Hey guys just wondering how I can really speed up my phone, rom or kernal? Or both? I just downloaded the evil fascination theme and I'm trying to do some further customization! Like the phone in that vid! It's crazy fast and I was just wondering what I should download and how to apply it while keeping the evil theme. Also when he switches screens in the vid, it flips it doesnt just slide left and right. How would one do that? The launcher, rom or theme? I guess I cant post the vid, but its on youtube and its "My awesome samsung fascinate!!!!"
iloveworkinout said:
Hey guys just wondering how I can really speed up my phone, rom or kernal? Or both? I just downloaded the evil fascination theme and I'm trying to do some further customization! Like the phone in that vid! It's crazy fast and I was just wondering what I should download and how to apply it while keeping the evil theme. Also when he switches screens in the vid, it flips it doesnt just slide left and right. How would one do that? The launcher, rom or theme? I guess I cant post the vid, but its on youtube and its "My awesome samsung fascinate!!!!"
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The speed you're describing most likely has to do with the Rom and kernel. The transitions sound like a launcher(such as Launcher Pro).
Bow chika wah wah
Yea I hear its the kernal. What's one of the quickest kernals there are? I know it varies from phone to phone but whats been stable yet quick. Also how do I install a kernal over my theme?
iloveworkinout said:
Yea I hear its the kernal. What's one of the quickest kernals there are? I know it varies from phone to phone but whats been stable yet quick. Also how do I install a kernal over my theme?
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I'm currently using Nemesis' OTB 1.3 kernel for TouchWiz roms. That one makes my phone really quick and smooth. Since kernels don't affect your theme, you just flash it in ClockWorkMod Recovery.
ok ill try it and see if i can do it. thanks for the help. Ill post again if i need anything.
iloveworkinout said:
ok ill try it and see if i can do it. thanks for the help. Ill post again if i need anything.
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No prob. Check out the Development forum for our Fascinate. A lot of good info there.
iloveworkinout said:
Hey guys just wondering how I can really speed up my phone, rom or kernal? Or both? I just downloaded the evil fascination theme and I'm trying to do some further customization! Like the phone in that vid! It's crazy fast and I was just wondering what I should download and how to apply it while keeping the evil theme. Also when he switches screens in the vid, it flips it doesnt just slide left and right. How would one do that? The launcher, rom or theme? I guess I cant post the vid, but its on youtube and its "My awesome samsung fascinate!!!!"
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Also, otb works only with voltage control.
Another question. Aside from kernals making my phone quicker. What customizations can I do to make the phone look like no other fascinate. I already have launcher pro and its rooted and beautiful widgets, but is there anything else I can do. I see people with clocks on there homescreens that are written out, like threesixteen. How do you get that? And other customizations?
There are a ton of different widgets to change the look of your phone. To have the time written out, try clockr.
Also, the Market site lets you search for widgets only.
Sorry I can't put direct links, but I don't have enough posts yet.
I did clockr! It works thankyou! What else can i dwnld from the market to customize it!?
Just look in the "show me your screen" thread and see what widgets they are running. Or you could google "android custom screen" or something like that.
Ok thanks for the help guys. Appreciate it!
Another clock you might want to have a look at is the Make Your Clock Pro (Beta) App. Looks really cool, like you can fully customize the clock layout to your liking. I have not tried it - just stumbled on it today... But it sounds like something you might be after.
The flip transitions - or any of the 7 that are included in LP+ are accessed via:
Menu Soft Key> Preferences> Homescreen Settings> Transition Effect. In there are the 7 choices. My personal fav is Flip, but there ought ot be somethign there to suit your taste.
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Well, I don't know about the rest of you but I enjoy the functionality of MySense in certain respects. My dislikes are not enough to get me to jump to an alternative launcher but they are enough to make me want changes.
In my eyes.... two things will make Espresso aesthetically pleasing and more functional. The first being redirecting/replacing the My Faves with Browser or messenger. And the second... changing the drawer icon to the FROYO blocks icon.
Now, I don't have a full grasp on what would be involved in doing so, but common sense or my lack of understanding perhaps tell me those 2 icons and the 1 remapping can't be too involved. To anyone out there ready and willing to take this on... I will volunteer to be the guinea pig for testing. Me and Nandroid are best friends.
Looking forward to it.
you forgot your recent app's thing lol or did you find that one?
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you forgot your recent app's thing lol or did you find that one?
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Lol, not forgotten... that is still on my list in the quest of a perfect MT4G. I am going to make that one my personal project. I figured it is in my best interest to enlist some "qualified" help for the Espresso Project.
lol the things you mentioned above are my exact problems with the stock launcher as well everything else i like as of lately ive jus been using a combination of iced glacier and ADW to get sumthing almost similar to wat you discribed but in all i would love to see an actual rom that benifits both i too will be a tester for anyone who decides to take on this project and good luck
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lol the things you mentioned above are my exact problems with the stock launcher as well everything else i like as of lately ive jus been using a combination of iced glacier and ADW to get sumthing almost similar to wat you discribed but in all i would love to see an actual rom that benifits both i too will be a tester for anyone who decides to take on this project and good luck
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ADW is a nice launcher. I just hate losing the MySense features by doing so....
sicdroid said:
ADW is a nice launcher. I just hate losing the MySense features by doing so....
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i agree ADW doesnt have any real widgets so it does put u at a loss. if sumone could successfully merge the two launchers and have the benifits of both we would have a fricken great rom for this phone. i tried to flash the apks from the glacier rom onto the ADW launcher but it freezes the homescreen i cant get the widgets to successfully adapt to the ADW protocols which puts me back to sqaure one lol
what is root?
I turned my phone on and now the screen glows???? wtf your rom borkded it.... can I abd push ota or does the motherboard need fixing???? thanx in advance
teamsilence said:
I turned my phone on and now the screen glows???? wtf your rom borkded it.... can I abd push ota or does the motherboard need fixing???? thanx in advance
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Motherboard for sure... I will PM you my address. Sent me your phone and I will fix it when I get a chance.
-iced glacier,
-adw
-pure calendar widget
-stock twitter app & widget
-simiclock (has weather now)
-quick settings for the best customizable power and brightness controls and can be launched from tapping simiclock when set up that way, also can be added to status bar
-circle battery (just looks cool and clean)
All of this together makes me very pleased with this phone. I have test out sooooo many different apps for these functions and various roms on other phones.. just my taste and opinion.. but give them a try if you havent.
Is anyone else get FCs with launcher pro on the comm rom 1.3? i download launcher pro then try to use a widget and LP FCs every time... any suggestions?
Ps... FIRST POST EVER!!!! Haha I am actually pretty good with this stuff, catching on quickly, but sometimes I have to stop and search the great mastermind adrynalyne's posts for help. He is my hero lol
RONxXxSQUID said:
Is anyone else get FCs with launcher pro on the comm rom 1.3? i download launcher pro then try to use a widget and LP FCs every time... any suggestions?
Ps... FIRST POST EVER!!!! Haha I am actually pretty good with this stuff, catching on quickly, but sometimes I have to stop and search the great mastermind adrynalyne's posts for help. He is my hero lol
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the modded cm browser doesnt seem to play well with launcher pro...none of us picked this up in testing as....well none of uses launcher pro
there is a patch available here: http://www.mediafire.com/?81ura35gqzrcs56
that is the stock browser from 1.0-1.2 should work better for you
Thank you! That actually fixed a lot of things. Before my status bar settings were completely unresponsive. I couldn't change any thing. It would make room for the clock if I chose to make it visible but no clock. That's all fixed now.
On a side note why don't you use launcher pro are there things I should know about it?
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!
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RONxXxSQUID said:
Thank you! That actually fixed a lot of things. Before my status bar settings were completely unresponsive. I couldn't change any thing. It would make room for the clock if I chose to make it visible but no clock. That's all fixed now.
On a side note why don't you use launcher pro are there things I should know about it?
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!
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cause its heavy, slow, ugly, unresponsive.. and just all around LAME!! my opinion!!
My worse nightware with SGS1 was the laggy desktops - I loved the phone - but the lag was too much for me I hate the lag. so i decided to invest on the SGS2 beast. Problem is I still can see some lag, tiny, but its there i'm sure. In a microscopic scale.
Tried several kernels to workaround the problem and a couple of rom (with I removed cos I love the oficial rom).
Maybe theres some savior on this forum that can help me out.
Anyone?
Different kernels won't fix your problem.
Looks like you have a dilemma. You say you want your phone as fast and lag free as possible. But you also say that you want to use the stock rom.
You could try the rom in my siginature if you really want a lag free and fast rom. It's an AOSP rom, you ain't gonna find any faster.
Cons: Samsung apps don't work. Bluetooth is not fully working at the moment.
You could try a different launcher.
if you want speed try Zeam launcher off the market its very lightweight.
Thanks guys I'll into both options after work, have a good day!
launcherpro is also very smooth. On my 720mhz motorola xt720 it was very smooth and customizable.... So i assume on a 1.2ghz dual core with 4xram it would be gd
MIUI - I've been converted. Without doubt, it's the fastest and smoothest UI I've seen on any phone.
One thing to keep in mind: The more graphic load you'll have on your screens (icons, widgets etc) the more lag will appear.
That being said I'm running Go Launcher EX and have busy screens, yet no noticable lag at all. Running latest VillainROM, no other fancy mods.
Can you elaborate a little on that? In kinda newb in this >.<
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johncmolyneux said:
MIUI - I've been converted. Without doubt, it's the fastest and smoothest UI I've seen on any phone.
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John. What's miui? Does it change much the stock one?
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orate.cl said:
Can you elaborate a little on that? In kinda newb in this >.<
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You can flash so called ROMs on your device which replace the stock software.
They are often tweaked towards better battery life, speed amongst other stuff. You can find all of these ROMs here on this board.
E.G. Lightning Rom 6.1 is very popular.
MIUI is another ROM, all are based on Android but have a different style and approach. MIUI -though very promising- is still very new and quite beta, so I wouldn't advice going with it yet. VillainROM and Lightning Rom are very stable and safe to install.
Search around for tutorials on how to flash them, there's plenty of how to's ;-)
As for the Launcher, "Go Launcher EX" is one of many launchers you can replace on your phone. The stock one by Samsung is called Touchwiz, others basically look and feel different and have other tweaks on board. Here is where tastes differ. But with any launcher you'll have lag if you overload the screens and most will be quick and responsive if you use them in a minimalistic way.
It's not because of the phone itself, it's because of the poor coding in the widgets etc. Most don't really optimize for speed, unfortunately.
GO launcher EX is by far the smoothest launcher I've used, so give that a shot. Launcher pro and ADW launcher are both smooth as well but I find them to be more undertake unstable and have more problems when it comes to mounting apps that are installed to sdcard.
I also heard that fugutweaks also help smoothen the UI though I've never confirmed this myself.
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orate.cl said:
John. What's miui? Does it change much the stock one?
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MIUI is a Chinese made ROM that is clearly built on the Android base, but bears very little resemblance to it. At first use it looks very similar to iOS, which I know will put a lot of people off, but it is ridiculously customisable, and all from the UI, without the need for flashing anything. For example, there's a themes app where you can completely re-skin the whole device at the click of a button, and it has an online database of themes that can be downloaded, again with just the click of a button. But once you have themes on your device you can then mix and match elements of each one to make your perfect theme.
I've literally never seen customisation like it.
If you're interested, read more here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130951
starstuff said:
You can flash so called ROMs on your device which replace the stock software.
They are often tweaked towards better battery life, speed amongst other stuff. You can find all of these ROMs here on this board.
E.G. Lightning Rom 6.1 is very popular.
MIUI is another ROM, all are based on Android but have a different style and approach. MIUI -though very promising- is still very new and quite beta, so I wouldn't advice going with it yet. VillainROM and Lightning Rom are very stable and safe to install.
Search around for tutorials on how to flash them, there's plenty of how to's ;-)
As for the Launcher, "Go Launcher EX" is one of many launchers you can replace on your phone. The stock one by Samsung is called Touchwiz, others basically look and feel different and have other tweaks on board. Here is where tastes differ. But with any launcher you'll have lag if you overload the screens and most will be quick and responsive if you use them in a minimalistic way.
It's not because of the phone itself, it's because of the poor coding in the widgets etc. Most don't really optimize for speed, unfortunately.
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Hey man many thanks for your answer.
So if I understood right, theres no way I can have a silky smooth touchwiz on my phone. I must choose another one...
...and if that right, which one you recomend based on smoothness and looks similar to touchwiz?
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orate.cl said:
Hey man many thanks for your answer.
So if I understood right, theres no way I can have a silky smooth touchwiz on my phone. I must choose another one...
...and if that right, which one you recomend based on smoothness and looks similar to touchwiz?
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First thing you could try is this:
1. Download Go Launcher EX from the market.
2. Install this GO Launcher Ex theme: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.theme.TouchWiz&hl=nl
It has the looks from touchwhiz.
If you are not satisfied, start learning about flashing roms. Then choose a rom and start the procedure from above.
Lennyz1988 said:
First thing you could try is this:
1. Download Go Launcher EX from the market.
2. Install this GO Launcher Ex theme: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.theme.TouchWiz&hl=nl
It has the looks from touchwhiz.
If you are not satisfied, start learning about flashing roms. Then choose a rom and start the procedure from above.
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Thanks man I will try it after work.
You may want to try other launchers as well: I love Zeam, which is a lightweight launcher. It doesn't have a huge lot of features but it is always fast to startup and it has enough features for me. If you need to customise the icons on your dock, you should use the Desktop Visualiser and long press on the homescreen>add>shortcut>Desktop Visualiser.
Launcher Pro is another alternative, as is ADW launcher.
You'll need a launcher switcher to toggle between all the launchers--well, as long as you have more than one!
Thanks man. I'll dig into that as well and I did tried some roms too but as I stated before I just want to fix the stocks lag. Nothing more I love everything on it...
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im very surprised that your phone doesnt operate perfectly smooth with TW4! I actually find that launcher incredibly smooth!
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im very surprised that your phone doesnt operate perfectly smooth with TW4! I actually find that launcher incredibly smooth!
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It stutters ocassionally, it IS smooth, but it stutters too.
I think it began happening when I updated through kies to 2.3.4.
If you really don't need all the Samsung stuff (Kies, Samsung Apps etc) then I recommend Oxygen Rom and Zeam Launcher.
Well, I'm a huge GO fanboy and GO Locker doesn't disappoint. I love it and I'd thought I'd share considering we have limited lockscreen options. I like the Fourkey Theme.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jiubang.goscreenlock
https://market.android.com/details?...WJhbmcuZ29zY3JlZW5sb2NrLnRoZW1lLmZvdXJrZXkiXQ..
Looks nice! I love Go Launcher Ex so I might give this a try later!
Nice find! Works really well. Know of anyway to change the ugly stock wallpapers in them though? Lol
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yoderk said:
Nice find! Works really well. Know of anyway to change the ugly stock wallpapers in them though? Lol
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I noticed in Gallery there's drawable-hdpi (37) with all the image files in there. I suppose you could change #37, which is the background of the widget. I guess in theory you could customize any of those files to customize the locker. It's just a guess though and I haven't attempted to try to change anything though.
I wonder if this will eventually become a full blown WidgetLocker/Executive Assistant type replacement. Can you add widgets to this app? Now that would make this an awesome app!
Anyone else get the bonus feature of not being able to swipe homescreens from left to right every now and then unless you swipe the other direction first?
This would happen to me with GOLauncherEX fairly frequently on my GSII , and I have stopped using it because of that. Now I am back on stock TW4 with no issues.
wonner said:
I noticed in Gallery there's drawable-hdpi (37) with all the image files in there. I suppose you could change #37, which is the background of the widget. I guess in theory you could customize any of those files to customize the locker. It's just a guess though and I haven't attempted to try to change anything though.
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Hmmm didn't even think to tear it apart. I'll give it a shot
joeybear23 said:
Anyone else get the bonus feature of not being able to swipe homescreens from left to right every now and then unless you swipe the other direction first?
This would happen to me with GOLauncherEX fairly frequently on my GSII , and I have stopped using it because of that. Now I am back on stock TW4 with no issues.
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FWIW, I've never had that happen to me once and I've been running Go Launcher EX on my SGS2 almost since the day I got it.
And I've been using Go Launcher as my go-to launcher app for quite a while now, across quite a few different Android phones.
joeybear23 said:
Anyone else get the bonus feature of not being able to swipe homescreens from left to right every now and then unless you swipe the other direction first?
This would happen to me with GOLauncherEX fairly frequently on my GSII , and I have stopped using it because of that. Now I am back on stock TW4 with no issues.
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Try switching to conservative governor. Might fix it.
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Try switching to conservative governor. Might fix it.
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I always use the conservative gov.
But I did a full wipe and reinstall today, so I'll check it out.
Update to the app today, lets you finally pick the background!
Does this let you put widgets on the home screen?
My biggest use for widgetlocker is to have a pandora widget and volume controls on my unlock screen so I can use it [in my workshop or garage] without needing to unlock every time.
Extract image from GO LOCKER ICS theme background
Hello all,
I recently installed GO LOCKER with an ICS and was wondering if I could use the locker background as the background for my phone as well?
Is there any way to extract the image from somewhere through a file manager?
Thanks in advance!
Is there a mod that would let me just have one homescreen when using Sense as my launcher?
I know I can do it with other launchers like Launcher Pro (which I have used 99% of the time on my OG Evo). I've seen mods/tweaks that let you change the # of homescreens but the minimum I've seen is 3.
I really prefer having just one homescreen and I'd like to see that happen in Sense. I've been poking and searching around but I haven't stumbled on anything yet.
deathsled said:
Is there a mod that would let me just have one homescreen when using Sense as my launcher?
I know I can do it with other launchers like Launcher Pro (which I have used 99% of the time on my OG Evo). I've seen mods/tweaks that let you change the # of homescreens but the minimum I've seen is 3.
I really prefer having just one homescreen and I'd like to see that happen in Sense. I've been poking and searching around but I haven't stumbled on anything yet.
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If you press home button again from the main screen to the view with all your screens, you can hold down each and drag it up to the X and remove them.
I feel like such a noob haha. Ok down to one homescreen now, but can I disable the scrolling? It doesn't make sense (lol) to be able to scroll the screen to the same homescreen over and over.
deathsled said:
I feel like such a noob haha. Ok down to one homescreen now, but can I disable the scrolling? It doesn't make sense (lol) to be able to scroll the screen to the same homescreen over and over.
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Don't know how/if you can do that.
Mikeys rom has the spinning top mode removed. Isnt there an option in leedroid tweaks to disable it? Havent used sense in a long ass time so i dont remember. There should be other roms with it removed.
leedroid tweeks does not appear to have any settings like this.
What rom you using?
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What rom you using?
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MidnightRom 1.2.7
I'm actually on an Evo V with Virgin Mobile, but it's the same phone as the 3D.
It's weird that I'm even trying to do this. I WAS using LauncherPro which has always been my preferred launcher. I'm not sure if it's a problem with this rom when using LP or what, but I've noticed that frequently enough when I would return to the homescreen from an app that there would be a black bar the size of the status bar right underneath the status bar, like blank space. It would stay there until I did something like go to the app drawer and then return home.
It doesn't seem to occur when using Sense, so I'm seeing if I can tweak Sense to my liking.
Same deal for me using LP.
It hasn't been updated since March. Hopefully it hasn't been abandoned.
sudo passwd root
Oh well it's at least good to know it's not just happening to me. I thought maybe there was something off in this rom that might be causing the problem, but looks like it could be an issue with LP if you experience it too.
Try adw. I personally recommend nova or apex though. Lp was my go to when i had a hero. Havent used lp in almost a year now.
Yeah it's a LP bug. Does it real bad if you use the google search widgit. I've tried every launcher out there, and LP is still my favorite. So, hopefully it will get an update.
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