Does anyone know of an rooted S2 ROM that is pretty much stock Samsung ICS 4.03 that gives me 5 horizontal icons on home screen and 5 x 5 in the apps drawer.
Alternatively any way to achieve this this with an existing rooted ROM?
Don't want to do it through an alternative launcher as I am happy with TW.
Thanks in advance.
macqueena said:
Does anyone know of an rooted S2 ROM that is pretty much stock Samsung ICS 4.03 that gives me 5 horizontal icons on home screen and 5 x 5 in the apps drawer.
Alternatively any way to achieve this this with an existing rooted ROM?
Don't want to do it through an alternative launcher as I am happy with TW.
Thanks in advance.
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This is probably the best for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
TW wont do that out of the box.
Look into TW 4.5 - not sure if it'll work on ICS, but I used it on GB and it allowed you to change the grid size IIRC.
Oh and it's a launcher thing, not a ROM thing.
Otherwise, find other launcher i guess...
Use apex launcher
On home screen touch the menu key
Go apex settings > home screen settings > portrait grid
Change to 5x5 or whatever u want
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STFU!!
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Not even funny
jeremija8 said:
This is probably the best for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
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Not even funny
rikta said:
TW wont do that out of the box.
Look into TW 4.5 - not sure if it'll work on ICS, but I used it on GB and it allowed you to change the grid size IIRC.
Oh and it's a launcher thing, not a ROM thing.
Otherwise, find other launcher i guess...
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Thanks for that I have TW4.5 on my current ROM which is running 4.0.3 and have had on previous ROM's but this is the first time I have seen 5 horizontal icons on the home page, had never seen it as an option either.
I will investigate some more as I don't really want to use another launcher.
It's not even funny to post "Rom Challenge " in android development section.
That's my mistake I will withdraw the post. Thanks.
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And I will lock this. Don't be lazy and search and read the rom threads. Also (I just noticed after I posted lolz) post in the correct sections....
Cheers
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Is it possible for someone to make a modified version of the TW launcher that will work with AOKP? I'd just like the app drawer icon to be the ICS circle with dots. I found the link below in searching, but it has the default home page set to 1 with no option to change it, and the app drawer icon isn't themed. I'm using it for now though, because i have no idea how i could change it. Anyone who wants to use this one without having it modded go ahead. Lol Thanks in advance to anyone who can do it or any advice!
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/touch...m-sandwich-roms-like-cm9-onecosmics-aokp-etc/
Isn't the whole point if aokp/aosp roms to get away from touchwiz? Why not just flash stock?
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Ye here flash this
How do I upload files on the mobile version? Its in the i9100 thread but I'm on my phone I don't wanna find the link
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Is it possible for someone to make a modified version of the TW launcher that will work with AOKP? I'd just like the app drawer icon to be the ICS circle with dots. I found the link below in searching, but it has the default home page set to 1 with no option to change it, and the app drawer icon isn't themed. I'm using it for now though, because i have no idea how i could change it. Anyone who wants to use this one without having it modded go ahead. Lol Thanks in advance to anyone who can do it or any advice!
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/touch...m-sandwich-roms-like-cm9-onecosmics-aokp-etc/
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You can change the app drawer icon in Nova (and Apex, I think) - you can probably make them look mostly like Touchwiz if you want.
nbunn said:
Is it possible for someone to make a modified version of the TW launcher that will work with AOKP? I'd just like the app drawer icon to be the ICS circle with dots. I found the link below in searching, but it has the default home page set to 1 with no option to change it, and the app drawer icon isn't themed. I'm using it for now though, because i have no idea how i could change it. Anyone who wants to use this one without having it modded go ahead. Lol Thanks in advance to anyone who can do it or any advice!
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/touch...m-sandwich-roms-like-cm9-onecosmics-aokp-etc/
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Um what?
nbunn said:
Is it possible for someone to make a modified version of the TW launcher that will work with AOKP? I'd just like the app drawer icon to be the ICS circle with dots. I found the link below in searching, but it has the default home page set to 1 with no option to change it, and the app drawer icon isn't themed. I'm using it for now though, because i have no idea how i could change it. Anyone who wants to use this one without having it modded go ahead. Lol Thanks in advance to anyone who can do it or any advice!
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/touch...m-sandwich-roms-like-cm9-onecosmics-aokp-etc/
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Uhhh maybe look like 3 or 4 posts below yours? It couldnt have been that hard to miss the "Galaxy S3 Launcher" in the thread title could it?
You have to take up customizing the App Drawer button with Samsung though.
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Slavestate said:
Uhhh maybe look like 3 or 4 posts below yours? It couldnt have been that hard to miss the "Galaxy S3 Launcher" in the thread title could it?
You have to take up customizing the App Drawer button with Samsung though.
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Can't he just replace the icon graphic in the launcher apk?
I know that won't center it but it's a start.
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You might want to check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1666384
It says it works with aokp, cm9, and other non samsung based roms.
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Uhhh maybe look like 3 or 4 posts below yours? It couldnt have been that hard to miss the "Galaxy S3 Launcher" in the thread title could it?
You have to take up customizing the App Drawer button with Samsung though.
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Surely it couldn't have been too hard to see that I posted this months ago before the gs3 was even officially announced? Don't sit there and act like I'm an idiot when this thread is old news. Bravo.
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nbunn said:
Surely it couldn't have been too hard to see that I posted this months ago before the gs3 was even officially announced? Don't sit there and act like I'm an idiot when this thread is old news. Bravo.
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touché! at least be a nice guy and get him ice for that burn
I have seen many ICS versions and they all have 5 thumbnails..Why does mine have four?
what thumbnail?
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Sir, are you referring to the column of icons that can be placed on your screen?
Yes I am talking about how after you unlock your phone and there are buttons such as contacts and applications. I updated mine through Odin and there are only 4 buttons not five as I usually see on ICS and graphically ithasn't changed much also I am now having problems with my WIFI button on the pull down notification place. It seems I may have installed a crap firmware
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Yes I am talking about how after you unlock your phone and there are buttons such as contacts and applications. I updated mine through Odin and there are only 4 buttons not five as I usually see on ICS and graphically ithasn't changed much also I am now having problems with my WIFI button on the pull down notification place. It seems I may have installed a crap firmware
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use a custom launcher if you want more than 4
It sounds like you installed the official Samsung ICS update, which has TouchWiz. Which will have 4 dock shortcuts. But were expecting the AOSP launcher, which has 5 dock shortcuts. As RoRo1990 said, just install a launcher. Like Apex or Trebuchet.
EDIT: Also, you should note that official Samsung releases, since they have TouchWiz, won't look too different from the previous version.
anz2k8 said:
I have seen many ICS versions and they all have 5 thumbnails..Why does mine have four?
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im using go launcher ex try it...
Cheers!
Thanks you see many i previously saw had 5 so i immediately assumed i had the wrong one
anz2k8 said:
Thanks you see many i previously saw had 5 so i immediately assumed i had the wrong one
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Install apex or nice launcher from market if you want 5
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So I flashed an ICS ROM on my s2 and i see that scrolling wallpaper is now broken. Are there any ROMs that work with SGH-I777 that support scrolling wallpaper??
PhoneBricker....
Clay
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Ninja45 said:
So I flashed an ICS ROM on my s2 and i see that scrolling wallpaper is now broken. Are there any ROMs that work with SGH-I777 that support scrolling wallpaper??
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Nobody can help you with the information provided. We need your current ROM, kernel, any other information you can provide about what exactly you're running. Virtually all ICS ROMs have wallpapers that will scroll as you swipe from screen to screen(I assume that's what you're talking about). Also, launchers such as Nova or Apex have options that let you have a static wallpaper that doesn't scroll when you switch home screens.
dogfax said:
Nobody can help you with the information provided. We need your current ROM, kernel, any other information you can provide about what exactly you're running. Virtually all ICS ROMs have wallpapers that will scroll as you swipe from screen to screen(I assume that's what you're talking about). Also, launchers such as Nova or Apex have options that let you have a static wallpaper that doesn't scroll when you switch home screens.
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Ok, well I guess I dont understand how my current ROM would matter but it is this one I used. It says it had a replacement kernel with it too.
Build number IML74K.CLE5
Kernel Version 3.0.15-AJ_5-14-2012
anewkirk (at) AndroidDevBox #2
SGH-I777_UCLE5_LDB.zip The one that says "Download debloated version here. Stock UCLE5 with replacement kernel & debloated."
I got it from here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650948
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Ok, well I guess I dont understand how my current ROM would matter
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What? You do understand what a rom is, right? You understand that it determines the entire user interface? How would it not matter?
mattdm said:
What? You do understand what a rom is, right? You understand that it determines the entire user interface? How would it not matter?
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I assumed that because it isn't working in the way I want, ie wallpaper doesn't scroll, that I would need to use new one. This same problem happened in gingerbread when I updated to 2.3.6 and there is no way to fix it except by changing the rom or firmware version.
So that's why I thought it wouldn't matter.
Ninja45 said:
I assumed that because it isn't working in the way I want, ie wallpaper doesn't scroll, that I would need to use new one. This same problem happened in gingerbread when I updated to 2.3.6 and there is no way to fix it except by changing the rom or firmware version.
So that's why I thought it wouldn't matter.
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Huh, I don't remember that happening with UCKK6. I only ran it for about a week a long time ago though, so I don't really remember. Anyway, yeah, whether or not a the wallpaper scrolls is generally driven by the rom. For instance, on my wife's Inspire, Sense 2.1 roms have scrolling wallpaper while sense 3.0 and 3.5 roms do not.
Kind of irritating to not have it in my opinion...but the solution is just to switch to a different rom. If you want a Touchwiz based rom, I'd suggest trying ShoStock2 or Phonebricker. If you want a Google AOSP based rom, try out AOKP or CM9.
Ninja45 said:
So I flashed an ICS ROM on my s2 and i see that scrolling wallpaper is now broken. Are there any ROMs that work with SGH-I777 that support scrolling wallpaper??
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Its not the rom its a problem with the Wallpaper Chooser app. Every other launcher and wallpaper app I've tried all work just fine and I've got the Danzig skull in my avatar happily spread across all screens now.
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But even live wallpapers with scrolling options don't work correctly. I've tried other wallpaper setting apps and they only work on alternative launchers (like go launcher)
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But even live wallpapers with scrolling options don't work correctly. I've tried other wallpaper setting apps and they only work on alternative launchers (like go launcher)
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So it's the launcher? Can anyone else confirm that the TW launcher packaged with the official update does not have scrolling wallpaper?
mattdm said:
So it's the launcher? Can anyone else confirm that the TW launcher packaged with the official update does not have scrolling wallpaper?
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Of course it's the launcher. It has been this way for months.
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Pirateghost said:
Of course it's the launcher. It has been this way for months.
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Huh. I've never actually used the TW ICS launcher because it looked so terrible...always stuck to Apex or Go. It's pretty crappy of AT&T to remove features in a new launcher.
So you think I should use something that doesn't have touch wiz?
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I had this issue with my old droid charge.
try downloading zedge (i know....) and picking a random wallpaper, install it and see if that gives you any scrolling...
I was able to get scrolling to work by uploading my wallpaper jpg to a file host and then opening it via web browser and setting as wallpaper as well, but if i tried to set the wallpaper via the homescreen settings it would crop most of the picture and all i had was the very center of the image zoomed in with no scrolling.
mattdm said:
So it's the launcher? Can anyone else confirm that the TW launcher packaged with the official update does not have scrolling wallpaper?
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It is not the launcher, it is the gallery. The one packed in the original rom does not support it. Switch the gallery from a rom that does, most of the i9100 do and the custom roms here
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yoderk said:
It is not the launcher, it is the gallery. The one packed in the original rom does not support it. Switch the gallery from a rom that does, most of the i9100 do and the custom roms here
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Are you sure? Because I know I have used some of the stock leaks and just installed apex launcher. Pretty sure any other launcher allows scrolling
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Pirateghost said:
Are you sure? Because I know I have used some of the stock leaks and just installed apex launcher. Pretty sure any other launcher allows scrolling
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It seemed to work for me. I threw an aosp gallery into the rom and the scrolling wallpapers worked for me at least.
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yoderk said:
It is not the launcher, it is the gallery. The one packed in the original rom does not support it. Switch the gallery from a rom that does, most of the i9100 do and the custom roms here
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Does the gallery somehow control scrolling features of live wallpapers too then? Because those won't work in TW or any other launcher on the android market either.
Ninja45 said:
Does the gallery somehow control scrolling features of live wallpapers too then? Because those won't work in TW or any other launcher on the android market either.
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I've never run live wallpapers so I can't answer that, I just know that I replaced the gallery in the leak and it allowed me to resize my wallpaper and allow it to scroll from page to page.
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foister82 said:
I had this issue with my old droid charge.
try downloading zedge (i know....) and picking a random wallpaper, install it and see if that gives you any scrolling...
I was able to get scrolling to work by uploading my wallpaper jpg to a file host and then opening it via web browser and setting as wallpaper as well, but if i tried to set the wallpaper via the homescreen settings it would crop most of the picture and all i had was the very center of the image zoomed in with no scrolling.
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Tried zedge just now, no dice. I've tried a few other apps that set wallpapers as well and they just give me some weird zoom and no scrolling.
Can't seem to find anything about this anywhere in the forums, which makes me hopeful that this is a super simple question. I installed Faryaab's F1 GalaxyNexus ROM on my i777. It is a pretty great ROM for my needs but I do have one small issue that I con't seem to dig up a resolution for.
I cannot seem to find any way to do what would have been the home screen "edit" function in GB. When I hit my settings button in the F1 GalaxyNexus home screen, I get only options for wallpaper, manage apps, & system settings. From what I remember from using a galaxy nexus the the ICS softkey menu button should contain those options + the option to configure the home screens.
Am I missing something obvious or if having 2 extra screens is just the way I will have to roll with this ROM.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to read and respond to my (probably dumb) question.
Gotta go into launcher settings its there
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Nick281051 said:
Gotta go into launcher settings its there
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Hmm, I really appreciate you taking the time to respond but this has left me scratching my head. Risking a complete noob questions here; how does one access the launcher settings in the Ice Cream Sandwich Launcher as implemented in the F1 GalaxyNexus ROM?
Thanks Again
catein6 said:
Hmm, I really appreciate you taking the time to respond but this has left me scratching my head. Risking a complete noob questions here; how does one access the launcher settings in the Ice Cream Sandwich Launcher as implemented in the F1 GalaxyNexus ROM?
Thanks Again
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You must be using a launcher that doesn't have settings like that try using nova or apex
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Nick281051 said:
You must be using a launcher that doesn't have settings like that try using nova or apex
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Nice one, I just found a site that is peddling flash-able fixes to the ICS default manager to remove the search bar and offer some other teaks, including changing the # of screens. Looks like this was indeed a stupid question.
THANKS NICK!!
Can someone please help me to figure out how to install a 5X6 or 5X5 TW Launcher on my Note? I've downloaded every SecLauncher2 for android and I've used root explorer to push them all thru system/apps, changed permissions etc. Nothing works on my end. It all force closes. I'm running AOCP 4.6. Is there something I'm missing? The other launchers work fine but I prefer TW Launcher. I've replaced the stock launcher and and when I reboot the phone, Touchwiz unfortunately stops not allowing me to access it. Any help would be appreciated. If even be willing to try a rom with that launcher already included. I'm desperate..lol
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Forgot to mention I'm on JB 4.1.2
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I do believe that there lib and framewrok files that you need also. It would have to be a modified launcher for sure to work on AOCP. Which ones have you tried already?
This is one the mods here. I'll send some others. I'm new to this so I'm sure I'm missing something.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1891
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well the link you sent was for the sprint note 2 but according to your signature you have the ATT note 1. I suggest you take a look in this section here and you may find exactly what you are looking for and the first post of the threads will have instructions on what you need to do to get it to work http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1497
I'll start there. Thank you much kind sir. I'll report back.
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I do have an ATT Note 1. I see my first mistake..lol
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dcscorpio76 said:
I do have an ATT Note 1. I see my first mistake..lol
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it can be an easy mistake to make when searching. If you stick to the device forum though you will have better luck at finding what you need.
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I do have an ATT Note 1. I see my first mistake..lol
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Just install a new rom because obviously this one is not too stable on your phone. Or maybe factory reset your phone. Pull the battery out while it is on. Might help a little. If I helped, thank me.
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Can someone please help me to figure out how to install a 5X6 or 5X5 TW Launcher on my Note? I've downloaded every SecLauncher2 for android and I've used root explorer to push them all thru system/apps, changed permissions etc. Nothing works on my end. It all force closes. I'm running AOCP 4.6. Is there something I'm missing? The other launchers work fine but I prefer TW Launcher. I've replaced the stock launcher and and when I reboot the phone, Touchwiz unfortunately stops not allowing me to access it. Any help would be appreciated. If even be willing to try a rom with that launcher already included. I'm desperate..lol
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First, the TouchWiz Launcher is a part of the TouchWiz framework of Samsung's semi-fork of Android. So getting a TouchWiz Launcher to work would mean running a stock based Samsung ROM. FlappJaxx's FJ-Build 12, Novena or BlackStar, for example, would be able to use the TouchWiz launcher because they are all based off the 4.0.4 Official TouchWiz ROM. It won't work on AOCP, because it is based of AOSP with CM and AOKP features.
Second, there is a work around to having the TouchWiz look on your phone while using AOCP 4.6. Download a Android stock based launcher; I prefer APEX, but I believe it will work with NOVA as well. While searching for the launcher in the Play Store, you can also go ahead and search for themes. Apex TouchWiz will more than likely yield the fastest result. Load the launcher up, go into settings and hit theme and then select TouchWiz and customize it from there. You will now have the look and "feel" of the TW Launcher without having constant foreclosures whenever you try to use it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher&feature=nav_result
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.photox.touchwhiz&feature=nav_other
Enjoy!
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Can someone please help me to figure out how to install a 5X6 or 5X5 TW Launcher on my Note? I've downloaded every SecLauncher2 for android and I've used root explorer to push them all thru system/apps, changed permissions etc. Nothing works on my end. It all force closes. I'm running AOCP 4.6. Is there something I'm missing? The other launchers work fine but I prefer TW Launcher. I've replaced the stock launcher and and when I reboot the phone, Touchwiz unfortunately stops not allowing me to access it. Any help would be appreciated. If even be willing to try a rom with that launcher already included. I'm desperate..lol
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What you are attempting is difficult at best...
Touch wiz launchers are coded to rely on their dedicated framework found in Samsung TW roms.
The only method I'm aware of, to use the launcher, is by using the roms that include it.
There are several TW roms available, and they can be easily stripped down to a lean and effective build by simply using your favorite root explorer app.
Dumping the bloat is already done for you when using the Canadian versions of the TW build.
You can also use the N7005 builds we have too.
See the super everything thread in the general section, and I'm sure you will find a rom to suit your liking.
Read the threads carefully, as they include important information.
Enjoy, and happy flashing ....g