I'm wondering if there's anybody who's able to tell me if it's possible to get some of the more common MODs from Android ROMs onto our Tablet S? I'm thinking things like advanced power menu (reboot, airplane mode etc), 1%/circle battery, these sorts of things.
Any ideas?
jayfenney said:
I'm wondering if there's anybody who's able to tell me if it's possible to get some of the more common MODs from Android ROMs onto our Tablet S? I'm thinking things like advanced power menu (reboot, airplane mode etc), 1%/circle battery, these sorts of things.
Any ideas?
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Problem, You need to modify the framework-res.apk with images and codes but Original ICS is not rootable at all with kernel 10 in the way
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The other problem with extensive framework changes (which is all you need for many of those GUI mods) is that every device behaves differently. Unfortunately, since the Sony is an unpredictable device with a unique ROM, a locked bootloader and a tendency to boot loop when messed with wrong, the common trial-and-error approach to framework modding becomes difficult. I, for one, have been very nervous about porting my themes and mods to the Sony because I don't want to risk bricking my device. If anyone is sufficiently ballsy and wants to try, hit me up. I might be able to whip a couple of minor mods up without much trouble.
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Hey, I am big into making things completely custom - especially when it comes to my phone. But my impatient self didn't follow up with enough research on "rooting" - essentially leading me to flash the 2.1 leak (seemed a lot simpler/less risky than rooting except I didn't know the endless customization possibilities that came with root)
So now I am stuck with a 2.1 leaked Eris and I see all of these AWESOME ROMS on here. Yet all I can do is look
So my question is, Are there other ways to customize things such as lockscreen, bootscreen, icons/icon names, etc without being rooted?? Any type of customization program or application you guys have would be awesome. Post them here!!
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Hey, I am big into making things completely custom - especially when it comes to my phone. But my impatient self didn't follow up with enough research on "rooting" - essentially leading me to flash the 2.1 leak (seemed a lot simpler/less risky than rooting except I didn't know the endless customization possibilities that came with root)
So now I am stuck with a 2.1 leaked Eris and I see all of these AWESOME ROMS on here. Yet all I can do is look
So my question is, Are there other ways to customize things such as lockscreen, bootscreen, icons/icon names, etc without being rooted?? Any type of customization program or application you guys have would be awesome. Post them here!!
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You can change your boot and icons. You can use better cut do change icons. There a lot of topics for changing boot ani.
droidkevlar said:
You can change your boot and icons. You can use better cut do change icons. There a lot of topics for changing boot ani.
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Oh ok cool. I had a friend willing to trade his Motorola Droid for my Droid Eris today....I said no simply because I'm not so sure I would like the Moto Droid....What do you think? Have you had any experience with it?
Hey, I am big into making things completely custom - especially when it comes to my phone. But my impatient self didn't follow up with enough research on "rooting" - essentially leading me to flash the 2.1 leak (seemed a lot simpler/less risky than rooting except I didn't know the endless customization possibilities that came with root)
So now I am stuck with a 2.1 leaked Eris and I see all of these AWESOME ROMS on here. Yet all I can do is look
So my question is, Are there other ways to customize things such as lockscreen, bootscreen, icons/icon names, etc without being rooted?? Any type of customization program or application you guys have would be awesome. Post them here!!
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You can get a new lock screen in the market, I have lock 2.0. It's a iPhone style lock, slides from left to right, and you can customize the font and color of the text on it as well. I flashed 2.1 leak too, I can't wait for root either but I'm having fun with 2.1 in the mean time. Check out helixlauncher in the market too, if you want more customization.
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I'm contemplating trading my GNex in for a S3 LTE. Was playing with a non-LTE S3 in the shop earlier and noticed the S3 has three dedicated buttons (one hard, two touch) on the bottom that roughly equals the GNex's "menu" (the house-shaped one), back and a funny third button that seems to activate the "options" within apps. JB/ICS has a built in app-switcher but I dont see this or some Samsung version of it in TouchWiz.
Question 1: if I were to install a custom ROM onto the S3, what would those three buttons do? I presume the "back" and "home" buttons would behave the same, would that funny upside-down "U" button then toggle the app-switcher?
Question 2: How does the S3's camera work on a custom ROM? Does it use the native camera app or is there a Samsung camera .apk that can be downloaded? If you use the JB native app, would the photo quality be the same as it would be on a regular S3 w/ the factory ROM? Do the custom ROMS have adequate drivers to support the full 8M and higher sensitivity? The GNex's crap camera is driving me nuts
Question 3: Perhaps the most important question; I want to move onto a custom ROM b/c Samsung's slow at updating their firmware, and also b/c I want to get rid of the customization that comes w/ the S3 (namely TouchWiz and what they've done to the notification/status bars + menus etc). Is there a way to do this w/o going to a custom ROM?
Sorry lots of questions, but the S3 suddenly looks a lot more restrictive than the GNex
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Question 3: Perhaps the most important question; I want to move onto a custom ROM .... Is there a way to do this w/o going to a custom ROM?
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1. The buttons do Menu, home and back.
2. I haven't tried many camera apps but they all seem much the same, you will need to try it I suppose.
3. I am not sure if you got confused but I know I did!
You want to install a custom rom without installing a custom rom? No, I don't think you can do that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674286
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Button remain the same unless changed by the rom maker .
Camera the same if using Samsung based custom rom.
3 is impossible without using a custom rom .
You can flash stock Samsung firmware often before the update .
You can flash a custom rom with the standard ASOP Android interface .
jje
JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674286
Rom Index ..
Button remain the same unless changed by the rom maker .
Camera the same if using Samsung based custom rom.
3 is impossible without using a custom rom .
You can flash stock Samsung firmware often before the update .
You can flash a custom rom with the standard ASOP Android interface .
jje
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Tks all for your help. Sorry the 3rd question was terribly written. What I'd meant to ask was whether there was a way to strip all the Samsung customization (mainly how they change the notification menu + settings menu appearance) w/o having to use a custom ROM?
@JJEgan, tks for that ROM index, it's most useful. Are you aware of any ROMs that actually change the menu button back to the "recent apps" screen? How can I get to that functionality within the stock factory ROM? HTC has a funky 3D switcher, does Samsung have something?
Mucho gracias
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Tks all for your help. Sorry the 3rd question was terribly written. What I'd meant to ask was whether there was a way to strip all the Samsung customization (mainly how they change the notification menu + settings menu appearance) w/o having to use a custom ROM?
@JJEgan, tks for that ROM index, it's most useful. Are you aware of any ROMs that actually change the menu button back to the "recent apps" screen? How can I get to that functionality within the stock factory ROM? HTC has a funky 3D switcher, does Samsung have something?
Mucho gracias
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custom ROM = modification
what you seem to have requested...is to have modification to "strip all the Samsung customization"
so essentially...you will have to look into the option of custom ROMs.
do keep in mind that there are two main types of roms available...
Samsung based custom ROMs and Android Open Source Project (AOSP) ROMs.
Samsung based custom ROMs look virtually to be the same as the original one that you have on the phone when you first unbox it...but with small adjustments and tweaks to fix things that Samsung didnt fix, or forgot to fix...usually this means the same user experience but with better battery life, smoother UI transitions etc...generally further improving the same existing experience...
AOSP ROMs is totally different ROM experience in which many users are also interested in as it gives the user a more raw, more down to earth experience to Android...in addition, due to the fact that AOSP is more rudimentary in nature, it leads to faster rate of updates, fixes as well as modification due to the larger source tree as it relates to a wider range of AOSP compatible devices...
Galaxy Nexus is based on AOSP (without the Samsung Over-Lay) while this does typically mean a more leaner, low fat ROM, it does miss out on certain features such as in-box video playback, HDR camera functions, low motion high FPS camera functions, as well as other nifty and impressive functions...in which you would have actually paid the phone to do...
keep in mind...the Galaxy Nexus does have inferior hardware as far as most users will be concerned...
Samsung's "recent apps" can be shown by press and holding the middle physical button...
0semaj0 said:
custom ROM = modification
what you seem to have requested...is to have modification to "strip all the Samsung customization"
so essentially...you will have to look into the option of custom ROMs.
do keep in mind that there are two main types of roms available...
Samsung based custom ROMs and Android Open Source Project (AOSP) ROMs.
Samsung based custom ROMs look virtually to be the same as the original one that you have on the phone when you first unbox it...but with small adjustments and tweaks to fix things that Samsung didnt fix, or forgot to fix...usually this means the same user experience but with better battery life, smoother UI transitions etc...generally further improving the same existing experience...
AOSP ROMs is totally different ROM experience in which many users are also interested in as it gives the user a more raw, more down to earth experience to Android...in addition, due to the fact that AOSP is more rudimentary in nature, it leads to faster rate of updates, fixes as well as modification due to the larger source tree as it relates to a wider range of AOSP compatible devices...
Galaxy Nexus is based on AOSP (without the Samsung Over-Lay) while this does typically mean a more leaner, low fat ROM, it does miss out on certain features such as in-box video playback, HDR camera functions, low motion high FPS camera functions, as well as other nifty and impressive functions...in which you would have actually paid the phone to do...
keep in mind...the Galaxy Nexus does have inferior hardware as far as most users will be concerned...
Samsung's "recent apps" can be shown by press and holding the middle physical button...
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Tks buddy. The gNex is by no means a weak phone (for 99% of the population) but certainly the camera and screen leaves much to be desired. Call quality is quite iffy too, maybe b/c its microphones are too sensitive; I take calls on the road and the caller hears every car, pedestrian and bus that goes back. Sure it has dual microphones that does some level of noise cancellation but doesnt do a whole lot of good. The iPhone (esp 5) smokes the gNex here.
I'm not wild about all the Samsung functions but certainly having a better camera app w/ HDR built in, Smart Stay etc is pretty appealing. Samsung-based ROM it is then, if only they could bring back the stock JB look and feel...the cyan/B&W layout is very sleek.
Anyone here tried the LTE version (I9305)? Carriers here in HK are offering it for free w/ an unlimited LTE plan for about US50 a month. Bit of a no-brainer when it's the same effective price as the I9300 w/ more RAM ) but I wonder if there will be less custom ROMs developed, and how LTE battery life compares? I'm not a massive data hog looking to stream videos regularly but I do have to VPN home every few days
why not remove the bloatware?
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Question 3: Perhaps the most important question; I want to move onto a custom ROM b/c Samsung's slow at updating their firmware, and also b/c I want to get rid of the customization that comes w/ the S3 (namely TouchWiz and what they've done to the notification/status bars + menus etc). Is there a way to do this w/o going to a custom ROM?
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if you just want to remove the bloatware, have you considered simple rooting the stock firmware (not an upgrade and will block the samsung OTA update), then using a rooted explorer or adb or something (I personally use Titianium Backup to manage all my apps and backups) to delete the bloatware??
if you anything like me (who has been with android a while now) you'll have a set of 3rd party apps - so dont need the S Memo (love noteeverything) for example you can simple remove it from the phone. I did this for a few weeks before I moved to a custom ROM.
Heres a list of what is safe to remove...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqTvctlW89DtdC1qVUlLeVFTV3ZOdUtDclpBdVRQOUE&pli=1#gid=0
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Hello,
I currently have a Galaxy S4, with a cyanogenmod, and I quite like it, but I have issues with battery life and a broken screen,...
I'm about to buy a Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro, and would like to stay near from the stock ROM (IMUI), but I really need some of the features that cyanogenmod offers.
I read a bit about customizing ROMs, but I don't know how to add features as the ability to skip songs with volume buttons, or to set brigthnes with the notification bar (long touch).
If you could help me finding my answers, by the way I can do some tests on my old Galaxy S4, before applying them to my new phone and possibly harming it...
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You are out of luck. As MIUI is closed. Sourced and developers avoid it like the plague you will find no help with doing it. You will have to accept what ever it can do.
Sadness :'( I wasn't really expecting this answer, thank you anyway for helping me
I hope I will find a solution in the future
Do u try with xposed and its modules like: gravitybox, xblast.... which provides most of extra function on custom rom . Or just control music, give a chance with poweramp, let u switch songs by longpress vol key.
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I already tried xpsoed but I found it was slowing my phone and discharging my battery quicker...
I can't use Poweramp, I use Spotify... :/
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I'm new here, and I would like some suggestion about what to do with my S3.
I'm currently using Android 4.3 (not rooted yet), and after reading several posts saying that having very little free ram shouldn't affect the device performance, I'm a bit confused.
In many cases after leaving an app, the icons in the home screen take a while to redraw, sometimes 5 sec or so, so I always have to wait patiently before opening another app.
What would be the best solution to speed this up?
Should I root my phone and install a custom ROM or is there any other tricks? I've already optimized the best I could from what I read in this forum (turning off animation, transition, and all those non necessary Samsung features like those automatic adjustments.
Thanks for your suggestions.
CyrilleBriegel said:
I'm new here, and I would like some suggestion about what to do with my S3.
I'm currently using Android 4.3 (not rooted yet), and after reading several posts saying that having very little free ram shouldn't affect the device performance, I'm a bit confused.
In many cases after leaving an app, the icons in the home screen take a while to redraw, sometimes 5 sec or so, so I always have to wait patiently before opening another app.
What would be the best solution to speed this up?
Should I root my phone and install a custom ROM or is there any other tricks? I've already optimized the best I could from what I read in this forum (turning off animation, transition, and all those non necessary Samsung features like those automatic adjustments.
Thanks for your suggestions.
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Use custom kernel like boeffla, uninstall bloatware, trim your nand periodically, preferably o.c. Cpu and you are good to go
I love my Honor 6X. In fact, I've bought 3 of them in my household. The one thing that just drives me nuts though, is the spacing of the buttons on the navigation bar. I've searched and searched online and have not been able to find any way to change it. I'm using the Lineage theme so the buttons are Pixel-like, but I want them spaced out like stock Android instead of so close together. Anyone have any way of doing this? I'm rooted with bootloader unlocked on stock EMUI 5/Nougat.
Thanks!
caseym
Hi caseym. Same here. I purchased 3 of them when the BB deal came out. I'm afraid that you would have to use a custom ROM to get the navigation keys at the spacing of your liking. You can change them with a theme and you can re-arrange them (settings/navigation key) but nothing beyond that, other than changing the resolution (settings/display/view mode). For my taste the current custom ROMs are not ready yet for my main phone though. I've replaced Moto G4 Plus' on which we ran the Invicta ROM (best rom for that phone). Once the custom roms for the 6X reach similar status I'd consider them.
cheers
So, you can choose to use an app like this https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-custom-navigation-bar-customize-t3590967 (no root, no Xposed required) or you can manual do that via adb, following the tutorial here https://www.xda-developers.com/how-...icons-or-re-arrange-the-buttons-without-root/
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So, you can choose to use an app like this https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-custom-navigation-bar-customize-t3590967 (no root, no Xposed required) or you can manual do that via adb, following the tutorial here https://www.xda-developers.com/how-...icons-or-re-arrange-the-buttons-without-root/
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haven't tried this but reading the details it reads
accessible to anyone running Android Nougat on Nexus, Pixel, OnePlus, and some Sony, HTC, and Motorola phones. If your device is running software that is close to Google’s software (sorry Samsung and Huawei/Honor users)
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and the first thread lists
- Not working on Touchwiz (S8 is partially supported), EMUI, LG UX
- Working on Nexus devices
- Working on Sony Xperia devices
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haven't tried this but reading the details it reads and the first thread lists
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Whoa sorry, both methods are a pain to EMUI, didn't noticed that. Well, check this one then https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/themes-apps/mod-navbar-tuner-enabler-t3615628 it requires substratum, but it should work on many OEMs Roms.
Thanks all for the suggestions. I've looked at some of these options and found exactly what derausgewanderte pointed out. I'll try the substratum mod.
Unfortunately, the substratum theme doesn't work. Try to enable it after installation, it says I have to reboot phone, reboot and it's disabled again. Guess we're stuck with what we have. I don't want a custom rom...battery life on this phone is absolutely amazing and I don't want to chance messing with that. Thanks for the responses.
caseym said:
Unfortunately, the substratum theme doesn't work. Try to enable it after installation, it says I have to reboot phone, reboot and it's disabled again. Guess we're stuck with what we have. I don't want a custom rom...battery life on this phone is absolutely amazing and I don't want to chance messing with that. Thanks for the responses.
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Guess the same, at the moment... You're welcome.
I agree. It's looking odd especially if you got used to the AOSP looks.