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What exactly is MIUI?

A lot of people want it on their phones, but what is it, and what makes it so good? Is it an aosp type rom kind of like cyanogen. Thanks and forgive the noobnes of the question.
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Zor Omega said:
A lot of people want it on their phones, but what is it, and what makes it so good? Is it an aosp type rom kind of like cyanogen. Thanks and forgive the noobnes of the question.
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Its a cross breed of iPhone and android. YouTube it so u can see how it looks
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Just another rom, just one with some serious eye candy. 2 things really turn me off of this rom. Its closed source nature (you never know what kind of **** is in there), and the fact it is chinese (which gives me serious doubts about the security of it).
Its slick looking tho.

Yes, it's an AOSP-based rom.

its like Android + Iphone + CIQ + Nike + Great Fire Wall of China

Yeah, I had heard it was chinese, which kind of turned me off to the idea. But other than that, just another aosp rom huh? I just don't understand why people go crazy over it. I've seen what it looks like...nothing special really. Thanks for the info though.
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You won't understand till you run it.
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I ran it on my old evo, wasn't impressed.
It removes the app draw and puts every icon on the main screen, you can move them around, but clutters things.
It's themes are a great concept and look great if you're into what's available.
It messaging app sucks cajones, that's my general opinion.
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bricky23 said:
You won't understand till you run it.
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I guess not. I'd like to try it though, if we could get a port of it that works fully on here.
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gjones77 said:
It removes the app draw and puts every icon on the main screen, you can move them around, but clutters things.
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That alone would be enough for me to not use it, as I keep nothing on my home screens

Zor Omega said:
Yeah, I had heard it was chinese, which kind of turned me off to the idea. But other than that, just another aosp rom huh? I just don't understand why people go crazy over it. I've seen what it looks like...nothing special really. Thanks for the info though.
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I bet your shoes are made in China. Do you trust them? It's in English and has no spyware, or CIQ. The port for this phone however has several key features missing and no offense to the devs, it isn't quite ready for daily use. No builds have 4G. Epic's has unstable 3G, WiFi, GPS, and camera. The Devs are working hard though and trying to give us something to use.

DCRocks said:
That alone would be enough for me to not use it, as I keep nothing on my home screens
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I'm similar in that regard
screen 1: blank
screen 2: weather/clock widget
screen 3 apps i mostly use that have spilled over from my docks and i don't want to go into my drawer for or run as widgets

xboxfanj said:
I bet your shoes are made in China. Do you trust them?
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No............
No I will not make out with you.

Elite11b said:
No............
No I will not make out with you.
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What? WTF????

Miui is awesome. I got great battery life and the customization is ridiculous. I have a fascinate so it was buggy and incomplete but even without mms and camcorder I still use it as my daily rom.
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chris41g said:
its like Android + Iphone + CIQ + Nike + Great Fire Wall of China
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LMAO!!! just cause of that response, now i have to YouTube it.

Galaxy Note Modded To The Max!!!

Hey guys! I think i've customized to the limit here. This is just a quick video building on (or in addition to) my last 3D UI video
The main thing I want to put across is my "dynamic clock" idea. Basically, when you unlock your phone to glance at the time, you're greeted with a live wallpaper but on a fully transparent locksceen that changes with the time of day IN REAL TIME but yea, you'll see what I mean in the video
The rest of the vid is just for FUN.
Enjoy folks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyJKzmLHmCk
I'll probably explain the clock in greater detail in a tute if people want it.

Of course we want the tut!
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Very NICE !!
Man you really have a brilliant creative touch. haven't you thought of making a ROM yet??

Link the wallpaper I can't find it
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James Harrison said:
Hey guys! I think i've customized to the limit here. This is just a quick video building on (or in addition to) my last 3D UI video
The main thing I want to put across is my "dynamic clock" idea. Basically, when you unlock your phone to glance at the time, you're greeted with a live wallpaper but on a fully transparent locksceen that changes with the time of day IN REAL TIME but yea, you'll see what I mean in the video
The rest of the vid is just for FUN.
Enjoy folks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyJKzmLHmCk
I'll probably explain the clock in greater detail in a tute if people want it.
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Would be nice if you explain how you moded you phone to look like that. Just showing it off is kinda self serving.

Scorbion said:
Very NICE !!
Man you really have a brilliant creative touch. haven't you thought of making a ROM yet??
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Agreed, would love to test a ROM with this

Very nice video.
Great effort with wonderful result.
Can we have the tutorial and details please.

Ok this is amazing. Do I needed to be rooted to do this? Please give a detailed tutorial of how to do everything. I hope that is not too much to ask. I want to make my phone like this...seems so interactive.
::: Sent From My Samsung Galaxy Note :::

James, LOVE IT!
Cheers! Keep the videos coming. I learn something new every time.

Adw ex launcher + multipicture livewallpaper . And then let your imagination works to customize your phone . That's it !! No root, no special UI modifications, only time and imagination required. Have fun guys...
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when people are appreciating your work, why dont you make a detailed tutorial of the same, cmmon man help all

kebong said:
Of course we want the tut!
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Lol, okay coming right up!
Scorbion said:
Very NICE !!
Man you really have a brilliant creative touch. haven't you thought of making a ROM yet??
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Thanks man, A ROM could be a possibility, i just need to know if people would actually use it.
sprintuser1977 said:
Link the wallpaper I can't find it
From my kick-ass note
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Just search "blue skies" and it should be the first result.
ManicDVLN said:
Would be nice if you explain how you moded you phone to look like that. Just showing it off is kinda self serving.
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Not meaning to be rude but if you bothered to look at the rest of my channel i've showed detailed tutorials on how to do all of this except the lockscreen (which i'm going to do soon) But thanks for the input
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when people are appreciating your work, why dont you make a detailed tutorial of the same, cmmon man help all
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I'm starting it now! I wish I was a machine so I could make videos faster lol

NICEEE
Def will request a rom/tutorial for this!!!!!!!
Keep up the good work buddy!!!!

it is really amazing wonderful job.
i love the modding and try to find something make my not become more and more beautiful.
hope that you can share your clock and facebook widget for us

Yes please do explain it in more detail and even the widget locker settings

Great video collection, I've subscribed - now that we know it's coming to the US I can't wait! As for the impatient articles, they don't seem to understand others have lives - keep up the good work

Officially a fan!
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Loving the Koi and Stick Man live wallpaper. That's more money you've cost me James! ;-)
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note using XDA Premium app.

Is it me or the cloud in Blue Skies looks odd as in like low color depth esp during night time?

Really nice modded and I luv it what u done.
About the Blue skies, is it possible to just have it showing only on lockscreen and not homescreen too?

WoW! Multi-tasking browser?? Link!

WoW!!!
How good does this look?
Only prob is it is not a free app, and probably rightly so as I have never seen an android browser do this before!
If anyone gets it, post review here.
Enjoy
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.airbrowser
MJ-12

ok i had to try this.. works great. I cant wait until all apps can work in a window like this.. Im guessing its using the widget resize technology.
Thanks for the heads up.

erica_renee said:
ok i had to try this.. works great. I cant wait until all apps can work in a window like this.. Im guessing its using the widget resize technology.
Thanks for the heads up.
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Cool.. Can you use it to goto http://html5test.com and let us know what it scores?
Thanks!

Euclid's Brother said:
Cool.. Can you use it to goto http://html5test.com and let us know what it scores?
Thanks!
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Here is score and a few things it did not do so well on. Looks like its good for basic browsing.
Hope this is helpful
I am running on Vache rom with the acer rings wifi patch and 3.01 patch.

This is pretty darn sweet. Thanks for the find MJ-12, and thanks ER for the screenshots. Worth double the price.

Your very welcome I have been using it all day.
Its kinda a taste to what I think android will become. The same Dev has a few other floating. Apps. Like a calculator.

definitely cool enough to drop a buck and a half on. I played with it for a few minutes and then moved on but when the time comes and I need a couple browsers at the ready Ive got an app for that!

If any developers are interested in how he's doing it, he's registering the app as a service and drawing to the notification layer which also allows you to intercept (and act upon) touch events.
Not saying this app is doing it, but beware of apps that request those permissions, they could in theory log every touch on your screen.

Chrome Beta does much better
erica_renee said:
Here is score and a few things it did not do so well on. Looks like its good for basic browsing.
Hope this is helpful
I am running on Vache rom with the acer rings wifi patch and 3.01 patch.
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Chrome beta scores 350 approx already... guess they might add such feature in the future

That is pretty slick. They have a calculator that does the same thing too. True multitasking here we come!

Just tried it, works great, thanks for sharing!

had this since i read about it on...... where was it, phandroid or android central, one of the two.
definetly worth the money. don't use it that much but its really nice when i do.
tip: leave browser defaults unchecked, so your tab prompts you to choose a browser and you can choose overskreen. its like window's "open link in new window"

Project Chameleon - Giving Android a new perspective

Hi guys, I just ran into this post demonstrating Project Chameleon and wanted to share this with you. I personally think it looks great and can't wait for it to be released, or even better, to be ported to the Xoom!
http://briefmobile.com/remember-project-chameleon-its-not-just-a-concept-after-all

Looks class, would love to try it out
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA

Its really fantastic

That's pretty damn slick.

Looks awesome - but will need a lot of work to be really useful. Similar to Cornerstone (which is epic as well but is too buggy at the moment).

Looks to heavy and cluttered for me.
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Looks impressive but has anyone heard anything on a timeline as far as when the general public would have access to it?

Looks good to me, however very "Metro" like, they need to get this out before Win8 lands..

Kickstarter for this project
Please sponsor if u r interested
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaborvida/chameleon-a-better-home-screen-for-your-android-ta

That looks fantastic. Is it safe to say that it's a fully custom ROM though, like cornerstone? I assume you wouldn't be able to get that kind of function with just a custom launcher.

Aaron407 said:
That looks fantastic. Is it safe to say that it's a fully custom ROM though, like cornerstone? I assume you wouldn't be able to get that kind of function with just a custom launcher.
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Well in the interview he said it will be released in the play store. So I guess it is going to be a launcher.
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EvertorN said:
Well in the interview he said it will be released in the play store. So I guess it is going to be a launcher.
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Interesting. That + CM9 would be a fantastic combination.

Aaron407 said:
That looks fantastic. Is it safe to say that it's a fully custom ROM though, like cornerstone? I assume you wouldn't be able to get that kind of function with just a custom launcher.
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Looks pretty slick as an all-in-one package, but it doesn't look like anything that couldn't be accomplished right now with tasker, locale, your favorite widgets,and some hub-like home page setups, does it? A build your own variety would offer much more customization. Reminds me of an app I use on my note... car dock home. It is setup to recognize my dock or a bt connection in my car and brings up a totally new home screen with different apps and widgets, and cuts off wifi.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...er-home-screen-for-your-android-ta?ref=search
check it out they are asking for help if you do decide to donate $5 or more you get it before its official

Got my access to Project Chameleon Beta have it installed on my Xoom as we speak Very Impressive and I have to say it is VERY unlikely I will be going back to the default android launcher ANYTIME soon. Anyone who did get on-board via kickstarter can still get it now. Go to the site below for details.
http://chameleon.teknision.com/

Project Chameleon running on my Xoom

Wanted to support them earlier already, but was only do to so now since you can pay with paypal now. It really is still in beta mode, not all widgets are included either. Only instagram, twitter (2 options) weather, news (rss) and gmail. They included some wallpapers as well, but you can load your own too. It lags a little on Team Eos JB nightly, but they said they are working on it. I do hope for some more settings and gimmicks, and perhaps some mods. I really hope for some drawer mods though, as I prefer the stock one, preferably with some options (my other launcher is nova prime).
It has a lot of potential, so I think it's a good investment in the android modding.

So is chameleon just a fancy launcher?
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d3athsd00r said:
So is chameleon just a fancy launcher?
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So far, yes. I like it but it is still a beta product. I expect it to get much better and more feature rich.
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Any ETA?

ParanoidAndroid for the TF101

Any thoughts on if you guys would want it? I know I do!!
I have been trying the past few days to make a port from source but I don't know how to code and the code wont fully download.
If anybody else wants to try, please do cause I really want it ParanoidAndroid on my device here.
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My limited knowledge of Paranoid Android leads me to ask - why do you want it on the Tf?
Isn't it designed to give a tablet like experience on phones?
As well made as it is, I wasn't overly keen on the whole tiny u.i on my sgs2.
Otherwise I'm not sure what we would be missing out on.

Application-specific DPI settings would make me one happy panda.
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scottyf79 said:
My limited knowledge of Paranoid Android leads me to ask - why do you want it on the Tf?
Isn't it designed to give a tablet like experience on phones?
As well made as it is, I wasn't overly keen on the whole tiny u.i on my sgs2.
Otherwise I'm not sure what we would be missing out on.
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I want it because I like the Nexus 7 UI better and also some companies make better phone apps then they do Tablet versions.

dotmaniac said:
I want it because I like the Nexus 7 UI better and also some companies make better phone apps then they do Tablet versions.
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Hi, I have actually compiled ParanoidAndroid 2.12 jellybean rom for the tf101... is a big buggy, but you're welcome to try it...
Just need to try a couple more things to sort out a couple of bugs...
btw, I'm not a developer, and just started compiling, so it will not be perfect at any stage...

mattmanwrx said:
Hi, I have actually compiled ParanoidAndroid 2.12 jellybean rom for the tf101... is a big buggy, but you're welcome to try it...
Just need to try a couple more things to sort out a couple of bugs...
btw, I'm not a developer, and just started compiling, so it will not be perfect at any stage...
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Wow nice, do you have a download link? id like to give it a try

JoinTheRealms said:
Wow nice, do you have a download link? id like to give it a try
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I'm just compiling another build now... will test that and then give out a download link tomorrow...
If there is enough interest, I may create a thread in the development section...
As I said though, it is quite buggy...
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mattmanwrx said:
I'm just compiling another build now... will test that and then give out a download link tomorrow...
If there is enough interest, I may create a thread in the development section...
As I said though, it is quite buggy...
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It is too late for me though!
My TF101 got run over by a School Bus! But I hope everybody else enjoys it then!

I would love to see this rom on the tf101

dotmaniac said:
It is too late for me though!
My TF101 got run over by a School Bus! But I hope everybody else enjoys it then!
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Ah, that's a shame... hopefully the school helped towards a new one? Could have got away with homework being on it though and getting an extension...
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i9apps said:
I would love to see this rom on the tf101
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I will post it later... my build last night didn't do what I wanted it to, as soon as I get home from work I will sync and build again... should be done around half 8 GMT (is half 2 GMT now)...
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could be interesting. woud be nice to see if any of our other devs would be interested in helping you to iron out the imperfections and take it forward.
Always nice to have an extra rom to mess with
Quick yes or no ? for you......dock supported?

scottyf79 said:
could be interesting. woud be nice to see if any of our other devs would be interested in helping you to iron out the imperfections and take it forward.
Always nice to have an extra rom to mess with
Quick yes or no ? for you......dock supported?
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Yes - dock is supported... Well, at least it was working for me last night... Don't have a large SD card to test on it, but it should work (as i'm using the same device tree as others)...
As stated earlier, this is my first proper build (running a CM10 build on my phone, not released though). It would be nice to get others to help, at the moment, ADB doesn't work, everything I have tested is working, including Paranoid Settings... None of my builds seems to have ADB, so i do need to look into that!
As there seems to be enough interest, I think I will open a thread later - will link to it here though so you can all see it!

nice - look forward to it.:good:

Please make this happen

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31770791#post31770791 - thread as promised...