I discovered that I love to much GO launcher EX, but also that it use 15 MB of precious RAM, so I would like to mod the stock ROM for replace the original touchwiz with the Gl-EX.
Is it possible without having any developer skill?
If yes, can you help me found the things that I need (guide, wiki...) ?
thanks!
The stock rom uses just about as much.
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You do know that Touch Wiz does not run in the background?
By rooting your phone you are able to dispose Touch Wiz. (which makes GO Launcher your primary launcher since that will be your only one).
i am on stock S5830DXKPB and i dumped touchwhiz for launcherpro.
1. first locate the package representing launcherpro in /data/app. the package name is com.fede.launcher-1.
2. then push it to /system/app
3. change permissions to rw-r-r
4. delete touchwhiz30launcher.apk
to do the above you need root permissions to access /system and preferably use root explorer if terminal emulator is not your thing.
Pockets69 said:
do the sd partition trick to get the phone to use the micro sd card as ram.
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Interesting... do you have a link about it?
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You do know that Touch Wiz does not run in the background?
By rooting your phone you are able to dispose Touch Wiz. (which makes GO Launcher your primary launcher since that will be your only one).
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No, infact I thought it was so, but then why in app management I see GO launcher like a running and closable app?
BTW, wich package I need to uninstall? SamsungHOME ?
Is this enough? or I must do something like happily1986 as explained?
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I tried to rename and move and delete the calendar app on CM7.2 rom, but root explorer and all other won't let me. It says it is only readable. I googled and didn't find anything. I pulled the calendar apk file off my other rom. It's the best calendar app I've seen so far. Is there a way to back up the photon with nandroid then somehow unzip it and replace the app and rezip and reflash? Something simpler would be nice.
Did you mount the system as writable (its in the settings of ES File Explorer, but might be somewhere else on other apps)
hdmunger said:
Did you mount the system as writable (its in the settings of ES File Explorer, but might be somewhere else on other apps)
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Ok awesome it worked after I did what you said, thank you. I put the calendar app I took of my other rom and put it in the app folder and fixed permissions and rebooted, but it didn't show up when I looked at apps. I went to the app folder and clicked on it said "failed to install" after attempting to install. Maybe I'm not doing it correctly. How should I take an app from another rom and install it?
Stock apps, specifically, are very finicky with regards to version. If you are trying to use a 2.3.4 version on 2.3.5, for example, it may be more complicated than simply copying over and fixing permissions...there may be some dependancies on other files (systemui.apk or framework-res.apk for example). You are now exceeding my knowledge level with this topic...sorry.
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Stock apps, specifically, are very finicky with regards to version. If you are trying to use a 2.3.4 version on 2.3.5, for example, it may be more complicated than simply copying over and fixing permissions...there may be some dependancies on other files (systemui.apk or framework-res.apk for example). You are now exceeding my knowledge level with this topic...sorry.
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Ok, that does explain a lot, thank you. I won't spend too much time messing with it. I found a "biz calendar" that is great and other apps that are pretty good. I'll wait for a nice ICS rom to come out and start all over =)
Waiting for some nice ICS UI apps on the market to replace the stock apps lol....
deedscreen said:
Waiting for some nice ICS UI apps on the market to replace the stock apps lol....
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Do you think the new apps will be more optimized for ICS and not backward compatible?
Eventually that will be so, but right now, over 60% of the Android Community is running Gingerbread... A Developer would be stupid not to allow Gingerbread use.... ie. Google with Google Chrome Beta..... but for now, most will work from ICS down and Gingerbread and up.....
Not too many apps are being made for below Gingerbread... my point is --- you should be fine, nothing to worry about, also, most gingerbread apps are compatible with ICS, so again remember that and the fact that only about 1-3% of the Android Community is running ICS....
e s file explore
If you dont like the Samsung keyboard that came with stock rom, heres an alternative ICS stock keyboard:laugh:
I took this from cm9, and so far encounter no problems.
Just move the apk to the
system\app
and the lib to
system\lib
also root is needed
For P7500, if you cant copy the apk to system\app, then you probably dont have enough System storage space. Use Titanium to determine if you have enogh space.
I solved this by deleting the weather widget in system\app since i have a better weather widget
WARNING: Be very careful when deleting anything in system\app
VesperX12 said:
If you dont like the Samsung keyboard that came with stock rom, heres an alternative ICS stock keyboard:laugh:
I took this from cm9, and so far encounter no problems.
Just move the apk to the
system\app
and the lib to
system\lib
also root is needed
For P7500, if you cant copy the apk to system\app, then you probably dont have enough System storage space. Use Titanium to determine if you have enogh space.
I solved this by deleting the weather widget in system\app since i have a better weather widget
WARNING: Be very careful when deleting anything in system\app
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i was JUST about to post this
VesperX12 said:
If you dont like the Samsung keyboard that came with stock rom, heres an alternative ICS stock keyboard:laugh:
I took this from cm9, and so far encounter no problems.
Just move the apk to the
system\app
and the lib to
system\lib
also root is needed
For P7500, if you cant copy the apk to system\app, then you probably dont have enough System storage space. Use Titanium to determine if you have enogh space.
I solved this by deleting the weather widget in system\app since i have a better weather widget
WARNING: Be very careful when deleting anything in system\app
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i keep getting the message android keyboard has stopped working. any idea what i could be doing wrong? i'm on a P7510 btw, not sure if it mattered but perhaps this is for the P7500 only?
foliage green said:
i keep getting the message android keyboard has stopped working. any idea what i could be doing wrong? i'm on a P7510 btw, not sure if it mattered but perhaps this is for the P7500 only?
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well... i only have the P7500, so I am not so sure, but it should work for P7510 too.
Try recopying the files again, Then restart.
foliage green said:
i keep getting the message android keyboard has stopped working. any idea what i could be doing wrong? i'm on a P7510 btw, not sure if it mattered but perhaps this is for the P7500 only?
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Ditto...
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So the key is to install it like any other app... unzip and select the .apk. It will work fine. Using it now.
Do you know if this will also enable the built in ICS Spell Checker?
If it's just the normal spell check, then this have it too
I don`t like at all the all black background and UI fo the TW email app so I would like to replace the email app from ICS/ JB stock ROM with the stock Google one.
How can I do it and do you have the stock apps to share?
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I don`t like at all the all black background and UI fo the TW email app so I would like to replace the email app from ICS/ JB stock ROM with the stock Google one.
How can I do it and do you have the stock apps to share?
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I agree and have been looking for the mail.apk that comes with JB, im assuming you replace the original crappy Sammy one with the apk using a root explorer type app.
The black and white of the Samsung app is just not readable in my opinion; the stock JB is great
yes you can change it through root explorer or es explorer, you can find the apk of the email for ics or jb, then you have to replace also the exchange.apk as if it supports the stock android apps. make sure you fix the permissions too. I'm using stock as I hate the sammy mail
Ok i've uploaded them for you,
Make sure to backup the exchange.apk and mail.apk
use a root file explorer,
/system/app/
Place them their and make sure you fix the permissions.
thanks. are they ICS or JB?
I zipped the original ones with root explorer then deleted and pasted the new ones. but before I could set permissions my phone froze completely and I cannot do anything more now.
any advice?
They are ICS, but they are almost exactly the same as the JB,
you need to replace them after backing up, make sure that you set the permissions the same as every other apk in the system/app/ folder, after you finish everything restart your phone and it should work perfectly, if anything doesnt work perfectly, then go to recovery and go to fix permissions, it should sort everything out.
awsy44 said:
Ok i've uploaded them for you,
Make sure to backup the exchange.apk and mail.apk
use a root file explorer,
/system/app/
Place them their and make sure you fix the permissions.
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A gentleman and a scholar! thanks for saving the use of search to find those two apk files:good:
coming back, a complete tutorial (and apps) can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728308.
it worked nicely for me!
also thanks to awsy44.
TouchWiz 5 on CM10 for the Galaxy Player 5.0
Downloads:
http://sdrv.ms/125kJF5
The biggest issue with this is working around the very limited amount of space we have in our /system. Before installing these things, you first need to clear out some space. I recommend having at least 23MB free before proceeding. I’m sorry that this requires so many steps right now; I might eventually start baking this into a ROM and releasing that, but for now, this is what we have to work with.
1) Freeing space
I recommend using a root browser to navigate to /system/app and inspecting what apps seem to be the largest. The ones that might be unnecessary should be uninstalled or converted to user apps via titanium. I recommend converting movie studio to a user app and uninstalling Cyanogenmod wallpaper manager as it’s pretty unnecessary and occupies several precious megabytes of space. Trebuchet wastes a whopping 17MB of space, so I recommend installing Apex Launcher or the stock 4.2 launcher (located in the SkyDrive folder) and then removing this with Titanium. You should also go to /system/media/video and clear out the files there since you don’t really need them for anything. Sound effects in /system/media/audio (with the exception of the ui folder) can be migrated to media/audio on the internal SD card to maintain function and free up some more space.
2) Installing TouchWiz apps
Right now, I have found TouchWiz Home and Weather widget apps that work with this ROM. I have located 4.1-compatible S Memo and Task Manager, but haven’t gotten those to go in yet. Now that you have plenty of space in /system, we can start adding things in.
a) Installing the theme
In the SkyDrive folder, you will find a Titanium Backup file for a TouchWiz CM10 theme. Copy this to the /storage/sdcard0/TitaniumBackup (or wherever you have it set to be) folder, launch Titanium, and restore the app. Go to System Settings > Themes and pick TouchWiz 5.0 and hit apply. Ignore the resolution warning.
b) Installing the launcher/weather widget
Push the “TouchWiz 5 Nature Launcher” zip to your SD card and install from CWM/ROM Manager. If it does not show up after rebooting, try clearing defaults from the launcher. If the problem persists, navigate to /system/app using a file browser and select/install both AccuweatherWidget.apk and AccuweatherWiddget_Main.apk files along with SecLauncher2.apk
c) Adding system sounds
There should be a “media” folder on SkyDrive. Right-click this and select “Download” to download the entire thing at once. Push the files to your internal SD card / media. Copy the contents of the ui folder to /system/media/audio/ui, overwriting the default Android files.
And that should be it! Not exactly a streamlined process, but it’ll do until we see a release of RemICS-JB for our device.
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Great job. Two things though, the touchwiz launcher is pretty laggy for me. It just seems to skip animations. Also could you add color to the WiFi signal? I'm really used to having a gray signal bar mean no internet. Other than that, it looks and works great.
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Check what things you have running in the background. I'm in the habit of limiting background processes to two, and everything on the device is pretty snappy then.
I think that's gray because we're using the original wifi drivers rather than the newer ones that are capable of displaying up/down connection indicators but are less reliable, but I'll look into it.
I did a little Photoshoping and the icons should now be green (install the backup located in the folder I named "theme green wifi"), but I have no way to test it right now because there is no WiFi here. Just switch to the system theme and back and you should be golden.
How do you install the stock 4.2 launcher?
Hollow_Ninja said:
How do you install the stock 4.2 launcher?
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I believe you can just install that like a normal apk.
halomademeapc said:
I believe you can just install that like a normal apk.
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But its I a zip file? I extracted it and I didn't see an apk
Hollow_Ninja said:
But its I a zip file? I extracted it and I didn't see an apk
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The TouchWiz launcher is in a .zip. The Android 4.2 launcher is optional and a separate .apk file.
halomademeapc said:
The TouchWiz launcher is in a .zip. The Android 4.2 launcher is optional and a separate .apk file.
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Well I know it says Android 4.2 launcher apk but when I download it its called Android-4.zip
Hollow_Ninja said:
Well I know it says Android 4.2 launcher apk but when I download it its called Android-4.zip
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try renaming the extension from .zip to .apk and see if that works.
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Well I know it says Android 4.2 launcher apk but when I download it its called Android-4.zip
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When i downloaded everything that was posted it came in a zip called skydrive-whatever date. Inside the zip is all the files and folders of stuff including the Android-4.2-launcher.apk
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When i downloaded everything that was posted it came in a zip called skydrive-whatever date. Inside the zip is all the files and folders of stuff including the Android-4.2-launcher.apk
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then just push the Android-4.2-launcher.apk file to your SD card or USB storage and install it from a file manager if you want that.
halomademeapc said:
try renaming the extension from .zip to .apk and see if that works.
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OK I will try it
Link?
And howd you get get SMS
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An1mus said:
Link?
And howd you get get SMS
Sent from my YP-G70 using xda premium
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The Downloads link in the OP
I think it's bundled with the CM10 ROM
EDIT: If you wanted to know how I was sending/receiving with the native app, I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mNvbS5tZHJ0b29scy5hcHBzLmd2aW50ZWdyYXRpb24iXQ..
is the notification list (when drawing bar down) also TW Nature???
The notification shade is touchwiz-themed, however the quick setting icons at the top do not scroll like they do on the s3
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cot for me touchwiz is ok, except for the launcher and I wanna have that...
My1xT said:
screenshots???
cot for me touchwiz is ok, except for the launcher and I wanna have that...
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halomademeapc said:
TouchWiz 5 on CM10 for the Galaxy Player 5.0
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It's right in the OP.
only the laucher is in the shots...
but tw is more than that...
As there don't seem to be any dev projects getting anywhere soon for the EU version.
Would it be possible to remove Sense for this phone and install a new launcher over the top (Apex or similar) (I am aware that I can just install a launcher, but I don't have the space on my phone, and I find it creates a very slow phone adding new layers)
So essentially make it senseless and completely mod my phone front end.
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As there don't seem to be any dev projects getting anywhere soon for the EU version.
Would it be possible to remove Sense for this phone and install a new launcher over the top (Apex or similar) (I am aware that I can just install a launcher, but I don't have the space on my phone, and I find it creates a very slow phone adding new layers)
So essentially make it senseless and completely mod my phone front end.
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I got rid of most of the sense stuff but you do need to be careful... best thing to do is to use either root toolbox pro or titanium backup to freeze each app individually then if theres no problem you can delete them from your phone.. only problem I had was that on the original software all the stuff i deleted just reinstalled when the phone reset... but using deodexed version of eu gave me more freedom...
another problem can be that some launchers wont work when you convert them to system apps...