I'm waiting for my i9505 and I really don't like the Samsung Bloatware (I will use CM 10.1 or another good AOSP ROM or even Android 4.3) but there are some interesting apps that might be useful for me, like some camera features and some air gestures, and a nice app for the ir blaster.
I understand that the stock camera has been ported to any custom ROM so it wouldn't be a problem with those features.
So what apps could you recommend me to replace the stock Samsung apps?
Thanks in upfront.
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I'm waiting for my i9505 and I really don't like the Samsung Bloatware (I will use CM 10.1 or another good AOSP ROM or even Android 4.3) but there are some interesting apps that might be useful for me, like some camera features and some air gestures, and a nice app for the ir blaster.
I understand that the stock camera has been ported to any custom ROM so it wouldn't be a problem with those features.
So what apps could you recommend me to replace the stock Samsung apps?
Thanks in upfront.
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Hi,
Some of those apps require TouchWiz.
So, you are going to have to wait till they get some Dev magic to run on Aosp.
Thanks man.
I'm aware that you can't run Samsung apps in a third party version of the main the interface.
But I want to know if you, already S4 users, know about some apps that are similar, not the same or with the same features of Stock Samsung apps.
For example, I know if you get a call and you place your phone face down the ringtone stops or if you are getting a call and you move your phone towards your ear it automatically answers.
That kind of features I'd like and I really want a good remote control app, your suggestions are very much appreciated.
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soyusado said:
Thanks man.
I'm aware that you can't run Samsung apps in a third party version of the main the interface.
But I want to know if you, already S4 users, know about some apps that are similar, not the same or with the same features of Stock Samsung apps.
For example, I know if you get a call and you place your phone face down the ringtone stops or if you are getting a call and you move your phone towards your ear it automatically answers.
That kind of features I'd like and I really want a good remote control app, your suggestions are very much appreciated.
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Hi,
I understand what you are saying.
Personally, I do not use the apps you are seeking.
So, I have never had to seek out alternative versions on the market.
That does not mean that they do not exist.
You may have to use the search function to see what is available.
Sent telepathically from my S4
malybru said:
Hi,
I understand what you are saying.
Personally, I do not use the apps you are seeking.
So, I have never had to seek out alternative versions on the market.
That does not mean that they do not exist.
You may have to use the search function to see what is available.
Sent telepathically from my S4
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I found this remote control app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317629, hope it works with PACman ROM.
Thanks anyway, I'll post here if I find an interesting app.
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Hey guys I have a AT&T Galaxy S 4 with a custom ROM on it. I've always been a vanilla android user, but I do miss one thing about the TouchWIZ interface. It is the air call accept.
My question is this: is there anyway to bring back the samsung air gesture functionality through installing some sort of samsung backend again or maybe installing the samsung dialer, gallery, etc. apps.
Thanks,
Nico
Flash Shostock rom for all those goodies and more
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Or give this a try
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/air-call-accept-is-a-smart-way-to-answer-your-calls/
...and let us know how it works
That air reply app needs some fine-tuning in my opinion. From my use I found that the answer function is much more sensitive than the stock Samsung one. For example, it would answer as soon as my hand passed over the screen when reaching for the phone to take it out of my pocket or move it on the table.
But thanks for the input anyway, I'll keep searching as well and post back here. I can't be the only one missing some of Samsung's stock gesture functionality, am I?! Haha
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Hey guys I have a AT&T Galaxy S 4 with a custom ROM on it. I've always been a vanilla android user, but I do miss one thing about the TouchWIZ interface. It is the air call accept.
My question is this: is there anyway to bring back the samsung air gesture functionality through installing some sort of samsung backend again or maybe installing the samsung dialer, gallery, etc. apps.
Thanks,
Nico
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I absolutely understand you bro, without the air gestures this phone is just a s3 on steroids
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Hi there,
I am on the beginning of my andriod journey from Apple and have pre-ordered a note 3 here in Australia :victory:
I am looking to ? Flash my N3 and install a custom ROM, as I hate the stock look of the N3.
My question is, do I loose the stock apps that use the S pen etc when I install the ROM?
Also is it possible to have the Moto X handsfree 'ok google now' feature on the N3?
Thanks!
Edit: so it seems that you don't loose the apps and functionality of the S pen. Although am I able to uninstall a single app, sayyy S fitness or whatever it's called?
dholms said:
Hi there,
I am on the beginning of my andriod journey from Apple and have pre-ordered a note 3 here in Australia :victory:
I am looking to ? Flash my N3 and install a custom ROM, as I hate the stock look of the N3.
My question is, do I loose the stock apps that use the S pen etc when I install the ROM?
Also is it possible to have the Moto X handsfree 'ok google now' feature on the N3?
Thanks!
Edit: so it seems that you don't loose the apps and functionality of the S pen. Although am I able to uninstall a single app, sayyy S fitness or whatever it's called?
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Hi
Why do you hate the stock look? You can install new launchers which replace the home screen and app drawer.
You can flash a custom rom that is based on stock android which has the base look and this can be themed.
If you flash a samsung based rom you will keep the apps, otherwise you lose the samsung apps.
You can use Titanium Backup after rooting to remove or freeze samsung apps to remove bloatware.
Yes they have the feature for "ok google" but it is a bit different.
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danieljamie said:
Hi
Why do you hate the stock look? You can install new launchers which replace the home screen and app drawer.
You can flash a custom rom that is based on stock android which has the base look and this can be themed.
If you flash a samsung based rom you will keep the apps, otherwise you lose the samsung apps.
You can use Titanium Backup after rooting to remove or freeze samsung apps to remove bloatware.
Yes they have the feature for "ok google" but it is a bit different.
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Thank for the reply.
I don't know why I hate the stock look, but it just doesn't seem blended, almost as if things are out of place... I just get feeling that the icons are just thrown onto the page with no real shape or design. I have seem some customs ones which really look nice.
Would you be able to point me in the right direction for a link that explain the "ok google" feature you spoke of? Does it work the same way the Moto X works? Ie screen is asleep and listens for a command?
Thanks
Just wondering if you all are going to flash CM when they make it or another AOSP?
I know it will come soon especially since the Nexus 5 will have similar specs as with the 9005
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jetbruceli said:
Just wondering if you all are going to flash CM when they make it or another AOSP?
I know it will come soon especially since the Nexus 5 will have similar specs as with the 9005
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I've owned Android since the good old days of the Google G1.
I don't think I've seen 1 version of CM that ran perfectly, no ROM was ever 'finished'.... so I'll be staying away from them from now on.
I'm actually probably NOT going to root my Note 3, can't see what I need to root it for tbh.
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I've owned Android since the good old days of the Google G1.
I don't think I've seen 1 version of CM that ran perfectly, no ROM was ever 'finished'.... so I'll be staying away from them from now on.
I'm actually probably NOT going to root my Note 3, can't see what I need to root it for tbh.
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My first was the original galaxy i7500 but my cm experience was on the milestone 2 then g2x.
I really like cm when a device is no longer supported by their respective companies.
When I had the nexus 4, I used the latest cm 10.2 nightlies because to me the stock AOSP was lacking a few functions.
The note 3 has its own set of functions that I don't think we will ever see on CM.
However, would be very nice to have a dual booting system so I could flip flop between the two.
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Would be nice having on n900
fethi2 said:
Would be nice having on n900
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If the s4 has it, I am sure the note 3 900 will get it too.
One the biggest reasons for getting the 9005 was because I wanted to stick with a SOC that is easier for devs to work with.
Especially about a year from now when Sammy releases the note 5 and forgets about the note 3, we can at least update to the latest Android with CM
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me me me! pick me! xD
I usually run Paranoid Android on all my devices, but my experience with stock/rooted Note 3 so far has been fantastic, so I'm probably just going to run with things as is for the time being. Once PA releases I'll probably have to reevaluate though ;p
Amdathlonuk said:
I've owned Android since the good old days of the Google G1.
I don't think I've seen 1 version of CM that ran perfectly, no ROM was ever 'finished'.... so I'll be staying away from them from now on.
I'm actually probably NOT going to root my Note 3, can't see what I need to root it for tbh.
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I kinda feel the same, I bought a few apps recently because it's not rooted. and these apps I'm happy to support because I use them on a daily baisis, like business calendar, poweramp, mx player etc. but I do find root useful for ntfs micro sdcard, especially when a file is bigger than 10GBs.
but what I really liked about a custom rom was editing minor things, having 8 icons along the screen horizontally. instead of what right now, 4? also all apps are HUGE dpi. I feel like when I load my mail. every mother fcker can read it from 5 metres away from me lol..
Ill Probably try it but wont stay with it. Lately on my s4 ive been preferring modded TW roms and will probably continue that with the N3
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Not Cyano itself, but I'm waiting for an AOSP derivate, SlimBean.
I don't want to even see Samsung's bloatware ever again.
I'm done with rooting and adding ROMs. I've rooted just about every phone I've owned, and they've never ran 100%. Something always had an issue and not running properly. Today's phone are almost perfect anyway. The Note 3 is bad ass just the way it is! If I do anything to it, it's maybe using Themer to give it a fresh look, but that's it?
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Not Cyano itself, but I'm waiting for an AOSP derivate, SlimBean.
I don't want to even see Samsung's bloatware ever again.
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+1
I have been pretty impressed with the performance of the GN3 even after rooting. I am also using the s-pen functionality a lot more than i anticipated. I doubt there is any need to go the CM route.
A little off point, but someone mentioned they hadnt rooted yet. I had gone a week without rooting and was fine, but i had to root for tethering (havent installed an app yet though). So far, i have also included quite a bit of additional apps for the Pen Window - VERY handy.
I just need a ROM that will allow tethering.
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I will just to try it out but touch wiz has a lot of useful features that are too give to pass up. I will end up switching between the two.
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lm that guy said:
I will just to try it out but touch wiz has a lot of useful features that are too give to pass up. I will end up switching between the two.
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what are these features?
I really hope Samsung implements LG KnockOn gesture though... to save me from pressing the hardware buttons again and again
Maybe a stupid question, but why are we not seeing any AOSP roms at this time ? With other devices they appeared much faster. Dont get me wrong, no trolling on ETA. Cant wait to see this beast (snapdragon 800) run stock android
I'm just waiting to be able to root my phone without voiding its warranty due to KNOX :/
wilflare said:
what are these features?
I really hope Samsung implements LG KnockOn gesture though... to save me from pressing the hardware buttons again and again
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multi window, pen window, air view, S note to name a few. And I generally like the look of touchwiz as well.
lm that guy said:
multi window, pen window, air view, S note to name a few. And I generally like the look of touchwiz as well.
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hmm does multi-window work with all apps?
hmm I do like Air Command though.
never used/tried S Note or Scrapbooker
Hi Guys!
I hope this has not been discussed and it's not a dumb question.
I just got my first android phone which is the note3. Ex-apple fanboy and man am I glad I switched!
Dont think I can ever go back to my iphone ever again.
That said, I cant seem to figure out one feature. Is there a way to create keyboard shortcuts? Ie - type omw and the phone will convert that to on my way?
I have looked online and all over in the phone and this is driving me insane!
Thanks again!
stokedcrf said:
Hi Guys!
I hope this has not been discussed and it's not a dumb question.
I just got my first android phone which is the note3. Ex-apple fanboy and man am I glad I switched!
Dont think I can ever go back to my iphone ever again.
That said, I cant seem to figure out one feature. Is there a way to create keyboard shortcuts? Ie - type omw and the phone will convert that to on my way?
I have looked online and all over in the phone and this is driving me insane!
Thanks again!
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I don't actually know if there is a keyboard out there that supports it. SwiftKey doesn't and the Samsung stock doesn't either. Smart keyboard might have this feature, you can try search for it in the playstore. But if it's not that important to you, then I'd suggest to try SwiftKey instead. It's a killer keyboard and I bet it will blow your mind if you're used to Apple's keyboard
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Rallerbabz said:
I don't actually know if there is a keyboard out there that supports it. SwiftKey doesn't and the Samsung stock doesn't either. Smart keyboard might have this feature, you can try search for it in the playstore. But if it's not that important to you, then I'd suggest to try SwiftKey instead. It's a killer keyboard and I bet it will blow your mind if you're used to Apple's keyboard
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thanks for the informative post!
I guess I will have to keep my eye open for something of the sort in the future.
Out of curiousity, I thought I read about some form of screen recording function on the galaxy note, but have no yet found that either.
Is that a feature of the note3 or an app? All I can do is screenshots it seems...
stokedcrf said:
thanks for the informative post!
I guess I will have to keep my eye open for something of the sort in the future.
Out of curiousity, I thought I read about some form of screen recording function on the galaxy note, but have no yet found that either.
Is that a feature of the note3 or an app? All I can do is screenshots it seems...
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The Note 3 does not have screen recording. It is not limited to hardware though, so it is possible in the future. Screen recording is built in with Android 4.4 and above, so you might see the feature in the upcoming 4.4 update for Note 3. However, it will probably not arrive until January sometime is my guess. It's also worth noting that especially Samsung is known for removing some of Androids core features and add some of their own. Therefore it's not sure that we will get screen recording with 4.4 for Note 3. With that being said, you can download an application that offers screen recording, however that require your phone rooted. Keep in mind that rooting will possibly break your warranty.
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Thanks for the info! Rooting Isn't a problem, and I'm ok with the warranty thing. I actually pay a monthly fee for an extended warranty because I drop phones a lot
I wish Samsung would be more like the Nexus series!
Any programs that record the screen that you guys recommend?
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stokedcrf said:
Thanks for the info! Rooting Isn't a problem, and I'm ok with the warranty thing. I actually pay a monthly fee for an extended warranty because I drop phones a lot
I wish Samsung would be more like the Nexus series!
Any programs that record the screen that you guys recommend?
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I don't know any myself, I just know there are a few in the Play Store. I never had the need for it myself, so I haven't tried them out. I'd recommend searching in the playstore and looking for the most downloaded one as well as the one with most stars.
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This is a quick little question. I haven't been able to find a ROM that was just a smooth minimal debloated ROM. X-Note is full of a tonne of crap I don't need and it doesn't look like someone has made a 'stock close to AOSP' ROM. No offense meant, they're just not for me. Anyone have any good news? I might have to make one then...
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This is a quick little question. I haven't been able to find a ROM that was just a smooth minimal debloated ROM. X-Note is full of a tonne of crap I don't need and it doesn't look like someone has made a 'stock close to AOSP' ROM. No offense meant, they're just not for me. Anyone have any good news? I might have to make one then...
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Use debloater on a normal stock ROM, or just flash Cyanogen. Cyanogen is as slim as your girlfriend in thirty saunas.
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Try Jackyaway. I have a pretty decent battery life on it. I also remove the bloatwares using Note 3 Cleaner by CoOoL_BoY
AldrichDSaints said:
Try Jackyaway. I have a pretty decent battery life on it. I also remove the bloatwares using Note 3 Cleaner by CoOoL_BoY
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Thanks guys, I did the same but I debloated manually. I think there'd be a place for an ASOP feeling ROM. Perhaps I'll make a pack or something in the future.
andjohn said:
Thanks guys, I did the same but I debloated manually. I think there'd be a place for an ASOP feeling ROM. Perhaps I'll make a pack or something in the future.
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I would suggest flashing alexndrs Rom. I have manually debloated this, very heavily.. all with root explorer followed by a data wipe. Over 850mb free in system.
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Cyanogenmod is very slim and has the potential to be great if they iron out the bugs.
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celderic said:
I would suggest flashing alexndrs Rom. I have manually debloated this, very heavily.. all with root explorer followed by a data wipe. Over 850mb free in system.
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Hello, mind to share it?
I am also trying to manually delete as much as possible.
All I need is the camera, the clock and the popup music player.
All other things could go, including the launcher as I have many paid apps for the several tasks.
I also do not use the pen.
Tried slim roms and debloater, also cm based ones but want to have the samsung base.
Thanks,
Best regards
Richard
AmberLynn said:
Hello, mind to share it?
I am also trying to manually delete as much as possible.
All I need is the camera, the clock and the popup music player.
All other things could go, including the launcher as I have many paid apps for the several tasks.
I also do not use the pen.
Tried slim roms and debloater, also cm based ones but want to have the samsung base.
Thanks,
Best regards
Richard
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Id rather not upload over 1gb, took me about an hour on the phone to get it set up like this, Trial and error.
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andjohn said:
Thanks guys, I did the same but I debloated manually. I think there'd be a place for an ASOP feeling ROM. Perhaps I'll make a pack or something in the future.
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Most of the time I also debloat manually but I give a try on the note 3 cleaner of cooolboy since most of the apps that can be debloat on his mod is just the same as my debloated apps.
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AmberLynn said:
Hello, mind to share it?
I am also trying to manually delete as much as possible.
All I need is the camera, the clock and the popup music player.
All other things could go, including the launcher as I have many paid apps for the several tasks.
I also do not use the pen.
Tried slim roms and debloater, also cm based ones but want to have the samsung base.
Thanks,
Best regards
Richard
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How about before installing the custom rom that you will use, check the apps that will be installed on the zip file. Extract it first and check on the system/data. You can delete some apps but be sure you know what to delete.
debloating threads are really user unfriendly and have nearly no research on.
A lot of apps that are removed cause incompatibility with other apps. You can remove the non-sense My Magazine, and the built-in Email will go havoc, and you cant just offer an alternative mail client in that case.
If somebody slimmed down the stock firmwares, that would do a lot of ppl favours.
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Id rather not upload over 1gb, took me about an hour on the phone to get it set up like this, Trial and error.
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Hello, maybe you could just post the content of your system directories (file listings, especially app, priv-app and framework)?
Thanks,
best regards
Amber
AmberLynn said:
Hello, maybe you could just post the content of your system directories (file listings, especially app, priv-app and framework)?
Thanks,
best regards
Amber
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How is this possible without manually typing out 175 - 200 apk names ? No way i have the patience for typing them all out haha.
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I think the reason there are no "slim" roms is because you will lose some of the features that make the Note range unique. Touchwiz is vital to those features.
By going AOSP - it will basically be a big Nexus.
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actually, there are cyanogen mod for n9005. but you will loose samsung apps and its feature such as s note etc.
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There are alternatives such as Papyrus instead of S-Note (I like it better). I think the only reasons this phone is unique is the Pen (works in CM) and the size. So, a slim ROM makes sense as there's a lot of crap that Samsung adds that is not very useful.
I am using this ROM, like the OP I wanted all that crap of my phone. So found this here. I'll let the thread speak for itself...
I'd love to have a ROM like that as well. It would be especially great if you could decide for yourself what you install. Basically I want it as slim as possible so that the OS itself runs without errors but I don't want basic stuff like email, calculator and all that stuff either because the stock apps are usually crap compared to apps from the play store. I use a different calendar, email, calculator, music player, video player... so I just want a clean base OS to build on without all that stuff I never use anyways.
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I'd love to have a ROM like that as well. It would be especially great if you could decide for yourself what you install. Basically I want it as slim as possible so that the OS itself runs without errors but I don't want basic stuff like email, calculator and all that stuff either because the stock apps are usually crap compared to apps from the play store. I use a different calendar, email, calculator, music player, video player... so I just want a clean base OS to build on without all that stuff I never use anyways.
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That would be nice but some applications rely upon others so you cannot remove some stuff because other things won't work.