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I hate the new color. What do you guys think?
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Agreed. In fact I can't find a single thing changed that I actually like more than how it was before. The whole new theme is a step backwards
I like it better but that's just me. The coloration is a bit closer to the Honeybread theme that I have running on my NC. The dark status bar, the new dialer, new social media widget, all are more to my liking. To each his own though.
I like it.....
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i would prefer a choice of a darker theme. i don't like my phone to be super bright.
I think it looks nice. I love it.
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I really love the new look of Blur on Gingerbread, I think they did a fantastic job, and it will make the phone an easier sale on the sales floor as it will catch new customers attention.
most of the colors are lighter IMO, because our screen is more efficient with whites instead of blacks. our pentile screen actually has a white subpixel, which means that if we use more whites, our battery life is better because the phone isnt turning on all of the other pixels to make white.
I think its ugly as hell too. Just needs some theming.
I like the dark notification bar. I really like the stock Android theme. Wish we had the option of using it.
I'll take this over their froyo theme, and I really like the dark blue. But the white menus are just ugly.
I am hating the new update
I just feel my phone looks so cheap and the design is very raw. I did not like the edgy menus. I some how feel Eww... Very bad job MOTO, its does not look professional at all...
It's called "theme your phone".
Personally i think it looks a lot better now. Before it just looked old now it looks much cleaner
Magnetox said:
It's called "theme your phone".
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agreed, this is pointless. just ranting about motos ui isnt going to do anything.. everyone has their own opinion on it, i love it. moto blur has been the same since release. pretty much that said. same color etc. it is nice to see moto change thing up a bit if you ask me. they had to do something, every other company did, samsung, HTC, lg didnt really lol but sony did as well.
I like the new setup better than the old. Sure there are somethings from froyo that I liked, but overall this update appeals more to me.
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I think it sucks and I don't like anything about it, but that's just me. I especially hate the look of the notification bar. I couldn't figure out what the black square with a checkmark in it was for. Then I finally figured out it was the alarm symbol (the old symbol actually looked like a clock). I used to be able to easily see the "H+" and "E" symbols. Now it's an ugly grey square with a microscopic H that looks like a symbol for a floppy disk.
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lol..I like it to, I think the whole update in General is a nice modernization<<<if thats a word...of the whole phone...
Quit whining about the theme, put on your big boy pants and theme your phone!
If you're unfamiliar with how to do this, I suggest you head over to the development and theming boards to grab some insight. Nottach has some brilliant themes he's ported that should remedy your hatred toward moto's UI.
mpalatsi said:
Quit whining about the theme, put on your big boy pants and theme your phone!
If you're unfamiliar with how to do this, I suggest you head over to the development and theming boards to grab some insight. Nottach has some brilliant themes he's ported that should remedy your hatred toward moto's UI.
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Amen
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i have the desire HD, my friend has the samsung, his screen looks absolutely amazing, its so clear, crisps and clean, my desire looks cloudy and nowhere near as bright side by side, do us HTC users have a rom that is going to make my phone as nice without having to pay for a whole new handset? i do find the sense overlay to be messy now, it was good at one point but now its just muddled...
I came from original galaxy s to my inspire and have always thought the display was horrible??
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Well Yes and No.
hardware wise
The screen is just plain LCD(or Slcd ) and will never be as vibrant as galaxy s2' S Amoled screen which is able to produce deep blacks and deeper colours.
BUT
Software wise: sense has this "glossy" theme which can be arguably clunky and ugly at times. The s2 A's software interface is more streamlined and less cluttered, which probably is more pleasing to the eye.
You can have a similar UI to the samsung S2 by downloading AOSp roms like CM7 OR MIUI.IMO this makes the screen seem "less cloudy" . Check it out at the development section?
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currently running a miui rom, but just seems like an iphone port, have tried cyanogen before, but couldnt be bothered to tweak the home screen, saw some beauties around but dont have time to do much.
maybe i`ll book a week off work and have a mess around...
cheers guys.
try reducing your screen dpi if its supported by your rom. Its somehow a new handset experience...
To the Amoled Screens: my brother has the galaxy s and a friend the s2...both screens i find ether blueish or greenish. which they told me came with time.
t3rm3y said:
currently running a miui rom, but just seems like an iphone port, have tried cyanogen before, but couldnt be bothered to tweak the home screen, saw some beauties around but dont have time to do much.
maybe i`ll book a week off work and have a mess around...
cheers guys.
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Week off of work is not needed just look at all the themes miui has to off on miui.is and miuiandroid and you will be happy currently I'm on sense 3.5 but thinking to go back its alot faster and themes are endless
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mod edit: i don't like the touch wiz UI
Lol at least give it a chance before making such a claim. Use it when it comes out then we can say if it is shyte... There are other launchers like apex and etc..
ok good point, i like the concepts though like if you are messaging then put to your ear and it calls, but im talking about the pure visual aspect of it, the icons look like they come from a 2001 nokia colour phone
Icons are always customisable though with root access. I always wonder why people complain about a UI or skin when it can always be changed or removed.
Ive never used any of the previous versions of touchwiz for more than a few minutes at a time on friends' phones but have always preferred it over the other mfr UIs ive tried. Its actually one of the things im looking forward to with this.
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pure aosp will take atleast a month or 2, team hacksung have not yet received enough donations for getting the mobile yet.
and guys the term "touchwiz" not only mentions the launcher but mentions the whole load of softwares customized by samsung like, fm radio, music player,camera app etc etc.
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and guys the term "touchwiz" not only mentions the launcher but mentions the whole load of softwares customized by samsung like, fm radio, music player,camera app etc etc.
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Indeed.
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Wow wait.. so you've already used the new Touch Wiz? You must have to make a claim like that..
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why would I use it? its all over the web the videos
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why would I use it? its all over the web the videos
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Not the entire UI.. little clips here and there but the fact is NONE of us have it and NONE of us have actually used the new Touchwiz UI. Its not just an icon pack
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i don't want AOSP on it. It's damn boring. NO more vanilla for me. And the Nexus program is an epic fail, NOT the first to get updates.
I always use Go Launcher but will run with TW on the S3 to see how I like
What's wrong with TouchWiz, I would rank it second after TimeScape of Sony (dont like HTC Sense)
And I would give TouchWiz 4.0 the crown
vanilla rocks!
i got a warning for swearing, sorry for swearing
Pure ICS is definitely coming to the S3. Some developers have already said it.
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i don't want AOSP on it. It's damn boring. NO more vanilla for me. And the Nexus program is an epic fail, NOT the first to get updates.
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Uh, yes, the Nexus lines ARE the first to get updates... Well, the GSM variants anyway. Don't whine about having a Nexus and not getting updates fast when you're on a stupid CDMA network with their closed source radio driver crap.
Look aosp is cool, but i am that type of human that i will hardly live with only one type of ui for more than two months, first there are themes and than its big jump (like tw->cm9 or cm9->MIUI....)....so i expect i will try to stick with stock as long as possible and than go out and try some modifications
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Im going to change just one thing , I square icons at the bottom to stock ics, and that's it. Love the drop down toggles. And some of the touchwize apps I'll just not use.
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Uh, yes, the Nexus lines ARE the first to get updates... Well, the GSM variants anyway. Don't whine about having a Nexus and not getting updates fast when you're on a stupid CDMA network with their closed source radio driver crap.
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I couldn't agree more to this!!!
No more carrier delays for me... and I really look forward to PURE AOSP! The closest I ever got to that was with CM 7 resp. CM 9 on my S2 and Nook tablets... and I liked it a lot!
Certainly better than st*pid HTC Sense..!
Can't wait for next week to arrive!!!!!!
why would you use a feature`less software like stock ics? i had galaxy nexus and it was boring ... tw may have bloat but it has nice features ... if you want stock buy google phone if you want sense buy htc ... simple...
plus if you look in the app drawer is ics stock like
It's a matter of preference. look at the stock ICS E-mail, Contacts and messaging apps. a combination of a Beautiful, modern design with the maximum possible functionality. It just looks, feels and works so well, exactly how a modern UI should. Google really hit the ball out of the park with holo.
Now look at the TW ones - they're basically the same FroYo ones used in the previous galaxies - they don't have that stremlined, modern look of stock ICS. They look dated and ancient and do not feel like ICS at all. The messaging app especially. Black background with grey borders and ugly buttons - and yellow and cyan chat bubbles.. seriously samsung?
having said that, TW does have a very, very good launcher - very smooth and very flexible - i have no issues with that. The TW UX launcher is even better in that regard. it's the core apps that piss me off because they look ugly and dated.
look and see the new sharp device, with its own android os
http://android.pandaapp.com/news/06192012/020336581.shtml
will we be able to port it ? do you guys like it?
This is great, hope to try it soon.
wow looks great...
Ugly. The 3 column icons looks exactly like old symbian.
And it looks like the UI is too complicated. Really heavily customized. Not like touchwiz which is simple and light
Touchwiz is the best UI so far
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hikarugo said:
Ugly. The 3 column icons looks exactly like old symbian.
And it looks like the UI is too complicated. Really heavily customized. Not like touchwiz which is simple and light
Touchwiz is the best UI so far
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Want me to be honest?
Touchwiz may be cool on GB, but it's the ugliest thing that happened to ICS. I mean those ugly icons, green layouts, I wonder if Matias Duarte sees that, he will get an infart?
For other side, that one on the video looks pretty much like a "better sense", I dont like the style, but gesture control used is pretty innovative (Plus that weather thing, wich looks amazing)
EDIT: Title is kinda missleading, if I read well is just an interface (Perhaps a just a framework) not an entire OS
It looks lame. Whats wrong with ICS DOMINATION...? Its the best theme available on XDA.
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wow that's quite amazing, really love if someone port to galaxy s2
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wow that's quite amazing, really love if someone port to galaxy s2
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I'm sure we'll see it ported when it's released.
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@OP: I love it. I love your username too.
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its really gr8
btw- will have to wait for it till then my intention is to buy sgs3 can't wait for it too
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Want me to be honest?
Touchwiz may be cool on GB, but it's the ugliest thing that happened to ICS. I mean those ugly icons, green layouts, I wonder if Matias Duarte sees that, he will get an infart?
For other side, that one on the video looks pretty much like a "better sense", I dont like the style, but gesture control used is pretty innovative (Plus that weather thing, wich looks amazing)
EDIT: Title is kinda missleading, if I read well is just an interface (Perhaps a just a framework) not an entire OS
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Is that not a themed systemUI and framework-res and a custom/proprietary launcher?
Lame and Nothing Special!
wow looks awesome... i want just the lockscreen ^^ really cool and nice made
wow looks great.
hope to port this to s2.
Looks like its made for blind people (nothing against them...) like Windows Phone/Win 8, but I like the lockscreen.
nice to see all your oppions, but im waiting for it to come out, i will be porting this, and
yes the lockscreen is nice, im just saying there are no good roms for the sgs3 YET,
becouse they made stock look so good, the sgs2 4.0.4 update will be looking the
exact same as sgs3, as samsung technical support told me them self over phone,
no point in porting it any more, =)
It's not an OS, it's a skin. And "WILL WE BE ABLE TO PORT IT?" isn't enough to justify posting it in the GT-I9100 section
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I am looking for best hd live wallpaper any recommendation folks.....please share what you guys have on your phone thank you.
The coolest new live wallpaper I've found is called Minima. Get the Pro if you want to customize your own. It's based on the new Android L Material theme design. I love it!
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The coolest new live wallpaper I've found is called Minima. Get the Pro if you want to customize your own. It's based on the new Android L Material theme design. I love it!
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Looks really neat. Would look even better if we had a official Lollipop build to play with.
Best I've found well the only one I'll actually use is mountains now its based on the Google now background and it looks really cool. It's also the only one I'll use cause I've found it doesn't rape my performance or battery so much.
This is the best of all - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxelus.galaxypacklivewallpaper
Thanks for the minima suggestion. This is very cool.
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Best I've found well the only one I'll actually use is mountains now its based on the Google now background and it looks really cool. It's also the only one I'll use cause I've found it doesn't rape my performance or battery so much.
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I think you'll find that Minima also is very forgiving on the battery consumption. In fact, its consumption is little more than that of a still photo wallpaper! I've seen no noticeable depletion of battery life since I've begun using Minima! Be sure you get the pro version as it's totally worth it!
Magic fluids and magic flames heavy lwps but damn beautiful!!!