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H (HTC) vs. G (Google) builds -- comparison thread.

I haven't been able to find a thread comparing the H and G builds, so I figured I'd start one. I'm well aware that both are discussed in depth in the enormous Magic thread, but I felt that a comparison of the two builds deserves its own discussion.
Basically, the questions are, which build do you like better? Have you tried both? If so, what features does Build X have that Build Y lacks? Etc, etc. Including the build number (i.e., 5.0.1H) would also be helpful.
Personally, I've just switched from JF1.42 to 5.0.1H, and I think it's a great change. I'll be giving the Google build a test soon, and I'll report back with my relative impressions.
Just to be clear: I am not asking what the difference is between H and G. Instead, I'm asking what features one has over the other.

im wondering about this also, screenshot comparisons would be great! im runing 5.0G, and its flawless! I am considering the HTC build tho, i just would liek to see what it looks like...

joeydsmith said:
im wondering about this also, screenshot comparisons would be great! im runing 5.0G, and its flawless! I am considering the HTC build tho, i just would liek to see what it looks like...
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Agreed, if people could post screenshots up, all the better.

screenshots for 5.0.1H can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3608764&postcount=3632
another member will be taking shots of 5.0G for comparssion
good job on this thread.

Neither firmware is intended for the G1 (just to clear up that confusion).
Both are meant for Magic/Sapphire.
One is based on Google's build (CRA79), and one is based on HTC's build.

I have the H build on my phone. My girl has the G build on hers. My phone is very stable, battery life is best it has been.
The only major difference I see is the looks obviously. And the camera. The HTC one is better but i dont take many pics so not a dealbreaker. Im gonna flash the G one on my phone and give it a walk through then decide wich one im gonna keep. My girl wants me to put H back on her phone cause she like the keyboad better lol.

i think the biggest difference is just the keyboards
imho i think the htc keyboard is waaay better
it takes some getting used to but it has alot bigger keys and its alot easier to use and the word prediction i believe is better also

Am I correct in assuming that the Google version has no Chinese characters scattered throughout the system (widgets, dialer, etc.)? I haven't heard anyone complain about G build language issues.

the HTC build has a nice media player widget, thats about all i like on it.... Wish there was an english weather widget.

jayaustn said:
Am I correct in assuming that the Google version has no Chinese characters scattered throughout the system (widgets, dialer, etc.)? I haven't heard anyone complain about G build language issues.
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there is no chinese anywhere scattered throughout the g build.

One thing I notice is that the 5.0.1h has activesync/exchange but the 5.0G does not have activesync/exchange, however, I was never even able to get the activesync/exchange working in the 5.0.1H version.

Yeah, I will just wait for the official Dream update. I guess I can appreciate that someone is doing all the work for porting it over, but why? To get it a couple weeks earlier and less stable?
Not worth it IMHO

For me, the 5.0.1H build is going to be out of the door as it has a weird conflict with my UK phone. The browser is throwing weird crash errors on the VK. Haykuro has already looked into this and can't find anything wrong (the error is not even being logged down). Any other UK users having the same problem with the VK crashing in the browser?
Really, the exchange support is handy for me; but not crucial. I'd rather have a rock stable build and 5.0G will provide this. As much as I love the VK on the HTC build, the Google one is fine enough and having the physical keyboard doesnt make this a killer decision for me.

momentarylapseofreason said:
Yeah, I will just wait for the official Dream update. I guess I can appreciate that someone is doing all the work for porting it over, but why? To get it a couple weeks earlier and less stable?
Not worth it IMHO
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oh man, so I guess you missed out all the fun of hacking the system.

khoaitaychienvn said:
oh man, so I guess you missed out all the fun of hacking the system.
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But just think, his phone is stable, he doesn't sit up all hours waiting for a new release, and he wife/girlfriend probably doesn't think he is obsessed.

I really dont notice the difference in the VK's much either since I am so used to opening up the g1 to use the hardware keyboard. The dialer app in 5.0.1H is really annoying too. I don't like the asian characters and I hate how you have to press the menu button instead of being able to use tabs like in 5.0G

I'm using the 5.0g version, and its very stable so far. Camera and video work great. I'm very tempted by the h version because it is far more pretty then the G build and has so nice features, but from what I understand it is missing some key apps like GMail and Maps that I use daily.

cl2eep said:
I'm using the 5.0g version, and its very stable so far. Camera and video work great. I'm very tempted by the h version because it is far more pretty then the G build and has so nice features, but from what I understand it is missing some key apps like GMail and Maps that I use daily.
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gmail and maps are both in 5.0h now.

thugplayer said:
I really dont notice the difference in the VK's much either since I am so used to opening up the g1 to use the hardware keyboard. The dialer app in 5.0.1H is really annoying too. I don't like the asian characters and I hate how you have to press the menu button instead of being able to use tabs like in 5.0G
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Personally, I love the dialer. It opens with the SEND key (instead of that useless call log), which is a really nice feature, and negates the need for a Dialer tab. Just hit the green key from any screen on the phone, and the dialer pops up. I feel that it is way more intuitive (it auto-completes like most standard phones); the only drawback is the Chinese characters.
I do agree that, personally, I'm indifferent to the VKs. While I definitely appreciate the feature, I don't use it enough to care which one I stick with.
Overall, having just tried out the G build, I find the H build to be a nicer change. The G build is simply to similar to the previous Android builds to keep me interested; the H build really changes it up a bit. One thing I don't like about the H build, however, is the ugly white call screen; though I didn't like the dark one RC33 had, this white one is equally as unattractive, in my opinion.

I posted this in the Uber-thread earlier, but here it is again...
I put together a spreadsheet to help me figure out this very question today and posted it on Android Community in case some other folks might find it useful. JohnnyLicious has already contributed his screenshots of 5.0.1H, but if someone wants to throw up some 5.0G screenshots I'll add those as well.
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=169100#post169100

Does anyone plan on making new roms and themes for hero

Does anyone plan on making new roms and themes for the hero i dont really like the look on the stock rom i have MoDaCo and it looks the same as stock like the g1 they have alot of nice roms and stuff will we ever have roms like that?

thorracing1 said:
Does anyone plan on making new roms and themes for the hero i dont really like the look on the stock rom i have MoDaCo and it looks the same as stock like the g1 they have alot of nice roms and stuff will we ever have roms like that?
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I'm currently back on the HTC ROM but I would assume you can still run any of the home replacements from the market (or just the default android one) on MoDaCo.

do you know any good ones?

thorracing1 said:
do you know any good ones?
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It's really a preference thing, there's no harm in installing any one of them and seeing if you like'em. Sense really is the better fit for me.
Some of the major ones are:
- OpenHome
- aHome
-dxTop
- PandaHome
...that's just off the top of my head some of the ones I've tried. They each have some cool and unique things about them.

Once i figure what can me skinned and how i will be making themes. Not sure if i will post any, as i must have made at least 100 themes for S2U2 for personal use when i had my WinMo phones. If i did do one to post it would more than likely be a Danbo (Danboard) theme.
I just discovered that little guy and i already outfitted my chompSMS with several wallpapers of him.

thecodemonk said:
It's really a preference thing, there's no harm in installing any one of them and seeing if you like'em. Sense really is the better fit for me.
Some of the major ones are:
- OpenHome
- aHome
-dxTop
- PandaHome
...that's just off the top of my head some of the ones I've tried. They each have some cool and unique things about them.
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aHome Lite made my Hero so laggy i could hardly use it. It took me like 10 minutes just to get it uninstalled.
Also, when i was searching for OpenHome i couldnt find the actual program, only themes. Anyone know the official app name?

lol if you figure out how to make a theme you should defiently make me one

Negrito said:
aHome Lite made my Hero so laggy i could hardly use it. It took me like 10 minutes just to get it uninstalled.
Also, when i was searching for OpenHome i couldnt find the actual program, only themes. Anyone know the official app name?
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I didn't have much trouble with aHome, odd.
Any home replacement will be difficult to find on the market if there's a bunch of themes with the name in it sadly.
I almost forgot a few more too:
- Freshface
- GDE (though I don't know if this one is out yet)
As for OpenHome, fire up that barcode scanner and go here:
http://www.androidtapp.com/open-home/ It has QR codes to scan and will take you straight to the market app.

which one do you think looks the best? and is the fastest

Negrito said:
Once i figure what can me skinned and how i will be making themes. Not sure if i will post any, as i must have made at least 100 themes for S2U2 for personal use when i had my WinMo phones...
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I thought I recognized you from PPCG!
I used to have a Diamond and even made a few ROMs using some of the great kitchens available. It would be awesome if there were some kind of kitchen for the Hero. Hell, I might even give it a try then...just don't tell my wife, she thinks I quit cooking.

lol you got the hero too?

watzone69 said:
I thought I recognized you from PPCG!
I used to have a Diamond and even made a few ROMs using some of the great kitchens available. It would be awesome if there were some kind of kitchen for the Hero. Hell, I might even give it a try then...just don't tell my wife, she thinks I quit cooking.
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There is a kitchen, its called Android SDK and you can use it with eclipse. all you need to do is go grab the source from htc and compile it the way you want to and load it up with eclipse. or the android emulator. there is other steps but thats what google is for. i am working on my own rom right now. cant wait till its done. i am wondering how fast a bone stock rom would run.

I would be ur number one fan for a bone stock Android with hero support. I'd even go as far as to say it would be the base most custom roms are based off of.
I'm not a programmer but if u go through with this is there any way to twist cryogen's work into it? He gets great reviews and the update utility is pretty pimp

thecodemonk said:
I didn't have much trouble with aHome, odd.
Any home replacement will be difficult to find on the market if there's a bunch of themes with the name in it sadly.
I almost forgot a few more too:
- Freshface
- GDE (though I don't know if this one is out yet)
As for OpenHome, fire up that barcode scanner and go here:
http://www.androidtapp.com/open-home/ It has QR codes to scan and will take you straight to the market app.
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Awesome, thanks for the link.
watzone69 said:
I thought I recognized you from PPCG!
I used to have a Diamond and even made a few ROMs using some of the great kitchens available. It would be awesome if there were some kind of kitchen for the Hero. Hell, I might even give it a try then...just don't tell my wife, she thinks I quit cooking.
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Yep, they banned me over something dumb, and i didnt feel like fighting them, plus since i have a Hero now they are useless.

can someone tell me how to make roms and stuff like that for the hero maybe a guide or video on it? thanks

thorracing1 said:
lol you got the hero too?
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Yep! I made a deal with my wife that I wouldn't spend all my time hacking a phone with Android on it (I know, I'm going to hell for that lie).
cteneyck said:
There is a kitchen, its called Android SDK and you can use it with eclipse. all you need to do is go grab the source from htc and compile it the way you want to and load it up with eclipse. or the android emulator. there is other steps but thats what google is for. i am working on my own rom right now. cant wait till its done. i am wondering how fast a bone stock rom would run.
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Good to know! I'll check it out. I've got quite a bit of catching up to do. Looking forward to your ROM as well.
Negrito said:
Yep, they banned me over something dumb, and i didnt feel like fighting them, plus since i have a Hero now they are useless.
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LOL! I sort-of banned myself. The Hero forum there is pretty lame. I still have friends there and at EDTP but I don't spend much time there anymore.
Alright!

MIUI for novices

Greetings, I am sure I could discover all about MIUI if I looked hard enough, but I thought it might be useful if we had our own Nexus S place where someone like me who has never used or seen MIUI in action could hear from those with previous experience.
I understand its very different from normal android but in which important ways? Are widgets the same? Is the market the same? Will we still have Voodoo sound and colour? Does the app drawer still apply? You see where I am driving at!
please share knowledge and questions...

I have very limited experience with miui I'll admit but I can answer a few of your questions. Most things are the same however it has its own customer launcher and home replacement for which there is no app drawer. All apps are placed on homescreens for the minuit launcher however you can use adw or lpp and have an app drawer back.
Sent from my MattedBlues CM7 Nexus S from the XDA Premium app.

Thanks man, I have heard many good things about MIUI but I would miss something like Voodoo so much! I mean how awesome is Voodoo sound?!
It does seem MIUI would take some getting used to.

willcpfc said:
Thanks man, I have heard many good things about MIUI but I would miss something like Voodoo so much! I mean how awesome is Voodoo sound?!
It does seem MIUI would take some getting used to.
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Well its just like any other ROM, kernels will have to be customized for it. I'm sure someone will release a voodoo sound/color equipped kernel for it soon.
Its definitely a switch but one worth giving a shot. I tried it on my Evo but couldn't get Swype working and at the time I was more in love with Swype then I was with any ROM so I gave up after only giving it a few hours. I plan to give it a much more fair chance this time but its a little difficult getting things set up when half of everything is in chinese lol

willcpfc said:
Greetings, I am sure I could discover all about MIUI if I looked hard enough, but I thought it might be useful if we had our own Nexus S place where someone like me who has never used or seen MIUI in action could hear from those with previous experience.
I understand its very different from normal android but in which important ways? Are widgets the same? Is the market the same? Will we still have Voodoo sound and colour? Does the app drawer still apply? You see where I am driving at!
please share knowledge and questions...
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maybe these fanatics might answer some of your questions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890373

Yeah I was following that thread. I think my questions can only be answered by trying it out. When its in English as my Chinese is not up to much lol. I got a feeling I wont like miui though. But we shall see

willcpfc said:
Yeah I was following that thread. I think my questions can only be answered by trying it out. When its in English as my Chinese is not up to much lol. I got a feeling I wont like miui though. But we shall see
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Lol I assume your chinese comment is sarcasm and I can assure you its usable in chinese. I do not know a single chinese character but for the most part you can work your way through everything. The one thing I'm still looking for is Haptic Feedback because I hate it and its on by default <.<

I personally love MIUI. The lockscreen, when they get it, looks fantastic and nice. The menu screen is extremely different. If you look at the pics you'll see what it looks like. That takes some time getting used. All the apps are on the homescreen now, similar to iOS. You can create folders to organize them. You can also add all the widgets you normally get from the market, on there. The messenger has been modified, it a very good way. It looks really good. Everything else is the same.

ruben8448 said:
I personally love MIUI. The lockscreen, when they get it, looks fantastic and nice. The menu screen is extremely different. If you look at the pics you'll see what it looks like. That takes some time getting used. All the apps are on the homescreen now, similar to iOS. You can create folders to organize them. You can also add all the widgets you normally get from the market, on there. The messenger has been modified, it a very good way. It looks really good. Everything else is the same.
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From what I understand they don't have any intention of bringing the old lockscreen back. I'm not sure if they will be doing a new one but, again this is my understanding, we're stuck with the AOSP lockscreen.

kenvan19 said:
From what I understand they don't have any intention of bringing the old lockscreen back. I'm not sure if they will be doing a new one but, again this is my understanding, we're stuck with the AOSP lockscreen.
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Nothings impossible Somebody can make a unofficial lockscreen port

kenvan19 said:
Lol I assume your chinese comment is sarcasm and I can assure you its usable in chinese. I do not know a single chinese character but for the most part you can work your way through everything. The one thing I'm still looking for is Haptic Feedback because I hate it and its on by default <.<
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one thing that strikes me regarding the original MIUI ROM being chinese natively... is that AOS is supposed to be roughly international No?
even if it installs as Chinese, you should be able to go into settings and change it to English?
like when i change English to Spanish and Vice versa in the stock ROM or some other Custom ROMs

AllGamer said:
one thing that strikes me regarding the original MIUI ROM being chinese natively... is that AOS is supposed to be roughly international No?
even if it installs as Chinese, you should be able to go into settings and change it to English?
like when i change English to Spanish and Vice versa in the stock ROM or some other Custom ROMs
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MIUI is fully customized. And no this isn't the case, its set to English by default and the MIUI ROM is a hybrid of English and Chinese.
The English language pack is now available (~30MB) in the MIUI thread.

Simply, it is an iOSish Android ROM.

zephiK said:
MIUI is fully customized. And no this isn't the case, its set to English by default and the MIUI ROM is a hybrid of English and Chinese.
The English language pack is now available (~30MB) in the MIUI thread.
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yeah, i saw the pictures, those menu options will give me a headache with the non english stuff ... LOL

AllGamer said:
yeah, i saw the pictures, those menu options will give me a headache with the non english stuff ... LOL
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it wasn't that bad. the icons in settings were pretty relevant.
its fine now. just the notification power widgets is still in chinese.
only complaint i really at this point is white background with white text.
will probably go back to CM7 when the next nightly comes. i prefer having all black to maximize super amoled screen

zephiK said:
it wasn't that bad. the icons in settings were pretty relevant.
its fine now. just the notification power widgets is still in chinese.
only complaint i really at this point is white background with white text.
will probably go back to CM7 when the next nightly comes. i prefer having all black to maximize super amoled screen
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That, the download issue and the lockscreen are my complaints. Not going to lie...without the custom lockscreen MIUI is CM7 with a custom launcher <.<

kenvan19 said:
That, the download issue and the lockscreen are my complaints. Not going to lie...without the custom lockscreen MIUI is CM7 with a custom launcher <.<
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pretty much. but it opens a lot of room for customizablity and eye candy.
my engadget, photobucket and some other apps FC'd on me so i reverted back to CM7. probably going back to it on the next release and see how it is.
for some reason, my ADW EX settings doesn't get restored when im on MIUI but works for CM7 and other 2.3 based roms. weird

kenvan19 said:
That, the download issue and the lockscreen are my complaints. Not going to lie...without the custom lockscreen MIUI is CM7 with a custom launcher <.<
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Download issue can be solved by switch the download mode to start download under any network.
Open Downloads app -> Press Menu button -> Select the right one to switch to start download under any network
Refer to the MIUI forum, since the new UI is still under development, so the custom lockscreen not integrated yet on the first release

Cant really find the "Downloads app" setting. Have a tip or an image of where u mean?
@ zephiK worked for me with restoring the settings with titanium.

zephiK said:
pretty much. but it opens a lot of room for customizablity and eye candy.
my engadget, photobucket and some other apps FC'd on me so i reverted back to CM7. probably going back to it on the next release and see how it is.
for some reason, my ADW EX settings doesn't get restored when im on MIUI but works for CM7 and other 2.3 based roms. weird
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Damn! Got the FC on engadget to.

[Q] [REQ] Nexus4 TouchWiz5

Sorry that I post here, I dont have enough posts yet to post in developer threads.
Is it possible to port TW5 to the Nexus4 ?
I dont like the ICS (TW4) one. 5 Looks better with the colors.
Would be nice if someone could do it.

BrakerB said:
Sorry that I post here, I dont have enough posts yet to post in developer threads.
Is it possible to port TW5 to the Nexus4 ?
I dont like the ICS (TW4) one. 5 Looks better with the colors.
Would be nice if someone could do it.
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what are you talking about? Nexus does not use TW. The nexus has a pure Android launcher

Touchwiz is awesome
Mash87 said:
what are you talking about? Nexus does not use TW. The nexus has a pure Android launcher
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he wants touchwiz on his nexus 4. or else he is expecting someone to work on it...
dont worry someone will surely notice that and take ur point into consideration...

why did you buy the N4 if you wanted touchwiz ?

Mash87 said:
what are you talking about? Nexus does not use TW. The nexus has a pure Android launcher
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Oh sorry, I thought they´re using Touchwiz.
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why did you buy the N4 if you wanted touchwiz ?
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Because its a great phone and I like it even if it doesn´t have TW
Then I´ll just wait if someone makes a TW5 port or S3 Theme.
I didn´t want to flash a Custom ROM thats why I asked, I am sure I´ll be able to use TW with CyanogenMOD ?
Anyway, thanks for your answers
//EDIT I informed myself a bit, I didnt know TW is a formware, I just wanted the launcher/theme

reason i bought nexus is to rid of touchwhiz.. who wants that kiddish firmwarE?

Ooooof! Naughty Naughty

BrakerB said:
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I didn´t want to flash a Custom ROM thats why I asked, I am sure I´ll be able to use TW with CyanogenMOD ?
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CM with touchwiz is a no go ...if it happens i'll commit suicide

BrakerB said:
Oh sorry, I thought they´re using Touchwiz.
Because its a great phone and I like it even if it doesn´t have TW
Then I´ll just wait if someone makes a TW5 port or S3 Theme.
I didn´t want to flash a Custom ROM thats why I asked, I am sure I´ll be able to use TW with CyanogenMOD ?
Anyway, thanks for your answers
//EDIT I informed myself a bit, I didnt know TW is a formware, I just wanted the launcher/theme
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you can try to find a touchwiz theme for a third party launcher like "go launcher" in the play store

Is this a TROLL THREAD?

Thread moved to Q&A as is a question and even if you did have enough posts you should never post question threads in development. Please don't disrespect other members and be abusive as this is uncalled for. Some people are just not as knowledgeable as others and we were all new once so if you don't have anything useful to say, please say nothing at all.
Thanks
AvRS

miicho85 said:
Is this a TROLL THREAD?
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Yes its been confirmed it is.

I already saw there is a request for sense. No motoblur love yet?

A touchwiz rom for a LG phone?
But no seriously, touchwiz as well as HTC sense, lg ui, motoblur are all closed source and very difficult to port. On Galaxy Nexus, there was a skin pack of Touchwiz on top of stock Android.
For people bashing op, android is all about options. If a developer wants to devote his time into porting it then so be it. Nothing is stopping him. If android was one way if thinking then we wouldn't be any different than the you know community.
Realistically, getting a stable touchwiz rom isn't worth it and it won't happen most likely. If you like touchwiz then get a galaxy s3 or a note 2
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

The launcher and some of the framework was ported to the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 by a developer called madphone, he even made a ROM that was fully themed.
He's also ported LG launcher and framework to the Galaxy Nexus.
Evilisto has ported the LG lock screen to the Galaxy Nexus too.
Yes OP it's possible and you're not wrong for asking, it's your phone so run what you like on it and never mind everyone else.
Best bet to see TW5 on the Nexus 4 is to contact madphone and see if he's interested in porting it, maybe he can tell you if the mods he's got out will work right off the bat on the Nexus 4.
Do a search for him and you'll find his threads. Or Google TW5 for Galaxy Nexus, a few months back a few big Android sites wrote an article about his work.
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All I want is that I can organize my homescreen by pinching it with two fingers and removing that circle in the middle to open the menu, I´d also like to have folders in my menu.
Thats all. I dont want to use third party apps, I had goLauncher on my GalaxyS+ but I had problems so I want it to be fully implemented into my OS/ROM.
Maybe I´ve missunderstood what touchwiz is,
but I am used to this layout and I like it.
thats what I wanted: i.imgur.com / aXZxT.png

BrakerB said:
All I want is that I can organize my homescreen by pinching it with two fingers and removing that circle in the middle to open the menu, I´d also like to have folders in my menu.
Thats all. I dont want to use third party apps, I had goLauncher on my GalaxyS+ but I had problems so I want it to be fully implemented into my OS/ROM.
Maybe I´ve missunderstood what touchwiz is,
but I am used to this layout and I like it.
thats what I wanted: i.imgur.com / aXZxT.png
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Touchwiz is the framework for all Samsung devices. It is the skin that they used. Some prime elements of Touchwiz is the notification bar, icon skins being in squares, home screen of square icons, memo, smart stay, etc.
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Ok thank you for explaining me, I think I´ll get used to ICS, but it looks so 'sad' because its so dark and bluish. Maybe I´ll find some nice mods in the Themes Section soon.

BrakerB said:
Ok thank you for explaining me, I think I´ll get used to ICS, but it looks so 'sad' because its so dark and bluish. Maybe I´ll find some nice mods in the Themes Section soon.
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It's what stock Android looks like. It's called Holo. I actually like it a lot and prefer it over TouchWiz launcher.
you can google for 'touchwiz launcher galaxy nexus port' and try installing the APK and see if it works (dont flash any zips though, at least i wouldnt try it)

iOS-alike ROM for i9505

Hello,
this is my first post here. I am currently using a CM12.1 ROM and TWRP recovery for my i9505, and I was happy, for the most part. Now, before I get to the topic:
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I AM VERY WELL AWARE THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE ORIGINAL iOS ON ANY ANDROID PHONE OR OTHERWISE. I AM ALSO NOT LOOKING FOR LAUNCHERS.
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Sorry, I had to do it this way, or else someone is going to close my thread very, very soon.
So, what I am asking for/about is an iOS-like rom, I mean a heavily modified version of the stock Android (at least "heavily" in the esthetic part), like the one the Chinese guys use in their iPhone 6S clones (Video courtesy of EverythingApplePro: w ww.youtube .com/watch?v=pMKr8zUEUF0).
Is that possible, and if so, is it already available somewhere on another phone, and again if so, can any dev here please port it over to the S4 i9505 or possibly more versions of the phone?
Thank y'all who at least took this into consideration. EvESpirit, out.
P.S.: English is not my native language and as such, I am asking you to keep the laughts for yourself. Thanks

Your best option is probably a theme.

I think MIUI is probably your best rom for this if it's available for your device

GDReaper said:
Your best option is probably a theme.
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First, believe it or not, I've already tried that. First thing that pops up for query "theme engine ios" is MIUI, which is not what I am looking for, as it tries to "make IOS in it's own style" (=not realistically looking iOS). Second - I wrote a million times that I am looking for a "ROM". Not a launcher, not a theme, not xposed module (if that is even a thing at all), but a ROM.
Anyways, thanks for your attempt.

sawdoctor said:
I think MIUI is probably your best rom for this if it's available for your device
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It is, but as I stated, it is not what I am looking for. Graphically nor functionally.

Or maybe some apps that would change the look of your phone to become iOS-like. However, it would be resource-hungry. About apps that I'm mentioning, no idea on the app name.
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Answer's no pretty much.
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Pulseuser said:
Answer's no pretty much.
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Great, just what i wanted to hear. Yes or no. Now, the question is - WHAT THE **** WERE THE CHINESE GUYS USING AT THAT IOS CLONE? IT WAS PERFECT