I am first to admit I am a Android noob. I was too late to buy a N1 as I am not a developer, so I bought a Vibrant. I do enjoy it (when the GPS behaves). But it doesn't seem to run as smoothly as my friends N1. His Google Voice seems so much faster than mine. Navigation is quicker. Even browsing.
Is it possible to get a clean Android install on the Vibrant?
Is that what you guys are referring to as rooting or firmwares?
Is there a way to remove the daily briefing, Amazon MP3 and the other bloatware?
Yes, to have the stock "vanilla" Google experience it would require a root.
If you do not want to root I suggest Launcher Pro its the closest you can get to the vanilla experience without rooting. It also made my vibrant a hell lot snappier VS touchwiz crap.
PathogenX said:
Yes, to have the stock "vanilla" Google experience it would require a root.
If you do not want to root I suggest Launcher Pro its the closest you can get to the vanilla experience without rooting. It also made my vibrant a hell lot snappier VS touchwiz crap.
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Or.. ADW Launcher, I prefer ADW Launcher.. to be honest, USE BOTH. I know a lot of people suggest Launcher Pro for whatever reasons, ADW Launcher is about the same, if not better. It depends on the person and how they want to use their phone. And "touchwiz" crap is honestly NOT that bad. I enjoy the notification bars with the toggle wifi/silent/gps etc.
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Or.. ADW Launcher, I prefer ADW Launcher.. to be honest, USE BOTH. I know a lot of people suggest Launcher Pro for whatever reasons, ADW Launcher is about the same, if not better. It depends on the person and how they want to use their phone. And "touchwiz" crap is honestly NOT that bad. I enjoy the notification bars with the toggle wifi/silent/gps etc.
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I never got accustomed to ADW. Preferred the look of LP more anyways.
Also the wifi/silent/gps toggle and notification bar are still there even if you are using LP.
It keeps the nice features of TW but gets rid of that iPhone looking interface.
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I never got accustomed to ADW. Preferred the look of LP more anyways.
Also the wifi/silent/gps toggle and notification bar are still there even if you are using LP.
It keeps the nice features of TW but gets rid of that iPhone looking interface.
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They honestly don't look that separate from appearances at all. And I know that they're there but they're implemented WITHIN TouchWiz. The TouchWiz launcher is only ONE part of TouchWiz. You were blatantly insulting the whole (I guess you would call), "TouchWiz experience." With a "Google Experience" the toggle wifi/silent/gps etc aren't there.
I'm just saying that ADW Launcher and Launcher Pro depends on the person and that you shouldn't be so biased on saying "oh try launcher pro" because they're honestly both good. It just depends on the person's personality. Some people may enjoy the extra settings that ADW Launcher provide and its also Open Source, which can be a big deal for some people.
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Or.. ADW Launcher, I prefer ADW Launcher.. to be honest, USE BOTH. I know a lot of people suggest Launcher Pro for whatever reasons, ADW Launcher is about the same, if not better. It depends on the person and how they want to use their phone. And "touchwiz" crap is honestly NOT that bad. I enjoy the notification bars with the toggle wifi/silent/gps etc.
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So if I root, I can remove the unwanted apps? I notice slacker and Amazon mp3 running all the time. I've never even launched or signed into either of them
How would I get the original Google apps that Samsung and T-mobile replaced with their own?
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So if I root, I can remove the unwanted apps? I notice slacker and Amazon mp3 running all the time. I've never even launched or signed into either of them
How would I get the original Google apps that Samsung and T-mobile replaced with their own?
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Yes if you root you can remove the 'bloatware' applications that come pre-installed with the phone. There are threads on XDA in regards about it, you can either use Root Explorer or ADB. Do some searching on the forums and I'm sure that you'll find it! Because it's a pain to explain how it SDK works and all that. Check out the stickied thread in the General forums and it'll briefly describe about how to remove bloatware.
Samsung/T-Mobile did not replace the Google applications at all, the google applications are never removed. I think you're misconceiving it with something else. The google applications are applications such as but not limited to: YouTube, Gmail, Account Sync and all things of that sort. Samsung basically just redesigned it so the UI looks "better" in their eyes (not saying that it does or anything but thats what Samsung believes in).
T-Mobile did not replace anything. All they did was change the market with the third tab as T-Mobile rather than Downloads. However they did add 'bloatware' as 30-day trials and things of that sort.
Just a point of info....almost every Android launcher I've downloaded from 1Mobile.com seems to work, to some degree, on the HDX. Particularly promising is VIRE Launcher, which in addition to looking and working like other standard launchers, displays the 4 or 5 wallpapers that it comes with, as well as a clock widget that comes standard with the launcher.
I also noticed that, unlike with the HD, you can set the Android launcher as the default launcher when you press the home button (On the 2012 models, if you did find a working launcher, you could only activate it by an icon, not the home button).
I just tried out the Trebuchet launcher from Hashcode's cm10.1 tate file and it works great on my HDX 8.9" so far. Setting it always as the home button makes it the default launcher also!
Edit: Changing some of the setting is causing Trebuchet to crash.
Using 1 mobile market I download apex,nova,adw,buzz,go,etc
Buzz allows the wallpapers that come with the themes you download for it. However most themes use a lot of widgets which do not work.
Go launcher allows you to change the wallpaper only for the app drawer. Also when I have it in portrait mode the launcher does not work unless I have auto rotate off. Go launcher also works with gowidgets.
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Using 1 mobile market I download apex,nova,adw,buzz,go,etc
Buzz allows the wallpapers that come with the themes you download for it. However most themes use a lot of widgets which do not work.
Go launcher allows you to change the wallpaper only for the app drawer. Also when I have it in portrait mode the launcher does not work unless I have auto rotate off. Go launcher also works with gowidgets.
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That's why I personally recommend Vire, which has 4 or 5 wallpapers built in that you can use, plus two different clock widgets. There's also Espier, which, since it's modeled after iOS, is designed to look good without widgets on the screen.
richbrown68 said:
That's why I personally recommend Vire, which has 4 or 5 wallpapers built in that you can use, plus two different clock widgets. There's also Espier, which, since it's modeled after iOS, is designed to look good without widgets on the screen.
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I don't like the lack of features in the free version and the icons.
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I don't like the lack of features in the free version and the icons.
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I know this probably won't make me a lot of friends here, but honestly, I prefer the HDX stock interface to any Android launcher that I might replace it with.
Nova Launcher 2.3b3
I would like to confirm that Nova Launcher 2.3 beta 3 works perfectly on my 8.9 HDX WiFi, replacing stock launcher.
There is a bug though - long tap on anything (i.e. to add/move/remove widget or app) in landscape mode causes screen rotation and nothing else. Switch to portrait, do what you need and turn back to landscape. Other than that - I'm a happy camper with Nova
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Yeah i test nova launcher and it s working very well ! Only wallpaper and widget not working ! When you long tape on anything, just block the rotation and all is good! Y ou can also put the old Amazon launcher to use it when y ou want !
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I know this probably won't make me a lot of friends here, but honestly, I prefer the HDX stock interface to any Android launcher that I might replace it with.
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I agree that the stock interface is very nice. I just wish there was a way to install custom icons. Sideloading apps leads to some low resolution icons on the carousel. Can't wait for this device to get rooted.
I'm curious, I know that most of the Google apps can be side loaded, except for the play store, of course, so would the "Google Experience" launcher, the one from the Nexus 5 work? It's worked so far on all devices on 4.2 and up for me.
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I'm curious, I know that most of the Google apps can be side loaded, except for the play store, of course, so would the "Google Experience" launcher, the one from the Nexus 5 work? It's worked so far on all devices on 4.2 and up for me.
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I haven't had much luck sideloading GAPPS. I keep getting crashes with them installed, so I removed them.
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I haven't had much luck sideloading GAPPS. I keep getting crashes with them installed, so I removed them.
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There is a tutorial on the internet. I haven't tried it yet, I will be getting my kindle around December, to replace my rooted Nook HD. Is it better than the Nexus 7? I figure that a root method is inevitable, but is there a big performance difference between the S4 pro and the 800?
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There is a tutorial on the internet. I haven't tried it yet, I will be getting my kindle around December, to replace my rooted Nook HD. Is it better than the Nexus 7? I figure that a root method is inevitable, but is there a big performance difference between the S4 pro and the 800?
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I followed the steps on the guide and it still caused crashes. S800 is MUCH faster than the S4 Pro. Especially when it comes to graphics. Adreno 330 crushes Adreno 320.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/18/qualcomm-snapdragon-800-mdp-benchmarks/#continued
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I'm curious, I know that most of the Google apps can be side loaded, except for the play store, of course, so would the "Google Experience" launcher, the one from the Nexus 5 work? It's worked so far on all devices on 4.2 and up for me.
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It twerks but no wallpaper or widget mclovin. :good:
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I followed the steps on the guide and it still caused crashes. S800 is MUCH faster than the S4 Pro. Especially when it comes to graphics. Adreno 330 crushes Adreno 320.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/18/qualcomm-snapdragon-800-mdp-benchmarks/#continued
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Thanks. Now the only issue I have is the app selection. I know how to sideload most (free, of course, like Dark Meadow) apps, but my only issue is Google play license verification.
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It twerks but no wallpaper or widget mclovin. :good:
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It twerks? The tablet turns into Miley Cyrus? Maybe i don't want it after all...
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Thanks. Now the only issue I have is the app selection. I know how to sideload most (free, of course, like Dark Meadow) apps, but my only issue is Google play license verification.
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It twerks? The tablet turns into Miley Cyrus? Maybe i don't want it after all...
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Yea. The big downside that's not addressed with sideloading is finding and updating apks for apps you've paid for on the Play store. 1 Mobile Market only has free apps. So things like icon packs/themes or apps that have license verification will not work.
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Yea. The big downside that's not addressed with sideloading is finding and updating apks for apps you've paid for on the Play store. 1 Mobile Market only has free apps. So things like icon packs/themes or apps that have license verification will not work.
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I figure that i may be able to extract apps that I bought from the Nook, remove verification with Lucky Patcher, then sideload them. Would that work? I mean, I already bought them, so it's not piracy or warez, but would creating a modded APK without verification from lucky patcher work on a non rooted device?
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I figure that i may be able to extract apps that I bought from the Nook, remove verification with Lucky Patcher, then sideload them. Would that work? I mean, I already bought them, so it's not piracy or warez, but would creating a modded APK without verification from lucky patcher work on a non rooted device?
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Yes. That will probably work. I did resort to downloading patched apk's for apps I've purchased on the Play Store. Like Nova Prime.
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Yes. That will probably work. I did resort to downloading patched apk's for apps I've purchased on the Play Store. Like Nova Prime.
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App developers should have a way to synchronize apps from various stores to avoid these issues. I wonder if anybody has ever considered it.
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App developers should have a way to synchronize apps from various stores to avoid these issues. I wonder if anybody has ever considered it.
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I had considered making an App Store that has patched apps/apps not available in the google play store, but at the same time giving Android a good name by keeping out all pirated apps.
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Hello,
I'd like to ask if there are any Note 3 custom ROMs that have all the bloatware and TouchWiz removed but still contain all the nice Samsung apps like the S Memo or S Health.
I've been looking for one for a long time but wasn't able to find it...
Thank you very much in advance!
Greetings!
Uftherr said:
Hello,
I'd like to ask if there are any Note 3 custom ROMs that have all the bloatware and TouchWiz removed but still contain all the nice Samsung apps like the S Memo or S Health.
I've been looking for one for a long time but wasn't able to find it...
Thank you very much in advance!
Greetings!
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try xnote you can remove all bloat with aroma and install nova or apex
Does Nova or Apex affect the performance? Cause I think the TouchWiz stuff will still run in background...
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Does Nova or Apex affect the performance? Cause I think the TouchWiz stuff will still run in background...
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dont know when i was on tw i didnt use a launcher
Uftherr said:
Does Nova or Apex affect the performance? Cause I think the TouchWiz stuff will still run in background...
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If you want all samsung features, like s pen, multiwindow etc then you have to keep touchwiz. If you don't like the look, install a launcher from google play and prevent touchwiz from running by killing it with an app like home manager.
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I know we lose the TouchWiz calendar widgets, but is there anything else? There are some really sweet launchers on the market and I just want to know what I'm losing if I ditch TouchWiz?
Also, how do you tell how much RAM a launcher uses?
Which launcher is most efficient at using RAM?
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I know we lose the TouchWiz calendar widgets, but is there anything else? There are some really sweet launchers on the market and I just want to know what I'm losing if I ditch TouchWiz?
Also, how do you tell how much RAM a launcher uses?
Which launcher is most efficient at using RAM?
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You'll lose all Samsung widgets.
Why do you care about RAM?
You got 3 gigs.
Anyway. Nova launcher is pretty light.
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I know we lose the TouchWiz calendar widgets, but is there anything else? There are some really sweet launchers on the market and I just want to know what I'm losing if I ditch TouchWiz?
Also, how do you tell how much RAM a launcher uses?
Which launcher is most efficient at using RAM?
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Nova & Apex are almost like original android nexus launcher so u will get very good responsibility from launcher.
u won't lose any system features like multi-window, pen windows and etc but launcher features (touch-wiz) u will lose just widgets.
about RAM;
this is galaxy devices problem that cannot manage ram so good. so note3 will be smoother by android KK
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You lose the stock camera, s-note, all the samsung add-on stuff like the widgets, s-voice, all that "S" stuff. There are replacements for most of the sansung stuff for AOSP though, and I seriously don't miss TW at all. I'm also gonna recommend Nova launcher as well.
x102x96x said:
Nova & Apex are almost like original android nexus launcher so u will get very good responsibility from launcher.
u won't lose any system features like multi-window, pen windows and etc but launcher features (touch-wiz) u will lose just widgets.
about RAM;
this is galaxy devices problem that cannot manage ram so good. so note3 will be smoother by android KK
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Are you saying Galaxy devices don't have good memory management?
What makes you say that?
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You lose the stock camera, s-note, all the samsung add-on stuff like the widgets, s-voice, all that "S" stuff. There are replacements for most of the sansung stuff for AOSP though, and I seriously don't miss TW at all. I'm also gonna recommend Nova launcher as well.
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I think he (she...?) was talking about changing just the laumcher. Not the whole ROM.
You only lose the Samsung widgets.
Spen, Action Menu, Camera and everything else remains fully functional, as do all the gestures and the Samsung apps themselves. (S Note and Calendar do still work fine as an app.)
I'm using Apex. Wonderfully fast. Nova is also good, it's just a matter of preference between the two.
Just wondering which launcher the top guys use,or even major users who like myself are always using their device? Thanks.
Google Now Launcher ?
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Google Now Launcher ?
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This was the worst launcher I have even used. Don't know if new features have added with recent version or not, but when I tried it it was simply pathetic.
My favourite is Nova Prime. Have been using it for over a year now and have no interest/need to move to others.
Apex.
It's the very first app I install after I buy a new device, even if I have to walk 4 kilometres to the nearest Extrablatt to use their WiFi
Nova launcher Prime. Since forever...
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Next Launcher 3d Shell has the most vissualy impact on you so try yorself and stay with it for life :good::good: