[Q] Custom ROMs and samsung contacts, widgets - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm soon getting a vibrant and since I've already seen an internationl galaxy s, I've gotten to like the way it handles contacts (swype left and right for sms, calling) and the widgets for social integration.
I've seen that most custom roms get rid of touchwiz, and I don't like the launcher since it looks iphonish (ugly ) but I wonder if custom roms keep the other stock stuff like the dialer, contacts, widgets, etc.
Could anyone clarify this for me please?

Yup some of them do.

parhelion69 said:
I'm soon getting a vibrant and since I've already seen an internationl galaxy s, I've gotten to like the way it handles contacts (swype left and right for sms, calling) and the widgets for social integration.
I've seen that most custom roms get rid of touchwiz, and I don't like the launcher since it looks iphonish (ugly ) but I wonder if custom roms keep the other stock stuff like the dialer, contacts, widgets, etc.
Could anyone clarify this for me please?
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with some roms there is a app they include called bloater. Thats all the stock items removed but can be reinstalled.

parhelion69 said:
I'm soon getting a vibrant and since I've already seen an internationl galaxy s, I've gotten to like the way it handles contacts (swype left and right for sms, calling) and the widgets for social integration.
I've seen that most custom roms get rid of touchwiz, and I don't like the launcher since it looks iphonish (ugly ) but I wonder if custom roms keep the other stock stuff like the dialer, contacts, widgets, etc.
Could anyone clarify this for me please?
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I think 99%, if not 100% of the roms use the stock samsung dialer and contacts.

That's great to hear (ok, read )! Thanks guys.
Then you're not losing much going to custom roms, going to try em as soon as I can.

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[Q]Has anyone figured out a way to kill off blur and still have contacts work?

Hate blur... hate blur, want it completely gone. I've considered the idea of installing 3rd party contacts/dialer combo and then sequentially ripping out every f'n blur apk...
thoughts?
how about using all the AOSP stuff?
either way I want blur to die NOW, i got a nandroid backup that I can softbrick and reload so let's do this shiiit!
I have go dialer and contacts and it works beautiful but still pulls up blur when it's all said and done. Roms are coming...be patient
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Why does everyone hate Blur? It's not even that bad. Looks a lot better on this than the older versions. One thing I don't like about it, is the Facebook integration. Messes up with the regular Facebook app, so I can't send messages or use chat..
SwiftLegend said:
Why does everyone hate Blur? It's not even that bad. Looks a lot better on this than the older versions. One thing I don't like about it, is the Facebook integration. Messes up with the regular Facebook app, so I can't send messages or use chat..
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Because it's bull crap that it's impregnated in every portion of this phone's interface.
SwiftLegend said:
Why does everyone hate Blur? It's not even that bad. Looks a lot better on this than the older versions. One thing I don't like about it, is the Facebook integration. Messes up with the regular Facebook app, so I can't send messages or use chat..
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this is why. and all that crap wastes a ton of space. I want only the ability to copy contacts from fecebook one at a time when needed. It's fecebook, I don't need that crap polluting my contacts.
I mean, as soon as a few more people get in my google+ circles I won't need any ability to integrate fecebook into my experience, leaving me able to completely rid myself of the useless integration that will waste working memory and contribute to killing my battery.
forgive me for being one of those nerds who went to an OPEN SOURCE platform. I buy a "computerphone" based on specs, not software
as far as blur, if you like that kinda crap, great! but I'm sure motorola has made many dirty rags polishing that bloated turd.
i want to use the launcher of my choice and AOSP dialer/contacts/messaging. I dont wanna waste bandwidth cause I travel alot and sometimes I'm stuck with very very slow data. (the fact that contacts uses data every time I scroll through it just to update pictures is useless and total bullshiiit)
i have some downtime to spend in the airport coming up, so I need something to do. if anyone has found a good way to do this, or at least get halfway there (particularly making the AOSP apps work, and which versions from where to use.) I've not seen anyone have success yet and I've spent days reading post after post after post without finding someone who says "f yeah it works, here's how ya do it, blah blah"

[Q] Stock GB SMS app (or simular) in ICS?

Hi, after using my HTC Hero since it was launched I finally recieved an SGSII at work.
I really love the phone, and have been able to tweak most things to my likings, but the iPhone-wannabe-ish SMS thread viewer is definately not to my taste. No big issue, ofcourse, but I'm still posting about it in case some of you skilled Android-hackers/users have an easy solution. On my Hero I really loved the look of the SMS app in FroydVillain (Froyo) and Decked (GB). I'm honestly not sure, but I think they both ran stock unthemed SMS apps. Black baground, white text, clean interface without those silly bubbles. I've been trying to do a Google image search but haven't found out how the stock SMS app really looks in ICS so I don't know if the cartoonish iPhone-bubbles are from TW or AOSP.
I dont want some bloated and ugly SMS apps like Handscent or Go SMS that I've heard cause problems like duplicate sms-es.
Also, since the phone is my eployer's I want to avoid flashing/rooting it, so simply installing mms.apk from a different ROM is not possible afaik.
So, any suggestions? I guess I'm sort of hoping someone already compiled a binary/apk based on mms.apk that can easily be installed and used as the default messaging app.

[Q] Replace contacts/dialer 'apps'?

Hey guys,
i rooted my phone some days ago, threw everything that's Samsung out of it (Gallery, Calendar, Tasks, the hubs etc.) and replaced it with stock ICS stuff. However, I haven't found a way to replace the samsung dialer or the contacts app with their resective AOSP equivalents. Is there a way to do that?
brittonberkan said:
Hey guys,
i rooted my phone some days ago, threw everything that's Samsung out of it (Gallery, Calendar, Tasks, the hubs etc.) and replaced it with stock ICS stuff. However, I haven't found a way to replace the samsung dialer or the contacts app with their resective AOSP equivalents. Is there a way to do that?
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yes its there to replace, but from my past it will often give you problems over time. so its better to use some alternative dialers or simply you can try some custom aokp/aosp roms.
Use custom ROM which is based of Samsung with themed as aosp.
Do a search for aospcontactsmms.zip I used to have it but stopped using it due to it causing problems with the built in blacklist.
shadowofdarkness said:
Do a search for aospcontactsmms.zip I used to have it but stopped using it due to it causing problems with the built in blacklist.
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Thanks for the replies So far, I'm really impressed by how well everything works, even after removing some Apps Like all the hubs, chat, samungs e-mail and calendar app etc.
I really thought i would run into problems, since this is the first time i rooted an android phone and messed around with it. I will now try to replace the contacts app etc., and if that causes problems I'll go for cm9...or is there a ROM that's even closer to "stock ics"?
Stock ics .... Look under Android development.

[Q] Phone Dialler

Have just upgraded my SGSII to the latest stock samsung firmware and rooted it.
The only thing I dont like apart from the overloaded bloat is the dialler. When you press favourites they come up as pictures and I keep dialling them by mistake, prefer the old style names not pictures.
Can this be changed or could I flash a new dialler/logs/favourites?
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swipermusic said:
Have just upgraded my SGSII to the latest stock samsung firmware and rooted it.
The only thing I dont like apart from the overloaded bloat is the dialler. When you press favourites they come up as pictures and I keep dialling them by mistake, prefer the old style names not pictures.
Can this be changed or could I flash a new dialler/logs/favourites?
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I use exDialer from the play store instead of the stock dialer and I am quite happy with it. Perhaps worth a try.

[Q] looking for s5 apps

ive done some searching, i am on the stock 4.4.2 I545VRUFNC2_4_17_14.zip Full Stock rom, i am mdk, i was on hyperdrive 17.1 but i had alot of problems out of it, i kept having to reflash cause i would get alot of random reboots, expecially when listening to music over my bluetooth, and my phone app would keep crashing, the only way i could make calls is if the number was in my contacts, and that didnt work all the time, so i got frustrated and went to this stock rom, i was looking around and found some in the international thread, but i messed something up with one of those and had to reflash the rom, i was getting force closes i cant remember what for, anyway, i would like to get the s5 messaging, phone and contacts, accuweather widget, email, and calender and i liked how in the pull down bar you could read the message, but i dont know if that is in with any of those apps i mentioned, so whatever that is, any help would be appreciated,
or if anyone would know why hyperdrive was doing that and could help me fix that problem that would be great, i liked how the s5 apps worked, i got used to them.
thanks.

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