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Pretty simple question for the developers. Is a full ASOP ICS ROM likely to happen (especially after ICS is officially leaked for the Rezound)? Just personally wondering since I always preferred a stock experience versus UI, although I do have to say I am impressed with how smooth Sense is, I just don't like the setup of it. Plus I like how the stock ICS looks on the Nexus myself.
The main reason I ask this question because I'm look around and I don't even see a full ASOP Gingerbread theme right now which I would love on my phone.
Also, big thanks to all the developers for what they're making. There's a good choice of ROMs on here versus my Droid X2 I upgraded from and can't do much with on a lock bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471408 current status of CM9. RIL issues being figured out.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471408 current status of CM9. RIL issues being figured out.
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I saw this, but there's been not official word on development since February 12th it seems. I would fully expect ASOP ROMs especially when ICS hits the Rezound, but why hasn't anyone made an ASOP GB ROM yet since we have 2.3.4 for months now and unlocked bootloader for months?
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I saw this, but there's been not official word on development since February 12th it seems. I would fully expect ASOP ROMs especially when ICS hits the Rezound, but why hasn't anyone made an ASOP GB ROM yet since we have 2.3.4 for months now and unlocked bootloader for months?
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Well its pointless to do a gb aosp, because it will quickly become outdated. And there's plenty of progress being made, read the whole thread.
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Well its pointless to do a gb aosp, because it will quickly become outdated. And there's plenty of progress being made, read the whole thread.
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I definitely disagree with this considering we don't know when ICS is officially coming except "later this year" apparently. There's still 9 months left in the year.
I would love to have, and would gladly donate, to someone that gets a solid AOSP build for the resound. I'm using the XTREME Sensless rom right now and it looks nice but it has 1 to many glitches still.
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I definitely disagree with this considering we don't know when ICS is officially coming except "later this year" apparently. There's still 9 months left in the year.
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GB will be just as hard to get working. ICS AOSP is being worked on. If you don't like sense, then you should have bought a Nexus. The official ICS release has no effect really on getting AOSP working. It will happen. Plus, we have many fantastic ICS roms that will be very similar to the official release.
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GB will be just as hard to get working. ICS AOSP is being worked on. If you don't like sense, then you should have bought a Nexus. The official ICS release has no effect really on getting AOSP working. It will happen. Plus, we have many fantastic ICS roms that will be very similar to the official release.
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^This. I'd rather use a sense/desensed ICS rom instead of AOSP GB. Once you go ICS.. You can't go back.
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^This. I'd rather use a sense/desensed ICS rom instead of AOSP GB. Once you go ICS.. You can't go back.
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LOL I already went ICS and went back to GB. I'm sure I'll be going ICS soon once some kinks are worked out with it and it's polished.
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GB will be just as hard to get working. ICS AOSP is being worked on. If you don't like sense, then you should have bought a Nexus. The official ICS release has no effect really on getting AOSP working. It will happen. Plus, we have many fantastic ICS roms that will be very similar to the official release.
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As I've said before, out of the all the UI's I like Sense the most, but I do personally prefer stock experience. In any case the Rezound was a superior phone for me and my needs compared to the Nexus, not to mention it was $100 cheaper for me to purchase than a Nexus.
I just like variety is all.
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GB will be just as hard to get working. ICS AOSP is being worked on. If you don't like sense, then you should have bought a Nexus. The official ICS release has no effect really on getting AOSP working. It will happen. Plus, we have many fantastic ICS roms that will be very similar to the official release.
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Come on....really..??? Ok, I'm not bringing the Sense argument to an AOSP thread. Suffice it to say that AOSP ICS will be a lot easier once official ICS is released for the Rezound. ICS AOSP builds require a hardware specific driver binary and HTC isn't planning on releasing that until they've officially released ICS. So there's the pitfall.
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Come on....really..??? Ok, I'm not bringing the Sense argument to an AOSP thread. Suffice it to say that AOSP ICS will be a lot easier once official ICS is released for the Rezound. ICS AOSP builds require a hardware specific driver binary and HTC isn't planning on releasing that until they've officially released ICS. So there's the pitfall.
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If it is a binary, it is already in the leaks. If it is proprietary they won't release the source. The only source they release is the kernel which since we already have it booting it won't really help with that to my knowledge.
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LOL I already went ICS and went back to GB. I'm sure I'll be going ICS soon once some kinks are worked out with it and it's polished.
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The newest leak is very good and besides from data arrows not working it's pretty solid. Much better than GB imo, but to each their own.
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The newest leak is very good and besides from data arrows not working it's pretty solid. Much better than GB imo, but to each their own.
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Seems the kernel from the latest leak is really the biggest difference. I am still running off the 4.0.1 leak as my base ROM, but the kernel from the latest leak fixed almost every problem I was having, except the data arrows. I also discovered that the data arrows actually do work, but only when you're in roaming mode... I recently went to Telluride where I was having to use data-roaming for awhile, and during those times the arrows seemed to work just fine.
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Seems the kernel from the latest leak is really the biggest difference. I am still running off the 4.0.1 leak as my base ROM, but the kernel from the latest leak fixed almost every problem I was having, except the data arrows. I also discovered that the data arrows actually do work, but only when you're in roaming mode... I recently went to Telluride where I was having to use data-roaming for awhile, and during those times the arrows seemed to work just fine.
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Hmm I was using the 1.7 kernel and it this leak was still buttery smooth. Could be both really. Were you on 1x data? Cause arrows will work on 1x but not 3g and 4g.
"I definitely disagree with this considering we don't know when ICS is officially coming except "later this year" apparently. There's still 9 months left in the year."
Check out the post I just made in the General forum.
Oh, and my apologies in advance for being the bearer of bad news.
I have tried it out but I am not thrilled by it. I still need my Go Launcher and still like MIUI a little more. I have been using a Galaxy Nexus not the ROMs here (although I have tried them). Am I safe in assuming the on screen buttons (home,back,and whatever the other one is) wont be on the GS2 since we have actually buttons? I love the ICS theme but maybe since we have had the theme for so long already it just seems old already. How do you guys feel?
Does it have anything to do with the AT&T SGS2?
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I have tried it out but I am not thrilled by it. I still need my Go Launcher and still like MIUI a little more. I have been using a Galaxy Nexus not the ROMs here (although I have tried them). Am I safe in assuming the on screen buttons (home,back,and whatever the other one is) wont be on the GS2 since we have actually buttons? I love the ICS theme but maybe since we have had the theme for so long already it just seems old already. How do you guys feel?
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Onscreen buttons won't be necessary when we get kernel source - they're a temporary workaround for our touchkeys not working right on I9100 leaked kernels.
So far, I haven't been impressed with the ICS leaks for the I9100. A little bit of kernel tuning might fix that, not sure yet.
CM9 is quite slick on the Tab 10.1 - so a properly working non-Touchwizz ICS port should be good. The problem is that Samsung's anti-developer attitude makes me doubt if CM9 will ever be properly polished on the GS2. There's just too much of a minefield of undocumented Samsungisms throughout the device.
I was not in a rush at all to get ICS. I saw Entropy's thread with working firmware and the in call audio fix so I though I would check it out. Turns out I love it. I think its a huge improvement. G+ is a nicer experience and Gmail has a new look. Having Chrome as the default browser is pretty nice with the option to view as desktop ..and since flashing CM9 I've noticed incorrectly spelled words get a red line under them for easy spell check/fix.. I am absolutely loving it. I can't seem to pull myself away from ICS now
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I don't even want it.....at all. AOSP used to be clean......nothing......minimal. Now its a iPhone. A whole designated launcher with integrated everything ......its Touchwiz.....its Motoblur.....its....Sense. The official version we will see will be a themed settings menu and a new version number.....I guess its cool the wifi icon and battery will be blue.....there are a couple of things that make it alright in its function. One thing is for sure is that it makes the device it was designed around lag like a son of a *****....shutters like a frozen homeless hooker.
Maybe a cooked version comes out sweet.....Entropy will make a nice sweet kernel I am sure.....but official **** and straight AOSP .....I will be fine without it.
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Skyler2Dope, Entropy512, tylerdurdin
You guys do realize you can use any launcher you want right? I've used ADW and Nova on my i9100. Both work great...
ICS Fixed the Settings menu layout. In GB there was way too many things. ICS cleaned them up. I would say it's more MIUI then iPhone.
And EVERY iteration of Android AOSP has come with a new theme. Google keeps it fresh every time. This time was dark with lots of bright blue. Next will be Light with lots of... who knows, orange, maybe...
You can theme it how you like, you can still run what ever launcher you want. Or you can go back to GingerBread... All I can say is that for me it has fixed all my little complaints, if I had them.
I have ICS running on my captivate right now. I do like the new UI, but I have to agree that with all the ICS themes out there, I am not excited by the look. It does seem old already. At this point I'm on the fence. There have been some awesome roms come out recently in the development section so I can wait. Truth be told I am rocking the black and chrome theme on checkrom right now and loving it. More my style
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MIUI V4 is dope...all the ICS features and I can theme it any way I want!
like it. blue is my fav color. I just hope there is USB connection not mtp.
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Skyler2Dope, Entropy512, tylerdurdin
You guys do realize you can use any launcher you want right? I've used ADW and Nova on my i9100. Both work great...
ICS Fixed the Settings menu layout. In GB there was way too many things. ICS cleaned them up. I would say it's more MIUI then iPhone.
And EVERY iteration of Android AOSP has come with a new theme. Google keeps it fresh every time. This time was dark with lots of bright blue. Next will be Light with lots of... who knows, orange, maybe...
You can theme it how you like, you can still run what ever launcher you want. Or you can go back to GingerBread... All I can say is that for me it has fixed all my little complaints, if I had them.
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Ok I know assuming is bad sometimes, but..........considering Entropy has nearly 6,700 posts I'm gonna ASSUME he knows you can "use any launcher you want"
Touchwizz is more than just the launcher.
tylerdurdin said:
I don't even want it.....at all. AOSP used to be clean......nothing......minimal. Now its a iPhone.
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Whoa.. AOSP is like an iPhone what?! .. man you crazy. My phone is NOTHING like an iPhone.. doesn't look like it, doesn't feel like it and the UI is completely different. Have you fallen off your rocker?
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I guess i'd be happy with 2.3.x with the email clients from ICS
I like it....but my iScrewed works way to good for my purposes. No issues. When all is worked out i will use cm9 though. I keep my eyes on the thread over there.
Waiting for Kernel source before I make my decision, but probably going to jump when that happens.
Entropy512 said:
Onscreen buttons won't be necessary when we get kernel source - they're a temporary workaround for our touchkeys not working right on I9100 leaked kernels.
CM9 is quite slick on the Tab 10.1 - so a properly working non-Touchwizz ICS port should be good.
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FWIW, I am running [ROM] [CDMA] AOSP ICS / CM9 - BUILD7 [03/04] from http://rootzwiki.com/topic/11697-rom-cdma-aosp-ics-cm9-build7-0304/ on my 7" Sprint Galaxy Tab, and I really like it, even these "extra" onscreen buttons have added value in the tab world.
But I can say for sure that I don't want ICS on my phone yet (regardless of the business with the touchkeys)...
ICS is cool and all. But I don't really care for work arounds. I want my soft key buttons to work.
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Touchwizz is more than just the launcher.
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Exactly. Its got its hooks in about 80-90% of the firmware (just like Sense does).
As for liking ICS, remember the Froyo days? We had a lot of well working smooth roms and made Froyo enjoyable, then Gingerbread came out which seemed more like a theme than anything. But it was under the hood that made a lot of differences. The same is true for ICS, except the "theme" is a lot better, cleaner and intuitive. The under the hood stuff seems like a bigger leap then Froyo to GB was.
So am I excited, yeah. Theming can be done on any phone/rom so Im not worried about that, but where they placed things from older versions is much welcomed. Its the underneath part that Im mostly excited about.
Well said Red!
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Red5 said:
Exactly. Its got its hooks in about 80-90% of the firmware (just like Sense does).
As for liking ICS, remember the Froyo days? We had a lot of well working smooth roms and made Froyo enjoyable, then Gingerbread came out which seemed more like a theme than anything. But it was under the hood that made a lot of differences. The same is true for ICS, except the "theme" is a lot better, cleaner and intuitive. The under the hood stuff seems like a bigger leap then Froyo to GB was.
So am I excited, yeah. Theming can be done on any phone/rom so Im not worried about that, but where they placed things from older versions is much welcomed. Its the underneath part that Im mostly excited about.
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Red.....I agree with everything you said. I do understand the depths of Touchwiz also.....I won't whine though as I am running a nicely themed version right now.
I also am right there with you with the old 2.1 roms ....those are what made me love android and spend the first year I was a member here reading until 4 in the morning. I am OK with the direction the ICS OS is going.....its just the look and what is now considered AOSP that is hard for me to digest. I realize that it is just a canvas but I am old school...every ROM I download, I pull apart change what I want, theme it....some times build my own custom theme....so I am not worried about the look over the long haul.
What I can say is that I was running ICS on my HD2 before the nexus was even released....it was fun at first....but the new-ness rubs off real quick....somethings I loved, some I hated......None of those things are something that I feel I am missing out on. Hey to each their own....my brother in-law is rubbing his nexus in my face every chance he gets.....and refuses to believe, that I don't believe, his phone is the greatest ever. But I don't......I just don't think its the same android....its cool and sooner or later we are all getting it whether we want it or not.
The one thing I am going to miss, is taking my brand new bloated phone, and flashing a sweet. ....squeaky clean AOSP ROM and after it booted seeing that sweet minimal dock and nothing else......now after a flash the first thing I have to do is get that hideous launcher with their oversized gimmicky icons off?????.....AOSP just aint what it used to be. I think I am just jaded that they took away a little piece of my Zen man...
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With my Droid X I was able to use ROM Toolbox to customize everything. Now when I try, It doesn't work. Could somebody please either explain how or point me in the right direction on how to change the color scheme, battery icon, WiFi icon, signal icon, boot animation, boot logo, and anything else changeable by ROM Toolbox? Thank you ahead of time because I would really like to know how to do this!
So all of you AT&T Galaxy Note owners have no idea how to do this? Right along with me? Hopefully someone could help with this question....
brandon440 said:
So all of you AT&T Galaxy Note owners have no idea how to do this? Right along with me? Hopefully someone could help with this question....
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Download cm9 or aokp if you want to customize
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most of the newer ICS leaks don't allow you to do much of this customizing; the GB ROMS still allow this though..
it won't be much longer, once the "official" ics is released by sammy, things like this will be remedied
Thank you all! I appreciate it. So there is an official CM9 fully working?
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the latest release on 5-25 pretty much works completely, just a few little quirks..you can use it for you main rom now though
im a person who likes to customize colors also .. im quite a nit-picker
I as well used rom toolbox on my droid x so I kniw what your expecting ir would like as those where good features to theme. Unfortunately it doesn't work for the note..if you are still on gingerbread try uot kitchen to build some tweaks to your current theme or rom its awesone and very very easy to use plau with alot of theming options available ..
wase4711 said:
the latest release on 5-25 pretty much works completely, just a few little quirks..you can use it for you main rom now though
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The cm9 build here has many bugs so bad (speaker volume) very low.. I had to resort going back to my other rom..I really love cm9 rom besides the volume issues (hopefully you text more then calls) ..
Good ol days changing all the colors and what not on the Droid X....ahhhh I remember those..
Lol those were the days. I'm on stock leaked ICS latest version. Don't want CM9 if it still has all those bugs. Thanks though
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Hello all here is my question I recently updated from gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich cyanogen.. and I realize that the screen wasnt too responsive. For example I would make a lot of typos while typing and scrolling webpages would have to be done an extra scroll to go where I needed to be.. so then I thought it was just a bad install so I wiped/cleared cache and Installed aokp
Needless to say that the problem is still there and even typing this question out is driving me crazy with all the corrections I have to make.
Can someone shine some light on the subject please. BTW it did t have this problem before I updated
Thank you in advance
xxkhbxx said:
Hello all here is my question I recently updated from gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich cyanogen.. and I realize that the screen wasnt too responsive. For example I would make a lot of typos while typing and scrolling webpages would have to be done an extra scroll to go where I needed to be.. so then I thought it was just a bad install so I wiped/cleared cache and Installed aokp
Needless to say that the problem is still there and even typing this question out is driving me crazy with all the corrections I have to make.
Can someone shine some light on the subject please. BTW it did t have this problem before I updated
Thank you in advance
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Try going to stock gingerbread
Scrolling and screen responsiveness were changed in ICS. Just gotta get used to it, or as the poster above me mentioned, go back to GB.
Might I suggest doing a Full Wipe (not just the cache) and/or trying a different ICS Rom? I tried multiple ICS Roms before I settled into one that I liked. The scrolling and screen responsiveness is a bit different that the GB Roms, but I wouldn't consider it too much different in my opinion.
I always do full wipes before I install ROMs but I think its something more than that. I've seen videos of cm jelly bean and aokp ROMs on the i777 and it seems nice and fluid. This just doesn't feel right
It's not just CM9; it's all ICS roms as far as I can tell. I did notice a big improvement switching from ICS to Jellybean. Try CM10 or AOKP JB and see how you feel about it.
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It's not just CM9; it's all ICS roms as far as I can tell. I did notice a big improvement switching from ICS to Jellybean. Try CM10 or AOKP JB and see how you feel about it.
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I went from gingerbread to cm jelly bean to aokp jellybean and cm and aokp are both like this
Also recently tried an ICS rom from Gingerbread and the screen response drove me nuts so I went back to Gingerbread.
Don't know what to say, screen respond perfectly good me in AOKP JB...
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xxkhbxx said:
I went from gingerbread to cm jelly bean to aokp jellybean and cm and aokp are both like this
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I know JB isn't as responsive as GB, but it's a lot better than ICS. Unfortunately, if you want GB responsiveness, you'll have to go back to GB.
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I know JB isn't as responsive as GB, but it's a lot better than ICS. Unfortunately, if you want GB responsiveness, you'll have to go back to GB.
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You guys ... its not an issue with GB or ICS or jb. Its something I know phone
I have friends who have jb and ICS and they feel fine to me.
Its something else. If I start at the top of a scrollable webpage and flick my finger quickly down, it seems like something stops it. Then I try again and it scrolls fine..
I will be in my album drawer swiping right then right again and sometimes it thinks I'm swiping left and goes left.
Sometimes I have to hit buttons twice so they work etc
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You guys ... its not an issue with GB or ICS or jb. Its something I know phone
I have friends who have jb and ICS and they feel fine to me.
Its something else. If I start at the top of a scrollable webpage and flick my finger quickly down, it seems like something stops it. Then I try again and it scrolls fine..
I will be in my album drawer swiping right then right again and sometimes it thinks I'm swiping left and goes left.
Sometimes I have to hit buttons twice so they work etc
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Sounds like hardware
xxkhbxx said:
You guys ... its not an issue with GB or ICS or jb. Its something I know phone
I have friends who have jb and ICS and they feel fine to me.
Its something else. If I start at the top of a scrollable webpage and flick my finger quickly down, it seems like something stops it. Then I try again and it scrolls fine..
I will be in my album drawer swiping right then right again and sometimes it thinks I'm swiping left and goes left.
Sometimes I have to hit buttons twice so they work etc
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U can believe whatever u want. But there was a change made between gb and ics / jb regarding screen responsiveness and scrolling. I have no idea what it was, but I can tell u its there. We've all noticed it.
xxkhbxx said:
You guys ... its not an issue with GB or ICS or jb. Its something I know phone
I have friends who have jb and ICS and they feel fine to me.
Its something else. If I start at the top of a scrollable webpage and flick my finger quickly down, it seems like something stops it. Then I try again and it scrolls fine..
I will be in my album drawer swiping right then right again and sometimes it thinks I'm swiping left and goes left.
Sometimes I have to hit buttons twice so they work etc
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These friends of yours...they also have Galaxy S2s?
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These friends of yours...they also have Galaxy S2s?
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Obviously I'm not stating u guys are wrong... experience speaks volumes.
No one is a galaxy nexus the other is the HTC one x
xxkhbxx said:
Obviously I'm not stating u guys are wrong... experience speaks volumes.
No one is a galaxy nexus the other is the HTC one x
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And there's the problem
Bleh
GB > ICS.
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And there's the problem
Bleh
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What's the problem? The i777 doesn't work well with ICS and jb?
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What's the problem? The i777 doesn't work well with ICS and jb?
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It's that Samsung in their "infinite wisdom" decided too change it. It doesn't mean it doesn't work well with ics and jb, just that the touch sensitivity is different.
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It's that Samsung in their "infinite wisdom" decided too change it. It doesn't mean it doesn't work well with ics and jb, just that the touch sensitivity is different.
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What did Samsung change.. does the same problem exist even on the sgs3 who got the over the air ICS update? Or is it just roms
Hi,
I have just got the Xperia U for the wife and was wondering if its worth 'upgrading' it to ICS before giving it to her.
It has to be stable, and quick. She is coming from a Galaxy ace so I know this phone will feel quicker straight away cus its better spec'd. I just dont know if its worth keeping it on gingerbread cus she will NOT be flashing custom roms like the majority of us do on here.!!!!
What do youse think I should do?
I had to do this recently for my mum.
Flash the C firmware, root it and add cwm.
Delete all the pointless apps, delete the boot and shutdown animations from t mobile. Flash the 4.7.2 camera mod and status bar toggles. It seems really nice to use so far! She's not compained about anything so far with it
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thanks! this is a great little phone. nice and user friendly. kinda wanted to keep it stock for her tho, cus the more i change the more likely im guna grab the phone off her and check it for kernel updates etc. !
I do like the idea of removing all the junk software that lots of branded phones come with. But the one i got her is already unlocked and doesnt come with a lot of bloat as standard.
maybe i should of asked, shall i keep this phone Stock Gingerbread, or stock ICS?
Technically what I said is still stock ics, it just removes the junk to make the phone smoother and faster
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Ben36 said:
Technically what I said is still stock ics, it just removes the junk to make the phone smoother and faster
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ah i didnt realise the C firmware u mentioned was stock ICS t-mobile, i understand now. thanks m8
Yea. It's the latest firmware. But the only available version is branded t mobile, hence the root and removing like i did. Then its just a plain rom again
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ICS is loads quicker, I put on the b54 one I think it was as its generic, then I just rooted and removed some of the junk and it runs well, loads better than GB.
Ben36 said:
I had to do this recently for my mum.
Flash the C firmware, root it and add cwm.
Delete all the pointless apps, delete the boot and shutdown animations from t mobile. Flash the 4.7.2 camera mod and status bar toggles. It seems really nice to use so far! She's not compained about anything so far with it
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
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Or just flash my generic nordic ftf which is pretty bloatfree, just a hint to OP.
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You should go for ICS, it's quite smooth and easy to use. Also install one of those apps that makes the transparent bar work as notification light.
Yeah.. you should go with the ICS...
Having this same thought, for my gf that recently got an Xperia U.
The thing is, it works fine for her now. Would it be oh so much better for her to upgrade to ICS.
It at least needs to be just as snappy as Gingerbread and I'm reading quite some negative reviews about the ICS update. Less snappy and everything. Confusing reviews as you all here are very positive about the ICS update.
But you can hear it coming already if ICS makes it slower "Sweety, you made my phone slow!!!"