Hi,
Loving the OP2 phone, really great phone for the money. Especially the camera. I'm a bit disapoointed with the lack of features in oxygen OS though. There doesn't seem to be a block option for calls and the lack of profiles. I'm on Sky Dragon ROM which is cool, but loathed to move over to Cyanogen and lose the finger print reader and laser focus. Any tips or tweaks out there to get over the missing OS features?
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Hello,
I have been using Sense for almost an entire year, I hated that it drained the battery and was slow most of the times. I'm a happy Oxygen user now.
The only thing I really miss is the HTC camera. I like the feature that I can touch the screen anywhere and that it'll focus on that point. The stock camera app just focusses the entire screen, which basicly sucks.
So, does anyone have a good idea?
Jorijn.
I like camera 360. And I think it has the feature you want.
(btw, I use Cyanogenmod.)
I also went from Sense to Oxygen and have the same complaint.
Although I must say, what you sacrifice in camera features, the gallery more than makes up for.
I know there's much to be gained from using a custom rom but I'm just wondering what I will lose if go for an AOSP based rom like CyanogenMod?
I'm presuming things like the Samsung Camera app (is image quality affected?), Smart stay etc. What about Multi-Window, can I get that back?
No multiwindow, no camera (not last time I saw anyway), GPS issues I think, no smart stay, scroll, air view, air gesture, ultra power saving, smart pause, ripple lockscreen, finger print, toolbox and pretty much everything non hardware that makes your s5 an s5 and not a nexus.
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Thanks for the info. Hopefully they'll get CM11 fully working soon. I was under the impression that you could sideload some apps like Multi-Window, is this not true?
I'd like to ask what would be the state of each of the next features on Note 4 (any of its models) when moving to an AOSP based rom (like CM, Omni, PA, ...) :
1. MHL/HDMI
2. Screen recording.
3. S-Pen
4. Calls recording
5. hovering with the fingers.
6. touching with gloves
7. sensors
8. IR
9. Any TW app (camera, keyboard, etc...)
By state, I mean, how well would it function, if at all.
For the S-Pen, of course some features won't be available, but maybe it could function in its basic way.
Also, I'd like to ask (as I don't really own the device) : what would you miss the most in case you moved from stock-Samsung rom to AOSP-based rom?
Any feature I didn't mention ?
Well coming from the Note 2 and Note 3 that had AOSP roms, no.
None of the special TouchWiz features will work once you're on pure Android.
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Basic things like the screen recording, call recording, ir blaster and sensors will will work. Mostly, s pen features will all be gone. You won't have a need to use it once on AOSP.
AOSP experience from Note 3.
Recently coming from the Note 3 running CM 11 Nightlies and other more customizable AOSP rom. Ive noticed that the S Pen works at its most basic capacity. That being said, there was no cursor like there is on TW and the option to add one adds the traditional pc mouse cursor with is way too big for my taste. Features like screen recording were built in to some or could be with Xposed. Call recording also came built in as well or could be added as well. Hdmi ive never tried although chrome cast would work better. Touch sensitivity was in one of the AOSP roms ive used so its duable depending on what dev makes the rom with contributing features in mind. IR was a no go since i dont really use the feature although i do see it usability to others so it would be a keen addition. I currently own the T-Mobile Note 4 and got it on day one and i CANNOT wait to get my hands on a note 4 rom already but, gotta be patiant. I know that was all out of place but, hopefully you understood and it helped!!
IR Worked fine on CyanogenMod on my Note 3.
Is there any way of getting all of the Motion and Gestures and Air View features to work? Through most of the awesome ROM's that our Devs have made for us, most of the features don't work when they're selected. I didn't know if there's a 'modded' apk or what not to get them to work. I know that Samsung had pulled those features due to battery drain but regardless of that, I pretty much liked the features. Plus, they're in the ROM's, so why are they unusable? Any help or direction to get them to work would be great. Thank you in advance.
EDIT: So, given that no Oreo/Pie ROM can match the TouchWiz features below, serious question: Why in the world does everyone prefer vanilla Android? I don't want to have to find 10 apps with extra steps just to replace system-level features of a skinned ROM. So vanilla Android honestly makes no sense to me.
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I'm the rare N7 TW holdout. I LIKE TouchWiz, particularly Note 7 ports, where I guess they called it Samsung Experience.
But I can't stay on Marshmallow forever.
For Oreo/Pie/10 ROMs, what ROM has the below features? Or what's the easiest way to replace them?
Call recording built into the Dialer/In-Call UI
Scroll Capture (vertically scrolling screenshots)
SNote-type note app (seriously, the font choices, point size, text frames, etc. make it tough to beat)
RELIABLE SIM (since all newer N4 ROMs seem to have SIM death)
Robust photo editing built into the Gallery
ETA: The clipboard.
Probably more, but if someone knows how to replace those as close to system level as possible, I'd probably go that route. Thank you for any feedback!
The best replacement for snote seems to be squid, but some things there cost $.
FYI I am also on the same boat, but I'll be holding out on marshmallow for since time longer.
QuoPrimum said:
The best replacement for snote seems to be squid, but some things there cost $.
FYI I am also on the same boat, but I'll be holding out on marshmallow for since time longer.
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I like your style! I'll check out Squid!
O's said:
I'm the rare N7 TW holdout. I LIKE TouchWiz, particularly Note 7 ports, where I guess they called it Samsung Experience.
But I can't stay on Marshmallow forever.
For Oreo/Pie/10 ROMs, what ROM has the below features? Or what's the easiest way to replace them?
Call recording built into the Dialer/In-Call UI
Scroll Capture (vertically scrolling screenshots)
SNote-type note app (seriously, the font choices, point size, text frames, etc. make it tough to beat)
RELIABLE SIM (since all newer N4 ROMs seem to have SIM death)
Robust photo editing built into the Gallery
Probably more, but if someone knows how to replace those as close to system level as possible, I'd probably go that route. Thank you for any feedback!
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I'm also partial to TW but have been using some open source pie roms lately and for the most part I don't miss much about TouchWiz. The spen is the biggest cost for me personally. I had never tried squid before but I just installed it and my initial impression is favorable to some others I've tried. Spen commander works well for some people and I like Evernote as well but so far nothing they all lack the integration and intuition of the stock spen features and due to the proprietary nature of it there's a chance that won't get much better.
Due to the extra steps required I haven't even been using the spen with those roms since the convenience of it just isn't the same. Also, scroll capture fits in the same boat. There are apps to replace that function but it's certainly not as convenient as just using the spen.
Everything else, from my point of view, works well. The camera does fail every once in awhile. It's not often but often enough to be aggravating depending on your usage.
Looking through most of those rom threads you'll see plenty of people claiming that those roms are as reliable as stock or that all/most stock functions can be replaced but that's just not been my experience. However, there are plenty of things that I do like about the newer OS's and the reliability gap isn't as big as I assumed it was going to be. They're certainly prettier than 6.0.1.
kevintm78 said:
I'm also partial to TW but have been using some open source pie roms lately and for the most part I don't miss much about TouchWiz.
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All great to know.
Funny to hear YOU say it, though. I'm feeling a bit starstruck to see your reply. You're one of the reasons I've stuck with TW! Flashpoint's nonnegotiable for every TW ROM. Thank you for your great work!