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Just a quick poll to see what you guys think....I personally don't like Halo at all I feel there is too little functionality as far as moving the window and resizing the window...it is not true multitasking as far as I'm concerned...I definitely prefer TW multi-view....what do you guys think?
JamesPumaEnjoi said:
Just a quick poll to see what you guys think....I personally don't like Halo at all I feel there is too little functionality as far as moving the window and resizing the window...it is not true multitasking as far as I'm concerned...I definitely prefer TW multi-view....what do you guys think?
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I really like HALO and what it will be when it is finished. As of right now we don't really have the 100% finished product. I liked the way it would actually pop up over the other app but wouldn't block the other app. I still prefer multi view over HALO but I think, from what we have seen of HALO thus far, that it'll be better than TW multi view when its finished.
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I have the best of both worlds.
I have Multi-Window, and I have this cool thing called Floating Notifications, which is pretty much almost exactly like Halo from what I've seen (or at least for what I use it for)
RemnantKing2 said:
I have the best of both worlds.
I have Multi-Window, and I have this cool thing called Floating Notifications, which is pretty much almost exactly like Halo from what I've seen (or at least for what I use it for)
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Its very very similar, there was either a post about it here or a article on the front page of XDA and I can't remember which. It is similar in some ways but is very different. Its still a damned good app.
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RemnantKing2 said:
I have the best of both worlds.
I have Multi-Window, and I have this cool thing called Floating Notifications, which is pretty much almost exactly like Halo from what I've seen (or at least for what I use it for)
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But doesn't floating notifications take u to the full app if you want to reply to an email or text?
Halo will be great when it's finished for that purpose but of course it doesn't have the same functionality as Multi-Window. Although I think the best implementation of MW is the tablet style with resizeable Windows.
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joshm.1219 said:
But doesn't floating notifications take u to the full app if you want to reply to an email or text?
Halo will be great when it's finished for that purpose but of course it doesn't have the same functionality as Multi-Window. Although I think the best implementation of MW is the tablet style with resizeable Windows.
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It takes you to the full app yes, that is not what HALO is intended to do though if you watched the second set of HALO videos. It is intended to pop up in a half sized box that only covers the middle of what you're doing while leaving the edges of the app uncovered so you can switch back quickly. There are also going to be other features, I'd bet, and it wouldn't surprise me if it turned into multiple resizable windows that you could launch and place anywhere ion the screen. That's what I'm hoping it'll turn in to in the end.
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Yes that's what I'm saying. floating notifications is the same thing as a stock status bar pretty much. The whole point of Halo is to be able to truly handle notifications while in an app. I'm not a developer but I'd imagine if they can get social apps into halo it's possible to expand it to all apps. like I said, I think the resize able windows in touch wiz tablets is the ultimate culmination of this, unfortunately there isn't a stable rom capable of it for the vzw gn2 yet.
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Yes that's what I'm saying. floating notifications is the same thing as a stock status bar pretty much. The whole point of Halo is to be able to truly handle notifications while in an app. I'm not a developer but I'd imagine if they can get social apps into halo it's possible to expand it to all apps. like I said, I think the resize able windows in touch wiz tablets is the ultimate culmination of this, unfortunately there isn't a stable rom capable of it for the vzw gn2 yet.
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There isn't a stable DD that I have found yet capable of resizable multi windows but it won't be too much longer, there was discussion of it in one of the threads not too long ago and someone was talking about making a flashable zip that would work on all TW ROMs.
And honestly I think HALO will be better when they finish it and add all the options to it they have in store. They have released the code as of today but it is still far from being finished.
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There isn't a stable DD that I have found yet capable of resizable multi windows but it won't be too much longer, there was discussion of it in one of the threads not too long ago and someone was talking about making a flashable zip that would work on all TW ROMs.
And honestly I think HALO will be better when they finish it and add all the options to it they have in store. They have released the code as of today but it is still far from being finished.
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I'm trying a moon rom port now with resizeable windows working pretty good.
Can I get halo on a tw rom or only aosp
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Can I get halo on a tw rom or only aosp
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only on aosp.
Although I would say Trans Nebula Tab has changed this whole discussion. Super stable ROM with floating windows on a SCHI605VRAMC3 base.
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timmyd463229 said:
Can I get halo on a tw rom or only aosp
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Only on AOSP roms my friend
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Can I get halo on a tw rom or only aosp
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Actually there was an app released shortly after halo was released that did this on any ROM. I don't remember the name but I know it's definitely out there.
Edit: Just found it while looking through my previously installed apps, it's called floating notifications and it can be found in the Play Store.
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I'm assuming I'm not alone here, as I have seen many people across the forums saying that they have either already gone to, or are thinking of flashing an AOSP ROM, and are worried about losing all of those Samsung Goodies (Like hover, air gestures, eye control, TW Camera, etc.) They generally also seem to want the customizability of a custom rom, as well. So, let's discuss how people have gone about getting that JB feel on a TW ROM.
The way I currently have this set up is with the Hyperdrive 5.7 ROM as a base. With just that, you get a smoother, faster, and enormously feature-packed TW ROM. The customization you can accomplish with this ROM is very impressive, especially considering it is TouchWiz. On top of this, I'm running - yep, you guessed it - Nova Launcher.
Nova Launcher is, in my opinion, the obvious choice for getting stock JB feel on any device. Nova allows the important customizations made to Hyperdrive to continue working, while adding the JB feel right on top. I've also run the script from within Hyperdrive to enable the Nexus 4 Softkeys, and I've shut off the lights on the capacitive keys on the device itself. This makes them completely invisible, so the device looks much more like a Nexus device, if you like that sort of thing.
What do you guys think? What other options are out there? I'm looking to give some insight to users who may want to get this type of feel on their S4, while also getting some feedback or better/different ways of achieving this. Good luck, and happy theming!
looks good just get rid of the nav bar
Eclipse is the closest anyone can get to aosp ATM. Best ROM out there.
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AmericanCon said:
Eclipse is the closest anyone can get to aosp ATM. Best ROM out there.
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What does the dialer look like? Still the ugly white?
What about incoming call screen?
Just changing the launcher doesn't make it AOSP themed.
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What does the dialer look like? Still the ugly white?
What about incoming call screen?
Just changing the launcher doesn't make it AOSP themed.
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Why don't you just go check out the ROM thread yourself before completely discounting it? No, it does not have the white dialer. It's very well themed and runs great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351840
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Why don't you just go check out the ROM thread yourself before completely discounting it? No, it does not have the white dialer. It's very well themed and runs great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351840
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You and I have our wires crossed. I was responding to the OP, which references a combo of hyperdrive rom and nova launcher.
I wasn't referring to the Eclipse ROM, which I see has AOSP dialer instead of TW dialer.
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Eclipse is the closest anyone can get to aosp ATM. Best ROM out there.
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Yes, but youre losing all of the touchwiz features, which is half of the point of this thread.
Great AOSP ROM for sure, though. :thumbup:
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What does the dialer look like? Still the ugly white?
What about incoming call screen?
Just changing the launcher doesn't make it AOSP themed.
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Yeah. So the dialer and incoming calls are both part of the TW base. Nova launcher is just that; a home/launcher replacement. Just as you said. Though I am sure there are theming options for these things through third party methods, since many people dislike TW appearances.
I am just trying to get more of an AOSP look/feel, doesn't need to be completely coated in JB.
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Heart Foxx said:
Yes, but youre losing all of the touchwiz features, which is half of the point of this thread.
Great AOSP ROM for sure, though. :thumbup:
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Eclipse is a themed TouchWiz ROM with a couple AOSP parts. It is not built on AOSP base. I believe it has the air features and TW camera, as well as many others.
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Yes, but youre losing all of the touchwiz features, which is half of the point of this thread.
Great AOSP ROM for sure, though. :thumbup:
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I fully understood the point of the thread which is why I suggested Eclipse ROM. It's Touchwiz based and includes all the Touchwiz gimmicks as well as the TW camera. It's most certainly NOT an AOSP ROM as you seem to think it is. It's just a very well themed Touchwiz ROM.
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I fully understood the point of the thread which is why I suggested Eclipse ROM. It's Touchwiz based and includes all the Touchwiz gimmicks as well as the TW camera. It's most certainly NOT an AOSP ROM as you seem to think it is. It's just a very well themed Touchwiz ROM.
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You know, its really easy to post a reply without being passive-aggressive about it. I made a mistake and was unaware that Eclipse was Touchwiz, I was misinformed. Now that I have been home and had a chance to look at it, it looks like a really great option! Thanks for posting it here.
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Eclipse is a themed TouchWiz ROM with a couple AOSP parts. It is not built on AOSP base. I believe it has the air features and TW camera, as well as many others.
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Thanks for this. My bad, I was misinformed on Eclipse at some point. I checked it out a bit and it looks like a cool option to mix TW and AOSP features.
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zxsix said:
You and I have our wires crossed. I was responding to the OP, which references a combo of hyperdrive rom and nova launcher.
I wasn't referring to the Eclipse ROM, which I see has AOSP dialer instead of TW dialer.
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Obviously he wouldn't have known since you quoted him.
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Heart Foxx said:
I'm assuming I'm not alone here, as I have seen many people across the forums saying that they have either already gone to, or are thinking of flashing an AOSP ROM, and are worried about losing all of those Samsung Goodies (Like hover, air gestures, eye control, TW Camera, etc.) They generally also seem to want the customizability of a custom rom, as well. So, let's discuss how people have gone about getting that JB feel on a TW ROM.
The way I currently have this set up is with the Hyperdrive 5.7 ROM as a base. With just that, you get a smoother, faster, and enormously feature-packed TW ROM. The customization you can accomplish with this ROM is very impressive, especially considering it is TouchWiz. On top of this, I'm running - yep, you guessed it - Nova Launcher.
Nova Launcher is, in my opinion, the obvious choice for getting stock JB feel on any device. Nova allows the important customizations made to Hyperdrive to continue working, while adding the JB feel right on top. I've also run the script from within Hyperdrive to enable the Nexus 4 Softkeys, and I've shut off the lights on the capacitive keys on the device itself. This makes them completely invisible, so the device looks much more like a Nexus device, if you like that sort of thing.
What do you guys think? What other options are out there? I'm looking to give some insight to users who may want to get this type of feel on their S4, while also getting some feedback or better/different ways of achieving this. Good luck, and happy theming!
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What is that clock and weather widget (2nd screenshot)?
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What is that clock and weather widget (2nd screenshot)?
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The main portion of it is DashClock. I like the accuweather service more than Yahoo though, so I used overlapping widgets in Nova Launcher. The weather widget on top of Dashclock is a 1x1 weather from Beautiful Widgets.
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this isnt really a [MOD] or a [GUIDE] this is more or less someones review of a ROM and a couple quick customizations in an app that's well known.... very misleading post
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this isnt really a [MOD] or a [GUIDE] this is more or less someones review of a ROM and a couple quick customizations in an app that's well known.... very misleading post
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Thanks for the feedback... kinda new and learning. Updated OP.
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Heart Foxx said:
Thanks for the feedback... kinda new and learning. Updated OP.
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no problem, we all start somewhere!!! enjoy the forums!!! and your phone:good:
Where/how do you run the script to make the Nexus soft buttons appear?
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Where/how do you run the script to make the Nexus soft buttons appear?
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I am no longer running this ROM, but it is an included script with Hyperdrive. If you go to sbreen's included script installer, it was somewhere in a media folder and you just run it from there. He posted the instructions on the first page of the Hyperdrive thread somewhere.
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I'm looking for a Rom that has a stock android look and feel, like the stock status bar and stock look for settings, while still maintaining a great camera and gallery app, preferably the touchwiz ones. The air gestures are nice to but not absolutely necessary. A stock android like lock screen is also a must.
Any help is appreciated
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The Wicked Rom is pretty neat. Cear of bloatware.. Its TouchWiz. This is the fist Rom I tried and have not switched sinxe I flashed it. I have been very happy with it.
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I'm looking for a Rom that has a stock android look and feel, like the stock status bar and stock look for settings, while still maintaining a great camera and gallery app, preferably the touchwiz ones. The air gestures are nice to but not absolutely necessary. A stock android like lock screen is also a must.
Any help is appreciated
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When you say Stock Android look and feel do you mean AOSP?
Hyperdrive has a lot of options for pretty much every apsect of the rom
Eclipse S4 TW Edition is basically a TW rom with the look and feel of AOSP. Those are the two best in my opinion. If you're really trying to get down to nearly pure AOSP programs and stuff you can check out Andybone's Barebones Rom too. It just depends on how AOSP like you wanna go.
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When you say Stock Android look and feel do you mean AOSP?
Hyperdrive has a lot of options for pretty much every apsect of the rom
Eclipse S4 TW Edition is basically a TW rom with the look and feel of AOSP. Those are the two best in my opinion. If you're really trying to get down to nearly pure AOSP programs and stuff you can check out Andybone's Barebones Rom too. It just depends on how AOSP like you wanna go.
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My ROM doesn't have anything AOSP
An AOSP theme is coming thanks to nito for giving me the permission to use his work.
Tried your Rom, was great but I didn't like how the Rom settings say there is an aosp lock screen but nothing happens when I toggle it. Also you need to add a default music player, be it Samsung's or play music. Also hated how it doesn't restore all apps, had to manually do that.
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andybones said:
My ROM doesn't have anything AOSP
An AOSP theme is coming thanks to nito for giving me the permission to use his work.
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Lol. Wasn't necessarily talking about theming but more about the removal of more things that some people consider bloatware (all the extra Samsung cool guy features) but after relooking I think I was thinking of someone else's ROM. Yours is one of the first ME7 based roms. My bad Andy.
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Tried your Rom, was great but I didn't like how the Rom settings say there is an aosp lock screen but nothing happens when I toggle it. Also you need to add a default music player, be it Samsung's or play music. Also hated how it doesn't restore all apps, had to manually do that.
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If you are talking about my ROM..
Google auto restores your apps,...
Not ROM related.
also there is NOTHING wrong with the AOSP lock screen,
and Samsung Music is found in Aroma, choose hub..
I suggest doing a FULL CLEAN install, and NOT installing anything outside my thread.
I can only assume you flashed an android.policy.jar and that broke the AOSP lock screen. User Error.
Also I don't include ANY app you can download from the play store.. why would I?
waste of space.
Everything you hate about my ROM can all be solved by fixing your user errors, and a little research.
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Lol. Wasn't necessarily talking about theming but more about the removal of more things that some people consider bloatware (all the extra Samsung cool guy features) but after relooking I think I was thinking of someone else's ROM. Yours is one of the first ME7 based roms. My bad Andy.
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Yeah you must have cause debloating touchwiz is still far from aosp. LOL
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SupaSwag said:
Yeah you must have cause debloating touchwiz is still far from aosp. LOL
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VERY true lol. But again I wasn't sure how close to "stock android look and feel" the OP wanted to go.
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These type posts are not allowed as they turn into arguments over which rom is best, and best rom threads get summarily closed as users are expected to read, study and make their own determinations as to what they want on a rom.
XDA is not a support site, it is here for developers and for those interested in the plight.
i love the messaging app for the s4, the bubbles, different wallpaer etc...has anyone ported /themed it for the Note2? i looks so much better i think..and also, i like how white the menus etc are on the newer touchwiz on the S4. can/has that been themed/ported at all to the note2?
thanks..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2305829 this is a t-mobile rom maybe you can send the developer a pm and see how he got it to work.
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dvigue said:
i love the messaging app for the s4, the bubbles, different wallpaer etc...has anyone ported /themed it for the Note2? i looks so much better i think..and also, i like how white the menus etc are on the newer touchwiz on the S4. can/has that been themed/ported at all to the note2?
thanks..
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I'm interested in this as well, if you get any info will you please let us know? I pmed that development but I'm definitely not very tech savvy
Have u tried pulling the s4 messaging app from his rom with permission of coarse as long as your running a tw rom I would think it would work
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This would be awesome. I agree you should be able to take the app and change permissions and drop it into a touchwiz rom
Now that I think about it probably won't t work s4 is 4.2.2 soon to get 4.3
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Is there a way to get an AOSP Dialer and Contacts apk onto a Sammy Rom? Using a rooted 4.1.2.
Or are there any alternatives to the original apks?
NessD said:
Is there a way to get an AOSP Dialer and Contacts apk onto a Sammy Rom? Using a rooted 4.1.2.
Or are there any alternatives to the original apks?
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Try chamleon rom
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Try chamleon rom
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Thanks, but I don't want to change roms. I used so many roms and there always was something that didn't work...I just want to use the original Rom...just not the dialer.
Chamelion is Samsung stock based, with aosp/aokp tweaks added. So everything 'stock' works.....
and with respect, if you'd checked it out rather than dismissing it out of hand, you'd have known that.........
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I DID look at it, and for my taste it's too much AOKP and not enough Sammy. What I really want is my rom with AOSP dialer. No other Tweaks etc...
Maybe I got the wrong, but I want to stay as much Sammy as possible. The last 2 years I was experimenting with hundreds of roms and kernels and at some point there was a glitch or something that annoyed the hell out of me.
So I just want to integrate the AOSP dialer into this rom
You *might* be lucky enough to find something like that in the 'themes and apps' section, but like it or not, the way to go is likely to be one of the 'hybrid' ROMs.........
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Try xposed module and with the help of theme engine and use of theme apk i think simplex you should be able to get the aosp look
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You can't have it, because the frameworks are different. And if you're not happy with the ports that people have put a lot of time & effort into, do your own port.
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What I really want is my rom with AOSP dialer
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try swipe dialer from the market. Very aosp like dialer and very fast too
Try this one. I installed it in XWMS3 NeatROM Lite v5.9 Aroma (4.1.2) and it's working good. I think it's multi DPI because i used it with 198,182 DPI and no problems so far.