Database Users

[REQ] Port Jv1 touchwiz dialer / contacts to CyanogenMod 7

I'm not sure how integrated the samsung versions of these files are, but in my opinion they are miles better than the modded AOSP versions in cm7.
Are these files highly integrated into the framework to where it would be impossible? If the port goes smoothly, the touchwiz dialer and contacts could be enjoyed by the whole cyanogen mod community.

This seems like it would defeat the open source nature of cm. Although nothing is impossible, unless samsung releases source for touchwiz (which they won't), I don't see this happening.
Better to design the missing features into the aosp project.
Sent from xda premium app on i9000m.

Yeah I understand your point, but I wouldn't expect it to be integrated into the main branch so closed source shouldn't matter much. So I'm assuming samsung's source for those parts is closed?
the smart dialer, and swipe to call/txt features are what I miss most if someone can make quality enhancements to aosp I'd be for that over ports any day.
I've tried just about every alternate dialer app there is (dialer one is the best), and they all fall drastically short compared to tw counterparts imho.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

moosefist said:
Yeah I understand your point, but I wouldn't expect it to be integrated into the main branch so closed source shouldn't matter much. So I'm assuming samsung's source for those parts is closed?
the smart dialer, and swipe to call/txt features are what I miss most if someone can make quality enhancements to aosp I'd be for that over ports any day.
I've tried just about every alternate dialer app there is (dialer one is the best), and they all fall drastically short compared to tw counterparts imho.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i completely agree. Would love to get back the TW dialer and mms apk's. I'm gonna keep an eye out for anything on the subject, if i find anything il post back here.

Look for tw app ports to other phones, these should work on cm7

Mothatt said:
Look for tw app ports to other phones, these should work on cm7
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I know it was powered to the nexus one, but I thought that was the entire system not the individual apps....
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

I would love to have a remake of the samsung touchwiz 3 dailer without the rest of touchwiz on cm7. Most Samsung apps are actually quite good regarding usability; also 2 bad they don't scale if you change dpi .

Dialer of CM7 is the reason for switching to CM7
I use "Frequently called list" which is very fast in CM7 and annoyingly choppy in TW dialer (doesn't matter of the lagfix)

from 2.2 to 2.2.1 or 2.3

i'm still on 2.2 so i'm wondering what new update i should update to and how i can do so?

cm7 +1
With how easy it is install with rom manager and how its official now, best rom out now!!
great batter life and very stable except for no gps

Thanks if that 2.3.4? us it worth it over 2.2
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

very worth it!!! i use as my daily driver but no gps

I suppose if you can live without GPS it's a good upgrade. I'm in the category of folks who need the GPS in the phone so I'm patiently waiting for the Devs to fix the GPS or find our Gingerleak... For now I'm using Trigger 3.2 which I believe is 2.2. 2.2.1 leaks seem to have issues with my bluetooth devices.

cm7 is totally awesome if u can live without gps. i don't really need gps so this rom is awesome for me.

To the OP - just be aware that CM7 is stock android build and dont have TouchWiz which is Samsung's custom user interface. If you like TouchWiz elements like Samsung's version of clock, calendar, music and video player, widgets like feeds & updates, daily breifing etc you may want to wait for the official GB leak (who knows when). Also CM7 does not support hardware decoding for certain video formats unlike Samsung ROMs. So you need video players that do software decoding and possibly slower performance.

yeah, if you don't need gps, then a 2.3 rom is by far the way to go. after my first run on cm7 i went back to 2.2 and 2.2.1 roms and i couldn't pinpoint what it was/is but i was just overall dissatisfied with the performance. even with oc kernels.
now i'm back on cm7 and was running an oc kernel at 1.2 and 1.3ghz, but am now running the stock kernel. i won't go back again. but i would rather have 2.3 than gps.

You don't know what CM is until you try it! The customizations are great.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

iynfynity said:
You don't know what CM is until you try it! The customizations are great.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Perfect quote he says it all
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA Premium App

Personally 2.2.1 has been nothing but glitchy 2.3 seems solid minus gps honestly though I'm back on 2.2 I see no clear cut benefit for what i do to change
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA Premium App

If you want to have a rom for daily use, then 2.2 or 2.2.1 is the best.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA Premium App

I keep switching alot too. Switching between biwinning, CM7, and simplyhoney 2.3.3
I love some of the samsung elements such as some of the modes in camera such as night shot, continuous shots, etc. So I am sticking to simply honey for now minus the GPS of course. I just really hate to mute unmute on CM7. It's minor but it's annoying for me.

SG2 and Hardware Acceleration

There's no denying that as it stands the SG2 is the fastest android smartphone out now. I don't own one but based on what i'm hearing its crazy fast. My question is with its speed would it benefit from the hardware acceleration that comes with ICS?? Does the UI in this phone running as smooth as an iphone or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus without hardware acceleration? Or despite its speed does it occasionally still stutter in between screens from time to time or jumping in between apps??
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

TheAggression said:
There's no denying that as it stands the SG2 is the fastest android smartphone out now. I don't own one but based on what i'm hearing its crazy fast. My question is with its speed would it benefit from the hardware acceleration that comes with ICS?? Does the UI in this phone running as smooth as an iphone or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus without hardware acceleration? Or despite its speed does it occasionally still stutter in between screens from time to time or jumping in between apps??
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think its just the browser that is using hwa right now, if its using hwa in UI on ICS it would really make a difference. Maybe not in the time it takes for stuff to happen but overall smoothness, wich imo is not there yet
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

Hmm....that's slightly disappointing. I was hoping this phone would be just as smooth out the box based on what everyone is saying about its speed.....well thank God for ICS, cuz the stuttery UI is the androids OS main Achilles heel....we'll see what happens
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Well - it isn't really the "stuttering" people hate about android. Others think it isn't polished like IOS. Not to mention since it's so new - there isn't a lot of "good" apps for it.
With ICS - it'll take use of the graphic processor for the UI so that the primary dual core processor can focus on the tasks. In gingerbread, the processor is doing everything / and the graphic is only doing games. =/

krazykat said:
In gingerbread, the processor is doing everything / and the graphic is only doing games. =/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You forgot HW accelerated video playback and internet browser ;-) Also, you can always download and use stock Gingerbread launcher, which uses HW acceleration too, AFAIK.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

Well,as long as you don't underclock the device it's buttery smooth.To avoid confusion,Samsung's TouchWiz is hardware accelerated and it's as smooth as the iPhone etc.But even with alternative launchers it's really really smooth.I hate even the slightest hints of lag/stuttering and get annoyed very easily.With the S2 I haven't been annoyed for a long long time(well,sometimes things go wrong when you mess with the device just too much ).

Gingerbread offers HWA, browser, video processing, touchwiz 4.0 to name a few.
However, ICS is 'supposed' to take HWA one step further and fully optimize our high specs - mainly our GPU.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

tolis626 said:
Well,as long as you don't underclock the device it's buttery smooth.To avoid confusion,Samsung's TouchWiz is hardware accelerated and it's as smooth as the iPhone etc.But even with alternative launchers it's really really smooth.I hate even the slightest hints of lag/stuttering and get annoyed very easily.With the S2 I haven't been annoyed for a long long time(well,sometimes things go wrong when you mess with the device just too much ).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Touchwiz 4.0 is hardware accelerated?? Wow, that's awesome!! I guess I'm trying to wonder why isn't or wasn't hardware acceleration implemented in the android os long ago???
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

TheAggression said:
Touchwiz 4.0 is hardware accelerated?? Wow, that's awesome!! I guess I'm trying to wonder why isn't or wasn't hardware acceleration implemented in the android os long ago???
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its up to the manufacturers to add this in. HTC has done it with sense 3 as well.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App

akira02rex said:
Its up to the manufacturers to add this in. HTC has done it with sense 3 as well.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Htc have hardware accelerated sense 3.0? it's laggy as hell.

Google devs simply didn't deem it necessary, also because not all of the android devices had a decent gpu at the beginning, but obviously all of them had a cpu. They told devs not to do garbage collection regarding this issue, which is imho a very weak strategy. Good that they changed their mind with ICS at least: better late than never, but ofc never late would be better

ste1164 said:
Htc have hardware accelerated sense 3.0? it's laggy as hell.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sense 3 is smooth as butter animation wise. Its bloated that makes it laggy.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App

akira02rex said:
Sense 3 is smooth as butter animation wise. Its bloated that makes it laggy.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Browser also hwa?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

Nope.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

Lol Sense is a piece of ****
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

King Shady said:
Lol Sense is a piece of ****
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not ! Touchwiz is crap sense is awesome and it doesn't lag either sense 3.5 SON
MyTouch HD (Black)
Kernel demonspeed v7
lagfree 1516Ghz - 768Mhz
Edited Build Prop
Beats Audio
Gingerbread 2.3.5
Dark Side Sense 3.3 !

I own both HTC Sensation and Galaxy S2, I put Android Revolution ROM on the sensation and its smooth and fast, even when I downclock it to 800mhz.
I think by default Hardware Acceleration is not enabled for sense 3.0, the rom fixed that and to be fair.. I really like the sense interface and in terms of software, HTC is really ahead and offers better execution than Samsung.
Speed wise, the galaxy s2 is much much faster even when down clocked to 800mhz, I'm on VillianROM 3.0 and everyhing is flying.... I never liked the stock browser, my browser choice is Dolphin Browser MINI cos its fast and no lag and it can download from multiupload sites

I much prefer Sense over TW, it's a very polished ui, while instead TW is a complete mess: the colors are put together randomly and the overall feeling is that it's much less refined and elegant. TW looks like something designed for kids, while instead Sense has more of a business look, which i like much better. What actually stopped me from getting the Sensation is the fact that it actually performs much worse compared to the GS2, and lacks internal memory. I also got used to AMOLED screens so now i don't wanna go back to LCD because it feels like downgrading. But hey, this is kinda ot

Touchwiz 4.0 is awesome.
All videos of sense ive seen are laggy crap.
TW4 adds some nice features, simple to use and is hardware accellerated - just what i want from a launcher.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

Stock Camera for Custom Rom's

Hey All,
Since rooting my SGS2 and installing ICS Roms I find the Camera App is total S**t !
I use the camera loads both still and video.
The stock SGS2 Camera app was awesome !!!!! But the ICS one is rubbish !
I have searched everywhere and stock camera app is not available for custom roms or as an apk file.
So I am trying to find a developer to port the SGS2 Stock Camera App so it will work on all custom roms so we can all use it.
Failing that port it to Root Box Rom by Bajee11 as that's the Rom I use.
If anyone is skilled enough then let me know and we can discuss it further. It has to be totally bug free and working though.
I want this to happen so no time wasters please.
Feel free to leave comments regarding your camera experience on ICS.
Also don't recommend any apps as I wasted money on them all.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

I think it's impossible if you want it go back to stock rom
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app

Nah I don't think it would be imposable, just a lot of hard work either porting it from GB or starting from scratch. But either way something has to be done cause the ics camera is just crap!

I dont understand your topic. You're talking about a stock camera app. Flash any SAMSUNG based custom or stock ICS Rom and you will have a great camera... If you are using a CM or AOSP based ICS rom, like Rootbox, your camera might be worse. Because you have a Samsung device with Samsung camera, but a not samsung firmware... Or am I thinking wrong here, lolllzzz. Seems like common sense to me...

testicaltroy said:
Nah I don't think it would be imposable, just a lot of hard work either porting it from GB or starting from scratch. But either way something has to be done cause the ics camera is just crap!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's right it is bad but only the cm team can add features to it but no one will port the camera app its not so easy
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app

I am fully aware that it will be hard but if someone can port the other Samsung apps over then porting this will be possible. It will just take a little hard work and time for someone who has the knowledge about these kind of things (I don't)
Hopefully sooner or later a developer with the skill will answer the call
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

It may not be impossible, but you have to understand that the stock Samsung camera app requires the touchwiz framework and system libraries, these files are completely incompatible with the AOSP framework and libraries, also the libraries in question are closed source when distributed by Samsung so any attempt to port or write from scratch would be a complete shot in the dark and while I'm sure there are devas out there who agree with you, with all the issues Samsung creates for AOSP devs a mostly working camera is much further down the list than other projects.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

This is something I've been looking for since I been using CM as well... 6 months now... really sucks to have such a great firmware with such a bad camera... more importantly the reduced camera settings is what makes matter worse...
For eg if you want to make a video with CM Cramera on lowest resolution, a 1 min video is like 40mb... can't even email something like that... while stock allowed 3gp and VGA resolution cams so you can take random small unimp videos to send... like on whatsapp with a 12mb limit you can only make like 5-10 second videos...
Sent from my Galaxy ICSII

Get UCAM pro. Try it. Seriously great.

The question should be about other third party camera apps available on the play store. Is there any app that comes close to the stock samsung app in the terms discussed above?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

As OP states no point in recommending any PS Apps. I have seriously tried them all and wasted loads of money on inferior camera apps.
There is nothing that comes close to Samsung camera application.
Also I have ucam and it's crap. How you can compare that app to the SGS2 Camera I don't know.
Which is a shame. (
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

I agree with op here...the camera of this phone is very good and that's y I hate when it goes to waste on custom ROMs...Samsung ROM is very very ugly but utilizes camera quality to the fullest and has WiFi direct and FM but aosp and aokp ROMs r beautiful but camera sucks and no WiFi direct..spirit FM is the alternative at least
When will the perfect ROM come
Hell I would even buy the ROM like any play store product if it has aosp with Samsung like cam and WiFi direct and FM
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

Why don't you use stock ROM with custom theme then?
I'm using Neat ROM and you can flash a custom theme over it (Jkay, vertemus, ...)
There's a lite version in case you don't want all stock Samsung apps.

Not what I am trying to achieve here.
Really want it so the camera application can be shared to all who want it.
Thanks for the idea though.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

geevh said:
Why don't you use stock ROM with custom theme then?
I'm using Neat ROM and you can flash a custom theme over it (Jkay, vertemus, ...)
There's a lite version in case you don't want all stock Samsung apps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm using that too but it has limitations like the theme is close to aosp but not in full...plus some colours r not very good...some notifications r pure white etc such things...plus changing DPI which is possible in aosp and aokp disrupts the UI in Sammy ROM with aosp theme on it
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

Try using Ucam from play store it has most of the features of the stock camera and it also ugly like it
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app

i miss my stock camera....,could we like port the stock camera...Ive read some threads with instructions to detouchwiz an stock app,but that's gonna be a pain in the [email protected]#$ then again its worth it i guess.

Me too. I love Root Box but stock camera is really good.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

So I just tried ucam and I must say I'm quite impressed by the picture quality... not as good as stock but definitely better than CM...
Problems with it tho are that it keeps trying to autofocus which I find a little annoying...
Secondly and more importantly... its not allowing to take videos in less than 620*480... which was the problem to begin with... I'm starting to think this is a main CM limitation rather than any application...
Sent from my Galaxy ICSII

The stock camera has the advantage that Samsung can make calls directly to the hardware - fast and efficient. Because the stock camera only runs on Samsung devices.
When we talk about AOSP, now we are talking about generic Android. Google rewrote it for all devices with a general framework - it works on HTC. Now, the hardware cannot be directly addressed. Much more complicated programming - simpler in a way, but harder in others.
Then along comes AOKP. Those guys want to take Google out of the deal entirely, so they again rewrite everything and add another layer of abstraction. And when you think that NOBODY on the AOKP team owns an S2 and they don't even list it as a supported device. It is no surprise that the a large percentage of the features of the S2 are no longer available. For the life of me, I can't understand why putting up Superman wallpaper is better than having a decent camera, long battery life, FM radio, Bluetooth connectivity, etc.....

Quickest But Stable Roms

I am currently running Andromadus Mimicry, but I have found it to be quite slow. Has anyone experienced any quick, but stable roms.
Thanks

Another one of these?
Whatever one you use that meets your expectations. There are people here that will run ICS without issues, but state they have issues with Jelly Bean or Gingerbread. It is all a matter of what works for you.
That being said, CM7 based ROMs are your best bet. They are the most developed and mature for the device.

biohazrd51 said:
Another one of these?
Whatever one you use that meets your expectations. There are people here that will run ICS without issues, but state they have issues with Jelly Bean or Gingerbread. It is all a matter of what works for you.
That being said, CM7 based ROMs are your best bet. They are the most developed and mature for the device.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, I ran CM7 for a while, but found it quite slow and laggy on my g2. I was just wondering if anyone had found any quick ICS roms.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app

If you find Andromadus Mimicry and CM7.2 too slow, than I’m afraid you need a new phone
Minicry might not be 100% stable, but it is pretty close. I think the ICS (or JB) would not be significantly faster even with official HTC kernel (without hacks).
You can overclock your phone and try different governors. This way you can improve the “smoothness” at a cost of battery life. Also be sure you are running ext4 filesystem. And a fast SD card may help too, check if it is at least class 8.

Mimicry flies for me at 1.5ghz

Andromadus test builds with JellyBean are the fastest of all I've tested so far (cm7.*, cm9.*, MIUI, stock sense ROMs etc.). There are some bugs however (in latest build - #71 - for example camera stopped working), but speed, smoothness, and all JB-related-features of this ROM are really outstanding. I believe, that all annoying bugs will be smashed really soon and my G2 will last until new nexus comes out.

Ilwt cm7 #1

Quite slow in what sense? It's been plenty fast for me.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2

kbeezie said:
Quite slow in what sense? It's been plenty fast for me.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Both of them tend to have some VERY slow slowdown periods, where I have to take out the battery, just to get It responsive.
When I try to overclock it, anything higher than about 1209 (with smartass governor) gives me a bootloop.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app

1) Flash 4EXT recovery.
2) Repartition your phone.
3) Flash either an ICS or a JB ROM.
4) Enjoy the faster phone.
Sent from Spaceball One.

masterleron said:
Both of them tend to have some VERY slow slowdown periods, where I have to take out the battery, just to get It responsive.
When I try to overclock it, anything higher than about 1209 (with smartass governor) gives me a bootloop.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds like you got a bit more than just rom choice for your problem, I've had neither of those issues (could even do 1500mhz if I wanted without a problem).
Sent from my T-Mobile G2

blackknightavalon said:
1) Flash 4EXT recovery.
2) Repartition your phone.
3) Flash either an ICS or a JB ROM.
4) Enjoy the faster phone.
Sent from Spaceball One.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, trying this now. Will post results.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app

masterleron said:
Thanks, trying this now. Will post results.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, it certinaly worked. It took a little longer than expected, I forgot to make a backup . The phone is a lot faster, with no slowdown periods. The only issue I have is mentioned here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842347
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app

lTWL. Fast stable. And battery life is amazing!

How about sense roms?
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app

I'm coming from GB + CM7 rom, is the new JB or ICS much faster and still retain the phone's full functionality? I'm considering changing to Andromadus Minicry ICS/CM9. Currently, there is considerable lag when I just try to open up e-mail or respond to a text msg.
If there is much improvements, I rather just stay with my current build try not fix something that isn't (completely) broken. Is there a good way to migrate current apps over to the new rom? I'm currently running some crack apps that may not be available anymore.

masterleron said:
How about sense roms?
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sense beyond 2.1/3.5(gingerbread) generally speaking is too much bloat for desirez/g2, sense 4.0A would be fine cept its been worsen and slowed down with the 3.0 kernel for sake of a working camera. The full sense 4.0 they took the kernel from is slow to the point of practically unusable on our devices.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2
---------- Post added at 07:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:29 PM ----------
Azianmunk said:
I'm coming from GB + CM7 rom, is the new JB or ICS much faster and still retain the phone's full functionality? I'm considering changing to Andromadus Minicry ICS/CM9. Currently, there is considerable lag when I just try to open up e-mail or respond to a text msg.
If there is much improvements, I rather just stay with my current build try not fix something that isn't (completely) broken. Is there a good way to migrate current apps over to the new rom? I'm currently running some crack apps that may not be available anymore.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Jelly bean still has a bit of work to put into, but there are plenty of fast ICS roms (non-sense) out there with "functional" camera app (post-gb its mainly the camera people complain about)
I've found for me, ICS to be quicker/smoother than stock or CM7.2.
Regarding apps (while I don't condone piracy) titanium backup would be the solution, assuming said apps are compatible with ICS.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2

If you want sense, flash sense 4.0 by geneysense it thinks the name. And then use romcleaner and flash after you flash rom and its smmoooth

Hmm, for some reason, Mimicry is giving some trouble with my google account syncing. I am trying CM9 now, to se what its like.
Sense rom next!!
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app

masterleron said:
Hmm, for some reason, Mimicry is giving some trouble with my google account syncing. I am trying CM9 now, to se what its like.
Sense rom next!!
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
PS: "CM9" by Jerl is not CM9 Official (ie: it didn't come from the cyanogenmod people), it's just bout the same (if not worse in my opinion) than Mimicry which is based off Andromadus which is based off Cyanogenmod 9's source. Though if you do try Jerl's port of it, I strongly advise you not to use the 3.0 kernel, too many problems with it and he apparently didn't bother testing it before releasing it (or least didn't bother to tell people the risk).
Far as google account syncing, it depends on whether or not you made sure to flash google apps afterwards, and if you accidently booted prior to flashing it, then you need to make sure to remove all your accounts on the phone then re-add them as it says in the OP of that thread.