Okay, I have three questions..
1. Live Wallpapers.
Why does my X10 start to stutter whenever i use Live Wallpapers? it works smooth if i just have a normal picture on background but if using a live wallpaper makes it stutter alot in transitions which is pretty annoying.
2. SetCPU
Please recommend what settings to put for SetCPU as i cant understand how to set it up !
3. Themes
How in the world do i install themes? I have CM 6.1.3 (android 2.2) and i downloaded the lucid theme but cant seem to install it. I flashed it using xrecovery but after reboot i see the same old theme with just a few icons changed..
Help !
Live wallpaper use a lot of resources so effect phone performance.
Setcpu is really up to u and how u want ur phone to work. I have mine set to on demand 384 minimum. 998 max. And a profile for battery save when screen off.
U have to go to cm settings for the theme and apply it. Then reboot.
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mrljlamon said:
Live wallpaper use a lot of resources so effect phone performance.
Setcpu is really up to u and how u want ur phone to work. I have mine set to on demand 384 minimum. 998 max. And a profile for battery save when screen off.
U have to go to cm settings for the theme and apply it. Then reboot.
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Any fix for the live wallpaper?
I have applied the theme obviously, I just see the icons change and thats it !
it really depends on what programs you are running and how many MB your running widgets take up. I suggest a task manager to close out apps you dont want to run to improve performance. Also try deleting many unwanted apps(bloatware) using titanium backup. Should increase performance as well.
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Here is a home replacement app with live wallpaper ... You'll love the lock screen.
Some things i've noted
- Keeps the cpu constant at 80 , but only when you're in the homescreen. Returns to normal when using applications or with backlight off!
- Little lag while switching screens
-not to friendly UI
+ points
- Kickass lockscreen ( Interactive touch )
- Ability to keep live wallpaper smooth on a 600MHz processor
- Better than the default crap
I can't install, problem parsing the package
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I can't install, problem parsing the package
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Try maybe renaming it. I've renamed it (removed the chinese characters) and installed it via adb install. Works fine.
As for the homescreen, looks really nice but I feel it's just a battery drainer.
Thanks, renaming it with root explorer worked a treat, actual program works well, quite frequent crashes and could do with dxtop style dial/message bar, oh and i now have three consecutive lock screens, default, this new one and then another that i think is from beautiful Widgets, bit weird
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Ya i recommend you stick to either ADW or the default , Battery Drains like crazy , hope they come up with an update to solve the lag!! , obviously we wont be using this after 2.1 comes out
Hi all,
I'm sure all of you are flashing CM7 stable builds on your Atrix rite now and ADW Launcher is default in the ROMs.
I know our Atrix has a larger resolution (960x540) than most phones, so ADW's AB icons (the 5 icons in the dock bar) looks pretty small on screen, even though I set the size of AB icons to maximum 10. Anyone knows how to set it bigger than 10 in settings so that it would look nicer on our Atrix??? thanks in advance
Just adjust the DPI settings in build.prop. It will make Market act a little funny with some programs not being able to be downloaded or paid for, but you can adjust everything as big or small as you want. If you need Market, just reset the settings to 240 and yer good to go. I'm sure there are other alternatives but that's what I do cause i have 99% of my programs backed up with Anttek Appmanager, which is free AND turns anything you download and install into an installable .apk for a later date. I know, smexy. Kinda like TiBu except free.
Wouldnt that compromise the screen resolution and would make it all blurry since i basically fatten every thing up???
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Wouldnt that compromise the screen resolution and would make it all blurry since i basically fatten every thing up???
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Yes, so I'd avoid that. If adw lets you use custom icons, you could always manually resize them on your computer. I use irfanview to edit custom icons that I use with launcherpro. 96x96 pixels is the average size. Try something larger.
unfortunately, i don't think ADW support custom icons, unless you install like a whole new theme with preinstall icon set in theme.....
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unfortunately, i don't think ADW support custom icons, unless you install like a whole new theme with preinstall icon set in theme.....
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*cough* launcher pro *cough*
ADW does support custom icons, just hold down on the icon and then hit edit.
also, you can get an app called OldMarket that allows you to swap between the old market which allows you to download any app, despite of your LCD Density (i have mine set to 180, high resolution FTW - phone has never looked any better)
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ADW does support custom icons, just hold down on the icon and then hit edit.
also, you can get an app called OldMarket that allows you to swap between the old market which allows you to download any app, despite of your LCD Density (i have mine set to 180, high resolution FTW - phone has never looked any better)
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This. +1
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Hello there everybody!
I'm looking to customize my Galaxy 5 a bit, just looking for some help on how to do a few things, just general stuff really, so here it goes;
I want to over-clock my phone, what CPU settings would you recommend? I want it as stable and fast as possible so what governor, minimum and maximum frequency would you guys recommend I use?
What is the best alternative home launcher? In your opinions and why do you think that? I like ADW but the App Drawer seems laggy when compared to the likes of Launcher Pro, but LauncherPro lacks customization options such as renaming applications your homescreen and changing the icons.
Where can I find a nice, high resolution, good quality wallpaper for my phone? Most wallpapers I find look rubbish on my phone.
What's the best alternative lockscreen application? I have played around with LockBot and Widgetlocker, just wondering what you guys think.
What Cyanogenmod Themes would you recommend, or where can I find some? On the CM7 G5 Theme thread there is only like 5 or 6 themes which I think are available for our phone, which sucks.
And if you have any other general tips/advice on how to make my G5 look clean and minimalistic then please let me know.
Thank you,
Curtis.
i'm currently using a min of 122 mhz and a maximum of 729 and it seems to be quite stable, i wouldn't recommend anything above that
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i'm currently using a min of 122 mhz and a maximum of 729 and it seems to be quite stable, i wouldn't recommend anything above that
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Id recomend min at 245
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I Love my G5
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Hello there everybody!
I'm looking to customize my Galaxy 5 a bit, just looking for some help on how to do a few things, just general stuff really, so here it goes;
I want to over-clock my phone, what CPU settings would you recommend? I want it as stable and fast as possible so what governor, minimum and maximum frequency would you guys recommend I use?
What is the best alternative home launcher? In your opinions and why do you think that? I like ADW but the App Drawer seems laggy when compared to the likes of Launcher Pro, but LauncherPro lacks customization options such as renaming applications your homescreen and changing the icons.
Where can I find a nice, high resolution, good quality wallpaper for my phone? Most wallpapers I find look rubbish on my phone.
What's the best alternative lockscreen application? I have played around with LockBot and Widgetlocker, just wondering what you guys think.
What Cyanogenmod Themes would you recommend, or where can I find some? On the CM7 G5 Theme thread there is only like 5 or 6 themes which I think are available for our phone, which sucks.
And if you have any other general tips/advice on how to make my G5 look clean and minimalistic then please let me know.
Thank you,
Curtis.
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For overclocking, i'd recommend 710 max and 245 min on the 'performance' governor.
I still use the default ADW launcher that came w/CM7.1. it's all quite smooth except for the app drawer as u mentioned. i came up w/ a good solution to that - i keep all my most used apps on my home (i use all seven screens - the max).
For live wallpaper and theme, i use Ice Cream Sandwich(android 4.0) ports.
Currently, i have the MDPI ICS CM7 theme, which is the smoothest I've seen yet, and the ICS live wallpaper. they all go together.
Lockscreen - i tried WidgetLocker n magiclocker (didn't yet try lockbot). Even though magiclocker provides awesome features, it is not yet compatible with our G5's. Both lagged while compared to stock. as of now, i use stock slider with gestures, and it looks great.
I recommend that you use most of the stock CM7.1 lockscreen, launcher, etc. for optimum speed.
PS: if you try all the above out, and actually decide to keep them, take a word of advice- change all gesture trails and notification power widget colors to blue. Looks great.
Feel free to PM me if u need the .apk's for anything, I still have 'em all.
Thanks for the very nice reply! I'll get round to it whenever I can be bothered to turn my G5 on:3
i'd recommend min 245 and max 680 or 710 and if u want max performance use the performance governor xD but it has a high battery drain, i use smartassv2 and it's smooth too.
For the lockscreen i think that widgetlocker is the best app, i don't know other app completed like it
performance governor just runs the cpu at whatever the highest speed is it's no different from having both speeds set at 710
CM7 Best ROM till date
1. To increase performance use Ext Partition , it will help free up memory and boost performance.
2. Launcher ( I am using Go Launcher pretty Neat and clean and peppy fast)
3. Galaxy 5 support Live wallpapers , You will get Go Wallpapers with Go Launcher which are pretty good.
4. Optimum CPU Frequency as per my uses Min 245 and Max 604 getting pretty awsome quardent scores (1529)
I have tried this on both my Razr ICS and my gf's Galaxy Note ICS and it works.
On both phones, they are pretty fast until you start to install stuff.
After applying these, the phone is much smoother even with around 200 user apps.
1) Use Autokiller memory optimisation, root needed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autokiller&hl=en
This is a common method which android veterans already know, which is to change android's internal autokill values. This is not the same as task killers!
On both phones, I use "aggressive" preset.
For other tweaks like V8 supercharger, it's recommended values are closed to autokiller's "Extreme".
I added more tweaks to the post.
2) Turn on Force GPU rendering under developers mode. Most games and apps seem to work fine with it on.
3) Turn on background process limit to 4: I thought this is interesting (from JerseyFF) so I tried it out, seem good for daily use.
(update: after a while setting for this will revert to standard, there's no way to fix this yet)
4) Use Nova launcher. (root required for Motorola widgets)
The default launcher is smooth but it likes to reload every now and then (even with default autokill values). Tried Apex launcher but it's not as smooth as default launcher. Nova launcher is close to the default launcher which allow more tweaks and and yet it is buttery smooth. Do not update to beta though. I tried it and it's a lagfest.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en
VM heap size app no longer works after ICS update. If anyone knows how to fix that, please share.
Feel free to add any more tweaks or tips to make RAZR ICS better.
Is this at all somehow related to the Background Process Limit that is able to be set under Developer Options with ICS now?
It has a Standard Limit setting, No background processes, and At most 1 (through 4) processes for options.
Does anyone know what the value for Standard is?
In background process limit, it limits a number of background apps running, while the autokill values limit the number of bg apps running based on the amount of memory left, and killing off lower priority processes first.
The default values for background process limit is therefore "varies".
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Updated first post with more tweaks.
This is my favorite launcher. Smooth... I am using it since I got the RAZR.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nemustech.launcher
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I have tried this on both my Razr ICS and my gf's Galaxy Note ICS and it works.
On both phones, they are pretty fast until you start to install stuff.
After applying these, the phone is much smoother even with around 200 user apps.
1) Use Autokiller memory optimisation, root needed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autokiller&hl=en
This is a common method which android veterans already know, which is to change android's internal autokill values. This is not the same as task killers!
On both phones, I use "aggressive" preset.
For other tweaks like V8 supercharger, it's recommended values are closed to autokiller's "Extreme".
I added more tweaks to the post.
2) Turn on Force GPU rendering under developers mode. Most games and apps seem to work fine with it on.
3) Turn on background process limit to 4: I thought this is interesting (from JerseyFF) so I tried it out, seem good for daily use.
4) Use Nova launcher. (root required for Motorola widgets)
The default launcher is smooth but it likes to reload every now and then (even with default autokill values). Tried Apex launcher but it's not as smooth as default launcher. Nova launcher is close to the default launcher which allow more tweaks and and yet it is buttery smooth. Do not update to beta though. I tried it and it's a lagfest.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en
VM heap size app no longer works after ICS update. If anyone knows how to fix that, please share.
Feel free to add any more tweaks or tips to make RAZR ICS better.
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Wow the auto killer is quite the find! Sped up my phone allot. Still running quite hot though
Thanks!
Thanks for the info, I'll confirm that upon bootup after applying the Aggressive setting, I tried scrolling around the Motoblur homescreen and thought it was smoother. But then the Superuser allowance for Autokiller kicked in right in the middle of me scrolling around and I noticed quite a difference in scrolling speed, it just suddenly got faster and smoother and the framerate looked as if it had increased by about 5 FPS. I also did tweaks #2 and 3 as well, but I think Autokiller makes the biggest difference. A good find for sure!
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Wow the auto killer is quite the find! Sped up my phone allot. Still running quite hot though
Thanks!
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Use setcpu and create profiles to set cpu speed lower when screen off and when battery is overheating. There's a free, older ver on xda.
Also you can use juicedefender to make your 3g connection turn off when screen is off. This should also help keep your phone temp down when you're not using it. Note that it will turn itself on every few min to receive whatsapp, mms and emails etc. (not for whatsapp hoes)
Hi, thanks for your tips. I don't know what lag experience you experiment but I hope this works for my RAZR lags. What is happen to my RAZR is that when I enter to apps drawer, non of the icosns appear and instead the "loading circle" takes place until the apps appears. Also when I exit any app and go to home, none of the icons of widget appears, they take half second to reapper.
e-drian said:
Hi, thanks for your tips. I don't know what lag experience you experiment but I hope this works for my RAZR lags. What is happen to my RAZR is that when I enter to apps drawer, non of the icosns appear and instead the "loading circle" takes place until the apps appears. Also when I exit any app and go to home, none of the icons of widget appears, they take half second to reapper.
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Same here!
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e-drian said:
Hi, thanks for your tips. I don't know what lag experience you experiment but I hope this works for my RAZR lags. What is happen to my RAZR is that when I enter to apps drawer, non of the icosns appear and instead the "loading circle" takes place until the apps appears. Also when I exit any app and go to home, none of the icons of widget appears, they take half second to reapper.
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That's called redraw. Try using apex and there is an option for keeping the launcher in memory so it loads faster
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Nikorasu said:
4) Use Nova launcher. (root required for Motorola widgets)
The default launcher is smooth but it likes to reload every now and then (even with default autokill values). Tried Apex launcher but it's not as smooth as default launcher. Nova launcher is close to the default launcher which allow more tweaks and and yet it is buttery smooth. Do not update to beta though. I tried it and it's a lagfest.
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How can you use Motorola widgets in Nova? I can't find this function.
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How can you use Motorola widgets in Nova? I can't find this function.
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Moto widgets only work on moto launcher
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aaatoel said:
How can you use Motorola widgets in Nova? I can't find this function.
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When I first installed Nova launcher, it asks for root access when going into widgets.
Try going to Nova settings ->Drawer-> Check Widgets in drawer (requires root permissions for system app)
Moto widgets like fav. contacts doesn't work well because I can't "pull down"... but it's there, including Motocast widget.
You may want to manually grant Nova launcher root access.
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Hi, thanks for your tips. I don't know what lag experience you experiment but I hope this works for my RAZR lags. What is happen to my RAZR is that when I enter to apps drawer, non of the icosns appear and instead the "loading circle" takes place until the apps appears. Also when I exit any app and go to home, none of the icons of widget appears, they take half second to reapper.
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Same here!
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This is why I'm using Nova launcher instead. There's a free version, do try it. It may still take a while to load the app drawer icons after playing a game, but the 'redraw' for Nova's desktop pages are pretty fast. I also liked how it switched to a tablet version when I'm using Webtop mode.
Do try Apex as well. I didn't like it as it felt laggy when I'm scrolling my desktop pages few months back. It may have improved now and many users are complimenting it. As for myself, I have already bought Nova Prime and I'm sticking to it.
Found this a couple days ago and its fantastic!
Looks great and scales perfectly to our notes!
You can make your own material like wallpaper with the pro version.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...+live&pcampaignid=APPU_BEeqVPDaO8XxoATlkYLoBw
Thanks for this - it is an awesome LWP and so customisable. Love it!
thanks man.
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Thanks for this tip...very nice indeed! What I really like is the option to use the backgrounds static as well.
A further tip : if you want the Minima background for lockscreen as well, then first set the background of your choice with Minima and afterwards do the standard way for changing wallpaper on the phone, choose both background and lockscreen and then choose Minima and choose set background. That way you'll have the Minima background as both wallpaper and lockscreen.
Glad you guys like it
Is the work of Josh Oleksyn ,all those material walls posted on the wallpapers threads were done with his app Minima - awesome app!
Minima Moving Material Design is also his work
JokoInteractive
I've had this for a while. I got the Pro version. Worth ever penny.
This is very nice, thanks for sharing.
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This LWP is high resources demanding. My N4 became laggy after use it.
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This LWP is high resources demanding. My N4 became laggy after use it.
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No problem at all on my Note4. Btw you also have the option (settings in Minima) to save the wallpaper. Afterwards go the normal Note4 route for changing wallpaper and lockscreen background. That way you don't need to use the Minima app.
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This LWP is high resources demanding. My N4 became laggy after use it.
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hi
i agree with @daffie post above .I have been using Minima Pro ( Joko Interactive ) for sometime now and have no issues with Minima causing lag or any excessive battery drain , etc , etc . .(I have also used Joko interactive other live wallpapers eg. Paperlands Pro and have no issues.with it )
good luck