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Replace the stock launcher ?

Anyone successfully replaced the stock launcher yet (w/ ADW, Launcher Pro)?

Dude, read the sticky. This thread is sad.

aenima4six2 said:
Anyone successfully replaced the stock launcher yet (w/ ADW, Launcher Pro)?
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Yes please search, it's been talked about in great detail

Maybe I should have explained myself better... As I have been running LauncherPro Plus since I got the phone. Has anyone successfully REMOVED the stock TW Launcher ( I don't not want it running in the background eating memory) with an aftermarket launcher?
I did search and I didn't find shiz on this.. nor did I see a sticky in Dev or Q&A regarding the removal and replacement of a stock launcher.
If I'm overtly blind and did not see the obvious, I apologize in advance..

aenima4six2 said:
Maybe I should have explained myself better... As I have been running LauncherPro Plus since I got the phone. Has anyone successfully REMOVED the stock TW Launcher ( I don't not want it running in the background eating memory) with an aftermarket launcher?
I did search and I didn't find shiz on this.. nor did I see a sticky in Dev or Q&A regarding the removal and replacement of a stock launcher.
If I'm overtly blind and did not see the obvious, I apologize in advance..
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from what I know and have read Touchwiz is built over the android source code so it could be removed technically, but who is going to take under such a task when there are parties working to bring 2.2 source with some tweaks.
I'm sure it could be done but there are too many bright things in the near future of this device for anyone to take on such a task.
I could be wrong but this is my understanding on this device.

Well.. I don't really want to remove "TouchWiz".. Just the twLauncher application.
I would just prefer to avoid having 2 launchers running at all times.

s15274n said:
Dude, read the sticky. This thread is sad.
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Before you nail me to the cross, please READ my question. I didn't ask if I could use or install another launcher. I asked if I could REPLACE the launcher, as in remove the TW Launcher in place of another.

Well next time explain if you don't want to get scold
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iceshinobi said:
Well next time explain if you don't want to get scold
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Ok.. but was pretty simple question in plain English. I didn't know there was anything utterly complex about the word replace.
Maybe it would be just as easy not to "ASSUME"... I'm an idiot..
re·place
   /rɪˈpleɪs/ Show Spelled[ri-pleys] Show IPA
–verb (used with object), -placed, -plac·ing.
1.
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
2.
to provide a substitute or equivalent in the place of: to replace a broken dish.
3.
to restore; return; make good: to replace a sum of money borrowed.
4.
to restore to a former or the proper place: to replace the vase on the table.

yeah you're not helping your cause...

Umm.. Wouldn't Launcher Pro
"1.
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing)"

iceshinobi said:
Well next time explain if you don't want to get scold
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reuthermonkey said:
yeah you're not helping your cause...
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Look, I'm not trying to start crap, but it was a valid question that was not answered correctly because someone assumed that I was asking if I could use "another" launcher rather then "replace" the stock launcher.
All I'm saying is, lets not be so harsh in our initial responses.
All is good, I'm not mad, lets all just be friends

iceshinobi said:
Umm.. Wouldn't Launcher Pro
"1.
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing)"
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No, because the other launcher would still exist, and serve its former role.. If I "replaced" your job, you would not have it anymore, and you would likely no longer get paid. If I replaced the stock launcher, it would not function or act as a launcher anymore, and I would thus not want it to consume the memory it was originally allocated.
This is getting silly now.. I honestly don't care that much to bicker anymore. Lets just be friends and talk crap about all the iKiddies instead, sound good?

Stop giving op a hard time... he clarified what he means now lay off. Its a good question and I've not seen answered either and I'm here all day.... using over yes, but replaced no I haven't read anything...
Great thread op...

temperbad said:
Stop giving op a hard time... he clarified what he means now lay off. Its a good question and I've not seen answered either and I'm here all day.... using over yes, but replaced no I haven't read anything...
Great thread op...
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Thanks man! I just hope we can learn how do this.. I like to "micro manage" my memory lol

Now that you've made it clear:
Check running services under applications. Touch wiz is not running. Check battery use, tw is not there.
Once you load a custom rom it will be moot anyway

s15274n said:
Now that you've made it clear:
Check running services under applications. Touch wiz is not running. Check battery use, tw is not there.
Once you load a custom rom it will be moot anyway
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Aha!
So it has been REPLACED. Not deleted, but replaced.
After all, if you replace me at my job, I am no longer working, but I don't die and get buried. I still exist, I'm just not working at that job.

beren28 said:
Aha!
So it has been REPLACED. Not deleted, but replaced.
After all, if you replace me at my job, I am no longer working, but I don't die and get buried. I still exist, I'm just not working at that job.
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You posted this in that other thread... lmaoooo looked retarded. Sorry had to....

temperbad said:
You posted this in that other thread... lmaoooo looked retarded. Sorry had to....
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I hit quote on this thread and it somehow posted to the other. No idea how that happened.

OP,
My understanding is that once you set another launcher as default, TW home does not load into memory. The only advantage to physically replacing the apk would be that it would then be running from the system allocated partition and may load faster at boot. I really don't think there's a noticeable difference. I'm no pro, tho. That's just my half educated guess.
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Getting Sense UI Widgets on Nexus One, Like Bookmarks

Hey guys. I'm wondering if it's possible to get some of the very nice looking HTC Sense Widgets on our Stock, or Vanilla 2.2 Phones. I have a N1 running CM6.1 Nightly and I'd love some Sense UI Widgets.
Yes I have Beautiful Widgets, and that is nice. But I'm looking for stuff like there Bookmarks Widget, and there Calls or Call Log, and the People Widget, or things like those. Is this possible? I love the bookmarks widget on Sense, that is one of the main things I want. Thanks for any help or suggestions.

xguntherc said:
Hey guys. I'm wondering if it's possible to get some of the very nice looking HTC Sense Widgets on our Stock, or Vanilla 2.2 Phones. I have a N1 running CM6.1 Nightly and I'd love some Sense UI Widgets.
Yes I have Beautiful Widgets, and that is nice. But I'm looking for stuff like there Bookmarks Widget, and there Calls or Call Log, and the People Widget, or things like those. Is this possible? I love the bookmarks widget on Sense, that is one of the main things I want. Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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Impossible to get the actual widgets on stock android...however you can download LauncherPro and pay for the plus features and it comes with a slew of sense style widgets (resizable too so IMO better)
and for ADW Launcher there are free and paid widgets u can download from the market which work well with it.

I wonder why we can't extract the widgets from Sense.. that sucks.
and I've never gave Launcher Pro an honest try, so maybe I should check it out. but ADW is integrated into CM6. I've looked on the market. There doesn't seem to be any good Bookmark Widgets out so that might be a no go. But thanks!

the launcher pro plus is the way to go...yes it isn't free but it is well worth it. LauncherPro itself doesn't support widgets, the paid version does though it is available thru the app and not thru the market.

just the extra's. I'll be looking into it now I guess. Thanks!

try using the SEARCH button this question has been asking at least 200 times....

b1337 said:
try using the SEARCH button this question has been asking at least 200 times....
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For every post on the forum someone will respond "USE THE SEARCH FEATURE, THATS BEEN ASKED ALREADY" - I think that was the point of his question as it was worded, "...can u lead me to" - not to mention the person who types that response almost never includes the helpful link to the question being asked - I ask "why is that?" Comeon helpful forum community be helpful - for the record I've only once used the search feature n found what I was looking for - this is way too much information to be sorted this old way - SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO A NIGHTLY BUILD FOR THIS FORUM

I use the Twitter, Facebook and Calendar widgets in Launcher Pro Plus and they're great.
You won't be disappointed in the purchase.
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xguntherc said:
I wonder why we can't extract the widgets from Sense.. that sucks.
and I've never gave Launcher Pro an honest try, so maybe I should check it out. but ADW is integrated into CM6. I've looked on the market. There doesn't seem to be any good Bookmark Widgets out so that might be a no go. But thanks!
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This is because HTC widgets rely on large chunks of HTC framework, "melted" among AOSP code. The way to go would be to backport some of it back into AOSP, AND largely modify the widgets to make them not rely as much on Sense. Highly impractical.
If I recall correctly, adding HTC widgets was tried by people online on ADW on HTC phones, and it wouldn't work because you cannot use them outside of the HTC Sense launcher.

For the call log, get the last call widget. Tapping the left will open up the whole call log, and on the right you can make a direct call back.
For the people widget, give picture dial a try.

picture dial is the way to go...

b1337 said:
try using the SEARCH button this question has been asking at least 200 times....
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Yes thanks for nothing.. I tried search, half the posts I saw had no replies and many weren't the same question. But thanks for posting nothing of use but to be rude..
To the rest that have replied and been helpful. Thanks. I'll try call log and Picture dial now. Thanks

Yeah dont mind xda grannies, I've had to deal with them before. They usually have sand in their va-jay-jays
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grannies.. as in oldies.. his 100 posts don't make him a grannie. lol. But thanks for looking out! haha!
Picture dial is sweet

Launcher Pro
I'm running completely stock and Launcher Pro is the best all in one solution I've found. I paid for the full version have not regretted it. There are several very useful Sense-like widgets (Bookmarks, Calendar, Facebook, Twitter, Friends [which is all your social networking feeds in one], Messaging, People [which is your contacts]). It also allows your homescreens to rotate to landscape, gives you a customizable and scrollable dock. I also find that it scrolls much more smoothly than the stock launcher.
Well worth the purchase price.

Dialer one is almost an exact replica of the sense dialer FWIW and free.
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xguntherc said:
grannies.. as in oldies.. his 100 posts don't make him a grannie. lol. But thanks for looking out! haha!
Picture dial is sweet
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if u search in the correct sub-forum you would see plenty of results...

Get launcher pro, he pulled the code from htc sense and now charges for it.

JCopernicus said:
Get launcher pro, he pulled the code from htc sense and now charges for it.
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That's a pretty blunt way of saying things. You telling me you can prove he stole the code from htc and htc is taking so damn long to pull a cease and desist?
And he's currently rewriting the code from scratch so it should be a different beast altogether in the next version.

musashiken said:
That's a pretty blunt way of saying things. You telling me you can prove he stole the code from htc and htc is taking so damn long to pull a cease and desist?
And he's currently rewriting the code from scratch so it should be a different beast altogether in the next version.
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Cease and desist between two countries with loose IP laws? That's a waste of time.
Look at his earlier .apks you'll find HTC assets in the res folder that have nothing to do with the launcher at those points. *oops*

[Q] CM7 versus CM9: which one to run?

I've tried both, but I still feel like I don't quite have the big picture of what their respective strengths and weaknesses are on the Epic. They both have a little development ways to go of course, but assuming that's not an issue -- what are your opinions?

Depends on what you use your epic for and if you want the bleeding edge...
In Soviet Epic forum, clockworkmod root you!

You might as well ask Froyo or Gingerbread? Same thing. One is Gingerbread based and the other is Ice Cream Sandwich based.
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I'm not so much looking for a personal recommendation as for a summary of features and differences, which I haven't really found elsewhere.

2.3 - http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html
4.0 - http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html
First thing that popped up after a Google search.

Thanks. Much of the stuff in that 4.0 link is available in CM7 though, either out of the box or with apps, like swipe to dismiss notifications, lock screen actions, resizable homescreen widgets, visual voicemail, taking screenshots ...
Just thought it might be interesting to have a discussion from the POV of in-the-trenches Epic Cyanogen users.

The main reason I switched from CM7 to CM9 is access to ICS apps such as Chrome Beta and a few others.

Gavisann said:
The main reason I switched from CM7 to CM9 is access to ICS apps such as Chrome Beta and a few others.
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agreed,
There are a handful of apps you can only use with ICS, as of right now, we cannot use google wallet on CM7, but hopefully with the Beta upgrade of CM9 we will be able to utilize google wallet. Among others like Chrome Beta... There are also cool upgrades like the panoramic camera.
Also if you invest enough time configuring it, the face unlock is a neat little feature.

eater99999 said:
Just thought it might be interesting to have a discussion from the POV of in-the-trenches Epic Cyanogen users.
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Hard to get a handle on that because most of the CM9 feature set (as in additions to stock AOSP) haven't yet been finalized upstream and released. As such, right this moment, CM7 does much much more as far as tweaks go....thus the links to the stock info.

wscott9903 said:
agreed,
There are a handful of apps you can only use with ICS, as of right now, we cannot use google wallet on CM7, but hopefully with the Beta upgrade of CM9 we will be able to utilize google wallet. Among others like Chrome Beta... There are also cool upgrades like the panoramic camera.
Also if you invest enough time configuring it, the face unlock is a neat little feature.
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I think it's going to be mighty difficult to use Google Wallet without an NFC chip.

Gavisann said:
The main reason I switched from CM7 to CM9 is access to ICS apps such as Chrome Beta and a few others.
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This is what's convincing me. However I'm unsure whether my battery life will be good enough to last a full day without having to charge it. Another thing is just the fact that there are a few glitches. I think I may try it again, but I'm not the guy that likes to spend 30 min getting everything set up after I flash cm9. I tried alpha0 in the past so I have an idea of what its like.
P.S. can you configure the buttons in the pulldown menu in cm9? For example, like add airplane mode and then move it in front of the wifi toggle?
Thanks
Sent from my Samsung Epic using CM7!

can you configure the buttons in the pulldown menu in cm9? For example, like add airplane mode and then move it in front of the wifi toggle?
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You can. CM9 has fewer Settings options than CM7, but that one's still there.

cm9 = native 4g tether.....the end.

Quicksand Jesus said:
cm9 = native 4g tether.....the end.
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I dont get 4G anyway. Besides theres an app that allows you to do it.
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[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
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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)

[PORT] Touchwiz Coming Soon...

Hey Peeps! What up ? I Am going to PORT Touchwiz to Moto G, Well atleast i am going to try. I am going to start working as soon as Samsung starts rolling KitKat Update.Once it got booted i will create a thread in Android Development.
The reason for creating this post is to aware people about my work & Of course to grab some attention.
Why Touchwiz ?
Well, There are already some Manufacturers PORTs being Develop.So, I ended up this.
I might some help in Future ? With Tests,Logcats,Kernels,Boot,Etc......Are you up ?
Let's see how many people supports me..
Thank You!!
(Please don't hate me for Choosing Touchwiz,There's no other UI to Port ​

Just a quick design/typographic suggestion for you, friend: this post is not readable when someone is using the XDA Premium app with dark background settings. Your black font color does not contrast well with the app's background.
In order to reach a wider audience, you might want to remove the color-equals-black tags from your OP.
Good luck with your project...
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Good luck. But I am not a fan of touchwiz.
Sent from my XT1033

Port galaxy s5 touchwiz, not the other ones

@J.K pls let us know about your past experience/work on porting
if you are new to this porting stuff. then all the best for your work
i would like to mention this you are over confident..

not going to be rude or anything but I just find touchwiz really ugly. it doesn't look nice

Agreed, good luck with your port but i'll never touch something with touchwiz.

Why would you pick the most ugliest version of Android to replace the beautiful vanilla version on the Moto G? Most Samsung owners who root their phones switch to AOSP based ROMs as soon as possible. And here you are trying to bring this monstrosity into your life? Why? Why? Why?
Just messing with you dude. All the best with the port.
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TW is the reason why i hate Sammy phones so much. Still i wish you good luck.
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bublz654 said:
not going to be rude or anything but I just find touchwiz really ugly. it doesn't look nice
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From what ive read, they actually have a consistent look on s5 touchwiz and also more flat.

Wadu436 said:
From what ive read, they actually have a consistent look on s5 touchwiz and also more flat.
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it's flat but still ugly, here is the best representation of it Galaxy launcher

lifetimes said:
it's flat but still ugly, here is the best representation of it Galaxy launcher
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I dont see the problem with that launcher? Maybe its because i use Android L Wallpaper. Only thing i noticed is that that folder is ugly.

First of all, there is no reason for discouraging remarks to members who want to contribute to the community. If you don't like what they are doing, nobody is forcing you to flash it on your phone. Move along and get on with your day.
Secondly, we do not allow placeholder threads here. When the work is complete, feel free to post it. For this reason I'm closing this thread.
Thanks.