that is all bs to me, a Google edition 64 bit I would consider a real upgrade. But that might be some years away, maybe when GN5 would be around.
Peace.
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I would buy a N3 Google Edition as soon as I possibly could. I love the options and no nonsense approach that AOSP has. Over the last couple versions, Nexus devices have always been a step down in the hardware compared to other Android devices.
OP I think you're missing the point. A Honda Accord can drive on dirt roads but doing so won't let you experience all the car has to offer. Yes, the SPen WILL work perfectly fine with out TW but not having TW will cause a loss of functionality, period.
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OP I think you're missing the point. A Honda Accord can drive on dirt roads but doing so won't let you experience all the car has to offer. Yes, the SPen WILL work perfectly fine with out TW but not having TW will cause a loss of functionality, period.
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TouchWiz is a loss of functionality, speed and stability of normal Android ROM. There is no problem to port all S Pen features to clean Android ROM from Google.
The only reason I've not migrated to other custom ROMs is beacuse of the Spen integration in Touchwiz. I really dont like TouchWiz but i do use it.
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TouchWiz is a loss of functionality, speed and stability of normal Android ROM. There is no problem to port all S Pen features to clean Android ROM from Google.
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What functionality are you referring to exactly, that Touchwiz lacks and AOSP has? I have had next to no lags on most Touchwiz ROMs - and they're stable too. Obviously stock, unrooted is a touch laggy (i.e. notification lag, but that's it), but it's no issue once you switch to a good touchwiz based ROM.
The Note 4 introduces many innovations in software that could easily be ported to Note 3, such as improvements with S-Pen software, general UI changes, and overall a fresh, new software.
We have the Galaxy S5 ROM (with ported s-pen features from n3 rom) that runs perfectly fine, camera and browser and all. It would seem feasible that the Note 4 ROM can easily be ported to the Note 3, keeping intact many features once unique to the Note 4.
Do you think we'll see a note 4 ROM on note 3?
What features unique to the Note 4 would you like to see ported, specifically?
Mouse pen features, copy and select
On S5 Port ROM thread developer said, that he will port ASAP Note 4 ROM for Note 3.
But firtst must be Note 4 ROM available for download.
I don't think it will take too long before someone does it.
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with out a doubt... it will be here... just need to wait the firmware to be release...
Btw, despite the Mouse SPen features, what else are you guys looking for, from the Note 4?
Anything that we see in the note 4 would be great such as the multi window features, smart select in the air command, it's snote and the wide selfie mode in camera.
yep fahadali2315 will deliver, great dev and a gentleman who tries hard to accommodate most. Just begun to feed him coffee to keep him up for extra work here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2771454&page=237
Looking forward to that... Where can I find the ported s5 ROM? I like new touchwiz better than old tw
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Can't wait so see fully working ROM for Note 3 based on the Note 4 ROM...
The newer UI, new features to S-Pen ...
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Looking forward to that... Where can I find the ported s5 ROM? I like new touchwiz better than old tw
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i'm using S5 SYSTEMUI THEME Via Xposed installer check it out it's just like a Galaxy S5 no need to flash roms
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Looking forward to that... Where can I find the ported s5 ROM? I like new touchwiz better than old tw
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also if want to flash a ROM in order to have S5's TW you can try Hyperdrive ROM. It does a pretty good job.
the recent apps menu imo looks way better on Note 4 and it's worth porting.
Nice, that does look great!
And thanks guys got the xposed s5 ui
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hazgalevom said:
the recent apps menu imo looks way better on Note 4 and it's worth porting.
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That's the Recent apps off Android L, I believe it's a sign that they're getting ready for that MASSIVE update. :victory:
Because there will be a note 4 port is the main reason I'm sticking with my note 3 and not getting the note 4. I still consider the 3 to be a beast! And with note 4 software, I just can't justify the upgrade.
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All I want is the ultra power saving mode to be ported and id be happy
To be fair even the note 2 is a powerful player - note 3 is not that much behind note 4... Add note 4 firmware and debloat a little as standard and you got a phone that has literally no difference except that you miss a little bit of camera quality... But then paying £600 to bump up 3mp isn't really justified... And the n3 camera rocks anyway
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I second the ultra power saving mode wanted on note 3. Really, you could do something similar with taker I suppose (someone probably already has a profile for it), but the one for the GS5 looks pretty dang slick.
I will not go for N4 also cause the lack of water proof but i needed the OIS also. Im wa8ting N5
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Hi,
I'm thinking to buy a S6 but I really don't like the touchwiz (I'm not the only one ).
I read that using the google now launcher and the Material Theme is possible to have a sort of google stock image on the s6. Is it true? does it really disable the touchwiz functions?
Is there any other way to have a google stock ( Nexus like)on the s6?
Thanks a lot to everybody
Using the Google Now launcher will only replace the home screen interface. You still have the Samsung Touchwiz framework running behind that, so...short answer is no. You can't truly get away from Touchwiz because there's no AOSP ROMs out there and CyanogenMod says they won't support Exynos processors so don't look for a solution from them. That being said, you can use the Google Now launcher, Nova, Apex, or any other good AOSP-based launcher with a Material theme and you probably won't hate your phone as much as if you had to look at full-blown Touchwiz all the time.
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Using the Google Now launcher will only replace the home screen interface. You still have the Samsung Touchwiz framework running behind that, so...short answer is no. You can't truly get away from Touchwiz because there's no AOSP ROMs out there and CyanogenMod says they won't support Exynos processors so don't look for a solution from them. That being said, you can use the Google Now launcher, Nova, Apex, or any other good AOSP-based launcher with a Material theme and you probably won't hate your phone as much as if you had to look at full-blown Touchwiz all the time.
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Thanks for the answer. If that's the situation, I'm considering to buy another device. Now I don't know what to consider since I don't like LG G4 and the S6 really seems to have the best hardware and the best camera.
Yeah I am in the same boat. I hate Touchwiz, honestly think I should have bought an M9, but the S6 camera is fantastic. I make do with a Dark Material theme and Nova Launcher to make it less touch-wizzy. Don't forget that you can disable a majority of the Samsung bloatware, and if you're not against rooting you can use Titanium to freeze/disable the rest. If you're set on getting a Nexus experience without buying a Nexus device, you can get all of the apps on the Play Store so it's just a matter of customizing your S6 enough that you forget it has Touchwiz.
Hey guys, does anyone use the Pixel Launcher on their U11+ ?
Can you maybe post some screenshots, I'm wondering how it looks, how much of a Pixel vibe
does it add. The Settings app, Quick Toggles and Recents apps switcher are the only OS parts
that cannot be changed, but they look pretty stock/Pixel.
I don't really like the Sense launcher, but since you can change the launcher,
using the Pixel could change the whole look of the device towards Google's look.
Thank you.
I use to love the pixel launcher. I then gave Nova launcher a chance. Nova launcher has a companion app to swipe left for Google now plus you can customize it better and more than the pixel launcher. Long story short you can make it look like a pixel launcher. And it's on sale for Christmas. 99 cents the prime version that is.
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Hey guys, does anyone use the Pixel Launcher on their U11+ ?
Can you maybe post some screenshots, I'm wondering how it looks, how much of a Pixel vibe
does it add. The Settings app, Quick Toggles and Recents apps switcher are the only OS parts
that cannot be changed, but they look pretty stock/Pixel.
I don't really like the Sense launcher, but since you can change the launcher,
using the Pixel could change the whole look of the device towards Google's look.
Thank you.
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Using Nova Prime with the Google now companion
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andreipaval said:
Hey guys, does anyone use the Pixel Launcher on their U11+ ?
Can you maybe post some screenshots, I'm wondering how it looks, how much of a Pixel vibe
does it add. The Settings app, Quick Toggles and Recents apps switcher are the only OS parts
that cannot be changed, but they look pretty stock/Pixel.
I don't really like the Sense launcher, but since you can change the launcher,
using the Pixel could change the whole look of the device towards Google's look.
Thank you.
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Check out Flick Launcher. It is like a cross between Pixel Launcher and Nova.
I bought the Pro version for $1.99. It is still under development but well impressive to see a customizable Pixel style launcher.
Sense Home is okay. After hours of tweaks I got it where I could live with it.
The choices with Android are why I love it so much.
Lawn chair launcher is pretty sweet too and most importantly, free!
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I was using Nova prime and made it look like pixel but due to high battery issue had to remove and stay with sense for now.