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Hey guys I'm running Bionix V right now but I'm going to update to V 1.2.1.
So I'm wondering what the differences are between the 'Gingerbread' and the 'Touchwiz' editions? And in your opinions which is better and why?
I would just flash both of them to find out myself but I hate having to import my contacts, apps, sms/mms, and other things individually everytime. Unless you know of an app that makes it quick and easy to do all at once.
If someone could explain the differences I think I could make the right choice the first time
Thanks
Edit:
Also I've been hearing good/maybe bad things about V 1.2.1
Should users upgrade or stay with V? I'll keep you posted when I upgrade I've been a little busy lately
The difference is how the phone looks. When you hit the home button, your desktop, or launcher, has icons, widgets, etc.
The gingerbread one looks like standard, non themed gingerbread.
TouchWiz looks more like your vibrant did out of the box. I personally find it incredibly ugly so I prefer the gingerbread theme.
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wearmaize said:
The difference is how the phone looks. When you hit the home button, your desktop, or launcher, has icons, widgets, etc.
The gingerbread one looks like standard, non themed gingerbread.
TouchWiz looks more like your vibrant did out of the box. I personally find it incredibly ugly so I prefer the gingerbread theme
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Can you still use launcherpro with the gingerbread version?
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Yes you can use any home launcher you choose
Pudrow said:
Can you still use launcherpro with the gingerbread version?
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Yes, I have been. I really don't think it matters which one you install if you're planning on installing a 3rd party launcher, anyway.
Jackdog89 said:
Yes, I have been. I really don't think it matters which one you install if you're planning on installing a 3rd party launcher, anyway.
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Oh really the only difference between the touchwiz and gingerbread is the launcher?
And how customizable are each of them and maybe I wouldn't need a third party launcher?
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The only advantage I can think of for using touchwiz is that it comes with the Samsung apps installed as well.
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That's what I want to get rid of. All the apps like mobileTV, amazon, kindle, all the bloatware.
So gingerbread is the way I should go?
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That's what I want to get rid of. All the apps like mobileTV, amazon, kindle, all the bloatware.
So gingerbread is the way I should go?
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I'm not sure if it comes with the bloatware, but it would come with the Samsung widgets that are available using TouchWiz. (One example is the "Friends" widget that updates facebook and twitter)
But if you're planning on using LauncherPro or any other launcher, all of this is moot anyway. I'd recommend the Gingerbread version because I like the notification bar and stock android is so much better looking than TouchWiz in every aspect.
EDIT: You asked earlier how to import contacts and things; you should sync them with Google as it makes the transition between ROMs seamless. Also, Titanium Backup can backup and restore all of your apps and data. (This excludes SMS). Finally, I use SMS backup to backup all of my texts/MMS to gmail for safekeeping
Thanks wearmaize
I'll go with gingerbread. I use sms and titanium backup they work great.
But last time I synced with google it didn't save all my contacts when I flashed so I don't know if somethings wrong or I'm doing it wrong
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I have been hearing conflicting posts about the new Bionix version...I think i'll just stick with V
Pudrow said:
Thanks wearmaize
I'll go with gingerbread. I use sms and titanium backup they work great.
But last time I synced with google it didn't save all my contacts when I flashed so I don't know if somethings wrong or I'm doing it wrong
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Next time you sync with google, check your contacts online using a computer to make sure they're all there.
As for Bionix, I'd recommend v 1.2 or v 1.2.1. I find v 1.2 to be the most stable, but I've only been on v 1.2.1 for a day so I can't really say for sure. Both are great.
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Bionix 1.2.1 is nice, worthile upgrading I can see
I'm using cm7 now, I want to install some T9 Dialer app like Htc Dialer on it. Youlu is a good dialer, but I don't like it's SMS function. Are there any other quick response dialer apps for CM7?
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xsada said:
I'm using cm7 now, I want to install some T9 Dialer app like Htc Dialer on it. Youlu is a good dialer, but I don't like it's SMS function. Are there any other quick response dialer apps for CM7?
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Dialer One!
I thought dialer one was sluggish. Try ray dialer.
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Thanks. I liked Ray dialer.
I personally am happy with the stock HTC dialler. Although, I've never really properly tried any other Diallers.
You mean you are using htc stock dialer on cm7 rom? I think htc dialer is the best, but couldn't install it on cm7.
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Yes the stick dialler. Sorry my device is stupidly on 2.2 so its not rooted. Can't help there.
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Stock HTC dialer is limited to copy paste and edit number in comparison to AOSP GB stock dialer, which is by far better!
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You mean you are using htc stock dialer on cm7 rom? I think htc dialer is the best, but couldn't install it on cm7.
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DialerOne never worked for me. Too sluggish, as everyone has pointed out.
You could also try Dialer2 and TouchPal Smart Dialer. Both good alternatives. (TouchPal FC's on CM7, worked flawless on all previous ROMs tried. So if you not using CM7, you should be good)
EDIT: I am always on the lookout for good T9 dialers like the HTC Sense one. Just now I found, these two "Contapps", and "AContact- Smart Contact". Contapps feels heavy on resources but AContact looks refreshing. Very good concept. Try it out.
But I still miss the HTC call sceen with a bigger contact picture (FB synced) with FB/ twitter status message.
what about youlu? it looks quite neat. i've been using it for a few days, so far so good.
For me TouchPal dialer works just fine. It's great.
TouchPal Dialer
stuffynet said:
For me TouchPal dialer works just fine. It's great.
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some dialers want to format numbers with dashes by force, touchpal is one of them. if your numbers aren't their form it's a quite boring situation.
edit: changing locale from usa to uk solves the dash problem. so, touchpal is a great dialer too
have you tried Go Contacts ?
B3!CrAZy said:
have you tried Go Contacts ?
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Yes Now I've use it with CM7.1RC1 and Go Dialer.
I'm using Ruymanca Hell Fire with Touch Pal
lyos said:
Yes Now I've use it with CM7.1RC1 and Go Dialer.
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best choice so far
back again to touchpal. it's faster than go and youlu. its vibration options are also nice. if you use minicm you don't need it, i think.
Meaning.....like getting launcher pro to run as default, while stock twiz DOESN'T run in background.
Make launcher pro run in background the way that twiz does...so it doesn't take up any extra ram in task manager.
Anyone know if this is possible?
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When you launch the launcher of your choice through hitting home you'll get a dialog box. Check the one you want. Go to titanium and freeze the launcher you don't use.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
But that'll still run that launcher on top of twiz. You'll still see that launcher in task manager. What I'm asking is if someone can make a specific launcher run the way twiz does. Kinda like the way these non twiz roms run aosp froyo/gb launchers
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Dl a rom that doesnt use tw
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I'm hoping for solutions, not suggestions on new roms...I'm happy with bionix v. Not gonna change roms till there's a stable gb release from team whiskey.
I'm just wondering how devs are able to apply the aosp launcher to run in the background, and if this is possible with launcher pro instead.
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If you have launcher pro installed just use root explorer to delete the touchwiz from the system/app folder.
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thachosenone said:
I'm hoping for solutions, not suggestions on new roms...I'm happy with bionix v. Not gonna change roms till there's a stable gb release from team whiskey.
I'm just wondering how devs are able to apply the aosp launcher to run in the background, and if this is possible with launcher pro instead.
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That wasn't a suggestion tbh, it was a solution.
Getting a ROM with no TouchWiz will completely solve all your issues with this...
Also.. since you have bionix v... did you get the touchwiz one? just flash the one without it... same look, same feel, just no touchwiz.
It's not that I wanna remove touchwiz. I just want launcher pro to run in background the way touchwiz does.
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Wouldn't selecting launcher pro as default when you click home work justl ike that??
Run in background....meaning it doesn't show up in task manager. Like touchwiz.
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Oh...
Its in task manager no matter what u do... U cant remove it from that
Yes delete Touch Jizz uh i mean touch whiz is the best solution
If you freeze it in titanium it wont show or run in background. Because it essentially isn't recognized as an installed app for practical purposes. For example I have launcher pro and touchwiz installed but I use dxtop. I don't want to get rid of the others, I have an wp7 setup I'm working on in lp. But I have them both frozen, and they don't show up in task manager.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
Seeing the developers make their new ROMs makes us noobs vert happy. The CM7 development looks very promising as well. However, all roms available right now have elements of TW in them (dialer, power menu etc) and CM7 will most likely have them too. Is it possible to remove the TW completely from a rom? This is useful if the lcd density is changed to a lower value because the dialer and the power menu in the NB get messed up.
Thanks in advance.
Yes you can remove TouchWiz and just replace phone dialler etc with third party applications from the market. Plenty of guides around telling you what is safe to remove. I've removed all samsung bloatware but kept stock dialler, messaging and email.
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Thanks! Can you recommend a 3rd part dialer?
AlexVK said:
Thanks! Can you recommend a 3rd part dialer?
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I've tried Go Dialler in the past wasn't too bad. Dialler One is another one I've been recommended.
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I can't wait for stable MIUI release!
Anyone know a way to get emojis working on everything not just third party sms apps? I'm talking instagram and all. I tried an app but it added a keyboard I had to switch to and they didn't all with. It would be even better if it worked with Swype haha.
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the best I have found so far is by using Kii keyboard when I want to use them...at least I can you them any app....the keyboard actually doesnt suck either is has a swipe features and a predictive text feature...neither I like as well as Skype or Swiftkey
It's a font. Google it!
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Flash this. I can see emoji on instagram.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1973224
NOTE: Due to it being a font will not be color emoji but black and white. Get an iPhone if you want color
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Flash this. I can see emoji on instagram.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1973224
NOTE: Due to it being a font will not be color emoji but black and white. Get an iPhone if you want color
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I'll never get an iPhone not even if there's a fire haha
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ramana.spencer said:
the best I have found so far is by using Kii keyboard when I want to use them...at least I can you them any app....the keyboard actually doesnt suck either is has a swipe features and a predictive text feature...neither I like as well as Skype or Swiftkey
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Kii keyboard is way better than swype I can't believe I never knew about this
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I think it's fairly new.... Is a good keyboard.... I may be biased being used to Swype. The predictions aren't great... Nothing like Swiftkey but maybe you can customize it for your writing style in the premium version....
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