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hi everyone!
i have some doubts about vanilla (froydvillain) vs sense. i recently rooted my hero and flashed a recovery, but i'm using stock 2.1 rom... so here you have some questions: (sorry if they are epically stupid LOL)
1. does 2.2 vanilla has flash lite in the browser... for example, when you go to a site in my current rom (2.1 official) you can see the flash animations etc., is it possible on vanilla?
2. does froydvillain support live wallpapers? (i know that they are useless but i love eye candy xP)
3. is there any app that has multi touch in sense and in vanilla doesn't?
4. will the lack of sense, in your opinion, be negatively noticeable? like the dialer, gallery, etc. if yes, are there any third party apps to compensate?
5. finally, what kernel should i choose?
tyvm
acspv said:
hi everyone!
i have some doubts about vanilla (froydvillain) vs sense. i recently rooted my hero and flashed a recovery, but i'm using stock 2.1 rom... so here you have some questions: (sorry if they are epically stupid LOL)
1. does 2.2 vanilla has flash lite in the browser... for example, when you go to a site in my current rom (2.1 official) you can see the flash animations etc., is it possible on vanilla?
2. does froydvillain support live wallpapers? (i know that they are useless but i love eye candy xP)
3. is there any app that has multi touch in sense and in vanilla doesn't?
4. will the lack of sense, in your opinion, be negatively noticeable? like the dialer, gallery, etc. if yes, are there any third party apps to compensate?
5. finally, what kernel should i choose?
tyvm
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1. No
2. Yes, subject to the usual limitations of the hero hardware regarding 3D wallpapers
3. Not that I know of
4. Not really to me, try nubdialer which should be in the rom, or dialer one. The gallery is a nuisance, but there are recommendations in the thread.
5. I would honestly use the stock one (ie. don't flash any one afterwards), as the ROM is sufficiently fast with no overclock to beat most phones with overclock (in terms of daily use)
thank you for the quick reply! i was going to ask about flashing the kernel but since you said it is not necessary i'll just forget it... about the gallery i'll just google it, about flash lite if i really really miss it i'll just go back to 2.1 rom... xD
well, thank you again!
i'm sorry for posting again, but at the download page are various links, one for the rom and a bunch for the kernels, my question is, do i have to download any kernel or is it "included" in the rom link? i know it is a noob question but it got me confused since at the list of kernels is the "normal" one (576mhz)...
tyvm
acspv said:
i'm sorry for posting again, but at the download page are various links, one for the rom and a bunch for the kernels, my question is, do i have to download any kernel or is it "included" in the rom link? i know it is a noob question but it got me confused since at the list of kernels is the "normal" one (576mhz)...
tyvm
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I am using FroydVillian 1.5, it is super fast, stable and the looks are amazing. I do not miss the sunse UI at all, I miss the widgets, but they just use up performance anyway. I flashed the 576 kernel, which was a lower version number than the one that came with it...but as of right now, I have had FV 1.4 and liked it enough to get FV1.5. I have cycled through many roms, and these are the best in my opinion for everyday use...
acspv said:
i'm sorry for posting again, but at the download page are various links, one for the rom and a bunch for the kernels, my question is, do i have to download any kernel or is it "included" in the rom link? i know it is a noob question but it got me confused since at the list of kernels is the "normal" one (576mhz)...
tyvm
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There is no need to download one, as a safe one is included
ty both! i love the rom! i dont miss sense ui at all and its very fast!
Hello,
I'm new to XDA and to the android world and just bought a Samsung Galaxy Ace,
I did a little searching and discovered rooting and custom roms and installed one or two to check them out.
But one thing that i really didn't like was that i wasn't able to put the default samsung theme,
I'm unaware if any rom has the default theme installed, and if anyone knows that would be great and if not how can i get it ? (I mean with defult icons and everything).
Thanks in advance
Use Blackhawk Rom or Gingerreal 2.0
If you are using CM7 you can use this theme. If you want the same launcher like Touchwiz you have just to use this. It will look like the original Touchwiz, instead of the statusbar. There will be other control panel, but the battery icon etc. is like Touchwiz.
Thanks for your answers but is Gingerreal very stable ?
I'm seeing negative comments on the topic and i can't really find the Blackhawk rom.
AlexTDS said:
Thanks for your answers but is Gingerreal very stable ?
I'm seeing negative comments on the topic and i can't really find the Blackhawk rom.
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Blawkhawk rom->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442889
Gingerreal is also good ...
i am using Blawkhawk ,very stable and fast rom..
And it's the 100% stock theme ? and is there foreign languages ? (i'm in France)
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And it's the 100% stock theme ? and is there foreign languages ? (i'm in France)
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yes 100% stock theme ...
and
for language choose the one which is for your country (there are 3 versions of rom ) you will get your language
The links are down for the European version.
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The links are down for the European version.
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Then search for mirrors in google
There isn't one to be found and gingerreal dosen't seem to be stable
Why is it when i select this anytime after i reboot i have to select it again, certain apps like the Eurosport player,etc will not work properly unless this is selected (why is this BTW?) but why do i have to keep ticking it anytime i reboot, is there no way i can just keep this selected?
plus one, would like to know.....i have the same problem.
Doesn't anyone know about this, surely there has to be a way instead of having to select it every time it's bloody annoying
if u change debug.mdpcomp.maxlayer in rom toolbox to 2 instead of 3 problems should be gone. Reboot after changing to 2. I am on the note but this is what we have done for temp fix until devs implement the fix.
Edit. Under build.prop editor
GALAXY Note i717 Paranoid Android Cm10 hybrid Aug20 Nightly
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if u change debug.mdpcomp.maxlayer in rom toolbox to 2 instead of 3 problems should be gone. Reboot after changing to 2. I am on the note but this is what we have done for temp fix until devs implement the fix.
Edit. Under build.prop editor
GALAXY Note i717 Paranoid Android Cm10 hybrid Aug20 Nightly
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Thanks but ive just checked ROM Toolbox and i cannot see
debug.mdpcomp.maxlayer
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there at all?
Hm... Should be in build.prop editor you should see mdcomp. Logs and mdcomp.maxlayer I'm not sure why it's not there for you guys it is on the note and basically changes that for you permanently. I don't have an s3 on hand anymore I'm sorry wish I could do more to help you guys troubleshoot this
GALAXY Note i717 Paranoid Android Cm10 hybrid Aug20 Nightly
Cheers mate but definitely not there from what i can see.
Anyone else have any ideas?
Are you running one of the jellybean leaks?
Yeah Liquid Smooth ROM although even when i had Android Revolution ROM (before the JB leak) it was the same.
When the rom is working as its meant to you shouldn't need to touch that setting to get things working, I know you do at the moment for the jellybean roms, but it would be very strange for you to need it in any ICS stock rom.
Lennyuk said:
When the rom is working as its meant to you shouldn't need to touch that setting to get things working, I know you do at the moment for the jellybean roms, but it would be very strange for you to need it in any ICS stock rom.
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i rarely if ever use stock ROM on ICS (or JB) ill mention it on the Liquid Jellybean ROM thread and see if nocast can do something
Hi,
is there a way to replace the default Sense Recent Apps on InsertCoin with a simpler version, i.e. AOSP? IIRC there was an option when installing InsertCoin. Is this possible without reflashing the rom?
Thanks
freiform said:
Hi,
is there a way to replace the default Sense Recent Apps on InsertCoin with a simpler version, i.e. AOSP? IIRC there was an option when installing InsertCoin. Is this possible without reflashing the rom?
Thanks
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I have the same question, just for MySENSEdx5, so I thought I'd just bump this one.
What can one do to change the "Recent Apps" look?
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I have the same question, just for MySENSEdx5, so I thought I'd just bump this one.
What can one do to change the "Recent Apps" look?
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You can always post questions related to my ROMs here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349129
to avoid confusion with other ROMs.
For your question, your answer is here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49548528&postcount=1081
ckpv5 said:
You can always post questions related to my ROMs here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349129
to avoid confusion with other ROMs.
For your question, your answer is here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49548528&postcount=1081
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Great, thanks. Thought this was a general Android question rather than a rom specific one.
Anyway, thanks, will flash it right away!
I can share with you a simple and minimal Android rom that could make the ace completely usable in 2018... Would you be interested?
I think that the best idea is to use Android 2.3 as base (no bloatware, no TouchWiz, and no Android 4.4 that just crazily drains battery)
I' ve tested less known apps that can still run on 2.3 (and found them very fast too). I will replace old system apps with them
I also thought that a good way to push the Ace beyond it's limit is to take a look at the Sony Xperia Play threads on xda. This phone has the same cpu/gpu and it has been supported a lot through the years (being a gaming phone, Devs has done their best to optimize performance instead of themes and useless functions)
Let me know what you want to see in this rom and I'll try to do it!
Just leave a comment with an advice :fingers-crossed:
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Quick summary:
Mich-C ROM v0.5 is out!
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Let's choose together a theme for the rom...
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...and a modern music player
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Another Note: many users contacted me via PM, please post any question or request you have on this thread. Thank you.
Hello. I just found my old Galaxy Ace on drawer and tried to use it - hard landing from Oreo I'll be interested and I have one friend who is still using it as a daily phone so there are two of us.
tiger_kj said:
Hello. I just found my old Galaxy Ace on drawer and tried to use it - hard landing from Oreo I'll be interested and I have one friend who is still using it as a daily phone so there are two of us.
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Hi tiger! Thank you!
Would you also be interested in testing the first release of the rom?
If the project will be appreciated I' ll work on next releases even more (I could recompile the rom from source, we could change the kernel, choose more in depth oprimizations ecc)
P.S. Which are the best and last roms you installed on your ace?
New rom? Great!
Would you be interested?
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I could buy an Ace only to test that rom.
MaicoLinuX said:
I could buy an Ace only to test that rom.
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Ahaha thank you bro XD , the first release is almost ready
Great!
Mich-C said:
Ahaha thank you bro XD , the first release is almost ready
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great! I'm counting my savings xD
Hello.
I'm interested too. I recover from dust my old Galaxy Ace II (GT-S5839i), but it is very limited in memory right now. There is no easy way to extend memory with an SD card.
Some apps are not supported on the old Gigerbread 2.3.6 (Whatsapp will not have any update anymore). I was not aware of the "4.4 draining battery probelm"
sheinbo said:
...sounds good! I just flashed a lollipop ROM, I would Like to test your ROM - the ace is a nice phone and it would be great to use it furthermore. Thank you for this project.
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Thanks to you for stopping by Which rom did you flash?
I'm not working on themes and appearence for now, but you can show me some icon packs you'll like for this rom
jaymore95 said:
Hello.
I'm interested too. I recover from dust my old Galaxy Ace II (GT-S5839i), but it is very limited in memory right now. There is no easy way to extend memory with an SD card.
Some apps are not supported on the old Gigerbread 2.3.6 (Whatsapp will not have any update anymore). I was not aware of the "4.4 draining battery probelm"
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Hi jaymor,
Regarding 4.4 :
the 4.4. battery consuption problem is caused by Jellybean itself. Devs that made 4,4 roms made a wonderful job, but the the ace hardware doesn't have enough power to work on a so new new/heavy os.
Regarding Whatsapp :
I don't see any reason to don't use WA on Android 2.3
1) they stopped updating it just 4 months ago (I don't know if you have the latest version)
2) they aren't adding new features, and the most important one that is messages criptografy is supported on 2.3
3) WA does nothing else that increasing in size with each version, and you just tell us how limited storage could be annoying on old devices
Regarding GT-S5839i
I checked its specs, it seems to have 158mb of rom and support for micro-sds up to 32gb. Using a custom rom you shouldn't worry about memory.
Unfortunately you can't flash my rom (it's for s5830) I'll surely make a rom also for this device if I had a device for testing it, but first of all I have to complete this rom
Hi Mich-C.
I agree with you : Whatsapp work for now on 2.3, but they announced (I cant post link in XDA, but search Google for "WhatsApp-support-for-mobile-devices" ) it will not work anymore in 2020. Same for Symbian and iOS 6 (and old dino-smartphone).
Not a big deal, but if I could refurb this phone to my kids for free, it will be cool.
Mich-C said:
Hi jaymor,
Regarding Whatsapp :
I don't see any reason to don't use WA on Android 2.3
1) they stopped updating it just 4 months ago (I don't know if you have the latest version)
2) they aren't adding new features, and the most important one that is messages criptografy is supported on 2.3
3) WA does nothing else that increasing in size with each version, and you just tell us how limited storage could be annoying on old devices
Regarding GT-S5839i
I checked its specs, it seems to have 158mb of rom and support for micro-sds up to 32gb. Using a custom rom you shouldn't worry about memory.
Unfortunately you can't flash my rom (it's for s5830) I'll surely make a rom also for this device if I had a device for testing it, but first of all I have to complete this rom
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sheinbo said:
http://www.droidthunder.com/install-android-5-0-lollipop-rom-on-galaxy-ace-s5830i
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ok thanks
but did you know that this is not an actual Lollipop rom? It's a rom themed to look like lollipop. It was posted here on the forum, if I'm not wrong it's based on cm7.1 (so Android 2.3)
jaymore95 said:
Hi Mich-C.
I agree with you : Whatsapp work for now on 2.3, but they announced (I cant post link in XDA, but search Google for "WhatsApp-support-for-mobile-devices" ) it will not work anymore in 2020. Same for Symbian and iOS 6 (and old dino-smartphone).
Not a big deal, but if I could refurb this phone to my kids for free, it will be cool.
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Ok, anyway we still have almost 2 year to keep using whatsapp. I hope that until then it will be replaced by something else.
I would also recompile those apks to make them working on 2.3, but apps like Whatsapp (or even Telegram) are not opensource...
sheinbo said:
Mmhh, not sure... "About Phone" shows 'Android 5.0' . I never used lollipop so I cannot verify whether it is a lookalike or a ROM. Here in the forums I did not find it, maybe you had " conceptL' in mind? That one was posted here indeed as far as I remember. And that one is a CM 7.1
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The showed android version can be modified by the dev.
The name of the author is probably hidden in settings or in the easter egg (touch 7 times "about phone")
Last "actual" android version that was developed fo ace is kitkat
Mich-C said:
The showed android version can be modified by the dev.
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build.prop indicates :
ro.build.version.release=L
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ro.build.description=GT-S5830i-user 2.3.6 GINGERBREAD XWKTN release-keys
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ro.build.description=GT-S5830i-user 2.3.6 GINGERBREAD XWKTN release-keys
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Thank you! So I was right
Did you download the rom just to check this? Great XD
sheinbo said:
Do you know that ROM : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=utQNDtWdQDo? No lollipop-lookalike ?
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It's the first time I see this rom.
Do you mean that you like its non-lollipop look? Or that it's a real lollipop rom?
sheinbo said:
No, LineageOS look with appletouch, it worked quiete good.
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Ah ok I just finished watching the video, the guy said a lot of shareable things about planned obsolence and privacy!
Thanks for your opinion about the theme
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What do you think about the ROM?
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Well, it's a very nice rom but I find useless to fuse both the look of iOS and LineageOS on a CyanogenMod rom, it would be better If he just made a pure iOS or LineageOS looklike rom.
I like the fact that he didn't install GApps and the full Facebook app, I won't include them too in my rom too! (I'll try to do it without losing features)
My rom should also be faster than this one, or at the least I hope so
@Mich-C haven't you shared your ROM eventually? I'd be interested too.
Hi @Erpinoob
I'm sorry for making you and other users wait, the reasons are
1)I'm busy for the university
2)Recently I got a boot-loop I'm going to fix
3)I don't want to release 99999 versions of the rom
4)I'm including several "old" tools for android 2.3, often links are not working and so I'm still waiting for developers to provide me new links
4)I'm learning how to develop apps in Android Studio at the university, and I'm taking advantage of this creating 2-3 exclusive apps for my rom
I hope to finish the rom after christmas holidays, anyway I'll tag in the post all those who left a comment in this thread
Greetings