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I for one like Sense, well I am not running a Sense ROM now I do miss a few things. So I wanted to see what people dis like and like about it and well maybe help some of us out. You know, finding way to forget about Sense.
I am running Cyanogenmod 6.0.0 now.
Like:
1: Flash {Cant find a work around}
2: Widgets
a: Peep {There is twitter but I like how dark peep is}
b: Friend Stream
c: Calender {Cant find a replacement }
d: Contact {Contact Widget does a great job as a replacement }
3: The ringer getting low when you pick up the phone {Cant find a work around}
Other than that, I cant say I miss Sense all to much, to tell the truth I am really liking adw launcher.
But if you have anything that helps replace what Sense does give you should add a list and if you are just missing something you should ask here, maybe one of us will be able to help you out.
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I for one like Sense, well I am not running a Sense ROM now I do miss a few things. So I wanted to see what people dis like and like about it and well maybe help some of us out. You know, finding way to forget about Sense.
I am running Cyanogenmod 6.0.0 now.
Like:
1: Flash {Cant find a work around}
2: Widgets
a: Peep {There is twitter but I like how dark peep is}
b: Friend Stream
c: Calender {Cant find a replacement }
d: Contact {Contact Widget does a great job as a replacement }
3: The ringer getting low when you pick up the phone {Cant find a work around}
Other than that, I cant say I miss Sense all to much, to tell the truth I am really liking adw launcher.
But if you have anything that helps replace what Sense does give you should add a list and if you are just missing something you should ask here, maybe one of us will be able to help you out.
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LauncherPro... faster, smoother than ADW and has "Sense" widgets. Right now I believe it's just contacts, he is releasing calender and others (if he hasn't already)
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LauncherPro... faster, smoother than ADW and has "Sense" widgets. Right now I believe it's just contacts, he is releasing calender and others (if he hasn't already)
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Just to add to your comment, he added bookmarks widgets as well
I like AOSP because it is much faster than Sense regardless of what you do to speed it up. I love the look of sense, but after buying a couple of apps and downloading others I can say that I do not miss Sense.
LauncherPro Plus-He is working on Sense like widgets. I now use this instead of Rosie.
Beautiful Widgets or Fancy Widgets- imitates Weather and clock from Sense. You'll have to find a fancy widget download online as they had a C&D order from HTC.
Extended Controls- Allows more options than the power control widget
CalWidget-Calander Widget on your home screen. I think you can change text and background color with this one.
I'm not a social networking freak so I don't care about those, but I know that they will get friendstream working on aosp. And you can still get all the other apps for aosp.
There is a setting somewhere to change the ringer volume on phone movement. I don't have CM6 flashed anymore, but I know its in the settings somehwere
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I like AOSP because it is much faster than Sense regardless of what you do to speed it up. I love the look of sense, but after buying a couple of apps and downloading others I can say that I do not miss Sense.
LauncherPro Plus-He is working on Sense like widgets. I now use this instead of Rosie.
Beautiful Widgets or Fancy Widgets- imitates Weather and clock from Sense. You'll have to find a fancy widget download online as they had a C&D order from HTC.
Extended Controls- Allows more options than the power control widget
CalWidget-Calander Widget on your home screen. I think you can change text and background color with this one.
I'm not a social networking freak so I don't care about those, but I know that they will get friendstream working on aosp. And you can still get all the other apps for aosp.
There is a setting somewhere to change the ringer volume on phone movement. I don't have CM6 flashed anymore, but I know its in the settings somehwere
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Fyi nfinitefx45 just got jit working on a sense rom. I'm using it on my red dawn as I type. I'm getting between 4.4-4.8 on linpack and that's with all the extra crap I've got on my rom.
The days of saying aosp is faster is at an end. I've got no lag. Running smooth and extremely fast plus have sense and all the Widgets that come with it.
Sense will find a way onto froyo eventually and will be just as fast as aosp
It really does seem that AOSP can be just as great as Sense as far as cosmetics. So the only thing left is flash, is there any way to get flash working on ASOP 2.1 or the 2.2 we have now?
Thank you all for the great input!
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Fyi nfinitefx45 just got jit working on a sense rom. I'm using it on my red dawn as I type. I'm getting between 4.4-4.8 on linpack and that's with all the extra crap I've got on my rom.
The days of saying aosp is faster is at an end. I've got no lag. Running smooth and extremely fast plus have sense and all the Widgets that come with it.
Sense will find a way onto froyo eventually and will be just as fast as aosp
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What about quadrant?
Some will never give up on Sense. I used to hate AOSP. I didn't like the look and missed all the extra's found in Sense.Right now I keep switching between froyo and Sense. If only someone could get all the sense apps working with AOSP.
Flash will never come to the hero because it's not built for it. I love sense, but i've learned to get by in froyo. The main thing I miss is the nice widgets, but there are some nice replacements in the market. I use digiclock widget and the weather channel. For twitter, seesmic is better than anything and it is fast. Launcher pro will let you customize your bottom row just about any way you want and will let you have 7 home screens like sense. If you have your homescreen laid out just how you like it in sense, then it's not that hard to recreate it in AOSP, unless you use a lot of sense Widgets.
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Flash will never come to the hero because it's not built for it.p
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We've had Flash for quite a while now.
Sense just seems like a waste of memory to me. Everything can be duplicated with Market widgets.
I really wish I knew what people saw in it, I hate it with a passion.
The way I see it is, Sense UI does offer things that other phones dont have and HTC has stayed a head of the game a little by giving us all just a little bit extra (flash)
On top of that, how many themes are out there for AWR or Luncher Pro? Well Sense if at heart a big theme, Things are made to go to gather and its simple and dark.
But anyway, How do we get Flash with out Sense?
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The way I see it is, Sense UI does offer things that other phones dont have and HTC has stayed a head of the game a little by giving us all just a little bit extra (flash)
On top of that, how many themes are out there for AWR or Luncher Pro? Well Sense if at heart a big theme, Things are made to go to gather and its simple and dark.
But anyway, How do we get Flash with out Sense?
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Got flash 10.1 also with sense and jit. Hmmm have any other complaints about sense that r untrue. Ill crush them as well.
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Got flash 10.1 also with sense and jit. Hmmm have any other complaints about sense that r untrue. Ill crush them as well.
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Could you please explain how to get flash 10.1? I'm using nfinitefx45's stock de-odex.
Hey pappa!
Have you tested the new sensebuild /w jit on quadrant? It is a better benchmark than linpack, if for no other reason than it tests more than floating point calculations.
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Got flash 10.1 also with sense and jit. Hmmm have any other complaints about sense that r untrue. Ill crush them as well.
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Maybe you did not understand me? I like Sense and would love for a 2.2 Sense RON to come out. But at the same point I can get a lot of the same things done with out it.
And how about this, My Hero will build me a island and then transform in to a plain and fly me there...... If people ask how I will not say anything.
If you have flash and see people have asked why dont you share with us?
chaos67731 said:
Maybe you did not understand me? I like Sense and would love for a 2.2 Sense RON to come out. But at the same point I can get a lot of the same things done with out it.
And how about this, My Hero will build me a island and then transform in to a plain and fly me there...... If people ask how I will not say anything.
If you have flash and see people have asked why dont you share with us?
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nfinitefx45 got flash to work. dl either of my roms or his zenherofx and pull the flashliteplugin.apk. that has the lib in it to allow to have flash 10.1 to work.
i haven't used sense since the day i bought my hero, i always strip it out of the roms. a waste of space & memory IMO.
tejasrichard said:
Hey pappa!
Have you tested the new sensebuild /w jit on quadrant? It is a better benchmark than linpack, if for no other reason than it tests more than floating point calculations.
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u tell me cause i didnt run it before i had jit on
are you guys gonna pull your ***** out now?
Sent from my HERO200 using Tapatalk
As soon as I have time I will try to get a .zip for people to use to get flash running on there 2.2 heros, But I am not a dev by any means so it will take a day or two.
Also, your "Red Dawn Rom Page" link is messed up. It seems you have an extra "http//" after your "http://".
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nfinitefx45 got flash to work. dl either of my roms or his zenherofx and pull the flashliteplugin.apk. that has the lib in it to allow to have flash 10.1 to work.
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I am looking for some help with porting over AOSP!
Please offer any suggestions about porting over problem apps, of if you know how, please do so and post them up! I want this to be as much as a community effort as possible!!
gtg465x said:
Since I was already almost finished putting together a beta AOSP rom when designgears made this thread, I'll go ahead and post it.
It's based on Cognition 2.2, but is pretty heavily modified. I really like minimalism so nearly everything is stripped out of this rom.
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Cognition 2.2 Changelogs
---Changes from Beta2---
-Fully Deodexed
-Fully PNG Optimized
-Fully ZipAligned
-Clock Color is now black
-Removed TAT Live wallpapers
-Removed TW Wallpaper Chooser
---Changes from Beta1---
-2e recovery
-Notification text color fixed (framework-res.apk)
-Progress bar flickering fixed, but reverted to non-AOSP progress bar (framework-res.apk)
-default wallpaper is now in use (framework-res.apk)
-Launcher phone icon on dock now works
-New "S" bootup screen
-Removed the following apps:
PhoneSetupWizard
Samsung Keyboard
-Added the following apps:
AOSP Gallery
AOSP Keyboard
AOSP themed Settings.apk (still need to change text color from blue to white)
AOSP icons for Contacts, Phone, and Camera
Added CarHome
Added ProTips
Added Samsung Yahoo Stock Clock Widget (keeps at&t address book from crashing in contacts)
---Changes from Cognition 2.2---
-Heavily modified framework files to make pretty much everything throughout the UI look like AOSP Froyo
-Updated libwebcore from official i9000 Froyo build
-2e recovery
-Removed the following apps:
Samsung TouchWiz
Samsung Calculator
Samsung Calendar
Samsung Clock
Samsung Email
Samsung Memo
Samsung Mms
Samsung Music Player
Samsung MyFiles
Samsung widgets
AllShare
QuickOffice
Car Home
Titanium Backup
Rom Manager
LbsTestMode Launcher
LauncherPro
-Added the following apps:
AOSP Launcher
AOSP Lockscreen
AOSP Calculator
AOSP Calendar
AOSP Desk Clock
AOSP Email
AOSP News and Weather (Genie Widget)
AOSP Mms
AOSP Music Player
AOSP Widgets
-Changed icon of the following apps to AOSP icon:
Browser
Phone
Contacts
-Todo List
Change carrier color in pull down to black
Re-skin buttons on pull down to better match aosp
Change Clock Color - gtg465x has fixed this!
Port AOSP Contacts
Port AOSP Camera - keeping samsung camera, aosp sucks
Port AOSP Phone
Port AOSP progress bar
Download:
designgears is no longer working on this or supporting it.
gtg465x, feel free to create a new thread if you are going to continue working on this.
CREDITS:
If you are not able to help with developing, please consider donating!
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NO SUPPORT QUESTIONS!!!
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but will it blend?
lol coolbeans. loving this.. the stock clock is my new lover for tonight. D:
Very cool!! Will report as I go....
ooohhh... oooohhh .... ooohhh..
If only I wasn't drunk..... well who cares I'm going to DL anyway...
FYI.....
No will be more support tomorrow after I wake up...
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ooohhh... oooohhh .... ooohhh..
If only I wasn't drunk..... well who cares I'm going to DL anyway...
FYI.....
No will be more support tomorrow after I wake up...
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Drunk is the only way I develop D:
WHisky Drunk :0
chibixzero said:
WHisky Drunk :0
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Nope on that Yak.....
and for those who don't know wkat Yak is it's Cognac... Hennessey Black!
Is this like a vanilla version of Froyo for the Captivate?
will test tomorrow, jus t got back from the bawr crawl
i tried to donate but im having trouble with pay pal. this is exactly what i want. dont mind the touch wiz dialer/ contacts. but the mms needs to go. if you could get with eugene and mod the touchwiz launcher that'd be cool but launcher2 is good too.
One request
And a simple one at that: How difficult would it be to restore the AOSP theme to the notification bar and the rest of the UI? I've tried hacking framework-res.apk before, and failed miserably, so either my google-fu has failed and/or I can't read a howto, or it's more difficult an undertaking than I realize.
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And a simple one at that: How difficult would it be to restore the AOSP theme to the notification bar and the rest of the UI? I've tried hacking framework-res.apk before, and failed miserably, so either my google-fu has failed and/or I can't read a howto, or it's more difficult an undertaking than I realize.
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Pretty much have that working, I will post it up later when I get the don't colors and such sorted.
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Dani897 said:
i tried to donate but im having trouble with pay pal. this is exactly what i want. dont mind the touch wiz dialer/ contacts. but the mms needs to go. if you could get with eugene and mod the touchwiz launcher that'd be cool but launcher2 is good too.
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I plan on killing touchwiz all together
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designgears said:
Pretty much have that working, I will post it up later when I get the don't colors and such sorted.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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DG, you are my new hero. Move over, sandwich!
Been waiting for this. Vanilla as can be, that's how I like it.
designgears said:
Drunk is the only way I develop D:
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just for this post DG i will be sending some drinks your way. Especially if it helps keep the (excellent) ROMS coming. Thank you so much for bringing my captivate to a whole new level
Fancy! Looking good DG! I do like the touchwiz notification stuff and contacts. Would love to see htem interchangeable.
These should get you most of the way. Please credit though. I have been working on these for a couple days now!
framework-res.apk
twframework-res.apk
As for the Calendar not working... don't replace CalendarProvider.apk, just Calendar.apk.
Also, where are you pulling apps from? Like I said, I've been working on an AOSP rom for a couple days already and was pulling from FRG83 (latest update... 2.2.1) for the Nexus One. Just want to make sure we get the latest apps in this rom!
Sweet! Been waiting on this, good to see DG take it up ^_^
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Dumb question: What is AOSP?
I have been cowering in the dark like a scared little girl for almost 3 months now with my vibrant. All i had the guts to go and try amidst all this developement was the OCLF lagfix by Ryan. OH BOY OH BOY i had a 2500 quadrant score that i could proudly show anyone... ya that and a 9 hour battery life and checking the net always hoping for the... ahem... froyo update.
That is until i got fed up and brooke loose.... Team Whiskey presented the Vibrant world with their custom ROM Nero 3, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883379
I mean The boys do a good job explaining the specs so i won't go into that, i simply wanted this thread to put ANYONES mind at ease who is sitting the fence on this one, take the plunge bretheren.
I've had it for 3 days and here are my beautiful experineces..
-My brother Had the same setup i did, stock 2.1 with OCLF. And today we sat down and did a comparrison. After 11 hours of light use ( I was working, but handful of texts and a few calls) but same for scenerio for him, I was sitting at 75, and he had 43 on his battery, and that is a exponential decay, i Made it from waking up at six to bedtime with more than half left, and i'm a night owl.
I am a testimant to the fact that OCLF (lagfix not root) is a energy hog.
-Everything you have heard TW work so hard to provide us in thier time, they have included this in the ROM, so in my personal opinion its the snappiest and smoothest ROM available. my quadrant score is around 1800 with voodoo lagfix. So i am also a testimant to the myth that quadrant scores can be very dishonest.
I'm no dev, but i am a heavy USER, and i am well read about the vibrant. So post all your holdups here and we'll try and get them taken care of .
Preflash checklist:
1. Do all your backups, nandroid, titanium backup, etc..
2. Disable any and all Lagfixes
3. Hold onto your butts, this is gonna be fun
Some recent mods that i've tried and liked, all flashable:
1. http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=732: Blue notificaion icons (vs. Green) by jocelyn
2. http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=681: Accurate Battery icon by jocelyn
3. http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=533: 5 bar signal by Viralblack
4. http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=632: Nexus boot animation posted by jocelyn
Behold its awesome glory, thats not launcher pro. that ap dwawer is the real deal.
Metamorph (can't flash these but super easy to apply) mods:
1. nero-blue-oasp: (jocelyn did a great job of making everyting blue except some of the green system icons and dock icons, this will finish the job as seen in my 3rd pic)
2. Gmail: on of my beefs with the nero was that when you get and email or sms message, the two notification icons look almost the same, well the gmail mod changes the gmail notification to the white and red gmail icon, no more confusion
01/5/10
New found mods
1. libflashplayer.so.fix.10.1.105.6 (1).zip (3.55 MB): HEY A HULU HACK!!! So this allows you to watch hulu from your phone, but as of now its pretty slow, but give her a go, at least its SOMETHING. so here are the steps to install
a. Download zip to pc, unzip, and put the actual file unzipped onto sd card
b. Use root explorer, go to /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib, and replace file with one you just downloaded, be sure to change permissions for user to write.
c. open broswer now, and in settings (i use dolfin HD) change "user agent" to desktop.
2. nero_nexus_boot_and_shutdown.zip (3.77 MB): Made by jocelyn so its safe. Its that fancy 4 flying color bootup and shutdown, very nice. clockworkrecovery flash, and as with all her stuff, it takes several minutes to bootup the first time, just be patient, after that its back to normal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFSEsEZnnE
Proven Boot and shutdown animation/sound modification methods for NERO 3:
1. Gravis 86 Provided a great website to some software to make MORE of linda talking if you like http://cepstral.com/demos/
-I threw is "Bossman, you have a text", and "email awaiting". If thats your fancy, then download the cepstral software, with it create a few notifications, and the default save as a .wav file. You need to convert them to .ogg (lots of free converstion software out there). Then with ROOT explorer just slap them in /system/media/audio/notifications. this way when you go into sms message settings and click "choose ringtone" it will show up on the list.
-For bootup and shutdown mods follow this great thread http://androidforums.com/fascinate-...change-bootup-shutdown-animations-sounds.html. I can confirm his methods for bootup animation, shutdown animation, and shutdown sound all work great, as do all his animations posted. Only thing i can't get to work is bootup sound. May i suggest droid soiling the mac apple with his urine
Tips:
-When replacing bootanimation and sounds files. Caps matter, must be spelled EXACTLY as the origional file, and you can just change the old ones name if you want to keep it handy.
-Must reboot for it to take effect
-set permissions by long click, as user: rw and the other two as r and r. so it should be rw-r--r--
Where did you get the accurate battery from?
ScooterG said:
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How did you get yours like that?!
Sent from the helm of the vibrant Galaxy S!
There ya are man, up in the origional post, post any cool finds you have.
ndwgs said:
How did you get yours like that?!
Sent from the helm of the vibrant Galaxy S!
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Thats some sick homescreens.
Looks like he hid the notifications bar, beautiful widget, switchpro, and launcherpro on one of them. thanks for the pics man.
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How did you get yours like that?!
Sent from the helm of the vibrant Galaxy S!
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Which one?
I have to agree that NV3 is a beast! It has made my vibrant into a whole new phone!
Vibrant - Supercharged with: Nero V3 ยค JL5 kernel + Voodoo
ndwgs said:
How did you get yours like that?!
Sent from the helm of the vibrant Galaxy S!
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bossman137 said:
Thats some sick homescreens.
Looks like he hid the notifications bar, beautiful widget, switchpro, and launcherpro on one of them. thanks for the pics man.
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That's what I love about Android....so many ways to do so many things. No idea what switchpro is, don't use LP or BW.
First Pic:
1. ADW (you can use either regular ADW EX)
2. Use the swipe down (or up or whatever) to hide the taskbar
3. Battstat for the battery widget
4. Weather Bug Elite for weather widget
5. Clokr Evolution for the clock/date
6. Found the wallpaper on Flikie
7. ADW theme is default, but icons at bottom are from "ADW.Theme.Two (WhitVert)
8. Power Widget is stock Power Control from the Nero v3 ROM
Second Pic:
Mostly the same as above, just put in the AppBrain & SetCPU (color it to your desire) widgets.
Bluetooth and WiFi widgets are from CurveFish
Green Gmail is form the Gmail Unread Count widget
ROM is Nero V1
This ROM is hands down the best I have used yet. The others are great and all the devs deserve a big thanks and a lot of credit.
This ROM is just so smooth and FAST. It runs with my Nexus S with no problem and finally makes the Vibrant feel the way it should stock. Just the right amount of TW and all the goodness of vanilla.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Damn, we did a good job of hijacking this thread
I'm giving sammy until the 1st to deliver OTA because I make Nv3 my first flash on the Vibrant
isn't the point to convince people to try this rom?
Its my Daily Driver and its simply the best wrong I've ever tried.
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Its my Daily Driver and its simply the best wrong I've ever tried.
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I've tried lots of wrongs, but this one sure feels right!
Nero V3 is my daily driver. I have voodo enabled. It is fast and smooth.
I have not found any problems with this Rom. I have added joclyn's stay on fix when plugged in, her battery mod, then added the stock icons with color (not green) and circle battery.
Ya i guess that is technically the point, but to me happy reviews and pics are as good as proof as anything, so this is all gold.
Lolcopter, I'm really diggin the wallpaper, where did you find that? And I glanced over that blue keyboard mod, is it swype, one of the other keyboards, or for all of them?
AND you too Slow50, link or upload of the wallpaper plz?
Post links to your favorite mods and i'll slap em up on the first post, nothing like a one stop shop for the best N3 mods available
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Lolcopter, I'm really diggin the wallpaper, where did you find that? And I glanced over that blue keyboard mod, is it swype, one of the other keyboards, or for all of them?
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why thank you sir!
the wallpaper is called "blue romance" -- http://www.appbrain.com/app/blue-romance-live-wallpaper/com.jiubang.wallpaper
i have both the black swype and black gingerbread keyboards installed. they can be found here -- http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewforum.php?f=27
Alright,
So, like most of you, I am anxiously waiting the day a stable AOSP build of ICS comes out for our phones. I saw the SamMobile leaks come and go, I saw the CM9 alpha being released, and while I have immeasurable respect to the entire dev scene going on with ICS and CM9 none of the ROMs that have come out are stable enough for daily use.
Well, I needed something to scratch my ICS itch. I installed a theme over CM7, no use. I installed a theme of MIUI, no use. Everything came close, but nothing quite fit the bill. So earlier today I set out to make my phone look and feel as ICS as possible - and I believe I managed to do just that... and I now jokingly refer to my phone as running the GingerCream operating system This whole thing is based off of CM7, but there are elements that don't require CM7 if you want to apply them to your current ROM.
Its important for me to note that absolutely none of the things posted here are my work! All I did was experiment with a ton of different resources that each excel in bringing one specific element of the ICS experience to our phones, and combine them. Well, I can say that I finally think I put together something that will hold me over until a stable AOSP-based ICS build comes to our phone, and I'm pretty sure it can hold you over too. Without further ado, the process:
Step 1
Install the latest CM7 build you can get.
I personally downloaded and installed update-cm7-galaxys2-20111227 from here.
Step 2
Download the following zip archive: Link.
This zip file contains a whole bunch of sources (fonts, sounds, animations, wallpapers, etc) that are properly organized. Extract this archive somewhere accessible - I will be referring to it throughout this guide.
Step 3
Install Sonny Sekhon's ICS Theme: Link.
This theme is fantastic, and built specifically for the T-Mobile Theme Engine present in CM7. When you apply it, ignore the missing assets alert, and reboot your phone.
Step 4
Install ADW EX: Link.
Yes, it costs money - but it has two major things going for it:
1. It supports folders that look almost exactly like the ones in ICS.
2. Its smooth as all hell. Don't be fooled by thinking it has the same performance as the regular ADW launcher - with a live wallpaper in the background my phone remains buttery smooth.
Overall, I've tried a whole lot of launchers, and this is most definitely my favorite.
Step 5
Install the ADW ICS Theme: Link.
Apply it. Now, for some reason my app launcher icon in the dock did not change - I fixed this by dragging it out to the desktop, editing it, changing its icon and dragging it back to the dock bar.
Step 6
Install the ICS Phase Beam Live Wallpaper: Link.
Its free, it works, its sexy, 'nuff said.
Step 7
Replace the bootanimation.
Navigate the zip archive you extracted earlier. Look for the "Boot Animation" folder, inside is a bootanimation.zip file. Make a backup of the original bootanimation file, and push our file to "/system/media/". Reboot your phone.
By the way, we're going to reboot the phone a lot. I don't know if its absolutely necessary, but I do just to avoid any weird mishaps along the way. I advise you do the same.
Step 8
Install the Roboto font.
Install and run Font Changer once, then navigate the GingerCream zip archive and look for the "Fonts" folder. Inside are four font files - copy them to the .fontchanger folder on your phone's SD card. Run Font Changer again, choose "Roboto - Reguler", and reboot the device.
Step 9
Install the transition animations.
Navigate the GingerCream zip file and find the "Transition Animations" folder. Push the zip file inside to your phone, and install it via recovery. Easy enough.
Step 10
Install ICS sounds.
Navigate the GingerCream zip file and find the "Sounds" folder. Push the zip file inside to your phone, and install it via recovery. Again, easy enough.
Step 11
Install WidgetLocker: Link.
Yes, it costs money - but I think I've tried ALL other lockscreen replacements, and this one actually has smooth animation and the ICS theme built in. It will also use the live wallpaper for its background.
Step 12
Install the ICS Keyboard: Link.
This is the one I use... works well, and it has a bunch of downloadable dictionaries for different languages.
And... that's it! You're done. The GingerCream zip file also includes static wallpaper images and launcher icons in case you don't want to use ADW EX - even though, again, I can't stress how smooth and beautiful this launcher looks.
What will this thread be without screenshots? This is how my phone looks after doing all the steps above (attached). Obviously I can't show you animations or sounds, so take my word for it - they look damn good, and they're damn smooth.
I hope you've enjoyed this guide! If you have any comments/questions/additions, don't hesitate to write 'em. Happy holidays!
I just use Checkrom revo with the ICS theme. GB with TW and ICS theme=perfect.
Haha, I'm digging this thread. And I'm gonna retweet this.
robt772000 said:
I just use Checkrom revo with the ICS theme. GB with TW and ICS theme=perfect.
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If TW is your thing, good for you I personally can't stand it. Still, you could pick up some parts of the guide - for example, the keyboard / live wallpaper / lockscreen.
lovidore said:
Haha, I'm digging this thread. And I'm gonna retweet this.
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Awesome! Glad you liked it
im no dev so just asking
isnt there anyway to use the ICS phone and contacts [including fav. category] in a gingerbread rom ?
cause thts 1 think i find to b really good , and the only visual things missing from the mods posted above
asking cause back when i owned a spica there was a frozen-eclair rom [froyo-eclair mix] , so mayb this can also b done ....
I have similar on my phone, but I used GO Launcher with ICS theme and there you can get GO Locker, which is similar to ICS locker, but is free. Also GO Launcher with ICS theme on CM7.1 with ICS theme looks great, very close to real ICS.
aasheet said:
im no dev so just asking
isnt there anyway to use the ICS phone and contacts [including fav. category] in a gingerbread rom ?
cause thts 1 think i find to b really good , and the only visual things missing from the mods posted above
asking cause back when i owned a spica there was a frozen-eclair rom [froyo-eclair mix] , so mayb this can also b done ....
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Maybe there's a way, I'm not a dev either. But right now it's not available, and I think we would all rather the devs to work on the ICS port itself rather than porting apks to work in Gingerbread
-A-P-M- said:
I have similar on my phone, but I used GO Launcher with ICS theme and there you can get GO Locker, which is similar to ICS locker, but is free. Also GO Launcher with ICS theme on CM7.1 with ICS theme looks great, very close to real ICS.
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Yeah, I gave Go Locker a try. I had three problems with it:
1) It requires you to use Go Launcher as your launcher, which doesn't have ICS-style folders
2) The animation on the lockscreen is really choppy, and it really detracts from the overall experience.
3) You can't set the live wallpaper as the wallpaper for the lockscreen if I'm not mistaken.
Anyway, if you're using CM7, you can still grab the transition animations / sounds / fonts / wallpapers / keyboard / etc. - I found that when combined it really works together to create a very authentic ICS look and feel.
Thanks for the guide! This is a perfect setup until a stable release of the CM9 is available for the SGSII!
Would like to recommend the exDialer with the ICS theme to get T9 dialing and the ICS look Just makes it perfect!
Thanks again.
reidar.ostrem said:
Thanks for the guide! This is a perfect setup until a stable release of the CM9 is available for the SGSII!
Would like to recommend the exDialer with the ICS theme to get T9 dialing and the ICS look Just makes it perfect!
Thanks again.
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You welcome! I really find it makes the phone look and behave as ICS as you can get. I wish I could record a video to show people how everything looks in motion. I feel like I breathed new life into my phone!
I looked and tried exDialer, but ICS dialer doesn't really look like that at all so... but if floats your boat
soulicro said:
You welcome! I really find it makes the phone look and behave as ICS as you can get. I wish I could record a video to show people how everything looks in motion. I feel like I breathed new life into my phone!
I looked and tried exDialer, but ICS dialer doesn't really look like that at all so... but if floats your boat
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I'm addicted to t9 dialing, so it's a must for me. On another note, I see the calendar and the messaging app is not themed, any solutions for that? or did I go wrong somewhere?
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Nice one
But I am too lazy to do all that and worst of all I ain't rooted yet as find the SGS2 is great as it is for the time being
Having said that the GOOD NEWS is that we will get a stable ICS release in January from the same people who leaked the first two * so fingers crossed*
Once again a good post for those who wanna go for it
^^Who said it's going to be stable??
reidar.ostrem said:
I'm addicted to t9 dialing, so it's a must for me. On another note, I see the calendar and the messaging app is not themed, any solutions for that? or did I go wrong somewhere?
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Nope, the calendar and the messaging app aren't themed. I try to avoid installing too many additional apps to replace stock ones, so I avoided installing things like GO SMS or calendar apps. I also didn't find these apps to detract from the overall feel of the phone, personally.
Brilliant - good work.
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Hi ! Thanks for your guide. Can you re-upload your zip archive from step 2 ? It seems multiupload closed.
Thanks a lot !
arut16 said:
Hi ! Thanks for your guide. Can you re-upload your zip archive from stem 2 ? It seems multiupload closed.
Thanks a lot !
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I have no idea why you think someone would read the whole op once again lol
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Hey all, looking for someone to help me edit the build.prop for better performance. Not 100% sure what i should, and should not be editing...
My main request is that I'm able to edit how many columns and rows we have on the home screens.
Thanks in advance!
That's nothing to do with the build.prop
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That's nothing to do with the build.prop
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What does that have to do with then? I could have sworn it did...
Still, would like to see if we could get someone to edit the build.prop for us, as when I did on my GS1 it seemed to run a lot better...better battery, better speed, etc.
zbt1985 said:
What does that have to do with then? I could have sworn it did...
Still, would like to see if we could get someone to edit the build.prop for us, as when I did on my GS1 it seemed to run a lot better...better battery, better speed, etc.
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Those are just launcher settings.. You can install a launcher with so many more features that is built off of stock in Nova or Apex launcher.
Build.prop tweaks likely wont have anywhere near the effect they had on your Galaxy S.
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battery and performance comes from the kernel. if you want to put a launcher on there. there is a nova beta (for 4.2) thread around here somewhere and i think apex just updated in the play store with 4.2 optimizations.