As much as I loved cm10, I was beginning to run into more and more app closes on a regular basis. Unfortunately it got to a point where I wasn't able to use many of the apps that I rely on daily. So back to stable cm7.
That being said, I miss alot of the jellybean love that cm10 brought to the x2. Was wondering if anyone had any input on apps or tweaks that could get more jellybean features into gb. So far I have found and use the following :
Holo launcher
Holo lock
GoSMS Pro with an ICS theme
I think I am missing the notification changes the most. I found jellybean notifications+ but that has been pulled from the app store.
Any input is appreciated, thanks!
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I feel the same way. I mean I love what CM10 has to offer and I love the huge improvement in speed and functionality it gave to my phone and there are some things that are really making it difficult to want to stay on CM10. A really big one are the app crashes, and from what I gather, those apps may never really work since they use drivers at the kernel level that we won't have access to as long as the bootloader is locked. I can't use gmail at all except for reading the headlines of the emails. As soon as I enter the email, the app crashes. Obviously Chrome doesn't work, which is a browser I'd like to use. I've been using Dolphin Browser almost as long as I've had my phone and I can't use it at all on CM10. Another thing is wifi hotspots not working. I frequently tether my tablet to my phone's data connection and I can't do it while on CM10. The last thing is the horrible battery life. My phone seems to die around 5pm under the same conditions where my phone would last until 9pm or later on GB
unfortunately, the only thing to do is wait for CM10 to become more stable. I've tried CM7/9/10 and Eclipse and I keep going back to eclipse. 2.3 + supercharger + holo launcher is pretty much the best.
i loved CM10 while i used it but apps closing and such made it just unusable. hopefully dragonzkiller can get it working but at a certain point there's only so much he can do.
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unfortunately, the only thing to do is wait for CM10 to become more stable. I've tried CM7/9/10 and Eclipse and I keep going back to eclipse. 2.3 + supercharger + holo launcher is pretty much the best.
i loved CM10 while i used it but apps closing and such made it just unusable. hopefully dragonzkiller can get it working but at a certain point there's only so much he can do.
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The problem though is that with the whole texture thing that ICS/JellyBean apps use that the GB kernel doesn't have, I don't think we'll ever get around those apps crashing short of using an old version of said apps without ICS/JellyBean elements...but then what's the point of running either one?
Guys question how do you claim to love cm10 when you can't use any major app like gmail or others.lol
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Guys question how do you claim to love cm10 when you can't use any major app like gmail or others.lol
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I didnt have any issues with gapps, I even flashed a inverted Gmail and MMS with no problems. Some of my non-ICS optimized apps crashed out though.
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Guys question how do you claim to love cm10 when you can't use any major app like gmail or others.lol
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Because aside from not being able to use some apps, JellyBean works amazingly. The operating system as a whole is wonderful and fluid and I'm gonna cry when I eventually downgrade because of the gmail issues and the horrible horrible battery life I am getting.
This isn't "Jelly Beanified" but will give you the ICS look if that is close enough for you. Check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324924
Holo is great, but I don't care much for Holo Locker.
I use Widget Locker Pro instead.
It has some ICS and JB lock screen defaults and a metric poop ton of options for customizing the experience.
There is also an ICS Theme for the t-Mobile Theme Chooser app, between that theme, holo launcher and holo locker, it looks like pretty awesome. Other than applying these elements and maybe trying a theme patch using acPatch, I don't think you are going to get any closer to looking like JB. There is also a Jelly Bean status bar in the play store, but several users report that it's a ram hog. If I can get theses themes running on my MX2 with CM7, I'll post some screen shots.
Also, give this thread a look around, you might find some things you like:
CM7 Ice Cream Sandwich + Jelly Bean Look, All In One
I attached some screenshots. The ones with the Jelly Bean icon in the status bar were taken with the Jelly Bean Status Bar installed. I don't recommend it as it is constantly force closing. The rest were used with Holo Launcher, Holo Locker, and an ICS/JB theme for CM7
My sig shows Eclipse but I am currently running DZK's CM7
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My worse nightware with SGS1 was the laggy desktops - I loved the phone - but the lag was too much for me I hate the lag. so i decided to invest on the SGS2 beast. Problem is I still can see some lag, tiny, but its there i'm sure. In a microscopic scale.
Tried several kernels to workaround the problem and a couple of rom (with I removed cos I love the oficial rom).
Maybe theres some savior on this forum that can help me out.
Anyone?
Different kernels won't fix your problem.
Looks like you have a dilemma. You say you want your phone as fast and lag free as possible. But you also say that you want to use the stock rom.
You could try the rom in my siginature if you really want a lag free and fast rom. It's an AOSP rom, you ain't gonna find any faster.
Cons: Samsung apps don't work. Bluetooth is not fully working at the moment.
You could try a different launcher.
if you want speed try Zeam launcher off the market its very lightweight.
Thanks guys I'll into both options after work, have a good day!
launcherpro is also very smooth. On my 720mhz motorola xt720 it was very smooth and customizable.... So i assume on a 1.2ghz dual core with 4xram it would be gd
MIUI - I've been converted. Without doubt, it's the fastest and smoothest UI I've seen on any phone.
One thing to keep in mind: The more graphic load you'll have on your screens (icons, widgets etc) the more lag will appear.
That being said I'm running Go Launcher EX and have busy screens, yet no noticable lag at all. Running latest VillainROM, no other fancy mods.
Can you elaborate a little on that? In kinda newb in this >.<
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MIUI - I've been converted. Without doubt, it's the fastest and smoothest UI I've seen on any phone.
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John. What's miui? Does it change much the stock one?
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Can you elaborate a little on that? In kinda newb in this >.<
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You can flash so called ROMs on your device which replace the stock software.
They are often tweaked towards better battery life, speed amongst other stuff. You can find all of these ROMs here on this board.
E.G. Lightning Rom 6.1 is very popular.
MIUI is another ROM, all are based on Android but have a different style and approach. MIUI -though very promising- is still very new and quite beta, so I wouldn't advice going with it yet. VillainROM and Lightning Rom are very stable and safe to install.
Search around for tutorials on how to flash them, there's plenty of how to's ;-)
As for the Launcher, "Go Launcher EX" is one of many launchers you can replace on your phone. The stock one by Samsung is called Touchwiz, others basically look and feel different and have other tweaks on board. Here is where tastes differ. But with any launcher you'll have lag if you overload the screens and most will be quick and responsive if you use them in a minimalistic way.
It's not because of the phone itself, it's because of the poor coding in the widgets etc. Most don't really optimize for speed, unfortunately.
GO launcher EX is by far the smoothest launcher I've used, so give that a shot. Launcher pro and ADW launcher are both smooth as well but I find them to be more undertake unstable and have more problems when it comes to mounting apps that are installed to sdcard.
I also heard that fugutweaks also help smoothen the UI though I've never confirmed this myself.
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John. What's miui? Does it change much the stock one?
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MIUI is a Chinese made ROM that is clearly built on the Android base, but bears very little resemblance to it. At first use it looks very similar to iOS, which I know will put a lot of people off, but it is ridiculously customisable, and all from the UI, without the need for flashing anything. For example, there's a themes app where you can completely re-skin the whole device at the click of a button, and it has an online database of themes that can be downloaded, again with just the click of a button. But once you have themes on your device you can then mix and match elements of each one to make your perfect theme.
I've literally never seen customisation like it.
If you're interested, read more here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130951
starstuff said:
You can flash so called ROMs on your device which replace the stock software.
They are often tweaked towards better battery life, speed amongst other stuff. You can find all of these ROMs here on this board.
E.G. Lightning Rom 6.1 is very popular.
MIUI is another ROM, all are based on Android but have a different style and approach. MIUI -though very promising- is still very new and quite beta, so I wouldn't advice going with it yet. VillainROM and Lightning Rom are very stable and safe to install.
Search around for tutorials on how to flash them, there's plenty of how to's ;-)
As for the Launcher, "Go Launcher EX" is one of many launchers you can replace on your phone. The stock one by Samsung is called Touchwiz, others basically look and feel different and have other tweaks on board. Here is where tastes differ. But with any launcher you'll have lag if you overload the screens and most will be quick and responsive if you use them in a minimalistic way.
It's not because of the phone itself, it's because of the poor coding in the widgets etc. Most don't really optimize for speed, unfortunately.
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Hey man many thanks for your answer.
So if I understood right, theres no way I can have a silky smooth touchwiz on my phone. I must choose another one...
...and if that right, which one you recomend based on smoothness and looks similar to touchwiz?
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Hey man many thanks for your answer.
So if I understood right, theres no way I can have a silky smooth touchwiz on my phone. I must choose another one...
...and if that right, which one you recomend based on smoothness and looks similar to touchwiz?
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First thing you could try is this:
1. Download Go Launcher EX from the market.
2. Install this GO Launcher Ex theme: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.theme.TouchWiz&hl=nl
It has the looks from touchwhiz.
If you are not satisfied, start learning about flashing roms. Then choose a rom and start the procedure from above.
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First thing you could try is this:
1. Download Go Launcher EX from the market.
2. Install this GO Launcher Ex theme: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.theme.TouchWiz&hl=nl
It has the looks from touchwhiz.
If you are not satisfied, start learning about flashing roms. Then choose a rom and start the procedure from above.
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Thanks man I will try it after work.
You may want to try other launchers as well: I love Zeam, which is a lightweight launcher. It doesn't have a huge lot of features but it is always fast to startup and it has enough features for me. If you need to customise the icons on your dock, you should use the Desktop Visualiser and long press on the homescreen>add>shortcut>Desktop Visualiser.
Launcher Pro is another alternative, as is ADW launcher.
You'll need a launcher switcher to toggle between all the launchers--well, as long as you have more than one!
Thanks man. I'll dig into that as well and I did tried some roms too but as I stated before I just want to fix the stocks lag. Nothing more I love everything on it...
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im very surprised that your phone doesnt operate perfectly smooth with TW4! I actually find that launcher incredibly smooth!
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im very surprised that your phone doesnt operate perfectly smooth with TW4! I actually find that launcher incredibly smooth!
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It stutters ocassionally, it IS smooth, but it stutters too.
I think it began happening when I updated through kies to 2.3.4.
If you really don't need all the Samsung stuff (Kies, Samsung Apps etc) then I recommend Oxygen Rom and Zeam Launcher.
I'm the proud owner of a Motorola Photon 4G as of today. This is replacing my Sensation, and will only be used internationally (Asia, so 900/1800 Mhz 2G and 2100Mhz 3G).
Now, I see that there is a way to get rid of the Sprint hands-free activation on every boot, and I presume I can delete some of the Sprint bloatware as well. I noticed that the stock Blur launcher is kinda laggy even scrolling from screen to screen, but the rest of the phone performs very well. So if I do get a different launcher, what should I get?
Otherwise, should I do a custom ROM? I've had every phone of mine all ROM'ed up but I don't know if its worth doing that to a Motorola phone since they usually have encrypted bootloaders. Any stable ROMs that are well-suited for international use?
Im using Nemus Launcher. Its not too bad.
Good luck with getting rid of the lag tho. My whole phone is laggy even with another launcher.
If you unlock, try this ROM. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1587770 Sprint bloat is removed, rom is fast, works great. Or you can use Loki's bloat remover. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575259
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I use Launcher Pro with ICON Pack in it..
Its butter smooth and i have 450mb Ram free all time
I have no lag at all -- I'm using Go Launcher, and have "DeBlurred" the phone as bricky23 mentioned (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575259
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Also just fyi, I've read that some folks feel a daily reboot does wonders to keeping the Photon running smoothly (just opinion, no facts/data to back that up).
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I'm currently using MX Launcher. It's got some nice features, but shallow customization and some weird quirks. See my list of caveats in the topic about it. I still think it's worth using, but it's nowhere near as polished as some of the others.
I rephrased my issues with it to a more positive light and emailed the developer. I'd like to see this launcher get better as it does a couple things really well.
1. Cover screen. The center icon on the dock (and you can't change it) brings up the cover screen, which has a clock which follows you based on the tilt sensor. There's a power control widget here, the clock is beautiful, and it has some preset launcher icons on it. You can change them (open the clock by long-pressing 12, 3, 6, or 9 to set that icon) but you can only pick from a few and you have to use stock apps.
2. Long-press icons brings up a menu. Other launchers have this, but in MX, you can hit Info to pull up that app's Settings > Applications > Manage Applications page. Good for clearing the cache or force closing it.
Don't bother looking at the skins. Half are incompatible with our phone. The other half cost money. There is one that is free and compatible, but it's just a cover screen. No home screens. Might be a bug but I removed it promptly.
Thanks for the advice, y'all. I rooted the phone today and deblurred it already. I'm quite liking ADW Launcher right now. What's a good AOSP icon pack I can download? I'm not familiar with customizing launchers.
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Thanks for the advice, y'all. I rooted the phone today and deblurred it already. I'm quite liking ADW Launcher right now. What's a good AOSP icon pack I can download? I'm not familiar with customizing launchers.
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Just search the market ( whoops, "play store" ) for adw icon packs or adw themes -- there's tons of free ones.
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Just search the market ( whoops, "play store" ) for adw icon packs or adw themes -- there's tons of free ones.
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Thanks, I downloaded a free ICS icon pack/theme. My phone works pretty well now!
However, I'm sad that it doesn't play a bunch of my video files that always used to play on my other devices, mostly HTC ones but some AOSP as well. When I downloaded MX Player to view them, it told me that it is using SW decoding.
Is there a way to get better support for media files? The videos in question are plain old mp4, downloaded from Youtube. Some 480p, some 720p and a couple 1080p which worked on my Sensation, so I thought they'd work on the Photon as well since it has a similar chipset.
hi just curious,
which one is better on photon
ADW launcher
or
Go Launcher ?
and if we apply the "deblur" mod, how to get rid of the ADW to replace it with the Go launcher ?
I think GO is better than ADW but if you ask any 2 people, you're liable to get 2 different answers. I can't tall ya why I prefer GO. For one, it's free, but then again it pushes its widgets and locker on you. Two, ADW rubs me the wrong way. I don't know why. So no real, valid reasons. Try both. Use both, use Home Smack to switch.
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I normally use adw ex but i got bored with that recently and have been using launcher 7 which is a windows phone launcher and i love it works great and is a nice change
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Welp, I did some more reading and found out that since the Photon uses a Tegra 2 chipset, it is very picky about what it can decode in hardware. Luckily for me, a lot of my simple stuff works fine in SW decoding mode with MX Player. However, 720p and 1080p videos will need to be recoded.
I'm gonna try using Handbrake and report back. Too bad I don't have a more powerful CPU to re-encode stuff. Re-encoding stuff is why I was wary of my Zune client (I also have an HTC Titan).
MadFlava said:
Im using Nemus Launcher. Its not too bad.
Good luck with getting rid of the lag tho. My whole phone is laggy even with another launcher.
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+1 for Nemus launcher. Easily my favorite launcher I've used so far. Tops the heavy hitters ADW, Launcher Pro, and Go Launcher easily.
Juts posted an analysis of a couple popular launchers.
Just started using mobo launcher yesterday, and after getting used to the different u.i. I really like it.https://play.google.com/store/search?q=mobo+launcher
I'd go with the miui rom =) its amazing!
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I'd go with the miui rom =) its amazing!
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I've used MIUI extensively when I had an EVO and a Defy, and I loved it. At this time, I didn't feel like it was the best since I want a stable experience and stock seemed the most stable.
Maybe when there's an ICS MIUI based on a stock Moto ROM.
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Juts posted an analysis of a couple popular launchers.
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Thank you for the analysis. I'll make a comment in that thread since I'm using GO Launcher now. Thank you for your work on Deblurring the Photon!
I've found that even though ADW uses less memory, GO Launcher seems to run smoother. Luckily, the Photon has 1GB of RAM.
I would definitely recommend going the custom rom route.
Right now I am using cm7.2[kang] with jokers 1.3 oc kernel and it works great. This is the most stab, much faster than stock although the battery only lasts about 4/5 as long for me. I have tried cm9 but there are still many issues right now and I am waiting for some of these to be ironed out before switching over.
As far as launchers go, cm7.2 came with ADW installed stock, and it is very snappy, especially if tuned to take out extra visual effects etc.
Is there any way to disable Sense if I'm using Nova or another 3rd-party launcher? I still have Sense running in the background eating up resources even though I'm not using it... ugh.
No sir.... Best bet is to flash the somesense Rom and use a custom launcher. The only other way to do it is through an aosp Rom. Currently we have a pretty smooth cm9 in the dev section, but it doesn't have a few vital things working yet
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That sucks, but thanks very much for the info
darkfire23 said:
Is there any way to disable Sense if I'm using Nova or another 3rd-party launcher? I still have Sense running in the background eating up resources even though I'm not using it... ugh.
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You can freeze our uninstall the sense launcher along with any apps/widgets you don't use if you have a third party launcher installed. I've done this. I wouldn't go uninstalling things without knowing what it is first.
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That requires root I assume?
Yes and a lot of research as you might disable a vital component on accident and then you have to really flash a new Rom.
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That requires root I assume?
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Yes, to freeze sense and other widgets u need to root. Wish u didn't. Hate having to give up twc tv on phone and renting movies thru google play. But I guess torrents and better multitasking will make up for it...
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As stated above, you must be rooted to do this stuff, but in case you wanted to know...
I uninstalled just about every sense element I could find in TitaniumBackup and use Apex launcher in place of the stock one. Interestingly, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the stock ICS lockscreen popped up after uninstalling the sense lockscreen, so I don't have to run any 3rd party LS app. Also I have uninstalled the stock browser and clock, replacing them with the apks I pulled from CM9, mostly because I like the look and feel a little better, but also sense alarm wouldn't display on the ICS LS--CM9 alarm does. I had the CM9 message app on my LTE also, but found I was unable to send or receive MMS. I didn't really investigate too much further to try to get it working and I don't know if it is even possible. EX Dialer offers a more appealing phone app than does the sense version as far as I'm concerned.
There are ways to make your phone look differently, but as you said sense eats up the background, and I feel the CM9 apps run a little lighter. I enjoy a much better experience without the Sense stuff as it feels a little closer to AOSP now.
Good luck should you decide to try some of the suggestions, and remember, always always have a backup.
How did you remove the location icon?
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No sir.... Best bet is to flash the somesense Rom and use a custom launcher. The only other way to do it is through an aosp Rom. Currently we have a pretty smooth cm9 in the dev section, but it doesn't have a few vital things working yet
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What kind of vital things? Is it stable enought to use as a daily?
The part of sense that is still running is the 35MB shell or so of basic sense functionality throughout the whole phone.
You're not able to get rid of that, but if you use another launcher you already not loading up the launcher portion of sense. If you used the sense launcher, you'd see Sense go up to over 100MB, since the basic sense of 35 + the launcher of about 70 something will kick you over 100MB. So the fact that it still sits in the 30s shows you're not using the launcher, but Apex or Nova or whatever is probably taking up 50-70MB itself.
Right, so really no win unless you root and disable... thanks for the input all.
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Thanks for your post. I like AOSP so much better, and hadn't even thought of removing htclockscreen and also using click and browser. Gonna give it a shot. Can't wait til we get AOKP functional.
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Hey guys! I've recently started using Fourth Bar Jellybean (and by far the most impressive desensed ROM yet), however there are a few bugs I've noticed that desensed ROMs all tend to have and I was wondering if there would be any fixes for the following:
Google Play music turns the wallpaper on the lockscreen black and doesn't show any music controls
HTCLinkifyDispatcher.apk tends to screw things up. For instance, if I click a link to YouTube it will take me to the browser page instead of the YouTube app. If you delete or rename HTCLinkifyDispatcher this fixes the issue, however in chat clients such as imo, IM+, or Google Talk, clicking a link will crash the app.
Those are the most prominent bugs that I can think off right off the top of my head. Like I said, Fourth Bar Jellybean did a REALLY fantastic job of desensing the ROM, but a couple of HTC Sense bugs still remain.
Let me know what you guys think - is there a fix for any of this?
Thanks!
If Rom devs changed their base to a telus base the link issue would be fixed all round without the need to modify anything, the Google music part I'm not sure of since I don't use it.
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I think the google music doing that has something to do with the theme. It's not playing nice I'm most likely a bug. I remember flashing a theme and some music controls weren't showing up but they were there since I knew where they were I clicked. Are yours still function?
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I think the google music doing that has something to do with the theme. It's not playing nice I'm most likely a bug. I remember flashing a theme and some music controls weren't showing up but they were there since I knew where they were I clicked. Are yours still function?
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This thing though is that it's not really a theme, I think it's an issue with the lockscreen itself. Come to think of it, it seems like EclipzeRemix got his to work in his Project Butter ROM. Maybe the apk can be extracted from it and reflashed/replaced in Fourth Bar?
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This thing though is that it's not really a theme, I think it's an issue with the lockscreen itself. Come to think of it, it seems like EclipzeRemix got his to work in his Project Butter ROM. Maybe the apk can be extracted from it and reflashed/replaced in Fourth Bar?
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It's worth a shot, don't ya think? Better to try and fail that to sit doing nothing until your rom dev fixes the issue, though I do think it may be a system issue, tried updating the app itself?
Just wondering was jellybean worth updating to I have yet to update because I cannot see loosing foxfi, plus I have thoughts of rooting but really don't care to root because I am still on ice and foxfi is alive and well.
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If you want any new roms to work, i guess yes.
My opinion is YES, i am on euRETAIL jellybean unrooted stock (couse i lost root), but it is better than ics stock.
Battery is about the same as ics hard to say (i think on idle battery is same and on use it drains little faster but its becouse stock settings 1.2ghz cpu and project butter)
Perfomance is superb becouse of project butter mainly.
The only bad thing as always is software and things like programs and new stuff that not all will like and ofcourse some old stuff got removes like usb mass storage (dont know why ), but is a pain in the ass.
It's like night and day. ICS on the RAZR was a disaster and the JB OTA makes up for it entirely.
I wouldn't say night and day, but for sure the interface is smoother, and much more polished. Battery ... Can't say yet ... Updated yesterday and I keep waking the screen up every few minutes just to make sure that the new font is still looking good
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madmatt71 said:
I wouldn't say night and day, but for sure the interface is smoother, and much more polished. Battery ... Can't say yet ... Updated yesterday and I keep waking the screen up every few minutes just to make sure that the new font is still looking good
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LOL the font part cracked me up for 5 mins laugh.
Yes I am sure jb is better then ics but it will not run foxfi thats the only thing keeping me on ics, and besides I am trying hard not to root until I am forced to. :beer:
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Well if you are on ics plus supercharger script, no need to go jb i think, because jb still lags here and there, only less. But with moto's ics quite a fluid experience, only memory tweak needed to be added.
I myself is using jb though, and because my wifi tethering is working fine, no need for foxfi though, and if you're into the camera mode, the panorama one is fantastic in jb.
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Lost a couple things
Where is my increase volume alarm setting? Also, I lost my sleep mode. Anyone else lose this? Maybe even care that they are gone?
In my opinion Jb is laggier.
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For me it was really worth it!! (I was using D-wiz 3.0.2, and ICS EU Stock both laggy as hell)
Now I'm on Eu leak (retail)
I've managed to restore root after update. I've noticed I'm one of the few lucky ones.
I'm quite impatient person.
Laggy phones fly against the wall. ]:->
For me JB is blessing. It's fast as hell,
Especially camera app now starts a lot faster, Overall responsiveness of the UI is much better.
Performance is higher, but not by much. I've got above 75MFLOPS in Linpack, and 7700+ points in AnTuTu. (stock JB vs. stock ICS)
I've noticed no battery life improvement (but I think it needs few days to settle)
First charge was 21h30min with 3h10min screen usage.
Much better GPS fix and sattelites are now visible!
What's more: I'm quite sure that the sound quality both in calls and music is much better now! (I have good earphones and my ears are quite discriminating too)
I've checked what version of Radio is used: it almost identical to the "old" and "new" U.04.10.00R, and completely differrent to U_04.12.00R and U_04.11.01P. (i've compared them with WinMerge).
So I'd call it U.04.10.00R ver.3.0 ;P
Now I need only 1% battery mod (wich won;t disable my root) and I'll be perfectly happy with my RAZR
What's pissing me off:
*ugly Contacts (Thank God I'm using Go Contacts!)
*laggy start of IM+ (might by connected to some FB problem, because Facebook app also starts VERY long (like 30seconds?).
*screen rotation speed also leaves a lot to be desired.
No more sleep mode, mp3's gone from alarm clock. Anyone know how to fix?
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about sleep mode I can't tell you,
but alarms you can put in /sdcard/media/audio/alarms/ folder (or /ext_card/... if you wish)...
I'm on the Vodafone EU leak now (from Germany) and it's way more usable then the ME Retail ICS ROM I had before, but the battery life isn't the same, it's a little worse. Then again, the ICS ROM was ****ty, it had a lot of bugs and sometimes I would get frustrated because of them. But I would immediately remember how long the battery lasted and everything was fine
samcook2003 said:
Yes I am sure jb is better then ics but it will not run foxfi thats the only thing keeping me on ics, and besides I am trying hard not to root until I am forced to. :beer:
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Doesn't the Bluetooth tethering still work on FoxFi?
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geske001 said:
Where is my increase volume alarm setting? Also, I lost my sleep mode. Anyone else lose this? Maybe even care that they are gone?
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Both features were removed in 4.1.2. I did use the increasing volume alarm setting.
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Jhall8 said:
Both features were removed in 4.1.2. I did use the increasing volume alarm setting.
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I got Alarm Clock Extreme on the Amazon App Store as one of their free featured apps. It has a feature you can turn on to enable the crescendoing alarm (increasing volume). Highly recommend the app!
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How about main things?
BAD: The contacts "people app", is WHITE (UGLY) backgroud, while in ICS it was in black (NICE), as everything else in RAZR. Now when you switch between "people" and "dialer" menus it looks UGLY, because its day ant night. Impression is that "people" is ripped from another phone with white theme, and thrown into RAZR - I dont understand how they let it slip through?? Especialy when You are in your bed at night, its so cool to have black themes, and now Your eyes are blinded, because EVERYTHING in RAZR is BLACK, except people app. WTF? SOOO BAD. And "Dialer's" favourites does not populate with all contacts - SOO STUPID, because I used to use only "Dialer" as it contained everything (recent calls,favourites, and all contacts), now I have to use both apps all the time, and as I said, its even more furstrating, because they use different themes, and its impossible to change them. Also messages app is now UGLY compared to ICS. Toggle widgets removed - if I want to switch data, I have to go into data usage menus - SOOO stupid. When I hit "Switch off phone" it asks if I reaaly want to do that - ANNOYING/STUPID. When I want to tur on gps, it also asks again - ANNOYING/STUPID.
GOOD: Works way more smoother, gallery app now is normal - not lagging when zooming, browser (not chrome) works better, smoother. Some more transition effects between all menus. Camera shutter is a tiny bit faster.
ISG182 said:
How about main things?
BAD: The contacts "people app", is WHITE (UGLY) backgroud, while in ICS it was in black (NICE), as everything else in RAZR. Now when you switch between "people" and "dialer" menus it looks UGLY, because its day ant night. Impression is that "people" is ripped from another phone with white theme, and thrown into RAZR - I dont understand how they let it slip through?? Especialy when You are in your bed at night, its so cool to have black themes, and now Your eyes are blinded, because EVERYTHING in RAZR is BLACK, except people app. WTF? SOOO BAD. And "Dialer's" favourites does not populate with all contacts - SOO STUPID, because I used to use only "Dialer" as it contained everything (recent calls,favourites, and all contacts), now I have to use both apps all the time, and as I said, its even more furstrating, because they use different themes, and its impossible to change them. Also messages app is now UGLY compared to ICS. Toggle widgets removed - if I want to switch data, I have to go into data usage menus - SOOO stupid. When I hit "Switch off phone" it asks if I reaaly want to do that - ANNOYING/STUPID. When I want to tur on gps, it also asks again - ANNOYING/STUPID.
GOOD: Works way more smoother, gallery app now is normal - not lagging when zooming, browser (not chrome) works better, smoother. Some more transition effects between all menus. Camera shutter is a tiny bit faster.
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About the White, if you use the Verizon one, it is black. so it's different between ROMs. actually just Contacts.apk styling if you're willing to mod
hansip87 said:
About the White, if you use the Verizon one, it is black. so it's different between ROMs. actually just Contacts.apk styling if you're willing to mod
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Hi, thanks for answer. So, when the root will be available (I lost root), will it be possible to just copy in the Verizon's black "people" and "dialer" in to the system? Or maybe now it would be possible to disable existing contacts app, and install Verizons contacts.apk from storage? In that case maybe someone could be so kind and rip that verizons .apk for me to download, would be veeery nice.
Thanks!