Hi guys, new to the forum and fairly new to android, I've got a galaxy s3 international version locked to the three network in the UK, I've been considering using a custom ROM but wanted to know your opinions?
Criteria for me are simple, I like the look of stock android so I want that or something similar, but I like the functionality of TouchWiz so would like to retain that if possible. The only other thing is the quick settings/toggles on the notification bar in TouchWiz, this is something I now cannot live without so it needs to have that or something similar (tbh i just like the auto rotate, wifi and brightness toggles).
Thanks in advance guys, look forward to your answers.
Chris.
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the best thing to do is to try different ROMs for yourself. Everyone has their own preference and no 2 rom set ups are exactly the same.
Yup Welcome to the forums! And congratulations on getting the Samsung Galaxy SIII - It definitely is one of the best android phones out there - The best thing about it is that Flashing this phone is not as complicated as maybe some other android handsets out there - But yea - you can check out all sorts of custom Roms in the development sections and you can always flash different ones and then keep the one you like as mputtr said -
Seems like your interested in a samsung based rom and there are plenty of those available in the development section - All of them have their own strengths and you can always read through the descriptions of each before flashing them to know what your getting - Best of all if you have any more questions about the roms you can always ask! Enjoy!
thanks for the advice, sorry about the duplicate post just wasn't sure which section was most relevant, wont happen again.
thanks again, Chris.
To maintain the same functionality your best bet is a samsung based rom. If you like the look though you you wont get the *touchwiz* functionality because thats a launcher and its difficult to modify the look without changing to a custom launcher. But I guess it depends how you mean functionality of touchwiz
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Also... in terms of toggles. Most custom roms have custom toggles so generally speaking look for the *15 toggles * feature...where you have the ability to choose which toggles to you like and which order in youe notifications menu
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Hi,
I am currently using CM6 official night build for Hero and I got some questions, if someone's kind enough to answer it
* Why is JIT not enabled by default ? I thought Android 2.2 had JIT stable, why is it not the case in CM6 night build ?
* Will there be a way to {over|under}clock directly in the kernel like the last 2.1 roms are doing, not by using the overclock widget that register on hooks and is much slower to switch frequencies ?
* ADW.Launcher is the default home, why isn't it linked to the market, like the GMap app is (it can be updated but not removed) ? We can install the market ADW.Launcher app but it is not the same app (the settings menu is not at the same place and the previous settings menu still appears in the phone's settings).
* In the Rom Manager app, it is said that I should install the ClockworkMod recovery to use the app. What is it ? Is it as crazy as Kubrick ? Seriously, I am currently using RA-hero-v1.6.2, what is this ClockworkMod, is it better ? Should I install it ?
* I saw that there was a way to skin CM5, changing, for example the color and image of the notification bar, Skins were installable directly with a barcode. Is there such a way in CM6 ?
I hope these are not (too) noob questions, thank you for answering anyway
Seriously, you used the word yourself. You really think development is the area for questions? Next time post in the Q&A section, the hint is in the name... (reported)
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Seriously, you used the word yourself. You really think development is the area for questions? Next time post in the Q&A section, the hint is in the name... (reported)
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Appologies, I didn't pay attention, my bad.
Could a mod move it to the right forum ?
Thread moved to Q&A.
Up ?
Nobody to answer those questions ?
I would suggest posting on their forums as the devs probably don't regularly check XDA.
Hi,
There is a package in Spike's thread for v5.0 for the battery percentage. My question is, can that be installed on v6.1?
vickyrao said:
Hi,
There is a package in Spike's thread for v5.0 for the battery percentage. My question is, can that be installed on v6.1?
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v6 is a different base. So maybe wait for him to come out with one for v6 first. Should be any day now.
Elisha said:
v6 is a different base. So maybe wait for him to come out with one for v6 first. Should be any day now.
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Thanks for the answer...
btw i have a little more questions...
after using v6.1... i realise that i am no longer able to take screenshots on my sgs2. the home + power button does not seem to work. is there a different way on this rom to take screenshots? or need another app?
also is there a way to remove homescreens? by default it has 5 screens, can i disable one or more of it?
last question, how do i configure to set the USB connect on default as usb storage instead of media server?
UPDATE: seems like the battery percentage for 6.1 is released: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22790151&postcount=492
vickyrao said:
Thanks for the answer...
btw i have a little more questions...
after using v6.1... i realise that i am no longer able to take screenshots on my sgs2. the home + power button does not seem to work. is there a different way on this rom to take screenshots? or need another app?
also is there a way to remove homescreens? by default it has 5 screens, can i disable one or more of it?
last question, how do i configure to set the USB connect on default as usb storage instead of media server?
UPDATE: seems like the battery percentage for 6.1 is released: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22790151&postcount=492
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I really missed the days i can take a screenshot just with home + power buttons .Now i'm using a app to take screedshots(do a search in the market then you'll find many). Hope the CM9 team intergrate Screenshots in their work.
Are you using Trebuchet launcher ? If so you'll find the homescreed settings in Trebucher settings(press menu key in homescreen and select Trebucher settings) .
The media server is annoying to me too but now i'm trying to get used to it.Maybe you can try this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389375
nekoworkshop said:
I really missed the days i can take a screenshot just with home + power buttons .Now i'm using a app to take screedshots(do a search in the market then you'll find many). Hope the CM9 team intergrate Screenshots in their work.
Are you using Trebuchet launcher ? If so you'll find the homescreed settings in Trebucher settings(press menu key in homescreen and select Trebucher settings) .
The media server is annoying to me too but now i'm trying to get used to it.Maybe you can try this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389375
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thanks to your reply i now know about trebuchet. now that helps me to reduce those unused homescreens. but some of the options does not work such as Dock and Icons. Ill have to start googling about this anyways...
but yeah i hope spike will add the screenshot. i dont want an app for that. better to intergrate it with the rom i think.
SPIKE, if you see this, i sincerely thank you for this awesome ROM. you have done great. I am loving every bit of it. thank you!
Guys,
I was reading the development thread, and now there is a 6.1 version. Somebody said that he updated from ROM 2.3.6 to Pure ICS 6.0...
I would like to be sure if this can really be done without having to install stock ROM first or something like that. I have stock ROM 2.3.5 with root, and I would like to know whether I can go straight to flashing Pure ICS 6.1 with Odin or not.
I am asking cause I have seen many different comments on approaches people have followed, and I want to know whether I can do this first or not.
Thanks!
The trebuchet is far from complete and still under development(pretty stable for a alpha release ,though). You can have a try at Nova launcher and see if it fits you.
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I suggest you flash a sammy leak ICS ROM first , it won't take you so much time.
cvillalta said:
Guys,
I was reading the development thread, and now there is a 6.1 version. Somebody said that he updated from ROM 2.3.6 to Pure ICS 6.0...
I would like to be sure if this can really be done without having to install stock ROM first or something like that. I have stock ROM 2.3.5 with root, and I would like to know whether I can go straight to flashing Pure ICS 6.1 with Odin or not.
I am asking cause I have seen many different comments on approaches people have followed, and I want to know whether I can do this first or not.
Thanks!
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There should not be any issues. I flashed straight to 6.1 from a stock official release of 2.3.6. worked fine for me. did not have issues. just make sure to follow the steps provided carefully.
nekoworkshop said:
The trebuchet is far from complete and still under development(pretty stable for a alpha release ,though). You can have a try at Nova launcher and see if it fits you.
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I suggest you flash a sammy leak ICS ROM first , it won't take you so much time.
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ok ill try nova launcher. about the flash sammy leak ics rom, you are refering to cvillalta's post right and not mine right?
update: if yes, then below link probably will be helpful?
http://androidadvices.com/update-samsung-galaxy-gt-i9100-xxlph-android-403-firmware/2/
I just flashed Pure Special Edition straight from one of the KI or KJs, everything works ok (Great rom btw) but I noticed the colors are slightly off. Almost like overexposure?
The color looks slightly faded and runny in and is quite obvious in videos and games. Wonder what's the issue here? should I reflash?
Cheers
Check Display - Screen Mode to see what it is set as. It is in Settings. You can make or more punchy there.
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Elisha said:
Check Display - Screen Mode to see what it is set as. It is in Settings. You can make or more punchy there.
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Screen Mode was set to Standard, and setting it to anything else make it look worse... However, the screen did look slightly better once I turned off auto brightness and adjusted it manually. Totally forgot that ICS had a problem with this!
However, I noticed that stuff like font edges isn't as sharp as when I was running stock. I guess I'll flash stock ICS tonight to check what the problem is...
pure ics 5.0 vs 7.1 battery life.
Hello. Why is my battery life 100% better with Pure ICS v. 5.0 than 7.1? is there a way to make 7.1 as great (im my opinion) in terms of battery life as 5.0? of course 7.1 is fully functional and I would like to keep it.
Thanks.
Transparent lockscreen
Hi all,
Does anyone know if spike is planning to get rid of the samsung lockscreen?
It would be so much nicer to have the stock transparent lockscreen as on the galaxy nexus.
Hopefully it will come round with 7.3.
For those who want to install AOSP Calendar in Spike 7.2, maybe can try flash AOSP Package for Pure ICS v7.0
ICS call screen
I wanted to know if there are plans to incorporate the in call screen from ICS into this ROM? I switched from CM9 to Pure ICS and so far it's the only thing about CM9 that I prefer.
You can ignore my above post, apparently this is a future theme change. Looking forward to when it actually gets implemented.
Simple guide would be nice.
Upgraded to ICS today, the bottom right button doesnt bring up settings, it brings up a bar at the top which I don't like and can't change, the slider from lock screen changed to a camera when i often used it to turn silent on/off
it updated my facebook to the new slower/clunkier version
the text messaging is differnent
etc etc
I do no like this update and would like to revert to Gingerbread, has anyone done it and how do i do it?
I'm a noob too.
xxxjake999xxx said:
Simple guide would be nice.
Upgraded to ICS today, the bottom right button doesnt bring up settings, it brings up a bar at the top which I don't like and can't change, the slider from lock screen changed to a camera when i often used it to turn silent on/off
it updated my facebook to the new slower/clunkier version
the text messaging is differnent
etc etc
I do no like this update and would like to revert to Gingerbread, has anyone done it and how do i do it?
I'm a noob too.
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It always helps if you say which phone you have
Not meaning to be a pain but Xperia S
just get the latest 2.3.7 firmware from the firmware compilation thread its the .73 version and flash it via flashtool doing a FULL wipe..
By noob I mean full on noob!
where is the thread with the 2.3.7 firmware? specific to my phone unless they work for every android device.
what is .73 version
need to be taught how to "flash" where do i get flashtool
I appreciate the help so far!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526866
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Sony Xperia S General forum
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Hi everyone!
I'm pretty sure no one has done this yet (please correct me if I'm wrong!) and there are others who would really love to have this:
Can one of the talented developers here on xda port the stock Samsung keyboard to other non-stock based ROMs, e.g. CM10?
I would really love to switch to a CM10-based or PA-based ROM - but I simply don't want to lose the ability to write with the S-Pen using the stock keyboard. I have seen several users here simply copying the apk file to non-stock ROMs but unfortunately things don't seem to be that easy as it resulted in FCs.
An awesome bonus would be the addition of punctuation symbols (comma, brackets etc.) to the long-pressing of buttons - but I have no idea if this is even possible. I really wonder why Samsung removed these from immediate access (I know I can access them by long-pressing the . bottom right, but this is really inconvenient) - it really sucks...
I am absolutely willing to donate money for such a keyboard! If more are interested and willing to donate, please post below to attract dev attention!
Try this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901090
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Try this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901090
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Dang, how did I not find that thread? I searched all over the Note 2 forums but simply did not find it! Thank you!!!
I don't know how to create custom ROMs but here i will give some good suggestions and ideas. The Rom should be create on the latest firmware XXMC1, The TouchWiz 3.0 icons should be replaced with S4 Icons, Why? Because it's better when we don't have Launcher runing in Task Manager it will be good to have 5 icons in the dock. Wallpapers from the S4 (not in huge resolution but the size like in the stock wallpapers size) Stock apps because they are original, in About phone should be put the original picture from S4 and to be typed "Jelly Bean 4.2" nothing more because it's stupid and noobish writing "Custom ROM by Manlymanofdoom40241" Scrollable Notification bar or one just like in CM 10.1 :fingers-crossed:
Flamestorm said:
I don't know how to create custom ROMs but here i will give some good suggestions and ideas. The Rom should be create on the latest firmware XXMC1, The TouchWiz 3.0 icons should be replaced with S4 Icons, Why? Because it's better when we don't have Launcher runing in Task Manager it will be good to have 5 icons in the dock. Wallpapers from the S4 (not in huge resolution but the size like in the stock wallpapers size) Stock apps because they are original, in About phone should be put the original picture from S4 and to be typed "Jelly Bean 4.2" nothing more because it's stupid and noobish writing "Custom ROM by Manlymanofdoom40241" Scrollable Notification bar or one just like in CM 10.1 :fingers-crossed:
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So you made a new thread altogether to give suggestions for a Rom which doesnt even exists?
So let's see, u want a s4 like rom if i'm not wrong.
First u should have asked about this in discussion thread, u would have got better answers.
Now since u made a thread for requesting a rom. Put a [request] in thread title, so that misunderstanding remains minimum.
Ask requests in polite way not like u are commanding someone.
Please don't flame each other, this is discussion section, keep it healthy!
Now about your requests
U can take the launcher from sgs3 v4 rom(when it is released), it has 5 dock icons
To change about phone settings edit build.prop file in system/
Scrollable notification bar, it think u are talking about grid view.
Developers are working on it so have patience.
Most of ur requests can be filled through sgs3 v4 rom. Wait for it! :thumbup:
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BTW, if you're interested in learning how to make a custom ROM, there are a few tutorials here and in the development section that are more than enough for you to implement your ideas, which are fairly simple.
More generally, assuming good faith is always recommended. One can see any comment as aggressive otherwise.
I tried to create rom but seems i don't have great knoweldge...
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Flamestorm said:
I tried to create rom but seems i don't have great knoweldge...
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As I've said, the tutorials cover everything you want and are more than enough even if you don't know anything, as long as you're willing to learn.
If we just search on Google or here in xda we will find our answers.
Stop creating unnecessary threads.
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