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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.
bala_gamer said:
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
mox123 said:
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.
Deliximus said:
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.
Theme Chooser importance
Im asking three questions.
If you want you can give reasons why after you answer the questions.
1.On a scale of 1 to 10 how much does Theme Chooser mean to you?
2.If you flash a rom and it doesnt have this feature would you flash one that does?
3.Is higher benchmarks worth not have Theme chooser?
Please follow this format/after that your free to elaborate at the bottom.
Let me start with my answer.
1. 10
2. I would find one that has it.
3. No.
Explain: I can live with having the speed of most roms but i like to change up the look of my phone on the fly.
Ex: One day i may want Blue the next i may want Red/white/green whatever.
I don't even use it, I prefer the look of stock Jb.
1. 8 (I rate 8, coz I like themes to be included in android, which I loved on Nokia symbian devices. But I do like minimal) Cool to have it as part of customization.
2. If that's not available in Stock latest version of android then so be it. (I also prefer stock as much as possible)
3. Stability, Fast and Battery performance is on my top priority.
1. 6
2. It's OK. I rarely use a theme
3. Stability, battery life and speed rank way above theme for me.
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1. 4
2. I would get a rom that I like even if it doesn't have theme chooser
3. To be honest, I would prefer stability and battery life over both
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1. 7
2. Yes
3. No
I love the concept of theme chooser. I would gladly give it 10 if only I could download a theme. Pretty much ever good theme costs money and I don't have a credit card nor can I get Google play cards sooooo I can never ever try them.
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I will rate 9 because i'm quite of angry about the uglyness of many stuff on Google Stock ROM.
Like the clock, just a poor circle or the battery, which we cannot guess easily how many %, or just the interface, too much thin, no modern, etc...
I love Artic Blue, but seens i have bought my Nexus 4, i cannot put it.
I do not want to flash CWM 10.1 because it's now pointless as Google Stock ROM is the same.
I'd just like an easy way to have T-Mobile Theme Chooser to be able to apply any theme i like.
Otherwise i'm happy with global performance, no bug issue, except the LED will never turn on unless using LightFlow... Which is a shame to have a Multicolor LED without any way on the basic system from Google to exploit it !!
So to answer your question, for me theming is extremely important as Default one are always ugly.
1. 0
2. No
3. Don't give a sh¡t about benchmarks.
I like modding my system ui by myself. I can then create my theme my self without theme chooser. I wouldn't recommend this if you don't know how to use Photoshop.
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I like theme chooser. What I'd love is to be able to add it to a stock build without having to flash a ROM that uses it but I've not ever seen instructions for doing so. I don't know if it's even possible.
1.10
2.yes
3.benchmarks are overrated
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1. 2/10
2. No
3. No
10
yes
no, benchmarks are nice pissing contests but much much more
I'm sure some people have figured this out and there might even be a post about it, but I just wanted discuss what I've done to get some S-pen functionality back and to hear about what you've done. I just flashed ParanoidAndroid 3.1 and it's absolutely awesome. I didn't think I'd like not having the Samsung apps but I'm easily getting over that. I'm an avid pen user so naturally I'm doing everything I can to continue using. (Yeah it's like a drug to me.)
So, here's what I have going on:
I use GMD Spen control (found on the market for $$) to retain some gestures and add a few of my own. Unfortunately the frequently used screenshot tap is Samsung only so I'm at a loss there. It works excellent tho.
I use Catch Sketch to replace S-note. So far this app works great. The pen selector seems has a bug on the last pen and looks a lil goofy but it's basically the same as S-note. It seems to lack the color copy feature but it might show up when your coloring on a photo or something.
I use Swype that I downloaded from their actual website to retain the write to text feature.
So that's what I'm working with. If anyone has suggestions or things you've found work better please let me know!
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zjs23 said:
I'm sure some people have figured this out and there might even be a post about it, but I just wanted discuss what I've done to get some S-pen functionality back and to hear about what you've done. I just flashed ParanoidAndroid 3.1 and it's absolutely awesome. I didn't think I'd like not having the Samsung apps but I'm easily getting over that. I'm an avid pen user so naturally I'm doing everything I can to continue using. (Yeah it's like a drug to me.)
So, here's what I have going on:
I use GMD Spen control (found on the market for $$) to retain some gestures and add a few of my own. Unfortunately the frequently used screenshot tap is Samsung only so I'm at a loss there. It works excellent tho.
I use Catch Sketch to replace S-note. So far this app works great. The pen selector seems has a bug on the last pen and looks a lil goofy but it's basically the same as S-note. It seems to lack the color copy feature but it might show up when your coloring on a photo or something.
I use Swype that I downloaded from their actual website to retain the write to text feature.
So that's what I'm working with. If anyone has suggestions or things you've found work better please let me know!
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The only thing missing for me is the ability to take snap shots of certain parts of the screen. With the Samsung stock rom I like to be able to circle parts of the screen and cut them out. I have not found any AOSP alternative to this yet. So for now I just take a full screen shot and then crop out the bits I need. Only an extra step but hey ho.
Yeah I completely forgot about that feature. Hopefully someone will be able to make similar applications soon. But they'll probably end up replaced and obsolete soon anyways lol
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Hey guys I have an question to you.
Does it happen to you when you write on the screen with the S-Pen and you put it away, that for one to two seconds your screen doesn't react to fingerinput? No matter what app I use this happens but not in Samsung roms.
I don't generally use the s-pen, except to show off the bigger Note's flagship features to awestruck noobs. I moved to 4.2.2 but came back to a Sammy firmware based ROM yesterday, due to some issues. I used to play with the S-pen a lot when I bought the phone. There's one great s-pen app that I like, though - Scribble Racer.
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I use these apps and I'm comfortable using them
1. My story for sending letters with style (lots of options)
2. Handrite pro (like s-note) buttl batter
3. PaperArtist (paint)
4.picsArt (paint)
Some photos so u can have some idea
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kernel : WizDom13 1.01
dirtydeangelo said:
I use these apps and I'm comfortable using them
1. My story for sending letters with style (lots of options)
2. Handrite pro (like s-note) buttl batter
3. PaperArtist (paint)
4.picsArt (paint)
Some photos so u can have some idea
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ROM : cm10.1 nightly
kernel : WizDom13 1.01
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Yep. S-Note isn't the best for anything really. I was a fan of Lecture Notes for quite a time, now I'm using Papyrus which isn't quite as customisable but makes up by being lighter and faster. It's quite adequate for my humble needs.
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I just dont have the safe feeling without my samsung apps eventhough I used apex but the feeling of samsung is gone.And im sure you would want a rom build out of a samsung note 2 source rather than a aokp or cm10.1 or even aosp or aospa sources as to me I feel it lacks of a samsung felling.battery life definitely sucks too.and to relate back to the spen well I wouldnt want to remove the spen feature even seldom use it.cuz snote sometimes comes in handy too.
You can use a gesture to take a screenshot with the S-Pen with this app, and edit the screnshots.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...2Vjb2xkYXBwcy5zY3JlZW5zaG90dWx0aW1hdGVwcm8iXQ..
But yeah can't do the selection thing.
I wish one of the note apps had floating windows.
This app is interesting, but no way to save or anything (yet).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyingbusstudio.snappadfree
What about handwriting recognition w/ keyboard? And airview? Handrite looks fine, will have to check it out, but I keep going back to S Notes - funny
because I don't really love it either :/
Awesome Note is great, and doesn't work as seamlessly on AOSP as it does with TW, but the size is too tiny for my liking anyways, on Note II since it's optimized for Note 8.
RambJoe said:
You can use a gesture to take a screenshot with the S-Pen with this app, and edit the screnshots.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...2Vjb2xkYXBwcy5zY3JlZW5zaG90dWx0aW1hdGVwcm8iXQ..
But yeah can't do the selection thing.
I wish one of the note apps had floating windows.
This app is interesting, but no way to save or anything (yet).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyingbusstudio.snappadfree
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I can not make it work with the s-pen screenshot ultimate pro
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Gmd spen control is the best app for rooted note2 for both aosp and tw
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I found this screenshot app called screenshot ER ... perfect to use with GMD spen controller
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Gdm spen controller
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Not sure if this is mentioned before but sketchbook mobile works amazingly well on note 2. Also s pen sensitivity on android 4.2 is much better than android 4.1.2
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i care less about s note and stuff, however the thing that i will miss if i switch to an aosp rom would be Multi windows and Air view!
can anyone provide apk for photo editor which can be found in samsung app store ??
or provide me samsung app store for note 2 so that i can download it by my own ?
You guys should have a look at this nice S Memo clone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798117
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You guys should have a look at this nice S Memo clone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798117
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Great app. Maybye this link should be posted in the Theme's and Apps section.
I use Papyrus, very nice S-pen app
It's been 2 years since the filter loving, social network, instagram appeared in the hands of Android users. And just now, has it finally gotten the overhaul it needed to compare to its classic ios counterpart.
The new app design brings a flat look to an even smoother user experience. Adding new animations and transitions is something the we're not shy of as well. Another nifty update is their performance boost for devices who run older versions of Android such as a galaxy nexus or Samsung galaxy s2.
Overall this ui is something to adore but is still something that lacks a high resolution uploading ability that ios has to offer. Either way, instagram for Android is fresh and once again, enjoyable.
Here is a video u made going over the big features.
http://goo.gl/DRZFaj
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Yeah I really do love the new layout of Instagram it feels more simple and sleek . +1 to Instagram lol
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I'm glad the blue color around the camera icon is actually the same color as the action bar now. Before it was like 3 shades off. So if you tried to use Tinted Status Bar, it looked so stupid and mismatched.
I'm so glad they finally did an update it. Now to wait for Facebook to do the same and make their app look nice like the IG one.
I found this site when I was going through the "Post your Nexus 5 home screens". This one has very good collection of wallpapers. I loved it. Thought of sharing the same.
http://freehdwalls.net/
Disclaimer: I am by no means affiliated to this site. All credit goes to the site owner/photographers.
Enjoy...:victory:
Cool thanks!
Sweet walls site! Luv the girls/fashion ones!!
Android wallpapers community (G+)..
try deviantart deviations and dribble
Thanks for sharing!
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Very nice
I still love Wallbase.
But yes! I'm loving the quality of the ones I've seen so far even if it was just a few seconds that I viewed.
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I still love Wallbase.
But yes! I'm loving the quality of the ones I've seen so far even if it was just a few seconds that I viewed.
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The interface for wallbase drove me insane, very old looking. Also there were too many girl background wallpapers and not enough quality wallpapers that didn't have women in a sexually suggestive manner
Thanks for the link OP (I'm out of thanks for today!) :good:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Interfacelift...
http://interfacelift.com/
Simply find an image you like and then select any resolution you want.
Wallbase for me. :victory:
This one is great too.
free-stock-illustration.com
The largest collection of free stock photos with HD quality.
There are a lot of GIF images too.
I use it all the time. Really good one.:fingers-crossed: