Is anyone using GO Locker? I used to use it before but I had noticed it likes to eat battery. I'm not sure if they have improved it now so I am wondering what other user's thought are on it. Its tempting to install it again because I'm seeing some really great themes for it, but I dont want it eating away at the battery life again.
Have you tried WidgetLocker? Is a hundred times better IMO.
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using it along with DS prefinal lite battery seems good... but, please give some note of what u need in terms of time and usage so more people could help,
also you can install see for yourself and in case it doesn't pen out install something else, also very nice themes espically the 3D worm... "fruit ninja" locker
RobKort said:
Have you tried WidgetLocker? Is a hundred times better IMO.
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Is that the paid for one or the free one?
I tried one other very popular one (forget the name) but I also found that it consumed a bunch of battery
Again, that might be from me trying it out a while ago and now they have improved the battery consumption
It is a paid app but worth every cent. The level of customization is far more that any lockscreen apps out there and hundreds of lockscreen to chose from.
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using it along with DS prefinal lite battery seems good... but, please give some note of what u need in terms of time and usage so more people could help,
also you can install see for yourself and in case it doesn't pen out install something else, also very nice themes espically the 3D worm... "fruit ninja" locker
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Well if you go into the battery usage screen, what percentage is it using?
any more thoughts?
Can anyone give me the best options to make my screen look nicer like the iPhone / S4 ? Want it bright and vivid. Any settings or profiles out there I can use?
Thanks!
same here
there is no best setting, theres just the most pleasing setting for you, and everyones best or most pleasing idea of what the screen should look like is different for everbody. plus all our screens vary. youd really have to experiment to find your most pleasing.
There's a suggested setting in the kernel's app that I like
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Hey guys, I managed to break my lcd connector of my HTC One X+ while replacing the old screen, now I need a new phone, that's why I'm
going to buy the G2 (gonna miss my old one..). What I'm looking for is a rom with many tweaks and features, just like a Venom Rom.
Some of you might already know the Viper Rom and with that the amount of tweaks and features given, maybe you can tell me what your favorite ''viper''-like rom is. For those who don't know Viper: I'm looking for a very customizable rom (e.g. statusbar tweaks like the brightness dimmer from CM or simple tweaks to change the colors like the buttons or the quick settings) with many features (simple stuff like enabling the flashlight by holding power button or change music by holding sound buttons etc.). Tried to be a little bit specific to not get flamed, hope you got some nice
suggestions for me
Edit: sorry for that, i'm going to buy the international g2
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Hey guys, I managed to break my lcd connector of my HTC One X+ while replacing the old screen, now I need a new phone, that's why I'm
going to buy the G2 (gonna miss my old one..). What I'm looking for is a rom with many tweaks and features, just like a Venom Rom.
Some of you might already know the Viper Rom and with that the amount of tweaks and features given, maybe you can tell me what your favorite ''viper''-like rom is. For those who don't know Viper: I'm looking for a very customizable rom (e.g. statusbar tweaks like the brightness dimmer from CM or simple tweaks to change the colors like the buttons or the quick settings) with many features (simple stuff like enabling the flashlight by holding power button or change music by holding sound buttons etc.). Tried to be a little bit specific to not get flamed, hope you got some nice
suggestions for me
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You did however, fail to mention which version of G2 you have. There are different ROM's for the variants. Yes, there are many that cover all variants, but quite a few that are specific. Many would have to exclude some answers if they were trying to cover all variants. If you created a sig, that would solve this issue as well.
I too am curious about any Viper-esque ROM's, I liked it on my EvoLTE. Who knows maybe Team Venom will build us one, doubtful:crying:
All of the tweaks you mention can be done using G2 TweaksBox Xposed module on any stock based rom, you should take a look at it if you don't know it.
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All of the tweaks you mention can be done using G2 TweaksBox Xposed module on any stock based rom, you should take a look at it if you don't know it.
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I love it to have everything ready in the rom, but ill definetly take a look atthe tweaks box mentined by you
Hi all!
As probably many of You I love stock android for its stellar performance, smoothness and neat simple design. With that being said I still like some HTC features and stock stability. Maybe we could find a developer to make a google play edition like rom for our M9?
This is how I see it:
2.10.401.1 stock 5.1 rom base
vanilla / google like navbar
vanilla status bar / quick setting
vanilla multitasking cards ( with translucent navbar and with full size google search bar )
vanilla statusbar icons / centered clock / percentage batery indicator (like in htc sense)
extended vanilla settings app
google now launcher / nova / sense home
stock google dialer
messenger sms app
android m calculator
google keyboard app
htc camera app
htc gallery app
htc status bar
htc or google lockscreen
stock 5.1 bootanimation
debloat / performance / battery / camera improvements
I'm new to building roms/porting stuff but i think that most of the things needed already exists. Maybe we could find a developer keen on building this google play edition like rom so that we could have one
Let me know if and of You would be intrested to help me build one or if You like this idea
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Hi all!
As probably many of You I love stock android for its stellar performance, smoothness and neat simple design. With that being said I still like some HTC features and stock stability. Maybe we could find a developer to make a google play edition like rom for our M9?
This is how I see it:
2.10.401.1 stock 5.1 rom base
vanilla / google like navbar
vanilla status bar / quick setting
vanilla multitasking cards ( with translucent navbar and with full size google search bar )
vanilla statusbar icons / centered clock / percentage batery indicator (like in htc sense)
extended vanilla settings app
google now launcher / nova / sense home
stock google dialer
messenger sms app
android m calculator
google keyboard app
htc camera app
htc gallery app
htc status bar
htc or google lockscreen
stock 5.1 bootanimation
debloat / performance / battery / camera improvements
I'm complete noob while it comes to porting stuff / building roms but i think that most of the thing needed to build this kind of rom already exist. Maybe we could find a developer keen to build this google play edition like rom so that we could have one
Let me know if and of You would be intrested to help me build one and if You like this idea
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Pretty sure viper had a desense install option and one of the SD team roms claim to be desensed as well. One of those might be worth a look.
Thats true but unfortunately it's nothing like stock experience. 'Desensed' viper is still sense based, with sense navbar, sense settings, multitasking, quick settings etc. Desense option just delete sense launcher and some bloatware.
I'll collect files needed to build my 'dream' vanilla rom and maybe one day someone will cook it with me.
You can pretty much do all that you want to do with Viper, you can change the navbar to whatever you want with themes, the multitasking is selectable with sense, you can theme the status bar like stock, the quick settings and settings are pretty much stock like already. Once you install Now launcher and the Google apps, you would have a pretty much Nexus looking device with a few extras. Many have done this already. It's not worth trying to get someone to build another ROM while what you want already exists.
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You can pretty much do all that you want to do with Viper, you can change the navbar to whatever you want with themes, the multitasking is selectable with sense, you can theme the status bar like stock, the quick settings and settings are pretty much stock like already. Once you install Now launcher and the Google apps, you would have a pretty much Nexus looking device with a few extras. Many have done this already. It's not worth trying to get someone to build another ROM while what you want already exists.
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well.. I couldn't find even one theme that changes statusbar icons/navbar to stock android.. also there is no theme that could change feel of the quick settings, pure one works quite different. I've also found themes to slow down the phone and it stutters there and there even without them.. Multitasking cards that htc offers are also a bit different than pure google ones - navbar is not completely translucent, cards often dont show app content.. also those horrible settings dots placed next to the google search bar.
I generally believe that there is space for one more rom, especially that there is no oven one google play edition like rom right now.
I've attatched a few screenshots, the difference is.. critical IMO
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well.. I couldn't find even one theme that changes statusbar icons/navbar to stock android.. also there is no theme that could change feel of the quick settings, pure one works quite different. I've also found themes to slow down the phone and it stutters there and there even without them.. Multitasking cards that htc offers are also a bit different than pure google ones - navbar is not completely translucent, cards often dont show app content.. also those horrible settings dots placed next to the google search bar.
I generally believe that there is space for one more rom, especially that there is no oven one google play edition like rom right now.
I've attatched a few screenshots, the difference is.. critical IMO
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Well it seems like cm is close and the only major bug left is that the camera doesn't work, so if you can live without that, you should try it out.
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well.. I couldn't find even one theme that changes statusbar icons/navbar to stock android.. also there is no theme that could change feel of the quick settings, pure one works quite different. I've also found themes to slow down the phone and it stutters there and there even without them.. Multitasking cards that htc offers are also a bit different than pure google ones - navbar is not completely translucent, cards often dont show app content.. also those horrible settings dots placed next to the google search bar.
I generally believe that there is space for one more rom, especially that there is no oven one google play edition like rom right now.
I've attatched a few screenshots, the difference is.. critical IMO
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Did you ever try the viper rom? Doesn't sound like you did. Statusbar icons and stock android navbar can be found on the venom hub. The quick settings can be adjusted to your likes via venom tweaks. Never noticed any stutters on viper and card view always showed app content, too.
Edit: Or you combine CM with this xposed module. But as jollywhitefoot already said the camera doesn't work at the moment.
@jollywhitefoot - yes I'm basicly looking for a CM with a working camera, or to be exact for AOSP like rom.
@Flippy498 - I did.. viper was the first rom i flashed on my M9 , but i quickly switched to maximus because I ws looking for sth performing better. *note* I'm performance freak, I'm very picky, You might don't care about few droped frames - I do, and I see droped frames while opening multitasking on both viper and maximus ( only on card view ) It would this rom could have performance of the s6.
Anyway I'll give Viper a second chance and try Your tips, thanks
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@jollywhitefoot - yes I'm basicly looking for a CM with a working camera, or to be exact for AOSP like rom.
@Flippy498 - I did.. viper was the first rom i flashed on my M9 , but i quickly switched to maximus because I ws looking for sth performing better. *note* I'm performance freak, I'm very picky, You might don't care about few droped frames - I do, and I see droped frames while opening multitasking on both viper and maximus ( only on card view ) It would this rom could have performance of the s6.
Anyway I'll give Viper a second chance and try Your tips, thanks
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Man, for a "noob" you sure are specific! Haha.
What do you mean by dropped frames in recents? I'm on ice and it's full sense, but I don't notice anything laggy or stuttery in recents there is a slight delay when opening recents (fractions of a second while the cards populate). I'm also getting over 60k antutu out of the box at room temp.
@jollywhitefoot
I'm talking about that slight delay when opening multitasking window. Also I'm noob while it comes to building roms, I'm not new to android/xda/flashing roms.
+ I don't care abous benchmarks, but I'm freak while it comes to fluidity and real world performance. I also pay attention to little things like animations and those little things.
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@jollywhitefoot
I'm talking about that slight delay when opening multitasking window. Also I'm noob while it comes to building roms, I'm not new to android/xda/flashing roms.
+ I don't care abous benchmarks, but I'm freak while it comes to fluidity and real world performance. I also pay attention to little things like animations and those little things.
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Well I find ice very smooth. Apparently you have an aosp device...there is no delay when opening recents on it??
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I'm talking about that slight delay when opening multitasking window. Also I'm noob while it comes to building roms, I'm not new to android/xda/flashing roms.
+ I don't care abous benchmarks, but I'm freak while it comes to fluidity and real world performance. I also pay attention to little things like animations and those little things.
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Edit, actually I only get that slight delay when I'm on the home screen. If I press recent from inside any app, it's smooth as silk.
I had nexus 5 and on 5.0 (and under) there is delay but on 5.1 its like butter, also quick settings works differently ( than sense settings) they are nicely animated and so on..
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I had nexus 5 and on 5.0 (and under) there is delay but on 5.1 its like butter, also quick settings works differently ( than sense settings) they are nicely animated and so on..
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Lol. Quite an arsenal. Where's your G4 and S6???
@jollywhitefoot
I hate design of G4 outside and inside, not a big fan of samsung as well. would rather have z3+ ( z3+ over m9 any day, but the price gap between them in poland is well, huge. 475USD for m9 and 795 for z3+ )
Going back to the main subject I'll talk with some guys and maybe will build with them the rom I'm waiting for. ( It will be like elix-r / elixium for nexus5 / m8 )
To be honest, if you want this best experience with vanilla android, it is best to get a device with it preinstalled and then even if you want to run custom roms, there are no issues. Personally, I was looking to get the Nexus 6, but didn't like the overly large screen. Now, I'm waiting to see what the Moto X 2015 brings to the table. Although, after having my M9 for a while now, I'm not sure I would switch. I'm loving being back on Sense. I also love the build quality of this device, but there is nothing special about the hardware. The one thing that is the best about this device is what you are wanting to remove, HTC Sense 7.
@ fernandezhjr
Thats quite obvious that its best to buy device with vanilla android preinstaled. I just don't like nexus 6 ( size, and looks) and I needed a phone so i bought one m9 for many reasons. I like its build quality, speakers and metal unibody and after updates the camera is not that bad ( although slow motion and video in general sucks )
With the right software I could be very satisfied , now I'm looking for that software. I like some elements of sense ( like its camera ui) or its lockscreen clock. But there are things like its quick settings that are just plain fugly ( to me of course)
I find the quick settings panel to be somewhat similar to the one I had on my Nexus 4. You can download the Google camera from the playstore. Try some different lauchers to find something you may like. The clock is just a widget. There are plenty of clocks available in the Playstore.
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I find the quick settings panel to be somewhat similar to the one I had on my Nexus 4. You can download the Google camera from the playstore. Try some different lauchers to find something you may like. The clock is just a widget. There are plenty of clocks available in the Playstore.
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Already posted screenshots showing the difference, it may be simmilar but its far from being the same. As mentioned before I'm running nova launcher and i like htc stock camera interface. + I know it just a clock and there are thousands of clocks on the playstore and around the internet I was just saying that I like some parts of htc sense.
First off I just want say I love the ability to theme androids and there are some awesome themes out there. But it seems like not matter how I apply themes CM theme changer, Layers, Substratum, etc that they affect the performance of my phone. I'm not saying it's terrible but I always seem to get more stutters and micro lag while running themes. It isn't terrible and not really enough for me to not run themes but if I revert back to the stock them it seems a lot of this goes away and the phone seems to perform better. Has anyone else noticed this or is it all in my head?
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First off I just want say I love the ability to theme androids and there are some awesome themes out there. But it seems like not matter how I apply themes CM theme changer, Layers, Substratum, etc that they affect the performance of my phone. I'm not saying it's terrible but I always seem to get more stutters and micro lag while running themes. It isn't terrible and not really enough for me to not run themes but if I revert back to the stock them it seems a lot of this goes away and the phone seems to perform better. Has anyone else noticed this or is it all in my head?
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I have no noticeable theme lag on dirty unicorns. I don't lean towards heavy themes though
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