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Ios running on HTC phone wtf?

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?client=mv-google&xl=xl_blazer&xl=xl_blazer&v=An1jpm2UHYU
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Probably a clever launcher/theme to make it look like that. IIRC the IOS keyboard doesn't look like that.
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The ios keyboard does look like that, that is the same keyboard, very impressive.

This has what to do with Nexus One? This should have been posted in the forum where trashed posts go.

Amritttt said:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?client=mv-google&xl=xl_blazer&xl=xl_blazer&v=An1jpm2UHYU
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Link dead?

It's a mobile link. Here's one for desktops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An1jpm2UHYU

Well the wallpaper scrolls with the screen so its definitely a theme, runs pretty smooth though.

The description states it is not a port, it is a replica of the iOS that is nearly identical but has some issues. This is a fantastic job, but ultimately sort of pointless.

pretty good replica.
may impress some of the iDiots.

Also, if I recall from my 3GS... When you access spotlight, the rest of the screen darkens... other than that and scrolling wallpaper, it looks to be a pretty acurate replica.

Really, though, the only use I would have for iOS on my Android is - to run the few apps that still haven't been built for Android. And no amount of skinning is going to make an iClone run those apps

How much would you miss tablet UI?

Apparently it's going. I will really miss it. I don't think there is any need for two thick black bars on a 7 inch device. I like having the extra space and I like the aesthetics of the tablet UI, especially with a reduced nav bar. I don't know why they are removing tablet UI and if the devs can do anything about it. I hope they can! Will you miss it too or is it just me?
Edit: Turns out it's just a rumour, phew!

Most will miss the 10" tablet UI but honestly, I don't expect that I will. The centered buttons are not that big a deal and the "Odd" way the Nexus 7's notification system lurks around, unobtrusive enough that I probably won't care.
I will be more interested in things like Miracast support and web browsing performance than I will be in the UI changes.
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StrangerWeather said:
Apparently it's going. I will really miss it. I don't think there is any need for two thick black bars on a 7 inch device. I like having the extra space and I like the aesthetics of the tablet UI, especially with a reduced nav bar. I don't know why they are removing tablet UI and if the devs can do anything about it. I hope they can! Will you miss it too or is it just me?
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There are a bunch of ROMs with tablet UI actually. I'm using smooth ROM with it and its irreplaceable

I know, I'm on PA, but once the update kicks in the ROMs won't have tablet UI. Correct me if I'm wrong!
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I will miss it alot. I do not see why they would get rid of something like that.
Btw where did you see it was removed and are we talking about the 4.2 update?
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I thought I would hate it when I first saw it
But honestly, I like it. I was forced to use it for the first month before I rooted my n7, and I got used to it. Then I installed a tabui ROM and imo it doesn't work properly on a 7 inch screen. I know a lot will disagree but I am just sayin
I use the normal phone ui now, its just more consistent and easier to use for me. If I want more screen space, I will remove the bars with 'expand desktop' on the ROMs I use
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Devs will port it over it's not going anywhere
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DirtyShroomz said:
Devs will port it over it's not going anywhere
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things i hate about standard nexus 7 UI
no quick access to brightness. in tablet UI i can quickly tap the time in lower left hand corner and adjust brightness on the fly.. cant do that with nexus 7 UI
i hate how i dont get Tablet APPs and instead get the phone app for youtube gmail etc..
those are the only things that make me to to tablet ui..
if i could have quick access to Brightness AND native tablet youtube and gmail apps in the standard nexus 7 UI then id be fine.
i really do love the expanded youtube app in tablet UI 4 nice rows in portrait mode compared to phone youtube app. yuck.

Yea the tablet mode is supreme. If it doesn't "work" right then it isn't implemented right. EOS has it so stupidly simple that it is a godsend. You can enable/disable it on the fly and it doesn't screw with your other apps. Just combines the bars into 1.
The notification pulldown menu on the stock UI is horrible. Needs fullscreen or something. Looks tacked on like an afterthought.
I will be disappointed once 4.2 hits and it goes away. Remember tablet UI has to be present to unlock it. Google may remove it completely to streamline their OSs.
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player911 said:
Yea the tablet mode is supreme. If it doesn't "work" right then it isn't implemented right. EOS has it so stupidly simple that it is a godsend. You can enable/disable it on the fly and it doesn't screw with your other apps. Just combines the bars into 1.
The notification pulldown menu on the stock UI is horrible. Needs fullscreen or something. Looks tacked on like an afterthought.
I will be disappointed once 4.2 hits and it goes away. Remember tablet UI has to be present to unlock it. Google may remove it completely to streamline their OSs.
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Someone somewhere will find a way...
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xopher.hunter said:
I will miss it alot. I do not see why they would get rid of something like that.
Btw where did you see it was removed and are we talking about the 4.2 update?
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Yes, apparently the update doesn't allow for tablet UI. I read about it over on the PA thread.
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StrangerWeather said:
Yes, apparently the update doesn't allow for tablet UI. I read about it over on the PA thread.
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Link?
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It's all over the place in the ROMs threads but there is a discussion kinda starting here in the PA thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33692765 . Reading this again there seems to be some uncertainty about it. So that's something I guess...
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No one knows what Google have done with the code and the xml layouts until they release 4.2 sources. Until then your guess is as good as mine.
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Action Launcher

So is anyone currently using this new launcher? It's nice to see something new so I would love to hear some feedback from you guys
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4$? I'll rather save up that other dollar and buy myself some lunch at subway
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It wouldn't be your app by any chance would it?
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blade30p said:
It wouldn't be your app by any chance would it?
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No it's not mine. Thinking of giving it a test drive once more features crop up though
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Ngo93 said:
So is anyone currently using this new launcher? It's nice to see something new so I would love to hear some feedback from you guys
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I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.

Brendan12695 said:
I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.
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I haven't noticed any lag with it And I agree it looks great and has great ideas, but it's just lacking in features. The way I use my phone tho, the missing features don't bother me.

It's a launcher developed by Chris Lacy. He does good work. I use his twitter app, tweet lanes. It's one of the better twitter clients imho. He's very responsive to user feedback. This launcher is in its infancy so it'll get better
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If in its infancy than why charge so much?
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$4 is the going rate. It's the same price as apex and Nova even when they were brand new. It's very nice because it's actually different than the standard android launchers besides obviously the $10-17 ones.
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I'm using it currently. I like it as it's simple but a bit different to what you normally get. Gotta have the apps list transparent as well as the homescreen bar.
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It has become my daily driver. I love the smoothness and the simplicity of it. Very fast too work with and look good. No lag at all here. The covers are great too. Specially for phone and browser.
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I'm using this one since today on my Xperia Play ( My N4 hasn't arrived yet.. Germany - 'preordered' ****up )
And it runs smoothly even on this old device.

What stopped me from using it is the app drawer in the top left. It'd be a nuisance for me to reach all the way up there every time I needed to access the drawer o_0
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droidmakespwn said:
$4 is the going rate. It's the same price as apex and Nova even when they were brand new. It's very nice because it's actually different than the standard android launchers besides obviously the $10-17 ones.
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Nova and Apex are free, there are paid versions which you can unlock certain features. Completely different to Action Launcher which doesn't offer a free/trial version.
At least with Nova/Apex you can see how it runs on your device over a day or two compared to Action Launcher which you basically have 15 minutes to trial it and if you don't like it you only have 15 minutes to request a refund.

Ngo93 said:
What stopped me from using it is the app drawer in the top left. It'd be a nuisance for me to reach all the way up there every time I needed to access the drawer o_0
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I was concerned about this too - I think you can open the app drawer with the home button, but some apps you want will still be at the top of the list. Infact, if you use the A-Z most will be at the top.
Does anyone know if there is a way around this (e.g, when you press the letter they are offset from the top by a couple of apps)?
I will certainly keep an eye on this, I was quite impressed with the frequent updates for tweetlanes.

The app drawer isn't really on the top left, you can press the home button and it will open, and you can also just swipe right when you are on your "left most" home screen.
I use this on my Nexus 7, and I think its great, good to see something different and not horrifically overpriced!
For me, all it needs is a landscape option, I wouldn't really use landscape on my N4, but I would use it quite a bit on my N7!

Brendan12695 said:
I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.
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I've got zero lag on mine and Chris Lacy fixed the FC when adding widgets. This launcher is my daily driver now. The price is awesome considering that you pay about the same for Nova/Apex too...
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aSquard said:
This launcher is my daily driver now. The price is awesome considering that you pay about the same for Nova/Apex too...
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Completely different.

Why are mobile phone users so cheap in general? Skip your pizza next Friday.
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dannejanne said:
It has become my daily driver. I love the smoothness and the simplicity of it. Very fast too work with and look good. No lag at all here. The covers are great too. Specially for phone and browser.
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I can't figure out how to make covers. Any help?
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All android apps have scroll lag.

I think its not right to criticize any android app for having scroll lag because as it turns out pretty much all apps have scroll lag so not all devs can be clueless eh?
The bigger matter is when is this ever being addressed? Jelly bean has taken care of many performance issues but this one matter remains. Seems like Google's "war" on lag hasn't been completely successful yet.
On iOS and windows phone its pretty difficult to get scroll lag even if you try hard for it so obviously android is doing something wrong that can be fixed I believe.
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I only have scroll lag on a few apps on my Nexus 4... All other apps are fine. My tablet on the other hand...

My n4 perform amazingly, the n7 on the other hand, not so much. It could be some apps. Or it could be this companion core on the n7, using that one slow core for small tasks really kills it for me
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enable force gpu rendering in the phones main settings, developer options.

No scroll lag here... at all

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No scroll lag here... at all
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same here

Gambler_3 said:
I think its not right to criticize any android app for having scroll lag because as it turns out pretty much all apps have scroll lag so not all devs can be clueless eh?
The bigger matter is when is this ever being addressed? Jelly bean has taken care of many performance issues but this one matter remains. Seems like Google's "war" on lag hasn't been completely successful yet.
On iOS and windows phone its pretty difficult to get scroll lag even if you try hard for it so obviously android is doing something wrong that can be fixed I believe.
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Or maybe you are using an extremely outdated phone?

nbell13 said:
Or maybe you are using an extremely outdated phone.
True DAT.
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Gambler_3 said:
I think its not right to criticize any android app for having scroll lag because as it turns out pretty much all apps have scroll lag so not all devs can be clueless eh?
The bigger matter is when is this ever being addressed? Jelly bean has taken care of many performance issues but this one matter remains. Seems like Google's "war" on lag hasn't been completely successful yet.
On iOS and windows phone its pretty difficult to get scroll lag even if you try hard for it so obviously android is doing something wrong that can be fixed I believe.
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Sorry but your device does not cut it for a smooth performance nowadays.
It's like saying why Windows 8 is slow in my Pentium 4 and 256MB ram.
It is smooth in well made apps in my Nexus 4. Some crappy ones stutter for time to time but it's very minimal.

What do you mean exactly when you refer to scroll lag?
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The only app that is so laggy on my N4 are those social networks that requires to load bunch of image thumnails

simms22 said:
enable force gpu rendering in the phones main settings, developer options.
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Just a noob Qs.
Will this cause the battery to drain more?

filthykid said:
Just a noob Qs.
Will this cause the battery to drain more?
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Probably not, even if yes, most likely unnoticeble drain
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Oh comon I am not talking about scroll lag on nexus S but phones like galaxy S3 and nexus 4 also DO have lag. Do you think I'll make a thread based on a nexus S on this forum?
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What do you mean exactly when you refer to scroll lag?
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Stutter when trying to scroll very quickly inside an app like a list. It might sometimes be smooth but not always.
Examples are whatsapp, viber, facebook, xda, google currents etc. Use the same app on iOS or WP8 and they wont break a sweat. You might think that its not really a big deal until you see those apps on other platforms.
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The only app that is so laggy on my N4 are those social networks that requires to load bunch of image thumnails
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Exactly that I find to be the biggest performance problem with android, thumbnail loading causes lag even on the most high end phones.

Gambler_3 said:
Oh comon I am not talking about scroll lag on nexus S but phones like galaxy S3 and nexus 4 also DO have lag. Do you think I'll make a thread based on a nexus S on this forum?
Stutter when trying to scroll very quickly inside an app like a list. It might sometimes be smooth but not always.
Examples are whatsapp, viber, facebook, xda, google currents etc. Use the same app on iOS or WP8 and they wont break a sweat. You might think that its not really a big deal until you see those apps on other platforms.
Exactly that I find to be the biggest performance problem with android, thumbnail loading causes lag even on the most high end phones.
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I am not sure about wp or iOS. For my Nexus 4, it does lag with scrolling. Twitter application lags a bit when scrolling very fast and then slowing down. Facebook application definitely lag! Instagram do jerk a bit when the scrolling speed is slowing down. Same goes to the 9gag application. Maybe people just have low expectations or just don't like to hear bad things about their device. It is a problem in Android and it is good to be identified and Google can improve it.

tanjiajun_34 said:
I am not sure about wp or iOS. For my Nexus 4, it does lag with scrolling. Twitter application lags a bit when scrolling very fast and then slowing down. Facebook application definitely lag! Instagram do jerk a bit when the scrolling speed is slowing down. Same goes to the 9gag application. Maybe people just have low expectations or just don't like to hear bad things about their device. It is a problem in Android and it is good to be identified and Google can improve it.
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Coming from both iOS and WP, scroll lag was almost nonexistent. Although my 3GS was a little laggy with iOS 6 on it, still not as bad as my N4 in apps.
The only place where scroll lag does not appear is the settings app

Gambler_3 said:
Examples are whatsapp, viber, facebook, xda, google currents etc. Use the same app on iOS or WP8 and they wont break a sweat. You might think that its not really a big deal until you see those apps on other platforms.
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the only app that will lag on all android phones, no matter what you do is facebook , and we all know why. As for others, force gpu rendering in developer options and you will see that whatsapp and xda app have no scroll lag. this is basically the first thing i do when i get a new device, not sure why it's not a default standard in android.

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Coming from both iOS and WP, scroll lag was almost nonexistent. Although my 3GS was a little laggy with iOS 6 on it, still not as bad as my N4 in apps.
The only place where scroll lag does not appear is the settings app
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My girlfriend's iPhone 4 lags way more than my N4
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DirgeExtinction said:
My girlfriend's iPhone 4 lags way more than my N4
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We are only talking about scroll lag here not overall lag.
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It's the governors I tell you.
For a test set your phone in performance governor mode for five minutes and test all those jerky scrolling apps.

[Request] Devs pls unite!

Hey everyone!
This phone is awesome but it has IMHO a small fallback which is the lack of some true multitasking capabilities.
What I mean is although we have Qslide it is most probably useless if we can't run any app in it.
Just like Galaxy Note series have the Multiwindow manager app or Spwn window app that allows just any app to run in this mode, we should have this on our G2 with Qslide.
It will be awesome. Just imagine you are playing a game and you get whatsapp so you check it on the go and continue playing. Or browsing the web and you check the gmail you just got without leaving the browser.
BTW that's what I do with Halo on Paranoid android on my Nexus 4. However it's a waste to dumb the awesome stock Rom of the G2 to just get this advantage.
Please devs consider this as a serious and urgent request. I know many want this.
Hope I was a dev, I would have helped but I am willing to test.
Thanks and regards!
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Well looks like I was wrong! It looks like nobody wants this feature!
But what is bugging me is that with over 60 views, I didn't get any "+1" or "agreed" replies, or even "no need" or "STFU" replies or any kind of reply.
Have a nice day everyone!

+1. Nice to have Whatsup on the top and scrolling through news for example. Nice feature to get. I am sure someday we can get it. ))

It's probably just a matter of the apps being built for it, and tricking the Qslide into letting you use non LG apps for it.
The Devs did it fairly quickly on my Galaxy Note 10.1

I'm afraid it's not THAT easy for us as it was on the note. I had it on my note 10.1 and it's now available on note 3. Also let's not forget about the half-screen double apps running at same time (i dunno what it's called ); they also modified it to allow any app do that.
Wish it happens anytime soon!
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Life Engineer said:
I'm afraid it's not THAT easy for us as it was on the note. I had it on my note 10.1 and it's now available on note 3. Also let's not forget about the half-screen double apps running at same time (i dunno what it's called ); they also modified it to allow any app do that.
Wish it happens anytime soon!
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I don't understand why someone would even want qslide when you have the native android multi tasking abilities?

I told you why bro. It's just like Halo if you ever tried it on Paranoid android Roms. The native multitasking requires you to quite one app to be able to use the other.
Qslide (and multiwindow in note) allows you to run an app simultaneously while you are using another app and on top of it.
It's much much more convenient. If you've never tried it I can understand your thoughts!
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Life Engineer said:
I told you why bro. It's just like Halo if you ever tried it on Paranoid android Roms. The native multitasking requires you to quite one app to be able to use the other.
Qslide (and multiwindow in note) allows you to run an app simultaneously while you are using another app and on top of it.
It's much much more convenient. If you've never tried it I can understand your thoughts!
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I can't deny your point at all. Once I tried the Halo from PA I really think this guy bring the multi-tasking to another level by other means. Brilliant feature! Custom ROM with Halo is the first choice of my flashing hobby by then.
However, with LG G2 I would like to stay with the stock. It has really good features with ease to access and use that makes all the things so convenience. I would also like to see very much the implementation of Qslide with any 3rd party apps...or Halo ported to stock ROM since it's open source now