Ok, I'm not really new to this forum but I have a question, what exactly is CM7? I see threads on it with people saying that they would rather use that than ics.
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Its CyanogenMod. Its a custom rom.
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Ramsport said:
Ok, I'm not really new to this forum but I have a question, what exactly is CM7? I see threads on it with people saying that they would rather use that than ics.
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it stands for Cyanogenmod 7, it's an AOSP based ROM that has a lot of added features
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it stands for Cyanogenmod 7, it's an AOSP based ROM that has a lot of added features
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Ramsport said:
Ok, I'm not really new to this forum but I have a question, what exactly is CM7? I see threads on it with people saying that they would rather use that than ics.
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Capone is right on the money. It's one of the most popular ROMs out there for any phone that dev teams can get it on. Lots of great features, nightlies with small tweaks released frequently, and just overall pure Android goodness.
I just flashed it today for the first time and, despite no fingerprint scanner, it's worth it.
With that said, I cannot figure out CM7 team's fascination with ADW launcher. Go Launcher Ex is a better and faster launcher imho.
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I just flashed it today for the first time and, despite no fingerprint scanner, it's worth it.
With that said, I cannot figure out CM7 team's fascination with ADW launcher. Go Launcher Ex is a better and faster launcher imho.
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Maybe the team has some stake in the app. Might even be made by one of the devs. Personally I like ADW but you're right, there are better launchers out there.
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Maybe the team has some stake in the app. Might even be made by one of the devs. Personally I like ADW but you're right, there are better launchers out there.
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It helps that ADW Launcher is open source and has never had to contend with (likely overblown) privacy concerns as has Go. I'm partial to Zeam Launcher myself; it's minimalist, perhaps to a fault, but it is snappy and perfect for low memory devices.
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It helps that ADW Launcher is open source and has never had to contend with (likely overblown) privacy concerns as has Go. I'm partial to Zeam Launcher myself; it's minimalist, perhaps to a fault, but it is snappy and perfect for low memory devices.
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Out of curiosity, what do you mean about Go? I've been using Go for several months now, but when I put CM7 on I decided to give it a whirl. I've decided that Go is just a better launcher all around, but I haven't heard of any privacy concerns.
Also, is CM7 not allowed to just use the stock UI from Google?
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Out of curiosity, what do you mean about Go? I've been using Go for several months now, but when I put CM7 on I decided to give it a whirl. I've decided that Go is just a better launcher all around, but I haven't heard of any privacy concerns.
Also, is CM7 not allowed to just use the stock UI from Google?
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Yeah, you could use Launcher2. But I was told it's memory hungry, and overall lacks many important features (like resizing widets)
Sir_Brizz said:
Out of curiosity, what do you mean about Go? I've been using Go for several months now, but when I put CM7 on I decided to give it a whirl. I've decided that Go is just a better launcher all around, but I haven't heard of any privacy concerns.
Also, is CM7 not allowed to just use the stock UI from Google?
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A while back, before I was really on the Android scene, there some some chatter about Go Launcher requiring internet permissions from Android and sending the phone's IMEI to their servers. I said "unfounded" because lots of apps do that, especially pay apps.
As if there weren't enough threads about it? Didn't u have to make an account to post here? Did u watch the video? Search function and Google are your friends. Good luck all, happy flashing.
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I tried CM7. I disliked ADW and the rom felt overly bloated. It also had significant lag waking up to the lock screen.
I'm looking for the most basic barebones AOSP rom out there. What should I look for?
I always just ran CM7 with Launcherpro and it wsa the fastest I've seen. I think there are a few out there without the optimizations that the CM team adds but I don't know that they would be any faster.
most stock would be omfg or evervolv. recommend trying salvagemod 1.2.1 though
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I tried CM7. I disliked ADW and the rom felt overly bloated. It also had significant lag waking up to the lock screen.
I'm looking for the most basic barebones AOSP rom out there. What should I look for?
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Take a look in the development section... AND I have lol at the adw comment.. Anyways check out. Decks rom
from my phone duh
Adwex rules. If you want to dump the lag from adw, just change the drawer background setting to black.
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Take a look in the development section... AND I have lol at the adw comment.. Anyways check out. Decks rom
from my phone duh
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%100 Pure AOSP.....
Rom and Gapps w/ New Talk.apk:
http://www.mediafire.com/?p05q54839gjzt
Check out evodeck
I'd say omfg is about barebones as you can get, be decks is a great one to use too.
I'm curious, what is bloated about CM7? I keep hearing this bloated statement in all the alternative AOSP ROM threads but what is this bloat?
OMGB is great, I love it. That's the rom I use when I'm craving some vanilla
Decks is also just as good. Both are basically as pure as you can get!!
And my battery life on both of these roms... excellent.
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Take a look in the development section... AND I have lol at the adw comment.. Anyways check out. Decks rom
from my phone duh
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+1 on this. Decks rom is awesome. I still use version 1.0... It has been nothing but good for me. I went from flashing every other day or so, to at least 3 weeks now with this rom. I also use Tiamats 3.3.7 kernel. Awesome Battery life...(at least on my phone)
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
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I'm curious, what is bloated about CM7? I keep hearing this bloated statement in all the alternative AOSP ROM threads but what is this bloat?
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It just feels very heavy. It has settings and processes and customizations out the wazoo. Everywhere I looked in the rom it felt like there was special CM stuff. Which isn't that big of a deal, but the lockscreen lag made me want to throw my phone out the window sometimes.
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It just feels very heavy. It has settings and processes and customizations out the wazoo. Everywhere I looked in the rom it felt like there was special CM stuff. Which isn't that big of a deal, but the lockscreen lag made me want to throw my phone out the window sometimes.
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Yeah, i know what you are saying about the bloated feeling of CM7. I also couldn't stand the lockscreen lag. That's the main reason I went back to Myn's Warm. I just started using Deck's rom a few days ago, and it is freaking awesome. Fast as hell, and feels so clean.
Decks rom is cm7 with a different launcher.
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Deck's rom is the best vanilla pure gingerbread i've used so far.
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I usually use CM7 with ADW removed using Frank707's the flashable zips.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-933517.html
Salvage is pretty good too I'm actually running 1.2.1 right now. I think I'm going to flash Deck's for a few days to see how it goes.
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Decks rom is cm7 with a different launcher.
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Not quite.
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Not quite.
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Yes
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I have been using savaged Zen for about a week and it is perfect. GPS locks instantly. 4g works. No adw.... stock gb launcher. No problems.
I wonder why this rom doesn't get more attention.
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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.
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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.
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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
Hi developers...I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right section, and forgive me if I am...as you know the kindle Fire system dump has been out... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295928&page=3 . It has been ported to the Samsung galaxy tablet ... http://gigaom.com/mobile/so-i-turned-my-galaxy-tab-into-a-kindle-fire/ ... I was wondering if this can be done on our nook colors ...If a developer can do this...it would be awesome...I would try if I knew how to.. thank you in advance..and once again I'm sorry if I posted in the wrong section
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Sounds like a big job with processor differences and all. Have you lost your love for cm?
Ian
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Sounds like a big job with processor differences and all. Have you lost your love for cm?
Ian
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Not really a big job considering its based on the AOSP source. In all reality its just porting the main launcher onto the code. You can use all the proprietaries from cm.
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I am just wondering why anyone would want to......
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I am just wondering why anyone would want to......
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why not, just cause you dont want to have it doesnt mean others will, its all about choices when it comes to android and the more choices we have the better our experience will be
I'd do it...if only to show the flexibility of the NC. Still have no interest in actually BUYING a Kindle Fire though. Still enjoying CM7
I'm gonna try and port it through android kitchen (no guarantees though), this sounds like a great idea to me. Someone with more experience dev'ing should try it as well.
Any luck guys...the launcher on cm7 force closes for me
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A bit off topic, but If your launcher is FCing, try launcher pro instead. It works for me on CM7 sd install, and rooted stock.
You could also try an older cm7 install.
As for the fire, I would play with it out of curiosity, but I like the rooted stock for everyday use.
~Leko
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A bit off topic, but If your launcher is FCing, try launcher pro instead. It works for me on CM7 sd install, and rooted stock.
You could also try an older cm7 install.
As for the fire, I would play with it out of curiosity, but I like the rooted stock for everyday use.
~Leko
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I meant the kindle fire launcher
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I see, sorry. I was wondering how that would work.
Not knowing much about the system, would you need it to sync to the cloud? If yes, authentication could be a serious issue.
Does it allow non market installs, and can it go to the market?
I am not sure I would be interested if it cannot do these two things. If it could, it may be amusing, but it would have to be silky smooth for me to consider it a prime OS. Since the hardware is significantly slower on the nook, I am betting it is a no go, but that is just conjecture.
~Leko
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Sounds like a big job with processor differences and all. Have you lost your love for cm?
Ian
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The work done actually looks like a port of the apks. The fires UI runs on top of the galaxies UI so CPU and all that doesn't matter. It's just implementing the framework that's the problem.
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Afternoon all,
just bought a galaxy tab 10.1 but not entirely impressed. Feels a bit laggy to me. I have an ipad2 too which hardly lags and works flawlessly.
Galaxy feels and looks better but what would i need to do to reduce the lag? whats the best rom available
I notice the lag alot when i swipe.
Install ADW Ex launcher if you want to stay stock, or flash the ICS ROM, and kiss the lag goodbye.
You are truly not seeing the potential with tab with the stock touch wiz.
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All you need to do is read a few threads asking virtually the same question in the past several days.
The ability/willingness to search and read will save you countless problems and repeating of question already answered and here for the finding.
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Benzoman said:
All you need to do is read a few threads asking virtually the same question in the past several days.
The ability/willingness to search and read will save you countless problems and repeating of question already answered and here for the finding.
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ta,
can i install the task14 rom straight away? at the moment my tab hasnt been touched with any software modifications.
|flyte| said:
Install ADW Ex launcher if you want to stay stock, or flash the ICS ROM, and kiss the lag goodbye.
You are truly not seeing the potential with tab with the stock touch wiz.
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+1 for ADW Launcher.
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ta,
can i install the task14 rom straight away? at the moment my tab hasnt been touched with any software modifications.
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Sockmonk3y's Sticky guide in the development section tells you exactly what to do. I like how he added a section right into the guide saying, if you want a custom ROM, now is the time. Sure helps know when to do it.
Personally, I like go launcher hd, which is just out of beta and the options to customize and theme it are almost non-existing so far, so I can't say its the best. I like go launcher ex a lot with So many themes and stuff to customize it rocks. But if you decide to go with go launcher hd later its a pain to start over.
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try apex launcher
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try apex launcher
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Only nice if your running an ICS ROM.
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I running apex on my sgs2 with ics so if it can be used when the gtab gets ics that will be sweet.
Not long now...
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rafter_01 said:
Afternoon all,
just bought a galaxy tab 10.1 but not entirely impressed. Feels a bit laggy to me. I have an ipad2 too which hardly lags and works flawlessly.
Galaxy feels and looks better but what would i need to do to reduce the lag? whats the best rom available
I notice the lag alot when i swipe.
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I would suggest you root your tab immediately and if you are not too concerned with the Camera you should install ICS Kang from AOKP. But other wise best HC choice is GalaxyTask 14.
Galaxytask14 has some lag but the ICS roms are literally flawless and has amazing mods and one of the biggest secrets behind the ICS speed is that they do not have Samsung's bloat-ware.
So if you are one of those people who loves flawless experience at the expense of camera (until Samsung releases a rom with the Camera driver) ICS would be your best friend and believe me I have come from IOS too so I was always after total smoothness that I have found in ICS.
Hope this helps .................
Hey folks! My buddy just got the Galaxy Note and I was telling him about the awesome Developer custom firmware and mods...BUT then he told me, nothing beats the Official Firmware aka GingerBread with, in my opinion the Horrible TouchWiz UI. So I wanted to know your thoughts?
Am I wrong about TouchWiz being a bad representation of the Beauty of Android and not being Optimized for the Note...or am I biased?
All responses are welcome
Obviously it depends on what you prefer but i definitely prefer custom roms cause a) they usually are a lot smoother and b) they look better. And of course there's couple features you don't have on stock. Have a try?
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I love ICS to death, but the lack of toggles in the notification bar really put a damper on things. I would recommend a Custom ICS ROM like CM9, or the sorts. Just look through the threads to see which was has the least amount of problems, or suits you best.
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I love ICS to death, but the lack of toggles in the notification bar really put a damper on things. I would recommend a Custom ICS ROM like CM9, or the sorts. Just look through the threads to see which was has the least amount of problems, or suits you best.
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I've been using ics stunner 5.0 for a day now and there is a bunch of toggles to use and I think this is the best rom I have had on my note. Doesn't feel like having a beta rom at all
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Stunner works surprisingly well. I am using Alba jp6 atm. And it rock! No issues I can find.
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Stunner works surprisingly well. I am using Alba jp6 atm. And it rock! No issues I can find.
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I really like this apex launcher and I don't have any issues either. Is there some kind of launcher like this in alba?
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I really like this apex launcher and I don't have any issues either. Is there some kind of launcher like this in alba?
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cs_allu said:
I really like this apex launcher and I don't have any issues either. Is there some kind of launcher like this in alba?
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not by default. But just download it from play store
I like the ICS ,but im using GB because when i compare with both
I feel GB is more smooth then the ICS
But ICS is look nice then GB for me...
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Okay sounds rational never used any launchers than tw so didn't know. Which ics rom u people prefer btw?
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Oh this is NICE...A lot of Opinions I see, great! Keep em coming
My absolute ideal ROM would be a proper AOSP ROM(With fully optimized and compiled kernel) and Samsung's premium suite S-Note app. But for now I'm happy with AOSP CM9 ROM that I've been using as a daily diver.
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My absolute ideal ROM would be a proper AOSP ROM(With fully optimized and compiled kernel) and Samsung's premium suite S-Note app. But for now I'm happy with AOSP CM9 ROM that I've been using as a daily diver.
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TOTALLY agree with you.
my perfect ROM is 100% AOSP experience(no more touchwiz please) with FULL S-Pen functionality.
this would be perfect.
I'm still on stock GB, as I have a custom ICS ROM on my tablet and don't see the new features as enough of a reason to void my warranty having played with it for a while - and I'd like to get premium suite when it comes out too.
I did like TW when I first got the Note, especially the list display of the apps menu, but having tried various launchers (inc. sPB shell) I keep ending up back with ADW Ex which I love the tweakability of. It takes a while to learn what the different settings do but you can get a great UI experience from it once you've got it set up just right. I think TW would be so much better if you could tweak it a bit more to your own preferences.
I probably will root my Note and install a lean, custom ROM once my year's warranty is up, just for the performance benefits and lack of bloatware, but for now I'm happy with GB.
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My absolute ideal ROM would be a proper AOSP ROM(With fully optimized and compiled kernel) and Samsung's premium suite S-Note app. But for now I'm happy with AOSP CM9 ROM that I've been using as a daily diver.
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darkinners said:
TOTALLY agree with you.
my perfect ROM is 100% AOSP experience(no more touchwiz please) with FULL S-Pen functionality.
this would be perfect.
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+1 on pure ICS plus "S-pen premium suit applications"
AllAboutAndroids said:
Hey folks! My buddy just got the Galaxy Note and I was telling him about the awesome Developer custom firmware and mods...BUT then he told me, nothing beats the Official Firmware aka GingerBread with, in my opinion the Horrible TouchWiz UI. So I wanted to know your thoughts?
Am I wrong about TouchWiz being a bad representation of the Beauty of Android and not being Optimized for the Note...or am I biased?
All responses are welcome
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There's nothing wrong with touchwiz, imho. I personally prefer adwlauncher but I could live with touchwiz if I had to. To each their own.