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I've flashed around a bit with different roms and as much as I enjoy touchwiz, I love the stock mms app that comes in AOKP/ vanilla android ICS and was just wondering if anyone had made any type of universal port for touchwiz roms that work just as smoothly? Saw a couple on the play store but they were total rubbish and full of bugs. gonna stay on AOKP in the meantime. Just curious if anyone else shared the thought
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I've flashed around a bit with different roms and as much as I enjoy touchwiz, I love the stock mms app that comes in AOKP/ vanilla android ICS and was just wondering if anyone had made any type of universal port for touchwiz roms that work just as smoothly? Saw a couple on the play store but they were total rubbish and full of bugs. gonna stay on AOKP in the meantime. Just curious if anyone else shared the thought
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Most people love Samsung mms app lol.
Have you tried this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
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Most people love Samsung mms app lol.
Have you tried this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
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I did see that but I read the actual ability to receive and download MMS is broken in it. And I'm not knocking the Samsung mms, I just personally prefer the overall UI and feel of the stock 4.0 one. Sammys is great though.
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Serendipity Rom has Samsung stock feel with aosp as well. I know he uses the mms /sms app in his Rom yer looking for.
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Biporch said:
Most people love Samsung mms app lol.
Have you tried this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
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Hey! This app looks great. I just don't know how to disable the messaging app given normally...any ideas?
pfaction said:
Hey! This app looks great. I just don't know how to disable the messaging app given normally...any ideas?
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That's the problem. Even if you get a compatible full asop mms, you have to keep the default samsung app. If you delete it, it will cause problems and FCs.
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Serendipity Rom has Samsung stock feel with aosp as well. I know he uses the mms /sms app in his Rom yer looking for.
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Thank you phalanx, I hadn't realized serendipity incorporated aosp apps into touchwiz. That does further spark my curiosity as to if It's possible to pull the AOSP mms app as a stand alone apk that I could keep and install no matter what ROM I switch to since serendipity makes it seem possible if I just disable the stock mms app.
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ChocolateSnow said:
Thank you phalanx, I hadn't realized serendipity incorporated aosp apps into touchwiz. That does further spark my curiosity as to if It's possible to pull the AOSP mms app as a stand alone apk that I could keep and install no matter what ROM I switch to since serendipity makes it seem possible if I just disable the stock mms app.
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Yer welcome and i wish it was that easy. But Im sure he had to do some work to get it to work properly. I would PM him and ask if he'd be willing to share some info with ya. He's a nice guy.
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you could theme the Samsung mms.apk to look like the AOSP mms.apk if nothing else, if all you're looking for is the aesthetics of the AOSP mms.apk
Good point, jrod ! That's actually what i like about it is how it looks. I really kinda despise the stock Samsung sms app
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is the samsung mms the iphone style one?
OFWGKTADGAF said:
is the samsung mms the iphone style one?
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Yeah it is
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jrod091 said:
you could theme the Samsung mms.apk to look like the AOSP mms.apk if nothing else, if all you're looking for is the aesthetics of the AOSP mms.apk
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How do you do this? I'm the same way as jrod. Love what TouchWiz offers aside from the messaging app. Favour the look of stock ICS one instead. (Because I like the pictures inside the message thread)
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How do you do this? I'm the same way as jrod. Love what TouchWiz offers aside from the messaging app. Favour the look of stock ICS one instead. (Because I like the pictures inside the message thread)
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Simple way would be to change your pngs in your drawable-hdpi folder and change some xmls as well, not really all that difficult once you get started
Edit: sorry, completely forgot that Samsung's has text bubbles, so it would get a little trickier, I'll look into it
Edit: So, I've been real busy with school and stuff, so I haven't been able to look at the apk. Also, I don't have a Samsung Mms.apk since I like the AOSP feel of ICS better and have been on AOKP since it came out. So in trying to find a Samsung Mms.apk in our dev threads, I found that Serendipity 9 has an AOSP Mms.apk in it and is TW-based. It also has a lot of other AOSP apks in it, and it looks nice and runs pretty well. (flashed it to see everything first-hand). That might be an answer
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I seriously dislike the TouchWiz UI. It's very boring and dull, I love the way stock Android looks with its dark and light blue theme, very minimalistic and intuitive and I hate the way TouchWiz is just black grey and a mixture of other colors. I'm using NovaLuancher but it only changes the home screen, I'm looking for stock android settings menu and notification/status bar. Is there a solution to this yet? Putting stock ICS on the Galaxy S3? Or are there any launchers or skins that make the settings menu and notifications look like stock ICS?
No one? I'd also like to know.
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Check themes and apps section.. If you can't find any themes, then no.. Just hang on... There will be 100 theme releases soon where all is "aosp" and every rom is AOSP themed. Cm9 and aokp will sure also find its way some day
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Check themes and apps section.. If you can't find any themes, then no.. Just hang on... There will be 100 theme releases soon where all is "aosp" and every rom is AOSP themed. Cm9 and aokp will sure also find its way some day
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Forgive my ignorance but I've been a iOS user since the first iPhone and I just switched to ICS because I was sick of the iPhone. What is AOSP? I know what CM9 is, what would you recommend me to install on my phone?
AOSP stands for "Android Open Soruce Poject" it is basally the barebone android OS made by Google for all to see. Many roms are based off of it, as the code is release soon after googles flagship nexus devices.
I like aosp too but dont yiu guys think it makes the phone look cheap? I find touchwiz icons classy..
I would suggest waiting a month or so after your carrier gets it to put a custom ROM on it. By then a lot of bugs well have been worked out and there will be some great tutorials available.
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I like aosp too but dont yiu guys think it makes the phone look cheap? I find touchwiz icons classy..
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no, because you can customize it to your liking. there are thousands of options.
to the op download a launcher and it might imprve your experience.
I doubt CM9 or other stock ICS ROMs will have features like smart stay or s voice...if they do include them, that would be awesome!
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CM9 for SGS3 would be custom to suit the S3.. So I'm sure it would include all the features unique only to the S3....
I think the TouchWiz 5 UI is quite nice, MUCH better than the 4.0 on my SGSII, however, I use Nova launcher because S launcher is driving me crazy
Nevertheless, AOSP is still much better, and as the SGSIII is a hugely successful and famous device, so it won't take long for the first AOSP roms to spread from the ground Just have a look at the SGSII
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CM9 for SGS3 would be custom to suit the S3.. So I'm sure it would include all the features unique only to the S3....
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I think not
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So i have tried a few ROMS already but i have yet to find a stable ICS or JB Rom that has full Spen Support......
Any recommendations
Only ROMs based on touch wiz have spen support. Black star vi is good. Its ICS. There are a couple of deodexed stock ics ROMs by bigfau. Ones is pure stock and the other is "better" stock. Flapjaxx has a debloated deodexed stock ROM. Uclf6. I think all of these have spen.
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all roms in this section support s-pen. some more then others but still every rom supports s-pen stuff.
the only features you miss going from TW to AOSP is button features and some apps.
i include an s-memo/note replacement app with my PA release called "G-Note" but there are plenty of others floating around i just find this the best.
the only thing AOSP is really missing? the button support.
so it pretty much comes down to what you like and want on your phone, everyones choice's are different.
Sorry. I should have been more specific. Spen with button actions are tw based ROMs. I currently use Jamie's ROM now as I didn't need any of the button gestures. Its an easy trade off for me because paranoid is sick.
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I tried parnoid already but it did not support the spen handwriting recongntion ( i believe this is in the samsung keyboard)
does anyone know if its possible to add this keyboard to another rom ?
The link posted by mr1080p at this link is the samsung keyboard you are looking for I believe try it, just flash it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31486623
originally made and posted by h0tw1r3
The goldie's rom is really nice.
impimms said:
The link posted by mr1080p at this link is the samsung keyboard you are looking for I believe try it, just flash it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31486623
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No that keyboard does not have SPEN support.......
does anyone know of any Jellybean roms that support SPEN?
Writepad app in the market has handwriting recognition. Works on CM9 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phatware.writepad&hl=en
Hello every1
I have been a fan of CM roms since I can remember having an Android phone, always loved the feeling of a clean Android Software.
Too bad samsung always packs touchwiz on its software, I hate its launcher, the icons, the settings menu, notification bar... Everything on it!
The problem I ham having is that going with CM based roms nowadays implies having to leave most of the amazing features of this phone behind, like its amazing camera, CM camera works, but not 100%, keeps giving me trouble and the picture quality cant be compated to Samsung roms.
Does any1 know a Samsung rom with the 100% looks of JB Android ?
Best regards
You could always grab the apex launcher....
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More options in nova
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katsuru said:
Hello every1
I have been a fan of CM roms since I can remember having an Android phone, always loved the feeling of a clean Android Software.
Too bad samsung always packs touchwiz on its software, I hate its launcher, the icons, the settings menu, notification bar... Everything on it!
The problem I ham having is that going with CM based roms nowadays implies having to leave most of the amazing features of this phone behind, like its amazing camera, CM camera works, but not 100%, keeps giving me trouble and the picture quality cant be compated to Samsung roms.
Does any1 know a Samsung rom with the 100% looks of JB Android ?
Best regards
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Just for you I will make a Stock SGS3 ROM that looks like stock Android. Will it be completely AOSP looking? No, but it will be much better for you.
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Just for you I will make a Stock SGS3 ROM that looks like stock Android. Will it be completely AOSP looking? No, but it will be much better for you.
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That's GREAT. But is it possible to have the Jelly Bean SMS app instead of Samsung's (and same thing for Contacts app) ? The Google SMS app is much better (better looks, silent delivery reports,...), and if you can add Samsung features on it (direct call especially) you are a GOD
Looking forward to it.
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Try using the Rom foxhound 1.3. I'm also a big fan of the aosp look. But I dint want to miss out the wonderful features in the latest iteration of touchwiz, after a lot of search, now in this. Just sharing my experience. Anyways roms are always individual preference!!
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Or use FoxHound i forgot about that ROM. Has everything you are looking for.
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katsuru said:
Hello every1
I have been a fan of CM roms since I can remember having an Android phone, always loved the feeling of a clean Android Software.
Too bad samsung always packs touchwiz on its software, I hate its launcher, the icons, the settings menu, notification bar... Everything on it!
The problem I ham having is that going with CM based roms nowadays implies having to leave most of the amazing features of this phone behind, like its amazing camera, CM camera works, but not 100%, keeps giving me trouble and the picture quality cant be compated to Samsung roms.
Does any1 know a Samsung rom with the 100% looks of JB Android ?
Best regards
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You can try Romow N4 ROM. It is a Sammy based ROM with NOVA launcher pre-installed, without any bloatwares, dioxidized and rooted to the likes of many. The only reason in my case where I find this particular ROM great is that there are many features included in it such as in-built call-recorder(stalker app I know) 2 camera apps(Original Sammy and a Nexus's I believe?) , no touchwheeze and bloatwares, no lag on keyboard operations(usually found in many custom jelly bean ROMS) just to name a few. I was on CM10 before but found this a tad better especially for the fact that my OEM(China made RED cables) MHL adaptor works fine with this ROM unlike the latter. So you can give this one a try, it has been my daily driver for about a few days now.
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You can try Romow N4 ROM. It is a Sammy based ROM with NOVA launcher pre-installed, without any bloatwares, dioxidized and rooted to the likes of many.
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Do you mean DEODEXED ?
You know that performance-wise, deodexing a ROM is a huge step backwards, right?
I found absolutely no advantages in the ROM mentioned (Romow N4), and everything it provides can either be installed from the Play Store or uninstalled using Titanium Backup. Besides, it probably is MUCH, MUCH SLOWER than a stock, odexed ROM.
The only advantage of deodexing a ROM is to allow for theming the ROM by changing the resources some apps use (like the framework itself).
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The only advantage of deodexing a ROM is to allow for theming the ROM by changing the resources some apps use (like the framework itself).
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True and if you are peformance driven, then after you are done themeing it then you will odex it back.
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True and if you are peformance driven, then after you are done themeing it then you will odex it back.
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Also true, but that's not something the regular user (which I believe is the case here) will do, or even know how to do. Therefore, my general advice for those who don't know the difference, is to simply avoid deodexed ROMs.
Just use foxhound with an theme
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you can simply freeze touchwiz home and use nova or apex or any other launcher out there and still enjoy the other goodies from samsung.
Everyone talks about Apex and Nova launchers but Holo is the best of them all in my opinion it's just not as widely known as the others, check it out from the market (quite similar to Apex actually but better IMO)
Hi there everybody....
So today I replaced my s3 with the note 2 N7100. So far it was so worth it....
One thing though that I am terribly missing is the AOSP domination theme for sammy based roms.
I did some theme searching in Xda, but I couldn't find a good AOSP Theme.
When I had My s3, I used "[VRT]DOMINATION*v1.8* theme and it was perfect.
This is the perfect solution for all of us who can't stand the default green samsung theme, and Love the google Styled (AOSP) theme.
I tried looking for a note 2 compatible version, but i received a reply from the theme creator, that there isn't one. So i was thinking the maybe some of the talented XDA developers, could try to import the theme for us note 2 users...
I'm posting here a link to the home thread in XDA so that all can see what i'm talking about.
I hope you like it as much as me....
And please, if possible, please import:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1730397 :good:
I don't know if that theme has been ported yet but there are a lot if aosp themes being ported in this thread and a guide to port any yourself. Not sure if it's what your looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240180
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You should check out [email protected], Modstorm, and westcrips ROMS. They are all very good ROMS that are AOSP themed. Not as perfect cut as domination theme (that theme is flawless in my opinion), but they are getting there.
You can find them all in the development section. You can't really go wrong with any of them, although [email protected] and mod storm are updated a lot more often than westcrips ROM.
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I don't know if that theme has been ported yet but there are a lot if aosp themes being ported in this thread and a guide to port any yourself. Not sure if it's what your looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240180
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Thanx for replying...I could probably try to import it myself, but for sure, not as good as an experianced developer.
I think that in order for everyone to injoy this theme, bug free, it's best that someone else imports it...
Dai323 said:
You should check out [email protected], Modstorm, and westcrips ROMS. They are all very good ROMS that are AOSP themed. Not as perfect cut as domination theme (that theme is flawless in my opinion), but they are getting there.
You can find them all in the development section. You can't really go wrong with any of them, although [email protected] and mod storm are updated a lot more often than westcrips ROM.
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Thanx for replying...
I did actually check the AOSP ptoject (modstorm) but it's not even close to the domination theme.
Besides, all of the examples that you gave, if i'm not mistaken, are roms, or AOSP roms.
What i'm looking for is a good AOSP theme for sammy based roms. i'm sure that a lot of users like me do not want to give up there favorite sammy based rom.
again thanx
henengel said:
Thanx for replying...
I did actually check the AOSP ptoject (modstorm) but it's not even close to the domination theme.
Besides, all of the examples that you gave, if i'm not mistaken, are roms, or AOSP roms.
What i'm looking for is a good AOSP theme for sammy based roms. i'm sure that a lot of users like me do not want to give up there favorite sammy based rom.
again thanx
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All of my examples are Touchwiz ROMS that are AOSP themed.
But these are definitely the best options you have until someone ports the Domination theme (which is doubtful as it has happened yet). Either that, or use an AOSP ROM, which I personally don't want to do because of all the Touchwiz features you lose. IMO, these complete ROMS are much more AOSP than any of the themes you will find in the theme section.
But I feel your pain, as I would also LOVE to see domination get ported.
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Oh my gawd... That theme is so good. I want it!!
Avetny had a good AOSP theme going, but he dropped out of the game.
Well, I'm another one of those loving AOSP theme but don't want to loose excellent Samsung TouchWiz features.
As others said, there is no excellent AOSP theme so far, just AOSP themed ROMs.
The best AOSP themed ROMs I found are AllianceROM and Crash ROM.
The former needs a tiny bit of colour customization to get there, but it is definitely worth it (no more than 5-10 minutes of settings).
Check them out...
Giocarro said:
Well, I'm another one of those loving AOSP theme but don't want to loose excellent Samsung TouchWiz features.
As others said, there is no excellent AOSP theme so far, just AOSP themed ROMs.
The best AOSP themed ROMs I found are AllianceROM and Crash ROM.
The former needs a tiny bit of colour customization to get there, but it is definitely worth it (no more than 5-10 minutes of settings).
Check them out...
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It really is worth checking the xposed theme engine thread. There are quite a few AOSP themes already ported and they will work on any rom
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It really is worth checking the xposed theme engine thread. There are quite a few AOSP themes already ported and they will work on any rom
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Wow, thanks dude. I've been reading about this in Android Apps & Games and it looks pretty amazing. But don't the theme ports have to be device-specific to work properly? Where are all the Note II ports being published/uploaded?
Couldn't find anything in Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps... Am I stupid/blind?
well a week ago I have replaced sgs2 for note2...
Im not a fan of touchwiz based roms, before I was using aosp, cm and other amazing roms.
But since with note2 all the great features of s-pen are not supported on nonstock based roms, Im searching for some solution.
Now Im searching for original copy of my stock rom. so in case of I will need warranty, I will flash it. But cant find it for now.
Anyway, I found amazing aosp theme for stock based ROMs here on xda. The only bad thing that is development has stopped, and the latest version is for android 4.1.1... but I think that it would be not so complicated to port it for a newest version of rom.
here is this great theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1930847
After I will find original firmware for my device, I will flash it. And if it wont work I will try to ask for permission of author to try to port it. anyway you can try to do it by yourself before me
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Wow, thanks dude. I've been reading about this in Android Apps & Games and it looks pretty amazing. But don't the theme ports have to be device-specific to work properly? Where are all the Note II ports being published/uploaded?
Couldn't find anything in Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps... Am I stupid/blind?
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The xposed framework and all the apps are not device specific and will work on most devices
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No, but the theme ports ARE, right? Coz HTCs and Samsung devices have different Settings icons. So themes gave to be ported to specific devices. So where is everyone uploading their N7100 ports to? Or an I failing to grasp something here?
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I've looking for the N7100 Xtheme ports and not luck
Any one?
You can try this ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2134867
Yes, Alliance is an excellent ROM. Best battery life I've ever achieved on the N7100. Hope V3 has even more AOSP theming! Can't wait.
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Hey everyone...thank you for your contribution to this discussion...
I want to remind everyone, the this thread is about importing AOSP theme for any sammy based rom, and not about other roms that are AOSP themed...
I personally checked all the solutions that have been brought here, and I'm telling you that nothing is even close vert domination's theme.
Hope you guys get the chance some day to enjoy has theme...:thumbup:
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henengel said:
Hey everyone...thank you for your contribution to this discussion...
I want to remind everyone, the this thread is about importing AOSP theme for any sammy based rom, and not about other roms that are AOSP themed...
I personally checked all the solutions that have been brought here, and I'm telling you that nothing is even close vert domination's theme.
Hope you guys get the chance some day to enjoy has theme...:thumbup:
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You can try this (link removed, I posted without permission of [email protected], sorry for that).
Is a AOSP Lite (only have the necessary for me) flasheable theme extracted from [email protected] 10.1 Rom.
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You can try this.
Is a AOSP Lite (only have the necessary for me) flasheable theme extracted from [email protected] 10.1 Rom.
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Do you have Rixstas and [email protected] permission to post that, as they usually turn down requests for flashable zips of their work?
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You can try NOTHING
Is a AOSP Lite (only have the necessary for me) flasheable theme extracted from [email protected] 10.1 Rom.
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Holy ****, please remove your link, this is OUR work made for [email protected] ROM only, you never ask us to use it...