Ok, so i'll keep it short and simple. What is, in your guys' minds, the best launcher out there to use? This will obviously be from personal experience, and i'll try to include as many as possible in the poll, but comment if you have launcher not listed or want to leave a detailed reason as to why the launcher you chose is best
My favorites are 360 Launcher and LauncherProPlus. I used the latter for 2 years but now that development has been dead for a while, i've decided to try 360 Launcher. I love the "themes" of it, but LauncherPro is still my favorite and i'll probably stick with it.
Who in their right mind would pay $15+ for spb or tsf?....
But anyways I've used every launcher on that list for about a week (3 with GO and 2 with Launcher 7) and I almost always come back to ADW EX as it is by far the most smooth and responsive of them all. The Gesture settings on ADW are the most responsive imo.
It has been a long while since Ive checked out Zeam. Maybe Ill download it for the weekend.
Please include this one it beats them all!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23379388&postcount=31
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Please include this one it beats them all!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23379388&postcount=31
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thanks
I was trying to find that post again lol
I been using lightning launcher lately
here's my, setup for now
I'm about to change tho
(I was ACTUALLY thinking of trying the spb or tsf, so yea, I'm the one who would pay that, it's less than $20, for an app,I will be able to use on any device I get, and will have forever, and will get constant updates and new features added, I don't mind paying a few extra bucks to support a dev(team) that puts out solid work with support I talk to much lol sorry)
but for right now, I'm gonna jump to go launcher ex, been While since I used it, I was digging adw ex for a while, but after a data wipe I just never installed again, no reason tho lol solid launcher, gonna user go launcher ex due to the eclipse theme for it made by nitro I bought already.
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Please include this one it beats them all!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23379388&postcount=31
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I can't seem to figure out how to edit the poll now >.<
I just tried that launcher though and i love it!!!! I would make that my stock launcher if it weren't for the fact that it only has horizontal scrolling, that's a deal breaker for me. Otherwise nice find! It's a really nice launcher.
GO because of the support and its free. Every week something new or improved but that does take a toll on the idiots out their who don't understand what an update is... you know the people who review it and ask "Why der so many updates a herpa derpa giraffes are smexy laser cats XD".
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Personally, my favorite launcher is Launcher Pro. Out of all of the launchers I've tried, it is definitely the fastest, and I've had no problems with it at all.
It's a shame that it hasn't been updated in a while, but supposedly the reason the next update is taking so long is that the creator is doing a complete rewrite.
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Personally, my favorite launcher is Launcher Pro. Out of all of the launchers I've tried, it is definitely the fastest, and I've had no problems with it at all.
It's a shame that it hasn't been updated in a while, but supposedly the reason the next update is taking so long is that the creator is doing a complete rewrite.
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And I thought I was the only person who still believed this! I've been betting on Federico Carnales coming back with that update he promised! That's why i've been hanging onto LauncherPro for so long! I will believe that until the day that he dies! I'll keep LPP installed on my phone until that day! I just wanted to try some more "stylish" launchers. None so far have beaten it in performance.
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And I thought I was the only person who still believed this! I've been betting on Federico Carnales coming back with that update he promised! That's why i've been hanging onto LauncherPro for so long! I will believe that until the day that he dies! I'll keep LPP installed on my phone until that day! I just wanted to try some more "stylish" launchers. None so far have beaten it in performance.
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Launcher Pro was pretty sweet on miui. Nice to hear it hasn't been forgotten.
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thanks
I was trying to find that post again lol
I been using lightning launcher lately
here's my, setup for now
I'm about to change tho
(I was ACTUALLY thinking of trying the spb or tsf, so yea, I'm the one who would pay that, it's less than $20, for an app,I will be able to use on any device I get, and will have forever, and will get constant updates and new features added, I don't mind paying a few extra bucks to support a dev(team) that puts out solid work with support I talk to much lol sorry)
but for right now, I'm gonna jump to go launcher ex, been While since I used it, I was digging adw ex for a while, but after a data wipe I just never installed again, no reason tho lol solid launcher, gonna user go launcher ex due to the eclipse theme for it made by nitro I bought already.
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I used spb for a long time and loved it actually...so I am another that will pay that much for an app
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I used spb for a long time and loved it actually...so I am another that will pay that much for an app
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I keep looking at it and I am intrigued, but since I am still running stock for this f-ing soak test I have a feeling I should wait...
I love Go Launcher. I can easily save the layout, adjust gestures and theme settings, and its really quick.
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What's up guys. I need some help picking the best ROM for me. I know there's tons of them on here, by I'm a novice to Android, and honestly don't even really get te difference between firmware and a ROM. I want some very specific feature which is also why I made this thread seeking your help.
I'm an old iPhone user.. did all the jailbreaking and all myself and even though I think the TB is better than my old iPhone I would love to incorporate some of the "fluidity" it had. Specifically I'm looking a ROM that wouldn't interrupt my music when I get a text to play to notification sound, instead play it on top of the song playing at the moment. I would also like to initiate access the play/pause skip buttons without having to unlock my TB, like double pressing the home button on an iPhone and the play buttons pop up even if you weren't playing any music.
The last and most important to me would be this one: on the iPhone there is a security option that if you have a password set and let's say the phone is stolen and someone tries unlocking the phone more than an allowed number of times(set by the user) it erases EVERYTHING on the phone. These are all I can think off right now. Like I said, I'm a novice to Android and I will appreciate any help and advice I can get. I already had my TB rooted but I just updated the verizon firmware on my TB not knowing that it would un-root it.. so I'm trying to find a ROM ASAP.
Thanks
Edit: I would also like to make my TB run on gingerbread and improve the battery life.
I suggest BAMF roms. I'd give you the website link but I may get banned for it.
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Why do you say so?
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Why do you say so?
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It's really about trying them out for yourself. Alot of what you want is available through apps. Not even sure you need to root.
As far as bamf ROMs, they decided to leave xda but if you google them, you should find them.
XDA does not like you linking other sites that do the same thing.
I suggest them because they ate always updating their roms, they have a good group of people happy to assist you, and the roms are just really well done. Chingy does great work too. But apparently posting to another forum gets you banned these days. Google "Team BAMF". :-]
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I suggest them because they ate always updating their roms, they have a good group of people happy to assist you, and the roms are just really well done. Chingy does great work too. But apparently posting to another forum gets you banned these days. Google "Team BAMF". :-]
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it is against the rules on xda, and its their site.
OP, I've been using gingertheory, which is a gb rom with a hybrid sense of 3.0 and 2.1. Very smooth and fast. The same dev also makes a senseless version of GB that is very light and you can add custom lockscreen to that can have audio controls.
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Since when did they start enforcing all the rules. I forgot... They cherry pick them. Back on topic, cm7 rc1.2 is good. If you aren't into sense, it is definitely my #1 suggestion.
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every tech forum I have used over the years will ban someone for advertising their new site. Guess trying to protect the site.
You seem to really have a problem with this. Why not just move on instead of complaining in every thread.
Eh, dont waste your time with bamf. Synergy is where its at IMO. If youre still kinda new, Droid Theory does awesome support. Hes one of the nicest people Ive seen on the boards, but he doesnt consider himself a Dev. lol. Ive heard CM7 is real nice too though if you arent so much of a sense fan.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081930 Start here.
Loving CM7.... I've used the following ROMS :
Bamf
Gingeritis
Virus
Liquid
Teslacoil
thunder
Found that CM7 is amazing on battery life...even when OCed to 1.8Ghz
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I tried CM7 but it wouldn't let me log into my google account!! Any reasons why?
Did you flash gapps?
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Did you flash gapps?
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Nope! LOL what's that??
Google apps.
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The one that fits your needs the best, which may or may not reflect the opinions of those in the thread. In short, you need to research and/or try many different ones. The lazy way of asking others won't give you the best results.
Synergy is my favorite. I've tried CM7, BAMF 3.0, Gingertheory, Injectedtheory, and Tesla Coil.
CM7 was my second fav, but Synergy was just farther ahead in development. They are doing nightlys now and things are very smooth. Running on the newest leaked GB base and radio, and it runs on ziggys kernel, which seems to be second to none.
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Nope! LOL what's that??
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Patience, grasshopper. Read a little about CM7 before flashing it (a few pages in the development thread itself) and you will be enlightened
Non-wordy sans tao-like answer: What the other guy (ddgarcia05) said. ↑↑
where can I find cm7? I've looked for it all after noon unsuccessfully... all I was able to find is this updated which just made my phone booth the cm7 intro/launch thing loop endlessly on my phone.
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where can I find cm7? I've looked for it all after noon unsuccessfully... all I was able to find is this updated which just made my phone booth the cm7 intro/launch thing loop endlessly on my phone.
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In the development thread? Its one of the most posted in threads in there. I dont know how you could possibly missed it. It never leaves the first page.
Now that Netflix has officially come out for the Thunderbolt, I am sticking with the official MR2 ROM that is the same as stock but rooted and deodexed. All of the apps I want to run work fine plus I have root for things like Titanium, LBE Privacy Guard, SetCPU and VNC so I see no reason to change. I was considering it for Netflix but since that works fine there is no need to. Perhaps when the other roms have stable releases rather than just nightlies/betas/RCs I will switch to a custom rom.
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Now that Netflix has officially come out for the Thunderbolt, I am sticking with the official MR2 ROM that is the same as stock but rooted and deodexed. All of the apps I want to run work fine plus I have root for things like Titanium, LBE Privacy Guard, SetCPU and VNC so I see no reason to change. I was considering it for Netflix but since that works fine there is no need to. Perhaps when the other roms have stable releases rather than just nightlies/betas/RCs I will switch to a custom rom.
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Better battery life would be the biggest reason to run a custom Rom imo.
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So I was getting ready to flash one of the custom roms on my new tab but wasn't sure if I should. I went ahead and rooted but then after reading it seems like people are having more trouble on the custom roms. After trying several on my vibrant that worked wonders I thought maybe I could get more out of my tab but I don't want to make it worse. I'm having lag issues and sound issues on the factory rom so I was just wondering if I should start trying different roms on it. Any impute is appreciated!!
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If you think you can, do it.
I did it too, just to get rid of the TouchWiz UI - Its a wonderful experience now, much better and smoother than before.
If that's the case wouldn't you just use a different home launcher?
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Do it! I did it within a day of getting my Tab 10.1 - haven't looked back.
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If that's the case wouldn't you just use a different home launcher?
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No, as the TouchWhiz Experience goes much deeper, including Settings, Browser, Calendar, Contacts Apps etc. etc.
Although I have to say that Galaxy Task 5.2 is the smoothest ROM I had until now, and it is TW.
A custom ROM will alter your experience extremely, trust me - I bought the tablet mainly for annotating PDFs during lectures (... and surfing the web ).
If you'd like to I'll make a short youtube vid to show you what is different, and to showcase the speed improvements - I won't reflash to stock, but you can easily compare by doing the same things on your own tab.
I'd like to see that vid
Sounds good I'll probably do it today after work. I'm ready to get rid of the lag issues that have been driving me crazy. Thanks for the helpful info!
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you can also try ADW launcher. My p7500 feels much smoother with it. You have to buy the ex version but i think its worth the money.
I'm currently running Liberty3 and since it looks like development on that is dead I was going to move. Which one should I look at and why?
Eclipse 2.03 is a great rom. Nitro provides a lot of support even though he works on different devices. It is a fast and good performing rom! You can not go wrong with Eclipse. There are also tons of great themes for it as well.
Eclipserom.com for the newest 2.03 version.
Eclipse...without a doubt. It is stable and extensively supported. Check out the website eclipserom.com
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I tried most of them. Kept going back to Eclipse. It's the most stable and most refined and best supported. And since version 2.0 it has all the features that I missed most from the my old Droid that was running CM7.
And to keep the trend going: Go to eclipserom.com !
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I tried most of them. Kept going back to Eclipse. It's the most stable and most refined and best supported. And since version 2.0 it has all the features that I missed most from the my old Droid that was running CM7.
And to keep the trend going: Go to eclipserom.com !
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And if you choose eclipse 2.03 then check out the theme's from hedwig. Hedwig and Kevin put out some awesome themes. I am using hedwig blue sense theme and it is sweet!
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And if you choose eclipse 2.03 then check out the theme's from hedwig. Hedwig and Kevin put out some awesome themes. I am using hedwig blue sense theme and it is sweet!
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+1 I am using their blooded and blazed theme. And also really like their Alien theme.
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Eclipse definetly. Nitros already mentioned that there will be more to come for the X2.
you forgot gingerbread phone 7 =)
Well, guess I'm a Liberty guy. Eclipse is great but I ran Liberty a long time when I had my X and when I saw it here, I jumped on it and never looked back. It runs flawlessly for me. Tried the new Eclipses but I always end up going back to Liberty. LOL, for some reason I feel like I'm in somebody elses house when I'm not using Liberty. So..............
I'm running Liberty on the ol X2. I've ran eclipse since its earlys, but once Liberty came out I've ran it. Just seems to have a little better battery life to me, plus its smooth & fast. But don't get me wrong, eclipse is also a great rom. You really can't go wrong either way.
Eclipse.....
Need I say more?
See my signature
Eclipse saved the x2
I just switched from a DX w/ MIUI, to a DX2. My first choice was Eclipse 2.0.3 and I'm loving it so far. Great speed, a lot snappier than my I old phone.
I do miss MIUI tho.
molten
Molten has excellent battery, one of the best out there as far as I'm concerned. I can tweak everything I need to on Molten, and it has battery percentage on top right of status bar (yes a little thing, but something that has always bugged me). Very fast, faster even than my rooted stock launcher pro, which was faster than most. Pretty easy to use, as well, settings are nice.
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Molten has excellent battery, one of the best out there as far as I'm concerned. I can tweak everything I need to on Molten, and it has battery percentage on top right of status bar (yes a little thing, but something that has always bugged me). Very fast, faster even than my rooted stock launcher pro, which was faster than most. Pretty easy to use, as well, settings are nice.
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Eclipse has had the one percent battery indicator forever.
It was the first ROM on the x2 tho come with it..
Just saying. Sounded like u were saying molten was the only one that has that....which isn't the case.
Nah, not the only one, just that it's a regular option, rather than a work around like some others, to have the percentage in the top right, and that's a big selling point for me.
Just giving the highlights of why I like molten, not dissing any other one.
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Nah, not the only one, just that it's a regular option, rather than a work around like some others, to have the percentage in the top right, and that's a big selling point for me.
Just giving the highlights of why I like molten, not dissing any other one.
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I'm not implying a diss
Just conversing
I still don't understand what you mean.
Eclipse has the battery percentage there as well....I don't understand what you mean by work around? Just curious
Either unrooted, or a rom that doesn't have a default option for that. Eclipse does, and I could be wrong, especially if updates occurred, but I think a couple other roms don't have that settings checkout like molten and eclipse. I I could just be thinking of roms for other phones besides x2, that's always possible...lol
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Well it sounds like CM7 is gonna be my new favorite ROM here in the near future
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I've used every ROM posted here at XDA that applies to the DX2. I don't have a favorite but Molten and Eclipse are very full featured. I was a loyal user of Liberty on my old DX and think it's one of the greats.
But really, I'd like to see more from Peperm1nt. His GBP ROM is pretty darned good and he's quick to answer questions should you have any.
With that said, I really appreciate all of the devs who spend time on the DX2. Moto has not made it easy for them, yet they've brought us some pretty cool stuff.
Cheers.
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I've used every ROM posted here at XDA that applies to the DX2. I don't have a favorite but Molten and Eclipse are very full featured. I was a loyal user of Liberty on my old DX and think it's one of the greats.
But really, I'd like to see more from Peperm1nt. His GBP ROM is pretty darned good and he's quick to answer questions should you have any.
With that said, I really appreciate all of the devs who spend time on the DX2. Moto has not made it easy for them, yet they've brought us some pretty cool stuff.
Cheers.
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You know. I never tried gbp7
I don't know why.
Maybe it was the windows look.
I think I might have to give it a shot soon.
Next day I have off I will try it out....
What apps do you feel you cannot do without?
Remember i must revamp for use.
What is the worst?
The newer Touchwiz is easier to use.
What about Nova or Trebuche as secondary.
I would very much like to thank you for input. I will be cooking for ALL of us.
I use Nova Prime right now. But I wanna try out this TouchWiz.
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I use Nova Prime right now. But I wanna try out this TouchWiz.
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+1! this touchwiz looks interesting!
Im building AOKP. I really like what i see with new TW. I will be incorporating a secondary choice. I use Nova myself and like how it works. As soon as have source, i will be able to parse my kernel. Pretty excited we will have a total iPhone killer!
We will sort you out!
Ok... All ready for source so may finish Kernel. Then have ROM ready after tweaking. Have my pre-ordered from England....that passes through Florida in shipping, so will get it here. Then when U.S. Version hits this summer(june-aug) i will have that one already to go. Can't wait.
We will sort you out!
I have fallen custom to Nova myself since upgrading to ICS. Excited to see this.. thanks for contributing to the community and look forward to seeing your work!
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What apps do you feel you cannot do without?
Remember i must revamp for use.
What is the worst?
The newer Touchwiz is easier to use.
What about Nova or Trebuche as secondary.
I would very much like to thank you for input. I will be cooking for ALL of us.
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Right now I use nova prime but want to try the new tw. So please include both. Also include the normal Google apps.
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Just Flash It !!!
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Right now I use nova prime but want to try the new tw. So please include both. Also include the normal Google apps.
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I will have tw and nova.... Im partial to nova myself. But TW i see is allot tighter now. The apps??? We will see. I know of some that will the usual useless bloat. But for most part yes.
We will sort you out!
So been thinking about trying a custom rom but not really sure since there isn't much to pick from so I'm looking to see what everyone else is doing and how they like what they are getting from there current setup?
I would just give it a week or so and I'm sure some more stable releases will come out
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shockingly I'm using TouchWiz. My only complaints with it are the inability to flick away desktop icons, no play store in the top right corner, and the folders are annoying. Why not just leave the stock folder function?
I use Apex Launcher overtop of TW which gives me the customization i want but still maintains all the Samsung functionality that is really pretty cool. After coming from AOSP Roms on my Gnex, its kind of a nice change of pace.
I rooted and removed some bloatware and verizon stuff I knew I didn't need.
Installed novalauncher and called it a day. I plan to stay with the stock kernel. I might be a little jaded coming from having to reformat my last few phones every few months once I started flashing roms.
I am completely stock, no root yet. Just testing her out to see if I am going to keep it first. Battery life and signal issues plagued my last two phones, so those are what I'm testing. So far so good.
Can someone explain what TouchWiz is? I don't see it anywhere on my S4. I'm coming from a Thunderbolt.
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Can someone explain what TouchWiz is? I don't see it anywhere on my S4. I'm coming from a Thunderbolt.
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TouchWiz is Samsung's Sense.
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I'm stock rooted running Nova Launcher. I froze most all the bloat I don't use and I'm loving this phone! Battery life is great and I have zero lag (especially since I came from a Moto Bionic.)
Im stock rooted running Nova launcher as well. Removed all the bloatware and have zero lag. This phone is amazing. What a difference coming from Gnex. I use svoice alot and it actually works well for what I use it for.
I'm running the aokp build. Does have a couple of issues, but I'm an aosp guy
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Running Nova Prime, Xposed v5?, Another custom framework mod to give me an Android guy in my drop down Window, Stock Rom frozen bloat, 64gig fat32 Sammy SD card w/folder mount, fauxU modded kernel, TWRP, No WIFI notification and no GPS icon mods...
I am getting itchy flash fingers though... Im reading we can use other carrier ROMs as long as we loki it.... May try that or....
CleamROM dev just got his VZW S4 today, and his ROMs are the best of the best, so I may just wait for his. ...
Currently hunting for a keyboard that can be themed, and a way to theme the rest of the Window box colors in settings/messages/reboot etc..,
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Think I am going to try a tmo rom tonight. Wish me luck.
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Good luck! Def. report back with how it goes!!!
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Rooted but still on stock ROM, using GoLauncher on top of TouchWiz, Swiftkey dark theme keyboard, haven't removed/frozen bloat yet (but will soon, just rooted yesterday). I'll be eventually loading a custom ROM but waiting out the alpha/beta builds.
Really enjoying the two finger swiping/gestures, though i don't use them much. Comes in handy on the notification bar for quick toggles, and Toucher is a pretty cool app especially when themed properly.
Not a fan of all the notification clutter, but thats just my OCD kicking in.
SmartStay/SmartScroll stopped working after day one, not sure why, but seems kind of a hokey feature anyway...
I agree, the tweaked folders are annoying, enjoyed my previous ICS folders using DeckReloaded on my EVO.
By and far my favorite phone that I have owned.
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Good luck! Def. report back with how it goes!!!
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So I tried it. It booted into the OS just fine, but the phone process was force closing so bad I couldn't get though the setup. I would type a character then it would freeze. Just lost patience, lol. I had backed up my APN but could not get through the setup to restore it.
But what this tells us is that porting ROMs will potentially be pretty easy.
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Ah crap. Thank you for maning up and giving it a whirl!
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Ah crap. Thank you for maning up and giving it a whirl!
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Going to take another shot...I replaced the apn config file.
And if it does not work we have hyperdrive to play with.
Edit: still the same deal. trying Darthstalker. wonder I need to try a spring (cdma) rom?
Has anyone tried hyperdrive rom yet?
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So been thinking about trying a custom rom but not really sure since there isn't much to pick from so I'm looking to see what everyone else is doing and how they like what they are getting from there current setup?
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Can u advice some stable release?