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So the other galaxy s phones have touchwiz 3.0 and the epic has 2.5? Why would they take away all the internal storage and dumb down the software?
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A quick search and you'll discover that the Epic has TW 2.5 because of the phyiscal keyboard, which uses landscape mode more often than the other phones in the Galaxy S Series. TW 3.0 was not fully optimized enough for landscape mode at the time of release.
The choice was to further delay the release of the phone or use a modified version of TW 2.5, and most of us are happy to have the phone with 2.5 than have no phone at all.
If you must have 3.0, I suggest a different phone on a different carrier or wait to purcahse our Epic after the update (date TBA)...

I know very little about touchwiz except from playing with the epic so can someone tell me what touchwiz 3 provides over 2.5?

Im roaming in a 1xrtt area so searching for things is a nono. And im only asking a question, no need to get defensive bruh. But anyways, so the other galaxy s' cant use landscape mode as efficiently? Or just the home screen?
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I think touchwiz 3.0 is just alot more eyecandy like the puzzle lock screen and the updated media player. Idk im not well versed in touchwiz. I wish they gave an option to go vanilla. I hated when they took that option off from the hero when they updated it to eclair
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A_Flying_Fox said:
I think touchwiz 3.0 is just alot more eyecandy like the puzzle lock screen and the updated media player. Idk im not well versed in touchwiz. I wish they gave an option to go vanilla. I hated when they took that option off from the hero when they updated it to eclair
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It's part eyecandy and part functionality. 3.0 supports changing the icons at the bottom bar and adding and removing pages from the home screen, for starters. 3.0 is a nice jump ahead of what 2.5 offers.

I have 3.0 on mine...
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i hated touchwiz, i feel launcherpro is tons better!

bsnyder217 said:
I have 3.0 on mine...
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Can you take a screenshot of your media player?

SiL3nTKiLL said:
i hated touchwiz, i feel launcherpro is tons better!
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I've been using LauncherPro since day 1, with the 3d launcher, and have never looked back!!!

bsnyder217 said:
I have 3.0 on mine...
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No you dont.

I ment to say that i have the touchwiz 3.0 launcher..
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Sense UI a possibility on Epic?

Is it possible

Seanc13 said:
Is it possible
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obviously its possible..but no one has released it yet...

A team of people are working on it, but haven't heard from them in a while
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flopez76 said:
A team of people are working on it, but haven't heard from them in a while
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If you are talking about the team I think you are, they said they are waiting for official froyo to do it..

Once official froyo source drops. Things will go more smoothly.. its amazing that our devs here have made the progress they have given the lack of necessity available.
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I was just about to make a thread asking about the development of this Galaxy Sense we heard about last month.

With launcher pro a custom dock and beautiful widgets you can make your homescreens look just like the sense ui if you want it for the ascetics or as a placeholder til it gets ported
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Its funny how much the htc guys hate sense the tw guys want sense. Lol
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mysteryemotionz said:
Its funny how much the htc guys hate sense the tw guys want sense. Lol
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I love sense! i was HTC all the way. diamond/hero/evo

hayabusa1300cc said:
I love sense! i was HTC all the way. diamond/hero/evo
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Hero/evo/epic I ran cm6 on both htc devices. I rather have a pure aosp. I don't like none of the manufacturers gui's.
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The Hero was the first android phone I ever owned, I loved sense on it because there were so many ways to customize it to my liking, tw just sucks, I want to go back to the evo so I can go back to the sense + froyo + CM6, but the epic's keyboard and excellent performance are keeping me here

mysteryemotionz said:
Hero/evo/epic I ran cm6 on both htc devices. I rather have a pure aosp. I don't like none of the manufacturers gui's.
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Yeah I know alot of people like it pure google.
but to me it just isnt appealing or as functional.
the hero was my first android device so I did get spoiled
with htc sense. Just to my likings that it brought a better
experience and refresh to the Android interface. Widgets and apps.
I prefer it over TW. There are just a few things I prefer TW
over sense per say.

I think the rom was released and then discontinued for the galaxy s i9000 due to the devs having muliple issues that they were not able to resolve. Link to post --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877902

The only thing I ever liked about Sense UI were the widgets and the Weather effects.
With LauncherPro, you can get pretty much identical widgets, and then Beautiful Widgets will give you the same look of the clock widget. Plus, LauncherPro is infinitely customizable and you can do pretty much anything with it....
Sense UI has always been extremely laggy and slow in all the times I've used it, as a ROM port on my Nexus, and also stock on the Evo/Hero.
Wouldn't mind trying it out again on my Epic though!

The older version of fancy widget is also a wonderful alternative to the sense clock/weather widget.
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Seanc13 said:
The Hero was the first android phone I ever owned, I loved sense on it because there were so many ways to customize it to my liking, tw just sucks, I want to go back to the evo so I can go back to the sense + froyo + CM6, but the epic's keyboard and excellent performance are keeping me here
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lolwut.
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HTC Sense 3.5 screen shot leak

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/htc-sense-3-5-beta-screenshots-leak-bring-tears-of-joy-to-weath/
I keep liking Sense less and less.

I'm starting to like it more and more. Haha but that's just me
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Rosie is ugly as heck. I'm getting tired of Sense but AOSP... I guess I will just have to wait for Ice Cream Sandwich, I hope for a major facelift

Steven 1 said:
I'm starting to like it more and more. Haha but that's just me
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I was gonna say the same, but then again is a matter of choices and preferences, something that should not be forgotten when you are comparing.

Coming soon to an Evo near you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16967342

Ehh, not a big fan of the round icons. I still like Sense, just not as much since all of the sense reboots I used to get before flashing MIUI.

HTC saying 3.5 will be compatible with all of there handsets not just their high range phones. Would be nice to see this happen. Sense is getting nicer and nicer but I run cm7 for the speed and vanilla look
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mattykinsx said:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/htc-sense-3-5-beta-screenshots-leak-bring-tears-of-joy-to-weath/
I keep liking Sense less and less.
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I'm with you. Just looks bloated to me.
And what is this obsession with weather updates all over Sense? Are they vampires who need to know the exact status of the sun before they can go outside?

MaxCarnage said:
And what is this obsession with weather updates all over Sense? Are they vampires who need to know the exact status of the sun before they can go outside?
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Hilarious and a great point.
They seem to be in love with the weather.

Papa Smurf151 said:
HTC saying 3.5 will be compatible with all of there handsets not just their high range phones. Would be nice to see this happen. Sense is getting nicer and nicer but I run cm7 for the speed and vanilla look
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I agree with you on the vanilla part. However there are something's of sense that I like. Like the text selector I think it is superior to aosp. I would love to run a sense 3.0 rom without the lockscreen. That ring annoys the crap out of me.
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Khilbron said:
I agree with you on the vanilla part. However there are something's of sense that I like. Like the text selector I think it is superior to aosp. I would love to run a sense 3.0 rom without the lockscreen. That ring annoys the crap out of me.
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Don't get me wrong. When I had my hero I was in love with sense. Its shiney and pretty and has some nice features but I need the snappiness to go with it
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I <3 Sense, it's just fluid and classy looking to me. But different strokes for different folks right? I run AOSP and find myself trying to make it mimic Sense, what's the point in me doing that?

I like sense 2

Theres just way too much going on. I tried Vanilla with CM7. Never looked back.

dw3bb10 said:
Theres just way too much going on. I tried Vanilla with CM7. Never looked back.
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Agreed.
Too much weather too.

Xtazy305 said:
I like sense 2
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I liked TouchFlo.

Khilbron said:
I would love to run a sense 3.0 rom without the lockscreen. That ring annoys the crap out of me.
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Synergy has the option to use the AOSP lockscreen instead (found in settings/display)...if that's what you prefer.

mizzos4 said:
Synergy has the option to use the AOSP lockscreen instead (found in settings/display)...if that's what you prefer.
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So does mikg
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ckoadiyn said:
So does mikg
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Except if you do that, you must swipe the bars and unlock your phone to answer a call. I delete most system files related to the ring and it gets rid of everything except for the ring. Works a bit better
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I think the lock screen is the only cool thing about sense, I like running the sense 3 with launcher pro on top, but
the weather lock screen is awesome so
I keep it, and I like the short cuts.
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I hate this so much.. Damn you devs!

Due to the devs making 2 awesome roms cm7 and miui I have been on my phone flashing non-stop lol
I cant decide on which one I like better because they both have different things I like about them. Just a rant but a positive one haha

Yeah, I understand. I have yet to try Miui though. I heard it dosen't have a app drawer. I don't know how I feel about that.

jworkcoo said:
Yeah, I understand. I have yet to try Miui though. I heard it dosen't have a app drawer. I don't know how I feel about that.
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You can apply a different launcher and you'll have an app drawer
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jworkcoo said:
Yeah, I understand. I have yet to try Miui though. I heard it dosen't have a app drawer. I don't know how I feel about that.
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Or you can search for 'Alt Drawer' here on XDA. Install an apk and presto! App drawer on miui
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jworkcoo said:
Yeah, I understand. I have yet to try Miui though. I heard it dosen't have a app drawer. I don't know how I feel about that.
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Yup, as they stated. Just change the launcher or dl the alt drawer.

masaidjet said:
You can apply a different launcher and you'll have an app drawer
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True... but doesn't this defeat a large part of the point of MIUI?
Although, I admittedly don't know as much about MIUI because I lack interest - didn't care for it on my friend's evo... are there other benefits to it that other roms don't have?
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styles420 said:
True... but doesn't this defeat a large part of the point of MIUI?
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Only as much as installing a theme,and using go launcher instead of the themed launcher that came with it. Miui isn't just a launcher
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I can understand
I feel it ultimately comes to a matter of how usable it is; features vs. user friendly is an ever going battle; it happens to me all the time with apps

[Q] MIUI?

Why does almost everyone recommend MIUI? MIUI is nothing but a pain for me, it's always lagging and the color scheme is not very appealing.

That's a VERY vague question and miui is the most customizable rom there is to offer on this phone. As for sluggishness you're crazy what are you running apply and kernel wise?
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I agree with Nic. MIUI rocks on this device. It comes with a ton of awesome features, and customizability is second to none.
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robb180t said:
Why does almost everyone recommend MIUI? MIUI is nothing but a pain for me, it's always lagging and the color scheme is not very appealing.
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Oh ya.. man you are so right!

thederekjay said:
Oh ya.. man you are so right!
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LMAO!!!!!!

thederekjay said:
Oh ya.. man you are so right!
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Lololol +1000
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MiUi is a very well done OS, if it's laggy for you, you're doing something wrong.
It's not my favorite, but it's one of the better ones out there
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try a factory reset but first format ya SD card make sure nothings on there, **IF I HELP SAY THANKS BUTTON**
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MIUI is hands down the best rom IMO and we have a great developer porting it for us. If you're having issues, its likely user related

Miui seems to colorful for me.
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dunno why i even use it right now
it's far too fast and smooth my slow brain can't keep up
and the battery lasts longer than my internal battery does :<
TDJ hit it, YOU HIT IT ON DA HEAD!!!!
kk seriously, dunno what's going wrong with you bro
lagging, check to see if you have random tasks bogging you down, as for color, customize your theme to make it more appealing

robb180t said:
Why does almost everyone recommend MIUI? MIUI is nothing but a pain for me, it's always lagging and the color scheme is not very appealing.
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How much pain has it cost you really? what else did you install/ flash on your phone that you think it's making it lagging and as for color i really dont know what to tell you. when you post stuff like this, it's like a slap in the face to the developers. be careful how you critique what people have worked hard for..
All i can say is thank you Derek for your work..

Not to beat a dead horse, but I agree with everyone else. MIUI is every bit as fast and smooth as plain AOSP, and with a lot more attractive UI and is more customizable. If it wasn't for the lack of an app drawer, I'd probably have used it longer.

TeeJay3800 said:
Not to beat a dead horse, but I agree with everyone else. MIUI is every bit as fast and smooth as plain AOSP, and with a lot more attractive UI and is more customizable. If it wasn't for the lack of an app drawer, I'd probably have used it longer.
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If the only thing you dont like about it is that is it missing the app drawer just install a new launcher like go launcher
Edit: Or install an app drawer from the market like "organized drawer" and it is just like miui has an app drawer

TeeJay3800 said:
Not to beat a dead horse, but I agree with everyone else. MIUI is every bit as fast and smooth as plain AOSP, and with a lot more attractive UI and is more customizable. If it wasn't for the lack of an app drawer, I'd probably have used it longer.
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MIUI paired with the app ALTDrawer = pure awesome. it gives you an app drawer while still keeping the functionality of MIUI, doesnt change the screens or messes with the stock launcher either

aznprodgy said:
MIUI paired with the app ALTDrawer = pure awesome. it gives you an app drawer while still keeping the functionality of MIUI, doesnt change the screens or messes with the stock launcher either
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Thanks, I hadn't seen that. In it's description it says "Move a shortcut of AltDrawer and replace the old app drawer of your launcher", but obviously MIUI has no app drawer icon to replace. Do you simply make one of your dock icons a shortcut to Altdrawer? If you could post some screenshots, that'd be great.

Miui is definitely fastest ROM out there. Not to mention highly customizable. Gonna have to agree with the crowd
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MIUI is great. I'm on a CM7 high currently but you can't go wrong with either.
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Wow I haven't even flashed MIUI yet but I will tomorrow @ my gf house (pc in da shop) hearing so many good things about and I'm a believer! Currently on DarkSide Sense 3.0, I TALK ALOT ANYWAY SHOUY OUT THEDEREKJAY HE's THE ****IN MAN WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ROM **** JU HEARD!
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SHOUTS OUT TO TDJ GOOD **** BRO KEEP DOING YA THING
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