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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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Sense/de-Sense?

I don't spend a whole lot of time in these forums. Mostly just following what's going on with the latest ROMs/leaks/radios, etc. I personally don't understand the reason that people was to de-sense their phones. Only thing that I see that it does is the "slide down" unlock (the part of it that I NEED), and the main clock/weather screen. Is there more to it that I am missing that's bloats it?

MidnighToker said:
I don't spend a whole lot of time in these forums. Mostly just following what's going on with the latest ROMs/leaks/radios, etc. I personally don't understand the reason that people was to de-sense their phones. Only thing that I see that it does is the "slide down" unlock (the part of it that I NEED), and the main clock/weather screen. Is there more to it that I am missing that's bloats it?
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Yep....sense is FILLED with un needed junk. Just to day i made a desensetized rom and i had to get rid of 15+ apks that were total junk
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I personally like sense, but some prefer stock android. I'll admit though sense has bloatware and some want to get rid of it. Personal preference mostly.
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Oh, I am removing tons of BS APKs, but is there a way to keep the "slide down" unlock and home screen? Or is removing the APKs basically doing just that?

MidnighToker said:
Oh, I am removing tons of BS APKs, but is there a way to keep the "slide down" unlock and home screen? Or is removing the APKs basically doing just that?
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No. The app is called htclockscreen.apk. keep that and you will have the slide to unlock
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I'm also not sure if I should get rid of Sense. Can someone put exactly whats in 2.2's Sense because I'm not completely sure of what I would lose if I drop it. Also, if I do get rid of it is their a way to keep Friendstream? I like not having to check Twitter and FB seperately. Thanks guys.

buffnutz1 said:
I'm also not sure if I should get rid of Sense. Can someone put exactly whats in 2.2's Sense because I'm not completely sure of what I would lose if I drop it. Also, if I do get rid of it is their a way to keep Friendstream? I like not having to check Twitter and FB seperately. Thanks guys.
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Just be careful. Only delete stuff you ABSOLUTELY KNOW is crap first. That would be all widgets .
Try my Rom.. its nice.. experiment with it all you want.
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jdkoreclipse said:
Just be careful. Only delete stuff you ABSOLUTELY KNOW is crap first. That would be all widgets .
Try my Rom.. its nice.. experiment with it all you want.
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I was actually just looking at it. Someone asked but didn't see an answer, can you get it on clockworkmod? Saves the hastle of going to the computer to download it.

Well, since sense started force closing on me I'm definitely ready for it to go.

jdkoreclipse said:
No. The app is called htclockscreen.apk. keep that and you will have the slide to unlock
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Now THAT's what I wanted to hear. Thing that's been stopping me from messing with some of the ROMs was that the "side-slide" just seemed unnatural to me.

What is your rom and where can we get it?

I'm guessing this would be the place to ask what "deoxeded" is and why it's good...

Custom Front-end

Does anyone thinks this is possible? Something like how this was done..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-4k62ln4j4

I don't understand...do you mean porting that specific launcher?
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That thing isn't customizeable
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squshy 7 said:
I don't understand...do you mean porting that specific launcher?
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NO it was an example.. I want to know is a custom frontend possible with our phone?
something like how the HTC Flyer ui is..

Still not getting your question. Are you just talking about what shows up when you press the home button?
cd's or tapes?

txtmikhail said:
I want to know is a custom frontend possible with our phone?
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Yes.
10 char

schnowdapowda said:
Still not getting your question. Are you just talking about what shows up when you press the home button?
cd's or tapes?
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Something like Boxee, Apple tv, Google tv, Xbmc is.. those are front end.. Now i wanna know is it something that as to be build within a ROM or could it be something like a Theme zip file?

ok..
of course it's possible. our phone comes with a custom "front end" installed, touchiz. just like sense and motoblur, these are all custom "front ends".
but our phone in it's current state? probably not. because you'll be building a "front end" on top of a "front end". you would probably need AOSP to be fully functional before you attempted to make a new UI for the phone

What you want is a launcher replacement. Search for Launcher Pro, ADW.Launcher, or one of many others on the Market. When you install this app and press the home button, Android will ask you which one you want to use.
As far as something comparable to Boxee/XBMC, that doesn't seem like a very good fit for Android. But there are a lot of crazy launchers out there that people have made, and they're usually compatible with all phones. Search around on google until you find something you like.

amirite said:
What you want is a launcher replacement. Search for Launcher Pro, ADW.Launcher, or one of many others on the Market. When you install this app and press the home button, Android will ask you which one you want to use.
As far as something comparable to Boxee/XBMC, that doesn't seem like a very good fit for Android. But there are a lot of crazy launchers out there that people have made, and they're usually compatible with all phones. Search around on google until you find something you like.
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thankz but i already am using adw ex.. i want something new and different ...like these..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bjPCyJk9ng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awFWeyJ_Yc&feature=related

txtmikhail said:
thankz but i already am using adw ex.. i want something new and different ...like these..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bjPCyJk9ng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awFWeyJ_Yc&feature=related
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Those are very graphic intensive, and would be optomized for tablets.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

zanderman112 said:
Those are very graphic intensive, and would be optomized for tablets.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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LOL..well maybe its time for me to get myself a TABLET...

Verizon Xperia Play App Drawer?

Hey guys, i'm going to be purchasing an xperia play (my first android/smart phone whoo!) soon and I've done my fair share of research over this phone and i've gone to the verion store to check it out, and i like it a lot, but there's just one thing that bothers me. What happened to the app drawer? I know it's stock gingerbread therefore it should have the same app drawer that the Nexus S has, but it doesn't seem the same, the reason I say this is because when you scroll up and down through the apps, it doesn't give you that "cube" like effect, what happened?

jwk94 said:
Hey guys, i'm going to be purchasing an xperia play (my first android/smart phone whoo!) soon and I've done my fair share of research over this phone and i've gone to the verion store to check it out, and i like it a lot, but there's just one thing that bothers me. What happened to the app drawer? I know it's stock gingerbread therefore it should have the same app drawer that the Nexus S has, but it doesn't seem the same, the reason I say this is because when you scroll up and down through the apps, it doesn't give you that "cube" like effect, what happened?
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does that really matter? there is a million launchers on the market that can emulate that cube effect in the app draw, and imo have much better effects too, just download one

jwk94 said:
Hey guys, i'm going to be purchasing an xperia play (my first android/smart phone whoo!) soon and I've done my fair share of research over this phone and i've gone to the verion store to check it out, and i like it a lot, but there's just one thing that bothers me. What happened to the app drawer? I know it's stock gingerbread therefore it should have the same app drawer that the Nexus S has, but it doesn't seem the same, the reason I say this is because when you scroll up and down through the apps, it doesn't give you that "cube" like effect, what happened?
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Thats what LauncherPro is for.

AndroHero said:
does that really matter? there is a million launchers on the market that can emulate that cube effect in the app draw, and imo have much better effects too, just download one
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yeah for me it does matter, it was something that I really liked about gingerbread....

Get over it its very minor
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jwk94 said:
yeah for me it does matter, it was something that I really liked about gingerbread....
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Download the Gingerbread launcher, push it to /system/app and delete the default launcher. Problem solved This isnt ios You know

I don't have the Verizon edition so could be COMPLETELY wrong but perhaps it's enable-able in a settings?
Even if not the other comments are right - think of it this way. It's not that it doesn't have the cube effect, it's that you need to install it via the market - Launcher Pro or Gingerbread Launcher should both have it (ADW too maybe?)
If you get that phone you can definitely get the effect your looking for

Reapman said:
I don't have the Verizon edition so could be COMPLETELY wrong but perhaps it's enable-able in a settings?
Even if not the other comments are right - think of it this way. It's not that it doesn't have the cube effect, it's that you need to install it via the market - Launcher Pro or Gingerbread Launcher should both have it (ADW too maybe?)
If you get that phone you can definitely get the effect your looking for
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Sounds more like it would be a property in the Launcher2.apk file. You can extract it and search if you want.

thatsupnow said:
Get over it its very minor
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to you it is, to me it's not, thank you everybody for the help.

[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.
munchy_cool said:
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)