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[Q] What about MIUI?

Soo.. I know the title isn't very specific.. but I would like to throw a question in here and get some responses..
So.. WHAT excatly is MIUI compared to other ROMs?
To me, MIUI is "just" plain (AOSP?) Android with every single "GO"-App available. GO Launcher, GO SMS.. and so on.
So.. what does MIUI exactly have, that e.g. CM with every app changed to some GO-App doesn't have?
MIUI is skinned to kinda "copy" Iphone-style..sure.. but is that really all?
Benchmarks show there are some differences..
So I wonder what's left of MIUI if you install a MIUI based ROM and change any GO-App to another one?
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'Cause most ppl say they love MIUI for how it looks like. But honestly.. I could also use stock Android with e.g. Motoblur and change the launcher and so on.. so why going through the hassle to root and install a completely new ROM?
Ty everyone
And yes, I used the search, but didn't find anything relevant.. maybe because "MIUI" & "GO" are a liiiiittle bit vague

We need to know the history. MIUI just want to be like IOS, but in the Android enviroment. AOSP is just a plain OS, CM was loaded witb tons of tweaks but the UI not that eyecandy. HTC? Good but too dark to be like IOS and bloated. So MIUI with the UI mimic IOS with slight modification came. For me it is another CM with the stress more on UI.
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Ps sorry for bad English

Wasn't the first MIUI ROM was found accidently? IIRC, the dev passed away and his work was found and released. Maybe I'm thinking of something else?

dEris said:
Wasn't the first MIUI ROM was found accidently? IIRC, the dev passed away and his work was found and released. Maybe I'm thinking of something else?
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A renaissance artist perhaps? MIUI is developed by a Chinese team and someone came across it and started translating it.
There's plenty of info and screenshots etc. over at http://www.miui-dev.com which is the site run by the translating team.
Essentially it does largely look to be making Android more iOS-like. It's based on FroYo AOSP (Gingerbread soon) but with a _lot_ of alterations. It shares a little bit of code with CM as far as the addins.

In my opinion MIUI is the first Android Distro because it proposes a completely different way of Android where other ROMs are just forks.

Miui is the simple face of ios with the power of android.
sent from my MIUI HTC HD2

MIUI has the most powerful and easiest theme engine..I really wish it was open source so others could use the theme engine..Its really that nice and simple to use..such a shame..

MIUI is so much better then stock android:
here's a list of apps that avalible only on miui:
Monitor (let you block apps and see how much data you have used)
Theme manager (no more zip's, really easy to theme stuff)
Better mms app
file mamanger
Miui gallery and camera
miui music
special lockscreen - much better the stock
folders - better the stock
quick settings on the notification bar
better phone app
easier to use setting's
miui wheater (avalible for all now)
some widgets like conatcs and etc...
if you chineese you can use the update app which auto update your phone to the latest version.
battery monitor
and much more that I might forgot

I'll go ahead and toss my two cents in...
Simple version-- I rooted my phone about 6 weeks ago, I flashed several roms in the first two days. (Cyanogen, Mikfroyo, Myns) Then I flashed MIUI. That was the last time I flashed a rom...
(If you want to know more, PM me and I'll give you the L O N G version of why MIUI is the best in my opinion)
Not a single one of the "GO" apps I've heard of including the two your mentioned are a part of MIUI. The post above me outlines a lot of the features but there is also so much more. I just discovered a feature the other day I never realized was there.
Try it, if you don't like it, NANDROID!! Make sure to grab yourself a few themes off of the MIUI forum. Again, I've installed one theme since I flashed MIUI ignoring the other 100 simply because what I have, Elite HD by bustadroid, is the best damn theme (period)

I just started to use Miui Camera for my Milestone today. Awesome fast!
Maybe can someone compile a list of Miui's apps and post links here?

MrDSL said:
MIUI has the most powerful and easiest theme engine..I really wish it was open source so others could use the theme engine..Its really that nice and simple to use..such a shame..
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MIUI isn't open source?? Why the heck did they do that? :-/

Questions about TouchWiz and S3 Weather Widget

Hey Forum dwellers, this is my first post here on XDA Developers, I have just started down the road of customizing my tablet and have already found this forum very useful. I was wondering if you people could help me with a couple questions.
I have a GT-P6800 of course and the S3 SGH-1747M, I love both of them for their own reasons but I'm trying to make some of their features the same. I have flashed the Stock ICS ROM to my GT-P6800 so they are looking almost the same. My first questions is does the ICS Stock ROM run TouchWiz 5 or the older version?
I really love the stock weather widget on my S3 and would love to get it on the 7.7 tab. I have looked at various walkthroughs, some skins of other apps, some downloading APK files. A lot mention the launcher as a big part of getting the app to work. I am running the stock touchwiz UI so I thought it should work with the APKs but I just get problem loading Widget when I add it to my homepage, it looks correct from the add screen, but not once it is added.
I have been following this thread among others.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1724553
Is there any way to have the same launcher on my 7.7 as is on the S3? I notice depending on the APP that there are different widgets, for instance the BBC app, on my S3 I can have a widget with scrolling news, but on my 7.7 I only get the app icon. What is the reason for this? My only thought is it must be the launcher since both devices are ICS 4.0.4.
Anyway any clarification on this would be great, as I read and learn more about the possibilities of Android.
Thanks for any help.

I can only answer tw on 6800 ICS is tw 4.0 so its older than tw on S3

So is it possible to update it to TouchWiz 5?

no it is not possible as the dimension for 6800 and s3 is different... but you can search if there is any touchwiz launcher port in the forum. it might work with the device...

(Req) Xperia Phonebook & Conversations

Many users here have seen the elegance and strong feature-set of the Xperia apps. Many of them have finally been ported but not these two - I have searched but found nothing that works on non-Xperia devices yet.
Has anyone seen them? Is there normally much work to remove dependencies on the framework for say the Walkman apps etc? Would it be hard to port these two apps?

SharpnShiny said:
Many users here have seen the elegance and strong feature-set of the Xperia apps. Many of them have finally been ported but not these two - I have searched but found nothing that works on non-Xperia devices yet.
Has anyone seen them? Is there normally much work to remove dependencies on the framework for say the Walkman apps etc? Would it be hard to port these two apps?
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[APPS][NO ROOT] Xperia Music, Album & Loop Wallpaper

Xperia Music and Album apps are the work of recognized themer Ben Ling.
Don't forget to hit "Thanks" to him.
& me too (If you don't mind).
Download the files and install as normal apk. The apps are available in the following threads and works like charm on our 1+5t.
[Tested by me ]
Original Threads
Xperia Music
Xperia Album
Downloads:
Music.apk
Album.apk
I got this live wallpaper from Xperia Blog and its working. [Definitely on 1+5t].
"Sony Mobile has created a new variant of its Xperia Loops wallpaper for its new 2018 handsets, including the Xperia XA2 and XA2 Ultra. If you’re looking to try this new wallpaper for yourself, then you’ll be glad to hear that the APK has been extracted and modified to work on your stock Xperia handset. There are six ‘liquid’ wallpapers to choose from (Liquid black, Liquid silver, Liquid sky blue, Liquid blue, Liquid gold, Liquid pink) and you can download the APK from the link below.
Source of Loop Wallpaper: Xperia Blog

Thanks I reposted on the pixel 2 forums looks great on that device
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Looks pretty cool.

Thanks, I'll check this out.

Thanks. It got installed without issues. A nice live wallpaper indeed :fingers-crossed:

Thanks man, wanted to try this for so long

Thanks for the share! Think I may have found my new favorite wallpaper

Thanks a lot works on Stock red lava 8.0 rom

Thanks man

This is cool thanks

Best Android launcher with regards customisation and theme support

Hello,i realize this is probably not the right place for this post. If you know where i will get the answers im looking for,please point me in that direction. Now,for years ive always used Next launcher on my devices for its customisations and theme support.
For some reason,Next launcher is not available on Playstore anymore,so there is no more developement either and it hasnt been updated for todays new devices. My question is this,does anyone perhaps know of a launcher that has the same levels of customisation and theme support Next launcher had please as i would like to be able to freely alter my app drawer transitions etc like i could with Next launcher on both my Z5 and XZ2 devices.

BluestreamGP said:
Hello,i realize this is probably not the right place for this post. If you know where i will get the answers im looking for,please point me in that direction. Now,for years ive always used Next launcher on my devices for its customisations and theme support.
For some reason,Next launcher is not available on Playstore anymore,so there is no more developement either and it hasnt been updated for todays new devices. My question is this,does anyone perhaps know of a launcher that has the same levels of customisation and theme support Next launcher had please as i would like to be able to freely alter my app drawer transitions etc like i could with Next launcher on both my Z5 and XZ2 devices.
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