Hello,
I'm new to Android 7 customization and I'm looking for the best customization engine and theme to make LineageOS look like iOS 10.
I like to recompile LineageOS but I don't like using one of those launcher from play store that comes with a lot of ads and crap.
Any suggestion?
Are there any open source tools available for that purpose?
Maybe we could build a free too for those who like the iOS user experience?
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If I may ask this with out being bashed I know what AOSP is but what exactly is MIUI? What are the differences between AOSP and MIUI? I love the look of some of the themes I have seen for MIUI. So if anyone has the time and/or has used them both and can give me some info on them I would appreciate it. If you guys can list the pro's and con's about them, as well as your favorite thing about them. Thank you in advance for your input and information :laugh:
tongueman87 said:
If I may ask this with out being bashed I know what AOSP is but what exactly is MIUI? What are the differences between AOSP and MIUI? I love the look of some of the themes I have seen for MIUI. So if anyone has the time and/or has used them both and can give me some info on them I would appreciate it. If you guys can list the pro's and con's about them, as well as your favorite thing about them. Thank you in advance for your input and information :laugh:
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MIUI: MIUI is developed by Xiaomi Tech, is an aftermarket firmware for android phones based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP). It features a very modified UI that (similar to iOS) does not have an app drawer, instead all of your apps are just on the home screens. It can easily be compared to TouchWiz and iOS in some ways. The rom has additional functionality that can not be found in many roms such as sense and some AOSP roms; These include toggles in the notification bar, a new music app, a new gallery, new camera, and a "Smart Dialer" similar to Sense's. No phones come stock with MIUI accept for the Xiaomi MI-One.
AOSP: Stock, pure android. No overlays like Sense, TouchWiz, MotoBlur, etc. There are many phones that come stock with AOSP, and the most popular is the nexus line. Many (including myself) prefer AOSP because it is generally faster and simpler, the way Google intended.
My favorite part of MIUI is how it is almost like inverted android. As we all know, android 4.0's colors are black and blue, but Miui 4 has white and orange, which can be kind of refreshing.
My favorite part of AOSP is how fluid and nice it looks and feels.
Pros (AOSP):
- Fast
- Light
- Need I say more?
Cons (AOSP):
- No Gapps stock (flash them second)
- Sometimes can be missing functionality or customization
- Thats all I can think of
Pros (MIUI):
- New UI (pro for some people)
- Lots of customization and functionality
- Much more (for some)
Cons (MIUI):
- Special gapps (and no gapps stock)
- Can be CHINESE!!!
- Generally slower than AOSP
- Sense based and AOSP based versions
BiteBlaze said:
MIUI: MIUI is developed by Xiaomi Tech, is an aftermarket firmware for android phones based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP). It features a very modified UI that (similar to iOS) does not have an app drawer, instead all of your apps are just on the home screens. It can easily be compared to TouchWiz and iOS in some ways. The rom has additional functionality that can not be found in many roms such as sense and some AOSP roms; These include toggles in the notification bar, a new music app, a new gallery, new camera, and a "Smart Dialer" similar to Sense's. No phones come stock with MIUI accept for the Xiaomi MI-One.
AOSP: Stock, pure android. No overlays like Sense, TouchWiz, MotoBlur, etc. There are many phones that come stock with AOSP, and the most popular is the nexus line. Many (including myself) prefer AOSP because it is generally faster and simpler, the way Google intended.
My favorite part of MIUI is how it is almost like inverted android. As we all know, android 4.0's colors are black and blue, but Miui 4 has white and orange, which can be kind of refreshing.
My favorite part of AOSP is how fluid and nice it looks and feels.
Pros (AOSP):
- Fast
- Light
- Need I say more?
Cons (AOSP):
- No Gapps stock (flash them second)
- Sometimes can be missing functionality or customization
- Thats all I can think of
Pros (MIUI):
- New UI (pro for some people)
- Lots of customization and functionality
- Much more (for some)
Cons (MIUI):
- Special gapps (and no gapps stock)
- Can be CHINESE!!!
- Generally slower than AOSP
- Sense based and AOSP based versions
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Wow thank you for the input if anyone else has anything to add feel free XD
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tongueman87 said:
Wow thank you for the input if anyone else has anything to add feel free XD
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If you have any more questions, feel free to ask
I'm currently loving Sense 4.0, but if you're interested in messing with roms you really should give MIUI a try. As long as you do a nandroid backup first, there's really nothing you can lose other than a little time.
As I said, I'm digging Sense for now, but on my g2x I was almost always using MIUI. Some people think its too much like iOS, but you can always install a different launcher. It has more customization options than any other type of rom that I know of. I would love to be able to use their statusbar toggles with other roms.
This ROM is a redistribution of the Android Open Source Project and Google software code that I have lightly modified to make as a daily driver for myself that I'm sharing with the community. This project doesn't have and won't focus on adding a ton of features and mods but instead focus on stability, and reliability so yes basically this is a stock like rom but not just stock my only efforts will be to make it run better, and be more polished, and complete. If you are looking for something more modified I'd suggest trying CyanogenMod or AOKP.
GOOGLE APPS ARE INCLUDED
DOWNLOAD:
http://d-h.st/pcu
If you have an error or something pops up I ask that before you post about it please make sure that you are running the ROM as provided. I cannot troubleshoot anything that is related to using other kernels, mods, or themes.
This ROM is basically like a stock rom of jelly bean so there is not a need for screen shots ........
Always remember that XDA started out as a great place and will remain a great place as long as we are great to each other anything used in this ROM is available upon request and feel free to use this as a base rom for any other project my ROM is un-branded just give me some mention .......
WANT TO CUSTOMIZE THIS ROM READ THIS:
Like the ROM and want to add or remove anything or customize for yourself use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246 DSIXDA's Kitchen. Its a great kitchen for customizing prebuilt ROMs
CREDITS:
Rascarlo
CyanogenMod
Google
AOSP
Jean Baptiste-Queru
I will download this tonight and give feedback.
http://d-h.st/pcu
Small update adds recents clear all button fixes launcher wallpapers and cleaned out apps that can be found in play store
I might give this rom a try as overall I like 4.2 and kinda feel like the roms full of extra features are just too bulky for my tastes but feel like 4.2 could be better from a stability and performance standpoint. Been looking for a simple rom like this that just addresses the core problems with 4.2. It'll probably be Friday or later though as that's when my vacation starts.
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I've added this ROM to the Nexus 7 Complete Index
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Well android L is looking really shmexy, I think this should be a general thread for discussion of L. To get us started I've got a few things.
1. Holo is dead, long live Quantum Paper/Material! I like it, it finally gets rid of holo dark and is highly improved over holo white. Conversion is going to be an absolute PAIN though with all our user apps. Mismatched interfaces everywhere.
2. Lots of features similar to those of custom ROMs, I think this is a very good thing and that in general the Google implementations are cleaner and nicer. Examples: Lockscreen notifications, hover like notifications (though a heads-up thing was in the kitkat source code)
3. Heavy unification of Google services and android, chrome tabs in recents, Google now is basically the notification system, pretty much every aosp system app has an improved play store counterpart. I think this is a good thing other than aosp ROM compiling issues, for example, w/o flashing PA stock Gapps we would have outdated/discontinued calender, sms, camera and email. Even after flashing pa stock Gapps we have the movie studio and news and weather apps that are old (and kinda gross in terms of ui) which aren't even on nexus devices. Also Gapps packages in general are still a legal gray area. I want unification of nexus and aosp in terms of continually developed elements and for deprecated services to be removed from aosp when they are removed from nexus firmware.
4. ANDROID E'ERYWEAR (get it, wear). I can't wait for this stuff personally.
5. The death of traditional oem theming. If oem s want to theme android, they need to change their philosophy. Take touchwiz for example, Samsung has an android wear watch coming out today, meaning google now, meaning transition away from s voice. They will likely have to have more design elements in common with stock in many more areas as well. Also it looks like chrome will pretty much be necessary for the best user experience, so no oem custom browsers. Samsung in general has tried to make replacement apps for just about every Google service and built their own framework, but the Google framework and app set is now being integrated to the OS.
6 and beyond! Your stuff!
Nice info
Samsung Knox will be natively built into Android L:
As I'm a new user, I cannot post a link. Please navigate to: youtube /watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wtLJPvx7-ys#t=8084
Mobile users: 2:14:44
What are the implications for this on xda? Specifically, the efuse?
TheUnladenSwallow said:
Well android L is looking really shmexy, I think this should be a general thread for discussion of L. To get us started I've got a few things.
1. Holo is dead, long live Quantum Paper/Material! I like it, it finally gets rid of holo dark and is highly improved over holo white. Conversion is going to be an absolute PAIN though with all our user apps. Mismatched interfaces everywhere.
2. Lots of features similar to those of custom ROMs, I think this is a very good thing and that in general the Google implementations are cleaner and nicer. Examples: Lockscreen notifications, hover like notifications (though a heads-up thing was in the kitkat source code)
3. Heavy unification of Google services and android, chrome tabs in recents, Google now is basically the notification system, pretty much every aosp system app has an improved play store counterpart. I think this is a good thing other than aosp ROM compiling issues, for example, w/o flashing PA stock Gapps we would have outdated/discontinued calender, sms, camera and email. Even after flashing pa stock Gapps we have the movie studio and news and weather apps that are old (and kinda gross in terms of ui) which aren't even on nexus devices. Also Gapps packages in general are still a legal gray area. I want unification of nexus and aosp in terms of continually developed elements and for deprecated services to be removed from aosp when they are removed from nexus firmware.
4. ANDROID E'ERYWEAR (get it, wear). I can't wait for this stuff personally.
5. The death of traditional oem theming. If oem s want to theme android, they need to change their philosophy. Take touchwiz for example, Samsung has an android wear watch coming out today, meaning google now, meaning transition away from s voice. They will likely have to have more design elements in common with stock in many more areas as well. Also it looks like chrome will pretty much be necessary for the best user experience, so no oem custom browsers. Samsung in general has tried to make replacement apps for just about every Google service and built their own framework, but the Google framework and app set is now being integrated to the OS.
6 and beyond! Your stuff!
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Is anyone else kind of miffed by Google's decision to basically copy the iOS 7 design for the status bar?
YES ! I'm waiting for my phone
" In addition, you also get the emulator system images, which includes experimental 64-bit system images along with standard 32-bit system images."
This is on the download page
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Hi,
I hate the UI of the Pixel. Apparently it's called "material design". Is there a way for me to change the UI to someone similar to Evie Launcher?
Material design is all Android 5.0+ devices. What is it you hate about Pixel UI? Its pretty much stock Android. Not bloated and ugly like Samsung (though better now) or LG.
You can use any launcher you like by the way.
But only real difference between stock Android and Pixel is Pixel has some blue in the menus.
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I don't like the dialer, messenger, settings UI, launcher and all other native basic system apps that are similar. I don't want to download apps from the Play Store to counter these issues. I would like a whole different universal / unified UI (different ROM). I also hate the forceful start up keyboard that's different from the default customizable one.
The UI of Pixel is trash in my opinion. There's lots of wasted space and general bad design.
milan187 said:
Material design is all Android 5.0+ devices. What is it you hate about Pixel UI? Its pretty much stock Android. Not bloated and ugly like Samsung (though better now) or LG.
You can use any launcher you like by the way.
But only real difference between stock Android and Pixel is Pixel has some blue in the menus.
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Just use another launcher or another Rom with substratum included like OctOS
Wunzero said:
I don't like the dialer, messenger, settings UI, launcher and all other native basic system apps that are similar. I don't want to download apps from the Play Store to counter these issues. I would like a whole different universal / unified UI (different ROM). I also hate the forceful start up keyboard that's different from the default customizable one.
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So...what don't you like about them?
Wunzero said:
I hate the UI of the Pixel. Apparently it's called "material design". Is there a way for me to change the UI to someone similar to Evie Launcher?
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Install substratum, read around xda to understand what is it and how to install (no root needed now)
There are a lot of themes with a different style, for settings, dialer, system and everything you can image (take a look here)
Just search a bit :good:
Try HTC Sense
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/themes/mod-htc-sense-ui-experience-package-t3606635
How can you not like the stock UI? It's one of my favourite things about the phone. Clean lines and no unnecessary bloat, what's not to like. Evie's okay I guess apart from the app draw being on the left.
Do there is anyone developing Android Oreo looking theme for Nougat? Does not matter paid/free. (The play store one has a lots of bugs i need somewhat theme that i could use as daily driver). If not this posts will stay as request. Thanks ?
awesome i works fine with me
use this
play. google.com /store /apps / details? id = substratum.theme.ice
Very nice and cool
If someone still looking for delicious oreo themes can use modern blue theme as well on play store. Instead of theming im playing with unofficiql alpha android 8 roms ?