Hello everybodie!!
Well i start this thread just because i´ve allready searched the web quite long enaugh to find out no concrete answer about that if is it possible and secure to upgrade my GS4 GT-i9500 from 4.2.2 samsung touchwizz ROM to the google play edition 4.3 pure android ROM.
I'm awared that some hardware features as some of the sensors are not fully exploited, but i´m an old android user and i'm new on samsung, and the truth is that i miss pure android. I dont use most of the touchwizz features anyway.
I just want a simple, neat and beatiful android phone with the power of the GS4. The thing would be simplier if i'd live in the US, i´d probably just buy the google play edition and lalala. But it's not available in my region. So the only chance i got is to modify my classic GS4 to get what i want.
There are some forums on the web that provide the way to do it, but i don't trust them just because those methods aren´t published here, the place i consider the most reliable one to get info about anything related to these matters.
I´ll be very thankfull if someone can help me.
Well unfortunately, since you have the GT-I9500, which is the octa-core version, you cannot install any of the Google edition Roms for your device as those Roms are for the Qualcomm snapdragon 600, which is the GT-I9505, so unless someone ports it to your specific device, no you cannot install 4.3 unless you want a shiny brick
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To get yourself a pretty clean Android experience. Try CyanogenMod 10.2 for the 9500. Its stability is improving quite fast and its suitable to use as a daily driver as of now. It's just the camera thats not working. But apart from that you get Jelly Bean 4.3 and a super clean and fast UI.
Its worth it!
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ChampMEon said:
To get yourself a pretty clean Android experience. Try CyanogenMod 10.2 for the 9500. Its stability is improving quite fast and its suitable to use as a daily driver as of now. It's just the camera thats not working. But apart from that you get Jelly Bean 4.3 and a super clean and fast UI.
Its worth it!
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Yes listen to him that is the only closest way to experience a form of stock android on your device.
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Yes listen to him that is the only closest way to experience a form of stock android on your device.
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Maybe is better than stock Android, soon major bugs will dissapers
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iPwnapple said:
Well unfortunately, since you have the GT-I9500, which is the octa-core version, you cannot install any of the Google edition Roms for your device as those Roms are for the Qualcomm snapdragon 600, which is the GT-I9505, so unless someone ports it to your specific device, no you cannot install 4.3 unless you want a shiny brick
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ChampMEon said:
To get yourself a pretty clean Android experience. Try CyanogenMod 10.2 for the 9500. Its stability is improving quite fast and its suitable to use as a daily driver as of now. It's just the camera thats not working. But apart from that you get Jelly Bean 4.3 and a super clean and fast UI.
Its worth it!
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Yes listen to him that is the only closest way to experience a form of stock android on your device.
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Maybe is better than stock Android, soon major bugs will dissapers
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Well thank you all for your advice.
The camera not working doesn't convince me, so i'll just wait untill CM devs fix it.
Thanks again
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Woohoo! Can't wait for cm10 team to start merging in the new 4.2 goodness!
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/11/13/android-4-2-headed-to-aosp-right-now/
Woohoo....see what the devs come up with on this
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thats just great! cant wait to get the n10 and flash it with a good & nice aosp rom
Yep looking forward to this to. I have been running Siyah Kernel for a couple of weeks and it's great to be able to switch between the stable stock based rom and CM10
Yep same as on the Nexus 7 forums too, looking forward to having 4.2 AOSP on both my Galaxy S3 and Nexus 7:laugh:
Want omega's team to get cracking
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Won't take long to CM10-4.2 get released. I guess 4.2 uses the same base and stuff, so won't be a problem. Still, I may stick with Samsung. I love CM10 but not CM10 for i9300. Colors doesn't look good, laggy and a lot of random bugs.
Looking forward to it. Unfortunately cm10 on i9300 is beyond the team's control . If Samsung took their thumbs outta their asses and start releasing the RIGHT source and docs for Xynos, we might actually get somewhere. Its a miracle we've come this far without it.
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I see a lot of people comment that Touchwiz ROMs run more smoothly than CM based builds. This is exactly the opposite of my experience. I find the Cyanogen team's work to be second to none, which is remarkable considering they're volunteering their time.
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I see a lot of people comment that Touchwiz ROMs run more smoothly than CM based builds. This is exactly the opposite of my experience. I find the Cyanogen team's work to be second to none, which is remarkable considering they're volunteering their time.
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Definitely agree with you!
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More power to the CM Team! I loved the ROM ever since.
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It's freaking me out a bit that my Verizon Galaxy Nexus will get a 4.2 custom ROM before my Nexus 4. WTF?
With the CM vs TW ROM debate, is there one Vanilla ROM that you think proves that theory that they run smoother and faster because I'd love to test it if there is one. I've always also felt that TW runs smoother? Maybe I'm wrong. Is LiquidSmooth a good example?
foxhound tw Rom is ridiculously smooth
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Let's not change this thread to a TW vs CM, shall we?
Wohoooo! cant wait to get this one on my phone!
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Let's not change this thread to a TW vs CM, shall we?
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why fight when siyah gives the best of both worlds
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RoadXY said:
Let's not change this thread to a TW vs CM, shall we?
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I think that comment probably did that more than anyone else's. I think it's a perfectly valid part of the discussion. I'm not suggesting we sit here and go back and forth on ROM names. But I'll ask my question in a different way. What is it about the AOSP release that's out there now that isn't working well that will be improved by this 4.2 release? Ultimately, this isn't about one ROM base vs another it's about whether AOSP can be made to work bug-free with the I9300 hardware, isn't it?
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I think that comment probably did that more than anyone else's. I think it's a perfectly valid part of the discussion. I'm not suggesting we sit here and go back and forth on ROM names. But I'll ask my question in a different way. What is it about the AOSP release that's out there now that isn't working well that will be improved by this 4.2 release? Ultimately, this isn't about one ROM base vs another it's about whether AOSP can be made to work bug-free with the I9300 hardware, isn't it?
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I believe it's also to do with what new FEATURES have been added to the new AOSP release and less to do with how much stability it will add (since that is dependent more on Samsung releasing the source than what AOSP has to offer in terms of stability).
Some of us would like to make use of the new features of 4.2 and not have to wait for an official Samsung update.
Having said all this, at the end of the day, that's my point of view and I don't expect everyone to agree.
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Woohoo! Can't wait for cm10 team to start merging in the new 4.2 goodness!
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/11/13/android-4-2-headed-to-aosp-right-now/
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Woot, the race is on!
And I am completely overwhelmed by how good this phone is!
I've been away from XDA for a very long time and figured I'd come back and see what the community is like for the S4.
Hopefully I'll be able to contribute towards this awesome phone on here, somehow.
Thanks
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Great, welcome! Now all you need to do is to root and rid your phone from the god-awful TouchWiz framework!
(The above reflects my opinion only. Of course you might like TouchWiz (I mean the UI, not the launcher with the same name))
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Great, welcome! Now all you need to do is to root and rid your phone from the god-awful TouchWiz framework!
(The above reflects my opinion only. Of course you might like TouchWiz (I mean the UI, not the launcher with the same name))
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Thanks mate!
I cant say im a fan of TouchWiz and am greatly interested in the I9505 stock ROM. I love vanilla android! I'll root it a little later and explore my options
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jimbo.levy said:
Thanks mate!
I cant say im a fan of TouchWiz and am greatly interested in the I9505 stock ROM. I love vanilla android! I'll root it a little later and explore my options
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Coming from a Galaxy Nexus, I wouldn't possibly think you'd like TW.
The vanilla rom is awesome. Running it right now and it's great albeit a little feature-less. I'll run this until I dare jumping to CM
(The vanilla rom I'm running is the m3dd0g's v2 one together with the proper kernel by Ausdim, in case you wanna try those out)
m3dd0g's rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2340783
Ausdim's kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2342298
Do not try Android 4.3 if you want root. In can currently not be rooted and it's almost exactly the same as 4.2 (the 4.3 one is a leak so it's expected to act funnily and not have a lot of features).
Cheers.
Android 4.3/CM10.2 ROMS are growing in number, and many former Android 4.2 and CM 10.1 ROMS have been evolved into the newer builds. Problem is that Graphic Glitches on Android 4.3 for Samsung Exynos phones are substantial, and they make the user experience quite unstable and at times very irritating.
We need developers to continue updating 4.2 ROMS with the latest features (e.g. Focal, HALO2, etc...) for a while until the Graphic glitches on 4.3 ROMS are dealt with sufficiently. Maybe a new PA or CM 10.1 ROM would be a good place to start. Current 4.2.2 ROMS still being developed lack many new features and recent updates.
Thanks for everyone who helps. If you agree with the idea, press THANKS below to show the number of those interested.
We need 4.2 roms which dont deplete your battery in 5 minutes lol.
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We need Android 5 key lime pie
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we need nexus note series...
We need shoes that allow us to fly.
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Try out SlimRom build 8. It's 4.2.2 and stable, fast and battery friendly and include all the customization options you need.
With that said I would also like to say that my modded stock and odexed 4.1.2 is working like a charm and nothing beats it.
Try developing yourself and you will know how difficult it is. Just begging and demanding don't work. Go fork some repos and port 4.3 changes back into 4.2
And the issue of graphic glitches is not anyone's but Samsung's fault because they haven't released updated GPU drivers. And non of the 4.3 Roms mentioned stable so such glitches are expected.
If you are not satisfied with whats avilablr then either make your own stuff or suffice with whats available.
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NightHawkUndead said:
We need shoes that allow us to fly.
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Pmsl..
GT N7105 with XDA Premium......that is all......
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"...some of the users here don't seem to be able to even comprehend the situation. And so they talk nonsense. Get your facts right and we'll discuss again. Please. Hopefully this'll be my last post about this topic."
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NightHawkUndead said:
We need shoes that allow us to fly.
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Nike air... hello
Why do we need them? You sort of fail to mention that.
Lock screen widgets? Please.
What else? The fact it's a bigger number?
We need another lockscreen shortcut on top of any current lockscreen shortcut
We need a transparent iphone
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More 4.2 roms??? Really? I think we already got very good rooms and developers. There is no perfect rom if that what you're looking for.
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What do you think about the new android version. In my opinion, it's great , with better UI( if the leaked photos are true) , less RAM usage and new kernel. What do you think about the S2? Will Samsung update our phone ? In my opinion Samsung will not update the S2 or the Galaxy Ace or Mini...
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No they will not update our phone. And im also not too sure about new kernel. We do have dorimanx kernel which is light years ahead of most kernels... We have 3.12.rc1 while the Nexus have 3.4?
I don't thing Samsung will just think about updating the S2
It's an old device, it still an amazing device though
But updating it will not benefit Samsung
So no updates
But we still have AOSP
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ahmedelhofy said:
I don't thing Samsung will just think about updating the S2
It's an old device, it still an amazing device though
But updating it will not benefit Samsung
So no updates
But we still have AOSP
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Yea,thats true, even if samsung don't update it, the leaked images are showing a cool interface
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No they will not update our phone. And im also not too sure about new kernel. We do have dorimanx kernel which is light years ahead of most kernels... We have 3.12.rc1 while the Nexus have 3.4?
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The only thing is that some sites said about,that they will update S2 along with S3 ,S4, Ace,Mini, Note,Note 2
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There are rumors that it will support all current devices
It's our goal with Android KitKat to make an amazing Android experience available for everybody.
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The only thing is that some sites said about,that they will update S2 along with S3 ,S4, Ace,Mini, Note,Note 2
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I think you may be misunderstanding the sites. They say its possible for 4.4 to run on our device. No updates mentioned.
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Our S2 is getting old.. And i'm not sure that it will can run 4.4 as good as it run 4.2.2.
4.4 is made for less ram usage... Some sites say Ace can run it... Ace has 278 mb of RAM
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Caproid said:
4.4 is made for less ram usage...
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S2 will run it
Samsung will not update it
Cyanogen will port it
Everithing will be ok except the fact that samsung will not give another update for s2 even 4.2.2 or 4.3 ... why they should think about 4.4?
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krazy1101 said:
S2 will run it
Samsung will not update it
Cyanogen will port it
Everithing will be ok except the fact that samsung will not give another update for s2 even 4.2.2 or 4.3 ... why they should think about 4.4?
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4.2.2 and 4.3 are full of bloatware...that's why our s2 can't run it....in fact 4.4 will be slimmer...Most of the sites, say that android 4.4 will be released in October 14, which in my case is tomorrow....
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Huh I find no issue with 4.2.2, its the best thing yet! We have spent so much time optimzing 4.2.2 that it is so stable and usable. Fast forward to 4.3 which is much newer we have spent much less time on it so for sure it is not as good. However I dont understand which part of either these versions, 4.2.2 or 4.3 is bloated care explaining? Even if Android 4.4 has so called less RAM usage and kernel improvements it would not really matter to us. Take kernel changes for example. We can't just port AOSP code and use it for our devices correct? Remember the time when we only had official 4.0 and 4.1 was released by Google. Everybody wanted Project butter. Due to Sammy not giving us official 4.1 and its source code on time (thank god they actually gave the source code..) we would never have gotten close to full project butter experience which we still lack fully. So if Sammy does not give us what we need then we can use 4.4 without its so called perks like "less RAM usage"
Yeah 4.4 should have lower hardware requirements. However, it doesn't matter because our exynos device still lacks proper drivers. That's worsen by the fact that we currently have no Galaxy S2 devs left working on CM to port new android versions to our device
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Yeah 4.4 should have lower hardware requirements. However, it doesn't matter if our device still lacks a proper driver. That's worsen by the fact that we currently have no Galaxy S2 devs left working on CM to port new android versions to our device
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What?
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Huh I find no issue with 4.2.2, its the best thing yet! We have spent so much time optimzing 4.2.2 that it is so stable and usable. Fast forward to 4.3 which is much newer we have spent much less time on it so for sure it is not as good. However I dont understand which part of either these versions, 4.2.2 or 4.3 is bloated care explaining? Even if Android 4.4 has so called less RAM usage and kernel improvements it would not really matter to us. Take kernel changes for example. We can't just port AOSP code and use it for our devices correct? Remember the time when we only had official 4.0 and 4.1 was released by Google. Everybody wanted Project butter. Due to Sammy not giving us official 4.1 and its source code on time (thank god they actually gave the source code..) we would never have gotten close to full project butter experience which we still lack fully. So if Sammy does not give us what we need then we can use 4.4 without its so called perks like "less RAM usage"
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The bloated versions are Samsung's ones... Pure Android is not bloated
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Caproid said:
The bloated versions are Samsung's ones... Pure Android is not bloated
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Yes I know that. But our phone has no problem running 4.2.2 or 4.3 that are AOSP based...... So whats the purpose of this thread anyway.... Cus Sammy has no intention of ever updating this phone to a higher version...
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Yeah 4.4 should have lower hardware requirements. However, it doesn't matter because our exynos device still lacks proper drivers. That's worsen by the fact that we currently have no Galaxy S2 devs left working on CM to port new android versions to our device
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This OmniRom thing might help when you look at the people running it
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DvWatt said:
Our S2 is getting old.. And i'm not sure that it will can run 4.4 as good as it run 4.2.2.
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Untill now, the S2 is running is able to run 4.3.1 and 100% it will able to run 4.4
Samsung adds a lot of bloatware to their official roms which make the device slow
that's why I never use stock rom
Yea but what about cool features like multi window smart functions and motion ?
If this doesn't mean smth for you .... what about drivers? 4.2/4.3 have a lot of glitches with graphics and cuz samsung dont release exynos source code our beloved s2 will die one day in a near future
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I started this thread as at the moment there doesn't seem to be any live AOSP based ROMs.
If anyone has any information on AOSP ROMs that are in development please post here (let's include CM for fun)
Personally I'm hoping for an OMNI ROM for the multi window functionality with a pure Google experience.
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shure2 said:
I started this thread as at the moment there doesn't seem to be any live AOSP based ROMs.
If anyone has any information on AOSP ROMs that are in development please post here (let's include CM for fun)
Personally I'm hoping for an OMNI ROM for the multi window functionality with a pure Google experience.
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I would love to see an OMNIrom also
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shure2 said:
I started this thread as at the moment there doesn't seem to be any live AOSP based ROMs.
If anyone has any information on AOSP ROMs that are in development please post here (let's include CM for fun)
Personally I'm hoping for an OMNI ROM for the multi window functionality with a pure Google experience.
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CM stated on their official blog that they are working on the Note 3 roms but they are at pre-nightly stages. Once it gets stable enough for nightlies that is when it'll be released.
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CM stated on their official blog that they are working on the Note 3 roms but they are at pre-nightly stages. Once it gets stable enough for nightlies that is when it'll be released.
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That day, will be the day I'll say goodbye to the warranty, all the Knox ****, and start to fully enjoy my beast!
HI
Thanks to open this thread. Wait AOSP roms too
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After coming from the N4 I was afraid that I might have made the wrong choice choosing the note 3.
Hopefully we get Aosp soon.
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It's between the n5 and note 3 for me. I want the awesome battery life (ala note 3, not nexus 5) but the AOSP goodness :banghead:
Does anyone know a contact for the OMNI ROM to see of there is development plans?
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That day, will be the day I'll say goodbye to the warranty, all the Knox ****, and start to fully enjoy my beast!
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Exactly the same here !
Loved my S3 on CM.
Might as well enjoy stock while i wait
can't wait for CM!!
Once one ROM is ported a bunch more will be able to use the progress that port made on the device specific files to port other ROMs. I'm hoping for Omni ROM as well.
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TouchWiz is horrible
This phone, the screen, battery and cpu are WOW, but TouchWiz is horrible. The Pull down menu... 1/3rd of it is taken up by the time, settings buttons, toggle buttons, brightness and what WiFi I'm connected to.. the other 2/3rds? Taken up by 1 e-mail. Of course Samsung realizes people with a powerful business phone like this only get 1 message at a time so they make it nice and easy to read. So then the gallery... every time I'm in the gallery there is a yellow flower icon in the top left. Why? Samsung knows $700 top of the line pocket computer owners like bright flowers. The blank faces in messaging and contacts are downright ugly, seriously who approved that? Luckily I have Samsung Apps, Samsung Link, Samsung Hub and Samsung InApp Purchase to keep all this NFC S-Beam fist bumping super assistant S-Voice Jedi hand waving air command motion hover pen magic in order!
Everyday I check XDA in hopes of any news....
My Order:
1. MIUI
2. AOSP/CM
3. Sony
4. LG ?
5. HTC
6. Samsung
What is great about Omnirom?
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Chainfire is involved in Omni and although he's not a ROM developer (as far as I'm aware), he does have a Note 3 so fingers crossed he'll help push support for it.
As for AOSP, I think we're all waiting on the CM nightlies to pick up, after that other AOSP ROMs should appear soon. Hopefully.
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What is great about Omnirom?
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Having the Multi-Window ability on an AOSP is their "trademark" feature
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can't wait for CM!!
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Same here!
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