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This is a rom I built for myself from cyanogens eclair branch in github.
The kernel is from his github as well w/ the ramhack applied.
Dream only.
Camera does not work. I saw there is a fix but haven't looked at it yet, I don't even use the camera.
Try if you like but Flash at your own risk.
I neither take the credit nor the blame.
None of the work is mine.
First boot takes a bit to settle.
You should probably wipe first.
Two Flavors (purely visual).
No more info for you.
Enjoy or don't
Changelog:
chocolate-1.0.1: fixed bug where contacts pictures didn't show up.
1.1: kernel changes (boot.img only)
1.2: upgraded to 2.1 firmware, removed ramhack
1.2.1: minor changes/additions
1.2.2: fix voice search, minor changes/additions
1.2.3: fix for text showing up black in status dropdown (chocolate)
chocolate-1.0 md5sum d2bb5858a6eda6b2be2e45071b29f799
chocolate-1.0.1 md5sum b413f6f55469dc89325f906a05f86782
vanilla-1.0 md5sum d2975398950052388be365a8d650c4f2
1.1-boot.img
vanilla-1.2 md5sum 40736d8c6bf75adb689f7b8fa34a0ac3
vanilla-1.2.1 md5sum 929f7b26c87ad4e0aa92802231e759c0
chocolate-1.2.1 md5sum e8b1b2284aaff12546436b0ca5c29f1f
vanilla-1.2.2 md5sum 6f68d08e7344761aaf65d184fca7fac5
chocolate-1.2.2 md5sum 2b1e967058dbf0347f9a580d471c855f
chocolate-1.2.3 md5sum 00b8c39be7d7956c05cd4df960f1b9ad
i am going to try this
What's chocolate n vanilla??
big_d093 said:
What's chocolate n vanilla??
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he said they were just for looks. however, i wouldnt consider flashing this until teh OP gets a CHANGELOG, CAMERA DRIVERS, and a little assurance that this is at least SEMI STABLE, because from reading the first post, i am 100 percent sure it is not stable.
that battery is ugly, no offense, just not my taste
Im going to try it and post my experience about this rom...posting more info on the OP about the roms could be helpfull you know? But anyway, im curious
djluis48 said:
Im going to try it and post my experience about this rom...posting more info on the OP about the roms could be helpfull you know? But anyway, im curious
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did you flash it yet? if so, is it suitable for every day use in your opinion?
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did you flash it yet? if so, is it suitable for every day use in your opinion?
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This rom is fast...its almost stock, except for the look, but all apps are stock..took like 6 or 7 mins to flash and boot the first time.
First weird thing i noticed: For some reason, in some places (like the time on the Notification bar or in the Lockscreen) its showing some weird square symbols.
Synchronization seems to work fine...at least Google contacts...Wifi seems to works fine.
Lockscreen is the rounded one, not the stock Eclair, wich i like more.
Multitouch works weird on the stock browser, but seems to work fine with Dolphin Browser.
When i try to send a SMS with the stock app, it FC.
No camera, its show a blank square, and when you hit "Settings" it FC.
Voice Search FC and Voice Dialer dont work, it dosnt FC tought.
Dosnt have live Wallpaper. 3D apps sucks (as always )
But still, its a FAST rom...not sluggish at all, thats a strong point...and its safe to flash.
I like look, the blue its a little bit too dark and sometimes you can get confused sometimes plus there are some mess up with the letters and background colors. Love the Bootscreen XD.
Tested the Chocolate version of the rom.
Overall look:
Fast and Stable rom, yet lots of things to work, but if he keeps this speed, its going to be a great rom.
For Daily use...i would say NO right now, but when he fix at least the characters mess up, it could be a daily use rom with limitations.
Here are some screenshots:
Hope it helps.
Can you take a pic of the strange square?
Ace42 said:
Can you take a pic of the strange square?
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Its the numbers, but just in some places.
dumfuq said:
This is a rom I built for myself from cyanogens eclair branch in github.
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Are you planning on maintaining this rom or is this a one-off venture for you? I love how you and daproy whip out 10mb hacks for CM roms, you kinda made a name for yourself already so I wouldn't mind sticking with this, if there will be updates and refinements.
At any rate.. thanks for your contributions to Android community.
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Are you planning on maintaining this rom or is this a one-off venture for you? I love how you and daproy whip out 10mb hacks for CM roms, you kinda made a name for yourself already so I wouldn't mind sticking with this, if there will be updates and refinements.
At any rate.. thanks for your contributions to Android community.
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I will maintain it somewhat as long as I'm using it. Not really sure, cause really I'm just doing it to learn and have fun. I
As to the force closes and box characters, I'm not really sure, its not happening to me.
dumfuq said:
I will maintain it somewhat as long as I'm using it. Not really sure, cause really I'm just doing it to learn and have fun. I
As to the force closes and box characters, I'm not really sure, its not happening to me.
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Weird, i did a full wipe before flashing the rom...
i was enjoying the very nice and complete theme on chocolate, however i recently switched to hero_over's manup redo. very fast.
upgraded to 2.1
why doesnt chocolate 1.2.1 flash.. i love this rom.. my favorite, no problems but 1.2.1 wont flash..
purpstar said:
why doesnt chocolate 1.2.1 flash.. i love this rom.. my favorite, no problems but 1.2.1 wont flash..
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You can try 1.2.2 but any info besides "won't flash" might be useful.
I have some questions:
When you say "vanilla" do you mean stock or is it another theme. Have any screenshots?
Have you fixed the camera issue yet?
How many icon columns in the launcher? 4 or 5?
Thanks.
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I have some questions:
When you say "vanilla" do you mean stock or is it another theme. Have any screenshots?
Have you fixed the camera issue yet?
How many icon columns in the launcher? 4 or 5?
Thanks.
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vanilla=stock
camera=no
columns=5 portrait, 6 landscape
UPDATE 5/19
Here is dropbox of new music app. It works outside of the launcher also, but doesnt have that cool look. Outside the 3d launcher it looks kinda like ours
®download new apk.
®get a system app remover. Search the market.
®use it to first back up, and then remove your old music application.
®find new music apk and instal.
®start launcher, (you downloaded both zips below and and installed everything right?)
®hit the thanks button
http://db.tt/KuYQA19
UPDATED 5/17
Hi all.
Let me start off by saying. . . I have no knowledge of porting or modding and was extreemely lucky to get this far. I need some dev help!
Here is my attempt at porting a landscape only 3d launcher for our tab. Works on 2.2-2.3.3.
It is a beta/alpha version.
I say beta/apha because some things dont work yet, but it runs very smooth. So I am calling it that.
This was originaly a launcher for anouther tablet (advent vega tab) and I believe it is called 3d Home Launcher Screen for Vega. It was designed for use with a Tegra processor.
Here is a link to vid of it running natively on its original device.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-4k62ln4j4
Did some tinkering, reading, hacking, slashing and harassing. . . . . lots of cursing
And. . . .
I got it installed and MOSTLY working . A few thing still need work.
Let it settle in. It has its own cache, and needs to build it. Restart the launcher maybe twice over an hour period. Its been running smooth, finding and playing all audio/video files. It created its own audio and video thumbnails.
®Music app DOES currently play music. It is visually stunning.
®Video app DOES play video.
*No google search bar. Thats okay. It was kinda cool tho. It caused FC's. Anything that caused fc's has been taken out of the uploaded version.
*Animated Weather widget shows weather but doesn't show the three days of the week buttons. It's just a black box that now turns to the next city. Maybe font is not installed. I am looking for it.
*It dissables two soft buttons. The search button and menu button. Long pressing the search key still brings up voice search. And pressing menu in apps still works. Pressing search button in an app still works.
Download launchkey and remap the long press search key to open search instead of voice search
*Button on right of task bar does nothing, I took out the Guide. It was for the original Tablet. Maybe it could be modded to open another app?
*Dock bar seems a little visually kooky. Black boxes under each icon where it is supposed to say name of each. Maybe font is not installed. I am looking for it. Also maybe this is because it is for a 10 inch tab screen and ours is 7.
Maybe a few things more but I cannot remember.
Guys, I think I am getting close, but would like some help, please, as I have no idea what I am doing.
®download both zips, unzip both and install all files. Sorry bout two zips. XDA has a size limit. Can anyone help make a CWM Recovery flashable zip? There is alot to install, and I dont want anyone missing an apk.
®works on any dpi.
®there are more widgets but currently they cause the forceclosures
®let it "settle"
®Devs focus on the *'s this is what I need the most help in
Almost 3000 views!
200 downloads.
No-one has a view or input in this that they wanna express?
Dang. . . .
. . . . sad
Whatta I gotta do to spark interest in helping. Higher naked dancing people?
LOL
Don't be shy and hit the THANKS! button. (It's right by the downloads and reply buttons!))
Apparently my tab takes photos upside-down. Sorry guys.
SPECIAL THANKS SECTION:
ultramag69 - helping with video player.
Thanks for the screenshots. Oh wait.
Name of launcher?
link to launcher?
screens?
anything?
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Name of launcher?
link to launcher?
screens?
anything?
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Its uploading.
Comp is taking forever
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Pretty sure someone has posted this before. It was ripped from an Acer or something like that.
And i hope im not the only one, but it looks nothing like the Honeycomb launcher..
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GANJDROID said:
Pretty sure someone has posted this before. It was ripped from an Acer or something like that.
And i hope im not the only one, but it looks nothing like the Honeycomb launcher..
| Don't Revive Me Bro! |
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If it is the same one, do you have a link or something?
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If it is the same one, do you have a link or something?
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I think the thread was called 3D launcher
I remember people posting links to VTL Launcher (or whatever its called) thinking it was the same.
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GANJDROID said:
I think the thread was called 3D launcher
I remember people posting links to VTL Launcher (or whatever its called) thinking it was the same.
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I remember that, i have vtl launcher, and it doesnt like like this
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I remember that, i have vtl launcher, and it doesnt like like this
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I know, and thats not the one i meant. I said people were posting links to VTL on the 3D Launcher thread.
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My appologies. Do you know if anyone got a launcher that looks like the one I want working?
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My appologies. Do you know if anyone got a launcher that looks like the one I want working?
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Life Screen (or Life Home) is *kinda* similar. Id reccomend that if you havent already.
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Thanks i will try it out. Have you trued home++
Its neat.
ssserpentine said:
Thanks i will try it out. Have you trued home++
Its neat.
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I have on my Desire ages ago. Have they actually updated it or does it work fine?
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I dont know if they updated it, but it works smooth on my 2.2.3 beta 2 overcome.
Netfront life screen: my only gripes so far is no orientation change. And the annoying need to click on the desired icon, it scolls to "home" then you gotta click again to open it.
And it would be awsome to have the circle centered in landscape on the middle bottom, or middle?
Kinda why i want the 3d launcher ported
I guess running netfront and circle launcher is the best 3d we are gonna get till someone ports the 3d launcher.
I've just been trying Claystone Launcher from the market, its a beta but works ok, no landscape mode, and app draw is slow and laggy, but other features are very good, i follow this and hope it will be nice and fast at some later date.
More info here:http://www.appbrain.com/app/claystone-launcher-%28beta%29/com.claystoneinc
It's from Advent Vega Tablet. i raised the same question some time back but no one seems to be interested.
I dont know why. It looks freakin sweet. I just think the people who, unlike me, can just dont want to. Everyone else waits for other people to do it. I bet if i had it posted available to instal right now, the download counter would be smoking.
Cmon guys, take a look and give some input. If you dont wanna do it teach me how. Id love to learn how to port things like this.
Here is a youtube vid on it running natively on its original tab.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?deskto...e.com/watch?v=G-4k62ln4j4&v=G-4k62ln4j4&gl=US
Does nobody have an opinion on this launcher? Do we want it ported?
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I would be interested in this launcher, seems interesting. There is a lack of tablet optmized launchers.
btw, here is the working youtube link..
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I would be interested in this launcher, seems interesting. There is a lack of tablet optmized launchers.
btw, here is the working youtube link..
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+1
For correcting the link.
I ripped the stock launcher out of a toshiba and its a pretty sweet launcher. Its definetly different that anyrhing we have available now.
If you wanna check it out, i can pm or email it to you as i cant upload.
It works great on any lcd desity, i have it on 182 right now. Using this in conjucture with circle launcher makes my tab visualy awsome and very unique.
I also have the dell stage launcher its a great portrait launcher because unfortunatly its resolution allows you to see part of each screen to the left and right in landscape mode. Still works in landscape mode, tho.
It is also diff than the regular old adw launcher. It has some widgets also.
I am in the process of ripping out every stock launcher i can find and trying to get it to work on the tab.
I am gonna start a new thread soon with all these in one spot that work on the tab. I am not gonna include launchers you can find on the market. Except in passing mention.
Do you think that thread is a good idea?
Introducing The All New HALO Series II Nova!
BEATS AUDIO WITH AWESOME SOUND CONTROLLER | BRAVIA ENGINE | HTC SENSATION SPOOFED | ICS 4.0.4 Development***HTC Sensation Spoof unlocks more apps from Play Store and More Application Compatibility baked right in.
Changes, Additions & Features Added In Descending Order of Appearance in the Original ROM (Compiled Changelogs).......
Trimmed down for more hardware stability during installation & better performance
Smooth lightning fast performance
ADW Launcher (Latest)
Blue Hallway Bootanimation by JaeKar99
Viper MOD! - Complete voltage control! (to use: open terminal and type "su" then "vipermod") -- by Viperboy / Tiamat
Collin's PH MOD! - Battery management (to use: open terminal and type "su" then "batt-cfg") -- by MYN
Mobile Security by XtraSEC
Xperia themes and icons package
Updated Youtube
Neon Clock Widget
Superuser 3.2
App2SD with Gemini App Manager (you can also move your apps to sd from default app settings)
Sony Bravia Engine
Super Smooth Scrolling
Ultra Sensitive Touch
Pyramid Spoof
More App Compatibility
Awesome Beats Audio
7 Stunning Themes Included in Cyanogenmods Theme Manager
Google Apps Baked Right In
Optimized Speed Enhancers with memory lock on home screen
Motorola Droid Sounds
Apex Launcher
Evervolv Acies ICS+ 2.6.38.8 Kernel
More Build Prop Mods
**Special Thanks to RGSGROUP2005 For His Development of This ROM As Well As His Generosity in Allowing Me to Share It With You Here (Original Thread Located HERE)
**Also Special Thanks to Scverhagen From Our Entire DoubleShot Community For Continuing Development of CM9.1 and His Kernel Modifications That Gave Me An Outstanding ROM To Base Halo On.
**Another Special Thanks to SilverL, Tbalden & Xmc WildChild22 For Their Continued Development and Collaborations on CM10, CM10.1 & AOKP As Well As the Highly Customized & Unique JellyKang v1.6
THANK YOU ALL GENTLEMEN! Without Each of You, This Wonderful Device Would Have Died an Untimely Death LONG Ago!
HALO Series II Nova DoubleShot Port.....Without Navigation Bar
HALO Series II Nova DoubleShot Port.....With Navigation Bar
**VERY Special Thanks to JESTERFELL For Finding The Build.prop Hack That Allowed Us To Add The Missing Navigation Bar Back Into This ROM. If You Appreciate This As I Did Please Go Back to The Bottom of Page 2 And Give Da MAN a BIG THANK YOU! He Deserves IT!
INSTRUCTIONS: If you already have a running version of this ROM all you have to do to is to go back & redownload ROM, reboot into recovery, format ONLY "System", Reinstall the ROM, Reboot & ENJOY.....& Thank Jesterfell!!!
Uh-Ohs:
*It Has Come To My Attention That Winamp & a Couple of The Specialized Camera Apps That I Included EVIDENTLY Have Some Library Files That I Neglected To Include. Simply Uninstall With Root Cleaner, Reboot & Reinstall Through PlayStore.......or Not. (Your Call)
.....for Justin Kase
Looks good--found 2 "bugs" so far...
Looks & works very good!!!!
I've found a bug so far...
Camera app is not showing preview in "normal" camera--preview works in panorama. (what do you need to track?)
Did the Winampdelete/reinstall---thanks!!!
Other than that it looks like a DD to me......
Once i am tired of MIUI this will be my next ROM to try
But could take a while^^
Looking foreward to test it though
Greets Vauvenal7
Sent from my HTC MyTouch_4G_slide
debianmain1 said:
Looks & works very good!!!!
I've found a bug so far...
Camera app is not showing preview in "normal" camera--preview works in panorama. (what do you need to track?)
Did the Winampdelete/reinstall---thanks!!!
Other than that it looks like a DD to me......
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I couldn't figure out what in the world was up with the camera. The developer said it worked great on the Supersonic except for the FFC. The CM9.1 I used as a base has an impeccable camera as well as 1080p! That's why I picked out a couple that have used before as add-ons to stand in until I MIGHT come up with something.
Other than that....I'm loving it myself! I'm glad you are too. Wait till she settles in...it looks like it's going to be sweet on battery usage too.:good:
As far as tracking errors go anything else will probably be related to the port. In that case it's probably going to be beyond my ameturish control. LOL
Vauvenal7 said:
Once i am tired of MIUI this will be my next ROM to try
But could take a while^^
Looking foreward to test it though
Greets Vauvenal7
Sent from my HTC MyTouch_4G_slide
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Josh's MIUI v.4 is lookin' good isn't it!? I don't blame you a bit either. I stayed on it for about 3 days myself & anyone that knows me knows that's a loooong time for me on a ROM! LMAO Now I have a good nandroid though and I revisit them all as time goes by.
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Josh's MIUI v.4 is lookin' good isn't it!? I don't blame you a bit either. I stayed on it for about 3 days myself & anyone that knows me knows that's a loooong time for me on a ROM! LMAO Now I have a good nandroid though and I revisit them all as time goes by.
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Is this rom really that nice about to flash and run for couple days. See what this chatter is about. Weekend always got something nice.
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Interesting....I tried a Gstore 3rd party camera app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.lgCamera ) & it did the same thing...then pulled the camera.apk from the CM10.1 that is my DD ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187130 )...it also did it too
I'm going to think about this one---I really want to like it, but the camera is a deal-breaker for me....back to CM 10.1 Official.....
I'm thinking that it's something in the kernel--3 different camera apps without preview....Hmmmmm....
As for really nice----YES!!!! I ran it for a couple of hours & could only find the camera bug....
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Interesting....I tried a Gstore 3rd party camera app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.lgCamera ) & it did the same thing...then pulled the camera.apk from the CM10.1 that is my DD ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187130 )...it also did it too
I'm going to think about this one---I really want to like it, but the camera is a deal-breaker for me....back to CM 10.1 Official.....
I'm thinking that it's something in the kernel--3 different camera apps without preview....Hmmmmm....
As for really nice----YES!!!! I ran it for a couple of hours & could only find the camera bug....
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I understand how it goes man. BUT....the cameras I put in there: Camera MX & Night Camera were working like gangbusters. At least on mine. With the DoubleShot I KNOW the camera is a huge deal but those are filling in nicely for me.
It's just WAY too powerful a ROM not to put it out there just because the camera we're used to seems to be borked at the time. If you come back to it, try those. Like I said though....I know how it goes.
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Is this rom really that nice about to flash and run for couple days. See what this chatter is about. Weekend always got something nice.
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If you can just get used to the new camera we're not used to seeing, you'll LOVE it. The video even has an option to turn on the LED for night shooting.
That's why I put several out there though. Variety is what makes the world go around.
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I understand how it goes man. BUT....the cameras I put in there: Camera MX & Night Camera were working like gangbusters. At least on mine. With the DoubleShot I KNOW the camera is a huge deal but those are filling in nicely for me.
It's just WAY too powerful a ROM not to put it out there just because the camera we're used to seems to be borked at the time. If you come back to it, try those. Like I said though....I know how it goes.
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I hear ya---I needed the phone for the coming week ( got to be a witness for a court case...) I'll look in towards the end of next week & see whats up....
Camera
WeekendsR2Short said:
... HALO Series II Nova! ...
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In my case, the main camera gives me a brief peek at the "viewfinder" image then puts up a black rectangle that covers the entire image. You can clearly see the rectangle's outline a fraction of a second before it covers all the preview area.
The other camera shortcuts just FC, or give me a combo settings screen THEN FCs when camera is chosen.
The only other negative comment I have is that I miss the JB navigation bar. One of our phones has a glitchy BACK button, and Nav Bar compensates for that. (*_-)
Other than that, everything I noticed is good--I'm blown away by this ROM! It's quick, responsive, and smooth.
Thanks, Weekends!
BTW: clean install, several minutes "resting" after flash.
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In my case, the main camera gives me a brief peek at the "viewfinder" image then puts up a black rectangle that covers the entire image. You can clearly see the rectangle's outline a fraction of a second before it covers all the preview area.
The other camera shortcuts just FC, or give me a combo settings screen THEN FCs when camera is chosen.
The only other negative comment I have is that I miss the JB navigation bar. One of our phones has a glitchy BACK button, and Nav Bar compensates for that. (*_-)
Other than that, everything I noticed is good--I'm blown away by this ROM! It's quick, responsive, and smooth.
Thanks, Weekends!
BTW: clean install, several minutes "resting" after flash.
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Yeah....in my haste I overlooked carrying some necessary libraries over with those camera apps. You should be able to just go into the market & uninstall/reinstall them and be good to go. OR just use Root Cleaner included in the ROM & then do the Market reinstall. You can also uninstall the main Camera with Root Cleaner. My bad. The Nav Bar just wasn't available in this one & I haven't yet learned how to get it in there. Sorry Jesterfell.
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... The Nav Bar just wasn't available in this one & I haven't yet learned how to get it in there...
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I haven't tried this, yet, but thought I'd share what I found:
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You simply need to edit your build.prop and add the line qemu.hw.mainkeys=0. You can use any good editor in Android to do that, or Build.prop Editor.
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This is supposed to provide a basic nav bar. It probably does not allow customizing or re-sizing.
I've also seen something like it in one of the MT4GS ROM threads. Wish I could find THAT one now.
I will be trying it, but probably not for a few days. I'll let you know how it turns out.
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You should be able to just go into the market & uninstall/reinstall them and be good to go. OR just use Root Cleaner included in the ROM & then do the Market reinstall. You can also uninstall the main Camera with Root Cleaner
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Don't sweat the cameras. Un-installing & re-installing is not such a big deal.
You simply need to edit your build.prop and add the line qemu.hw.mainkeys=0. You can use any good editor in Android to do that, or Build.prop Editor.
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MAN! Let me try that & I'll let you know immediately. If that works Bro, that's a heck of a find!!!
I haven't tried this, yet, but thought I'd share what I found:
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Well......I HAVE!!! And IT WORKS Jesterfell.....IT WORKS! What a FIND BRO! What I'm going to do for you and anyone else that wants it is post it up in the OP with Instructions. I WISH I had found this when I looked but I just didn't. WAY TO GO!!
Edit: Oh, BTW, it DOES add it into "Settings/System" with all the editing functions there. I just didn't put it thru it's paces is all.
:highfive:
WeekendsR2Short said:
Well......I HAVE!!! And IT WORKS Jesterfell.....IT WORKS! What a FIND BRO! What I'm going to do for you and anyone else that wants it is post it up in the OP with Instructions. I WISH I had found this when I looked but I just didn't. WAY TO GO!!
Edit: Oh, BTW, it DOES add it into "Settings/System" with all the editing functions there. I just didn't put it thru it's paces is all.
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GREAT! Now it's working for me, as well.
Thank you for trying it out so soon! And thanks for the kind words...
Hi guys here you have a proper review of the Nougat firmware for the S7 edge based on my personal experiences.
So I installed it yesterday night via odin thx to @laimonas777.
With my own experiences I can say it is not as nice as I had thought.. It's hard to use, it's full with small bugs and delays and sometimes it can even freeze up to 30 seconds (My experiences).
Every app has got the new GraceUI of the Galaxy Note 7 including the settings app.
One of the best Nougat features, the display scaling option has got "only" 2 different options which do not differ that much from the standard option.
Let's talk about the Notification panel. You now have 6 toggles visible at the top but you cant swipe anymore. When you pull the statusbar twice you will see 9 toggles per page. Its much harder to find one toggle you are searching for because of the 3 toggle pages. On Marshmallow all toggles were visible in one "page".
Also the colors could have been better but I think everyone has its own opinion there.
Something which is also weird is that you have a search bar on the notification panel but actually you cant type anything in there. Instead, this textfield will just open the finder app.
The camera has got newer options and a totally different but perfect UI which I really like. But the new color modes are actually not that important features and were also aviable partially in 6.0.
Lets move on to the recent apps panel, which is a big pain.. The recent items got taller just like in stock nougat but the scrolling is a very big pain. Its just as the android nougat developer preview 1 for nexus devices also there are some minor graphical glitches which I have shown in the video.
Another thing I want to mention are the notifications. And yes, they are ugly but i am sure samsung will fix that. On every notification where you can tap for an action (example whatsapp, to reply) is a grey bar, which looks horrible. You can see it in the attached ss
Performancewise it hasnt got big changes but dont forget the delays when opening some specific apps etc. The battery consumption is also a bit higher but all these will get fixed with the final build (hopefully).
But now lets talk about the positive things :silly:. The Multiwindow option has got much better than it was on all other touchwiz versions, in short, its almost the same as in stock android nougat. Another thing which is perfect is the Window apps mode where you can open apps in window mode. We all know how bad this option was in Touchwiz, maybe no one of you ever have used it but now the window mode is very good and snappy. The negative thing there is that you cant deactivate these both modes anymore. So always when you try to pull down the notification panel from the right or left top corner, it will just open the current app always in window mode which is quite annoying.
And something which is annoying like hell is that if you play a game like doodle jump where you dont need to touch the screen the screen always turns off after a while. So the auto screenoff option doesnt get disabled while playing games or (maybe) even while watching a movie.
Galaxy Labs is now removed, so now you cant get all apps on your homescreen and you cant hide the appdrawer.
Remember that this is a very early beta build, and all of these bugs are normal and wont be there in the finale build.
Here is a quick video about the update to see how it looks
What about a dark theme...it was rumoured that Android N will have a dark theme not only that light one. Also the existing themes in store (for Samsung) work properly on N or not?
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Rapier said:
What about a dark theme...it was rumoured that Android N will have a dark theme not only that light one. Also the existing themes in store (for Samsung) work properly on N or not?
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also doesnt seem to be there
Keep in mind this is the frist beta released from samsung, so some things might hopefully change by the release of the final firmware. Also, you do have scaling other than going through the developer options. Go to Display -> Font and you will get to cgoose both the Screen zoom (which is set to almost huge idk why) and of course the font size. This comes to be as tha Normal and Condensed options back from marshmallow.
Hey glad to help. nice rview my friend. . :good:
P.S What happened to the hand?
I'm using the ota build and its running lovely to be fair
Touchwiz is rubbish anyways and just install nova which makes Icons smaller
laimonas777 said:
Hey glad to help. nice rview my friend. . :good:
P.S What happened to the hand?
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was just a normal sports injury :silly:
CFSlayer said:
Keep in mind this is the frist beta released from samsung, so some things might hopefully change by the release of the final firmware. Also, you do have scaling other than going through the developer options. Go to Display -> Font and you will get to cgoose both the Screen zoom (which is set to almost huge idk why) and of course the font size. This comes to be as tha Normal and Condensed options back from marshmallow.
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i know that is a very early beta build. i just wanted to show all annoying things in it :silly:
thanks for the corrections, in stock nougat there is an extra option for the display scaling. I didnt look in the font scale thought its just the normal font scaling
Hello, thank you for great review. Could you confirm one exciting feature of android 7 (atleast for me) that it works on this phone beta software.
As of Android 7.0 phone can read 2G/3G/LTE frequency without ROOT. Easiest way is to install app Cellmapper(mapping cell towers to map) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cellmapper.net.cellmapper&hl=en
Could you run this app and post screenshot while connected to LTE only(no wifi)? Also, maybe send debug report from settings menu to developer with screenshot.
Thank you
VeixES said:
Hello, thank you for great review. Could you confirm one exciting feature of android 7 (atleast for me) that it works on this phone beta software.
As of Android 7.0 phone can read 2G/3G/LTE frequency without ROOT. Easiest way is to install app Cellmapper(mapping cell towers to map) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cellmapper.net.cellmapper&hl=en
Could you run this app and post screenshot while connected to LTE only(no wifi)? Also, maybe send debug report from settings menu to developer with screenshot.
Thank you
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here you go.
debug report force closed the app
Strange review .... I have been using it also since yesterday, and it is faster and smoother then my MM stock ...
Agreed there is some laggs when double tapping the multi tasking bouton, but overall its snapier and more responsive.
Also I have not noticed any freeze. I find this beta very polished to be honest.
Have you done a full wipe before installing ? or OTA ?
TimurAlaskara_TR said:
sometimes it can even freeze for about 30 seconds.
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I don't have this
kenny17430 said:
Strange review .... I have been using it also since yesterday, and it is faster and smoother then my MM stock ...
Agreed there is some laggs when double tapping the multi tasking bouton, but overall its snapier and more responsive.
Have you done a full wipe before installing ? or OTA ?
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i flashed via odin as told in the beginning of the review
the firmware does a full wipe even wikthout asking ._.
Galactus said:
I don't have this
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it comes when i open some 3rd party apps.. like snapchat and youtube
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debug report force closed the app
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Thank you. Does not seem to report more info than in android 6.0.1. If you see LTE band reported on Cellmapper screen you can make another screenshot, but it seems that this functionality might not be there.
It's not a review, it's a rant. I literally have no issues with it, no freezes what so ever, it's actually snappier than MM.
I think the 'review' tag should be removed from this thread or it should be locked, as it is full of false information and the corrections to that false information have been given, but the 'review' hasn't been updated. If people read this thread thinking it is accurate, they will get false information.
The comment about display options, for instance, is just the OP not knowing what to do. It's not something wrong or an option that has been removed, it's just a lack of knowledge.
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it comes when i open some 3rd party apps.. like snapchat and youtube
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Yeah, I don't get that with any app. The only thing a bit laggy is the "new window" tab animation in the browser and the notification bar. Apart from those two things, it is fine.
Hid3rs said:
It's not a review, it's a rant. I literally have no issues with it, no freezes what so ever, it's actually snappier than MM.
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Its a review based on my experiences
Robster83 said:
I think the 'review' tag should be removed from this thread or it should be locked, as it is full of false information and the corrections to that false information have been given, but the 'review' hasn't been updated. If people read this thread thinking it is accurate, they will get false information.
The comment about display options, for instance, is just the OP not knowing what to do. It's not something wrong or an option that has been removed, it's just a lack of knowledge.
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i am rewriting it chill out.
please
Galactus said:
Yeah, I don't get that with any app. The only thing a bit laggy is the "new window" tab animation in the browser and the notification bar. Apart from those two things, it is fine.
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lol this is something which i dont have :victory:
I can create a backup with Samsung Switch from Marshamallow and restore on Nougat ?
Can't live without the pixel launcher no more, and the speed it adds to the p20 pro is superb.
Have been through pretty much every launcher and this adds to a better user experience.
The version i'm using is P-4623511 -modded-5.2.0
New themeable launcher here.
https://github.com/amirzaidi/launcher3/releases
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Doesn't work. Crashes every time for me.
Jonathan-H said:
Doesn't work. Crashes every time for me.
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Oh crap really! Hmmm I'll see if I can find the original, I've got a titanium back up if it on my phone, are you rooted? It's working for me, same version etc.
Sorry pal, I'll have a look tomorrow for you.
Let me know if you want the titanium restore file.
Try this one mate
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.xd...rs.com/pixel-launcher-mod-pixel-3-search-bar/
Updated op
use 5.3 versiom, it works smooth till now, do you feel any improvements in battery life?
Any tips and tricks you recommend for this launcher?
New launcher now in OP
New features:
Theming
Gestures
Optimisations
+More
@justbeck
I'd say use swap torpedo to eliminate system lag in general.
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Doesn't work. Crashes every time for me.
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You have to manually give all permissions before opening for the fist time.
Strange Huawei bug with many custom launchers it would seem.
Do it need root, or is there a roothles version
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Do it need root, or is there a roothles version
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The link in the op works on non rooted handsets (it did on mine anyway!)
Be sure to give the app all available permissions BEFORE you run it for the first time or it will crash.
warface said:
The link in the op works on non rooted handsets (it did on mine anyway!)
Be sure to give the app all available permissions BEFORE you run it for the first time or it will crash.
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I didn't have to do anything tbh.
And that's correct. You don't need root.
Lol @ your avatar, love that guy.
Sargent Hartman
How are you guys getting this to work? I installed Launcher3-aosp-optimized.apk then updated the permissions but I can't run it. I would have expected to just press the home button and it would ask which launcher I want to use but that doesn't happen.
fatguy666 said:
How are you guys getting this to work? I installed Launcher3-aosp-optimized.apk then updated the permissions but I can't run it. I would have expected to just press the home button and it would ask which launcher I want to use but that doesn't happen.
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In the settings app search for 'Default Apps' then select Launcher3 from the 'Launcher' option.
bowlandspoon said:
In the settings app search for 'Default Apps' then select Launcher3 from the 'Launcher' option.
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Think that was the one thing I never clicked! Cheers.